Abstracts 2022
Art Exhibition Winners
Below are the biographies and/or artist's statements along with the artist's websites or emails.
Please visit the Abstracts exhibition page and contact the artists directly for purchase inquiries or to see more of their work.
Congratulations again to all the winners and thank you for sharing your talent with us.
DU Huaiyi
First Place Winner
Du Huaiyi was born in 1993 and currently works and lives in Beijing and Shanghai,China. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in arts. He is good at using photography as a medium to extract the continuation of emotions in real life, and express and retain this emotion in other forms. He has also worked as a photographer and director of several independent films and short films, telling film stories in a unique visual language. After graduating from college, he has been working for domestic and foreign commercial clients and publications, such as China Mobile,Honda, Sony, Xiaomi, Lexus, Infiniti, Procter & Gamble, Vogue, etc.
Blue Place
Watercolor
Gabriela De Paz
Second Place
Gabriela De Paz is an American and Spanish multidisciplinary artist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and studied art at City College of San Francisco. Her work is inspired by memories; memories of nature, moments, and emotions. Working with watercolor and gouache, she takes an intuitive and instinctive approach to painting, trying with each piece to create an honest and raw emotional landscape. She has lived in Valencia, Spain since 2016, where her painting, photography, and collage works have been exhibited in both group and solo shows. You can learn more about her and see more of her work on her website, gabrieladepaz.org, or her Instagram.
Net
12 x 12
Wen Redmond
Third Place
New England artist, Wen Redmond’s fascination with photography finds expression through printing manipulated original photographs directly onto various mixed media substrates, and specially treated natural fibers to create unique stitched photographic textural constructions. Wen calls this work, Digital Fiber. She continues to investigate the digital world but also imaginative presentations that add to the pioneering exploration of her media and give her work edge. Each work is unique and created individually. Wen's techniques can be further investigated in her book- Digital Fiber Art and Other Mixed Media Masterpieces. She delights in creating dialogue, changing perspectives and perceptions of fiber and photography.
BOOK- https://www.ctpub.com/wen-redmonds-digital-fiber-art/
Website http://www.wenredmond.com/
Estelle Asmodelle
Honorable Mention
Estelle Asmodelle grew up in Bowral, NSW. She started painting as a small child, usually winning the school art prizes, first exhibiting at the Berrima District Art Show at 10. After leaving school, Estelle started painting abstract pieces while studying for her degree. Her work was displayed during her varied career in many group and solo shows within Australia. In the early 90s, she moved to Japan to live and work. She exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum as part of the ‘UNESCO International Friendship Exhibition’ in 1991. This leads to commissions, usually from Japanese firms. During this period, Estelle also started the ‘Tokyo Eki (train station) Exhibition,’ displaying and selling her work in Shinjuku, Ikebukuro and Tokyo train stations as a permanent exhibition. At the same time contributed to group shows within Tokyo’s art galleries in Ginza, Shibuya and Ueno. In 2000 Estelle moved to Los Angeles and participated in numerous group shows. A few years later, she returned to Sydney after living abroad for 9 years, yet continued to exhibit in Los Angeles and Tokyo. In 2008 Asmodelle started showing her work in solo and group exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane. In 2010 Estelle published her first art book, ‘Transience,’ a collection of her canvas work created over 20 years, which is thematically ordered. These days Estelle works out of her studio on the Central Coast at the Mouse House at Wyoming. It is a huge studio which enables Estelle to paint very large works. By appointment, clients can visit the studio, while most of Estelle’s work is now sold online.
Yvon Jolivet
Honorable Mention
Yvon Jolivet is a self-taught Canadian artist born in Quebec an a scientist by training where he worked for several decades as a research professional.
His photographic approach has tended to highlight the natural environment by the symbolism that emerges from it. He often use a proximity photographic approach, which divides the territory into more complex fragments. This allows him to bring a new meaning to the forms and the natural rhythm which govern our environment.
Because he incorporates his photographs into different stories, he treats his photographic subjects like ideograms. The purpose of which is to represent the meaning of a word or an concrete or abstract idea. This "ideographic" approach also facilitates the integration of the same photograph within different series or stories and therefore brings fluidity to this too often static art.
His photographic approach has allowed him, since 2016, more than forty international honorary distinctions including the silver medal in Fine Arts at the PX3 (Paris Photography Prize). His photographs have been exhibited in several Art Galleries around the world.
Yvon Jolivet is a professionnal member of RAAV (Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec) and CARFAC (Canadian Artists Representation)
Elizabeth Kayl
Honorable Mention
Elizabeth has had her work included into juried gallery shows in 33 different US states and in 3 international countries in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date. Elizabeth has recently won a Juror’s Award, three Best in Show Awards, a First Place Award and a Visitor’s Choice. Her work has been featured in many permanent public art locations, as well. By day, she is employed as the Director of Parks and Recreation for the beautiful art-inspired City of Loveland, Colorado.
Bob McCormac
Honorable Mention
I spent forty years as an IT professional before retiring to pursue my passion for photography. I first started shooting film over fifty years ago but stopped for many years. During the last eight years, digital photography has rekindled my excitement with photography and I’m continuing the journey I started with film. I am primarily a travel and landscape photographer but enjoy all genres of photography. My style and approach is simple and direct; I’m remembering in my mind’s eye the scene I captured and trying to bring that same emotion I felt to the finalized image.
Sarah simmerman
Honorable Mention
I’ve always been fascinated by color. Colors can create a feeling, inspire a desired mindset, or trigger a memory in your subconscious. In my work I use color to express myself, my palette is chosen by my current state of mind or memories that are currently at top of mind. I am intrigued by how individuals can experience the same art differently based on their past experiences. I pull inspiration for my work from my internal thoughts, music, hikes through the Sonoran Desert, and from textures and patterns found in nature. I love that abstract art can convey specific energy by using various brushstrokes, textures, layers, and colors. It can inspire energy and motion or tranquility and peacefulness. As a quiet person, I have used art throughout my entire life to help express and process my feelings. When I was younger, I struggled with anxiety and self-confidence, and my art was a way to find my voice in the world.
Fabienne Sowa-dobkowski
Honorable Mention
I am a California-based digital photographer and art historian. Using photography as a primary form of artistic expression, I discovered a passion for nature photography and illuminating the hidden world for the viewer. Deeply rooted in the history of fine-arts traditions, my abstract photography series aim at capturing the ephemeral essential forms, shapes, and or textures of natural elements. To capture the ephemeral qualities and atmosphere of natural elements, I use, mostly, a handheld camera. My distinct post-processing techniques seeks to arouse the senses while highlighting the ordinary world. Each process is inspired by the natural element itself and what will best bring its essence to life.
Britnie Walston
Honorable Mention
Britnie is a versatile artist, creating energy through light and vibrant colors. She captures the beauty of nature, blending boundaries between reality and abstraction. This creates a unique dreamscape atmosphere, providing viewers with a multilayered and immersive visual experience. Britnie graduated from Goucher College as a fine and performing arts scholar and studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art. While in college, she also studied art and Greek mythology abroad in Greece with the University of Maryland College Park. Her art's published in Carolina Quarterly, Cutbank, and more. She is also forthcoming in Denver Quarterly.