Announcement of Winners of 1st Universal Watercolor Exposition Online Contest

Article by: International Watercolor Society

The Universal Watercolor Exposition is a global high-end watercolor contest organized by the International Watercolor Society. It is one of the most grand watercolor event in the world. The online contest received an overwhelmed response of 1200 works from more than 70 countries. After a rigorous review by the organizing committee, a total of 60 finalists were selected, of which 3 are winning works. The winners’ artwork will be exhibited in the “2018 First Universal Watercolor Exposition” in October 2018.

Jury Committee Members:
Atanur Dogan (Canada/Turkey) IWS Global Founder & President
Ong Kim Seng (Singapore) Honorary President of the Singapore Watercolor Society
Liu Yi (China) IWS Global Vice President
Linda Doll (USA) National Watercolor Society President (2012-14)
Rick Huang (China) IWS China Vice President
Sergey Teremev (Russia) IWS Russia Representative
Ze Ze Lai (Hong Kong) IWS Global Vice President

Congratulations to all selected artists. The selected works and their names are announced as follows:

Winners

The eagle whispered
Surentsetseg Munkhbaatar (Mongolia)

Friends
Tiejun Chao (Australia)

Cover up
Fred Galan (Philippines)

Finalists

Amit Kapoor_ Beauty of Istanbul (India)

Sun Jian Gang_Nest of the seven (China)

Rainbow Tse_Day is done 1 (Hong Kong)

Rajesh Sawant_Rainy day at shwedagon pagoda (India)

You Mee Park_Beautiful memories of cantata! (Korea)

Sergii Grygoriev_Holiday of the spring renaissance (Ukraine)

Aera Lee_Last summer (Korea)

张峭然 _带你去远方 (China)

Thein Shwe Kyi_Grandma and grandson (Myanmar)

罗怀博_茶魂 1 (China)

贾连志_渔歌晚唱 (China)

Fu Man Yat_A rewarding harvest (Hong Kong)

陆日超_群鱼戏水 (China)

Ekaterina Sava_Flowers 1 (Italy)

Khin Maung Zaw_Across the field (Myanmar)

Prafull Sawant_Evening at Venice ( India)

Zheng Mu Zhen_Friend (China)

Tatiana Shundeeva_Summer echo ( Russia)

Lok Kerk Huang_Tales of wheel No. 14 ( Malaysia)

黄雅丽_工地(China)

谢发树_家乡的海 (China)

Sunhee Kim_Beautiful peony (Korea)

陈健_憩 (China)

Mi Ran Kim_Time travel (Korea)

Myint Naing_Yangon night ( Myanmar)

黄树根_豆蔻年华 (China)

杨斌莉_清晨迷雾 (China)

Aood Ampawa_Fishing boat(Thailand)

陈子云 _一尺之下 (China)

Victoria Kiryanova_Autumn (Russia)

Mikhail Starchenko_Hotel Sovetsky (Russia)

Sanjay V Kamble_Rajasthani musician (India)

Sergiy Lysyy_Venice San Marco (Lithuania)

王刚_案上秋色 (China)

Ihor Mosiichuk_After the rain (Ukraine)

Yau Wai Hoi_Traditional Inheritance ( Hong Kong )

王曼勋_春暖花开 (China)

Liu Xide_The unfinished movement (China)

谢博海_思 (China)

Barbara Oakes Durbin_It’s what’s inside that counts ( United States)

Soonyoung Lim_The flower of my own (Korea)

Igor Sava_Angolo do Popoli “Viena” (Italy)

Anna Ivanova_Russian winter (Russia)

Maneerat Srikampa_Batik (Thailand)

Anirban Jana_Banjara (nomadic tribe )Woman ( India)

蔡露滋_加工厂(China)

Shan Oi Lan_Flowery age (China)

Momin W Khan_Children of desert ( Canada/Pakistan)

Hannie Rieuwerts_Lovely winter light (The Netherlands)

Liao Xiao Ping_Sitting on the river bank ( China )

Kril Bozhkov_The old lady (Bulgaria)

Moe Win_The happiest mood (Myanmar)

Chiu Ya Lan_Joy (Taiwan)

Michael Solovyev_Old port street tour (Canada)

Wiktor Mielniczuk_Zurich VI (Switzerland)

Sun Lili_North sea (China)

井旭_云诉说的往事 (China)

Source: http://iwsglobe.org/index.php/2018/04/08/announcement-of-winners-of-1st-universal-watercolor-exposition-online-contest/