Our latest exhibit, “Wide Open Digital,” showcases exciting innovative work by 67 digital artists and photographers from 22 countries. This show includes 293 images that range, in style and technique, from one end of the digital spectrum to the other. These images represent some of the most talented work in digital arts around the globe.
We are very pleased that our shows draw such international interest, from both entrants and viewers. “Wide Open Digital” is no exception. We would especially like to welcome artists from countries being represented for the very first time: Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Guatemala, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Serbia, and the Ukraine.
We three judges—Gary Viskupic, Glen Christensen, and I—took great care in considering all the images entered. Ultimately, we selected, from among the finalists, 3 images to receive a Gold Stellar Art Award and 18 images to receive a Stellar Art Award.
I would like to mention that this was a very competitive show, and thus, having even one image chosen for inclusion is a high honor. As much as we would have liked to have included every entrant in the show, we did not. But, we can say that every image we evaluated showed promise. We hope that those artists whose work was not chosen will continue working to further that promise.
Before listing the Gold Stellar and Stellar winners below, I would like to thank my fellow judges. These two graphics professionals have long resumes of accomplishment in the visual arts. As Art Director of Buddah Records, Elektra/Asylum Records, and 20th Century Fox Records, Glen Christensen was, for many years, a major figure in graphic design in the music industry. He has received two nominations for the prestigious Grammy Award, for Best Album Package. Gary Viskupic has, to his credit, an extensive body of work in editorial illustration. He created most of this illustration during his long tenure as an editorial artist at New York’s Newsday. In addition, his international freelance work has included many award-winning posters and illustrations for magazine and book publishers. Gary has been recognized many times by such prestigious organizations as the Society of Illustrators, Graphis, The Society for News Design, and Print magazine. He is currently an instructor of illustration at New York Institute of Technology.
It is now with great pleasure that Digital Arts: California announces the following award-winning works:
GOLD STELLAR ART AWARDS
“Hatter”
OMRI KORESH
Kfar Saba, Hasharon, Israel
Integrated Digital Art
“Smooth Transition”
YVONNE LESS
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Digital 3D Rendering Art
“Dim”
DENNIS SIBEIJN
Amstelveen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands
Digital Collage
STELLAR ART AWARDS
“Living Together”
IKER CORTÁZAR
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain
3D Still Digital Art
“Her name is Amirah”
DAWID CMOK
Zabrze, Poland
Digital Art, Photo Manipulation
“Funny Melodies – Warwick Way, London (UK)”
ANDREA VANNINI
Figline Valdarno, Florence, Italy
Digital Collage
“Ugly Mountain Detonation III”
DANKA
Brisbane, Australia
Digital Illustration
“The Story Teller”
MICHAEL VINCENT MANALO
Manila, Philippines
Photo Manipulation
“Self-Illumination”
ANDRÉ KUTSCHERAUER
Munich, Germany
3D Still Digital
“The Red Garden, No. 5”
JILL JOHNSTON
Fredonia, New York, USA
Primarily Digital Painting
“The Mad Hatter”
FIONA KAIN
Hong Kong
Photo-Media
“Earth Dweller”
NEIL BLEVINS
San Francisco, California, USA
Digital Mixed Media
“Oro”
EVGENY KISELEV
St. Petersburg, Russia
Vector Art
“Little Red Riding Hood”
VICTOR EFIMCHENKO
Pskov, Russia
Photo Manipulation
“Day of the Zombie”
MANUEL REGALADO
Guatemala, Guatemala
Digital Painting
“When I grow up I want to be a James Bond villain”
BEN JELFS
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Digital Painting
“Besta Center”
THOMAS LAVEZZARI
Milan, Italy
Photo Manipulation
“Rotten Soul”
sydivs
Osorno, X región de los Lagos, Chile
Photo Manipulation
“The Mechanician”
FERENC SIPOS
Diósd, Pest, Hungary
Digital Art / Mixed Media (Photo and Airbrushing and Vector)
“Woman”
ARTHUR JACOB
Gresham, Oregon, USA
Digital Photography/Digital Manipulation
“Calm”
NIKITA VEPRIKOV
Kremenchug, Ukraine
Digital 3D
Enjoy the show! (return to exhibit)
Virginia Christensen
Director, Digital Arts: California
