Wednesday 11 December 2019
Thursday 5 December 2019
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Sunday 10 November 2019
Thursday 24 October 2019
Welcome: Our New Committee Member!
We are pleased to welcome Irene Gomulka as our new committee member. Irene is serving as President of Ikebana International Orlando, Florida, USA and is the Chairperson of the Sogetsu School of Ikebana Orland Study Group.
She will help us select semi-finalists for the Ikebana Gallery Award 2020.
Wednesday 16 October 2019
Semi-Finalists for the Ikebana Gallery Award 2020, September 2019 Quarter
We have been announcing semi-finalists for the Ikebana Galley Award 2020 quarterly. The Ikebana Gallery Award Committee is pleased to announce that the following works have been selected as semi-finalists for the period from July to September 2019.
Congratulations to the students whose works have been selected for the semi-final. If you have not sent us your details and a list of materials for your work (check our Award page http://bit.ly/ikebanaaward), please contact us soon, ikebana.gallery@gmail.com.
Please also contact us if you have been selected but you are not eligible for this award. If we don't hear from you, your work may not be considered for selection for the finalists.
Thank you all the Ikebana students who contributed this quarter. We will announce next semi-finalists in January 2020. We hope to receive more of your works toward the Ikebana Gallery Award 2020. http://bit.ly/ikebanaaward
Please note that our committee will look through all the students' works again in July 2020, and the final semi-finalists including the works selected this time will be announced in July 2020. Your work may not have been selected this time, but it has a second chance! http://bit.ly/ikebanaaward
In August 2020, the finalists will be selected from the semi-finalists' works, and will be sent to our special judges. http://bit.ly/IGAJudges
Congratulations to the students whose works have been selected for the semi-final. If you have not sent us your details and a list of materials for your work (check our Award page http://bit.ly/ikebanaaward), please contact us soon, ikebana.gallery@gmail.com.
Please also contact us if you have been selected but you are not eligible for this award. If we don't hear from you, your work may not be considered for selection for the finalists.
Thank you all the Ikebana students who contributed this quarter. We will announce next semi-finalists in January 2020. We hope to receive more of your works toward the Ikebana Gallery Award 2020. http://bit.ly/ikebanaaward
Please note that our committee will look through all the students' works again in July 2020, and the final semi-finalists including the works selected this time will be announced in July 2020. Your work may not have been selected this time, but it has a second chance! http://bit.ly/ikebanaaward
In August 2020, the finalists will be selected from the semi-finalists' works, and will be sent to our special judges. http://bit.ly/IGAJudges
Sue
Zoe
Yen
Hien
Tomoko
Zoe
Tuesday 15 October 2019
Monday 23 September 2019
Sunday 15 September 2019
Saturday 7 September 2019
Ikebana Gallery Award 2019
We are very grateful to our wonderful judges who generously gave us their valuable input.
Thank you Ms Lesley Kehoe (Lesley Kehoe Galleries),
Ms Susan Renouf (Adjunct Professor, Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University),
Dr Yoshiho Kobayashi (Associate Professor, Outemon University, 追手門学院大学准教授, President, International Society of Ikebana Studies),
Ms Hiroe Swen (Ceramic Artist, Former Lecturer, Australia National University),
Mr Ken Smith (Artist, Former Lecturer, Monash University),
Dr Osamu Inoue (Associate Professor, Kyoto University of Art & Design, 京都造形芸術大学准教授; Vice President, International Society of Ikebana Studies) and
Dr Yutaka Mino (Director - Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, the Vice Chairman - Sotheby’s North America, the Chief Executive Director - the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa & the Honorary Director - Osaka Municipal Museum of Art. 兵庫県立美術館館長, 金沢２１世紀美術特任館長、大阪市立美術館名誉館長).
Their contribution made this international award, the world's first online Ikebana competition truly unique. It is so rare for Ikebana students to be assessed and to receive comments from art specialists like our judges. Please visit the “Judges” page for their profiles.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Ikebana Galley Gold Award is Lai Fong. The Ikebana Gallery Silver Award 2018 goes to Sophi & Gloria, and the Ikebana Gallery Bronze Award goes to Maryvonne & Марина. Those students will receive a certificate from Ikebana Gallery.
Our judges were asked to choose three works out of the five finalists in the order of their preference and the results were as follows:
Ms Renouf: 1. Gloria, 2. Lai Fong, 3. Марина,
Dr Kobayashi: 1. Sophi, 2. Lai Fong, 3. Mayvonne,
Ms Swen: 1. Mayvonne, 2. Gloria, 3. Lai Fong
Mr Smith: 1. Марина, 2. Sophi 3. Lai Fong
We allocated 3 points to the first choice, 2 to the second and 1 to the third. The results were 6 points for Lai Fong, 5 points for Sophi & Gloria, and 4 points for Mayvonne & Марина.
Following are comments from our judges for each work.
Mr. Smith: This composition is exuberant in its richness of contrasting forms, colours, textures and visual dynamics. It succeeds by restraining all these different energies with the gravitational weight of the container.
Mr Smith: This arrangement has an austere and restricted colour palette but balances this simplicity with a dynamic cantilevered displacement of forms. The work skilfully combines contrast and repetition to create an audacious but rhythmic composition.
Bronze Award: Марина
Thank you Ms Lesley Kehoe (Lesley Kehoe Galleries),
Ms Susan Renouf (Adjunct Professor, Fashion & Textiles, RMIT University),
Dr Yoshiho Kobayashi (Associate Professor, Outemon University, 追手門学院大学准教授, President, International Society of Ikebana Studies),
Ms Hiroe Swen (Ceramic Artist, Former Lecturer, Australia National University),
Mr Ken Smith (Artist, Former Lecturer, Monash University),
Dr Osamu Inoue (Associate Professor, Kyoto University of Art & Design, 京都造形芸術大学准教授; Vice President, International Society of Ikebana Studies) and
Dr Yutaka Mino (Director - Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, the Vice Chairman - Sotheby’s North America, the Chief Executive Director - the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa & the Honorary Director - Osaka Municipal Museum of Art. 兵庫県立美術館館長, 金沢２１世紀美術特任館長、大阪市立美術館名誉館長).
Their contribution made this international award, the world's first online Ikebana competition truly unique. It is so rare for Ikebana students to be assessed and to receive comments from art specialists like our judges. Please visit the “Judges” page for their profiles.
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 Ikebana Galley Gold Award is Lai Fong. The Ikebana Gallery Silver Award 2018 goes to Sophi & Gloria, and the Ikebana Gallery Bronze Award goes to Maryvonne & Марина. Those students will receive a certificate from Ikebana Gallery.
Our judges were asked to choose three works out of the five finalists in the order of their preference and the results were as follows:
Ms Renouf: 1. Gloria, 2. Lai Fong, 3. Марина,
Dr Kobayashi: 1. Sophi, 2. Lai Fong, 3. Mayvonne,
Ms Swen: 1. Mayvonne, 2. Gloria, 3. Lai Fong
Mr Smith: 1. Марина, 2. Sophi 3. Lai Fong
We allocated 3 points to the first choice, 2 to the second and 1 to the third. The results were 6 points for Lai Fong, 5 points for Sophi & Gloria, and 4 points for Mayvonne & Марина.
Following are comments from our judges for each work.
Gold Award: Lai Fong (Melbourne, Australia)
Sogetsu School
Mr. Smith: This composition is exuberant in its richness of contrasting forms, colours, textures and visual dynamics. It succeeds by restraining all these different energies with the gravitational weight of the container.
Ms Renouf: Chosen for its general appeal and pleasing form and colours. It would be appealing as a traditional celebration piece , such as for Christmas or a wedding.
Ms Swen: 写真の撮り方には配慮が必要かと思う。花が沈んで暗く見えるのはマイナス。
Please consider how to take a good photo of ikebana. Flowers should not look too dark.
Please consider how to take a good photo of ikebana. Flowers should not look too dark.
Silver Award: Gloria
Ms Renouf: Chosen for it’s delightful composition and spatial arrangement - I love it’s simplicity and choice of ingredients.
Ms Swen: 野菜などを巧みに配置して空間を演出した感覚と実験を認める
I recognise the student's experimental effort and sensibility to activate the space by carefully arranging vegetables and other objects.
I recognise the student's experimental effort and sensibility to activate the space by carefully arranging vegetables and other objects.
Silver Award: Sophi (Melbourne, Australia)
Sogetsu School
Mr Smith: This arrangement has an austere and restricted colour palette but balances this simplicity with a dynamic cantilevered displacement of forms. The work skilfully combines contrast and repetition to create an audacious but rhythmic composition.
Bronze Award: Mayvonne
Ms Swen: 秋そのままが表現されて、色の組み合わせが美しい。衒いのない生け花に、安らぎと、好感が持てる
Combination of colours is so beautiful expressing the essence of Autumn. It is calming and pleasing to see an ikebana work without any pretension.
Combination of colours is so beautiful expressing the essence of Autumn. It is calming and pleasing to see an ikebana work without any pretension.
Bronze Award: Марина
Mr Smith: This work is arresting in its originality for all the plant forms are contained within the supporting vessel rather than extending from it. This sense of intimate containment is intensified by the small red form hidden within the surrounding green mass and visually exploits the colour phenomena of complementary contrast most dramatically. The water level visible within the transparent glass vessel asserts a horizontal stability in contrast to the apparent instability of the whole arrangement.
Ms Renouf: Chosen for its unique choice of container and the difficulty of execution. It is beautifully formed and the intriguing hint of red at its core is beautiful.
Congratulations to the winners. Please send an email to ikebana.gallery@gmail.com so that we can send you a certificate (PDF file).
Thank you to all the Ikebana students who have shared their works on our blog & Facebook page. Thank you also to our committee members. We are looking forward to receiving more images of your works for the Ikebana Gallery Award 2020. Our semi-finalists for September 2019 Quarter (works posted from July to September 2019) will be announced in October 2019 in our blog & Facebook page.
Tuesday 27 August 2019
Monday 12 August 2019
Monday 5 August 2019
Finalists for the Ikebana Gallery Award 2019
The Ikebana Gallery Award Committee is pleased to announce that the following 5 works have been selected as finalists in the Ikebana Gallery Award 2019.
Congratulations to the students whose works have been selected.
The finalists' works have been sent to our expert judges. The winner will be announced within a few weeks. To receive update notices, become a follower or follow us by Email (see right) or simply like the Ikebana Gallery Facebook page. http://bit.ly/facebook-ikebana
We are very fortunate to receive great support and advice in our selection process from Associate Professor Osamu Inoue, Kyoto University of Art & Design. Dr Inoue is a prominent Ikebana artist and researcher, and vice president of International Society of Ikebana Studies (ISIS). Dr Inoue's recent publications includes "Thought of Ikebana" (「花道の思想」思文閣出版 ) .
http://www.shibunkaku.co.jp/shuppan/shosai.php?code=9784784218394
Congratulations to the students whose works have been selected.
The finalists' works have been sent to our expert judges. The winner will be announced within a few weeks. To receive update notices, become a follower or follow us by Email (see right) or simply like the Ikebana Gallery Facebook page. http://bit.ly/facebook-ikebana
We are very fortunate to receive great support and advice in our selection process from Associate Professor Osamu Inoue, Kyoto University of Art & Design. Dr Inoue is a prominent Ikebana artist and researcher, and vice president of International Society of Ikebana Studies (ISIS). Dr Inoue's recent publications includes "Thought of Ikebana" (「花道の思想」思文閣出版 ) .
http://www.shibunkaku.co.jp/shuppan/shosai.php?code=9784784218394
1. Maryvonne
2. Марина
3. Sophi
4. Lai Fong
5. Gloria
Friday 2 August 2019
2019 Ikebana Gallery People's Choice Award
Thank you very much for voting for the Ikebana Gallery People's Choice Award 2019. Our post announcing the semi-finalists was viewed over 3 thousands people around the world. We are pleased to be able to provide such a rare opportunity for Ikebana students to show their works to so many people, to be liked and to receive warm comments.
We are grateful for all of those who supported Ikebana Gallery Award, the first international Ikebana competition for all the Ikebana students by liking its Facebook page. We are particularly thankful to those who respected the spirit of the People’s Choice Award and voted according to our instruction.
We are pleased to announce that the winner is NGUYEN THANH HIEN (MBUG) in Vietnam. Congratulations. Her work received the largest number of LIKEs by 31 July 2019 in our Facebook page. She will receive our certificate shortly.
We understand that she is going to exhibit her work at Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival in 2019. We look forward to seeing her.
We understand that she is going to exhibit her work at Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival in 2019. We look forward to seeing her.
The five finalists will be selected by our expert judges and the winner of the Ikebana Gallery Award 2019 will be announced shortly. Please keep following our Facebook page.
