Art competition in support of fellow artists during the COVID-19 crisis.
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The following are the results based on the average scores provided by the jurors of the Art United – Together We Stand competition after reviewing the submitted artwork.
Competition Jurors
1st place – Selected to receive an Exhibition space at the Agora Gallery booth @ Artexpo NY:
Andrew Leventis
2nd place – Selected to receive an Agora Gallery digital representation package:
ALLAGUILLEMETTE
3rd place – Selected to receive artist personal websites:
Ananou Jacky, Margaret de Castro, Aakash Mali – Kabir
4th place – Selected to receive free entry coupons for an art competition:
Pablo Castañeda Santana, Eri Kato, Fulya Acikgoz, Sajja Sajjakul, Marc Voelker, Wayne Quilliam, Olga Nekrasova, www.galarson.com/, Aashima Mehrotra, Yukihiro Murai, Luciana De Donato
Note: Agora Gallery is proud to sponsor the competition, but Agora Gallery and its employees had no input or influence in the selection process. All selection decisions were made by the competition jurors.
The following results show a sample entry for each selected artist.
1st Place Winner
Congratulations to our selected artist to receive an exhibition space at the Agora Gallery booth @ Artexpo NY
Andrew Leventis – Vanitas: Packed Ice-Box, Oil on Linen, 36″ x 36″
Andrew Leventis
Vanitas: Packed Ice-Box, Oil on Linen, 36″ x 36″
2nd Place Winner
Congratulations to our selected artist to receive Agora Gallery digital representation package
ALLAGUILLEMETTE – Aulne#II, Digital on Fine Art Paper, 12″ x 16″
ALLAGUILLEMETTE
Aulne#II, Digital on Fine Art Paper, 12″ x 16″
3rd Place Winners
Congratulations to our selected artists to receive artist personal websites
Ananou Jacky – Gorille, Bic BallPen on Paper, 12″ x 8.5″
Ananou Jacky
Gorille, Bic BallPen on Paper, 12″ x 8.5″
Margaret de Castro – Quarenteners serie, Acrylic on Canvas, 19.7″ x 15.8″
Margaret de Castro
Quarenteners serie, Acrylic on Canvas,
19.7″ x 15.8″
Aakash Mali – Kabir- The Sikar 8, Oil on Canvas, 53.5″ x 74.8″
Aakash Mali – Kabir
The Sikar 8, Oil on Canvas
53.5″ x 74.8″
4th Place Winners
Congratulations to our selected artists to receive free entry coupons for an art competitions
Pablo Castañeda Santana – We, the monsters_003, Oil on paper, 11.8″ x 15.8″
Pablo Castañeda Santana
We, the monsters_003, Oil on paper,
11.8″ x 15.8″
Eri Kato – Fragments, Used cardboard, used envelope, thread on panel, 10″ x 7.2″
Eri Kato
Fragments, Used cardboard, used envelope, thread on panel, 10″ x 7.2″
Fulya Acikgoz – Birch Fire, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 20″
Fulya Acikgoz
Birch Fire, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 20″
Sajja Sajjakul – Deep Hole, Oil on Canvas, 47.2″ x 35.4″
Sajja Sajjakul
Deep Hole, Oil on Canvas, 47.2″ x 35.4″
Marc Voelker – Blindnoblind 20/2 komme, Dispersion on Canva, 31.5″ x 38″
Marc Voelker
Blindnoblind 20/2 komme, Dispersion on Canvas
31.5″ x 38″
Wayne Quilliam – Jungala, Digital on Hahnemühle Paper, 44″ x 44″
Wayne Quilliam
Jungala, Digital on Hahnemühle Paper
44″ x 44″
Olga Nekrasova – Angel Wings2, Ink on plastic panel, 27.6″ x 39.4″
Olga Nekrasova
Angel Wings2, Ink on plastic panel
27.6″ x 39.4″
Aashima Mehrotra – Destruction, Oil on Canvas, 24″ x 30″
Aashima Mehrotra
Destruction, Oil on Canvas
24″ x 30″
Yukihiro Murai – Anti Racism, Pencil & Acrylic color on Paper Board, 19.3″ x 17.6″ x 1.5″
Yukihiro Murai
Anti Racism, Pencil & Acrylic color on Paper Board, 19.3″ x 17.6″ x 1.5″
Luciana De Donato – PENSAR É TRANSGREDIR, Digital on Hahnemühle Paper
Luciana De Donato
PENSAR É TRANSGREDIR,
Digital on Hahnemühle Paper
In loving memory of Agora Gallery’s Executive Director Eleni Cocordas, who has passed away on May 1st, 2020 due to complications from COVID-19.
1st place
Exhibition space at the Agora Gallery booth @ Artexpo NY
Artexpo New York is the largest international gathering of qualified trade buyers. Your work will be presented and promoted at the Agora Gallery booth which will be one of the largest booths at the fair. Selected artist will receive a minimum of ten (10) linear ft of exhibition wall space.
2nd place
Agora Gallery digital representation
Your work will be displayed on a specially designed large high resolution monitor located at the entrance of Agora Gallery and promoted throughout the year on our websites and social media platforms.
3rd place
Artist personal website by EasyArtWebsites.com
Present your work in a professional manner. Our web designer will create a great looking website for you and update it per your request for one year.
Three artists will be selected to receive this award.
4th place
Free entry coupons for an art competition
Enter one of our annual competitions for your opportunity to present your artwork to the New York Art Market.
Ten (10) artists will be selected to receive this award.
Michael Royce is the executive director of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), a national arts service organization that helps artists in all disciplines, arts administrators, and arts organizations. In 2020, both The New York Times and Forbes cited NYFA for its actions in addressing the needs of artists in response to COVID-19. Michael is a recipient of the Alan Cooper Leadership in the Arts Award presented by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and served as a juror for the CODA Awards.
He co-chaired the Grantmakers in the Arts’ Individual Artists Group Steering Committee, and served as a trustee on the New York Council of Nonprofits, the Jersey City Museum, the Art Directors Club of New York, and the Rebecca Kelley Ballet. He currently serves on the New York State Education Department’s Arts Blue Ribbon Commission, and the Fine Arts Federation of New York.
Michael has designed programs for emerging artists, mid-career, and aging artists in the US. In 2017 he launched programs for immigrant artists in Detroit, Newark, Oakland and San Antonio. Michael has partnered with international organizations in China, Guatemala, Ireland, and others.
Past senior positions included President: Moynihan Station Development Corporation; Director of Programming: Theatre Development Fund; Deputy Director: New York State Council on the Arts, and Director of Marketing: Creative Arts Team.
Published works include co-editing The Profitable Artist/Second Edition, Allworth Press, NY; 2019 The Arts and Hurricane Sandy, Grantmakers in the Arts/GIA Reader, Vol 24 No2 Summer 2013; Forward for Basil Alkazzi: An Odyssey of Dreams: A Decade of Painting 2003-2012, Scala Arts Publishers.
Meryl Cohen has been the Chief Registrar at The Metropolitan Museum of Art since July 2019. Prior to that, Meryl was the Exhibitions Registrar at The Met for ten years, in which she skillfully managed the logistical arrangements for more than seventy Met exhibitions—including, Armenia! (2018-19) Visitors to Versailles (1682-1789) (2018), Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven (2016-17), and Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World (2016). Prior to joining The Met, Meryl served as the Director of Registrar at the Guggenheim, and also held registrarial posts at The Museum of Modern Art, The Drawing Center, and The Neuberger Museum in Purchase, NY. She received her MA in Art History with a concentration in Museum Studies from George Washington University and, in 2015-16, participated in the Columbia Business School Metropolitan Museum of Art Executive Development program. In addition, she has served on panels at museum conferences, speaking on topics such as “How to Bring an Exhibition to China,” “How to Bring an Exhibition to the U.S.,” and “Living with the TSA.” She also published a blog on The Met’s website, “Solving the Puzzle of the Installation Schedule for Visitors to Versailles.”
Yukie Kamiya is Director of Gallery, Japan Society, New York. Formerly, Kamiya was Chief Curator of Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima MoCA) and Associate Curator of New Museum, New York.
She has curated numbers of exhibitions internationally and co-curated ProRegress, the 12 th Shanghai Biennial (2018-19). She also served for cultural institutions including the Japan Foundation, Goethe Institute as a guest curator and served for Discordant Harmony: Critical Reflection of Imagination of Asia (toured to Seoul, Hiroshima, Taipei and Beijing, 2015- 2018) and Re:Quest Japanese Contemporary Art since the 1970s (Seoul, 2013) and others. In 2011, Kamiya received the Academic Prize from the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo for her curatorial achievement in Simon Starling: Project for a Masquerade (Hiroshima).
Her writings have appeared in publications including Hiroshi Sugimoto: Gates of Paradise (Skira/Rizzoli, 2017), Ravaged – Art and Culture in Times of Conflict (Mercatorfonds, 2014), California-Pacific Triennial (Orange County Museum, 2013) and Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture (Phaidon, 2010). Kamiya has served on selection committees including for Tokyo metropolitan government, DAAD, and the Rolex Mentor and Protégé International Program.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing away of our friend and colleague, Executive Director Eleni Cocordas, on May 1, 2020, due to complications from COVID-19.
Prior to joining Agora Gallery, Eleni has worked for prominent New York museums such as MoMA and the American Museum of Natural History and cultural organizations as the Japan Society. For more than twenty-five years she has specialized in collaborations with artists on site-specific installations and traveling exhibitions, for which she has traveled the world-over.
Since joining Agora Gallery in 2017, Eleni has applied her experience and in-depth knowledge of art Pivot Academy to oversee and manage the gallery, network with the artists, as well as supervise our fine art competitions.
She will be greatly missed! Our deepest condolences to the family. You are welcome to visit Facebook and leave a comment if you’d like.
Artists Testimonials
My participation in the Latin American Fine Art Competition at Agora Gallery was one of the most important experiences of my career as an artist. The work that the Agora Gallery team put into our exhibition was extremely professional: starting with their selection of the jury, the communication with the artists, the incredible work they put into our exhibition creating so many collateral pieces such as the pamphlets, the photos, the videos, and the relationship with the press. The reception was especially emotional, Agora shone again, as it was a true Latin American party. Many people got to know me thanks to this exhibition. I am eternally grateful to Agora and his team for giving Latin American art a home.
Claudia Ruiz Gustafson, Peru, 2019 Selected Artist for the Latin American Contemporary Fine Art Competition
This was the first time that my artwork was exhibited outside Canada… two pieces were sold, and the positive feedback that I received boosted my confidence in what I am doing.
Renée De Gagné, Canada, 2014 Selected Artist for the Chelsea Fine Art Competition
I consider it has been an important step forward in my career as an artist. Having been selected out of so many international artists contributes to increasing the value of my work.
José María Peña, Spain, 2017 Selected for the Chelsea Fine Art Competition
To see my work displayed on the walls of your gallery was validating on so many levels. I have been doing art for more than forty years, and I couldn’t help but feel a strong sense of satisfaction, joy, accomplishment, and personal honor. Thank you for that opportunity. Winning the competition has fueled my passion and inspired me to work harder. It has also provided me with distinction as a professional fine artist.
Doug DePice, United States, 2012 Selected Artist for the Chelsea Fine Art Competition
I am honored to have been selected as a finalist for two consecutive years in the Chelsea International Fine Art Competition! So too, to sell an artwork. It was such an enjoyable experience working with the kind and professional Agora team the first time that I decided to enter again. An invaluable opportunity for any artist.
Emily Jones, Australia, 2018 Selected for the Chelsea Fine Art Competition
The whole experience of exhibiting in the gallery has been even better than I expected, the staff has always been very kind, always attentive guiding me in every step of the process. I would do it again without thinking and I hope everyone has a chance to participate in the future, it will be a unique and pleasant experience. One that I will never forget.
Daniel Serva, Venezuela, 2018 Selected Artist for Latin American Competition
Participating in the competition has been one of the most exciting experiences of my life. The opportunity to show my work in the great showcase open to the world that is the gallery, is very important for me at this time: nothing less than the opportunity to make myself known at the highest level.
Clara De Bobes, Spain, 2018 Selected Artist for The Latin American Competition
Two of my favorites takes from this experience have been: Having my work curated by such influential figures in the New York art scene, and being a part of a show with multiple generations of Latin American artists; Artists who have been evolving their practice for 50 years, and young artists like myself that are still learning and developing.
Kevin Quiles Bonilla, Puerto Rico, 2018 Selected Artist for The Latin American Competition
My experience at the Agora Gallery is by far the most satisfying of the many galleries I’ve appeared in. The communication between the gallery and myself have been superb, timely and responsive. Within 2 days of the opening, they have sold 4 out my 5 offerings and the 5th remaining one is getting a great response. I feel honored to be included in this exhibition of truly superb work. Thank you for having me!
Richard Greene, United States, 2018 Selected Artist for The Photography Competition
The gallery sold 3 of my photographs! The price of artworks was carefully negotiated to secure the best outcome and any profit from sale transferred in timely manner.
It was a pleasure to work with the Agora Gallery staff, all were very professional, friendly and the communication was excellent!
Artur Golacki, United Kingdom, 2017, Selected Artist for The Photography Competition
It is always great to know that one´s work is being exhibited internationally and in prestigious gallery so it’s a feeling recognition after may years of photography.
Stephanus Meyer, Spain, 2017, Selected Artist for The Photography Competition
I was super excited to see my work displayed. I was especially fortunate to have my photo used as the “poster photo” for the show and when we approached the gallery on the way to the opening we saw the poster on a wall with other gallery posters. I was not expecting this and I was so excited and proud. When I saw my work in the gallery everything about the show was professional and I couldn’t have been happier to have been selected for the show.
Vincent Chahley, Canada, 2017 Selected Artist for The Photography Competition
