Watercolor International 5

After many artists asked for an extension of the Open Call period, the new (and final) deadline will be June 14! DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 14 JUNE!!! https://watercolorinternational.art/page/opencall2021 WATERCOLOR INTERNATIONAL 5 OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES Jurors : Jansen Chow AWS, NWS                  Malaysia Ilya Ibryaev                                         Russia Laurin McCracken AWS, NWS        USA Angus Mc Ewan RWS, NWS             Scotland Prafull Sawant IWMA                       India Thomas Schaller AWS, NWS            USA Sergey Temerev IWMA                     Russia Zhou Tianya AWS, NWS                   China Jayson Yeoh AWS, NWS                   Malaysia George Politis AWS, RI                     Greece Venue The fifth Edition of the Biennial of Watercolor will take place in Thessaloniki, Greece. It is organized by “Watercolor International” and has been recognized globally for the high standard of excellence in watercolor and watermedia. Entry Deadline EXTENDED:    June 14 ,

  Watercolor International Exhibitions have been a proud Partner of Fabriano in Acquarello since 2018. We both work towards the promotion and upraise of watercolor. Many thanks to Anna Massinissa for her support!

Veneta Docheva Ambassador of the Mondial Art Academia, France International Pigment Testing  Expert  for Eureka&Rockwell, Canada Born on 07.08.1974 in Sofia, Bulgaria. 1999 graduate Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia.     Solo exhibitions 2006- 2011 – More than 10 exhibitions in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities 2008 and 2011 – Bratislava, Slovakia at the Gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute  2009 – Warsaw, Poland at the at the Gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute 2011 – Paris, France at the Gallery of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute From 2010 until 2017 – regular three- day meetings with fans three times a year at the Earth and Man National Museum in Sofia. More than 70 international group exhibitions. Demonstrations: 2018 – 29.04.-02.05 Italy, Festival UrbinoAcquarerello,demonsration 2018 – 03.08-09.08 Czech Republic, demonstration in front of many artists and take part in live catalog 2019 – 01.04 -30.04 Romania, Bucherest   “Make the watercolor great

  Industrial and graphics designer, marketing and comunications consultant, creative. She graduated as Industrial Designer and alongside had long professional experience in marketing and communication. In 2006 she founded the InArte Organization, with the purpose of sharing the artistic passion that she grows since childhood. For InArte, she planned and directed a large number of events dedicated to italian and international contemporary Art and watercolor painting. Togheter with the Paper and watermarks Museum in Fabriano, in 2010 she started the Marche D’Acqua international price contest. In the same year, together with the Fabriano Municipium, she founded and started the first edition of the FabrianoinAcquarello convention. In 2015 and 2016    she was member of the IWS Board Panel. From 2014 to 2016 she was member of the Museum System board of the Ancona Province and from 2015 to 2018 she was board member of the Turistic organization of the mountain area in Marche Region. In 2016 af

 Andreychenko Natalia, professional artist and Member of the Union of Artists International Federation of Watercolorists.  In 1996 graduated from the Children's Art Academy, in 2019 - from the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I.Surikov,  specialty - painting. Directions of the works are various: landscapes, portraits, steel lifes, figurative.       Winner of the Classical Graphics Competition, prize-winner of the International Classical Graphics Competition at the Russian Art Week 2017;  Laureate of the Painting Competition-plein air "Old Moscow" 2018, Awarded with three gratitude  letters of the Moscow city Duma for participation in exhibitions.       Participant of national and international exhibitions, biennials and watercolor festivals in Russia, Italy, Czech Republic, India, Indonesia, Kosovo, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates, Mexico. The paintings are in private collections around the world. Dreams about far shores

  Understanding the essence of watercolours is in itself a masterpiece.    - Unknown     An artist balances the scales of creativity and sanity like no one ever has. Rationality and madness blend gracefully to mould an artist like Rahul Chakraborty.     Rahul is an accomplished watercolorist who dared to glance towards the rising horizons of ingenuity. He was greeted by a colourful sight of endless possibilities and opportunities and thus decided to pursue the unthinkable.     Leaving the corporate world to pursue art was unheard of. But Rahul sought out the toughest choice, hoping for a brighter turn of events. His vigour and enthusiasm helped mould his personality substantially; thus helping him achieve what he always hoped for.     Recognition and fame did not come easy, but Rahul had his gaze held even higher. He wanted to quench his never ending thirst for creativity and thus went onto illustrate his artworks across the globes, contributing to the world of art at the same time.  

 Tao Wu, born in 1982, from Suizhou, Hubei is a graduate of Watercolor Specialty, Department of Fine Arts Education, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts (HIFA) and now the founder of Goth International Fine Arts Education Organization. He is also a member of the China Artists Association, Guangdong Artists Association and of Guangdong Watercolor Research Association. On top of that, he is the director of the Committee of Fine Arts Specialty, Zhongshan Handicraft and Fine Arts Association and vice director of Watercolor Arts Committee, Zhongshan Artists’ Association. Artistic Experience and Achievements In August, 2018, invited to Kendall College of Art and Design and in August, 2017, invited to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, both for exchanging experience. In August, 2015, invited by the Political Consultative Conference of Zhongshan to stage “Zhongshan Watercolor Paintings Joint Exhibition” in U.S. and Canada. In 2014, took part in “Future of Art-The First International Young Ar

 My professional background as an Architect and Urban designer and my passion for the arts was forged in my early career in Guanajuato. Mexico in the fine art studios of Professor Jesus Gallardo where I studied drawing, watercolour painting and metal etching.  My professional development in Canada in the last 42 years has merged Arts, Architecture and Urban Design and given me the opportunity to teach architectural design studios at UBC and professionally allowed me to travel to North & South America, Asia and Europe. These travels have influenced my artistic vision in teaching and organizing events and workshops in Canada, Spain & Italy. My interest in Plein Air lead me to create events in Vancouver and be an active part of them  The Cherry Blossom Festival (2007-17) & The Harmony Festival Plein Air challenge (2018- today ), two international biennales, the 2012 Federation of Canadian artists (as vice president of the FCA and member of the board 2010-2016) and the 2014 IWS

Sandor Szikszai is a Hungarian/Australian watercolor artist, curator, educator, watercolor ambassador  who after twenty years of highflier business life, retired himself to dedicate his life to attain youthful dream of artistic self expression.  And ever since he became path finder, who rushes around the world looking for the vital life of inspirations.  After his return to Hungary, he engaged in watercolor art promotion and education. Established IWS Hungarian Branch in 2015, than  Watercolor Academy in 2017. B ecame a  Board member of IWS Global in 2016. He is also Leader of FabrianoinAcquarello Hungarian Artist Group since 2016 and Local Hungarian Art Community "Free Artist Society". Within these capacities he organized great number of solo and group exhibitions, joint events, workshops and presentations. He was the organizer-curator of the First Budapest International Watercolor Festival in September 2016. Editor-Publisher of the first International Watercolour Diary in 2

 Vіcky Rassokhina is a young Ukrainian artist from Kiev. She operates successful high-tech customer service projects daily, and found her off-job passion to watercolor in 2017.   Regularly exhibits at National Museum of Natural Sciences of Ukraine in the exhibition cycle “Museum exhibit: a close artist’s view”,   including National Ukrainian Exhibition of Botanical Art (2020).   Ukraine representative at Fabriano In Aquarello 2020.   Special Award winner 2018 and 2019 at MiniWatercolor Kiev international festival.   Ukraine representative at Urbino At Aquarello 2019.     Affected and inspired strongly with works of Ukrainian and European artists, got their skillful training support and shortly became a noteworthy animalistic painter with her recognizable realistic live-looking emotional animal portraits.    Vicky’s  artistic storytelling philosophy applies both to business and paintings:   Respect the Moment. You only have one short piece of paper to tell the whole Story. So think thor

  An arts graduate from Govt College of Arts & Crafts (GCAC), Kolkata (1990) Rajat did his debut show in 1994 at Chitra Kala Parishad, Bangalore. In 1986, he was chosen under the Young Artists Category for a West Bengal Government project by Tathya Kendra, Kolkata.   In 1996, he was a part of a group show in New Delhi at The Art Konsult gallery. After spending close to two decades in advertising, Rajat has now returned to his favorite passion of water colors and has been successfully exhibiting his works through solo and group shows in Delhi, Jaipur, Bhopal and Chandigarh.   He set out on this renewed art journey in August 2011 with his first solo show ‘Relate’ for 21 days at The Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi that was a joyous and optimistic ensemble of trees, temples and landscapes. His ensemble of abstracts in mixed media and watercolours ‘Universal Truths’ was a part of the group show at a provate gallery in Delhi in September last year. Rajat was invited by art veterans in Cha

  Born in Hong Kong, Rainbow Tse is an award winning artist, she works with both traditional and digital mediums. She believes that many places and feelings are worthy of a story to tell, images have the unique power in bringing light to the unseen and life to the mundane. This is where she begins to create.   She has won numerous awards and her work has been exhibited around the world. As an artist, Rainbow believes that the core of creating is in its expression and ability to open eyes. She hopes to continue on this journey of creating works that are authentic and emotionally resonating, ultimately bringing hope and beauty to those she reaches.    She is current a member of International Masters of Watercolour Alliance and the committee member of International Watercolor Society Hong Kong.

  Margareta Palm is living near Uppsala, Sweden at the place where she started to paint with watercolor 20 years ago.   This technique invites her to new challenges and endless opportunities. Sometimes she just let the watercolor flow, other times the smallest details are very important. The palette knife spreads water and color pigment over the paper and based on this result, the work continues abstractly or figuratively. New meetings between different colorpigments are most important..  For several years she has worked with experimental watercolor, which she also teaches through courses and digital workshops  in several countries. Today Margareta has shown her watercolors in galleries and juried exhibitions in several European countries, besides Sweden, Lithuania, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Spain and Slovakia. Proud Trio

  I started my way on painting in my childhood at 9 years old. My mother is an artist also, Nasrin Rezai, that has exhibited all around the world. At the age of 16, I was teaching watercolor at Nima Gallery, in Tehran with her. Later I went to Azad University in Tehran where I studied Graphic design while I continued my teaching classes in the gallery. On 2001, my mother and I opened Marmar Gallery in Madrid. In this gallery, I teach and do solo exhibitions every year, while I continued my studies, also with international artists. I have done exhibitions in several galleries in Madrid. I have been teacher in a prestigious arts school in Madrid, as leading teacher of traditional technics and illustration. In the last years as a mother and an artist, I combine my family (two wonderful daughters), teaching classes organizing exhibitions in Marmar Gallery and international events. Since I started my international career, I participated in events as the “1st International Youth Masters Exhi

 Sareh Mohebeian Zadeh is Manager of IWS Globe.  Manager and owner of the SARE ART GALLERY Moscow-Russia     . -She is a watercolor artist with Iranian nationality and Live in Russia .  -She is Ambassador of the Mondial Art Academia France . -Member of the  jury at international watercolor exhibition Ecuador and Russian watercolor artists contest 2020,2021 and international watercolor contest Turkey 2020,International online coffee painting contest IRAN 2021.  -Member of the International watercolor Federation of Russia . - she Held more than 50 solo and group Exhibition (International and Internal). - Achievement of title of honor “Appreciation Award” from international Art and Architecture university of Mehran pakistan - Achievement of title of honor “Hardship Award” August 2017 Iran - Selected top 30 best artists in international watercolor society exhibition 2017  - The selected person in IV Biennial International CAUDETE (Spain )2017  -achievement “Artist of the Month “ Medal at M

  Jan loved to draw and paint when he was a child already and has returned to his passion for the arts as soon as his career in the medical sector ended, at the beginning of the 2000 s. He then began a five year training at the Gooise  Academy of Laren where he got teaching in various techniques, graphic and visual He restarted his career in oil painting ,which he thoroughly enjoys, and the trading it for the watercolor two years later after following some masterclasses. He was so in love with this technique, that he never changed more until nowadays. Jan is driven by the pleasure he finds in recreating atmosphere and lights found in the land and seascapes around him. He enjoys representing urban settings and maritime subjects. Using different tones and shadings, the painter commits to capturing the beauty that inhabits the places he visits, giving them a sensitivity that is doubled with a latent poetry , which he strives to communicate with the viewer. Since 2015 Jan has been a commit