The top five artists in each category were given awards in the 4th Annual Colors international online art exhibition.  Below are the biographies and/or artist’s statements along with the artist’s websites or emails.

Please visit the 4th Annual Colors Art Exhibition Page and contact the artists directly for purchase inquiries or to see more of their work.

Congratulations again to all the winners and thank you for sharing your talent with us.

As a portrait artist, I believe everyone shows their life on their face. From past experiences to the present, and even some of the future. The face is an expression of the experiences of ones self, or lack there of. I have always used bold primary color in my work. Color can alter mood and excite the imagination, enticing the viewer to look beyond the surface. The portrait takes center stage with images emerging from within, fading and evolving into another. Look close, then look again, as what you first see may be but a fragment of the story being told. Learning to look, is the vision to see.

If you are interested in seeing more of Anthony’s work, please email him directly.

Born and raised in France, I immigrated to the US in my early twenties. I have lived in New York since then.

I started as a sculptress of life-size sculptures, then switched to photography and video. Even though my work is photo based I now work almost exclusively on my computer. My artistic practice has evolved with the various materials I have used, from plaster and chicken wire to my digital tools.

I explore the full potential of all my materials and tools until they lead me to unknown places in an endless proceess of discovery.

Please visit Carmen’s website if you are interested in seeing more of her work.

Rose lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and works out of her Studio just outside of Escanaba. She has always had an interest in art and is self taught. She began sewing at a young age and continues today creating art quilts, handbags, clothing, jewelry and fiber art. She joined a local theater group and designed costumes for many of their productions. Rose is the owner of Superior Quilting, llc, is a member of the Bonifas Art Center, East Ludington Art Gallery and the Bay de Noc Quilt Guild. She has taught, held workshops, lectures, designed patterns and dyes fabric for use in her projects. She has won numerous awards for her quilting and fiber art. Rose continues to challenge herself and is inspired by all that surrounds her and by those who share their craft. Her style and interest is continually evolving and with an open mind, heart and spirit, her creative exploration continues.

Rose’s entry “Marley” was her first sculpture, completing it in 2017. It took nine months to complete after researching skeletal and muscular structure, tools and materials, designing, creating the pattern, carving, application of fabric and the final touches. The body is constructed with foam, muslin, gesso, wood, leather and snippets of fabrics. The mane consists of 4,500 fabric tubes made individually then applied and the eyes are created with leather and 1″ marbles.

Rose is currently working on a new technique that she is calling ART Squared(c) which is represented by the entry “Fall”. This technique is created by cutting fabric into very small squares (1/8″ x 1/8″) and using it much like you would paint. A drawing is done on canvas or other material, glue is applied and then the squares, giving the piece an impressionistic appearance.

Rose’s final piece titled “Spirals” is a study in creating fiber art with fabric. In addition to the spirals, fabric tubes were wrapped in a continuous fashion to create large circles of color.

Please email Rose directly if you are interested in seeing more of her work.

Currently, Melody (Jun Min Park) is a student of Parsons School of Design Class of 2023, transferring to The Cooper Union Class of 2024 this fall. Melody is a self-taught artist. She grew up in Seoul, South Korea with a very academic background. She is the first artist of the family.

In 2017, Melody dropped out of Daewon Foreign Language High School, the most prestigious high school in Korea. It took her a year to convince her parents to let her study abroad in the U.S. The year went by with her mom screaming, cursing, shaming, and spanking her. She resented God for giving her such a useless talent, for giving her the heart that craved beautiful things. And God presented Melody the miracle of her mother letting her go to the U.S for her junior year as an Academic Exchange Student.

There she met her host mother, Lisa Stegman, an art graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art. At school, although she didn’t take any art classes being insecure about her being self-taught and still scared of her mother, one of the many AP classes she took rather made her realize my true artistic talent and define what her real identity was, as she became famous as the ‘artist exchange student’ through the 20 Time Project she did with the topic of ‘How to Influence the World with Art.’

The summer after her junior year, Melody told her mother she wanted to go to an art school. She decided that she don’t say it now, she will ruin the rest of her life. Even as she left for Massachusetts that August, none of her family supported her. The only change was that she openly announced her dream.

Massachusetts is where Melody finished her senior year in the U.S. as an F-1 visa International Student. The state was chosen by her parents this time, hoping the ‘Massachusetts education’ would change her. But Massachusetts is where Melody shined the brightest and proved herself a true artist. There she took her first art class and art clubs, tried her first oil painting, and surrounded herself for the first time with so many other artists. She won her first official art award, had her first art exhibition, and her name in the newspaper. At the end of the year, Melody stood in the mirror and looked at the girl who achieved so many things people told her she couldn’t, and she was there having been filmed on TV, awarded the Scholastic National Award, accepted to numerous prestigious art schools, and handed numbers from people wanting to purchase her art(although she never did).

And here she is in New York City as a Parsons student. And here she is accepted to The Cooper Union as a transfer, Early Decision, destined to become a greater artist than she is today.

You can see more of her work on her Instagram.