We hereby express our gratitude for many applications we have received for the INTERNATIONAL ART & DESIGN COMPETITION 2018.
As a result of careful consideration, we are pleased to announce the competition winners.

Professional Division

First
Place
No Winner
Second
Place
“Master course” at Accademia Riaci, with TOTAL exemption from the 2018 tuition fee.

TITLE : KATAHUM

NAME : Sophia Grace Sanchez

NATIONALITY : Philippines

COURSE : Furniture Design

These are pieces designed by a Cebuana who dreams of the beauty of Italy. This is mainly the reason why I named the piecese as "Katahum". Katahum is a Cebuano word for "Beauty". Italy is Katahum !

TITLE : Design for the company Letled

NAME : Pavel Voitov

NATIONALITY : Ukraine

COURSE : Interior Design

Design project for the company Letled is ingeniously simple example of how business tasks are combined with the aesthetics and company's image. Since Letled engaged in LED lighting, brand book plays with the concept of colour model RGD - fusion of white, red and green spectrums and their transformation into a pure white colour.

TITLE : BEING

NAME : Ingrid Račková

NATIONALITY : Slovakia

COURSE : Painting and Drawing

Connection of abstract painting with classical glass technology, as a reminiscence of the history of glass art in the Czech Republic and in Italy. In my paintings I try to capture ungraspable, describe indescribable, something that is distant from us, but also close, because we are part of it. Paintings represent what has always been, is and will be.

Third
Place
“Master course” at Accademia Riaci, with PARTIAL exemption (8300 Euro) from the 2018 tuition fee ; for enrolling it, it’s necessary to pay 8300 Euro ( 3000 Euro for enrollment fee and 5300 Euro for tuition fee).

TITLE : Minimal Mine

NAME : Maxim Doshchinsky

NATIONALITY : Uklaine

COURSE : Interior Design

TITLE : My Italy

NAME : Nada Fakhri Basta

NATIONALITY : Egypt

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Open the gate for Arts-Florence

NAME : Indika Kumara Wijayarathna

NATIONALITY : Sri Lanka

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : ÒGREEN WHITE REDÓ

NAME : Somayeh Kianpour

NATIONALITY : Iran

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Il Magnifico

NAME : Pamela Bahre Ebensperger

NATIONALITY : Chile

COURSE : Jewelry Making

TITLE : Germinate

NAME : Kelsey Merkeley

NATIONALITY : Canada

COURSE : Jewelry Making

TITLE : Allurement

NAME : Dipankar Chowdhury

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Painting and Drawing

Non-professional Division

First
Place
the participant with the best project will be able to attend Accademia Riaci “One Year course”- in his/her related field, with TOTAL exemption from the payment of the 2018 enrollment fee and tuition fee.

TITLE : Duomo di Milan

NAME : Wang Yue Xiao (肖 汪玥)

NATIONALITY : China

COURSE : Jewelry Design

Inspired by Duomo di Milano, a representative Italian architecture, I designed the necklace; designed the necklace top outlining and refining the cathedral, and designed the necklace chain inspired by the pattern on the ground of the square in front of the cathedral. Overall it is expressed in Art Deco style.

Second
Place
“One Year course” at Accademia Riaci, with TOTAL exemption from the 2018 tuition fee.

TITLE : Gold Butterflies Evening bags Collection

NAME : Andrea Benahmed Djilali

NATIONALITY : Hungary

COURSE : Bag Making

My inspiration is the beautiful Butterflies. Butterflies are innocent little creatures, and symbol of freedom. The little ugly puppet finally will be a beautiful butterfly as my bag will be beautiful when I finish it.

TITLE : My Italy

NAME : Krasimira-An Petrova

NATIONALITY : Bulgaria

COURSE : Fashion Design

For ideas and inspiration, I used the memories and emotions experienced by my visits to Italy over the years. Especially Florence is the city that has awakened something new in me. Inspired by Giovanni Versace's golden years, and as a tribute to his honor, I used the classic colors for Versace.

TITLE : Italia

NAME : Farangis Heydari

NATIONALITY : Iran

COURSE : Fashion Design

Inspiration: knight guards, spaghetti, olive trees, spectacles. Briefly, some of the most known stuff that reminds eastern people of Italy, are brought together, with the flag colors to complete the concept.

TITLE : Piz La Mesa

NAME : Lester Philip J. Vasquez

NATIONALITY : Philippines

COURSE : Furniture Design

For me the representation of Italy is the authenticity of a great food from my childhood till to date. Pizza is one of my all-time Italian favorite childhood dish. Curated from the materials ceramic table top as to show the design elements of a pizza layering a 5mm glass.

TITLE : Greetings from Italy

NAME : Ida Pitkänen

NATIONALITY : Finland

COURSE : Illustration

In this project I have depicted simple things I find fascinating about Italy – things I would like to experience myself If I visited the country. I wanted to capture the nature, the food, the art and the culture, the picturesque architecture and the overall essence of the everyday lifestyle - mysterious pathways of old cities, idyllic lavender fields and traditional Italian food.

TITLE : no title

NAME : Wong Zhi Han

NATIONALITY : Malaysia

COURSE : Interior Design

The geometrical layout of the project was a reference to il Tricolore, the national flag of Italy, with the green, white and red rectangles represented the living room, the ‘island’ and the bedroom accordingly. The first floor will be used as a small workspace for working purposes.

TITLE : The Blithe of Cynosure

NAME : Teh KuanYon

NATIONALITY : Malaysia

COURSE : Interior Design

The Blithe of Cynosure is inspired from the pattern and characteristic style of SWIRL & KALEIDOSCOPE PRINT from EMILIO PUCCI.

TITLE : Tumble Earrings

NAME : Garima Jain

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Jewelry Design

The curves flowing in the design are inspired Italian motifs.

TITLE : Melody of Venice

NAME : Li Ye

NATIONALITY : Singapore

COURSE : Jewelry Design

Inspired by the night of Venice river. Sky and the river have the same color, and lights fall into the river like stars. Absolutely beautiful, therapeutic and calming. I chose sapphire, citrine and amethyst to do this piece.

TITLE : The leaning tower

NAME : Linhan Zhang

NATIONALITY : China

COURSE : Jewelry Design

The inspirationof this design is from one of the famous buildings in Italy, the leaning tower.The first study of the earring depended on its beautiful shapes and silhouettes. After refining andimproving the curves, three spinning curves are used to form aclimbing tower shape.

TITLE : Mare italiano

NAME : Ekaterina Korzh

NATIONALITY : Russia

COURSE : Jewelry Making

I feel like the colors of enamel and a natural shell bring me back to the Italian shore. The color that I picked for the enamel is that exact color of the sea waters near Sicily that impressed me so much.

TITLE : Leaning Tower of Pisa Ring

NAME : Alessandra Schito

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Jewelry Making

The ring I created uses 12 boxes that stack and un-stack with a hinge mechanism. To do this I bent and scored each box and assembled them together in the shape of a tower. On the boxes, I photo-etched an image of the Leaning Tower of Pisa so that when they are stacked one on top of the other they resemble a tower. I chose this image because of its narrow, slanted design and upward.

TITLE : Lane

NAME : Stephanie Devina Widjaja

NATIONALITY : Indonesia

COURSE : Jewelry Making

Status and wealth could be measured by the jewellery worn. On the contrary, Lane is worn on the nape, which can be seen only from the back and sides, or even is hidden under a long hair. The luxurious feeling of wearing the jewellery is mainly perceived by the wearer herself; a personal intimacy. Lane curves along the wearer’s nape and personalized to fit perfectly onto the skin.

TITLE : Travel to Italy

NAME : Ji yoon Kim

NATIONALITY : Repbulic of Korea

COURSE : Painting and drawing

The name of the oriental woman who travels in Italy's top attractions, including Rome, Florence and Venice, is Hwang Jin-yi. She symbolizes the most beautiful and challenging woman in our country. The men and women in the Hanbok, a traditional costume of the Republic of Korea, set up the most oriental figure of the protagonist and imagined that they were approaching the beautiful Western culture progressively.

TITLE : Sustenance

NAME : Mifdhal Afkar bin Basri

NATIONALITY : Malaysia

COURSE : Painting and drawing

My Artwork is about a human who is willing to go out to find money from dusk till dawn to earn a living for his family and brings a gondola. He is willing to go around the whole country to find customers who would ride on his gondola. I used acrylic paint as my main medium on canvas. I mainly used dark color because to see this time is night.

TITLE : Beyond Happiness

NAME : Anirban Bhattacharya

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Painting and drawing

We are born of love. Love is our mother. This painting is inspired by 'The sistine Madonna' by Raphael. The painting captures the essence of happiness, happiness of becoming a mother, happiness which has no match.

TITLE : Rome

NAME : Kristin Fiorvanti

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Painting and drawing

One memorable instance was in my Latin class during high school. Throughout this class, I developed a wider understanding of the history of Rome, Italy’s capital, and became particularly interested in its art history. The grand marble statues always caught my eye and left me in awe and wonder. In order to capture that awe, I decided to create the piece entitled “Rome” using black and white charcoal. On 9x12” black paper, I drew a veiled and promiscuous Roman woman whose look stands out on the paper just as it does in Rome.

Third
Place
“One Year course” at Accademia Riaci, with PARTIAL exemption (7500 Euro) from the 2018 tuition fee ; for enrolling it, it’s necessary to pay 7500 Euro ( 3000 Euro for enrollment fee and 4500 Euro for tuition fee).

TITLE : Cerchio Handbag

NAME : Anh CaoNguyen

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Bag Design

TITLE : Kulta

NAME : Elina Sekki

NATIONALITY : Finland

COURSE : Bag Making

TITLE : no title

NAME : Katarína Jedenásta

NATIONALITY : Slovakia

COURSE : Bag Making

TITLE : Er Keche

NAME : Eugenia Koshkina

NATIONALITY : Mari

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Veni, Vidi, Vici,

NAME : Sabrina Jabali

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Colorful Tuscany

NAME : Astri Astariani

NATIONALITY : Indonesia

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : The Renaissance fashion

NAME : Asim Mondal

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Ab urbe condita

NAME : Woh Choll Er

NATIONALITY : Malaysia

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Sogni ad Occhi Aperti

NAME : Shakira Moss

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Citta' d'Italia

NAME : Jyoti Chandra

NATIONALITY : Australia

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Mimosa Batik

NAME : Mudugama Arachchige Sharon Nirmala Palihawadana

NATIONALITY : Sri Lanka

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : ITALIANO Collezioni

NAME : Liubov Bezrukova

NATIONALITY : Russia

COURSE : Fashion Design

TITLE : Linear Matric

NAME : Chin Siew Yeit

NATIONALITY : Malaysia

COURSE : Furniture Design

TITLE : La bella memoria di Lago Maggiore

NAME : Rina Fukushima

NATIONALITY : Japan

COURSE : Interior Design

TITLE : Le Dolce Far Niente

NAME : Rie Shirayanagi

NATIONALITY : Japan

COURSE : Interior Design

TITLE : Goros & Sharman Necklace

NAME : Leung Jia Jun

NATIONALITY : Singapore

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Coasline Necklace

NAME : Nayoung Hur

NATIONALITY : Repbulic of Korea

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Five strings pearls

NAME : Ekta Kaushik

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Italian Fantasy

NAME : Vasudha Mehra

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Catello di Sammezzano

NAME : Sunny Chauhan

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Jewelry Design

TITLE : Italy Hands Brooch

NAME : Tamara Salinas Cohn

NATIONALITY : Spain

COURSE : Jewelry Making

TITLE : Buon Appetito

NAME : Celine Goh

NATIONALITY : Singapore

COURSE : Jewelry Making

TITLE : Argentum Ratio

NAME : Stephania León Duriez

NATIONALITY : Mexico

COURSE : Jewelry Making

TITLE : Emotive

NAME : Chelsea Whelham

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Painting and drawing

TITLE : Country's Lifeline

NAME : Mehak Singla

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Painting and drawing

TITLE : Sodoma's Noah's Ark

NAME : Yiou Wang

NATIONALITY : China

COURSE : Painting and drawing

TITLE : Beatiful Venezia

NAME : Soni Jayparkash Patel

NATIONALITY : India

COURSE : Painting and drawing

TITLE : My Italy Landscape

NAME : Perla Perez

NATIONALITY : Mexico

COURSE : Painting and drawing

TITLE : David through Time

NAME : Elissa Beaudoin

NATIONALITY : USA

COURSE : Painting and drawing

TITLE : WALL FRAME

NAME : Izz Aizuddin Bin Anazim

NATIONALITY : Malaysia

COURSE : Product Design

TITLE : bam

NAME : David Jonathan Oei

NATIONALITY : Indonesia

COURSE : Product Design