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Tian Hong 2020 Cross Cultural Youth Art Contest

Love, Hope and Collective Humanity

Aug 28th, 2020

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We have received submissions from 97 contestants with a total of 131 artworks (31 of them from age group 4-12, 100 of them from age group 13-21).
Young artists have demonstrated great passion and talent in their artworks reflecting this year’s main theme - Love, Hope and Collective Humanity. Many have also included real life stories, observations and wishes in their artist statements as they go through this very difficult year of 2020.
Congratulations to all who have won awards and all who have participated with passion and creativity! We are so proud of you!

Summary

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Age Group 4-12 - 1st Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Lingfei Coco Truong	10	Space X, One World, One Dream (color pencil, marker)

Artist statement: “Space X brings people to the space. I hope one day I can travel to other planet with my loved family and friends.”

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Age Group 4-12 - 1st Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Sameeha Soora	12	Miles apart but within reach through the Heart

Artist statement: “Even if we are miles apart, separated by borders, race, color, or gender – all of us are connected with a thread of humanity and can be within reach anytime.”

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Age Group 4-12 - 2nd Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Simran Dandiwal	10	Integration not Segregation (color pencil)

Artist statement: “My picture is about compassion and equality. All human beings are equal and should not be discriminated.”

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Age Group 4-12 - 2nd Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Jiahao Jasper Truong	6	One Drop of Water (color pencil, marker)

Artist statement: “I hope people around the world can save lives of tree and animal, also save water as these are important for our beautiful planet.”

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Age Group 4-12 - 3rd Place Awards

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Simran Dandiwal	10	United States of America
Hoa Ryoo	12	Safe Place
Boa Ryoo	10	All of Our Tree House

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Age Group 4-12 - 3rd Place Awards

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Suhaansie Watada	8	United We Stand
Ruby Martinez	10	Tree of Peacefulness and Eternity
Ahaanya Karthikeyan	6	Collective Humanity Tree

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Age Group 4-12 - Encouragement Awards

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Scarlett Yu	8	Love Nature
Srinidhi Annepu	11	Peacock
Ved Navaneet	9	Portrait of Martin Luther King
Lingfei Coco Truong	10	Making Face Shield for Heroes
Sameeha Soora	12	Super Heroes around Us
Jordyn Wong	7	Love, Hope and Collective Humanity
Koen Helmuth	7	Make Our World a Better Place
Sravya Nittala	8	Trees of Happiness
Alisa Ilic	10	Rose of Love
Kloe Helmuth	10	Flower Dream

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Age Group 4-12 - Thank you for your participation!

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Aiendri Guha	7	Love, Hope and Collective Humanity (Warli Art)
Alisa Ilic	10	Basket of Hope
Dhruv Vyas	7	Waiting for the Dawn
Dhruv Vyas	7	Charmed Devotees of Lord Krishna
Elisa Solis-Herrera	4	Flowers
Elisa Solis-Herrera	4	Red
Jiahao Jasper Truong	6	My Play date
Kristine Le	7	Two Cultures Unite
Riley Wong	10	Love, Hope and Collective Humanity
Sahab Dandiwal	9	Equality for All
Srinidhi Annepu	11	Radha Krishna

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Age Group 13-21 - 1st Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Dior Chen	17	Perpetuity (graphite)

Artist statement: “Regardless of the struggles humans encounter, they relentlessly battle against all odds in hopes of ultimately attaining harmony and prosperity"

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Age Group 3-21 - 1st Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Jessica Lin	20	I Have a Dream (collage, acrylic paint on cardboard)

Artist statement: “inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement … it reflects contemporary social issues. The main subject is a young African-American girl who wants to dismiss the stereotypes of African-American women."

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Age Group 13-21 - 2nd Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Helen Ngo	16	A Touch in Time (acrylic paint)

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Age Group 13-21 - 2nd Place Award

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Carolyn Nguyen	17	To Mend

Artist Statement: “Being able to 'mend' these masks and distribute them with love and care ‘mends’ the community even during these tough times.”

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Age Group 13-21 - 3rd Place Awards

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Hannah Cha	17	Find the Light
Chloe Wang	16	The Angel Around Us
Sunny Zhou	17	Let's All Dine Together

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Age Group 13-21 - 3rd Place Awards

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Treina Le	18	Love of Humanity
Czarina Glindro	18	A World of Beauty and Unity
Emily Orozco	16	Love is the Seed of Hope

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Age Group 13-21 - Encouragement Awards

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Helen Ngo	16	Masked Together
Ava Li	13	Better Together
Catherine Tran	15	Waves of Humanity
Melissa Lin	17	A Glimmer of Hope
Jenny Lu	18	The Love Between Our Hands
Emily Ninh	17	Family Tree
Chloe Wang	16	The Garden of Harmony
Emily Chan-Diaz	17	The Sacrifices for Happiness
Emily Orozco	16	Birth in Destruction
Ella Geronimo	17	Connected Protected

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Age Group 13-21 - Thank you for your Participation!

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Alan Jian	15	Loving Bond Eradicates Hatred
Amanda Lee	19	Re-wrapping My History
Amy Yao	19	Childhood
Amy Yao	19	A New Life
Ana Preciado	18	Indigenous Woman
Ananya Karthikeyan	13	Protecting Humanity
Aneela Mocherla	17	Human
Angela Vazquez	14	All Around Us
Angela Vazquez	14	Blood Sisters
Anika Agarwal	15	Acceptance
Aoife Hernon	17	Crab Fishing
Aoife Hernon	17	Aran Woman
Ben Wu	19	Destruction
Ben Wu	19	Winter Flower
Biba Duffy-Boscagli	19	We Danced Freely
Britney Sun	16	Golden Scars
Britney Sun	16	A Way with Words
Caeley Cabello	16	Till Death Do Us Apart
Cece Yu	15	Treat
Chloe Wong	18	Tigress, She

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Christina Chang	14	Beauty of Humanity
Christina Chang	14	Wonders of Our World
Cindy Zhou	16	Soaring Vision
Dana Hu	18	Humanity in Paradise
Daphne Cheng	18	Boy buying candy
Daphne Cheng	18	Boy under tree
Darren Nguyen	17	Unmasked Humanity
Ella Geronimo	17	The Pearl of the Orient
Ella Kim	16	The World in My Eyes
Emily B	16	Moments of Love
Emily Hernandez	16	Puzzle Piece
Emily Ninh	17	Tết
Irina Ivanova	18	Euphoria
Irina Ivanova	18	The Night
Jake Chang	16	We Belong Together
Jennifer Long	17	Promises
Jenny Lu	18	Hope for a Better Tomorrow
JingLing Lee	16	Flying Down
JingLing Lee	16	A Journey Back
Jiyeon Han	16	Together We Bring

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Kawai Marvis Wu	20	Reminiscence
Khushi Kolte	13	World Full of Love & Happiness
Khuyen Nguyen	17	A New America
Larissa Vasquez	15	A Mother's Love
Lesley Moon	17	Growing Up
Lesley Moon	17	Hanok Bathed in Light
Lina Lee	16	Our Strength
Lina Lee	16	Princess Jasmine
Luisa Fernanda Paredes	16	Love Under X-ray Vision
Luisa Fernanda Paredes	16	United
Madeleine Irawan	14	Peace from Different Places
Megan Kawada	14	Wonders All Around
Megan Kawada	14	Love Goes A Long Way
Meilin Beloney	16	Wall Flower
Meilin Beloney	16	The Rainbow Connection
Nadine Macapagal	16	Swimming in Circles
Nadine Macapagal	16	Porcelain
Nicole Lee	17	Asian Supermarket Fish
Rachel Ly	17	Congee
Rubina Tabassum Sheeraj	15	Coming Together for the Greater Good

Name	Age	Artwork Name
Rubina Tabassum Sheeraj	15	Love Across the Globe
Sarah Yao	17	Communion
Sarah Yao	17	Religious Synchrony
Serena Chan	17	A Sprout of Love
Serena Chan	17	Innocent Love
Serena Liu	17	Wuhou Temple
Sofia Rios	17	Connected
Sofia Rios	17	Before and After
Sophia Marie Manansala	13	Diversity in Culture
Spencer Owen	16	You are the Moon, the Earth, the Stars
Tiffany Huynh	17	Before the Fall
Tiffany Zhu	21	Red String of Fate
Tina Vuong	17	Unique But United
Tina Vuong	17	Together
Tooru Buchwald	20	The Fox's Light
Tooru Buchwald	20	Leslie Cheung's Life
Trish Le	16	Together We Are One
Xochitl Lara	20	For Everyone
Zhicheng (Anna) Zhu	14	Scraps of Acceptance
Zoey Lestyk	13	The Future is Bright

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Tian Hong 2020 Youth Art Contest Judge Panel

Danuta Hutchins - Artist & Linguist

Farzi R. - Artist

Susan Shi - Art Lover, Tian Hong Foundation CFO & COO

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Thank you and congratulations, young artists!

Tian Hong Foundation

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