2023 New York IYAC TOP International Illustration Competition Finalists Revealed! (E)
According to the new IYAC independent intellectual property evaluation standards formulated by the authoritative expert group,21 international judges from 11 countries follow International (USPAP) standards,Here to share with you some of the semifinal works.Let's have a sneak peek!
Professional group
Yang Yujia /China
1. Parallel Worlds - Underwater Survival
2.Parallel Worlds-Our World
3. "Parallel Worlds-No Place to Stop
4. "Parallel Worlds - Scramble
Summary: This is a series of works about the imagination of parallel universes. Perhaps in parallel worlds we live on planets with completely different ecological conditions, so that people live in completely different states, environments, and world order. The semicircles in each of the four works symbolize the planet, and like us, beyond the planet is the endless universe.
Parallel World - Underwater Life: In this work, we live on a planet without land. Human beings have adapted to living in water and share the same environment with fish. When the ocean becomes the home of human beings, I wonder whether we will have more protection for it.
"Parallel Worlds - Nowhere to Stop" : I used to fantasize about being able to fly, free to go anywhere I wanted. The human beings in this painting have wings and soar in the sky. But like migratory birds, they can only fly forever and cannot land or stay. Perhaps order and freedom are never so simple.
Parallel Worlds - Struggle: The human beings in this work are not the masters of the world and have not succeeded in establishing civilization. And beasts are far more intelligent than they evolved in our world. Can humans overcome other animals, and at what cost, and will they eventually gain the throne of power?
"Parallel World - Our World" : This work depicts our world, tall buildings, cars, crowds of people and the distant sea. Compared with us in the parallel world, which is the best state?
"Parallel Worlds"
"Parallel Worlds" employs Pop Art to portray three girls each in a unique universe, highlighting diversity of perception amidst shared reality. Using rich colors and saturaing composition, it explores individuality and collective identity. Background fish symbolize potential harmony with nature across realities, a common thread advocating for sustainable futures. This artwork is a vibrant exploration of interconnectedness, personal identity, and our universal ecological duty.
"Nyc street (new newyorker) / Rats and met"
Sylvia Fangqi Chen/Canada
"Parallel worlds - humans saving nature, or nature saving humans?
Or nature saving mankind?
The inspiration comes from the delicate balance between human development and nature.
Jia Zhong/China
"Parallel World"
Jia Zhong/China
"Parallel World"
Titled "Four Seaons," this artwork daringly uses color to depict the cyclic dance of nature. Abstract, representational, and imaginative elements intertwine to capture the essence of each season in vibrant detail. Employing loose, swirling brushwork, it visually articulates the interconnectedness of seasons, each one evolving from and into the next. "Four Seasons" is an audacious exploration of nature's rhythm, exhibiting a harmonious blend of artistry and observation in representing the continual flow of time.
Wu Ruoxi/China
Dream Plantation
This set of stories takes place in a garden, and each piece aspires to show beautiful encounters in different spatial worlds. The poetic and idealized presentation of various encounters expresses my best vision of human relations or people and the environment. Such as a rabbit enjoying solitude in a rooftop garden, or an old couple having a warm encounter with young people in a rural garden under the sun, or a human child celebrating an alien friend's birthday...... Reality may be complex and imperfect, even cruel and uncomfortable, but I choose to cultivate beautiful dreams that relieve anxiety and restlessness. So you see, whenever and wherever, there is warmth in the garden.
High school group
Zhaoxi Chen/China
"God's Masterpiece "
From the perspective of God, the world has small stars and vast universe. The direction of his finger has infinite possibilities. It not only lights up advanced technologies but also the romance of that butterfly at the tip of his index finger.
Maggie Li/China
"Time Travel"
"Time Travel" is a piece that reflects my observations that modern people live in a world in which they are addicted and attached to their phones to where everyone wants the same things, in which their personalities and traits all morph into the same thing. It is as if their individualism is taken away from them, demonstrated by the similar striped clothing and hair. A comedic detail of this piece is that above Albert Einstein's head lies a poster that advocates for people to get away from their phones and to go into nature. However, the modern people either see it and don't care, or they're too distracted by their phones to realize it. Contrastingly, through the blue color, the ancient people are from different backgrounds and are individualistic as they travel into their future to see what the modern people are like and are amused with how technology has developed yet slightly disappointed and curious with the way the modern people use it. The detail of the words above the ancient people's head demonstrate their person take on the situation. For instance, above Socrates, it says, "Why are people stuck to their phones?" it shows that this is from the perspective of a philosopher by asking "why". On the other hand, Issac Newton in the back says, "Is that Apple I see?" since he was hit on the head by an apple, and Apple is the brand of the phone.
Junior high school group
Amy Zhang/America
"Catnap"
Through a book, the girl and her cat escape the real world and travel through time to an old dimension devoid of color. Every book contains its own world, waiting to be discovered. As she reads and explores this new realm, the girl gradually brings pigments to it, changing the place from a foreign land to her own secluded haven that she can visit whenever she wants.
Dia Wang
America
"Flying Toward The Future"
Flying Toward The Future represents the change that occurs when moving towards the future.
The main figure of the piece is seen clinging onto a flying fish heading towards a futuristic Atlantis of sorts, resembling an ocean wave.
As the ocean nears the structure it loses its old life and changes into something more mechanical.
Though the figure is aware of the change the future brings, they still can't help but see the structure as a brightly lit hope, leaving their previous life behind for the future.
Primary school group
Meiheng Xiao
America
The Universal World
The theme I've chosen is "Parallel Worlds." I've thought of various elements, such as pyramids, people, metal frameworks, fluid architecture, and more. I've organized the imaginative ideas in my mind and used rich colors to express the abstract, beautiful, and unimaginable aspects of parallel worlds.
Kayla Zhang
America
"Pondering Possibilities"
"Pondering Possibilities" portrays the thoughts of a young chess player during a game. The art depicts the boy calculating many different scenarios at once, and at the same time showing the complicity of chess by displaying all the crazy things happening in a player's mind.