8th Annual "The Older You Get, the Younger You Get" Competition Results Announced
October 2019, 2 | News
Since 2003, the art exhibition "The Older You Get, the Younger You Get" has been open to entries from people aged 70 and over. This is the eighth time the exhibition has been held, and we received a record 8 submissions from 43 prefectures across Japan. After a rigorous screening process, we have selected 589 works as prizewinners and selected works, which we are pleased to announce here.
Grand Prix Ten'i Award
Kenji Iechika's ThoughtsAcrylic painting (82 years old, Osaka Prefecture)
Runner-up Grand Prix Musou Award
Sadako Komatsu "Still Life with Lace"Watercolor (96 years old, Nagano Prefecture)
Ichiko Shibata: We've both gotten older.Watercolor (71 years old, Tokyo)
Judge Award
Selected by Fumi Dan Koichi Ishihara "Vassallo Start"Acrylic painting (81 years old, Aichi Prefecture)
Selected by Akira Sugaya Nobuyo Miyamoto "Indian Summer"Ink painting (74 years old, Kyoto Prefecture)
Selected by Minoru Ogawa Tomochika Haneda "Winter Trees, dance and warm your heart!"Printmaking (91 years old, Nagano Prefecture)
See all the nominated and winning entries here.
The selected works will be on display from Saturday, March 3nd.