Winners for the 6TH BARCELONA OLYMPIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ART ON PAPER AWARD, organised by the Barcelona Olympic Foundation (FBO)

The winners of this 6TH OLYMPIC FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ART ON PAPER AWARD has been:

1st prize and  2,500€: Ángel Asensio “Final del Partido” – Watercolor

2nd prize and 1,800€: Març Rabal “Coreografia per un partit de dobles” – Collage on paper

3rd prize and 1,200€:  Santiago Villares “Scrum” – Watercolor

Special mention Raúl Sánchez by “Yo también Juego” and Mercedes Ballesteros by “Nadadora”

From all the pieces entered 23 were selected for the final phase. Following authentication the winners will be chosen. The jury, made up of Romà Arranz, a teacher from Escola Massana Art and Design Centre; Raquel Medina, art critic and member of ACCA-AICA; Miriam Alcaraz, director of La Casa Elizalde Cultural Centre; Antoni Benages, artist, and Juli Pernas, director of the Barcelona Olympic Foundation.

The winning pieces and those of the competition finalists will be shown in a temporary exhibition at the Joan Antoni Samaranch Olympic and Sports Museum from the 28th July until the 29th September.