ABSTRACT ART SHOW


 

 

 

 

 

Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the fifth Abstract online art show for the month of January 2025. The show encompassed a range of artistic styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, graphite, digital art, photography, alcohol ink, stainless steel, bronze). Each submission has been judged based on the following elements of artistic expression: orginality and quality of art, overall design, creativity, interpretation of the theme, demonstration of artistic ability and usage of medium. Out of all entries, 65 artworks were shortlisted for inclusion in the show. The competition attracted entries from many countries across the world: Taiwan, South Korea, Greece, UAE, Canada, USA, Ukraine, Ireland, Germany and United Kingdom. Enjoy the show and thank you for expressing an interest in our competition.

 

 

 

 

BEST OF SHOW

IMage

 

Mick Ulichney - Surgery

acrylic on canvas

 

 

My name is Mick Ulichney. I’m an artist with an artist’s drive to create – a dreamer with a dreamer’s desire to discover what could be – and a romantic with a romantic’s insatiable passion for squeezing everything I can out of this gift of life. Art is communication. An important way that we communicate is through stories. My latest paintings are from my “Life of Shapes” series that explores the untold stories that might exist within the world that simple shapes could inhabit. I’m imagining a hidden world where simple primary shapes become the main characters in a variety of diverse story narratives. These glimpses into their secret lives reveal to us their parallel universe. Flat colors and a hard-edge painting style is used to accentuate the cryptic environment they exist in. Flat colors and a hard-edge painting style is used to accentuate the flat atmosphere of the cryptic environment they exist in.

 

 

 

 

FIRST PLACE

IMage

 

Diane Leon - Anticipation

mixed media

 

 

Diane Leon- born New York City Diane states, “abstraction gives me the freedom to express my emotions and memories. Color and textures are my visual language. When I begin a painting/collage, I work with no preconceived idea. As paint and color build the work takes on a life of its own. It is finished only when it ‘feels’ right to me. It is an emotional rather than intellectual process. It gives me the spontaneity to express how I feel in the moment.” Diane is an adjunct associate professor of arts, NYU in the Division of Applied Undergraduate Studies

 

 

 

 

SECOND PLACE

IMage

 

Jason Shih - Cloud

cast stainless

 

 

Jason Shih was born in 1972 in Taiwan. In 1991, he began to specialize in metal sculpture when he was a sophomore in the Fine Arts Dept. of Taipei National University of the Arts. In 2001, he graduated from School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, and majored in Metal Sculpture. And then, he served as the metal sculptor Albert Paley's assistant, involved in crafts and public art work practices. Furthermore, he earned his Art Ph. D. from China Academy of Art, China (2015). Now, he lives in Taiwan, and consistently engages in the both areas of sculpture and public art. Jason Shih’s artistic vision is shaped by a diverse array of influences, from contemporary dance to avant-garde fashion. He cites German choreographer Pina Bausch and British designer Alexander McQueen as significant inspirations. Bausch’s explorations of time and space resonate with Shih’s interest in sculpture’s capacity to embody kinetic energy and spatial imagination. McQueen’s innovative approach to contemporary imagery and themes provides Shih with a broad canvas for creative expression.

 

 

 

 

THIRD PLACE

IMage

 

Yingyue Guo - Connection II

cermaics

 

 

Different factors make us who we are. Because of the different backgrounds and different life experiences, each of us is multi-faceted and has a variety of roles. Therefore, in this work, I chose connection as the keyword to connect my story with my experience and create it in the form of pottery. First of all, the biggest feature of my work is the decoration part, which refers to the traditional Chinese pattern in the decoration part, and the carrier and use group of traditional Chinese pattern affect each other. Patterns are also very valuable basis for studying the history of national development, national aesthetics, national psychology and folk customs. These patterns appear on various ceramic utensils used by the Chinese, and they also represent different meanings, and today I want to use different patterns as a medium to express my inner feelings. It is also an attempt to combine traditional aesthetics with modern aesthetics and continue to explore the sustainable development of traditional aesthetics in modern art aesthetics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

MERIT AWARD

 

 

 

 

IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage

 

 

 

 

HONORABLE MENTION

 

 

 

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

IMage

 

 

 

 

 

FINALISTS

 

 

 

 

IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage
IMage