Saatchi Gallery success for Foundation Art & Design student
Tuesday, 07 February 2012
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Foundation Art & Design student, Julia Whiting, scooped The Daily Telegraph's Art Prize for Schools for her three-painting installation ‘Trees: A Sense of Place' - a work completed while studying at St Margaret's School in Exeter. She described her win as an "unbelievable surprise."
Julia loves sketching in woodlands like her artistic hero, David Hockney. She explained, "Hopefully people will get their very own sense of walking through woods."
Approximately 13,000 artists entered the competition and the work of 20 finalists was shown at the Saatchi Gallery. Entry was open to all young people, working in any medium, anywhere in the world. She hopes that the prize will strengthen her application for an undergraduate illustration degree and plans to spend the £2000 prize money on an art course in Florence this summer.
Saatchi Gallery director Rebecca Wilson said, "We've seen our finalists go on to art school and graduate with fantastic degrees, so hopefully our support will encourage this year's 20 to pursue their commitment to art and help them become the very next Hockneys and Hirsts."
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