International Exhibition-Contest of Portrait Mastery "Art-Portrait" Automatic translate

The international exhibition and competition of portrait mastery “Art Portrait / Art Portrait Club Festival” (www.portretfestival.ru) will be held from October 30 to November 4, 2018, at the Danilovsky Congress and Exhibition Center, Dubininskaya Street, Moscow, Russia. 71/5.

This large-scale project, representing portrait painters from Russia and foreign countries, was organized by the Russian branch of the World Fund of Arts and the Russian Association of portrait painters, with the support of the Eurasian Art Union.

The following nominations are open for contest participants:

• painting portrait contest;
• graphic portrait contest;
• portrait contest in arts and crafts;
• competition of sculptural portrait;
• textile portrait contest;
• portrait photography contest.

Authors independently choose artistic means and techniques for the performance of their competitive works. In the images, the personal characteristics of the presented personality should be clearly traced. At the same time, it does not matter at all how natural this vision will be - experimental forms of presentation are also welcome. Provided that in all works individuality and originality will be traced, not bordering on the challenge.

Expert Council

The expert council of the competition is represented by well-known portrait painters from Great Britain, France, Spain, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Singapore, China and Russia.

Master classes

In addition to the competition itself, the event will include numerous master classes and lectures from leading portrait painters and laureates of international portraiture contests, creative meetings with recognized masters of portraiture, presentations and markets from exhibition partners.

The winners will be given the opportunity to subsequently present their creative work in traveling exhibitions and international forums.

The main goal of the competition is to attract the attention of professional artists and the general public to the portrait genre as one of the most expressive means of interpreting a person. Authors from any countries are invited to participate in the competition, and regardless of the country of the event, all participants have equal rights.

More details about the rules of participation, nominations and other information about the competition-exhibition can be found on the official website of the project: www.portretfestival.ru.