CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE FOLLOWING COMPETITION WINNERS

CHANNEL 4's BIG 4 COMPETITION
Congratulations to Stephanie Imbeau who won the Channel 4's BIG 4 public art competition. Her design was installed outside the Channel 4 headquarters in August 2008. To find out more click here.

The competition was launched To celebrate both Channel 4's 25th anniversary and the opening of the Big Art Project Channel 4. A panel of arts experts launched this competition for Saatchi Online and Saatchi Online Art Students who graduated from a UK art school or university in 2006 or 2007, to design a sculpture incorporating the huge Channel 4 logo installed outside their headquarters in London. The first three artists - Nick Knight, Mark Titchner, El Anatsui - were chosen by Channel 4. To view the other entries please click here.

HARPER COLLINS BOOK COVER DESIGN COMPETITION
Congratulations to Becca Thorne who won the Harper Collins competition. Her winning design is on the cover of the hardback edition of The Last Days of the Lacuna Cabal by Sean Dixon published on 1 July 2008.

The winner was chosen from the shortlist by a panel of experts all linked by their love of art and books. To view the 20 shortlisted entries click here

SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE
Congratulations to Saatchi Online photographer Arup Ghosh who was the overall winner of the amateur 2008 Sony World Photography Prize.

Congratulations also to the 100 photographers chosen to be exhibited on the Saatchi Online wall in Cannes. To find out more about the awards and see the Saatchi Online exhibition wall please click here

INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER WINNERS OF SAATCHI ONLINE ART STUDENTS COMPETITION

CONGRATULATIONS TO SAATCHI ONLINE ART STUDENTS IN NEW SENSATIONS EXHIBITION 2009

Congratulations to Oliver Beer who is the winner of this year's New Sensations prize. Oliver Beer graduated from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, and his work was chosen by judges Gavin Turk, artist; Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery, London; critic Louisa Buck; and Alison Jacques, owner of Alison Jacques Gallery in London. The other finalists were: Andreas Blank, Nick Goss, and Regine Petersen.

Congratulations also to the following artists who have sold their work in the New Sensations exhibition:

Andreas Blank
DY Kim
Richard Cook
Oliver Beer
Laura Culham
Amy Petra Woodward

The 20 artists in the 2009 New Sensations exhibition were: Rachel Adams, Andreas Blank, Maurice Citron, Natasha Conway, Richard Cook, Laura Culham, Tim Ellis, Jennifer Fergie, Nick Goss, Camilla Holder, Dong Yoon Kim, Ryan Leigh, Mikhak Mirmahmoudi, Nick Mobbs, Regine Petersen, Anna-Maria Pfab, Zack Thorne, Amy Petra Woodward and Thomas Yeomans

For more information click here

CONGRATULATIONS TO
SAATCHI ONLINE ART STUDENTS IN
NEW SENSATIONS EXHIBITION 2007:

Congratulations to all the Saatchi Online artists and Saatchi Online Art Students whose work was exhibited in London during 'Frieze' week in October 2007. The 4 New Sensations exhibition at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane was a great success, following on from the Channel 4 programs featuring the 4 winning finalists.

The works by Marcus Lanyon and Mark Melvin were acquired by the Zabludowicz Collection.

Mie Olise Kjaergaard sold her work to a private collector and was offered her first solo show in London next March at the Alexia Goethe Gallery.

Sarah Maple's work has gone to the Channel 4 art collection.

Louise Thomas sold her work to a private collector and was invited to participate in a group show at the Primo Alonso gallery in London next year.

Tori Murphy sold two works to a private collector. Victoria McGeoch sold her work to a private collector.

Gemma Nelson sold her work to a private collector and was asked to show one of her paintings from the 4 New Sensations exhibition in a forthcoming show at a gallery in Devon.

Eleanor Lindsay-Fynn was invited to show her work at the Salon gallery in London.

Toby Christian was nominated for ArtFutures 2008 and showed his work in this exhibition in London this March.

Stewart Clelland was invited to be in the crtl_alt _del sound festival in Istanbul and will also have an exhibition in the Royal Scottish Academy in March in Edinburgh.

The 20 artists in the 4 New Sensations exhibition were: Mark Melvin, Marcus Lanyon, Mie Olise Kjaergaard, Sarah Maple, Becky Kidson, Harriet Jordan Wrench, Tori Murphy, Stewart Clelland, Alan Chitty, Marte Haug, Freya Elliott, Eleanor Lindsay-Fynn, Louise Thomas, Beth Pearson, Jess Shepherd, Ian Larson, Victoria McGeoch, Gemma Nelson, Eugene Jho and Toby Christian.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SAATCHI ONLINE ARTISTS WHO HAVE SOLD WORKS AT THE SAATCHI GALLERY.

Congratulations to the following Saatchi Online artists and Showdown winners, who recently exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery and Gallery Mess have since sold their work to collectors with no commission charged to artist or buyer:

Pablo Peñalba
Zoe Vadim
Virginia Phongsathorn
Leila Bibizadeh
Whitney McVeigh
Arthur Lanyon
Alice McMahon
Anna Higgie
Espen Erichsen
Santiago Lara
Carolina Fontes

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS WHO HAVE RECENTLY BEEN SELECTED FOR SHOWS FROM SAATCHI ONLINE:

If you have been selected for an exhibition from Saatchi Online and would like to be highlighted here please email office@saatchigallery.com with the details of your forthcoming show, including the exhibition venue, title, dates and website address for further information.

Alla Tkachuk who will show at the Park Art Fair International in Geneva from 19 - 28 November 2009.

Giacomo Brunelli who will have his first solo show in the USA at the Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon in November 2009.

Vicky Wright who was commissioned for Comma 14 at Bloomberg SPACE in London from 12 - 28 November 2009.

Angelika J. Trojnarski who will be showing in the group exhibition ‘November’ at Villa Goecke in Krefeld Germany from 8 November - 9 December 2009.

Dan Adams who will be showing in a group exhibition at the San Diego Art Institute from 22 January - 21 February 2010.

Nick Jeffrey who is showing in the group exhibition 'Time Flies' at the Hannah Barry Gallery in Peckham until 30 November 2009.

Poppy Jones and Gabriele Beveridge will be showing in the group exhibition ‘Statues Die Too' at Gabriele Beverige in London from 17 November - 22 November 2009.

Toby Christian who is showing in the group exhibition ‘It’s all Over’ at Eleven Howland in London from 6 November - 19 December 2009.

Hugh Mendes who is showing in the group exhibition ‘Future or Ruin’ at Charlie Smith in London from 6 November - 5 December 2009.

Nicole T Goldman is showing in a group exhibition at the National Collage Society 25th Annual Juried Exhibit at Mason Murier Fine Art in Atlanta, from 6 November - 31 December 2009.

Marguerite Horner who is showing in a group exhibition at C4RD (The Center for Recent drawing) in London from 4-6 November 2009.

R. Nelson Parrish who is having a solo exhibition ‘Surface Tension’ at the Edward Cella Art + Architecture in Los Angeles from 17 October – 5 December 2009.

Ula Einstein who exhibited in a group show at The Drop: Urban Art Infill Festival in New York from 3 October – 17 October 2009.

Miriam Maes who exhibited in a group show at the Buren bij ’09 kunstenaars from 16 October - 18 October 2009.

Michael Goodward who exhibited at Zero Arts e.V. in Stuttgart/Germany, from 11 September - 9 October 2009.

Shen Wei who was invited to the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center for the Creative Arts Residency in Lake Como, Italy to work on a new project alongside other artists and scholars in October 2009. Wei’s series ‘Almost Naked’ was recently nominated for the New York Photo Awards and included in the GLOBAL: PHOTOGRAPHY 09 as part of the SI FEST 2009 throughout Italy from 11-13 September.

Adele Morse who will show as part of a group show ‘Children of the Dammed as part of Act Art 7 at Hidden in London on 6 November 2009.

Victoria McGeoch, who exhibited some of her work at part of 4 New Sensations in 2007 and will preview her latest work in Little Compton, RI on 27 November.

Florin Ungureanu who is exhibiting his work as part of the group show ‘The Space Between, Surrounds Our Desire’, curated by Mona Casey at from 4-8 November 2009.

Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom is exhibiting in the group exhibition 'A Broken Fall', at the Josh Lilley Gallery from 14 October – 18 November 2009.

Rita Soromenho and Edgar Martinswho exhibited in New Sensations at the A Foundation from 9-19 October 2009. They have previously shown with Saatchi Online at the Zoo Art Fair in 2007, and Form art fair in 2008, both in London.

Alix Smith who exhibited her works in a solo exhibition 'States of Union' at the Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York from September – October 2009.

Richard Batty who had a solo exhibition 'Funky Aggregated Information Overload' at the Lauderdale House in London, from 13 October – 25 October 2009.

Dick Jewell who exhibited his works in a group exhibition at the Film Weekend at the Kunsthalle in Zurich on 10 October 2009.

Heidi Yssennagger who will have a solo exhibited ‘Abreaction’ at the Community Pharmacy Gallery in Kent, from 15 November - 24 November 2009.

Yury Toroptsov who will exhibit his works in a group exhibition 'Marilyn and I' at the School Gallery in Paris, from 13 October - 14 November 2009.

Amy Elkins who will be exhibiting her work in the group show 'Homesick', curated by Joaquin Trujillo at the Carnegie Art Museum in California from 12 December 2009 – 21 February 2010

Mark Harris who, as a result of exhibiting with Saatchi Online at Scope London 2008, had a solo show at Galleria Aus18 in Milan (29 September - 6 November 2009). His work was seen on the Saatchi Online stand at Scope by the curator of the exhibition Cecilia Antolini.

Younes Baba-Ali who will be exhibiting his work as part of the group show 'Point of Departure' a the Steps Gallery in London from 16 October – 28 November 2009

Jools Johnson who exhibited her work as part of the group show 'Unsound Practice' at the Dutch Kills Gallery, New York from 1-14 September 2009.

Whitney McVeigh who exhibited new works in a solo show curated by Sotiris Kyriacou at the A Foundation in London from 8th October - 1st November 2009.

Congratulations to Saatchi Online artists who were handpicked from the Gallery website to be part of a group show, Starting with a Photograph, at Michael Hoppen Contemporary from 10th September - 17th October 2009. Michael Hoppen Contemporary is delighted to collaborate with Saatchi Online for an exhibition of work by six artists: Maurizio Anzeri, Robin Cracknell, Hannah Dakin, D Y Kim, David Birkin and Gabriele Beveridge.

Dana Oldfather who exhibited as part of the 1 Year Anniversary Show at POVevolving Gallery from July 11 - September 2009 and at The Bonfoey Gallery until 16th October 2009.

Monica Goldsmith who will have a solo exhibition at Good Question Gallery, Milford, PA in 2010.

Alice Lang who had solo exhibitions at Gilligan Grant Gallery in Melbourne, VIC, Accidentally Annie st Space and at QUT Art Museum in Brisbane in 2009.

Toby Christian who is exhibiting as part of a group show, Psychedelia Paradise, at EXPRMNTL Galerie in Toulouse from 24th September - 21st November 2009.

Airyka Rockefeller who exhibited in a group show, WoW: Emergent Media Phenomenon at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, from 14th June - 4th October 2009.

Erik Berglin who had a solo show, New And Old Possibilities at the Sundsvalls Museum in Sundsvalls and Nattgalleriet Marie Laveau in Stockholm, Sweden from 22nd August – 25th September 2009.

Tobias de Haan who exhibited at Vriend van Bavink in Amsterdam from 13th June - 4th July 2009.

Martha Posner who is now represented by Accola Contemporary in New York.

Congratulations to Saatchi Online artists who exhibited in the group show 'Daily Miracles' at the Josh Lilley Gallery in London, which included works by Vicky Wright, Carla Busuttil, Matthew Musgrave, Nick Goss and Ian Whitfield from 15th May - 12th June 2009.

Toby Christian who had a solo show, Stage Hands, curated in collaboration with Coline Milliard at the Fold Gallery, London in May 2009. A publication titled 'New and Used Pianos' was released to coincide with the exhibition, featuring texts by Tania Kovats, Coline Milliard, and conversation between Brian Griffiths and Toby Christian, published by Full Flag.

Patrick Willett who had a solo exhibition at the Buffalo Big Print Gallery, Buffalo, NY, from 1st May - 20th June 2009 and had his work selected in the AREA ARTIST SHOW at the Albright Knox Art Gallery, where his work will be on view in the Collectors Gallery through April, 2010.

Laurence Kavanagh who was commissioned to create a new work Studio6A as part of the Artists' Residency Programme at the Irish Museum of Modern Art from February – April 2009.

Teiji Hayama who exhibited in a group show, 'Gods and Rituals' at Holster Projects in London from 26th February – 9th April 2009.

Margaret O'Brien who exhibited in a group show, New London School, curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley at Gallery Schuster in Berlin from 27th February – 25th April 2009.

Lotta de Beus who had a solo exhibition 'For Better, For Worse' at the Witzenhausen Gallery Amsterdam from 19th Feb 2009 - 21st Mar 2009.

Angelika J. Trojnarski who exhibited at the Anna Klinkhammer Galerie in Dusseldorf, from 24th January - 7th March 2009.

Peter Root who exhibited at the Centrefold Gallery in Guernsey, from 6th - 24th March 2009.

Pepijn Vika who exhibited at Pili Pili Art Gallery, Belgium, from 15th December - 1st February 2009.

GL Brierley who exhibited at Natalia Goldin Gallery, Stockholm from 13th November - 20th January 2009. www.nataliagoldin.com

Kara Maria who exhibited in a group show at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles from 15 November - 3rd January 2009. www.cjamesgallery.com

Natalia Reparaz who exibited at Artformz Alternative, Miami from 8th November - 3rd January 2009. www.artformz.net

Mark McEvoy who exhibited at Carte Blanche Gallery, London from 20th November - 31st December 2008. www.carteblanchegallery.com

Mark Davey who exhibited in a group show at The Jago, London from 11th -13th December 2008.

Robert Sherwood who exhibited at Art Below Zero Project Space, London from 6th - 29th November 2008.

Toby Christian who exhibited in a group exhibition, Culture Clash, at Working Rooms, London from 6th - 30th November 2008.

Fred Bendheim who exhibited in a group exhibition at Classon Walls, New York from 13th - 30th November 2008.

Zbigniew Kosc who exhibited in a group show at Kunstlerhaus Wien, 13 November - 8th December 2008. www.k-haus.at

Emma Hack who won the Renault New Generation Art Award , exhibited at Art Images Gallery, Australia from 14th November - 7th December 2008. www.artimagesgallery.com.au

Hrvoje Majer whose work was exhibited at the Gallery of Fine Arts, Croatia.

Aissata Pinto Da Costa whose work was exhibited at the Abbyz boutique in Soho, London.

Maurizio Anzeri whose painting, Last Portrait, was shortlisted for the Sovereign European Art Prize .

TwinkleTroughton who exhibited her work at The Pure Evil Gallery, London from the 6th - 19th November 2008.

Juliana Beasley who exhibited her work at La B.A.N.K gallery in Paris from October 21 - November 8 2008.
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Vanessa Wenwieser who exhibited in a UK-Japan exchange group exhibition in Osaka. www.ukjapan08.jp

Dianne Bowen who exhibited her work at art.les.nyc in a site specific installation, Wire Trap, in New York. www.diannebowen.com

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