SEETAL is a Swiss invitational art show and competition organised by Kunst Forum International. Kunst Forum International is an art club for promoting and establishing co-operation and exhibition interchanges with other organisations, both in Switzerland and abroad.
SEETAL is held bi-annually in Meisterschwanden, a village in the Seetal valley and the canton of Aargau.
The award is given for fixed subject and free subject object and is open to all artistic expressions. There are four sections:
Painting (oil, tempera, acrylic, collage and mixed technique)
Graphics (pencil, pastels, markers, watercolour, engraving, silk screen and computer graphics)
Sculpture
Multi-media painting (including combinations of painting and mechanical/digital techniques, photography, multiple digital manipulations, so-called web art, use of software in an artistic manner)
SEETAL 2006 was the 4th event.
Judges
Emilia Di Bernardo, Art historian, Rome
Claudia Rodegast, Art critic, Berlin
Pino Bonanno, Art critic, Journalist and editor of art magazine futuro, Venice
James Stevens, Art critic and Journalist, New York City
Adriano Stutz, President of Kunst Forum International, Möriken
Recipients
First prizes at the show include:
painting free subject: Elisa Spagnoli, Italian painter
mixed media free subject: Bob Craig, Western Canadian artist
sculpting free subject: Bea Charen, Swiss sculptor
painting, given subject: Mariola Bogacki, German painter
graphics, given subject: Magdalena Trzebiatowska, Polish artist
sculpting, given subject: Edeltrude Arleitner, Austrian sculptor
mixed media, given subject: Zoran S.Kos, Swiss artist
