OPPORTUNITIES

THREADNEEDLE PRIZE

The Threadneedle Prize gives exclusive primacy to the realism and naturalism of the human or animal form and their environment, emotion and experience.
It is a prize for art that has a subject of contemporary significance, ethical, aesthetic or political .

Sculptors must register by Monday 17th May, painters by Tuesday 1st June 2010.

email threadneedleprize@mallgalleries.com
phone: 020 7930 6844
write: Mall Galleries
17 Carlton Terrace
London SW1Y 5BD

Strange Figurations

A thematic exhibition open to all interpretations of the concept, Strange Figurations. Open to media and all figurative styles from the realist to the surreal and visionary. 72" maximum dimension. The exhibition will be held at the Limner Gallery, September 1 - 25, 2010. $2200 in national magazine publication awards. Deadline June 30. On-line entry form at http://www.slowart.com/prospectus/figure.htm, or email slowart@aol.com, or send SASE to SlowArt Productions, 123 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534

Prospectus
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Artists are invited to apply for the 1st Media Global Art Annual NUDE de NUDE.
The competition is open to all artists and is judged solely by visuals submitted online or attachment. All accepted works that pass the first screening will entry into competition and will be exhibited 12 months beginning with the date of the inclusion.

We send out a monthly [digital] files of artists in our displays to very important customers, collectors and art lovers interested in buying art. If art buyers are interested in purchasing any artwork featured on Art Addiction, they need to contact the gallery via e-mail*.

The first screening
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The first screening is conducted by submitting Jpeg [.JPG] image files versions of the submitted works inline or attachment send to info@artaddiction.net. Applicants will be notified by e-mail immediately after reception.

The second screening
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Submitters whose entries pass the first screening are included in competition /exhibition.

Materials to be received
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Minimum 4 works and maximum 12 works submitted inline or attachment (send to: info@artaddiction.net) along with the works details: title, year, medium, size, and price.

Complet the entry form
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Entries without a fully completed entry form will not be accepted. If you are not able to feel the PDF application form you can submit a letter that includes: 1. name, 2.country, 3.number of the works submitted, 4.the method of entry fee payment - a simple formality that helps jurors decisions.

Size
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Submit the exhibition 4 -12 image files / JPG 72 dpi / 800 pix along the work title, year, medium, size and price.

Application fee
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If the works are selected you will be asked to provide the entry fee of Euro 50 (or equivalent currency) for 4 works and Euro 10 for each additional work one-year on display beginning with the date of the inclusion. Payment by PayPal, WU and direct transfer in account.

Exhibition Period
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One-year beginning with the date of the inclusion.

Deadline
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The inclusions are in progress. Submit ASAP.

Awards
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Grand Prize: award value US$4,490.00. One Artist will be awarded two-pages in Art Addiction New100 Contemporary Artists series edited by WOA publishing (worldofartmagazine.com).
Prize of Excellence: award value $2,250.00 /each. Two Artists will be awarded one-page in in Art Addiction New 100 Contemporary Artists series edited by WOA publishing (worldofartmagazine.com).
Honorable Mention: 30 Artists will be selected for Diploma of Excellence (Honorable Award)

Jury
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Andrea Pagnez, art critic, fine artist, Editor of World of Art magazine, Venice Biennial curator, (Italy); Peter Russu, fine artists, Director of Art Addiction, Editor and Publisher of World of Art magazine, London, (UK).

E-mail to
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Submit your works to info@artaddiction.net

Art Addiction Online Gallery
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In August 1991 Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the first website.
In June 1992 art addiction launched the first ever online art gallery
Art Addiction is the first ever and the oldest art site on the web.
Art Addiction curate 54 int'l exhibitions and exposed over 6,000 artists.

* Art Addiction Online Gallery is not responsible for the selling or shipping of the artist's works, all financial transactions are strictly between the customer and the artist.

CALL FOR ARTISTS
INTERNATIONAL ONLINE CONTEST

Web Address:
www.artrend-now.com

ONLINE ARTIST COMPETITION

CALL FOR ARTISTS: DEADLINE: 31 March 2009

The Art Interview - 20th International Online Artist Competition is a quarterly, international, juried exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures in any medium. It is open to all living artists worldwide aged 16 and up. Participation in the Art Interview Biennale Exhibition and a total of 17,000 Euro in cash may be awarded each quarter to all winners. First place winners receive up to 10,000 Euro plus a featured interview in Art Interview Online Magazine.

The competition is run completely over the Internet, which eliminates the need for you to send slides or arrange for physical transportation of your artworks. Gain international recognition for your artwork and be interviewed along with the world's top artists, curators and gallery owners in Art Interview Online Magazine.

Read more information on the competition and how to enter it!

Art in Vogue - Contemporary Artists
Collectible global art book
ISBN 978-91-89685-13-0
Estimated Release Date 2010
Hardcover 256 PAGES
Edited and Published by MOT
DIMENSIONS: 8.5X8.5 IN / 22x22 cm

SUBMIT FOR SELECTION

NOTE To apply click-on the MediaPack above, download, complete and return by email the Application Form. Please make sure your submission conform to the requirements outlined below.

We are in the process of selecting contemporary artists to be featured in Art in Vogue, a new book in Masters of Today 100 Contemporary Artists Series one of the most professional visual art resource and opportunity for publicity and advertising.
If you are an artist or a gallery interested for an artist profile in Art in Vogue we would be delighted to review your submission. To get the nomination completed please provide by email with attachments the materials requested below:

Materials to Provide
" 3~6 art works (email us JPG /TIFFs image files as 300 dpi /23 cm/ 9" side.
" The works details : title, year, media, size
" From 300 to 500 words of critic or statement
" The personal website
" The place of residence and work

INCLUSION FEE POLICY
After selection an editorial fee is requested to defray editorial and production expenses. The artist reduced fee start at 590 Euro for one-page and 990 Euro or the equivalent currency for two-page spreads. The editorial fee applies accepted submissions. Final determination will be made by MOT's Editors.

The editorial fee is not for the right to be the included in our collectible global art books but represents an standard production cost that includes creative layout and design-per-page, full editing, plates and offset print. The fee should be provided by a gallery, corporation or individual contributor or self-provided after receiving a layout alternative in the book.
Each artist included will receive three copies of the book.

Deadline
No deadline. The editing process is in progress. Click-on the PDF above to view, download, and print the Application Form. Please make sure your submission conform to the requirements outlined above.

DISTRIBUTION
MOT's distribution is through large book wholesalers and ecommerce channels in US bookstores and internationally including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon ad more.

Creative GENIUS - 100 ContemP Artists
Collectible global art book
ISBN: 978-91-89685-15-4
Estimated Release Date: 09-10
Hardcover 256 PAGES
EditEd and Published by MOT
DIMENSIONS: 8.5X8.5 IN / 22x22 cm

SUBMIT FOR SELECTION

We are inviting contemporary artists to submit artworks for selection in CREATIVE GENIUS a new collectible global art book for collectors, museums, galleries, bookstores and eCommerce. Each artist selection, nomination and inclusion is made on the merit of the works. The editors will review all submissions and make decisions on acceptance. Each artist accepted will receive three copies of the book.

Artists wishing to enter an Artist Profile should provide to the selection:-
-    The completed Application Form.
-    3~6 art works (email us JPG /TIFFs image files as 300 dpi/ 23 cm/ 9" side.
-    The works details : title, year, media, size
-    From 300 to 1300 words of critic or statement
-    The personal website
-    The place of residence and work
-    A photo of yourself (300 dpi/ 4 cm/ 1,5 in)

INCLUSION FEE POLICY
After selection an editorial fee is requested to defray editorial and production expenses. Artists not affiliated with a museum, gallery or dealer are eligible for reduced fee.

The artist reduced fees start at 590 Euro for one-page and 990 Euro or the equivalent currency for two-page spreads. This is a reduced editorial fee (full rate 6890 Euro.)

The editorial fee applies accepted submissions. Final determination will be made by Editors.

DISTRIBUTION
MOT's distribution is through large book wholesalers and ecommerce channels in US bookstores and internationally including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon ad more.

DEADLINE
The editing process is in progress. Click-on the MediaPack above to view, download, and print the Application Form. Submit ASAP.

DISTRIBUTION
MOT's distribution is through large book wholesalers and ecommerce channels in US bookstores and internationally including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon ad more.

NOTE To apply click-on the MediaPack above, download, complete and return by email the Application Form. Please make sure your submission conform to the requirements outlined above.

Open call to Artist
"World Of Imagination Vol.3"
(Square foot Exhibition)
3/5/2010

This Exhibition will be held at our new location next year,with 5000 Square foot of space,it will be the largest Square foot Exhibition in NYC.

2000 paintings in one gallery at one time....
Do you want to be a part of it?
For the third time, APW Gallery is presenting the largest exhibition at our new location. Last time we had over two thousand 12" x 12" paintings on display at our gallery. This time we want to supass the previous and present the biggest and best square foot exhibtion in NYC.

The idea is to have artists from all over the world,submit up to 5 pieces of 12" x 12" or 30cm x 30cm canvas.

Only 200 Spots WorldWide.Don't miss your chance!!!

INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM CZECH REPUBLIC

Deadline: 30th of April 2010
For this international sculpture symposium Hana Wichterlová, sculptures will be made in National House exteriors and in the adjacent park of the town of Prostějov. Sculpture in wood, preferably vertically compounded, a free motif. The material will be wood, oak, ash, poplar. The sculpture will be placed in suitable setting chosen by Prostějov town. Accommodation, food, and material is guaranteed and funded by organizers and producers. Accommodation will be in a hotel, single room with shower and toilet, 200 meters from the workplace. Food will be ensured three times a day, 50 meters from the workplace. Each participant must have their personal tools and saw. High-lift track, pallets, jacks, saw sharpening and tools are ensured by the organization. Each participant covers their own transportation costs. Each participant will be awarded by 10 000 CZK after the sculpture is finished. Sculptors working in wood, with the knowledge of creating sculptures in the open air can participate, as well as students of the University / School of Applied Arts - Sculpture Studio (the last year) working in wood, with a reference of her/his professor. An invitation to participation in the symposium will be sent by a regular mail or e-mail to chosen participants at least 30 days before the symposium commencement. The date and place will be declared in the invitation.

HOW TO APPLY
Please send in Czech or English language:
written application form (download PDF file 69 KB, online application: http://www.sculpturesymposium.cz/socharske_sympozium_en/pro_autory/application-form.html )
- Documentation of woodworks (Photos - size 10x15, catalogue, eventually a link to personal website)
- Statues draft - sketch in the scale of 1:10
- consent with the deed of gift (a deed of gift template is available for download: PDF file 30KB at: http://www.sculpturesymposium.cz/files/sympozium/souhlas_s_darovanim_EN.pdf), which confirms that the sculpture will become a possession of the town of Prostějov

Please send the documentation, by the 30 of April 2010, on line or to the following address:
Miroslav vancara
A. Slavíčka 8
796 04 Prostějov
Czech Republic

Further info: +420 728 290 213 English language
svancara.m@volny.cz
http://www.sculpturesymposium.cz

medial 3.art biennial

subsequent editions were in 2005 2007 2009

art competition 2 years [2009 ~ 2011]

widely promoted to millions of art lovers.
Art Addiction Medial Museum www.artaddiction.net

We have the pleasure of inviting you to attend the 3rd edition of MAB3 [MEDIAL 3.ART BIENNIAL] which will take place from 2009 to 2011 at Art Addiction Medial Museum www.artaddiction.net.

As you probably already know Art Addiction is the first ever and the oldest art website. Since 1992 Art Addiction organized 54 int'l exhibitions and exposed over 6,000 artists.

How to Enter
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Submissions are invited for the MEDIAL 3.BIENNIAL [MAB3] competition 2 years on display. The competition is open to artists working in all mediums. Submit 4 -12 works for selection in the size and format than can be online displayed if selected (72 dpi JPG's files up to 700 pix). Optional, include a brief statement or essay.

If you are picked as a winner then we will need the pictures at print resolution for publication in the book (300 dpi JPG's files or H 23 cm / 8" in).

Materials to be received
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The selection is conducted by review of visuals / image files submitted by eMail attachment send to info@artaddiction.net. Please send minimum 4 - 12 image file / .JPG 72 dpi / up to 700 pix. along with the works details: title, year, medium, size, and price.

Email the entries to info@artaddiction.net.

Enter Fee
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If your works are selected, you will be asked to provide the entry fee of Euro 50 (or equivalent currency) for 4 works and Euro 10 for each additional work 24 months on display beginning after the date of the inclusion.

Prizes
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33 winners will be selected. Awards valued EUR 9,290.
Grand Prize: One Artist will be awarded two-pages in MASTERS art book series edited by WOA publishing (worldofartmagazine.com), award value EUR 4,490.00.
Prize of Excellence: Two Artists will be awarded one-page in MASTERS art book series edited by WOA publishing (worldofartmagazine.com) value EUR 2,250.00 / each.
Mention: 30 Artists will be selected for Diploma of Excellence (Honorable Award)

Period
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2009 -2011 / 24-months of display beginning after the date of the inclusion.

Deadline
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ASAP / Exhibition in progress.

Jury
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Andrea Pagnez, (Venice), critic, artist, editor, curator (Venice Biennial); Marta Dimitrescu, (London), artist, gallery manager, editorial director; Åke Wallén, (Stockholm), manager director, collector. All inquiries should be made in writing by e-mail.

Art Addiction Medial Museum
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In August 1991 Sir Tim Berners-Lee created the first website.
In June 1992 art addiction launched the first ever online art gallery
Art Addiction is the first ever and the oldest art site on the web.
Art Addiction curate 54 int'l exhibitions and exposed over 6,000 artists.

For more information click Here

Collaborating with Visionary Artists to create Wearable Art
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Feminine Mysticism in Art: Artists Envisioning the Divine

Artoteque.com is pleased to invite artists to WORK ON DISPLAY the 2nd annual juried contemporary art competition 12 months on display. WORK ON DISPLY takes place online at Artoteque.com once every year.

Guidelines
All entries go through a selection process. The competition is judged solely by visuals submitted on-line as Jpeg [.JPG] attachment. Numbers of entries: 6 - 12 works / image files submitted on-line to: submit@artoteque.com.

The Selection
The screening is free and is conducted by review on 6 - 12 Jpeg [.JPG] of 72 dpi up to 700 pixels image files versions of the submitted works inline or attachment along the works details -title, year, medium, size, price. Submitters whose entries pass the screening are included in competition and are requested the participation fee payment.

Participation Fee
Submitters whose pass the screening will be requested the competition fee. There is a US$ 80 / EUR 50 entry fee for 6 works. and US$ 15 / EUR 10 for each additional work. Payment by Direct Transfer on account, by Money Order, by PayPal, by Western Union.

Awards

63 prizewinners will be awarded.
Grand Prize. Award value EUR 4,900: One Artists will be awarded two-page spreads in ART MADE ONLY ONCE, Artoteque.com Quality Art Book series for collectors, galleries, museums, dealers and art lovers.

Award of Distinction. Award value EUR 2,450: Two Artists will be awarded one-page in ART MADE ONLY ONCE, Artoteque.com Quality Art Book series for collectors, galleries, museums, dealers and art lovers.

Honorable Mention (Honorable Award): 60 Artists will be selected for Diploma of Excellence.

Jury
The competition will be conducted in two rounds: preliminary and final assessment. Only works that pass the preliminary judging will advance to the final round. Judging Panel: Andrea Pagnez, art critic, fine artist, editor, curator (Venice Biennial), Florence; Marta Dimitrescu, fine artist, Artoteque.com director, editor, London; Åke Wallén, Director BGAB, art collector, Stockholm.

Size and Works to be received
In order to complete the inclusion you may submit as attachments or on-line 6 ~ 12 works /JPG s image files 72 dpi up to 700 pix (21x21 cm /8,3x8,3) and the works details: title, year, technique, size and price All submissions must be mailed to submit@artoteque.com.

Exhibition period
The event will run one-year beginning with the date of the inclusion.

Deadlines

The earlier the better. The inclusions are in progress.

Artoteque.com is pleased to invite artists to ART NOW 3rd annual juried art competition 12 months on display. ART NOW takes place online once every year at Artoteque.com.

All entries go through a two-step selection process. The competition is judged solely by visuals submitted inline or attachment send to Artoteque. Numbers of entries: 6 -12 works /image files submitted on-line. We can review your site for this purpose.

Awards

63 prizewinners will be awarded.
Grand Prize: Award value EUR 4,900: One Artists will be awarded two-page spreads in ART MADE ONLY ONCE, Artoteque.com Quality Art Book series for collectors, galleries, museums, dealers and art lovers.

Award of Distinction: Award value EUR 2,450: Two Artists will be awarded one-page in ART MADE ONLY ONCE, Artoteque.com Quality Art Book series for collectors, galleries, museums, dealers and art lovers.

Honorable Mention (Honorable Award): 60 Artists will be selected for Diploma of Excellence

Submissions are invited for the MEDIAL 3.BIENNIAL [MAB3] competition 2 years on display.
The competition is open to artists working in all mediums. Submit 4-12 works for selection in the size and format than can be online displayed if selected (72 dpi JPG's files W or H up to 800 pix).
Optional, include a brief statement or essay.
If you are picked as a winner then we will need the pictures at print resolution for publication in the book (300 dpi JPG's files or H 23 cm / 8" in). Email the entries to info@artaddiction.net.

ART NOW (the Book)

Participate in ART NOW selection
ART NOW international is a quality art book for collectors, galleries, museums, dealers and art lovers, who seek the latest trends in the art world.

How to get in the ART NOW Book
There is no submission fee for selection. If you are enquiring about submitting your artwork to selection please email your publishing materials for selection to submit@artoteque.com. Each artist selection, nomination and inclusion in book is made on the merit of the works. Each artist included will receive three copy of the book, value 597 euro.

Two fee levels for each accepted artist in the Book
One-Page Artist profile

The artist profile will include up to 3 works along the works details (title, year, media, size), the artist studio/live and work space, city, country, email, website, an estimate of the fair market value of the work, up to 300 words of statement, essay or writing. The artist will receive three copy of the book. The Editorial Fee is 590 Euro or the equivalent currency conversion.

Two-Page Spreads Artist profile

The artist profile will include up to 6 works along the works details (title, year, media, size), the artist studio/live and work space, city, country, email, website, an estimate of the fair market value of the work, up to 500 words of statement, essay or writing. The Editorial Fee is 990 Euro or the equivalent currency conversion

The editorial fee should be provided after the submitter will receive a layout alternative in the book, by a gallery, corporation, individual contributor or self-provided after receiving a layout alternative.

Submit for selection in ART NOW
If you are submitting artwork for selection please make sure that you have included:
-   3 ~ 6 high resolution image files (300 dpi /up to 22 cm /8 in).
-   the work title, year, media, size
-   up to 500 words of statement (optional)
-   the place of residence and work
-   one photo, the eMail and website

ART NOW specifications
    Date of Publish 2009
    Number of Pages +262
    Size 8.5 X 8.5 X 0.9 IN / 22 x 22 s 2 CM.
    Print run 25,000 copies

Marketing and distribution is through large book wholesalers and ecommerce channels, in US bookstores and internationally including Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Amazon in USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Australia and others.

Deadline
Submit visuals for nomination in ART NOW!

To apply for selection eMail submit@artoteque.com

Website http://www.artoteque.com

International association of artistic, cultural and media professionals

TALENT SEEKERS is born in October 2008 with the aim of building an international network of cultural, artistic and media professionals who can help each other with their respective projects, as well as working together to discover and promote new talent.

The Contest

The name TALENT SEEKERS will be linked to the idea of an international awards contest whose purpose will be to draw attention to 100 authors per year in each of the following disciplines:

• Photography
• Painting, drawing, engraving
• Digital art, net art
• Film, video, animation
• Sculpture
• Music
• Literature, philosophy, journalism
• Installations, performance art
• Web design, graphic design
• Free category (*)

The first edition of the “TALENT SEEKERS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS” will consist of the following phases (**):

• PHASE 1 (01.10.2008-31.12.2009): Transaction of all candidatures received from authors and members of the jury.
• PHASE 2 (01.01.2009-31.12.2009): Votes cast by the public.
• PHASE 3 (01.01.2010-31.01.2010): Votes cast by the jury, presentation of the 1.000 authors chosen by the public organized in accordance with the opinion of the jury and announcement of prizes.

(*) Free category: architecture, design, fashion, ceramics, craft work, etc.

(**) TALENT SEEKERS reserves the right to modify the dates indicated for each phase.

http://www.talentseekers.net/index.php

24 months on display, award value EUR 8,990

Artoteque.com (www.artoteque.com) is pleased to invite artists to 1st iBIENNIAL 2009 juried contemporary art competition 24 months on display online. iBIENNIAL 2009 is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place online at Artoteque.com once every two years. The call for entries for the 1st iBIENNIAL is open to works of any genre.

CREATIVE GENIUS
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS GLOBAL ART BOOK
PUBLISHER MOT London

Apply for Selection
Two-page spreads in CREATIVE GENIUS+ one-page bonus in in ART

Ar t Book: ART MADE ONLY ONCE

Artist Info

ART MADE ONLY ONCE is a quality art book for collectors, galleries, museums, dealers and art lovers, who seek the latest trends in the art world. All inclusions go through the selection process. Accepted submitters will receive a layout alternative in the book.

Inclusion Levels

One-Page
Editing Fee 590 Euro. The fee applies to accepted submissions. The artist profile will include up to 3 works along the works details (title, year, media, size), the artist studio/live and work space, city, country, email, website, an estimate of the fair market value of the work, up to 300 words of statement, essay or writing.

Two-Page Spreads
Editing Fee 990 Euro. The fee applies to accepted submissions. The artist profile will include up to 3 works along the works details (title, year, media, size), the artist studio/live and work space, city, country, email, website, an estimate of the fair market value of the work, up to 500 words of statement, essay or writing.

In order to complete the selection for inclusion provide by email:
-   3 ~ 6 high resolution image files (300 dpi /up to 22 cm /8 in).
-   the work title, year, media, size
-   up to 500 words of statement (optional)
-   the place of residence and work
-   the eMail and website

Each artist included in ART MADE ONLY ONCE will receiver three copies of the book.
Marketing and distribution is through large book wholesalers and ecommerce channels, in US bookstores and internationally including Barnes and Noble, Borders, and Amazon in USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Australia and others.
Book size 8.5X8.5 in./22x22 cm. Hardcover.
Editor Marta Dimitrescu of Artoteque.com. Publisher: MOT. Realize 2009.
Apply for selection submit@artoteque.com