Judges:

Magdalena Rutkowska MA Art Director of the Eclusier Design company and co-founder of Artminerva organisation, 
curator of international exhibitions & art auctions of digital and contemporary arts. Magdelena is also an accomplished artist in her own right and holds a Masters Degree in Painting and History of Arts. Her paintings are in collections at: Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of Chemistry, Welsh Assembly, NATO 3batt. Headquarter and many other places worldwide. Magdalena's creative work was also used as a subject in one of Daniel Gerould books and in the journal for Mason University of Washington.

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Blandine Martin BA (Hons) - Co-founder of the Artminerva organisation, originally from France, Blandine studied at London Metropolitan University and graduated with a BA(Hons) in Design and Architecture. Since 2004 Blandine has exhibited frequently in USA, Italy, Paris and London. In 2009 Blandine won 1st Prize Winner in the Cork Street Open Exhibition and is now published in the'Who's Who in Art' by Charles Baile de la Laperriere. Blandine a member of DACS (http://www.dacs.org.uk/ ) will be exhibiting in Cork Street, London in January 2012.

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Conor Farr artist and 1st Prize winner of the Portrait Contest 2011 - Conor's talent aspired at a very early age when he won an art competition for ITV and at the age of 8 he was invited to attend an advanced class in Bath Art Museum. Conor is currently studying at Bath College on an Art & Design course.

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Erik Kucera - artist and 2nd prize winner of the Portrait Contest 2011 - originally trained as a 'goldsmith' Erik changed his career path in 1999 when he decided that his calling was with drawing. Over the last decade Erik Kucera has made a name for himself as an artist throughout Europe. 

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Leah Michelle BA(Hons) MA artist and 2nd Prize winner of the International Art Competition 2011. Leah has exhibited her mixed media artwork both in the USA and London. Leah's next exhibition will be at New Artist Fair Finalist Exhibition from 21-30 November 2011.

Marilyn Comparetto - artist and entrepreneur