The Art Competition for Young Artists, organised by Gibraltar Cultural Services on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, is being held at the John Mackintosh Hall. 

 A statement from the Government follows below:

The Minister for Culture, The Hon Prof John Cortes MBE MP, officially opened the exhibition on Monday 27th February and presented the awards. 18 artists submitted a total of 29 artworks. This year’s adjudicator, John-Paul Bautista, carried out the judging. 

The Prize winners are: 

1st Prize - The Ministry of Culture Award (£1000) 

• Alex Moreno – No.15 ‘Constructed’ 

2nd Prize - The AquaGib Award (£500) 

• Jeremy Ignacio – No.10 ‘Turn of the Ocean’ 

The Kishin Alwani Foundation Award - School Years 9 to 11 (£500) 

• Demi Zammit – No.28 ‘Derelict Details’ 

The Kishin Alwani Foundation Award - School Years 12 to 13 (£500) 

• India Borge – No.2 ‘A Form of Essence’ 

The Arts Society Gibraltar Sculpture Award (£500) 

• Matthew Francis Bosano – No.4 ‘All Falls Down’

The following received ‘Highly Commended’ Certificates: 

• David Llamas – No.12 ‘The Concept of Life’ 
• Hannah Vaughan – No.24 ‘RUGZ’ 
• Michael Piris – No.17 ‘Mount Pleasant’ 
• Phoebe Noble – No.16 ‘Flower Girl’ 
• Shaniah Garcia – No.8 ‘Deuteranopia’ 
• Stella Louise Bosano – No.5 ‘Under my Skin’ 

The exhibition will be open to the public from Tuesday 28th February to Friday 10th March, weekdays from 9am to 8pm.