This TVLP competition ran in September 2020 to celebrate the best GCSE art work created in the previous academic year.
Thanks to the support and assistance of our wonderful school art departments, we had over 100 student entries from five of our schools: Beechwood School, Eton College, Holyport College, St Joseph’s Catholic High School, and St Mary’s School Ascot.
“We the judges were very impressed with the very high standard of the work entered in the competition both on a technical level and in terms of the originality and creativity displayed. We certainly felt that self-portraiture made up a very strong component of this group of entries”.
OVERALL WINNER: Milly Handel, St Mary’s School Ascot.
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- Milly Handel.
"Happily for the judges we were unanimous in our choice of the overall winner."
"The winner has a real presence, excellent composition and it immediately stood out for its originality. It successfully combines its abstract and representational qualities with a level of sophistication unusual in such a young artist."
COMMENDED ENTRIES FROM HOLYPORT COLLEGE:
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- 1st runner up: Teagan Pickering.
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- 2nd runner up: Chloe Leitao.
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- 3rd runner up: Robyn O’Leary.
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- Special mention: Zsofia Olah.
COMMENDED ENTRIES FROM ST JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL:
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- 1st runner up: Antonia Lubowa.
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- 2nd runner up: Chenel Robinson.
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- 3rd runner up: Erica Fernandes.
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- Special mention: Oliwia Stawicka.
COMMENDED ENTRIES FROM ETON COLLEGE:
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- 1st runner up: Jack Finnis.
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- 2nd runner up: Felix Gibbons.
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- 3rd runner up: William Barber.
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- Special mention: Augustus McMoran.
COMMENDED ENTRIES FROM BEECHWOOD SCHOOL:
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- 1st runner up: Nikodem Burakowski.
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- 2nd runner up: Harnish Salhotra.
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- 3rd runner up: Daisy Green.
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- Special mention: Morgan Pritchard.
COMMENDED ENTRIES FROM ST MARY'S SCHOOL ASCOT:
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- 1st runner up: Tiana Mouradian.
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- Joint 2nd runner up: Esme Franks.
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- Joint 2nd runner up: Cece McChesney.
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- Joint 3rd runner up: Isabella Rose Nicholls.
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- Joint 3rd runner up: Olivia Miles.
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- Special mention: Iris Harmsworth.
OUR COMPETITION PARTNERS:
We would like to thank our judges, gained in conjunction with The National Gallery, who had the difficult task of choosing a winner. Their assistance and expertise is greatly appreciated.
We would also like to thank The Sculpture Park in Surrey for providing the prize for the winning student (1 x family ticket worth £30). They are the world’s largest all year sculpture exhibition with 300 artists showcasing 650 sculptures.
We would also like to thank The Curve and Slough Libraries for supporting this competition by exhibiting some of the student art work on The Curve’s website.
PRESS COVERAGE INCLUDES:
Slough & Windsor Express, 30th October 2020
