It was such a challenge to develop the shortlist - for some of us, it was the hardest thing we've had to do for a long time! Every single artwork showed creative flair, personal style and a love of art and orangutans. Thank you to each and every one of you for taking part.
Congratulations to ALL the young artists who entered our Orang-Artan Competition!
Thank you so much for taking part in our first-ever art competition for children! We are thrilled to announce that we received 430 entries from all over the world (Argentina, Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, UK and USA). This included twelve school groups from Australia, the UK and Portugal.
Thank you to the parents, grandparents, carers, aunts, uncles, friends and of course the teachers and principals who registered their young artists and sent us these wonderful explorations of colour, art and conservation. And thank you to all the young artists who created in their beautiful artwork. You should all feel so proud.
Shortlisted Artists
It was such a challenge to develop the shortlist - for some of us, it was the hardest thing we've had to do for a long time! Every single artwork showed creative flair, personal style and a love of art and orangutans. Thank you to each and every one of you for taking part.
Age 3-5 - Colouring in
- Cleveland, A
- Corlette, E
- Creese, H
- Height, I
- Hengler, Hu
- Thomson, M
- Thorburn, E
- Richter-Scaife, N
- Uchime, T
- Zlatanova, S
Age 3-5 - Free hand art on the theme 'Wildlife Conservation'
- Alpren Nedivi, F
- Bergh, O
- Brook, A
- Cabido, G
- Ferreira, C (Jardim de Infância de Igreja Sandim, Portugal)
- Ferreira, S (Jardim de Infância de Igreja Sandim, Portugal)
- Minigo, T
- Ramanan, R
- Sousa, M (Jardim de Infância de Igreja Sandim, Portugal)
Age 6-8 - Colouring in
- Barrett, N
- Billett, A (Bishop Henderson School, Somerset, UK)
- Binu, O (Bishop Henderson School, Somerset, UK)
- Edwards, B (Bishop Henderson School, Somerset, UK)
- Flanagan, K
- Fox, R
- James, C
- Kube, A (Blackmans Bay Primary, Tasmania, Australia)
- Philip, J (Bishop Henderson School, Somerset, UK)
- Sparks, O (Bishop Henderson School, Somerset, UK)
- Thorburn, H
- Wade, K (Blackmans Bay Primary School, Tasmania, Australia)
Age 6-8 - Free hand art on the theme 'Wildlife Conservation'
- Furness, A (Blackmans Bay Primary School, Tasmania, Australia)
- Grieve, S
- Guo, M (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Holm, W
- Keller, E
- Kelly, L (Somerset Primary School, Tasmania, Australia)
- Lutomski, I (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Percy, A (Blackmans Bay Primary School, Tasmania, Australia)
- Pyke, M (Somerset Primary School, Tasmania, Australia)
- Ratnayaka, A (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Type-Farrell, T (Somerset Primary School, Tasmania, Australia)
- Wheeler, M (St Joseph’s Catholic College, Northern Territory, Australia)
Age 9-11 - Category: Artistry and Creativity
- Adam-Gedge, X (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Brinkley, I
- Clark, N (Stuart Park Primary School, Northern Territory, Australia)
- Coulter, O (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Gaudion, S (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Gillies, S (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Hasluck, A
- Jefferson, B (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Jones, O (Stuart Park Primary School, Larrakeya, Northern Territory, Australia)
- Libein-Reid, E (Stuart Park Primary School, Northern Territory, Australia)
- Lili, V
- Luo, C (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Markham, C (St Joseph’s Catholic College, Northern Territory, Australia)
- McPherson, S (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Pilch, J (Trafalgar Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Phillips, J
- Porcaro, L (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Rees, H (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Singh, V (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Smith, H (Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia)
- Taggart, W
- Taylor-King, I (Hazelbrook Primary School, New South Wales, Australia)
- Watson-Hook, H (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Williams, M
- Wu, E
Age 9-11 - Category: Exploration of the theme 'Wildlife Conservation'
- Bao, S
- Bauer, E
- Bryant, R (Trafalgar Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Calabrese Toskov, T (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Dampney, T (Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia)
- Davis, H (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Gao, A (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- Goh, R & Stager, C
- Hellyer, M
- Laycock, B (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Lord, M (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- McKenna, E
- McLean, G
- Murray, I (Firbank Grammar School, Victoria, Australia)
- Narula, B (Unley Primary School, South Australia)
- O'Neil, S (Stuart Park Primary School, Northern Territory, Australia)
- Plumb, C (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
- Popple, H (Toowoomba Grammar School, Queensland, Australia)
- Zhang, Y (Camberwell Primary School, Victoria, Australia)
Winners to be announced during Orangutan Caring Week!
Stay tuned for more details on our live streamed ceremony on Thursday 12 November, during Orangutan Caring Week.
Our Founder and President, Leif Cocks will be there, along with Kylie Bullo, our Conservation Manager. You'll also meet our wonderful judges, Max Hamilton, Emma Quay, Ben Pearmain and Camila and Chris form Eggpicnic, who will announce the winners in each category and talk about their favourite pieces.
