Emerging Erotic Artists Contest 2003 - Tom of Finland Foundation

JOINT GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

	"Elton" by Danny California, USA 2003, Graphite on paper, 16" x19" (and 1st place winner in Single Figure)
	"Satyr" by Steam Israel 2002, Pen and brush, 18 x 25 cm. (and 1st place winner in Fantasy)

SINGLE FIGURE

	1st place winner (and grand prize co-winner): "Elton" by Danny California, USA 2003, Graphite on paper, 16" x19"
	2nd place co-winner: "Saint Francis–2" by Fordin California, USA 2003, Oil and acrylic, 12" x 24"
	2nd place co-winner: "Horsing Around" by Brett Barris California, USA 1996, Photograph, 10" x 8"
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DUAL FIGURE

	1st place winner: "Blade & Piggy" by Ed Evans California, USA 2000, Photograph, 11" x14"
	2nd place co-winner: "I Wanna Be Loved By You" by Steven Clayton Corry California, USA 2003, Oil, 11" x14"
	2nd place co-winner: Untitled by Cesar Reyes Dominguez Mexico 1999, Photograph, 47.25" x 39.37"
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MULTIPLE FIGURE

	1st place winner: "Co Co – 144 (Subway Flasher)" by N. Retep California, USA 2003, Acrylic / PhotoShop, 8.5" x 6.5"
	2nd place winner: "Triple Play" by John Anderson Massachusetts, USA 2003, Watercolor, 18" x 24"
	3rd place winner: "Quartet #2" by Le CCAT Virginia, USA 2003, Polaroid photograph, 8" x 10"
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FANTASY

	1st place winner (and grand prize co-winner): "Satyr" by Steam Israel 2002, Pen and brush, 18 x 25 cm.
	2nd place winner: "Emerging" by Randy Harrison California, USA 2003, Plaster with painted finish, 18" x 16.5"
	3rd place winner: "Man on the Flying Trapeze" by John Illinois, USA c. 1994, Graphite, 8.5" x 11"
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(The next competition is in 2005.)

Grand Prize Winners are awarded a cash grant of $500, receive a one-year Commander Level membership to the Foundation, and copy of Tom of Finland: The Art of Pleasure published by Taschen.

1st Place Winners are awarded a cash grant of $100 each.

2nd Place Winners receive a copy of “The Art of Pleasure.”

3rd Place Winners are awarded a Tom of Finland Floaty Pen set.

Grand Prize & First Prize Winners are invited to attend the Foundation’s annual Awards Banquet following the yearly Erotic Art Fair Weekend in October.

All winners will receive a one-year membership at the Artist Level membership to the Foundation, (Grand Prize Winners receive a Commander Level membership). Only one prize category will be awarded to an individual artist.

The real prize is the publicity and exposure accorded all participants, who receive international recognition through the Foundation’s promotion of winners and entrants in publications and on our website.

The winners were determined using a “blind” scoring process by a distinguished panel of judges. Our judges for the 2003 competition were:

Henning von Berg, Berlin, Fine Art Photographer

Edward Lucie-Smith, London, Art Critic, Historian and Author

Nelson Santos, New York, Assistant Director, Visual AIDS

Eric Singley, Los Angeles, Curator, The Erotic Museum

Wayne Snellen, New York, Director, the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation

The rules used to submit entries for the 2003 contest are available here. Our next contest is scheduled for 2005.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the artwork from the 2003 contest, please contact the administrator with your inquiries.

The images on this website are copyrighted and are not to be reproduced anywhere without the permission of the artist or other copyright holder.

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