Space Art Winners 2025

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For judging works from the Space Art 2025 competition

dedicated to April 22 - Earth Day

Total number of works received by e-mail at the competition: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - 375 from 21 countries around the world (Annex 1) in both age categories, according to the rules and conditions of participation published on the official website of the EAАЕ https://www.eaae-astronomy.org/projects/space-art

Jury composed of:

1. Ivo Jokin, coordinator of Space Art, member of the EAАE Executive Council , director of the Municipal Center for Extracurricular Activities, Dolna Mitropolia Municipality, head of the Rainbow School of Painting, Bulgaria;

2. Antonio Acedo, Member of the EAАE Executive Council, Spain;

3. Mariana Staneva, art teacher, Regional History Museum, Pleven, Bulgaria

in the period from 1 to 15 April 2024 judged the works received by e-mail in the three age categories:

1. Category from 6 to 10 years;
2. Category from 11 to 14 years
3. Category from 15 to 18 years

RESULTS

1. Category from 6 to 10 years

First prize

Defne AYGÜN, 8 years old, Finike Bilim Ve Sanat Merkezi, Antalya, TÜRKİYE 

“AG7’’

“My biggest dream is to draw  a Picture of the work-ld with an AG7 space pen and paint it with fire resistant paint”

Teacher: Şenay Bozkurt

Second prize

Diego García Tabuenca, 9 years old, Colegio Sagrada Familia Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SPAIN 

“The mysterious body of space’’

 “I selected this comet  Known as C/ 2017 U1 and renamed 1l/’ Oumuamua because I think that is a very beautiful astronomic body.  They first thought it was a comet and then it was the first interstellar asteroid discovered”

Teacher: Iris Rodríguez Grande

Third prize

Stella Hitiri, 6 years old, 32 Kindergarten Thessaloniki, GREECE 

“Planetary Parade”

"Wow! I imagine the planets spinning and twirling like dancers at a big space party! Maybe they have glowing ribbons of stardust and play music with cosmic drums and laser guitars! I bet aliens are throwing confetti made of tiny shooting stars while the planets laugh and tell space jokes. This is the coolest parade ever!”

Teacher: Kalliopi Kynigopoulou

Incentive Prizes

1. Boril  Stefanov  Stoyanov, 10 years old, “Paisii Hilendarsky” School, Kyustendil, Bulgaria

 “Catch a Star”

“A night flight  of a stork that has caught a star! “

Teacher: Petya Tamakyarska

2. Karlina Rodina, 6 years old, Vandzenes preschool “Zilite”, Vandzenes, Latvia

“Shine bright like stars and planets”

“The girl would like to travel close to the Sun, she knows it is impossible, but it is not forbidden to dream. In space, she would also like to see the stars and all the planets.”

Teacher: Zane Upe

3. Advik Mohapatra, 8 years old, Delhi Public School, Bengaluru, India

“Astronaut lost in Ring Nebula”

“Ring Nebula is so beautiful,angled towards earth so we can experience its marvellous appearance.It was produced by a dying - star which threw off its outer layers into space. This is the most unique planetary nebula known to astrophotographers and astronomers..”

Teacher: Kalyani R

2. Category from 11 to 14 years

First prize

Selina Strazdauskaite, 11 years old, Vilnius Gabija Progimnasium, Gabijos, Lithuania

“The Call of infinity”

 “The mistery of space, the possibility, the invitation to cross beyond the unknown, space and time.”

Teacher: Agnija Vasiliauskiene

Second prize

Betül Simha Akçay, 14 years old, Keçiören Science and Art Center, Ankara, Türkiye

“Star Birth”

“Space has always attracted my attention and I have been following the observations made by the James Webb telescope closely. In 2023, described as the brightest event in the sky, a massive “kilonova” explosion about 8.3 million light-years away from Earth was observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. The JWST recently observed a phenomenon created by the collision of two neutron stars millions of light-years away from our planet. This development was very impressive for me. I imagined this explosion as a baby birth  and adapted it to my work. I used a fabric technique in this work.”

Teacher: Özlem Ortak Kılınç

Third prize

Matteo Cuccato, 14 years old, IC Codevigo, Codevigo, Italy

“Blue and brown simphony”

“I chose this image because I like the colors and the structure.”

Teacher: Alessia Zuanon

Incentive Prizes

1. Melek Halibryam, 14 years old, Secondary School “Hristo Botev”, Dzhebel, Bulgaria

“Mistic space”

Teacher: Hayree Hasan

2. Mia Pereira, 14 years old, EB 2,3 da Areosa, Porto, Portugal

 “Different Galaxy”

"The Galaxy is not just an empty space, but a living body. The colors and movements represent an exerted force that unites all the stars.”

Teacher: Florbela Barreto

3. Băl Natalia Elena, 12 years old, Avram Iancu Secondary School, Turda, Romania

“Giant planet”

“A giant planet seen among the mountains. A rare and beautiful image at the same time.”

Teacher: Riscău Olga-Marta

4. Selin Myudzhet, 14 years old, Art School “Kolorit”, Haskovo, Bulgaria

“Life in Outer Space”

“I’ve always been fascinated by the question about life outside of our planet. I dream of having my own ecosystem in a different planet.”

Teacher: Veselina Delcheva

3. Category from 15 to 18 years

First prize

Lalam Sarah, 17 years old, Lycée Léonard de Vinci, MONTAIGU-VENDEE, FRANCE

“The Pisces Constellation”

“Observed for thousands of years, the Pisces constellation is one of my favorite constellations. The sky always fascinated me, and every summer and spring, I love spending hours watching the night and finding constellations. To create a dreamy atmosphere for this drawing, I decided to depict the two fish from the Pisces constellation. There isn’t a proper way to see this drawing : maybe the fish are coming out of the ocean and flying, or maybe they belong to the stars?”

Teacher: Jean-Jacques RIVES

Second prize

Evija Feldmane, 17 years old, Riga School of Design and Art, Riga, Latvia

 “The Shortcut”

“The outer space is so waste that reaching out to other planets, and possibly, other civilisations take impossible amount of time.  This painting is based on a hope for new discoveries that may lead to faster space travel, perhaps, finding future methods that may cut short the time required to reach the remote stars and planets. Life is such a precious value that we ought to be able to get in touch, in case there are others inhabiting our Universe.”

Teacher: Nils Jansons

Third prize

Yi Fan Xie, 16 years old, SSIG G. Pascoli- Arzergrande,  Arzergrande, Veneto, Italy

“A dance between the sun and the moon”

“I chose to represent an annular eclipse of the Sun  because it is an extraordinary phenomenon that creates a magical atmosphere.”

Teacher: Laura Cavalletto

Incentive Prizes

1. Sirma Spirkoska, 16 years old, Children’s Art Studio “Saints Cyril and Methodius” Bitola,  North Macedonia

“The Solitude of the Universe”

“I am convinced that the universe is lonely. That is why my portrayal is of a lonely astronaut who uses the loneliness of space to think about his future.”

Teacher: Slavcho Nedelkovski PhD

2. Tayssir Chebbi, 17 years old, Astronomy  club – Enfidha secondary  scool 1 -4030 - Tunisia

 “James Webb”

“I believe that the James Webb Space Telescope is the most important human invention, and I believe that thanks to it, humanity will be able to unravel the mysteries of the universe and benefit more from it.”

Teacher: Loudhaief   Ahlem

3. HUANG.HSIANG-CHING, 17 years years old, Sangshan High School of Agriculture and Industry, Taipei City, Taiwan

“Into the Cosmic Unknown”

“This artwork presents an unknown cosmic world, where imagination and fantasy intertwine. The girl in the painting symbolizes bravery, representing a new generation exploring the unknown. The colorful planets, geometric shapes, and cosmic whale reflect the infinite possibilities that exist within the universe.”

Teacher: JOYCE KUO 

* All participants will receive digital certificates on the teacher's e-mail.

** The winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as well as the incentives in each category will receive diplomas and gifts provided by the European Southern Observatory and the EAAE, which will be sent by mail to the addresses of the schools.

*** The works can be seen in Google Drive - "Space Art 2025" folder with subfolders for each country: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1S2YEEexkwIxjsSoe8H_aGwU4H_wFMPyo?usp=sharing

Jury:

1. Ivo Jokin, coordinator of Space Art, member of the EAАE Executive Council , director of the Municipal Center for Extracurricular Activities, Dolna Mitropolia Municipality, head of the Rainbow School of Painting, Bulgaria:

2. Antonio Acedo, Member of the EAАE Executive Council, Spain:

3. Mariana Staneva, art teacher, Regional History Museum, Pleven, Bulgaria:

List of received works Space Art 2025 contest