The 2024 International Contest
The EPM International Contest is an outstanding showcase for quilters from around the world.
A theme emerges from the minds of the European Patchwork Meeting’s organizing team in the fall every year It kicks off the new edition of the contest, open to patchwork lovers from all over the globe. All the participants spend the next several months imagining and crafting their entries before registration begins in the spring.
Then, three judges examine all the entries based on photos and select the 30 quilts that best represent this year’s theme and whose execution shows the finest quality.
The judges
Sao Paolo, Brésil
Paris, France
Hawaii, USA
The 30 finalists
These 30 finalists are unveiled in the International Contest’s annual exhibition and displayed for the first time during the European Patchwork Meeting each year in September.
An awards ceremony is held with great fanfare during the exhibition to reward the artists with all kinds of prizes: Best of Show, People’s Choice Award, Organizer’s Choice Award and various sponsors prizes.
After this launch, the 30 entries embark on a long journey of 10 months taking them to the finest art galleries, museums and quilting fairs around the world: a wonderful opportunity for the artists to showcase their work abroad!
- Montse FORCADELL (ES)
- Françoise GRALL (FR)
- Isabel MUÑOZ (ES)
- Inmaculada GABALDÓN (ES)
- Christine KUECHEL (DE)
- Yvonne KERVINEN (SE)
- Maria Eugenia CORBELLA (ES)
- Angela MINAUDO (IT)
- Francesca MIGLIERINA (IT)
- Romana ČERNÁ (CZ)
- Mattea JURIN (IT)
- Kyungsook PARK (KOR)
- Nadeige GLANNAZ (CH)
- Sangha PARK (KOR)
- Geumja LEE (KOR)
- Irina MALYUKOVA (FI)
- Agata JABŁOŃSKA-SMOLIŃSKA (PL)
- Laura FRANCI (IT)
- Takashi KUSAKA (JP)
- Hyun MI KYUNG (KOR)
- Maria VIITA (FI)
- Julie REUBEN (US)
- Miranda RENARD (ES)
- Olena PUGACHOVA (IRL)
- Ethelda ELLIS (IRL)
- Ekaterina BESSARABOVA (ES)
- Silvia Gabriela CAMPAGÑA (ARG)
- Donghua PANG (CHN)
- Agathe LESUEUR (FR)
- Levente SULYOK (HU)
Ocean
Ocean, a theme filled with light and secrets that takes us to the depths of a yet little-explored underworld!
Our oxygen intake, as well as the climate and the ambient temperatures around the globe depend on this vast body of water. The ocean is also a sanctuary to animal diversity and to a wide range of surprising plants: a wonderful haven for species of all kinds and sizes. So little is known of this element essential to life, and yet our seas are already severely threatened.
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Austral or Indian—the ocean covers 70% of our planet, but is only a part of everyday life for a lucky few. This theme invites you to exactly this: depict your own vision of the ocean if you don’t live near it, tell us about the wide sea you may dream of crossing, share with us the beach spot you love, the bird, the ship, the sunset that fuels your creativity.
Warm tones for the southern seas or colder shades for the arctic icebergs: the color palette chosen by each contestant might reveal where they’re from, or at least where their aesthetic sense lies.
Beyond the word “ocean”, we’re, of course, particularly interested in the idea of water. A source of life, a constant throughout our existence, the foundation of our environment, water is a universal theme that will challenge all textile art enthusiasts!
Dive deep in your imagination for this ambitious patchwork project!
