Handicraft

Blue Area

Countries included in this area are: Albania, Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Ireland, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey and United Kingdom

Blue Semifinal Show takes place in Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Winners of the Semifinal shows will perform in the European Final in Rome (Italy).

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Jurors

Astrid Fataki                        Kinshasa, Congo / Caserta, Italy

Astrid Fataki was born in 1972 in Kinshasa, Congo, from a Congolese father and an Italian mother.  After the outbreak of the civil war in Congo, she emigrated with her family in Italy, where she founded the Noemy Tools - Made in Italy.
In each of her creations, Astrid Fataki brings out the class and the lightness of the clothes, offering a touch of originality and innovation without falling into excess. 
Thanks to agreements with international fashion houses, Noemy Tools is now being  distributed across Europe and Africa.

Maria Mayor De Haro

A Fairy Fashion Designer from Spain, best known across the world as owner of „Fairy Cave“ Couture. She brings magic into her designs, and will judge to see if your magic is pure and inspiring so you can win this competition and follow your dreams.

Tajana Strasni

Tajana is a mad crazy talented award winning Croatian Cosplayer, which means this lady can build a space rocket if she wanted, aside from Cosplay gadgets over the past 17 years she made a lot of jewelry and all kinds of possible accessories. She will understand and judge how much time and effort young handicrafters are putting into their designs and judge your talent and patience

Ouroborosgioiellificio

Ouroborosgioiellificio was born from the creativity of Marcello Gazzellini in 1980. The workshop project is inspired by the alchemic path of metalworking and the search for the poetic language that links words to jewellery. From raw materials come objects with a changing and moving nature, containers for crystals that can be used to care for one's mineral world.

Vesna Teodosic

With her huge experience working on numerous movie sets, theatre and television, she is a master of handcrafted props, dolls, jewelry and other art pieces. You name it! A perfect Juror to recognize the amount of love and time you’ve put into your handicraft.

Munever Salihovic

Munever Salihovic is a Bosnian artist going by the artistic name Muneverest. Versatile in his artistic expressions, he is utilising his talent and vast knowledge to promote natural beauty and cultural heritage of the Balkans, worker rights, democratic values and much needed peacebuilding. His exhibits are appreciated by the European public through international programs he develops or is invited to. Munever worked with wood for decades designing furniture for local producers, presently designing and handcrafting smaller wooden objects like cutlery, jewelry or hairpins. He also transforms his workshop into a metalworking place to design and craft his own woodworking tools. His workshop often travels with him, even to Balkanian mountaintops when he is working as a freelance photographer. Munever is also a professional dancer and had a successful career as a modern dance coach.

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Prizes

SEMIFINAL - WINNER

Cash Prize
Cash Prize of € 300
Brought to you by MarteLive Europe

Travel Grant 
All travel costs to Rome covered to reach the MArteLive Europe Final Show and the MArteLive Biennial, both taking place on December 7-8-9, 2021.
Brought to you by MarteLive Europe

SEMIFINAL -  SPECIAL PRIZES

Artists selected by the Jury among the Semifinalists

MArteLive Art in Progress
1 Week Stay at Art Residencies in Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and Poland in the Summer of 2021, for artists selected by the Jury.
Brought to you by:
* ProCult in Italy and Poland
* Tuzla Live in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Kintai Arts in Lithuania

Biennale MArteLive Prize
Participation in the 2023 MArteLive Biennial in Rome (ITALY)

Yellow Area

Countries included in this area are: Armenia, Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Sweden and Ukraine.
The Yellow Semi-Final show takes place in Vilnius (Lithuania).
Winners of the Semi-Final shows will perform in the European Final in Rome (Italy).

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Jurors

Grace Rubaduka                       Helsinki, Finland

Grace Rubaduka is Helsinki based creator working with clothing, textiles and crafts. She is driven by an endless curiosity and an instinctual need to create. Obsessed with colours and patterns but at the same time, by the randomness of things, is what intrigues Grace in the creative expression.

Liina-Mai Püüa                       Tallinn, Estonia

Liina-Mai Püüa is a pattern-maker based in Estonia. Having elaborate experience within other companies and her own clients on product development and garment technology, Liina-Mai has a sharp eye for details, originality and solutions.

Raminta Beržanskytė                       Vilnius, Lithuania

Raminta Beržanskytė is a Lithuanian craft artist and researcher with focus on archaic traditions such as textile dyeing with plants and weaving. In her label Forest&Meadows she educates and provides access to the processes of growing, harvesting, vat dyeing and the storylines of etno-culture surrounding it. Her practice has been supported by Lithuanian Council of Culture grants and independent scholarships in order to sustain the history or textile dyeing craft tradition.

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Prizes

SEMIFINAL - WINNER

Cash Prize
Cash Prize of € 300
Brought to you by MArteLive Europe

Travel Grant 
All travel costs to Rome covered to reach the MArteLive Europe Final Show and the MArteLive Biennial, both taking place on December 7-8-9, 2021.
Brought to you by MarteLive Europe

Jewelry School Vilnensis prize
An opportunity to exhibit your works at the Vilnensis gallery in Vilnius as well as an individual consultation with the founder. 
 www.vilnensis.eu

SEMIFINAL -  SPECIAL PRIZES

Artists selected by the Jury among the Semifinalists

MArteLive Art in Progress
1 Week Stay at Art Residencies in Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and Poland in the Summer of 2021, for artists selected by the Jury.
Brought to you by:
* ProCult in Italy and Poland
* Tuzla Live in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Kintai Arts in Lithuania

Biennale MArteLive Prize
Participation in the 2023 MArteLive Biennial in Rome (ITALY)

Green Area

Countries included in this area are: Andorra, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Tunisia.
The Green Semi-Final show takes place in Kracòw (Poland).
Winners of the Semi-Final shows will perform in the European Final in Rome (Italy).

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Jurors

Anna Dusza                        Poznań, Poland.

Anna Dusza is specialized in fabric design, home furnishings, editorial design and illustration. Key elements of her designs are simplicity and playfulness. The colours are carefully selected. She finds her inspiration in nature and in children’s drawings. She cooperates with creative studios, clothing brands, interior designers and publishing houses. She has worked for such clients as Vox, Tylko, Koper studio, Zamek Culture Center, Municipal Gallery Arsenal, Uniforma studio, Suska & Kabsch, Mukki, Zysk & S-ka.

Astrid Fataki                        Kinshasa, Congo / Caserta, Italy

Astrid Fataki was born in 1972 in Kinshasa, Congo, from a Congolese father and an Italian mother.  After the outbreak of the civil war in Congo, she emigrated with her family in Italy, where she founded the Noemy Tools - Made in Italy.
In each of her creations, Astrid Fataki brings out the class and the lightness of the clothes, offering a touch of originality and innovation without falling into excess. 
Thanks to agreements with international fashion houses, Noemy Tools is now being  distributed across Europe and Africa.

Joanna Iskra                        Wroclaw , Poland

Certified Creator of Handicraft and professor. She works with young people in a technical school. She has been dealing with handicrafts for many years. She has her own brand Joanna Iskra Zręcznie Wykonane. For her handicraft products (original Polish handmade), she received three Handicraft Certificates in 2022 from the Polish Guild of Artistic Handicraftsmen from Warsaw. She received certificates in handmade artistic jewelry, artistic accessories for clothing and artistic elements of interior design. She also received a Diploma from the international magazine DEISGNER Stockholm for the most read article in the January 2022 issue and for the original, innovative artistic lace ARTISAN © which adorns decorates carpets, bags and interior decorations.
She created the original PATRIOTIC HEART cotillion in the macrame technique, which has already reached the Polish community in Italy, Great Britain, Belgium and the USA. She also explored the secrets of orgyami and canzashi.

Aleksandra Jatczak-Repeć                        Warsaw, Poland -  Rome, Italy

She is an expert in the field of fashion, PhD in humanitie, assistant professor at the Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw where she has been running the Fashion History & Theory studio and makes a part of the international team of the Fashion Department. Her main interests of research are the XX and XXI century fashion and to understand contemporary and future fashion perspectives, and challenges. She is co-author of the book Reason and Flair. A century of fashion in Poland, co-organiser of the Polish edition of the Global Fashion Conference, Warsaw 2021. She is also a content consultant on projects in the field of fashion history, including the Polish edition of Christian Dior's autobiography. Author of many articles published at Vogue.pl, Mediaclub.pl, L'Officiel Polska or Elle.

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Prizes

SEMIFINAL - WINNER

Cash Prize
Cash Prize of € 300
Brought to you by MarteLive Europe

Travel Grant 
All travel costs to Rome covered to reach the MArteLive Europe Final Show and the MArteLive Biennial, both taking place on December 7-8-9, 2021.
Brought to you by MarteLive Europe

SEMIFINAL -  SPECIAL PRIZES

Artists selected by the Jury among the Semifinalists

MArteLive Art in Progress
1 Week Stay at Art Residencies in Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lithuania and Poland in the Summer of 2021, for artists selected by the Jury.
Brought to you by:
* ProCult in Italy and Poland
* Tuzla Live in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Kintai Arts in Lithuania

Biennale MArteLive Prize
Participation in the 2023 MArteLive Biennial in Rome (ITALY)