“Royal Blue 2024” RB Art Gallery

The contest’s theme was Royal Blue – the color from which the name of the gallery comes and which Wikipedia defines as a deep and vivid shade of blue. Legends say it was created in England by clothiers in Rode, Somerset, whose consortium won a competition to make a dress for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines royal blue as a “deep, vibrant blue,” while the Cambridge English Dictionary defines it as a “strong light blue color,” and the Collins English Dictionary defines it as a “dark blue color.” American dictionaries describe it as more akin to purple, such as “deep vivid reddish or purplish blue” (Webster’s New World College Dictionary) or “vivid purple blue” (Merriam-Webster).

Exhibition curator: Mag Nilsson

During the opening, there will be an official awarding of prizes to the winners and diplomas to the Finalists:

Anastasiia Dushak * Andrea London * Anneli Pietikäinen * Edyta Dzierz * Fran Speicher * Jenny Jansson * John Potter * Katarzyna Rosłon-Mazgaj * Leena Møller * Luciano Caggianello * Maike Pichler * Mark A. Dierker * Martyna Jach * Radostina Dimitrova

Grand Prix Open Call Royal Blue 2023 – Robert Kuzmicz/ RAK-Photo.