Between August 15-20, 2020, the third edition of the event took place International Ocean Art Festival 2020 on the theme of Life – Ocean – National culture, with the support of the Asian Federation of Arts, Culture and Sciences. "The IOAF event is a tremendous opportunity for us and the younger generations to better understand the importance of protecting the Ocean as the foundation of life, to communicate and project through art and design the sad reality of now and hopefully a better reality of tomorrow. We are all facing a real paradigm shift in how we plan our future, sustainable development is becoming a worldview and I wish and hope that the next editions of IOAF will be the focus of passionate and conscious artists around the world.” - lect. university Dr. Alexandru BUNII – associate curator of the international event IOAF 2020, South Korea.
A series of awards and distinctions were awarded during the exhibition event. Thus, FAD teaching staff and students enrolled in the Design specialization (bachelor and master) obtained:
Category IOAF International Modern Art Exhibition Conch Award:
Gold Conch Award – lect. university Dr. Alexandru BUNII
Bronze Conch Award – university conf. Dr. Iosif MIHAILO
Bronze Conch Award - lect. university Dr. Corina NANI
Special Award – university conf. Dr. Valentina STEFANESCU
Special Award – lect. university Dr. Silvia TRION
Special Award – lect. university Dr. Eugenia Elena RIEMSCHNEIDER
Category IOAF International Students Art and Design Exhibition Starfish Award:
Silver Starfish Award – Cristian-Gabriel SPÎRLEA
Silver Starfish Award – Julia-Melinda TOTH
Bronze Starfish Award – Flavius Cornelius LAZA
Bronze Starfish Award – Raul-Alexandru COTOFANA
Special Award – Bianca CHIRIAC
Special Award – Livia Maria TOMESCU
| Special Award – Maria Iulia BARBU |
| Special Award – Ana-Maria LEASĂ |
Special Award – Alexandru Andrei Daniel BOGDAN
Special Award – Noemi – Alexandra FOCSA
Special Award – Deiana DAVID
| Special Award – Adrian-Mihai POPESC |
| Special Award – Roxana Maria RĂULESCU |
Special Award – Marijus MUSTA
Special Award – Silviu-Ioan BOTTNER
Special Award – Adina Diana PUSCAS
The excellent collaboration with the organizers of the IOAF 2020 event (Asian Federation of Arts, Culture and Sciences) brought the Faculty of Arts and Design from Timișoara (UVT) the award BEST ORGANIZATION AWARD.
Following the selection, more than 160 designers, artists and students from the USA, Korea, Romania, China, Italy, Germany, France, Mexico, Israel, Cuba, Austria, Canada, Spain, Holland, Turkey, Thailand, etc. exhibited. The students and teaching staff of FAD (Faculty of Arts and Design) participated with works of art and design (graphic, jewelry, product) and, at the invitation of CCCADD (Center for Creation and Research in Decorative Arts and Design), students of of the Peciu Nou Theoretical High School – Timiș who obtained bronze medals and mentions.
More information and images about the event can be found on
http://www.asianacs.com/ioaf2020
University lecturer Dr. Alexandru Bunii
