2015 COBIS Art Competition

The inaugural COBIS Art Competition took place this year celebrating the global nature of COBIS with the theme "I live in this beautiful place..." 223 entries from 36 schools were sent in, depicting striking scenes from across the globe.

Well done to all who took part and thanks to our judges from Eric Parry Architects, British Embassy School Ankara and the Richmond upon Thames Arts Service.

To see all the winners’ artwork, please click here.

Winners:

Foundation Stage

  • 1st place: Talia Shiaty - British Embassy School Ankara, Turkey
  • 2nd place: Natalie Tranchart - Braeburn Mombasa, Kenya
  • 3rd place: Thor Torbol - The International School of Moscow, Russia

Key Stage 1

  • 1st place: Daniela Pekařová - Park Lane International School, Czech Republic
  • 2nd place: Olga Fedele - Braeburn Mombasa, Kenya
  • 3rd place: Dalia Unal - British International School Istanbul, Turkey

Key Stage 2

  • 1st place: Viktorie Řeháková - Park Lane International School, Czech Republic
  • 2nd place: Amolika Madhavan - Jumeirah Primary School, UAE
  • 3rd place: Sanyukta Joshi - Jumeirah Primary School, UAE

Key Stage 3

  • 1st place: Seo Hyeon Lee - British Embassy School Ankara, Turkey
  • 2nd place: Poppy Turner - Hillcrest School, Kenya
  • 3rd place: Suzuna Kurita - British Embassy School Ankara, Turkey

In addition to these categories, some schools submitted group entries. As with the individual entries, the judges were blown away by the standard of these and the following schools were judged to have sent in the winning pieces:

  • 1st place: Year 6 Students - St George's, Luxembourg
  • 2nd place: Seven mixed age pupils - British School in Baku, Azerbaijan
  • 3rd place: Year 2 Students - Rainbow School, Uganda

To see all the winners’ artwork, please click here.

Prizes:

COBIS Supporting Member Serif Europe are kindly sponsoring the KS2/3 prizes including individual and school prizes:

  • 1st prize - the student will win a copy of the Serif Design Suite, plus a copy of CraftArtist and a Wacom Graphics tablet. The school will win a 20 user licence on the Serif Design Suite.
  • 2nd and 3rd prizes - the students will win a copy of the Serif Design Suite and a copy of CraftArtist.

COBIS Supporting Member Eric Parry Architects are kindly sponsoring the EYFS and KS1 prizes:

  • 1st prize - £100 voucher.
  • 2nd and 3rd prizes – £50 and £25 voucher respectively.