About Us
Who Are We
Youth Artopia was set up by three high school students at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in the United States in 2022. Youth Artopia aspires to help young students worldwide connect through the language of art. We believe that art is a language that can cross any cultural barrier; art can act as a bridge to the gap cultural differences between the East and West.
Youth Artopia由美国伊利诺亚州 阿德莱史蒂文森高中 (Adlai Stevenson High School）的三名高中生于 2022 年创立。Youth Artopia 旨在帮助世界各地的青少年学生以艺术为语言建立联系。我们相信艺术是一种可以跨越任何文化障碍的统一语言；艺术也是一座沟通东西方文化差异的桥梁。
What We Do
Youth Artopia collects and hosts artwork contests every year for young students passionate about art. The 2022 contest will feature two countries: China and the United States. Youth Artopia has plans to include students from other countries in the near future.
Youth Artopia 每年都会征集全球热爱艺术的青少年学生艺术作品并举办艺术比赛。 2022年的第一次比赛从中国和美国两个国家开始，之后年度的比赛将延展到其他国家的艺术学生。
Founder Team 创始人团队
Richard Wang
Founder & President
Richard was born in China and grew up in the United States. He is an 11th grader at Adlai E. Stevenson High School. He started painting at the age of 4 and has been the winner of multiple art contests in both China and the U.S. In his free time, Richard likes to do Art, Drumming, and Games. He also plays golf and is a top player of the high school varsity team.
Richard is the general manager and is responsible for overseeing Youth Artopia. He is also the chief editor of the art book and works with Abhay and Tim.
Abhay Agarwal
Director of Technology
Abhay, an 11th grader at Adlai Stevenson High School, was born and raised in the United States with deep cultural roots in Asia. He enjoys learning and creating in his free time. He has won many awards in science and golf on the state and national level. Abhay loves to do Art, App Development, Guitar and Golf.
Abhay is mainly responsible for operating, upgrading and maintaining the Youth Artopia website as well as working with other team members to ensure the overall operation of the website.
Tim Yu
Director of Communication
Tim is a first-generation American-born Chinese. He is an 11th grader at Adlai E. Stevenson High School. He has been swimming since he was six years old and has competed at the state level multiple times. Tim likes to do Art, Swimming, Running, Weightlifting, and Reading in his spare time.
Tim is mainly responsible for marketing and communication. He also works with Richard and Abhay as an editor when publishing the art book
Judging Criteria for Artwork
作品评判标准
Our Judges are looking out the following criteria for the artworks that participated in the contest:
我们的评委将从以下几个方面评选参赛作品：
Visual Composition and Presentation
视觉构图和呈现
Professional Technique
专业技术
Creativity and Originality
创造力和独创性
Message and Relevance
传递信息和相关性
Our Judges
我们的评委
Our Judges are a team of independent artists and school art teachers from all over the world. Here are the Judges for the 1st contest in 2022:
关于评委我们的评委是由来自世界各地的独立艺术家和学校美术教师组成的团队。以下是第一届比赛的评委：
Han Wang
汪涵
Independent Artist
Han Wang is a Chinese American artist who is living in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA degree from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (Guangzhou, China) and her MFA degree from the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, PA). She has shown her artwork throughout the Northeastern United States.
Prior to her move to the U.S., Han Wang focused on making sculptures and focusing on public art. Since her relocation, Wang uses her place as an outsider in America and her surroundings as inspiration in her work. Through combining traditional and contemporary ceramic techniques, Wang’s work explores the history of cultures, all while using Chinese techniques.
Learn more about Han: www.hanwang.me
汪涵是一位美籍华人艺术家，现居住在宾夕法尼亚州费城。2013年毕业于广州美术学院，并于2016年获得费城艺术大学的艺术硕士学位。她的作品在美国东北部各地展出。
在移居美国之前，汪涵专注于雕塑和公共艺术。自从她搬到美国后，她以在美国寻找自我身份定位以及日常生活为创作灵感。通过将传统和当代陶瓷技术相结合，汪涵的作品在使用中国技术的同时，探索了美式中国文化的历史。
想了解更多：www.hanwang.me
Weiwei Wu
伍蔚蔚
Independent Artist
Ms. Wu was born into a pottery family; her mother, Ms. Liu Jianfen, is a master of Chinese ceramic art. After Ms. Wu graduated from the secondary school affiliated with the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) in 2008, she went to GAFA, majoring in Sculpture and obtained her B.An in 2013. During her college year, she went to California State University, Long Beach, USA, as an exchange student. Her works are based on the theme of expressing the state of contemporary youth. She has won various awards in various competitions and participated in multiple exhibitions in China, Japan and Korea. Her artwork of “FLY” won the gold medal in the first Pearl River Delta Invitational Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, and “POST 80” and “WANG WANG NI” were collected by Guangdong Shiwan Ceramic Museum. She started her pottery education business as part-time work. In 2017, she founded an organization, “YOU WU,” working with young people to design exciting pottery gadgets and gifts. In 2020, she was awarded the Guangdong Ceramic Technical Expert.
伍蔚蔚是佛山市陶瓷艺术大师，中级职称，工艺美术师，佛山美协民族艺术专委会秘书长，石湾青年陶艺家联盟副会长，出生于陶艺世家，母亲是中国陶瓷艺术大师刘健芬，2008年毕业于广州美术学院附属中学，2013年毕业于广州美术学院雕塑系，大学期间曾到美国加州州立大学长滩分校交换学习，自小在家人的熏陶下开始陶艺创作，作品以表现当代年青人的状态为主题，作品参加各种比赛获得各种大小奖项，还参加中日韩各种展览，《飞》在首届珠三角工艺美术作品邀请展上获金奖，《80后》《旺旺你》被广东石湾陶瓷博物馆收藏等。平常除了创作之外，还参与陶艺教育事业，2017年创办《酉物》与一群年轻人设计一些有趣的陶艺小玩意和礼品。2020年获广东省技术能手。