Last week, we proudly announced the finalists in the ages 11-14 category of our 2022 Science Without Borders® Challenge. Today, we are excited to announce the 15-19 year-old finalists of our art contest.
Contest finalists are from China, Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The theme, “Ridge to Reef” was portrayed in the students’ artwork through a variety of different actions such as planting corals, cleaning up pollution, preventing overfishing, and planting trees. We were amazed by these students’ creativity, execution of the theme, and artistic abilities.
Without further ado, please meet our 15-19 year old finalists:
"I Can Hear the Sea" by Sooa Lee, Age 17, Republic of Korea
ARTIST’S STATEMENT: "My oil painting artwork I Can Hear the Sea expresses a boy looking for the sound of the sea in the dried up sea. The sea level rises and the islands are submerged, while in some places the sea is drying up. The Aral Sea, which was once a huge salt lake, changed its course to grow cotton, and as the water no longer flows into the sea. 75% of the seawater has disappeared and is now dried up to become a salt plain. The Aral Sea is no longer inhabited by fish when the water was once plentiful, and the sea that once fed people has now disappeared. The boy in the lost sea tries to find the sound of the sea, which he can no longer hear and ends up brainwashing himself by finding the sound of the sea in a seashell."
