Zen grew out of Buddhism and Taoism and for centuries remained the only form of Buddhism of its kind. Zen willingly accepts everything true in any religion, recognizes the followers of all beliefs who have reached full comprehension; however, it knows that those, whose religious upbringing was based on dualism, despite the great seriousness of their intentions, will experience unnecessary difficulties for a long time before they achieve enlightenment. No one is able to describe enlightenment to the other person. To feel it, you need to achieve it yourself. The teacher is able to point the way or help the student with his guidance, but the work itself, like the attainment of enlightenment, depends entirely on the student.
Exhibition dates: January 10-18, 2024
Registration deadline: until January 9, 2024.
Vernissage: January 10, 2024, 18.00.
Awarding ceremony: January 18, 2024, 18.00.
Venue: Art Center & Gallery "Art-Commune" in TGC "Kievsky" (Moscow, Kievskaya st., 2, 4th floor)
Arkadiy Babich
Artist, illustrator, designer, photographer, explorer-traveler.
The member of the Presidium of the Eurasian Art Union;
Vice President of the International Association of Curators;
The member of the Creative Association of Artists of Russia;
The member of the Russian Federation Artists Trade Union;
The member of the Travelers' Club named after Yuri Senkevich.
Arkadiy's works are presented in private collections in Russia, USA, Germany, Italy, Spain.
Interests: Zen practices, symbolic realism, travel photography, design, illustration.
Personal website: babich-design.ru
Dharamsala was the residence of the leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama XIV.
Here the Zen Art Festival was blessed by the monks of the Tsuglagkang monastery.
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When the mind is freed from the routine of desires and passions, when silence fills your whole being, when the whole creation is placed in a point of contemplation - then the art of zen is born. The lotus of the boundless world opens. Pure beauty awakens creative realizations. The whole spectrum of transcendental experiences becomes accessible and understandable.
The festival presents the creations of the artists who implement their understanding of the world through the wisdom of Zen, with the help of pictorial means and divine inspiration.
The international exhibition of symbolic art "Zen Art Festival" is at the same time a competition.
All works are evaluated by the leading representatives of the World of Symbolic Art: VEERACHAN USAHANUN (Taiwan), ŽELJKO ĐUROVIĆ (Serbia), PAVLINA BOROSHOVA (Switzerland) and others from Asia and Europe.
Exhibition works can be presented in the following sections:
1) painting
2) graphics
3) sculpture
4) photography
5) textiles
6) arts and crafts
7) installation
8) video-art and animation
Works (both online and offline) are presented in the exhibition hall and participate in the following nominations:
1) Zen of Mysteries (mystical symbolism)
2) Zen of Magic (Magical Realism)
3) Imagination zen (fantastic realism)
4) Zen of an alternal reality (Surrealism)
5) Zen of the virtual world (symbolic video-art and animation)
6) Zen of space (symbolism in cosmogony / cosmism)
7) Zen of time (symbolism of time)
8) Communication zen (symbolism of human relationships)
9) Zen of stories (picture telling a story / storytelling)
10) Item zen (symbolic talismans and gifts)
11) Personality zen (zen portraits and silhouettes)
12) Zen performance (installations and performances in the spirit of zen)
There are three forms of participation:
1) Personal partiсipation: you visit Moscow and bring your artwork in person;
2) Artwork partiсipation: you ship artwork, we exhibit it;
3) Art print participation: you send file, we print and exhibit it.
Participants of all these forms have equal rights at participating in the competition.
The number of entries for one author is not regulated. It is possible to submit a series of works, in this case the series will be considered as one competitive work but the payment of the registration fee has to be done for each individual object or canvas or file.
Registration - step by step:
STEP 1: Choose whether you'd like to participate ONLINE or OFFLINE. Both kinds of participants have equal rights.
STEP 2: Register your works by filling in the required fields in the "Cabinet" system: fill out the participant's questionnaire. After confirmation by the organizing committee, you can proceed to step 3.
STEP 3: Pay the entry fee for participating in the project. All participants' works will be placed at the exhibition and published in the catalogue.