SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest 2023
The 2023 SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest received 1,842 entries, from 1,681 participants in 69 countries! Artists from the following countries took part:
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Palestinian Territories,Panama, Philippines, Poland,Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.
Thank you to all the artists, teachers and schools who took part!
The countries with the most participants were USA, Kazakhstan, Australia, India, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), Malaysia, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico and Serbia. Out of 1,681 participants, 198 (11.8%) were selected as Honorable Mentions or higher; on this page you can see these outstanding pieces of art.
Grand Prize Winner:
Seoyeon Moon, South Korea
As soon as I saw the phrase “SAVE THE FROGS!”, I thought of superheroes who always saves us from danger. So in my artwork, I drew a happy frog day dreaming about becoming a super frog who saves the world. I created this art work with acrylic on paper, hoping that there would be a hero who would always help the frogs.
I love frogs because frogs are fascinating creatures known for their unique behaviors and diverse species. By creating frog art, I learned that frogs have a very important role in the ecosystem, so I knew that it is also important to SAVE THE FROGS!
School: Seoul Scholars International – Arts & Design
2nd Place:
Jadri Barnard, South Africa
I am Jadri Barnard, I don’t know where to start! My love for Art or my love for frogs and the environment! Since I’ve been a little girl I’ve been obsessed with frogs. I studied Science to be able to teach environmental studies. I believe we can save the environment and change peoples hearts through exposure to the natural environment and art, starting from a young age. I am also a practicing artist that wants to spread awareness of environmental issues, to make a difference.
I created this artwork with ball point pens. I’ve found the method of making art very liberating when I am camping and travelling to discover new species of birds, animals and frogs! Frogs are the beacons that show us how healthy our environment is. When we don’t hear the songs of the frogs anymore, we know we are in trouble. Hearing frogs at night brings a sort of peace to my heart that I think can be explained by the instinctive message of my body telling me; everything is going to be all right. I wish for people to become aware of the importance of not only frogs, but of all the species intertwined in a sensitive network in the vast series of ecosystems on our planet.
I am a teacher at ABBOTS COLLEGE NORTHCLIFF in South Africa. I teach Gr10-12 Visual Art. Find me on Instagram @jadri_elizabeth_barnard_art
3rd Place:
Yang Cheng Ruei, Taiwan
Art created by hand with acrylic color.
4th Place: Marlow Cartagena, Philippines
When I was a kid I used to go in the river, fish pans just to get what I call baby frogs, or in our native language – ‘butete’ (sounds funny). I love frogs not just for their roles in our environment but also for the charm they have, colors, making sounds when rainy season. That’s the reason I joined in this contest. My work as u can see is the picture of family of frogs, the mother frog cooks, father frog reading book about the importance of life while the frog siblings happy listening. I choose family as a basis because family is the start of living and learning. Also there’s a frog dancing with baby frogs wearing headdress and skirt made of water lily flower and its leaves as cape.
5th Place:
Bill Meng, USA
Frogs are one of, if not my favorite animal because of just how diverse they are. Frogs are the largest and most diverse group of amphibians on Earth, and each species is unique in their own amazing way. From the colorful vibrant colors of the poison dart frog, to the hulking size of the goliath frog, to the cuteness of the desert rain frog, each and every one of them is beautiful and interesting. This is exactly what makes it so important that we protect frogs, as many of these species are losing their habitats and some are even going extinct. We need to work together to save frogs, for the frogs, for ourselves and for future generations.
I wanted to show many different shapes, colors, sizes, and types of frogs to show people how diverse and beautiful they can truly be. In my piece, it is the frogs themselves that are saying “SAVE THE FROGS!” as they look into the eyes of the viewer. I drew the frogs living, hanging, and sitting with the words to make it seem like they are in their natural environment. I chose to do this because I wanted to connect the message with the animals themselves, the biggest thing I didn’t want to happen was for them to seem disconnected or separate from one another as “SAVE THE FROGS!” is about the frogs themselves.
My painting was made using acrylic paint on a large canvas, and I tried using a wide variety of colors to make the frogs pop out more. I kept the background simple but tried to give the impression of a dense forest, with brighter greens the closer you get to the middle, in order to draw in the attention of the viewer.
The Finalists
Congratulations to the finalists!
Angelia Azlisya, Malaysia
April Trammell, USA
CSenge-Natalia Pop, Romania
Elisabeth Lee, USA
Gustavo Adolfo Torres, Colombia
Itzel Maldonado, USA
Jaci Zemenchik, USA
Jayden Yoon Zeng Khai, Malaysia
Jessica Shin, USA
Lusia Gu, USA
Olivia Baird, USA
Polina Markina, Russia
Saesha Motwani, USA
Sofya Titova, USA
Venese Chin Xuan Zhi, Malaysia
Vince Huang USA,
Wayu Phetsing, Thailand
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The Semi-Finalists
Congratulations to the semi-finalists!
Cadence Johnson USA, Alexandra Bobyleva Russia, Angelica Hernández García USA, Avni Deshpande USA, Cindy Zhao USA, Claire Wynne USA, Elli Lechner-Momma Germany, Emma Qiu USA, Gloria Wibisana Indonesia, Janus Fourie South Africa, Joan Barbosa Colombia, Joanne Andrews USA, Joyce Lee USA, Julia Gabriela de Oliveira Brazil, Junainah Naser USA, Kimberly Kuczaj USA, Ksenia Ovchinnikova Kazakhstan, Laraine Lam Canada, Lily(RuoJia) chen Canada, Lisa Walser Switzerland, Marina Rosa Alzuguir Portugal, Mathías Niño Díaz Colombia, Min-Jhen Lin Taiwan, Muhammad Boranbay Kazakhstan, Nilya Sadat Mirrezaie Iran, Quiara Herrera USA, Rafael Mejias Brazil, Rehaan Jithoo South Africa, RONALD MORENO Venezuela, Sophie Yu Hong Kong, Steph Beltran USA, Ted Liu USA, Tzu Ying Sung Taiwan, Xiaohan Zhang China, Yichen Jiang China, Yueer Sophia Liu USA, Zhanning Shi China, Zi-Yu Liu Australia, Виктория Кан Russia
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Honorable Mentions
Congratulations to the Honorable Mentions!
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Meet The Artists
Here you can get to know many of the artists who entered this year’s contest.
Artist Age Stats
We don’t judge based on age, because we long ago determined that artists of all age submit great art. Here are statistics from 2023.
- 1,681 artists participated, of which 1,507 (89.6%) were under 18 years old.
- 198 artists received honorable mention or higher, of which 141 (71.2%) were under 18 years old.
- 3 of the 5 winners (60%) were under 18, including the Grand Prize Winner.
- 11 of 18 finalists (61.1%) were under 18
- 25 of 40 semi-finalists (62.5%) were under 18
- 102 of 135 honorable mentions (75.6%) were under 18.