Kao Corporation is pleased to announce the winners of the Tenth Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children. This year, 16,552 entries were received from Asia, the Americas, Europe and Africa. The award-winning paintings will be exhibited at the Kao booth at EcoPro 2019, a major event to be held at Tokyo Big Sight on December 5-7. The top-ranking winners are invited from around the world to take part in the awards ceremony at the event.

The contest has been held annually since 2010 and aims to encourage children around the world to think seriously about conservation of the environment around them and to take action in everyday life. Kao will continue to engage in inspiring more people to think about their surrounding environments and lifestyles through these paintings, which are exhibited in various locations throughout Japan, as well through a book published featuring the selected works.  

“eco together”-Planet Earth Grand Prix（Age, Residential Area）

Name: Kritsakon Chaiwarin (10 years old, Thailand)

Title of work: The Park with Building

“eco together”– Kao Prize (8) （Age, Residential Area)

Ana Sofia Vazquez Castillo (11, Mexico)

Baran Karami (6, Iran)

Denis Avdic (14, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Ghazaleh Mohammadi (10, Iran)

Lily Zhang (15, Canada)

Li-Sin Lin (10, Taiwan)

Shu-Yen Yeh (13, Taiwan)

Yutaro Kotani (10, Japan)

Eco Friend Prize /Jury’s Special Prize (7)

Eco Friend Prize (16)

Group Prize (5)         

*Names are in alphabetical order.

*For details, please refer to the appendix list of winners.

*Prize-winning paintings and the awards ceremony scenes will be posted on the Kao Corporation website.

Theme:   

“Together, we are eco-friendly”

Aiming at preserving the environment of our precious earth to pass it on to future generations, the contest accepted entries of paintings showing your thoughts.

Conditions for Entry:

Children around the world between the ages of 6 and 15 years

Organized by:

Kao Corporation

Final judgment date:

October 17, 2019

Total entries:

16,552 paintings(446 items from Japan and 16,106 items from abroad)

Judges:

Mr. Fumikazu Masuda: Chair of Judges, Former Professor, Tokyo Zokei University

Ms. Sumiko Okubo: Artist

Mr. Kei Matsushita: Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts

Ms. Yoko Oyamada: Artist, Illustrator

Mr. Andreas Schneider: Designer

Mr. Dave Muenz: Executive Officer, Senior Vice President, ESG, Kao Corporation

Mr. Naoto Katahira: President, Creative, Kao Corporation

The awards ceremony and exhibition of award-winning paintings will take place as follows:

Award ceremony

Date:

13:30 to 14:00, Saturday, December 7, 2019

Venue:

Kao Booth at EcoPro 2019　Tokyo Big Sight, West Hall 2 (Booth No. 2-004)

Award recipients:

Winners of “eco together” – Planet Earth Grand Prix and “eco together” – Kao Prize

Program:

Award plaques and supplementary prizes will be bestowed on the winners

Exhibition

Date:

Thursday, December 5 to Saturday, December 7, 2019

Venue:

Kao Booth at EcoPro 2019　Tokyo Big Sight, West Hall 2 (Booth No. 2-004)

Works Exhibited:

Award-winning paintings

EcoPro 2019

https://eco-pro.com/2019/english.html

Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children

https://www.kao.com/global/en/sustainability/environment/painting-contest/

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Inquiries regarding the painting contest should be directed to:

Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children Office

Tel: +81-48-872-1082

(weekdays from 10:00–17:00, Japan time)

e-mail: kao-contest@hit-bits.com