Kao Corporation is pleased to announce the winners of the Eleventh Kao International Environment Painting Contest for Children. This year, 12,884 entries were received from all over the world.

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.

Results

“eco together”- Planet Earth Grand Prix

Name: Liang-En Yu (8 years old, Taiwan)

Title of work: The Color of Future

*Names are in alphabetical order. For details, please refer to the appendix list of winners.

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

Contest Outline

Theme:

“Together, we are eco-friendly”

Please think about what we can do to protect our precious global　environment and pass it on to future generations, and express your thoughts freely in your entry work.

Eligibility:

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

Organized by:

Kao Corporation

Selection Details

Final judgment date:

October 14, 2020

Total entries:

12,884 paintings　(1,302 works from Japan and 11,582 works 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. Yasunori Hosokawa: Director, Kao Eco-Lab Museum, Kao Corporation

Mr. Naoto Katahira: President, Creative, Kao Corporation

Cancellation of Awards Ceremony and Exhibition

The awards ceremony for the top prize winners, which was scheduled for December, as well as the exhibition of award-winning paintings at the awards ceremony, had to be cancelled due to prevent the spread of COVID -19 and to ensure the safety of all guests and visitors.

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