Anton Pitkänen, a freelance art director and graphic designer took the top honors at AD ART SHOW 2020 and was awarded the specialty Clio award for excellence in contemporary art.

Anton Pitkänen won among selection of 135 talented artists for the MvVO ART AD ART SHOW 2020, an international art show featuring Artists from advertising.

Pitkänen also earned himself a Creative Immersion Day at NBCUniversal, AD ART SHOW's presenting sponsor.

"I'm getting close to my first decade as an artist and I've been filled with joy for the strength and trust I feel toward my artistic voice and how it's naturally evolving within the process," said Pitkänen of his winning piece.

Pitkänen's winning piece dubbed as "Talk By the River" is described as serene and poetic in nature.

Advertising's talented artists take centerstage in the AD ART SHOW that celebrates their creativity.

The show's selection is a diverse group of artists-painters, sculptors, photographers, works on paper and mixed media artists, and come from around the world.

Their artworks are displayed on the monumental screens inside the Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in New York from September 1 to 30.

They are also on sale online on the Artsy gallery platform via www.mvvoart.com. 

"We are making history! We are bridging the gap between the art and advertising world by championing the next generation of artists from advertising, following in the footsteps of famous artists like Andy Warhol, Rene Magritte, Mark Rothko and countless other now-famous artists who came from the advertising world,"  said Maria van Vlodrop, MvVO ART-AD ART SHOW, CEO and founder.

A freelance designer and art director in Helsinki, Finland, Anton Pitkänen has developed an exceptional visual language using mixed media to achieve free-hanging, cloth-like pieces of art that evoke a meditative aura.

This is not the first time that Pitkänen's work has been honored as back in 2019, he was in the top three of the Basware International Art Competition.

Pitkänen was chosen by a jury of contemporary art collectors chaired by Laura Skoler, member of the Board of Directors, New Museum, New York.

Also chosen alongside Pitkänen were Jessica Alazraki and David Straange. The three will get to enjoy professional art critique sessions to help further their art careers for being the top three artists in the competition.

Alazraki, who is a native of Mexico City, is a graduate of Universidad Anáhuac and Parsons, in New York, where she has worked with various advertising agencies. She also studied at The New York Academy of Art. Her figurative portraits explore the narratives in familiar scenes of Latino family life and her piece was aptly titles as "Together".

Straange's work, on the other hand, conveys the chaotic energy of city life-the primal, the civil and everything in-between. His piece was dubbed as "New Moon."

Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Straange is now based in New York and explores various styles from Neo-Minimalist to Neo-geo.

For more information about the AD ART SHOW 2020, MvVO ART and the artists of advertising, go to www.mvvoart.com.

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