SELF-PORTRAIT in BLUE
Mail-Art:
Mail-Art project SELF-PORTRAIT in BLUE (THE CALL)
About:
Carmen adds a 'Gesammtkunstwerk' (is one Artwork so to speak) to it with the subtitle
'Blue Blanket'.
Because her feeling is, it’s also about connection, the power of showing ourselves in being together.
A warm blanket that we all need.
The conditions were:
• A (physical) self-portrait sending to Carmen
• Maximum 15*15 cm
• Shape of your choice
• Material of your choice on paper (photography, charcoal, print, collage etc.)
• 2-dimensional
• PLEASE in the color BLUE (ev, with white, beige, and/or black)
times
• No fee
• No return
• No jury
Worldwide, 168 artists responded and submitted entries with a total of 227 Self-Portraits!
The participants are:
1. Horst Tress, Germany
2. Sabela Baña, Spain
3. Amadeu Escórcio, Portugal
4. Reen Sanderse, Netherlands
5. Ed Hanssen, Netherlands
6. Marco Furia, Italy
7. Vlasta Črčinovič, Slovenia
8. François Ruel, Canada
9. Keiichi Nakamura, Japan
10. Jacek Czapczynsky, United Kingdom
11. Agnieszka Wójtowicz, Poland
12. MH//ANTIPODE, Germany
13. Fabrizio Pavolucci, Italy
14. Stephen Tomasko, USA
15. Grzegorz Szmidt, Poland
16. Melanie Bäreis, Germany
17. Ed Giecek, USA
18. John Cumming, United Kingdom
19. Tanja Spenko, Slovenia
20. Ryosoke Cohen, Japan
21. V.E.B. Freie Brandstiftung, Germany
22. Ginny Lloyd, USA
23. Gloria Keh, Singapore
24. Nihal Güres, Turkey
25. Virginia Milici, Italy
26. Carmela Sarcina, Italy
27. Serse Luigetti, Italy
28. Serena Rossi, Italy
29. Giovanni&Renata StraDa Da, Italy
30. Tamara Wyndham, USA
31. Agnieszka Sawicka, Poland
32. Birgitta Volz, Germany
33. Sonia Socorro Cabaña, Portugal
34. Suzanne Mitterwieser, Germany
35. Uwe Höfig, Germany
36. Veronique Pozzi-Painé, Italy
37. Manuel Calvarro Sánchez, Spain
38. Maria-Margarita Dyankova Ivanova-Getova, Bulgaria
39. Peter Abajkovics, Hungary
40. Konstantin Markov, Bulgaria
41. Mzia Valerian, Belgium
42. Akif Nabihan, Malaysia
43. Elena Makova, Bulgaria
44. Zlatko Krstevski, Macedonia
45. Roberto Scala, Italy
46. Derya Avci, Turkey
47. Petra Kremer-Horstes, Germany
48. Miguel Jimenez, Spain
49. Mimi van Bindsbergen, Germany
50. Abdolreza Rabeti, Iran
51. Jole Spaletra, Italy
52. Laçin Hazal Karadağ, Turkey
53. Keiichi Nakamura, Japan
54. Alberto Lamas, Spain
55. Duygu Çetin, Turkey
56. Goethe Kippenberger, Germany
57. Silvano Pertone, Italy
58. Funda Salt, Turkey
59. Zorica Obradović, Serbia
60. Mehrsa Hadavi, Iran
61. Mohammadaref Zabihi, Iran
62. Fazaneh Mahdavi, Iran
63. Artin Hosseinsalimkadi, Iran
64. Mohamad Sadegh, Iran
65. Maryam Rahimi Pour, Iran
66. Soraya Khani, Iran
67. Abdolreza Rabeti, Iran
68. Karen Hatefi, Iran
69. Shaylin Iranifar, Iran
70. Amanda Samadi Torkamani, Iran
71. Farnaz Sinaei Hamed, Iran
72. Mobin Thaghizad Badrian, Iran
73. Jerzy Stepniak, Poland
74. Simone, France
75. THE WASTED ANGEL, Belgium
76. Amir Farid, Iran
77. Maria do Carmo Both, Brasil
78. Ted Polkinghorne, Canada
79. Donna Nona, Canada
80. Anneke Kosters, Netherlands
81. Mahsa Shiekhy, Iran
82. Alessandra Degni & Simona Sarti, Italy
83. Rosalie Gancie, USA
84. Toan Vinh La, Canada
85. Fred van Welie, Netherlands
86. Judith Carlin, USA
87. Simon Warren, UK
88. Rod Summers, UK/Netherlands
89. Brigitte Wallis, Germany
90. Anna Wajda, Poland
91. Maryna Podolska, Poland
92. Adam Czech, Poland
93. Krzusztof Pasztola, Poland
94. Barbara Ohmann, Germany
95. Susan Gold, Canada
96. Aneta Sadowska, Poland
97. Ryosoke Cohen, Japan
98. Simon Warren, UK
99. Claudio Gavina, Italy
100. Diana Magallón, Mexico
101. Paulo Teles, Portugal
102. Laura Lambré, Argentina
103. Albert Herbig, Germany
104. Ilmar Kruusamäe, Estonia
105. Franca Oostveen, Netherlands
106. Joey Patrickt, USA
107. Butch J. Paje Philippines
108. Larry Angelo, USA
109. Camelia Davidescua½, Belgium
110. Fábio Di Ojvara, Brasil
111. Honoria Starbuck, USA
112. Lilla Piszmán, Hungary
113. Paulo Duarte Filipe, England
114. Teresa Pego, Argentina
115. Marzia Maria Braglia, Italy
116. Renata Danicek, Brasil
117. Pedro Bericat, Spain
118. Jerzy Stepniak, Poland
119. Beata-Joanna Przedpetska, Poland
120. Meral Agăr, Turkey
121. Renate, Germany
122. Wolfgang Rostek, Germany
123. Jarka Fox, Slovenia
124. Laura Lambré, Argentina
125. Judy Coppola, USA
126. Stefan Heuer, Germany
127. Lars Schumacher, Germany
128. Stephan Mitterwieser, Germany
129. Susanne Schumacher, Germany
130. Friedrich Schumacher, Germany
131. Asma Ounine, Germany
132. Guroga, Venezuela
133. Edyta Dzierż, Poland
134. Hervé Alexandre, France
135. Pedro Gonzalves García, Spain
136. Eva Konya, Hungary
137. Dave Aka Davmo, USA
138. Lola González, UK
139. Margareth Degeling, Netherlands
140. Floki Gauvry, Argentina
141. Theresie Tholen, Netherlands
142. Sjra Borstboom, Netherlands
143. Sofia Rodriguez, Mexico/Austria
144. Daniela Lewin, Chile
145. Donna Mattila, Canada
146. Monique Willemse, Netherlands
147. van Royen, Netherlands
148. Tony Martin, Canada
149. Astrid Meijer, Netherlands
150. Blanka Noval, Mexico
151. Aaron Flores, Mexico
152. Dr. Jaspalis, India
153. Ai Katerini Deligianni, Spain
154. Nicolas Malevitsis, Greece
155. Daniel C. Boyer, USA
156. Sükran Bulut, Turkey
157. Hugo Pontes, Brasil
158. Alfonso Caputo, Italy
159. Henry Grahn Hermunen, Finland/Sweden
160. Lara Favaro, Italy
161. Bandini Fabrizio, Italy
162. Poul Poclage, Denmark
163. Hanna Bayer, Germany
164. Osvaldo Morales Barraza, Chile
165. Marta C. Viliani, Italy
166. Alfonso Caccavale, Italy
167. Devin Cohen, Mexico
168. Rebecca Martell, Mexico
169. Carmen Heemels, Netherlands
Carmen Heemels
About:
Carmen Heemels is a Dutch visual artist, curator/initiator of the non-profit gallery – art platform KunstSalon Kasteel Daelenbroeck, and art teacher.
Heemels creates mostly conceptual art, installations, videos and Land Art, draws, photographs, and initiates many (inter)national (mail)art projects and events.
She is also a co-organizer of GAPi (Genuine Art Projects International), an organization that organizes socially engaged events worldwide.
She also designs logos and catalogs.
She exhibits in the Netherlands and in countries worldwide and has realized her Land Art / Conceptual Art in various countries, including: the Republic of South Korea, Iran, the USA, Portugal, Macedonia, Mexico, Turkey, England, Finland, Italy, and India.
In this context, she was invited to visit many countries in person, such as South Korea, Portugal, Finland, Turkey, and Iran, where she also served as a jury member.
Her work is included in the collections and catalogs of various museums worldwide. She has received various awards, such as the most original work in the international exhibition Human and Stone in Armenia and the International Art Leaders Award (for demonstrating artist's leadership) presented by the Fantapia M Museum in the Republic of South Korea.
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