Grey Cube Gallery proudly presents the third City online art show for the month of July 2022. The show encompassed a range of artistic styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, ink, collage, photography, digital). Each submission has been judged based on the following elements of artistic expression: orginality and quality of art, overall design, creativity, interpretation of the theme, demonstration of artistic ability and usage of medium. Out of all entries, 101 artworks were shortlisted for inclusion in the show. The competition attracted entries from many countries across the world: USA, Armenia, Italy, Taiwan, Canada, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Costa Rica, Germany, United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, France and Austria. Enjoy the show and thank you for expressing an interest in our competition.

Cher Pruys, ASAA SCA, IGOR, AAPL, CSAA, AMS, LMS, OSA, MAA, CFA, NOAPS, AWA.. "To take my inner visions with my hands and create a work of art for you the viewer .... That is the ultimate in self expression." Cher Pruys was born in Regina. Over the years she lived in many places including Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Fort Frances, settling into her present home in Devlin, on the banks of the Rainy River with her husband Mark, 4 dogs and 2 cats. By age three, Cher was seldom found without a drawing tool in hand. She worked in pencil, charcoal and ink over the years, until, she picked up a paintbrush at the age of 35. Beginning with oil paints, she found her chosen mediums in acrylic, water color and gouache. Although self taught, her dedication and talent has seen her work juried into 202 International exhibits, as well as exhibits in numerous non juried shows. She has won 227 awards for her work in the International Juried Exhibits. Her work has graced the covers of 3 books, 32 magazines, including The Best Of Acrylic Fall 2021, the latest the cover of the May 2022 Arabella Magazine. She has been featured in over 162 international publications. Cher's works have found a permanent home in private and public collections worldwide.

Below the many skyscrapers in 21st century Hong Kong, the spirit of the old city still strives in a few remaining old streets that stand out as living reminders of the city’s historic way of life. This street, like other old streets, bustles with customers and sellers in several storefronts, and many other people going about their daily business. Its busy nature with the many loud discussions and treading feet is iconic to the age-long identity of Hong Kong city. The charmingly cluttered stores are called “si-doh” which is the Cantonese pronunciation of the English word “store”. You can get an array of local snacks in the shops, including drinks, toys, and daily necessities. As a silent witness to the rapidly evolving city, this street continues its century-long duty of sustaining the daily commercial activities of the Hong Kong people. It shows off many years of economic preservation of its inhabitants. This old Hong Kong Street has raised several generations of workers from poverty to sustainable daily earnings and will continue to do so until its time comes to an end.

Ulf König lives in the City of Ulm, south of Germany. Ulf’s artworks mainly address technology and architecture, reflecting his background in R&D-management. Since 2006 he has participated in more than 50 solo- and group-exhibitions in Europe, Canada, USA, received 21 honors and awards, and has published in 7 art-magazines. In order to combine fine art with novel technologies, Ulf has founded 2 interdisciplinary artists collectives. Ulf König’s submission explores the appreciation of beauty in architecture. Since 2011 he works every now and then on his sculptures series “Vertical Constructivist Urbanism”. These are composed of rigid geometric, angularly or asymmetrically arranged 3D-shapes which cross, intersect or interpenetrate. Together with a constructivist color scheme, thrilling skyscraper models have been created which are extremely multiperspective. The sculptures might be regarded as a suggestion for a more artful architecture. Even if one would omit the bright colors in the case of an implementation, the layout would keep stimulating. The mixed-media skyscraper sculptures constructed of styrofoam, wood, acrylic he arranged in 2022 to a pedestals installation. Both, “skyscraping” pedestals and skyscraper sculptures merged to a thematic unit.impression.

Phyllis Ciment’s paintings reveal a working method to respond to her sense of place. From her experiences living in the SOMA (South of Market) district, spending time in industrial areas of San Francisco, CA, she paints her strong connection to her lived surroundings. She finds beauty in urban landscapes, factories, rooftop cityscapes, city window views, fences and underpasses. Ciment has always gravitated to the complexity of space, depth and linear perspective as her subject matter. The viewer is drawn into her incredible attention to draftsmanship, emphasis in compositions, texture, linear and atmospheric perspective, overlapping space and her attention to realism.