Those of you following Maleonn's career since the gallery introduced him in his first solo show outside Asia (May 2006) and following this blog over the past several months will know that Maleonn is an extraordinary artist who is taking his "star turn" on the world art stage. The latest news is that he has just won one of the most coveted and prestigious worldwide photography prizes, the Spider Awards' Black and White Photograph of the Year.
This meticulously-juried awards competition includes 13 categories, and Maleonn won in the Fine Art Category and then in the overall category for Best Photograph of the Year by a professional photographer. Amongst the features that make this one of the most prestigious awards to win is the jury, which this year included the Head of Photography for the Tate Galleries in the UK, the Program Director of Sotheby's Institute of Art, the Director of Fratelli Alinari Photography Museum in Florence (the oldest photography-focused art museum in the world), the former President of British Institute of Professional Photography, the founder of Galerie Baudoin Lebon in Paris (one of the world's most respected photography galleries). The Canadian dimension of the jury included David Heffel of Heffel Fine Arts, now the leading art auction house across Canada, and Anita Damner, Editor in Chief of PhotoLife Magazine.
The winning photograph was Chinese Story No 2 (above), which Craig Scott Gallery exhibited along with six other Chinese Story series images in Maleonn's Transfigurations exhibition in May 2006. Craig Scott Gallery has the only remaining works in this series, a special format 40 x 60 cm print within the edition of 15 (#2/15) for some of the series images. Chinese Story No 2 itself has not been available for some time.
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