TongRo Image Creative Awards 2023 Sketch

The Graphics section’s winner Bum-sik Kim, TongRo Image., Inc.’s CEO Choul-jib Lee, the Illustration section’s winner Seul-ki Kim, and Photography section’s winner Jae-ha Cho from left.

On October 4th, TongRo Image Creative Awards 2023, hosted by the biggest Korean content platform company, TongRo Image., Inc. was held successfully.

Under the mission to prospect and cultivate young artists, TongRo Image Creative Awards (hereafter referred to as the Creative Awards) has focused on artists from the age group of 20 to 35 who are working in the fields of Photography, Graphics, and Illustration since last year.

The entries went through rigorous examination by Kyoung-yeon Chung, former Dean of the Graduate School of Industrial Art of Hongik University, the photographer Myoung-ho Lee, and the art director Hyoung-gyu Choi with the criteria of Creativity, Quality, and Commercial Value.

Creative Awards' winners were Jae-ha Cho (Photography), Seul-ki Kim (Illustration), and Bum-sik Kim (Graphics). Sequentially, their artwork was selected for their approaches toward the meaning of life, companion animals, and the visual integration of heterogeneous materials.

Winners will receive a 3 million Korean Won prize each, the opportunity to get one-to-one mentoring from Tongro Image’s experienced Art Directors and the grant of a maximum of 5 million Korean Won to realize their own artwork.