JIA Future Artists Award

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2025 Winner List：Age 9-12

Gold Award

Lo Hsin Ni

Silver Award

Xiaomi Han , gen sunaga , zhanghajing

Bronze Award

Fan Yi , XUE JINGTIAN , koto tanaka , Lucia Tsai , Chunxi Jia , Xi Chen , Runyi Long , Zishu Zhou

Shortlist

Emma Zhang , Zitong Ye , Chloe Ho , Shiyuan Yang , Hongyu Ye , Zhuoxiao Zhang , Camille Fu , Zou Jianing , Freya Luo , Ju Jiayu

General Review

Japan Illustrators' Association

This group presented many works with storytelling elements and strong visual completion. Children at this stage begin to express their feelings through narratives within their illustrations, showing increasing awareness of composition and visual flow.

Top-ranked works featured refined color control and well-balanced portrayals of characters and backgrounds. Among the Bronze and Honorable Mention pieces, judges noted efforts to take on challenging compositions and depict everyday life from unique viewpoints, demonstrating a broad range of expression.

Belle Lee

In this group, I was impressed by how well the participants developed their concepts. Both the storytelling and technical skills stood out, and many of the artworks were surprisingly sophisticated for their age. It was inspiring to see how confidently they expressed their ideas visually.

Victo Ngai

Works in this group showed growing narrative clarity and symbolic thinking. While some messages relied on descriptions, stronger visual metaphors and focus can help ideas shine through more directly. Great potential emerging here.

GOLD AWARD

GOLD AWARD

Lo Hsin Ni（Taiwan . China）

Stone Lion, Guardian of Children

Since the stone lion have many line details, the creator used “lithograph” to present it.

In traditional Chinese and Taiwanese culture, The Wind Lion God is the guardian of children. It’ s often portrayed as a stone lion and placed at the entrance of a temple, always protect the children to keep their safety.

Sophie Blackall

This illustration of the stone lion combines a strong composition and color palette with beautiful textured line work and intriguing narrative to create a distinctive and striking image.

Victo Ngai

Lo Hsin Ni’s work beautifully merges tradition with technique. By using lithography to depict the Wind Lion God, she honors cultural heritage with a sensitive and detailed hand. While both the medium and subject are rooted in tradition, her whimsical stylization and expressive characters bring a refreshing sense of wonder, breathing new life into a timeless symbol.

Belle Lee

The scene of children playing around the stone lion is so heartwarming. I like the lithography technique, how it adds a unique texture and it gives a rich experience to the viewer. I can clearly feel the stone lion's character which is bravery and fearlessness.

SILVER AWARD

SILVER AWARD

Xiaomi Han （China）

SILVER AWARD

gen sunaga（Japan）

SILVER AWARD

zhanghajing （China）

The Bunny Barber Shop

Marker pens

One day the bunny barbershop welcomes a very special customer a massive long haired elephant. After getting his consent the clever bunny barber carefully steps onto his tusks to trim the thick flowing fur.

Sophie Blackall

The artist shows a unique talent for combining patterns, colors and line work to create a unique scene with fun and engaging characters. I want to read this story!

Victo Ngai

Xiaomi’s bunny barbershop bursts with charm and originality. The oversized, shaggy elephant and the determined little barber create a wonderfully funny and heartwarming scene. There’s a storybook quality to her composition—each mark-making and pattern inviting us to stay in her imaginative world just a little longer.

Belle Lee

It is a charming and whimsical idea. The character's facial expression is cute along with the details of the barber shop.

1. Time Recycling Factory

Colored pencils

This is a factory that collects old fragments of time and manufactures new time.

2. A World Where Imaginary Creatures Live

Colored pencils

I drew a world where imaginary creatures live.

Sophie Blackall

This artist clearly has a vivid imagination and is committed to patiently including fine details to create intriguing worlds!

Victo Ngai

Gen’s work is both fantastical and philosophical, inviting viewers into imaginative worlds uniquely his own. His character designs are inventive and distinct, and his vision—expressed through delicate, intentional mark-making—is thoughtful, layered, and full of wonder.

Belle Lee

The doodle style factory drawing with the cute little collector is so fun and creative. It's a very adorable story.The details of old and new fragments are impressive.

A Day in Fruit Town

Hand-drawn, watercolor, fine-liner pen

I slowly descended onto the paradise filled with many little animals by balloon. The busy day started in the Fruit Town, where there were plenty of delicious foods, such as fruits, vegetables, hamburgers, and so on. This place is not only the home of the animals but also their playground, welcoming new friends from different places every day. I really like it here and hope that more friends will come to visit and have fun.

Sophie Blackall

I love how much fun zhangxiaodan had with this illustration, which is imaginative and beautifully detailed and full of surprising and playful elements.

Victo Ngai

Zhang Xiaodan’s “Fruit Town” is bustling with warmth, life, and creative detail. Her inviting narrative draws us into a beautifully rendered daydream that feels like home.

Belle Lee

The fruit town looks fun and playful. Every element's details are amazing and I enjoy discovering new things everytime I look at the art. It's such a delightful scene with the great details.

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BRONZE AWARD

BRONZE AWARD

Fan Yi（China）

BRONZE AWARD

XUE JINGTIAN （China）

BRONZE AWARD

koto tanaka（Japan）

War-and-Peace

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Cherish life, advocate for peace, oppose war, and live in harmony with nature.

Sophie Blackall

This illustrator is doing something really interesting: the way they use composition and color palette to convey their conceptual idea, shows the fine line between war and peace.

Victo Ngai

Fan Yi conveys a profound message with striking clarity through thoughtful composition and bold color contrast. The piece reads like an anti-war editorial illustration pulled straight from the pages of a magazine or newspaper. The maturity in his storytelling are truly remarkable for someone his age.

Belle Lee

The contrast between war and peace is beautifully expressed. The subject matter is powerful and the artist showed very well in this drawing.

My Favorite Things

Woodblock print (3-color)

I packed all the things I love into one picture. I wanted to draw a world with sharks, cherry blossoms, rabbits, and more.

Sophie Blackall

I am all in favor of combining all the things you love, and this artist’s world of sharks, rabbits and cherry blossoms is so much fun! The composition is strong and the palette is striking, and the carving of the woodblock shows patience and skill.

Victo Ngai

Koto’s work is unapologetically simple and joyful, both in subject and execution. It radiates a playful sincerity that’s instantly endearing—a heartfelt expression of self through the medium of printmaking.

Belle Lee

I like the combination of red, white and yellow. It looks so strong and bold. Also the expression of the shark looks very fierce.

The Cherubim

Oil on paper / Three-dimensional work

Every morning, the campus always echoes with the melodious tune about angels. The singing is like a spiritual spring, flowing into the heart. Close your eyes, and it seems as if you can catch a glimpse of the ethereal figure of an angel. Capture that dreamlike appearance with the brush of art.The Cherubim shine with the light of wisdom in the sacred chapters. Their representative figure, CHERUBINES, is the first angel to appear in the narrative river of the Bible. They are the loyal guardians of the Garden of Eden, embodying the profound meanings of “cultivators” and “knowledge.” Their holy name “Cherub” implies the gift of having the ability to perceive and understand the divine power. In Dionysius’ “Celestial Hierarchy,” the Cherubim and Seraphim have distinct characteristics: the Seraphim display divine majesty with “many wings,” while the Cherubim symbolize the endless pursuit and enlightenment of wisdom with “many eyes.” We, too, are gently illuminated under the radiance of this sacred wisdom.

Sophie Blackall

This artist has a strong talent for both painting and sculpture and I was intrigued by their cherubim in both forms!

Victo Ngai

Xue Jingtian has created a poetic, iconic work that invites viewers to look deeper—and those who do are richly rewarded by her thoughtful description. The three-dimensional piece, in particular, is executed with elegance and exceptional craftsmanship.

Belle Lee

How the artist created the creature based on the bible is very interesting. Also the transition from 2d drawing to 3D is well executed.

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BRONZE AWARD

Lucia Tsai（Taiwan . China）

BRONZE AWARD

Chunxi Jia （China）

BRONZE AWARD

Xi Chen（China）

Botany of the four seasons in Taiwan

watercolour and oil pastel on paper

I love to go into the natural and interact with the environment, playing with plants and small things such as bugs and frogs. I also like to spend hours observing different plants and flowers, their colours and shapes always fascinate me. I learned from a book that scientists in the past used to draw things in the nature and study them, so I thought perhaps I can also create some artwork to show people what have seen. Since I like to observe plants, I decided to draw different plants of the four seasons in Taiwan. To present the difference between the four seasons, I used different colour schemes to deliver the vibes.

Sophie Blackall

Here is an artist with a talent for observing nature and converting three-dimensional plants into pleasing two-dimensional pattern-like arrangements.

Victo Ngai

Lucia’s botanical observations are sensitive, sincere, and deeply curious. Her love of nature radiates from the details of each season. There’s something both scientific and poetic in her approach—like a young field artist capturing the changing world with wonder and honesty. A beautiful tribute to both nature and art.

Belle Lee

Choosing different flowers in each drawing is diverse and abundant. They are beautifully drawn. Each season offers a unique feeling.

Benchside Concert

Marker pens

On a bench two gentleman cats are playing music. One plays the violin the other strums the guitar. Beside them a lady cat sways gently to the rhythm completely enchanted. She is the concert \ s only audience.

Sophie Blackall

I love the way this artist has drawn these cat musicians: it is obvious they have closely observed the way musicians actually hold and play their instruments. At the same time the personalities of each character are conveyed in an inventive and playful way.

Victo Ngai

Chunxi’s “Benchside Concert” is full of soul and quiet humor. The musical trio of feline performers evokes warmth and whimsy, and the composition carries a gentle rhythm of its own. With just a few characters, Chunxi creates a whole world of story and mood.

Belle Lee

The subject is fun and also the color is very vibrant.

The Running Rainbow

Collage

A zebra dashes forward at lightning speed glancing back as it runs. Everything around it blurs into vibrant streaks of color. Look I can make rainbows as long as I keep running.

Sophie Blackall

This is such a fun and playful image! The use of mixed media and collage is dynamic and graphic, and the character of the zebra shines through.

Victo Ngai

Xi Chen’s “Running Rainbow” is a vibrant burst of motion and joy. The energetic zebra streaking across the page mirrors the bold, free spirit behind the work. The expert use of collage adds a striking graphic quality, while the decision to place the zebra partly out of frame enhances the sense of speed—and sparks curiosity: where is it dashing off to so urgently?

Belle Lee

I like the method of paper collage here. The connected paper showing the rainbow looks cool and the zebra itself is also well-illustrated.

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BRONZE AWARD

Runyi Long（China）

BRONZE AWARD

Zishu Zhou（China）

The Wanderer

Marker Pens

I drew a robot from a fantasy world. This particular robot is a wanderer, but also a scientist. It is equipped with three large wheels on its feet for mobility. Its body is semi-transparent with mechanical components inside, and its large eyes with glass lenses look curious. It has no arms but can operate using different tools attached to its sides. Its legs are equipped with mechanical claws. Its head is topped with a yellow roof, and it is surrounded by colorful planets and clouds, from which small stars and crystals emerge.

Sophie Blackall

This artist has created not only a compelling character, but a whole world. The details are well thought out and intentional.

Victo Ngai

Runyi’s robot is a wonderfully imaginative blend of science and fantasy. Every detail feels carefully considered, reflecting a deep love for both invention and storytelling. The result is a richly envisioned character that sparks curiosity and invites us into a world all its own.

Belle Lee

It's a very imaginative drawing. I like the main robot design and it has great details in it. It would be great to expand on this concept further.

he Red Card Dispute

Marker pens

In a fierce animal soccer match the fox commits a foul against the rabbit. The elephant referee shows a red card and sends the fox off the field. The fox \ s teammates rush forward to argue. The game becomes tense.

Sophie Blackall

I love the way the characters are drawn in this animal soccer match, but I am especially impressed by the artist’s technique to depict the crowd in the background!

Victo Ngai

Zishu’s “The Red Card Dispute” is packed with energy and narrative tension. I especially love the contrast in character sizes, which adds drama and humor, as well as the beautifully abstract treatment of the crowd—it brings a sense of movement and atmosphere to the scene.

Belle Lee

I love how vibrant and playful this piece is. The colors and characters are full of life.

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Emma Zhang（China）

1. Stellar Reverie

gouache paints and gouache paper

This painting unveils a fantastical alien cosmos. Beneath an unfathomable starry sky, planets ablaze with iridescent hues shimmer amidst dazzling halos of light.

2. Rainbow Mushroom Wonderland
gouache paints and gouache paper

This painting unveils a surreal, dreamlike world where vibrant rainbows stretch across the sky, woven through drifting clouds. Towering mushrooms of fantastical shapes and vivid hues sprout from their soft embrace, creating a whimsical landscape. Above, a luminous moon and twinkling stars illuminate the night, casting a magical glow that blends romance with childlike wonder. Every detail invites viewers into a realm where imagination knows no bounds, blending enchantment and joy in perfect harmony.

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Zitong Ye（China）

Exploring the Future

Watercolour, Marker Pens and coloured pencils

In the future, humans will create helpful intelligent robots. These robots will be able to travel through space, clean up pollution, and be our close companions. The robot in my drawing is exploring a colorful and fantastical city in outer space. It travels using flying shoes and carries a small animal-like companion. This is my imagination of what life might be like in the future.

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Chloe Ho（Singaporean）

Whisper In The Forest

Watercolour, gouache, colour pencils and markers

Whisper, a shy forest cat, prefers the solitude. But today is a special day as it is his birthday. The quietness, which used to bring him comfort, became unnerving. Did his friends forget his birthday?The stillness of the forest is interrupted by soft footsteps and giggles. \ Surprise! \ He opens the door to find his friends waiting for him. They play and sing together, filling the forest with warmth and laughter. Soon, the sun sets and it is time to say goodbye. Whisper \ s loneliness was forgotten, replaced by the warmth of friendship.

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Shiyuan Yang（China）

1. The Wonderful World of Fairies

Watercolor

The Wonderful World of Fairies A ferocious fire dragon is attacking the sprite forest, sending the little animals scrambling for cover. A little duck hides in Teapot River, whose waters flow out of a teapot spout and off to a mysterious distance.

1. The Classic of Mountains and Seas Through My Eyes

Watercolor

The Classic of Mountains and Seas Through My Eyes The mythical creatures from “The Classic of Mountains and Seas” in my imagination are these adorable and extraordinary animals.

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Hongyu Ye（China）

Cat Birthday Party

Marker pens

The cat family is gathered around the table where a cake and a fish are laid out. Five happy cats are celebrating together. Whose birthday is it It turns out to be Dad \ s. With a crown on his head he is the shining star of the day.

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Zhuoxiao Zhang（China）

My Color Adventure with the Great Artists

Oil Pastel and Soft pastel

I used lots of colors to try out the styles of great artists from the past. I had fun mixing old ideas with my own imagination. My artwork shows how I see things in a fun and creative way, using bright colors and playful drawing!

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Camille Fu（Canada）

1. The Wonderful Party of Food and Science Fiction

Oil-based markers, acrylic markers, acrylic paints, oil painting frames

The integration of food and science fiction elements.

2. The Dreamy Home of Adorable Beasts

Oil-based markers, acrylic markers, acrylic paints, oil painting frames

Depict a fairy tale world where animals and fantastic buildings coexist.

1. The Wonderful Party of Food and Science Fiction

Oil-based markers, acrylic markers, acrylic paints, oil painting frames

A scene of alien life, the home of aliens.

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Zou Jianing （China）

Three Selves

Chalk pastels, colored powder

There are three versions of me traversing through different realms of light and shadow \ one in the shadows, one in the interplay of light and shadow, and one under the sea. I want to explore different worlds, and at the same time, I hope that every unhappy moment will become bright and sunny.

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Freya Luo（Singaporean）

Haru and Friends

Watercolour, gouache and colour pencils

In Singapore, there are many different species in the cat family: lion, panthers, tigers, domesticated cats and more! Even though they are from the cat family, they are unique in their own wayI imagine what it would be like if my cat Haru were to hang out with the other cats in Singapore. Haru would be skilled at chess and he would compete with the Merlion. His friend, the panther, would be drawn to nature while the lion and tiger would watch their feline friends play.Each stands out in its own special way, looking to their positive side. Like the people in Singapore, we can all get along and embrace our similarities and differences!

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Ju Jiayu（China）

Lunar Fairy Town

Colored pencils, pastels

The little mice have taken over the moon, and even the stars have turned into their favorite cheese. They can commute to and from work by rocket, and they also transport the stars back home to enjoy as a delicious lunch. They have even built a rainbow staircase, climbing to the top to fly kites.

To Check Out More Winner Groups

Age 6-8

Gold Award

Ikkei Harada

Silver Award

Yuhang Yuan , Elyse Ma , Zhuang Yize

Bronze Award

Ann Sunaga , Qingran Chen , Zimu Zheng , Qiaozhi Zhou , SU WEN , Sun yueyao , wang ning , Zhang Xirui

Shortlist

Zhu Zhiye , Murat Gabidullin , Chen zhe xi , Du Yinuo , Fang Xima , Ho Wanshu , yangziyu , CHEN JO HSI , Jinxuan Sun , Maggie

Age 13-18

Gold Award

Zhu Xinye

Silver Award

Ema Yamazaki , himari , Huang Hsi-Yu

Bronze Award

ine takiyama , Austen Maybee , SINMAN LI , Bemaia , Yuma Fukui , Danyi Zhang , Jiaming Zhang , Luoshengya

Shortlist

Koto Sakama , Mika , ARIA , Manrui He , Damla Iren Unluakin

Age 19-22

Gold Award

Li Ruen Shin

Silver Award

Suzu Ito , zeronull , NIHONBASHI UKIYO

Bronze Award

Shao Ruofei , Jiajun Li , CHERRY FAIRY , huangyuxuan , Minatsu YUI , Yang Jingyi , Zhan Chaoming , chenxinsheng

Shortlist

Ala Sersniova , aruto Kihara , Aaron Gao , Yi Xuanchen , Daiki Ikukawa