The Project ISM Artist prize
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Date: 01/10/2012
Artist: MARLAH
Folio: IN_THE_RAW_1
ISM, eat your heart out - we're serving up September's Art Prize tartar, on a silver platter, to Marlah. The savage photographs which make up her folio, 'In The Raw', have quickened our blood, making us acutely aware of the tenderness inside us. Congratulations Marlah!
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Date: 01/09/2012
Artist: GRETCHIN
Folio: LOVELETTER
Gretchin, until your folio gets the attention of your foxy neighbour, you'll have to be satisfied with being the latest DIY punkster to win the ARTPRIZE! You've left quite an impression on us here at ISM HQ; the hardware aisle has never appeared so full of possibility. Here’s to many more loves in your life, and to all of them being as big an inspiration. Now, do you think if we send your certificate to your 'purple-tracksuited' lady, that she might just get the hint?
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Date: 01/08/2012
Artist: MARI_JANE
Folio: CRIMSON_SILK
At once menacing, enticing and ecstatic, Mari_jane invites us into a world of intrigue and fantasy. As the phoenix's tail is made of gold and scarlet, so is Mari_jane's skin bejeweled; and like the Phoenix's cry, Mari-jane seems to enchant us with her own song. Please accept our art prize this month dear creature of beauty!
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Date: 01/07/2012
Artist: FLIE
Folio: SEXTING
Women like Flie are the future of technology - effortlessly interfacing beating hearts and fevered flesh with the cool plastic curves of the devices at their disposal. Flie’s innovation in the field of sex and tech deserves a reward - and so June’s Art Prize is all hers. Congratulations Flie!
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Date: 01/06/2012
Artist: MARLA_DEE
Folio: UNCURL
Hip, hip, hooray for Marla_Dee, winning May’s Art Prize and all the fame and accolades that come along with it! We won’t be mad if you spend all the prize money on ferns, Marla_Dee, especially if they uncurl into more inspiration for your beautiful work. Congratulations!
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Date: 01/05/2012
Artist: NAISKA
Folio: CONNECTION
April showers bring May flowers, but no one ever told us April's Art Prize would bring us something this beautiful. Congratulations to Naiska for taking our collective breath away with her achromatic self study, reminding us that inspiration lies in even the smallest details.
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Date: 01/04/2012
Artist: PASCHA
Folio: PIROUETTE
Wow, it’s that time again, and none too soon - Pascha was about to steal our hearts, so we gave her the March 2012 Art Prize instead. We recommend that you get yourself a luxuriant foot massage with the prize money, Pascha - to rub the kinks out of those overworked arches.
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Date: 01/03/2012
Artist: ALLIE_O
Folio: MINDBEND
How many Allie_O's does it take to win an art prize? The answer is just one, but her infinite reflections, each one as beautiful as the last, sure didn't hurt her chances. Congratulations for innovative technique and ISM excellence to Allie_O, winner of our February Art Prize!
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Date: 01/02/2012
Artist: LILLIT
Folio: FILM_STILL
January's art prize kicks off the New Year, and we're proud of Lillit for doing so in such graceful style. Each and every image from her set reminds us of a beautiful old film, with Lillit as director, designer, and star - a well-deserved art prize, on many levels.
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Date: 01/01/2012
LEIGHA
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Folio: NERDACITY
Congratulations to the impossibly gorgeous December Art Prize winner Leigha, who stole our hearts with her perfect kissy-face. Such flawless self-ploitation deserves the $250 prize to ring in the new year, and you better believe we've got our fingers crossed to see Leigha again - and again and again.
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Date: 19/12/2011
JOYA
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Folio: SUPERFLY
Congratulations to this stylin' homegal for her tight folio, 'Superfly'. Joya's got an eye for shine and a fierce competitive streak, so she was a shoe-in for this month's Art Prize. Now that you've got the dollars, make it rain, Joya, make it rain.
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Date: 01/11/2011
Artist: RUBY_R
Folio: BLOOD_LUST
Congratulations to Ruby R, October’s art prize winner, for inciting us to a fanatical frenzy with folio, Blood Lust. Her vampire immortality ensures that if we're lucky, we're bound to see much more of her colourful talents in the future.
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Date: 01/10/2011
Artist: TAMLA
Folio: GOLIGHTLY
Simplicity is elegance, & Tamla manages to capture that essence effortlessly in this September's artprize.
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Date: 01/09/2011
Artist: LITTLE
Folio: BLACKVEIL
Although the heading above says "blackveil", this month, for the first time, the ISM art prize has been taken by a pair of videos - 'imago' and 'pupa', a collaboration between Little and video editor Eff Pan. Little came close with her primary folio 'primalscream' in August 2009, and has demonstrated her depth of talent in every release since. Check out her back catalogue!
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