Aesthetica Art Prize | 3D and Sculptural Works I  -  The Aesthetica Art Prize champions artists who bring thought-provoking ideas to life through inventive visuals. Our short and longlist feature over 150 names, working with media including film, installation, mixed-media, photography and sculpture to articulate the power of imagination and originality. The following list comprises sculptors who experiment with a range of materials. They delve into themes like freedom and interconnectedness through dynamic, glossy, tactile and playful objects that invigorate our senses. Aaron Santos Boyd-Rochman Queer artist, Aaron Santos Boyd-Rochman, uses overlooked objects as the base material for his work. His sculptural process include mundane items to create complex structures suffused with natural rhythm and movement. These extravagant, organic sculptures evoke multiple dualities, such as stillness and movement; structure and entropy; order and chaos; and solace and uncertainty.  Find out more » - Dr Kate Parsons Kate Parsons’ work amalgamates sculpture and anthropological research across cultures, specifically in the UK and East Africa. Having worked in Kenya, she went on to assimilate similarities and differences from both cultures, with a specific focus on how human mortality is depicted through contrasting imagery, materials and forms. Her unique approach is influenced by an interest in semiotics.  Find out more » - Oleg Lobykin Expressing conceptual ideas through sculptural forms and experimenting with texture, colour and interactive elements, Lobykin’s work focuses on origins of form. Representing a transformation point between dimensions, when viewed, Pixel shifts its reflected surroundings 90 degrees, distorting the observer’s perceptions – a tribute to the digital era and modern times in which we live. Find out more » - Tadao Cern A sense of curiosity and playful spirit of invention drive Tadao Cern’s creative process. Black Balloons came from a sense of discovery of the oppositions that could be created initially by just the simplicity of two balloons in a space, leading the artist to expand the structure into something which interacts with the viewer in many ways. Find out more » - Dylan Martinez Dylan Martinez produces scenarios in which the viewer must question their capacity to discriminate between reality and illusion. Untitled is realised entirely from hot sculpted glass, depicted as bags of water. The trapped movement of the rising bubbles convinces the eye that the sculptures are just as they seem. He is inspired by trompe l’oeil techniques, using them to show how desire can over-ride reality.  Find out more » - Change email address / Leave mailing list