elephantissimo participation

Sevan Kouyoumjian

Sevan Kouyoumjian ranked top 1, 8th and 10th; here with Amira Behbehani and Timo Everi two of the jurors. Sevan is a graphic desighner at Horizon FCB kuwait. Sevan won a roundtrip ticket to Phuket island in Thailand with four nights at Phuket Hilton Resort, in addition to Imotion speakers and Ipod Nano courtesy of The Communication Zone. SEVAN, your creativity and vision rocked! Have a nice trip to blissful Thailand! The black one is top ONE- The blue is ranked 10- download pix to check it properly-

some of the top 10z

Joe Ghazal from Horizon FCB ranked 6 Glasswork by Francois Saadeh from Four Films ranked 7 Sevan Kouyoumjian from Horizon FCB ranked 8 Nael Aboul Huda from Horizon FCB ranked 5 Ravindra Thakur from Dot Vision ranked 4

#2

Ranked #2, Wakim Zeidan from Team Y&R-Kuwait, won a round-trip ticket to Phuket island for his visionary work and perfect execution. Well done Wakim! There is more to come.. Pix above: Wakin Zeidan, winner #2 with Amira Behbehani & Timo Everi

FAVORITE ELEPHANT

PRIMITIVO AGUILAR aka Buboy came third in the jury selection. Buboy, also won the heart of Hilton's guests who got to vote for their favorite elephants among all. Buboy was The Communication Zone Team favorite choice among the 85 visuals submitted. The Communication Zone team easily agreed on Aguilar’s work for its incredible skills and simplicity. Sketched with a ball pen, the work depicts a herd of elephants some standing some fallen where a responsible message pops out without the need of any wording or message. A self-explanatory work with an embedded strong message and an obvious patience, quality inherent to genuine artists only. Buboy's work reflects The Communication Zone’s deep belief that Advertising is Information, Advertising is Art.

AND the winner is...

Timo Everi Embarked on his career with Hasan & Partners (a Finnish ad agency, established in 1991), where he was the Copywriter and Creative Director. An inspiring marketer who was a jury member of many prestigious international advertising award, such as Cannes, Epica, Clio, Hong Kong, and many others. Everi, currently holds the position of Director of Marketing, Sales and Public Relations at Wataniya Telecommunications-Kuwait. Hamza Bounoua Was born in 1979 in Algeria, where he completed his Higher studies in fine arts. His most prominent work was displayed in the Art Exhibition at Dar Al-Funoon in Kuwait in 2005 and in the Art Exhibition at Boushahri Gallery, Kuwait in 2003. He was also involved in a Joint Exhibition with the Greek photographer Basile Simantrikis, in 2002. He has participated in many art exhibitions since 1999 and has won many leading awards from Belgium, France and Algeria. Amira Behbehani Worked in Advertising, marketing & Public Relations in Alpha-Boushahri Advertising Agency in 1995. She then moved to the position of Marketing and Sales manager in Boushahri Group (Service & Design Section and Photography) in 1998. Amira only began painting in 2001, but since then she has managed art exhibitions for various international artists at Karizma Gallery (2003) as well as managing Business projects as an art interior & art Consultant. In 2005 she had her first art exhibition at Dar Al-Funoon Gallery. Ara Azad Barsoumian Is a graduate from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and holds a degree from Tufts University (BFA). From 1996 to 1998, Ara Azad was one of the two appointed representatives of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to identify exceptional talents in the world. More recently Ara Azad was invited to exhibit in Berlin, Germany; in Florence, Italy for the Biennale; in Beirut, Lebanon at the prominent Noah’s Ark Art Gallery and in Boston, USA at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (2002-2004). Since the beginning of his career Ara Azad has held over 70 exhibitions in many parts of the world (US cities, France, Czech Republic, and Lebanon, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA; De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; FEMIS- Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Sursok Museum, Beirut), and has also given over 80 master classes and lectures.

light the fire

An original work by Eric Tabuena

Elephants' Invasion

BLUE ELEPHANT ART SHOW

Around elephants

FEEL CREATIVE. HAVE THE CREATIVE FEEL!! DRAW ME AN ELEPHANT For all graphic designers, art & creative directors, all of you artists in Kuwait here is your chance to runaway to Phuket and chill for 4 nights at Hilton Phuket. & u can meet reeeeeeeeeeeeal elephants if u wish! JUST CREATE THE FEEL..... u will get notified when The Blue Elephant Art Show will be launched....then, there is the dinner for all participant artists & friends (free of charge of course)at the Blue Elephant Royal Thai restaurant, where the 3 winners will be awarded. It's the 'winner dinner' where the first will get the chance to fly to Phuket.Wohoo! The 3rd will get to enjoy all facilities at Kuwait Hilton Resort for a week-end...Wooha! IT'S GONNA POP UP BIG TIME!! That's a promise....:))