Laurel Award at the Living & Breathing Animal Art Contest by Gallery 4%

🕰 Celebrating a New Recognition

I am honored and excited to share a new milestone in my artistic journey: my artworks Chronomancer, Keeper of Eternal Wisdom, and The Terra Machinist from The Era Clockmakers collection have been awarded the Laurel Award at the Living & Breathing – Animal Art Contest, hosted by Gallery 4% in San Francisco, California (April 2025).

The Living & Breathing contest celebrates the profound relationship between art and the animal world, welcoming imaginative interpretations of the creatures that inspire us. My three featured works offer a visionary exploration of elemental forces—air, water, and earth—through surreal, steampunk-inspired animal guardians. Α part of a series that honors those who bravely mend fractured moments, ensuring every second moves toward a better tomorrow.

🔧 Purpose of The Era Clockmakers Collection

This series pays tribute to solitary visionaries—those whose journeys may unfold in quiet resilience, yet serve a greater collective purpose. These figures, part myth and part machine, represent those who bravely mend fractured moments in time, ensuring each second progresses toward a more conscious, harmonious future.

The Era Clockmakers is more than a collection—it’s a metaphorical journey. It’s a visual call to action, asking us to recognize time not as something fleeting, but as a mosaic of meaningful moments we can define, preserve, and elevate.

Through symbolic guardians and mechanical elegance, the series invites viewers to reflect, transform, and reclaim the narrative of time in their own lives.

🏆 About the Award

Receiving the Laurel Award is especially meaningful, as it ensures these three works will remain in permanent virtual display on the Gallery 4% platform. It’s a lasting testament to the narrative depth and artistic intention of this collection.

I extend my heartfelt thanks to the curators and judges at Gallery 4% for this recognition and for providing a supportive platform that uplifts international contemporary voices.

🔗 Explore More

📚 Explore the full exhibition: Gallery 4% Living & Breathing Virtual Exhibition

🎨 Discover the full collection: The Era Clockmakers – Official Collection Page

Thank you for being part of this journey and for sharing in the vision of transformation through art.

With gratitude,

Annita Apostolidou Platis

Visual Artist | Painter | Writer | Curator

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