Meet Ellie Lin: ArtNow 2023 Best in Show

Meet Ellie Lin, an emerging young artist who just won the Best in Show AND People’s Choice awards for NUMU’s ArtNow 2023 Annual High School Juried Exhibition Unarmed Truth. Ellie graduated from Los Altos High School this year, and will be attending Rhode Island School of Design this fall, to pursue fine art and illustration. In this post Ellie shares some reflections on her involvement in ArtNow and her own art practice. Follow Ellie on Instagram @dynojelatoe to stay up to date on what she creates next!

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Meet Gina Bae: ArtNow 2022 Best in Show

Meet Gina Bae, an emerging young artist who just won the Best in Show award for NUMU’s ArtNow 2022 Annual High School Juried Exhibition Brave New Worlds. Gina is graduating this year, 2022, from Palo Alto High School and plans to attend Rhode Island School of Design this fall, to pursue fine art and illustration. In this post Gina shares some reflections on her involvement ArtNow and her own art practice. Follow Gina on Instagram @baegullart and check out her website portfolio!

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Meet Toby Britton: ArtNow 2021 Best In Show

Meet Toby Britton, an emerging young artist with a love for portrait painting who has been involved with three NUMU exhibitions! Most recently, Toby won the Best in Show award for NUMU’s ArtNow 2021 Annual High School Juried Exhibition. In ArtNow 2020 Toby won 1st Place in Painting, and just this past year one of Toby’s paintings was included in NUMU’s group exhibition Art in the Time of Corona. Toby is graduating this year, 2021, from Los Gatos High School and plans to attend UCLA in the fall, majoring in Art. In this post Toby shares some thoughts on his involvement in NUMU exhibitions and his own art practice. Follow Toby on Instagram @tobythetoasters and check out his portfolio!

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Meet Akshay Thakur: ArtNow 2019 Best in Show

Meet Akshay Thakur, the ArtNow 2019 winner of Best in Show for his mixed media piece America Behind Bars. Akshay attended Prospect High School in Saratoga and graduated in 2020. He now attends UC Berkley and is double majoring in Economics and Data Science. Art is still a big part of his life. In this blog post, Akshay shares what it was like to be a part of ArtNow and how it has impacted his life and art practice.

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