Concours international de Sculpture sur Glace

Description

Discover the 33rd International Ice Sculpture Competition in Valloire! Come and admire the 20 talented artists sculpting the ice.
You'll discover their unique and enchanting artistic creations.

This magical event will conclude on Friday, January 10, 2025 with a magnificent son & lumière show.
The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, facing the Galibier, 3km from the center of Valloire.
Free parking is available in the hamlet of Les Verneys, or you can take the shuttle bus to the site.

Teams taking part in the 2025 edition:

AUSTRALIA: STAROW Kevin - "Nothingness
DENMARK: DUSAVITSKIY Gleb - "Echo of you
SPAIN: JORDA Enrique - "El aliento de vulcano
FINLAND: KUKLINA Ekaterina - "Modern leftovers
FINLAND: KUKLIN Egor - "Imagine hapiness
FRANCE : COURNIL Mickael - "Mélodie le chant magique du coquillage" (Melody, the magic song of the shellfish)
FRANCE: DE BAZELAIRE Laetitia - "Sphinge
FRANCE : LESIGNE Stéphane - "Où est la cabine téléphonique?
FRANCE: PEIGNIER Philippe - "Le Dernier..." (The Last...)
GREECE: MANIATAKOS Nikolaos - "Passage to unknown"
IRAN: CHEGENI Bhaman - "Canned food
IRAN: RAZMJOO Sepideh - "About her"
ISRAEL - PRIMINGER Tanya - "Octopus
LITHUANIA - POVILIONIS Tautvilas - "Star fishing"
POLAND: KUJAWA Lucyna - "Le petit prince" (The Little Prince)
UNITED KINGDOM: SEDDON Christopher - "Octopuss
RUSSIA: MOLOKOV Andrey - "Forest king deer"
TAIWAN: CHUN WEI CHIU - "Be an iceberg beauty
CZECH REPUBLIC: LASTOVICKA Jiri - "Ice meditation
UKRAINE : PODA Oleksiy - "The core of the family"




RESULTS 2025

THE 2025 COMPETITION PRIZES
JURY Prize
1st jury prize: “Ice meditation” – LASTOVICKA Jiri – Czechia

2nd jury prize tied: “Modern leftover” - KUKLINA Ekaterina- FINLAND

2nd prize from the jury ex-aequo: “Imagine happiness” - KUKLIN Egor- FINLAND

3rd jury prize: “The little prince” – KUJAWA Lucyna – Poland

PUBLIC Prize: “Star fishing” – POVILIONIS Tautvilas – Lithuania

YOUNG AUDIENCE EX AEQUO Prize: “Where is the telephone booth? ” – LESIGNE Stéphane –France + “Octopuss” - SEDDON Christopher - United Kingdom

ARTISTS Prize: “About her” –RAZMJOO Sepideh - Iran

INTERNET AWARDS: “El aliento de vulcano” JORDA Enrique


PROGRAM

Start of competition, Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 9:00 am.
Contest ends Friday, January 10, 2024 at 12:00 noon.

The competition takes place on the Verneys plateau, 3 km from Valloire.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7 :
9am: start of the Ice Sculpture competition

TUESDAY JANUARY 7 TO THURSDAY JANUARY 9:
You can see and encourage the sculptors day and night.
(Please note that, depending on the weather, the sculptures may be protected and therefore difficult to see during the day, mainly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 3-6 p.m.: Introduction to ice carving

THURSDAY JANUARY 9 :
from 6pm: magical show - Golf de Valloire

FRIDAY JANUARY 10 :
10am-12pm: introduction to ice sculpture
12pm: end of competition
3pm: Jury passes by
5:30pm: Presentation of the sculptors and their work.
6pm: Awards ceremony followed by fireworks.

* Program subject to change.

On this occasion, additional shuttles will run between Valloire and Les Verneys, at the usual stops, between 3pm and 9pm.
After the show, the sculptures will remain lit on Friday and Saturday nights (weather permitting).


THE PRIZES
3 Jury Prizes
1 Audience Award
1 Young Audience Award
1 Artists' Award
(sculptors taking part in the Competition
vote for their favorite sculpture)
1 Internet User Award
Vote online:
https://forms.gle/16buscCgB6AQNpXt6


THE JURY
Christian BURGER - President of the Jury and Artist Sculptor
Vincent LIEVORE - Artist and sculptor
Martine RAPIN - President of Valloire Contemporain
Alberte RETORNAZ - Amateur painter
Lénaïck RETORNAZ - Town councillor
Emmanuelle LACOSTE - Director of Valloire Tourisme and competition organizer