Ice Sculpture - Valloire Tourism

The international Ice sculpture competition celebrates its 31st anniversary ! It starts on thuesday 10th of january and ends on friday 13th of january.

Like every years, it takes place in the hamlet “the Verneys”, 3 km from Valloire. Free shuttles will make rotations between Valloire and Les Verneys.

The contest starts on Tuesday 10th and it finishes on Friday 13th, 2023, at 12 pm.

From tuesday to friday, come and discover the artists at work, day and night

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13th, 2023
12 pm: End of the contest / Jury’s passing through
5.30 pm: Prize giving ceremony followed by musical and light show, lights around the sculptures, fireworks

The teams for the 2022 edition: *
NETHERLANDS – RODERS Ludo – “The flower of the mind”
GERMANY – ROSSNER Christoph – “Crystal Palace”
GERMANY – ULLMANN Franck – “Prikly King”
BELGIUM – VAN BESIEN Maxime – “Cohabitation”
DENMARK – DUSAVITSKIY Gleb ” On The Edge”
SPAIN – JORDA Enrique ” Crimping Dreams”
LITHUANIA – POVILIONIS Tautvilas – “I wish you a good wind”
POLAND – JARCZOK Dominika – “Into eye of storm”
REP. CZECH – LASTOVICKA Jiri – “Inner Current”
FRANCE – BOUYER Moïse – “Curiosity”
FRANCE – MARASTONI André – “the step”
FRANCE – CABISIDAN Rogel – “Bad Balance”
FRANCE – CALLON Pierre – “Bonsaî”
FRANCE – DUCRET Maxime – “All that remains”
FRANCE – GRAMMONT Hugues – “Champagne for all”
FRANCE – MAGNAN Denis – “A Dragonfly made Spring”
FRANCE – NOTTARIS Joël – “Perdus”
FRANCE – VITALONI Gilles – “Time after Time”
FRANCE – RABUSSEAU Stéphane – “Migrations”
FRANCE – VEULLET Pascal – “Frénésie”

*Number and teams may be subject to change

Free shuttle will make rotations between Valloire and Les Verneys.
After the show, the sculptures will be lighted until Sunday morning.

THE PRIZES
3 Jury Awards
1 Public Awards
1 Young Audience Award
1 Artist Awards
(the sculptors participating in the Competition
vote for their favorite sculpture)
1 Press Awards
1 Internet User Award

THE JURY
Alain LOVATO – Jury’s president and president of the Plastic Arts’ house in Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes
Roselyne ERUTTI – Sculptor
Christian BURGER – Sculptor
Alberte RETORNAZ – Amateur artiste
Cyrille JULLIEN – carpenter
Lénaïk RETORNAZ – town councillor
Emmanuelle LACOSTE – Director of Valloire Tourisme and organiser of the contest

THE PRIZES 2022
3 Jury Award
1st : REP. TCHEQUE – LASTOVICKA Jiri : ” Courant Intérieur “
2nd : FRANCE – BOUYER Moïse : ” Curiosité “
3rd : FRANCE – NOTTARIS Joël : ” Perdus “

1 Public Prize, 1 Young Audience Award, Internet User Award :
BELGIUM – VAN BESIEN Maxime – “Cohabitation”

1 Artist Prize (the sculptors participating in the Competition
vote for their favorite sculpture)
FRANCE – MAGNAN Denis – “A Dragonfly made Spring”

1 Press Prize

INTERNATIONAL

02 - Inner Current

02 - Inner Current

LASTOVICKA Jiri
REP. CZECH
04 - On the edge

04 - On the edge

DUSAVITSKIY Gleb
Denmark
05 - Crimping dreams

05 - Crimping dreams

JORDA Enrique
Spain
06 - Cohabitation

06 - Cohabitation

VAN BESIEN Maxime
Belgium
09 - The Flower of the mid

09 - The Flower of the mid

RODERS Ludo
Netherland
14 - Prikly King

14 - Prikly King

ULLMANN Franck
Germany
16 - Crystal palace

16 - Crystal palace

ROSSNER Christoph
Germany
17 - I Wish you a good wind

17 - I Wish you a good wind

POVILIONIS Tautvilas
LITHUANIA
18 - Into eye of storm

18 - Into eye of storm

JARCZOK Dominika
Poland