Ice Sculpture

The international Ice sculpture competition celebrates its 32st anniversary ! It starts on thuesday 9th of january and ends on friday 12th 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 12th, 2024, at 12 pm.

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

2024 Ice Sculpture Competition Program

TUESDAY JANUARY 9:
At 9 a.m.: Start of the Ice Sculpture competition.
 
FROM TUESDAY 10 TO THURSDAY 11 JANUARY,
Come see and encourage the sculptors day and night! Depending on the weather, the sculptures can be protected and therefore difficult to see during the day.
Introduction to ice sculpture from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
 
FRIDAY JANUARY 12:
Introduction to ice sculpture from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
12 p.m.: end of the competition
3 p.m.: passage of the jury
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Public and young public vote, on the site of the sculptures at Verneys
18: Prize giving followed by a show and fireworks.
On this occasion, additional free shuttles will rotate between Valloire and Les Verneys, at the usual stops, between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. After the show, the sculptures will remain lit on Friday and Saturday nights (depending on weather conditions).
 
After the show, the sculptures will remain lit on Friday and Saturday nights (depending on weather conditions).

The teams for the 2023 edition: *

GERMANY – LEVY Simone Carole – “Empathy”
BELGIUM – VAN BESIEN Maxime – “Winning strategy”
DENMARK – DUSAVITSKIY Gleb – “I believe I can fly”
SPAIN – JORDA Enrique – “Bubble flow”
ITALY – PERRON Maurizio – “Filter”
LITHUANIA – POVILIONIS Tautvilas – “Zzzzzzzip”
MEXICO – CHACON Antonio – “Awakening Butterfly”
MONGOLIA – KHASHBAATAR Solongo – “The inspires”
NETHERLANDS – RODERS Ludo – “Give your thoughts wings”
CZECH REP. – LASTOVICKA Jiri – “Last drop”
UK – THOMPSO Mark – “Moonage – Blue Moon”
TAIWAN – CHEN Jun-Rong – “Watchlisten”
TURKEY – KONAK Ceyhun – “Cubes”
UKRAINE – TKACHIVSKYI Ihor – “Eternal Dance”
FRANCE - DUCRET Maxime - "You will have a cup of tea"
FRANCE – LESIGNE Stéphane – “House of Cards”
FRANCE – MARSTONI André – “The Coccolithophore”
FRANCE – NOTTARIS Joël – “Let’s put on the armor”
FRANCE – VEUILLET Pascal – “Temporal transparency”
FRANCE - CALLON Pierre - "SOS"

*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

Christian BURGER – President of the Jury
Eric MARGERY (Sculptor Artist)
Philippe PEIGNIER 
Alberte RETORNAZ - Amateur artiste
Cyrille JULLIEN - carpenter
Lénaïk RETORNAZ - town councillor
Emmanuelle LACOSTE - Director of Valloire Tourisme and organiser of the contest

THE 2023 CONTEST PRIZES
JURY Prize
1st jury prize: “Zzzzzzip” – POVILIONIS Tautvilas – LITHUANIA
2nd Jury Prize: “The Inspire” KHASHBAATAR Solongo – MONGOLIA
3rd jury prize: “I believe I can fly” – DUSAVITSKIY Gleb – DENMARK

AUDIENCE Prize
“Zzzzzzip” – POVILIONIS Tautvilas – LITHUANIA

YOUNG AUDIENCE Prize
“Vous prendrez bien une tasse de thé ” – DUCRET Maxime – France

ARTISTS Prize
Tied: “Filter” – PERRON Maurizio – Italy
“Bubble Flow” – JORDA Enrique – SPAIN