Honorable Mention / 2024 / Fine Art / Other

The Chimera and The Dryad

How will this story end? A Chimera and a dryad. Inspired by Greek Mythology and old masters paintings.

All elements are photographed in the course of serveral years and later blended together with the use of a Wacom cintiq Pro tablet with brush and the use of traditional painting techniques.

The cave and landscape in the background (Etna Volcano) were photographed in Sicily.
Self-portait, white lion, and a goat were photographed in the Netherlands. The snake was photographed in Barcelona.

Cheraine Collette born in the Netherlands in 1993, graduated in 2015 in Photographic Design at the Fotovakschool University of Applied Photography and received The Museum Of Modern Art (MoMA) certificate 'Modern and Contemporary Art and Design Specialization' in 2024.

Awards Cheraine’s work has been published by NG China Traveler, twice in 2020, and is featured by FORBES, My Modern Met, National Geographic, The Wallace Collection Museum, and many more.

She received over 300 prestigious international awards and honors since her first participation in 2019, immediately winning 1st place at the IPA, and including two Golden Pangea Trophies, and ‘Fine Art Photographer Of The Year’ from world-renowned institutions for her photographic paintings and books.

Collette’s work has been exhibited in galleries and art fairs around the world, including the critically acclaimed SCOPE International Contemporary Art Show at ART BASEL Miami Beach, Art Fair Contemporary Istanbul in Turkey, and the International fair for Classic Modern and Contemporary Art KARLSRUHE in Germany.