Prune Nourry's Terracotta Daughter's

• Prize
• Photographer
  Zachary Bako, China
• Website
  http://www.zacharybako.com

New York-based French artist Prune Nourry explored China’s gender imbalance by creating a female army of 116 life-size sculptures.

Ms. Nourry’s Terracotta Daughters were modeled after eight female orphans from Mainland China, whom she was introduced to by the Children of Madaifu; a non-profit organization that aids orphans and children left behind by migrant worker parents.

Ms. Nourry collaborated with a local artisan inside a Terracotta Warrior replica factory in Xi’an, China, for more then a year to ensure the sculptures style would emulate the iconic Terracotta Army that was unearthed nearby in 1974.

The project provided three years of education to each participant.

• Biography
  Zachary Bako is an American artist living in Beijing. He spent seven years in New York before relocating to the Far East.
• Awards
  Awards: 2014 American Photography: AP30 2013 International Photography Awards: Country Pick 3rd Place 2013 International Photography Awards: 4 Honorable Mentions 2013 Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: Honorable Mention 2013 American Photography: AP29 2012 International Photography Awards: 3 Honorable Mentions 2012 Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: Honorable Mention 2011 American Photography: AP27 2011 International Photography Awards: 5 Honorable Mentions 2011 Artists Wanted: Exposure Finalist 2010 3rd Ward Brooklyn: 2010 Winter Solo Show Top 25 2009 Surface Magazine: 12th Annual Avant Guardian 2009 PDN Pix Digital Imaging 2008 PDN World in Focus Artist Residency: 2010 NY Arts Beijing Exhibitions: 2013 Brattleboro Museum, “Hot Pot: A Taste of Contemporary Chinese Art,” Brattleboro, Vermont; March 16 – June 23, 2013 2011 25CPW, "Art From The Heart 2011," New York, New York; November 12, 2011 2011 Broadway Gallery, "Oujin: October 19, 2010," New York, New York; April 8 - 30, 2011 2009 Phantasy, "Fantasy at the Phantasy," Cleveland, Ohio; October 10, 2009 2005 The Butler Institute of American Art, "69th Area Artists Annual Exhibition," Youngstown, Ohio; November 12 - 27, 2005 2002 The Butler Institute of American Art, "66th Area Artists Annual Exhibition," Youngstown, Ohio; November 9 - 24, 2002