Category: Awards

This Event Day was a busy and important date for The Guild at Beaumont Hall Studios as it saw the first of the JADE Erotic Artists Awards presented by Guild model Rebekka Raynor on behalf of the Editor of JADE magazine.

First the two worthy runners-up, photographer David Hare and artist Karen Middleton were invited to receive their framed certificates to loud applause from the audience of fellow members, visitors and guests. The winner of the 2009 award was then invited to the stage where photo artist Robert Babylon, dressed in black leather kilt, received his framed certificate and the specially commissioned white kneeling sculpture (created by Ken Clarke for JADE). Along with the very loud and continued applause as he was presented with the impressive and now much coveted award there were calls from the audience for a speech. Robert, in the finest tradition of award speeches, gave an emotional but genuine and heartfelt vote of thanks to his wife Caroline, who he said had supported him throughout his career and without whom he would not be where he was today. There was more applause as he left the stage a very proud and happy man, and a deserving winner of the first ever JADE Erotic Artist of the Year Award.

Event Day Report – 20th September 2009 by Jackie Adshead (artist) with photos by Mike Crawley.

Exhibition News

The ARTundressed American tour featuring my work continues at the California Modern Art Gallery www.calmodern.com in San Francisco from 19th-21st November.

The venue is a top-notch, 17.000 sq ft upscale art gallery located in the South of Market district of San Francisco. The gallery represents emerging and established career artists in all media and styles.

Here’s what ARTundressed www.artundressed.net have to say about the event:

San Francisco – Here we come! We are very excited to announce our last stop for the Erotic Signature’s 2009 ARTundressed Exhibition Tour, which is scheduled to take place on November 19 – 21, 2009 at the CALIFORNIA MODERN ART GALLERY. This show will be spectacular on all erogenous facets.

We will be presenting our crowd pleasing collection from the winning artists of our third publication (2009 Erotic Art Competition) in addition to a dozen invited local artists who will present their work in various fashion, genres, and medium. Come to admire over 350 beautiful art pieces from about 140 International Erotic Artists. Once Again, the stage will be set for a superb weekend filled with sexuality, sensual art, music, erotic performances, sexy fashion shows, Live Bands, Talents, Fashion Models, Deejays, BodyPainting, Live Art, short films, poetry, Drummers, Acrobats, and a lot more.

It is with great pride that I announce that I have been chosen as JADE magazine‘s Erotic Artist of the Year 2009. I will be the first ever recipient of the new JADE award – a specially commissioned white kneeling nude figure by leading master sculptor Ken Clarke – which will be presented at the Guild of Erotic Artists Event Day on 20th September at Beaumont Hall Studios, St Albans.

If any of you would like to pop along on the day it would be lovely to see you, you don’t have to be a member to attend and full details are available on the Guild’s website.

This month’s (August – Issue 57) Jade contains an article about the lovely model Capricorn Moon featuring several of my images and next month’s edition will contain a portfolio of my images.  Here’s what Jade magazine had to say about my work:

“We can think of no more deserving recipient of this year’s award than photo-artist Robert Babylon, whose work has developed and improved over the last few years and whose quality is always first class. His rich, artistic vision pushes at the boundaries of erotic art and explores the subject with a passion and skill which singles him out as a leader in the field, taking on new challenges and creating new works of art that set themselves apart from the mainstream. It is our hope that this award reflects the high regard in which this artist is held and that it will be just one of many he will receive throughout his career.”