Success for MA graduate in international book launch competition

In tandem with the release of Tiepolo Blue by art historian James Cahill, artists around the globe were asked to engage with the novel in a competition celebrating the book’s launch.

Artists were required to create original artworks responding to the subject matters and themes within the novel, with the winner receiving prize money and the opportunity to exhibit in London and across the UK as part of the launch of the book.

MA Fine Art graduate Dawn Christien won the competition with her fresco panel painting “Allegory for The Waterboys”, which was selected by the author and renowned CBE British artist Maggie Hambling as a “clear standout”.   

About the book

Tiepolo Blue, released in June 2022 by international publisher Sceptre, follows the encounters of a revered Cambridge art historian navigating the highs and lows of an anarchic 1990s British art scene.

Dawn’s work is now being exhibited at Red Lion Books in Colchester.