A 14-year-old student from Southbank International School in London has won the national Art Bytes competition 2022, which saw over 1,500 standout pieces of artwork submitted from almost 100 schools across the country.
Grade 8 student Mila Haromo’s piece “Hearts and Roses” captured the hearts of the judges as well as members of the public, who named her national winner in the Secondary category, as well as for the Greater London region.
Art Bytes is a prestigious competition that is open to primary, secondary and SEND schools across England and combines an inter-school art competition with bespoke virtual gallery technology.
It is managed by social enterprise dot-art, and based on their 10 years’ experience leading the dot-art schools project in the Liverpool City Region. Research conducted by Liverpool Hope University and Curious Minds has proven the impact of the programme to nurture talent, raise ambition and develop confidence.
A panel of industry professionals selected their top three works from each school, then a public vote took place to choose the school winners, which are all exhibited in the Art Bytes Virtual Gallery, here: artbytes.co.uk/virtual-gallery-2022. The judges then selected the regional and national winners.
Mila Haromo said: “It’s a huge honour to win the Art Bytes competition and to be awarded both the regional prize for London and the national accolade for my piece ‘Hearts and Roses’. With over 1,500 entries, I can’t believe I was selected!”
