UK finalist in 2023 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest
The 2023 Dream Car Art Contest attracted some 780,000 entries from 90 countries and 11-year-old UK finalist Katie Moiseeva from Watford was delighted to receive the honour of Best Finalist in the contest’s global final in Japan.
Katie’s artwork Life on the Moon depicts how familiar places on Earth could be replicated in order to help people settle on the moon. Her dream car offers spaces for these individual zones and includes a shop and a library. The vehicle is also electric in order to reduce emissions.
In addition to receiving a framed and engraved certificate of her achievement, Katie was given $3,000 (approx £2,400) to spend on anything related to education.
When asked what she plans to buy with her winnings, Katie commented: “First, I would like to say a big arigatou (thank you) to Toyota. This was a great opportunity to share my dreams of the future. I will probably buy a new upright piano, as music has always had a special place in my heart. I will also certainly buy a new set of watercolours and paintbrushes. Toyota has encouraged me to never stop creating!”
Life on the Moon by Katie Moiseeva
The idea behind the Dream Car Art Contest
The aim of this artistic competition is to inspire and encourage young people to think about future mobility and how it might help people and the planet. Each participating country or region votes for its favourite artworks but the competition final takes place in Japan with a judging panel consisting of Toyota Motor Corporation executives, independent art experts and automotive specialists.
The judges remarked on how the artworks illustrated issues that children worldwide are concerned about, such as care of the elderly and of the environment, and revealed the kind of mobility they envisage for the future.
2023 UK regional final
Toyota (GB) received more than 600 entries in the 2023 Dream Car Art Contest. The judges were impressed with the high level of social responsibility, creativity and skill displayed by the budding young artists. All finalists in each of the three age categories received electronic tablets and goody bags, and their artworks were submitted to the global final in Japan.
Agustín Martín, Toyota (GB) president and managing director, presented the UK regional awards at a virtual ceremony on 22 February 2023 – with the help of Grace Webb, host of CBeebies’s Grace’s Amazing Machines. A short video of the presentation and winning artwork can be viewed below.
*Please note that the 2023 contest is now closed*