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Click here to view this publication online. Black and White Art Expo 2013Finalists and Awards Juror, Susan Lowdermilk faced a difficult challenge i
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Juror, Susan Lowdermilk faced a difficult challenge in this year's Black and White Art Expo—select 44 finalists from over 165 pieces of artwork submitted by artists from around the world. We believe she did a great job. The award winners and exhibit finalists she selected represent a myriad of styles, subjects, and mediums—from acrylic to printmaking and fiber to photography.
We hope you enjoy the outstanding artwork showcased in this exhibit. Please take a moment and visit the gallery and view this year's exhibit finalists and award winners. |
Exhibit Finalists
Cesar Acosta, Anomynous Artist, Teaner Arnold, Jim Brammer, Justin Cameron
Tom Campenhout, Tom Chesnut, Addison Coldren, Zach Collins, Celeste Cottingham
Richard Danilchak, Yael David-Cohen, Scotlin Duncan, Selma Durukanoğlu, Steven Epstein
Harry Giglio, Gloria Golden, Christopher Hagen, Darren Hepburn, Alper T. İnce, Kenneth Kaplowitz Erin Knisley, Phillippa Lack, Gwen Lowery, Alice Nelson (Emiko), Wil Opio Oguta, Raymond Perez Mirjam Pet-Jacobs, Debi Pickler, Youssef Rami, Louis Riso, Linda Robertus, Edward L. Rubin
Beth Schnellenberger, Sarah Schryver, Joyce Utting Schutter Robert Stein, Tiziana Tateo
Sander Terbruggen, Gwyned Trefethen, Grietje van der Veen, Angela Young |
Best of Show: Self Perception, 42” x 70 feet
artist Angela Young
What is a self portrait? Can you really get a sense of the person in a self portrait? Yes. The work is of the artist, by the artist. And…no. The artist chooses and edits. Young chose to show us many minute pieces of herself close up and personal in a large format of many sequential drawings. This is a piece that I really would like to experience in person. I imagine that
I would find the drawings uncomfortably personal, yet beautiful in their textures and topography. As drawings, not photographs, Young touched each mark of her own skin with graphite strokes. I would be interested in investigating the details of each with a somewhat medical curiosity. She shows us view after view of the folds and bends of her skin, her wrinkles, etc. But we really don't get a true sense of what she looks like and who she is. Like all self portraits, this artwork is still just a two dimensional representation of the artist. This piece caused me ask questions about aspects of portraiture and self perception. — Juror: Susan Lowdermilk |
2nd Place Award:
Insomnia, 30” x 42”,
artist Gwyned Trefethen
A quilt about insomnia. The media is intriguing and so appropriate. Trefethen took what is for most of us an unproductive and frustrating experience and created a beautiful art piece. That is, she depicted insomnia without focusing on the obvious, the frustration of it. The shapes reference traditional star quilts, but the design deviates from the pattern creating the sense of fractured light. I enjoy the play of lights and darks across the quilt. I can imagine the moving vehicle lights as they continue to move across the ceiling in the dim light of a sleepless night. — Juror: Susan Lowdermilk |
3rd Place Award:
Nova, 13.5” x 7”
artist Celeste Cottingham
This photograph is not what it seems.
I don't know what it depicts. I can guess, but I don't care. I sense a numinous quality. I see a celestial happening. I see tiny drops of water and ice. I see micro and macro views at the same time. In this photograph I can get what it means by having the universe exist in a grain of sand.
— Juror: Susan Lowdermilk |
Honorable Mention Award:
Nude 24, 150 x 150 cm,
artist Tom Campenhout
I enjoy the architectural structure and the layered sense of depth in this piece. I am intrigued by the carefully overlaid and varied marks. The abstracted figure, superimposed onto the web of marks, makes this drawing feel dreamlike to me.
— Juror: Susan Lowdermilk |
Founder's Choice Award:
Into the Light, 17" x 17",
artist Sarah Schryver
"A mysterious beast of spirit, power and heart emerges from the darkness into the light" were the words that came to mind when I first contemplated Sarah Schryver's magnificent charcoal drawing. "Into the Light" epitomizes black and white as light and dark, the seen and unseen, the knowing and questioning of that which is unseen through a mere hint of that which is revealed.
—Founder, Charly Swing |
Art Quilt Exhibit 2013
Qualified Artwork:
Open to all artists utilizing the quilt medium. The traditional definition of a quilt is three layers stitched together. However, many artists have adopted different approaches and interpretations of the quilted medium by utilizing two layers (front and back) that are stitched together. All art quilts that satisfy either approach qualify for submission. There are no restrictions on the type of materials used to create layers, the materials used to stitch layers together, or the method(s) used.
Entry Deadline: June 16, 2013; 8:00 pm PDT
Pre-Exhibit Show: begins online May 3rd.
Grand Opening: July 4, 2013
Call to Artist-Prospectus |
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