Works on Paper Exhibition 2020 at LBIF

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2020 WORKS ON PAPER Welcome to 2020 Works on Paper Friday, June 26 Sunday, July 19, 2020

“Works on Paper” 2020, the 22nd Annual National Juried Competition and Exhibition, launches our summer season at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences.

The LBIF was established in 1948 as an institution whose mission was to foster the highest level of the arts and to bring artists, educators, and patrons together to celebrate art as a passion and a driving cultural force.

We are pleased to present the artwork of 70 artists who live and work across more than 25 states in the US. The variety of media eligible for submission included drawing, painting on paper, hand pulled prints, photographic prints, digital works on paper, and paper constructions completed in the past two years for consideration.

Thank you to all the artists whose work we applaud today. They have provided us with reminders of the beauty, complexity, abstraction and a moment in time of the visual world around us.

This exhibition, more than any other in memory, truly celebrates experiencing art in the “real” world as we emerge after months in isolation. Although the “virtual” art world on-line has been palliative and to a degree satisfying, nothing can replace the immediacy and “in person” visual experience of seeing with our own eyes a work of art.

Scale, color, texture, light, do not have the same impact when translated to a screen.

We need that intimacy and that creative spark art provides to nourish our souls and imagination.

2019 Light Installation: “IS IT/IT IS” Sunil Garg

Cover art, detail: Jen Urso Catalog design: Tracey Cameron

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The Works on Paper exhibit provides the opportunity to acknowledge the talent, innovation and individuality of seventy artists and the intangible relationship that forms between their work and the viewer.

2020 Juror This year we are honored to have as our juror Sarah Suzuki, Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, who lends her exceptional expertise to selecting the artwork for this exhibition and to the awarding of prizes. We truly thank her for her support and her curatorial vision.

We thank Bank of America as Presenting Sponsor for their support of this exhibition, the exhibition catalog and our art exhibition program this season. Bank of America’s support of the arts is unwavering and is especially appreciated during this difficult time.

In addition, thank you to our Art Exhibition Committee members and Gail Sidewater CoChair of Arts and Exhibitions. A special thank you goes to Tracey Cameron and Lydia Owens for the design and creation of this catalog.

Daniella Kerner Executive Director LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences

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Sarah Suzuki was appointed Director, Opening of the new Museum, at The Museum of Modern Art in 2018.

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At MoMA, her exhibitions include Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams (2018-19); A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde (2016–17);

In this role, she oversaw the planning and implementation of all aspects of the Museum’s renovation and expansion project.

Soldier, Spectre, Shaman: The Figure and the Second World War (2015-16);

Serving as a senior liaison and project manager for the Museum director and senior staff, she worked across all departments, making decisions with the director, chief curators, and other leadership staff regarding MoMA’s reopening exhibition program, marketing and communications strategies, audience and visitor experience, and physical plant.

Jean Dubuffet: Soul of the Underground (2014-15);

Ms. Suzuki continues to serve as Curator in The Department of Drawings and Prints, a position to which she was appointed in 2016, having joined the institution as a research assistant in 1998.

Gert and Uwe Tobias (2008).

Scenes for a New Heritage: Contemporary Art from the Collection (2015-16);

The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters (2014-15), Solo exhibitions of: Meiro Koizumi (2013); Yin Xiuzhen (2010); Song Dong (2009);

Juror’s Statement The selections for Works on Paper 2020 reflect a broad cross-section of artistic practice, and the myriad ways in which artists are responding to the intersecting axes of crisis that have engulfed us so far this year. Some works speak to the need for social justice, structural societal change, and an anti-racist worldview. Poetic depictions of the landscape - some precarious, others ever changing - speak to the environmental crises at our doorstep. Figure studies and portraits - some rendered with near photographic detail, others gleefully awkward testify to the months that many of us have spent socially distanced from friends and family, longing for the sense of connection denied by digital life. Still lives speak to the new everyday essentials of COVID-era life, and how quickly the strange becomes banal. Each of these artists has generously shared their perspective with us, and through their work, helps us process, gain perspective on, and document this strange and tumultuous time.

Sarah Suzuki Curator of Drawings and Prints, The Museum of Modern Art

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Works on Paper DNA-tured Graphite, Ink,on medium textured paper

Fields of Arches Mixed media: abaca paper with collage

Beyond the Beauty Charcoal

Empty Mecca Pigmented Inkjet Print

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1 Isiah Arvizu This artwork represents the Colorado Rocky Mountains, and the direct/indirect interactions of the denatured process. My inspirations stem from my subconsciousness and my appreciation for the sciences. My artwork is cryptic, and they often convey a philosophical message. With a corresponding title, artistically, I try to reveal intangible/ tangible links and insights.

2 Angela A’Court My work explores the concept of a moment. Tokyo to Hiroshima: looking out of the train window I watch the landscape lines and patterns unfold like a moving painting. Bridges and arches rise and fall, echoing the rhythm of the train. angelaacourt.com

3 Oluwatobi Adewumi My artistic gift is a conduit to share the stories of people and places living in different societies, cultures with a new context and to provide a platform to discuss values and cultural shifts in the new world. African woman are known for their elaborate attire, rich cultural ceremonies, their beauty, and to attract some admirers. tobiadewumi.com

4 Abdullah Albohalika We sacrificed our social trait to maintain public health and safety. Spaces as empty as some of us might feel in these tough circumstances. These Google Earth photos show how these frequently visited places are now abandoned. No people, no shared moments, nothing. Spaces as empty as some of us might feel in these tough circumstances. albohalika.com

Great Helm with Braille - analog photograph - pigment print Archival pigment print

Stormy Weather Woodcut, acrylic and pastel on collaged paper

5 Stephen Althouse An implement of war with an Amish message about humankind being so hardened and blind; aptly written in Braille on the helmet and in archaic lettering on the cloth. Braille implies that our species is metaphorically blind and has been groping and stumbling throughout history. stephenalthouse.us

6 Celina Amaya I paint in the same way that I walk through a neighborhood, taking in the experience of what I see more than the objects themselves. While I have been sheltering in place and thinking about how landscape can be in us even though we are inside physically. The house represents a boundary that can mean a state of being, or a body, or a thought. celinaamaya.com 7 Ry An Kodora 小虎 (Small Tiger) is an idiomatic expression implying boisterous alcoholism - in Japanese, evident in the face of this 100% recycled media cat construction. ryancanvas.com

Kotora / 小虎 Re-purposed junkmail, & found materials

Artists Me Too. You Too? Mixed media (found & given Women’s March posters)

D.F. on a Tuesday Linocut print

Mountain City Series of woodblock prints

Blue Ribbon winner Carter Stanton, Otsego County Fair Digital file on ink jet paper

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8 Ellis Angel My work bridges the gap between fine art and craft. I construct political weavings by taking texts, deconstructing them, and weaving them back together again to say something of current affairs. The frame is the loom; it stays on the wall to enter the conversation. Demonstrating how many voices becomes one, this weaving is composed of NYC Women’s March Posters. ellisangel.com

9 Jay Arpin Since the outbreak of the COVID 19, the themes of my work have a contemporary relevance taking on new and deeper meaning given the complexity of the current circumstances. Lino-cuts are my primary focus and the pandemic pace of life creates space for more intricate, detailed and concentrated mark marking and time to further explore the content of my work. instagram @jarpin_printmaker 10 Elsa Barrientos I have fallen in love with printmaking, especially woodblock printing and papermaking. Their processes are so physical, rooted in the use of objects. I feel a spiritual connection to how I create, creating things that look like they have come from the earth and exist as artifacts from the past. portfolios.risd.edu/elsabarrientos7

11 Wesley Bernard The Blue Ribbon project captures images of young farmers, who have won competitive exhibitions of livestock and farm products. I am intrigued at the dedication and devotion that is put into raising and showing livestock and agriculture at such a young age, and how important it is to the survival of us all. wesleybernard.com

Understanding Uncle Digital mixed media

Stone Wall And Overgrowth Ink on Japanese paper

Views In / Views Out 2 Lithograph

12 John Bolster Surrendering at the right moment when approaching human limitations. John Bolster invites you into the process of interpreting everyday life into abstract art.

Because for better or worse, this is our world. Don’t just stand there...Be captivated by all of it. abstratica.com

13 Lisa Brody These drawings were inspired by my daily walks in the countryside where I wander through neglected landscapes with crumbling old stone walls, invasive vines, trees, brush and weeds that reflect the ongoing relationship between man and nature. These are not manicured lawns or formal gardens but accidental spaces that are beautiful secret gardens to me. lisasbrody.com 14 Rachel Bruya The work explores the tension and interplay between individual experiences and the awareness of our connection with others.

The places I visit in my artwork are ambiguous. I appropriate images of the built and natural environment to explore the personal and sometimes unconscious experience with public and private space, exploring themes of displacement. rachelbruya.com

Works on Paper Used Masks Kozo paper and washi tape

Bleeding Heart Hand cut paper, archival glue, acid-free foam core

Speedball Roller on Hyman Bloom Book Oil paint

Twilight Break- Fall Archival ink on paper

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15 Pratisha Budhiraja Masks have become the ubiquitous emblem of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic and a source of contention for Americans.

These are printed with the viral RNA sequence on their exterior surface while the interior surface is virus-free.

The masks serve as a remembrance for the 500,000 people we have lost worldwide; as gratitude to medical professionals risking their lives. #pratishabudhirajaart

16 Tiffany Budzisz The natural world, the body, and the life/death cycle are inspiration for this series.

This piece is about the love, growth, and renewal in our lives as we heal from disappointment and loss. Mother Nature is powerful. Even after death, life goes on, and new seeds sprout and flourish from the soil. tiffanybudzisz.com

17 David Burr A connection between sensory habits and the material is evidenced in our daily interactions with consumerist products. A set of serial images convey intimate aspects cultural and economic identity. The painting shows a new mechanism nestled within the frame of a hand being manipulated in anatomically familiar ways. dcburr.me

18 Julia Buteux This work reassembles the parts and pieces of a sunset photograph as evidence that this natural daily cycle, far out of our control, holds mysteries valuable to us in its whole as well as the sum of its parts. jabuteux.com

HongYae Recycled cotton futon & paper

Feeling the Breeze Oil pastel on paper

In Transit Pen on Paper

19 Yoonhee Choi A new set of blanket and futon is a traditional wedding gift from mother to daughter. When I got married my mother made a cotton futon for me out of her own old wedding blanket which was made for her by her mother. Color carries abstract emotion and memories of people and places from my early life in Korea. ychoiart.com

20 Mara Clawson I love colors, wherever I see. I know when my drawing is really done – it’s when colors get along. I love to make pictures that comes from my heart and imagination. Sometimes I have a hard time finding the right words. Art gives me lots of courage and makes me happy to be who I am.

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21 Julie Cohen My work explores the tension and interplay between individual experiences and the awareness of our connection with others. I am inspired by old photographs, such as daguerreotypes of the mid-nineteenth century. The history and unique visual quality of these images fuels my curiosity and imagination. I hope that stillness, and contemplative qualities, translate to my drawings. @juliecohenart

Artists Blue Room Gouache and pencil on cold press paper

The Seer Cotton, linen, kozo paper, hopes, dreams, and ink

Nightfall Over The Mountains Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle Etching Paper

Ledge Pencil on paper

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22 Marcia Cooper My work addresses our internal and external relationships to the natural world. I work from observation, memory and the subconscious; alongside an awareness in the escalating environmental changes and challenges we face today. I work in small scale for the intimacy it portrays, its largeness conveyed when we allow ourselves to abandon a work’s physical boundaries. marciacooperstudio.com 23 Kyla Crawford Paper marked with hopes, dreams, and peaceful magical creatures are spun and woven into existence. I use traditional art and craft techniques to connect with historical woman’s work and past rituals, while creating new objects.

This process of creating allows me to explore fantastical reasons for everyday events as well as exploring complex issues such as depression. kylacrawford.com 24 Donna Dangott I have spent many an hour on top of these mountains watching the day fade into the night. Each new idea or image is an exploration of a place or time or a fragment of memory. Much of my photographic work is traditional black and white photography which is conceptual or metaphorical in theme, but still using fairly traditional techniques.

25 Mark Danielson My work grows out of an interest in landscape painting, architecture, and graphic design of the mid-20th century, and links it to the computer fabricated environment of the present day. The work intersects these disciplines and the spaces they occupy. Various elements may interact based on these observed worlds. markdanielson.com

003 Hard Cheese: Series Acrylic, gouache, crayon, ink, paper collage

26 Uday Dhar These works, which are part of a series, began to take shape under the idea of chaos versus order over the last few months. The dynamism of that tension is what leads to change. Nothing is static.

The process of adding freeform lines and shapes, and as a counterpoint the rectilinear forms express that tension. udaydhar.com

Hummingbird in the Time of Corona Digitally created artwork printed on paper

27 Jan Dove I create visual narratives and observation of the complexities of the human figure by combining new technologies with the old. Imaging software can place parts of drawings on transparent layers making it is possible to combine the drawings with other media; manipulate elements and find new relationships that are not possible any other way. jandove.com

Oh Lord, Prepare Me to Be a Sanctuary 123 relief prints

28 Brett Dyer 123 is the number of people in the United States who take their own life daily. These prints hang from red thread and clothes pins in a pattern similar to a family quilt and Tibetan prayer flags. Both symbolize hope, connection, and healing. brettleedyer.wix.com/artist

Works on Paper Yokai India ink and college on watercolor paper

Untitled Mixed Media on Cardboard: pencils, markers, acrylic, Sharpie

Untitled Unknown Red Monotype print, mixed media

Curves in the Road Watercolor

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29 Hope Ezcurra This piece is named (妖怪) after the strange and supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore. While the piece is inspired by Japanese folklore and imagery, the organic flourishes I created strongly borrow from 1960’s psychedelia. I integrate these potentially disparate visuals to represent death as both terrifying and beautiful.

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30 Yehudit Feinstein Mentesh My art reflects the mixed emotions that arise from being an immigrant. The ambiguity between my will to stay close to my origins, and at the same time embrace my new surroundings is prominent. In my search for a “home”, a place to belong to, I am walking through my inner worlds, unfolding layer after layer. yehuditfeinstein.com

31 Jayne Foster This work explores aspects of femininity and ambiguity by never quite showing the full identity of the sitter. There is a sense of anonymity, no facial expressions, just the suggestion of familiar elements such as a piece of floral clothing or jewelry.

Through these glimpses of information we build our own identity for the character of the sitter. jaynefosterstudio.com

32 Sara Frankel I fabricate narratives about personal trial, awakening and nameless anxieties. I attempt to pull the past forward and morph it into an in-between place; the utopian promise of suburbia has gone to seed and become empty, creepy and overgrown wilderness. A curve in the road is a metaphor for looking toward but not knowing what’s ahead. sarafrankel.com

The view from a plane Huron Township, Michigan Digital photograph, custom C-print

My favorite Dress Colored pencil on brown paper

Sneaky Selina Mixed media on chrome paper

33 Gina Gaiser In this age of Anthropocene, the human age, momentum is building to establish a new geological epoch that recognizes humanity’s impact on the planet. It is in this context that I explore images of everyday life - how we navigate through our environment, build structures, and connect with others. ginagaiser.com

34 Sharon Harper I make art to reflect the human condition through my personal narrative. My clothing imbues the work with sense of life that we do not have in the present pandemic. My dress is a reminder of social times and events that are now on hold. By drawing its patterns and the linear movement I remember people and places, bringing me a sense of comfort.

SharonHarperArt.com 35 Juan Hinojosa “Sneaky Selina” is a reference the consumerism that plagues every American. The effort we make to keep up the American way of life has become unhealthy and dangerous. As the first-born child of two Peruvian immigrants in America I became absolutely obsessed with all aspects of American culture. Constructing art with exclusively found materials has changed the way I look at my own trash and the trash around me. juan.hinojosa.com

Artists It may be necessary to find shelter for protection from...

Graphite on paper

Reconstruction Attempt #17 (X Marks the Spot) CNCrouter woodcut + hand cut linocut collage

Pink Box Oil on Gesso painting

Vanitas / Quarantine Still Life 9 Digital Illustration

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36 Heidi Hogden This drawing reflects on the idea of habitation and how we encounter the world around us. As a visual artist, I look towards the natural world to understand the relationship between place and identity through drawing. heidihogden.com

37 Raluca Iancu My work explores disaster, tragedy, memory and vulnerability. I question the way we look at tragedy and deal with its aftermath.

What we remember may be different from what we experienced, and these differences can evolve over time. The repetition of the prints mimics the obsessive nature with which we revisit traumatic memories. ralu.ca

37 Wansi Ieong I explore abstract ideas of the passage of time and fragments of memories, through color, form and space. My process becomes a record of time and an emotional response to my surroundings.

As I explore very personal narrative in my painting, I often use myself as a subject matter as a form of self-reflection. These paintings often appear quiet, with a sense of longing and waiting in the image. wansiieong.com 39 Bethanie Irons Through this series of digital illustrations, I explore the long tradition of vanitas still-life painting. Our current moment in history is tenuous at best, horrifying and exceedingly fragile. Through these images, I filter this experience with the acceptance of change and an urgency to find joy in the present. bethanieirons.com

Slowly and Rapidly Paper, paper clay, ink, Mississippi River water, resin

Human Nature Acrylic On Paper

Troop Watercolor on paper

40 Danielle Jones I am influenced by the growth that occurs after devastation, the lingering residuals of harsh conditions. My process examines the boundaries of materials—preparing, breaking, and mending in a cycle that is never finished—to speak to the inevitable alternation of disaster and recovery that characterizes human experience. daniellejonesart.squarespace.com

41 Josh Jordan In the age of the Selfie and the online Alter-Ego, my work exemplifies a re-representation of the self. As the central protagonist within an expanded narrative to expose desires and fears, I call attention to the fragility of the self. My work expresses the inevitable failure to reconcile my childhood dreams, expectations with the challenges and consequences of adulthood. joshjordan.info 42 Rebecca Kautz Troop is part of a series exploring Girl Scouts and concerns of acceptance and belonging.

I became interested in Girl Scouts after a Memorial Day parade in 2018, watching flag carrying girls in uniform walking behind Boy Scouts in a somber parade. I wondered if they do empower girls and what Girl Scout’s means in the era of “Me Too”. rebeccakautz.com

Works on Paper Lonely Horse Gouache

Nike Paper collage

“On the Way to Montreal, 2” Charcoal on paper

A Place But Not its Name Relief print, waterbase ink on Kitakata Natural paper

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43 Marina Kharkover The act of painting a landscape is almost spiritual for me as I contemplate my existence inside the color, light, positive and negative space of the world.

Being trapped inside made me appreciate the freedom that nature can provide. I want my landscapes to be an invitation to the viewer to meditate with me on the essence of just being. marinakharkover.com

44 Lisa Lackey I do not sketch. I use my camera to capture images and record ideas. My process is to peruse my iPhone photos, snapshots, and collected moments, choosing the one that speaks to me about the unexpected beauty of the ordinary moment; the visual pleasure in the everyday experience. This piece shares the beauty of random juxtapositions of patterns and personalities on the subway.

LisaLackeyArtist.com 45 Laura Lou Levy For years I’ve been seduced by landscape, and the interaction of land, water, and light.

“On the Way to Montreal, 2” is a drawing from sketches I made 13 years ago, on the train to visit my younger son, Eli. Whether I complete a drawing on site, or later spend hours exploring and surrendering to beginnings I made, the drawings always evolve. lauraloulevy.com 46 Ariana Martinez I am a multimedia artist making images, objects, and audio/visual documentary. My practice responds to the impact of geography, space, and place on individual and collective experiences. As a child of the Puerto Rican diaspora based in New York City, I am interested in sensations of placeless-ness, disorientation, and the inventive place-making that often emerges from geographic and cultural fragmentation. arianamartinezstudio.com

Wedding Day Cut paper

Magical Things Trastevere Oil with Pepper and Bread Watercolor on paper

Street Portrait: Breonna Taylor Digital artwork as print Google maps, Digital drawing, Giclée print on cotton paper

47 Michael McCaffrey This work is a layered re-construction of my parent’s wedding day in 1976 made with colored paper. They were so happy.

Several years ago, I returned home to the house where I grew up. My hope is to explore the transformation between invention and perception and how our memories of “home” are constantly shifting-revising. michaelmccaffreystudio.com

48 Meridith McNeal Magical Things, my ongoing series of watercolors, venerate the easily overlooked objects of everyday life. Mundane objects become totems, Milagros—charms of mindfulness, imbued with a power greater than the sum of their parts. sites.google.com/site/meridithmcneal/ home

49 Eric Millikin A memorial portrait of Breonna Taylor drawn in one continuous line through the streets of Louisville, Kentucky, where police killed her. My “Street Portraits” are a series of portraits of Black Americans who have died after an encounter with our police. Each portrait is one continuous line drawn through the streets of their city, almost a memorial parade route that cuts through key places in their life, death, and the aftermath. ericmillikin.com

Artists thinking/ in black Ink on paper (inkjet print)

Conjuring Linocut

50 Desiree Morales I am an artist that is interested in photography’s role in contemporary art. I stage sets reduced to form and color and photograph them. I question the way we perceive dimensional works while critiquing the relationship of ‘fine art’ and documentation. The work I produce is masculine, critical, and academic.

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51 Rosetta Nesbitt My image is a relief print that was influenced by African American culture and their historical spiritual beliefs. As a visual artist with a background horticulture, printmaking techniques allow me to create images that offer intricate details and versatility. rosettanesbitt@weebly.com

Paracas on paper Tissue paper, adhesive paper, glue

52 Martina Nevado With my art, I want to make it known to the world the immense variety and beauty of my Peruvian heritage. My work is a connection with the past and aims to amaze the viewer not only because of the richness of this culture, but also with the diversity of materials and techniques that I create. martinanevadodesigns.com

Paseo Padre Pkwy (elev. 13 ft) Brown & blue ink, gouache, and chalk on tan paper

53 Sarah Newton There is a 500 mile trail planned around the SF bay: so far 350 miles are built, not continuously but in disconnected segments.

The Foreshore is the zone between the high and low water lines, or the area between the water and developed land. The name has an echo of apprehension: forecast, foresight, foreshadow. sarahmnewton.com

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Truly Radiant / Bright & Strong Graphite, colored pencil, chip board boxes

Reader Graphite on paper

Night Climb Paper, gouache, pins, archival digital prints, mirror

54 Maureen Nollette Graphite grids are drawn on the backside of two travel-size toothpaste boxes, and then colored pencil is added to alternate sections of the drawn grids.

I create installations, drawings, and sculptures that challenge the societal framework which supports and sustains an unjust bias towards women. nollettestudio.com

55 Gunnar Norquist Originally inspired by the many “readers” in the history of painting, I decided to do my own version. This reader is an inspirational self-portrait of one aspect of who I hope to be. This man is sitting in his library surrounded by volumes on history, theology, literature and popular fiction. He looks up from the most read, most published book of all time, the christian bible. gunnarnorquist.com 56 Nikki Painter Years ago, I drew inspiration from demolition sites. I was initially attracted to the complexity and variety of the forms found there.

I use nonrealistic spatial perspective, intricate patterns, and layers of media to create an intentional sense of intensity, mystery, and controlled chaos within my work, which regardless of current events, always feels timely. nikkipainter.com

Works on Paper Burial #31 Ink on digital print

July 16th: Together at Mum’s Archival pigment print

50 off Photo, oil pastel

Stacy the Welder Oil on paper

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57 Evie Richner I always find myself returning to ideas surrounding the passage of time. I explore the act of drawing as a ritualized process, meditating on what the simple act of mark making can mean in a variety of contexts. In my Burial series, I explore personal loss and the memorialization of those who are no longer living. eviewoltilrichner.com

58 Anikó Sáfrán I am bound by the laws of physics, most notably, gravity and kinetic motion. A composition in water changes; elements float away or sink. I capture fleeting moments as they pass before my lens. My process is a parallel to life. I can exert influence over the situations in which I find myself, but I rarely, have complete control. anikosafran.com

59 Donnas Schaeffer As a film and darkroom photographer, my motto for the last few years has been “never let a bad print go to waste”. To that end, I have been reimagining gelatin silver prints with paint, oil pastel, inks and elements of collage. This new approach has been like a “rebel yell” for color to enter my photographic art. donnasschaeffer.com

60 Suzanne Schireson My paintings depict nocturnal women who convert domestic spaces into artist studios.

I started painting “she-sheds”, tiny structures where women craft, garden, drink wine or read. My paintings depict new mothers, often nocturnal women who multi-task in marginal hours of the day. At the core of my imagery is a focus on the cycle of transformation one undergoes through giving birth and an awareness of mortality. suzanneschireson.com

Mako Photography

Jennifer Seo Daily Rice

Great Papa, Braxton, and Ol’ Bo Marker and colored pencil on paper

61 Samantha Schwann Despite its formidable appearance, the Mako shark possesses impressive critical reasoning and social skills, even showing preference to researchers who showed kindness. It has been listed as an Endangered Species, 2019. samanthaschwann.com

62 Jennifer Seo As a new body of work I have been collecting stories of memorable meals and developing foldable templates of these meals as drawings and small sculptures. I want to explore how this dissective process can interpret these memorable meals.

Each rolled paper rice grain embodies the ritual of labor and time of remembering and hoping. jenniferseo.com

63 Brantly Sheffield My work is a visual diary of people, places, and objects from my life. I think about art historical compositions to determine what reference will become my subject. I use color, texture, and directionality to abstract, flatten, or define my subject, utilizing detail through texture, and directional mark making to unify the subject with the materials. brantlysheffield.com

Artists Night Acrylic on paper

Moon Reflection Painting acrylic on paper

Froggy Wrongbones Bonnet Pen and ink on paper

Wood Debris Spiral Archival pigment print

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64 Katrina Slavik In my work, I construct and deconstruct landscapes using acrylic paint, collage and repurposed industrial materials.

The work explores how people interact with natural and man-made environments. My work explores themes of displacement, migration, and co-habitation between people, animals, and plants. katrinaslavik.com

65 Helaine Soller Mysteries of the Universe prevail in darkest nights misty sky. My expressionist acrylic paintings, and drawings, emphasize abstract qualities of color, shape, and patterns of light to reveal our relationships with nature as metaphors for contemporary struggles for survival. helainesoller.com

66 Scott Teplin Drawing enhances my ability to see inside of things, test how far they can bend, take them apart, put them back together and come to a better understanding of how they work. The imagery harkens back to my youth when I first discovered the things that I love, and continue to obsess over today. teplin.com

67 Jeremy Underwood The project spotlights the environmental condition of our waterways through the building of site-specific sculptures assembled out of harvested debris collected from the beach, challenging viewers to reflect upon our consumer culture, the relationship we have with our environment, and the pervasion of pollution. jeremyunderwood.com

Torii - Handmade paper mixed media Letterpressed handmade paper, hair, ink, sashiko thread

pan de reyes Acrylic on paper unframed pinned to wall

Breathe In Breathe Out Breathe In Elderberry pigments, graphite and charcoal on rag

68 Yulie Urano This piece is an image of Torii gates, representing the passage through the exploration of my identity. As a female first generation Japanese-American growing up in the Midwest, I am attempting to realize and balance how these different qualities affect my art and my identity. yulieurano.com

69 Paul Valadez DIY images from an impoverished border community fascinate me. I was born in California to a Mexican American Family. I find that certain individuals tend to label me and my work; I have been called a Hispanic, Chicano, Latino, Mexican-American, Californian, Texan, but rarely just an American Artist. The difficulty arises when viewers see a label and associate it with a certain “type” of art production. paris1920.com 70 Antoinette Wysocki-Sanchez This piece was created during “shelter in place” reflecting on COVID-19 and its relation to humanity versus nature using pigments I made from daffodils, elderberries and other elements I found in my backyard. antoinettewysocki.com

Works on Paper 1st Prize Lines, Left Hand : Right Hand Ink on paper mounted on wood panel, 2019

Jen Urso

Juror Dr. Louis Marchesano, Senior Curator of Drawings, Prints and Photographs; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

Jen Urso is a multidisciplinary artist creating works that utilize interventions, performance and drawing that attempt to undo the constructs necessary to take part in an artwork. Her work typically takes place in the public via occupation and intense observation.

She has exhibited and performed across the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Jen lives and works in Phoenix, AZ. jenniferursoart.com

2nd Prize Tourist Collage on watercolor paper: acrylic, inkjet image transfer plus acrylic gel skin

Lisa Myers-Bulmash Lisa Myers Bulmash makes collage, assemblage sculpture and altered books. She often uses family photos and other vintage images in her work to explore questions of identity, trust and imperfect memories.

The artist aims to nudge viewers into recognizing our shared stories. Lisa’s collage work is included in two city art collections, as well as in private spaces. lisamb.com

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2019 Awards

3rd Prize Myth, 38˚12’ 55.25” N 122˚15’ 03.25” W Napa Oak III Mixed media on paper

Jill Lear

Jill Lear is a painter whose trees in the landscape are a means of transcribing not only the experience of being in, and thinking about, Nature, but also the way in which we process the world around us.

Jill’s large-scale works on paper have been exhibited in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Dallas, Austin and Los Angeles. jilllear.com

Honorable Mention Seasons Change Color intaglio

Diego Lasansky Diego Lasansky is the grandson of famed printmaker Mauricio Lasansky. He is a painter and printmaker in his own right. While still a student at the University of Iowa (BFA 2016), his work garnered local, national, and international attention.

Lasansky’s work is figurative with a focus on subjects readily available to him—such as family members—and those of historical and personal significance. diegolasansky.com

15 Works on Paper

Works on Paper Honorable Mention Kentile Floors Charcoal on paper 2018

Stacy Seiler

Stacy Seiler is a NYC-based, multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores the psychological impact that architecture plays upon its inhabitants.

In addition to her practice, Stacy is the Art Editor of IRK Magazine, Paris and an Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design.

Stacy earned her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from Parsons. stacyseiler.com

Honorable Mention El Demonio en el Pasado Etching

Marco Hernandez Marco Hernandez is a Mexican Artist/Printmaker. He received his MFA from Kansas State University in 2015 and now teaches at Wichita State University as Foundations Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Print Media.

His work has been exhibited in many national and international exhibitions in Mexico, Canada, Colombia, Poland, and Croatia.

The theme and imagery in his work relates to his culture and unique upbringing in the United States. marcohernandez-art.com

16 Works on Paper

2019 Awards

Honorable Mention Winter Tale Intaglio

Victoria Goro-Rapoport Victoria Goro-Rapoport was born in 1965 in Moscow, Russia. In 1984 she received her BFA in Set Design from the Moscow Art College. After her emigration to the United States she continued her education at American institutions, and was awarded an MFA in set design from the University of Utah in 1999, and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2002.

She is currently a Professor of Drawing and Printmaking at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. art.unk.edu/victoria-goro-rapoport

Honorable Mention Feel the Shine Mixed media on Bristol board

Yikui Gu

Yikui Gu was born in 1983 in Nantong, China, emigrating to the US at seven. He has a BFA from Long Island University and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

He has exhibited his work in New York, Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Boston, St. Louis and internationally in London, Berlin, and Siena, Italy. He has been an artist in residence at the School of Visual Arts in NY. yikuigu.com @yikuigu

17 Works on Paper

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