33rd Juried Open Exhibition


The award winners with Juror d.m. allison and VAA President Matt Adams

The award winners with Juror d.m. allison and VAA President Matt Adams

On July 15th, 2016 the Visual Arts Alliance held the opening reception and awards ceremony for the 33th Juried Open Exhibition at BLUEOrange Contemporary Art Gallery. This exhibition was open to VAA members and non-members. Our juror was d.m. allison, owner of the d.m.allison Gallery. He selected 12% of the submitted artworks for the exhibition (519 submitted, 61 exhibited).

The exhibition is on display through Friday, July 1, 2016.

The following were selected by d.m. allison for awards:

  • 1st Place: Padaric Kolander, Your Character
  • 2nd Place: Jesus Olivero, Formicidae Observatorium
  • 3rd Place: J.M.M. Barkovich, Bosco
  • Honorable Mentions:
    • Frederick Mount, Woman Shooting an Arrow at a Man
    • Sherry Karver, NQRWS
    • Yu Ru Huang, View on the Field
    • Rebecca Compton, MF Jackalope
    • Erik Hagen, Fossils We Leave Behind – SIM Cards
    • Dana Caldera, Man

You can view the exhibition catalog here.

Photos from the exhibition opening event