The National Academy Museum presents its biennial non-member invitational exhibition, an exceptional selection of contemporary works by over 125 of the finest artists from across the country. This Annual consists of works by newly emerging artists and established artists, providing an exhibition of diverse ideas, mediums, and techniques. The annual invitational exhibition offers an opportunity to the public to preview new artistic directions in contemporary American art. Included in this exhibition are artists Jos√ɬ© Bedia, Leonar... Read more

The National Academy Museum presents its biennial non-member invitational exhibition, an exceptional selection of contemporary works by over 125 of the finest artists from across the country. This Annual consists of works by newly emerging artists and established artists, providing an exhibition of diverse ideas, mediums, and techniques. The annual invitational exhibition offers an opportunity to the public to preview new artistic directions in contemporary American art. Included in this exhibition are artists José Bedia, Leonardo Drew, Ming Fay, Maria Elena González, Steven Holl, David Reed, David Row, Sean Scully, James Wines, Betty Woodman and many others. Selections were made from over four-hundred recommended artists submitted for consideration and chosen by a curatorial committee comprised of a panel of seven prominent National Academicians.

This annual includes site specific installations in the Academy’s Beaux-Arts townhouse by up-and-coming artists Lisha Bai, Soo Sunny Park and the more recognized Yuriko Yamaguchi. Wall sculptures by James O. Clark, Jean Feinberg, Mathew Northridge and Steve Novick, although quite different in style, possesses a similar presence of elegance and intellect. The rigorous non-representational works of Ben La Rocco, Don Voisine, and Elizabeth McDonald, the abstractions of Nancy Brett, Loretta Dunkelman, Eve Olitski, and Elizabeth Marran, continue to reshape definitions of painting as do the more representational pieces of Sabina Klein, Cynthia Lin, Jeffrey Lewis, E.E. Smith, and Anthony H. Thompson. Nuance and the delicate balance of content and form can be seen in works on paper by Jaq Belcher, Stephanie Laura Franks, Celia Gerard, and Elizabeth Gourlay as well as in the collage works of Douglas Craft, Chambliss Giobbi, Mario Naves, and Mel Rubin. The architectural renderings, drawings, etchings, engravings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and watercolors in the 183rd Annual describe some of the fresh and innovative artistic explorations that contemporary American artists are engaged in today.

A catalogue documenting trends, process, and media explored by the artists who are participating accompanies this exhibition. Written by art historian and Artist Membership Director, Nancy Malloy, this important resource includes an introduction by the Academy’s President, Susan Shatter.

A separate awards committee of National Academician’s will also give away over $100,000 in prizes.

ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION
Linda Adato
Tina Amarena
Lisha Bai
Laura Battle
Ken Beck
Jose Bedia
Jaq Belcher
Emily Berger
Willie Birch
Nancy Brett
Becky Brown
Michael Burke
Chris Burnside
Cynthia Carlson
Squeak Carnwath
Simon Carr
JoAnne Carson
Saint Clair Cemin
Beau Chamberlain
Andrea Champlin
James O. Clark
David Collins
Pat Colville
Elizabeth Cooper
Douglas Craft
David Crum
Donna Dennis
Cathy Diamond
Michael DiCerbo
Leonardo Drew
Loretta Dunkelman
Ming Fay
Jean Feinberg
Jeffrey Fichera
Jeanette Fintz
Stephanie Laura Franks
David Fratkin
Latoya Ruby Frazier
Bill Freeland
Linda Ganjian
Brenda Garand
Judith Geichman
Celia Gerard
Bryan Nash Gill
Chambliss Giobbi
Maria Elena González
Peter Gourfain
Elizabeth Gourlay
Grace Graupe Pillard
Jenna Gribbon
C. Gregory Gummersall
Lisa Hamilton
Julie Heffernan
Steven Holl
Eric Holzman
Richard Hricko
Frances Hynes
Darina Karpov
Rhoda Keller
Barbara Kerstetter
Sabina Klein
Ben LaRocco
Nancy Lasar
John Kemp Lee
Sungmi Lee
Derek Leka
Jeffrey Lewis
Stanley Lewis
Ying Li
Cynthia Lin
Pat Lipsky
Arthur Lubetz
Elizabeth MacDonald
Barry Malloy
Elizabeth Marran
Lee Marshall
Fred Martin
Hunter McKee
Dana Melamed
Melissa Meyer
Ron Milewicz
Leah Montalto
Thaddeus Mosley
Mario Naves
Laura Newman
Caitlin Nolan
Matthew Northridge
Patsy Norvell
Steve Novick
Eve Olitski
Soo Sunny Park
Mel Pekarsky
Marilyn Perry
Richard Pitts
Andrew Raftery
Colleen Randall
David Reed
Katherine Rogers
David Row
Ephraim Rubenstein
Mel Rubin
Mayumi Sarai
Susan Sauerbrun
Bill Scott
Sean Scully
Eriko Seo
Edward Shalala
Elena Sisto
Kim Sloane
E.E. Smith
Shirley Smith
Richard Snyder
Regina Stewart
Leonard Stokes
Barbara Takenaga
Danielle Tegeder
Luigi Terruso
Anthony H. Thompson
Fumiko Toda
Craig Usher
Don Voisine
Erika Wastrom
Ken Weathersby
Joanne Pagano Weber
Martin Weinstein
James Wines
Betty Woodman
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Elizabeth Yamin
Barbara Zucker