National Juried Exhibition 2012

This exhibition seeks to display a wide range of work that incorporates the idea of "Drawing on Signs from Nature", actual or implied, as a main element of visual communication.  It is open to all media that fits within the parameters listed in the prospectus.

Exhibition Dates:

April 4 to April 26, 2012 

Postmark Deadline for Entries:

January 31, 2012

The Competition: To be eligible the artist must be 18 years or older.  The competition is open to all media(utilitarian, digital, video, print, etc.) with size limitations of 8’ x8’ for 2-d and 8’ height and 100 lb limit for 3-d.  Installations must come with specific directions for set-up and must fit in a 15’l x 15’w x 12’h gallery space.

Important Dates for the National Juried Exhibition

Calendar

Entry Procedure: Digital images only, unmanipulated, unenhanced, jpeg images which must be submitted on a CD.  Label each jpeg with last, first name, title, and # that corresponds with that image.  As follows: smith_joe_title_1.jpg

There will be a $25 non-refundable entry fee for 1-3 works.  You may submit additional entries at the rate of $5 per additional entry.  The Allen Priebe Gallery will retain submitted images of accepted entries as part of its permanent collection.  CDs will not be returned.  Checks and money orders should be made payable to the Allen Priebe Gallery. 

Send entries (See Prospectus): University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Allen Priebe Art Gallery, A/C 325, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI  54901  Entries must be postmarked by January 31, 2012.  
 

Delivery for Accepted Entries: All work must be matted/framed appropriately and ready to hang or install.  Hand delivered work will be accepted at the art office (A/C Building, Rm 325) M-Th, 8am-4pm only.  All work must arrive at the gallery no later than March 26, 2012 and must either be picked up after the exhibit or have prepaid return shipping arrangements through UPS or FedEX.  The artist is responsible for all shipping and insurance fees while in transit.  Shipped art work should be packed in a sturdy re-useable box. 

Judging

The Juror:

Michelle Grabner is an artist and writer. Professor and Painting and Drawing Department Chair at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she has also taught at the University of Wisconsin Madison, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Yale University, and the University of  Pennsylvania.

She has exhibited her work at Musée d'art Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; Stadtgalerie, Kiel; Green Gallery, Milwaukee;Kunsthalle, Bern; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Daimler Contemporary, Berlin; Midway, Minneapolis; Rocket, London; INOVA, Milwaukee; Southfirst, Brooklyn; Gallery 16, San Francisco; Minus Space,  Brooklyn;  Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago; The Milwaukee Art Museum; Anne Mosseri-Marlio, Zurich; Bricks and Kicks, Vienna; Turbinehallerne, Copenhagen; Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas; Leo Koenig Gallery, New York; Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York. 

Her work is included in the following public collections: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; MUDAM-Musée d' Art Moderne, Luxembourg; Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin; Madison Musuem of Contemporary Art, Wisconsin; Daimler Contemporary, Berlin; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC. 

Grabner, along with her husband, Brad Killam, founded The Suburban (est. 1999) and the Poor Farm (Est. 2009).  The Suburban is an artist-run project space in Oak Park, Illinois, which of the past ten years has hosted projects by numerous major and emerging artists. The Poor Farm is a not-for-profit exhibition space in Rural Northeastern Wisconsin.  She is also a corresponding editor for X-tra.  Her writing has been published in Artforum, Modern Painters, Frieze, X-tra, Art Press, ArtUS and Art-Agenda among others.

Judging:

All entries will be judged from digital images (JPEG format on CD).  If at the time of delivery an accepted work is found to have been misrepresented, it may be disqualified.  Notification of accepted work will be sent by mail by February 27, 2012.

Disclaimer:

The juror reserves the right to reject any work submitted at their discretion.  Also, any work not matching the digital images entered will be disqualified.  If the art is for sale, all sales to be negotiated by artist/buyer, the gallery receives no commission.