Americas 2020: All Media

Americas 2020: All Media
August 21 through October 2
Walter Piehl Jr. Gallery
Northwest Arts Center
Minot State University
Minot, North Dakota

Juror: Guillermo Guardia,
St. Paul, MN

Reception:
Thursday, September 10, 2020
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. Gallery Talk and Awards
Best of Show, Merit and Purchase Awards to be announced at the reception. 

Artists and Works Selected:
 

Best of Show
Dong Kyu Kim
Fort Lee, NJ
“Officially Void”
original paper envelopes and letters from uscis, threads

Merit Award
Dong Kyu Kim
Fort Lee, NJ
“Everything Must Go”
tear-proof polyethylene envelopes,
plastic, bags, threads

Merit Award
Jay Gaare
Minot, ND
“Self Portrait 
in Black and White”
Silver Gelatin Print

Merit Award
Michael Hower
Enola, PA
“The Muckers”
digital photograph

Merit Award
Ryan Lewis
Kalamazoo, MI
“Everted Sanctuaries VII”
single-channel video

Merit Award
Edward Shmunes
Columbia, SC
“Pleasure Reading”
photography

Merit Award
Mollie Douthit
Grand Forks, ND
“I got very close”
oil on canvas panel

 

Amanda Anderson, Minot, ND “My Choice” mixed media collage, color pencil, ink, embroidery
Pirjo Berg, Grand Forks, ND “Melting Walls” oil on paper mounted on board
Pirjo Berg, Grand Forks, ND “The Voices of Waves” oil on paper mounted on board
Linh Dao, Old Bridge, NJ “Immigration Documentations” print/digital/ interactive
Mollie Douthit, Grand Forks, ND “I am a painter who bakes a shit ton” oil on gessoed paper, mounted
Mollie Douthit, Grand Forks, ND “Flat is not invisible” oil on gessoed paper, mounted
Mollie Douthit, Grand Forks, ND “I got very close” oil on canvas panel
Keith Dull, Ashland, OH “Correlation is not Causation: 1977” color reduction linoleum print
Keith Dull, Ashland, OH “Correlation is not Causation: 1995” color reduction linoleum print
Keith Dull, Ashland, OH “Correlation is not Causation: 1997” color reduction linoleum print
Keith Dull, Ashland, OH “Correlation is not Causation: 2006” color reduction linoleum print
Sara Fletcher, Boonville, MO “Card Game with a Unicorn” oil on linen
Jay Gaare, Minot, ND “Self Portrait in Black and White” silver gelatin print
Brooke Gettman, Norfolk, NE “HANDS TO YOURSELF. (Mama, Child)” graphite, pastel
Johannah Grosz, Minot, ND “Lightly” acrylic painting
Todd Hebert, Grand Forks, ND “Snowman with Iceberg” acrylic on linen
Michael Hower, Enola, PA “The Precisionists” digital photograph
Michael Hower, Enola, PA “The Instrumentalists” digital photograph
Michael Hower, Enola, PA “The Muckers” digital photograph
Eric A. Johnson, Hillsboro, ND “Cut Away: A Real Allegory Summing Up 13 Years of My Artistic Life” reduction relief print
Dong Kyu Kim, Fort Lee, NJ “Everything Must Go” tear-proof polyethylene envelopes, plastic, bags, threads
Dong Kyu Kim, Fort Lee, NJ “Officially Void” original paper envelopes and letters from uscis, threads
Patrick Luber, Grand Forks, ND “Prayer Offering for Infinite Happiness” wood, aluminum cans, nails, found objects
Patrick Luber, Grand Forks, ND “Prayer Offering for What the World Needs Now” wood, aluminum cans, found objects
Paho Mann, Dallas, TX “Stereo Pamos Camera, Stero Camera” archival pigment print
Paho Mann, Dallas, TX “Brownie Camera, 126 film cartridge camera” archival pigment print
Leigh Merrill, Dallas, TX “Blue Corner” archival pigment print
Samantha Messer, Cincinnati, OH “Indoor Recess” paper, acrylic, salvaged wood
Jessica Mohl, Crawfordsville, IN “Among Flowers” copper, silver, glass lens, thistle down
Jessica Mongeon, Ozark, AR “Pink Sea for Equality” acrylic on watercolor paper
Brian Paulsen, Grand Forks, ND “Workshop Scene” ink, color pencil
Evie Richner, Clarksville, TN “Burial #31” ink on digital print
Evie Richner, Clarksville, TN “Burial #30” ink on digital print
Ronald Rigge, Pleasanton, CA “Home From The Sea” archival digital photograph
Edward Shmunes, Columbia, SC “Pleasure Reading” photography
Rhonda Urdang, Flagstaff, AZ “After Empress Josephine (1804)” collage with hand-cut found paper
Derek Wilkinson, Emporia, KS “Hide and Seek #1” oil on panel
Derek Wilkinson, Emporia, KS “Hide and Seek #3” oil on panel
Jane Zich, Fairfax, CA “The Guardian of Rabbits” acrylic on marbled mulberry paper