PCNW 24th JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
JUROR: Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Henry Art Gallery
On view: June 24 – August 12, 2021
Closing Reception: August 12, 6pm-8pm
*Please remember that PCNW is still requiring that all gallery patrons wear a face mask at all times while in our facility.
As humanity continues to face historical reckonings in politics, science, race, class, and the arts amidst a pandemic, photography plays a critical role in our processing and understanding. Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) asked artists to submit work that reflects this time. We received over 1600 still and moving images, from 251 artists from all over the world. Submissions came from 34 US states and international artists submitted from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lebanon, Spain, Turkey, and Ukraine. Juror Shamim M. Momin chose 59 works from 42 individuals to be included in the exhibition.
Fabiane Aleixo, Untitled, 2021 Charles Anselmo, Hardin Elementary, Room 3, 2013 Ryan Bakerink, March 1st, West Lawn, 2020 Dan Barsotti, Mia and Lynn (In My Studio) Barbara Boissevain, Salt Pond Grid No. II, 2020 Julia Bradshaw, Tables, 2018 Annette LeMay Burke, Snuggies, Remote, and Buck, 2020 Annette LeMay Burke, My Playhouse, 2020 Teresa Camozzi, Pandemic : Cacoon 11 2020 Collaboration piece by Constance Brinkley, Gwen Emminger, and Kristan Parks, Witches 2021 Jo Cosme, Welcome to Paradise, 2020 Jo Cosme, Perpetual State of Grasping in the Dark, 2020 Meghan Starr Crandall, Lit, 2020 Meghan Starr Crandall, Repeated false endings, 2020 David Current, Aftermath #5, 2020 Sara Drower, Curved Blue Building Gina Gaiser, Socially Distant Musical Theatre Rehearsal Gina Gaiser, Ocean Baptism Lamar Graham, THIS IS JUST THE INTERMISSION, 2020 Lindsey Morrison Grant, One Good Turn, 2005 Cynthia Greig, Artifacts of Breathing, 2021 Keegan Holden, Lauren Crow, 2019 Constance Jaeggi, The Dive, 2020 Constance Jaeggi, Smoke Break, 2020 Adam Jabari Jefferson, Conjurerer, 2017 Luke Jordan, Willie and MA, 2020 Luke Jordan, MA, 2020 Rita Kabalan, Fairuz, 2020 Rita Kabalan, The Wait In Between, 2020 R. J. Kern, Carlana and donkey, Pastoral Study, 2020 Chloe King, White Mans Wet Dream, 2020 Jean-René Leblanc, Trans No. 1 & 2, 2010 Chantal Lesley, It’s not so bad until the sun starts to set, 2020 Ania Moussawel, Violet at Five Ania Moussawel, Hugs Ania Moussawel, The Days Are Long Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, How the light gets in, No. 32, 2020 Jenna_Mulhall-Brereton, How the light gets in, No. 18, 2020 Jan Nelson, Pressure #2, 2017 Christos Palios, Chess, Coffee, & Chocolate, 2020 Christos Palios, Backgammon, Hibiscus, & Muffins, 2020 Danielle Quenell, Untitled, 2020 Danielle Quenell, Medova, 2020 Reuben Radding, Washington Square Park, NYC 2020 Meg Roussos, #treadoutside, 2019 Francesca Sarpola, Ouroboric, 2020 Hyacinth Schukis, Saint Sebastian, 2020 Hyacinth Schukis, Angel Action (After Romaine Patterson), 2020 Nicolò Sertorio, Simulacrum 2, 2018 Nick Shiflet, It’s Complicated, 2020 Nick Shiflet, Covid Chores, 2020 Jamie Siragusa, Hear Us, See Us, 2020 Mouneb Taim, The Peace Player in Time of War Mouneb Taim, Children of Syria are victims of war Caleb Swann, Ofelia, 2020 Alan Wieder, Portrait with Double Reflection, 2021 Alan Wieder, Mother & Son, 2020 Jennifer Zwick, Owen And Silvan In The Dining Room, 2021
Exhibiting Artists
Fabiane Aleixo (São Paulo, Brazil), Charles Anselmo (Redwood City, CA), Ryan Bakerink (Chicago, IL), Daniel Barsotti (Santa Fe, NM), Barbara Boissevain (Palo Alto, CA), Julia Bradshaw (Corvallis, OR), Annette LeMay Burke (San Jose, CA), Teresa Camozzi (Healdsburg, CA), Collaboration piece by Constance Brinkley, Gwen Emminger, and Kristan Parks (Seattle, WA), Jo Cosme (Seattle, WA), Meghan Crandall (Seattle, WA), David Current (Seattle, WA), Sara Drower (Boston, MA), Gina Gaiser (Oakland, CA), Lamar Graham (Seattle, WA), Lindsey Grant (Portland, OR), Cynthia Greig (Northport, MI), Keegan Holden (Los Angeles, CA), Constance Jaeggi (Weatherford, TX), Adam Jabari Jefferson (Seattle, WA), Luke Jordan (Lawrence, KS), Rita Kabalan (Beirut, Lebanon), R.J. Kern (Minneapolis, MN), Chloe King (Seattle, WA), Jean-Rene Leblanc (Calgary, Canada), Chantal Lesley (Austin, TX), Ania Moussawel (Miami, FL), Jenna Mulhall-Brereton (Oreland, PA), Jan Nelson (Wauna, WA), Christos Palios (Baltimore, MD), Danielle Quenell (Seattle, WA), Reuben Radding (Brooklyn, NY), Meg Roussos (Bainbridge Island, WA), Francesca Sarpola (Bellevue, WA), Hyacinth Schukis (Beaverton, OR), Nicolo Sertorio (Oakland, CA), Nicholas Shiflet (Seattle, WA), Jamie Siragusa (Encino, CA), Caleb Swann (Nashua, NH), Mouneb Taim (Mavikent, Turkey), Alan Wieder (Portland, OR), Jennifer Zwick (Seattle, WA)
Juror: Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Henry Art Gallery
Shamim M. Momin is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Henry Art Gallery. Prior to joining the Henry in 2018, she was director, curator, and co-founder of LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), a nonprofit public art organization committed to curating site- and situation-specific contemporary art projects, in Los Angeles and beyond. Previously, Momin served for more than ten years at the Whitney Museum of American Art, co-curating the 2004 and 2008 Whitney Biennials and overseeing the Contemporary Projects series. In her role as Branch Director at Altria, the Whitney’s midtown space, she commissioned more than 50 contemporary projects. In 2020, Henry Art Gallery exhibited In Plain Sight, Shamim’s first large-scale exhibition curated at the Henry.
Awards
1st place = $750 cash
2nd place = $250 cash
People’s Choice Award = Camera gear, PCNW membership, and more!
Results
1st Place Award
Lamar Graham
2nd Place Award
Jennifer Zwick
Honorable Mentions
Jo Cosme
Keegan Holden
Constance Jaeggi
Chloe King
Ania Moussawel
Christos Palios
Nicolo Sertorio
People’s Choice Award
Jennifer Zwick
Past Jurors
1995 – Duane Michals, Artist
1996 – Joyce Tenneson, Artist
1997 – Jock Sturges, Artist and Trevor Fairbrother, Curator, Seattle Art Museum
1998 – Keith Carter, Artist
1999 – Linda Connor, Artist, Educator
2001 – Chien-Chi Chang, Photographer, Magnum Photos
2002 – Michael Kenna, Artist
2003 – Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator, Museum of Fine Art Houston
2004 – Roy Flukinger, Curator, Harry Ransom Center
2005 – Mary Virginia Swanson, Consultant, Educator, MVS
2006 – Paul Kopeikin, Paul Kopeikin Gallery
2007 – Charlotte Cotton, Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2008 – Rod Slemmons, Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography
2009 – Jen Bekman, Jen Bekman Gallery, 20×200
2010 – Denise Wolff, Editor, Aperture
2011 – Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography
2012 – W.M. Hunt, Collector and Curator
2013 – John A. Bennette, Collector and Curator
2014 – Whitney C. Johnson, Director of Photography, The New Yorker
2015 – Julia Dolan, Minor White Curator of Photography, Portland Art Museum
2017 – Sandra S. Phillips, Curator Emeritus, SF MOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
2018 – Lara Behnert, Senior Manager of Starbucks Creative Studio and Conor Risch, Senior Editor of Photo District News (PDN) and PDNOnline.com
2020 – Kris Graves, Artist and Publisher.
1st Place Winners
1995 – James Soe Nyun
1996 – Phil Borges
1997 – Trina Kyounghui Yi-Weston
1998 – Lisa Hohlfeld
1999 – Frank Noelker
2001 – Sarah Oehl
2002 – Nanette Vinson
2003 – (tie) Cat Gwynn & Patricia Sandler
2004 – Dennis Chamberlin
2005 – Peter de Lory
2006 – Joelle Jensen
2007 – Sung Jin Park
2008 – Sally Ketcham
2009 – James Luckett
2010 – Adam Satushek
2011 – Laura Plageman
2012 – Lauren Marsolier
2013 – Tuan Cao
2014 – Alejandra Carles-Tolra
2015 – Meike J. Paniza
2017 – Hiroyo Kaneko
2018 – Mark Daughtee and Kiliii Yüyan
2020 – Jon Henry