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Home / Gallery / Exhibitions / 26th Annual Juried Exhibition: Being Present

26th Juried Photography Exhibition: Being Present

Juror: Gail Gibson, art dealer and owner of G. Gibson Projects

On view: June 27 – August 11, 2024

Artist reception: Thursday, July 11th, 6-8pm
(informal juror remarks to be held in the gallery beginning approximately at 6:15pm)

In this open-themed call for entries, artists were invited to submit their best work, resulting in a diverse and visually stimulating showcase of photography – from intimate portraits to sweeping landscapes, abstract compositions to documentary narratives. Four hundred artists submitted just over 2600 images for our juror, Gail Gibson, to look through. With her discerning eye and wealth of experience, Gail has curated a captivating collection of 48 works from local, national, and international artists.

Selected Artists

Deb Achak (Seattle, WA)

Iole Alessandrini (Seattle, WA)

John Armstrong (Seattle, WA)

James Arzente (Bellevue, WA)

Kristina Barker (Portland, OR)

Joan Beard (Seattle, WA)

Ben Bourgeois (Malden, MA)

Elizabeth Bourne (Portland, OR)

Amy Broderick (Jupiter, FL)

Tyler Brumfield (Forest Grove, OR)

Teresa Christiansen (Portland, OR)

Quinlan Corbett (Bainbridge Island, WA)

Natalie de Segonzac (New York, NY)

Rachel Demy (Seattle, WA)

Shawna Donahue (Boise, ID)

Jesse Egner (Brooklyn, NY)

Jon Feinstein (Seattle, WA)

Julie Fowells (Los Angeles, CA)

Mohamed Gabriel (Kent, WA)

Meg Griffiths (Denton, TX)

Lingxue Hao (Glendale, CA)

Cian Hayes (Seattle, WA)

Kirk Hostetter (Seattle, WA)

Melinda Hurst Frye (Kenmore, WA)

Chris Ireland (Granbury, TX)

James Kuan (Seattle, WA)

Kehan Lai (Seattle, WA)

Mehves Lelic (Easton, MD)

Kyle Lopez (Seattle, WA)

Kerry Mansfield (San Francisco, CA)

Daniel Meuse (Olympia, WA)

Annie Marie Musselman (Vashon, WA)

El Nazarov (Pullman, WA)

Rosanne Olson (Seattle, WA)

Emmett Orgass (Seattle, WA)

Claire Peckham (Seattle, WA)

Angela Prosper (Seattle, WA)

Danielle Quenell (Seattle, WA)

Andy Reynolds (Seattle, WA)

Abbie Richert (Issaquah, WA)

Adair Rutledge (Seattle, WA)

Ingrid Sampaio (Woburn, MA)

Michael Scarbrough (Bainbridge Island, WA)

Ellen Sollod (Seattle, WA)

Barbara Strigel (Vancouver, Canada)

Kristi Tamcsin Harrison (Burien, WA)

Albert Varady (Seattle, WA)

Abbie Richert, David How Do I Feel I Am Being, 2023
Abbie Richert, David How Do I Feel I Am Being, 2023
Adair Freeman Rutledge, Happy Canyon Princesses Kaia and Kayla, 2019
Adair Freeman Rutledge, Happy Canyon Princesses Kaia and Kayla, 2019
Albert Varady, Black Iridescent Orange LIght Blue, 2024
Albert Varady, Black Iridescent Orange LIght Blue, 2024
Amy Broderick, Mate, 2020
Amy Broderick, Mate, 2020
Amy Broderick, Realignment, 2023
Amy Broderick, Realignment, 2023
Andy Reynolds, Raccoon In Cabin, 2018
Andy Reynolds, Raccoon In Cabin, 2018
Angela Prosper, Tuscia Fig, 2021
Angela Prosper, Tuscia Fig, 2021
Annie Marie Musselman, Saw-whet owl before wing surgery, 2010
Annie Marie Musselman, Saw-whet owl before wing surgery, 2010
Barbara Strigel, Vertical Convergence, 2023
Barbara Strigel, Vertical Convergence, 2023
Ben Bourgeois, Rosie, 2023
Ben Bourgeois, Rosie, 2023
Chris Ireland, Corner Sunset, 2024
Chris Ireland, Corner Sunset, 2024
Cian Hayes, Untitled, 2023
Cian Hayes, Untitled, 2023
Claire Peckham, Landscape #7, 2024
Claire Peckham, Landscape #7, 2024
Daniel Meuse, Ice Hammer, 2021
Daniel Meuse, Ice Hammer, 2021
Danielle Quenell, The Way Back is Always Shorter, 2022
Danielle Quenell, The Way Back is Always Shorter, 2022
Deb Achak, Abby and the Goldenrod, 2019
Deb Achak, Abby and the Goldenrod, 2019
El Nazarov, Fast Food Table and Napkins, 2024
El Nazarov, Fast Food Table and Napkins, 2024
Elizabeth Bourne, Eight Glaciers, 2023
Elizabeth Bourne, Eight Glaciers, 2023
Ellen Sollod, Flaneuse - Une femme parcourt la ville, 2023
Ellen Sollod, Flaneuse - Une femme parcourt la ville, 2023
Emmett Orgass, Shared Territory, 2024
Emmett Orgass, Shared Territory, 2024
Ingrid Sampaio, Mexico Wall, 2024
Ingrid Sampaio, Mexico Wall, 2024
Iole Alessandrini, Untitled, 2004
Iole Alessandrini, Untitled, 2004
James Arzente, Dissent, 2021
James Arzente, Dissent, 2021
James Kuan, Displacement, 2023
James Kuan, Displacement, 2023
Jesse Egner, Hidden, 2023
Jesse Egner, Hidden, 2023
Joan Beard, Marita Dingus -The Day the Chicken Died, 2023
Joan Beard, Marita Dingus -The Day the Chicken Died, 2023
John Armstrong, Approaching Storm, 2009
John Armstrong, Approaching Storm, 2009
Jon Feinstein, Yahzeit, 2023
Jon Feinstein, Yahzeit, 2023
Julie Fowells, A Thousand Stories, 2023
Julie Fowells, A Thousand Stories, 2023
Kehan Lai, Softly Amorphous, 2023
Kehan Lai, Softly Amorphous, 2023
Kerry Mansfield, Tidal Block, 2021
Kerry Mansfield, Tidal Block, 2021
Kirk Hostetter, White Lake Road at Extinct Segment of White River Auburn, 2022
Kirk Hostetter, White Lake Road at Extinct Segment of White River Auburn, 2022
Kristi Tamcsin, Sensory Withdrawl, 2016
Kristi Tamcsin, Sensory Withdrawl, 2016
Kristina Barker, Wind Chill, 2019
Kristina Barker, Wind Chill, 2019
Kyle Lopez, Post Dinner, 2020
Kyle Lopez, Post Dinner, 2020
Lingxue Hao, Take a Rest, 2018
Lingxue Hao, Take a Rest, 2018
Meg Griffiths, Sieve of the Universe, 2017
Meg Griffiths, Sieve of the Universe, 2017
Mehves Lelic, Salar, 2023
Mehves Lelic, Salar, 2023
Melinda Hurst Frye, Quiet Fruit, 2023
Melinda Hurst Frye, Quiet Fruit, 2023
Michael Scarbrough, Waves 6461, Olympic Coast (Quinault), 2024
Michael Scarbrough, Waves 6461, Olympic Coast (Quinault), 2024
Mohamed Gabriel, Crowns 17, 2024
Mohamed Gabriel, Crowns 17, 2024
Natalie de Segonzac, How to Sit, 2021
Natalie de Segonzac, How to Sit, 2021
Quinlan Corbett, Lara, 2024
Quinlan Corbett, Lara, 2024
Rachel Demy, night grew with, 2023
Rachel Demy, night grew with, 2023
Rosanne Olson, Reflection, 2012
Rosanne Olson, Reflection, 2012
Shawna Donahue, Vanished Vespidae #10, 2019
Shawna Donahue, Vanished Vespidae #10, 2019
Teresa Christiansen, Helenium, 2024
Teresa Christiansen, Helenium, 2024
Tyler Brumfield, Composition 10, 2023
Tyler Brumfield, Composition 10, 2023

Juror: Gail Gibson, art dealer and owner of G. Gibson Projects

Gail Gibson has worked in the gallery industry for more than 35 years, and her degrees in Art History, Painting, and Photography led her to the profession. From 1987-1991 Gail was the director of the Weston Gallery in CA, and then opened G. Gibson Gallery in Seattle in August, 1991. She is also a long time member of AIPAD. In 2019 the brick and mortar G. Gibson Gallery morphed into G. Gibson Projects, an online and ‘by appt.’ space. G. Gibson Projects curates and showcases physical and online exhibits through partnerships with local arts organizations and alternative spaces. The freedom from retail has allowed time for other projects and a larger chance for her to give back to the community when it’s needed.

Gail has lived along the west coast throughout her life – from Los Angeles, to Monterey, CA, and Seattle. Having dogs as added family members, getting into the woods as much as possible, and constant museum visits everywhere have been glorious distractions.

Awards

1st place – $1,000 cash
 
2nd place – $250 Glazer’s Camera certificate + awesome gear
 
3rd place – $100 Think Tank certificate + awesome gear
 

Prize Sponsors

Results

1st place
Kerry Mansfield
2nd place
Emmett Orgass
3rd place
Mehves Lelic


Honorable Mentions

Adair Freeman Rutledge

Lingxue Hao

Rachel Demy

Jon Feinstein

Deb Achak

Annie Marie Musselman

Jesse Egner

Kenan Lai

 

People’s Choice Award

Rosanne Olson

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 Phillips, Curator Emeritus, SF MOMA (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art)
2018 – Conor Risch, PDN Senior Editor + Lara Behnert, Starbucks Senior Manager, Creative
2020 – Kris Graves, photographer and publisher, Kris Graves Projects
2021 – Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs at The Henry Art Gallery
2022 – Jennifer L. Stoots, certified photography appraiser and photo historian; and Liza Faktor, curator and creative producer.

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 and 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, Sparks
2017 – Hiroyo Kaneko
2018 – Mark Daughhetee and Kiliii Yuyan
2020 – Jon Henry
2021 – Lamar Graham
2022- Mike Vos

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