{"id":5607,"date":"2018-02-28T11:30:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/?page_id=5607"},"modified":"2018-11-19T14:49:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:49:43","slug":"93rd-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/printcenter.org\/100\/93rd-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"93rd ANNUAL International Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Print Center is very pleased to announce the 93rd ANNUAL International Competition <\/em>juried by Jos\u00e9 Diaz <\/strong>and Lisa Sutcliffe<\/strong>. Diaz is the Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Lisa Sutcliffe is the Curator of Photography and Media Arts, Milwaukee Art Museum.<\/p>\n

The ANNUAL <\/em>is one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions in the United States. The Print Center is particularly interested in highlighting local, national and international artists who utilize photography and printmaking in new and intriguing ways, both in content and process.<\/p>\n

Any artist using Photography<\/strong> and\/or Printmaking<\/strong> as critical components in their work can enter. Artists whose work pushes the boundaries of traditional photographic and printmaking practices are encouraged to enter.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE JURORS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jos\u00e9\u00a0Diaz<\/strong>, a native of Miami,\u00a0is the Chief Curator at The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, and a 2018 fellow at the Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL). Diaz focuses on the life and legacy of Andy Warhol. He recently curated the first museum solo exhibition of Iranian artist Farhad Moshiri. Prior to joining The Andy Warhol Museum, he was the Curator of Exhibitions at the\u00a0Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach where he curated artist commissions by\u00a0Athi-Patra Ruga, Sylvie Fleury, the exhibition\u00a0GOLD<\/em> and organized One Way: Peter Marino<\/em>. He has worked at the Tate Liverpool and the\u00a0Liverpool Biennial. Diaz received a MA in Cultural History from the University of Liverpool, and a BA in Art History from San Francisco State University. In 2003 Diaz tenured as a Curatorial Intern at The Rubell Family Collection and launched a nomadic curatorial project called\u00a0Worm-Hole Laboratory<\/em>.
\n(Photo by Abby Warhola)<\/p>\n

\"\"Lisa Sutcliffe\u00a0<\/strong>is Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts at the Milwaukee Art Museum, where she oversees the Museum\u2019s Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts. She has organized several exhibitions for Milwaukee, including Postcards from America: Milwaukee <\/em>(2014); Rineke Dijkstra: Rehearsals<\/em> (2016); Penelope Umbrico: Future Perfect<\/em> (2016); and Paul Druecke: A Social Event Archive, 1997\u20132007<\/em> (2017). From 2007-2012 she served as Assistant Curator in the Photography Department at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where she organized Naoya Hatakeyama: Natural Stories<\/em>\u00a0(2012) in association with the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, and The Provoke Era: Postwar Japanese Photography <\/em>(2009), the first survey of SFMOMA\u2019s internationally renowned collection of Japanese photography. She holds an MA in the History of Art from Boston University, where she specialized in the History of Photography, and a BA in Art History from Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
\n(Photo by Carlos Arrieta)<\/p>\n

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<\/i><\/i>MEET THE JURORS<\/strong><\/h5><\/a><\/div>
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Jos\u00e9 Diaz<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We asked\u00a0Diaz\u00a0about Andy Warhol and how printmaking is central to his work.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I think Warhol pushed the medium and allowed for a broad audience to access and interpret\u00a0his work. Today, contemporary\u00a0artists can take this one step further by utilizing print to reach the masses with important content that tackles current affairs and concerns, especially during the current political climate.
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<\/div>\nLisa Sutcliffe\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We asked Sutcliffe, when there is so much discussion of moving beyond medium specificity in the arts, how do you approach the field of photography?\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

At this moment when there is so much discussion of moving beyond medium specificity in the arts, I see my role as engaging with the questions that the medium of photography raises. I have always been interested in photography as a technology, and not just as an art form.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

And, about what she was working on now.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I'm organizing an exhibition entitled The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison<\/em>, which debuts a series of visual documents made collaboratively by artist Nigel Poor\u00a0and the men incarcerated at the prison, as well as photographs from the prison's archive and audio featuring stories of life inside prison, shared and produced by those living it.\u00a0The exhibition offers an opportunity to experience how personal narrative can illuminate and counter common stereotypes. As part of the program, there will be a symposium with the Haggerty Museum, Marquette University to envision the role of the arts in criminal justice reform.
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Alice Hargrave, White Stork (calls)<\/em>, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Lauren Davies, Buffalo<\/em>, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

ANNOUNCING THE SOLO EXHIBITION
\nAWARD WINNERS<\/h4>\n

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Solo Exhibition Award for our\u00a093rd ANNUAL<\/strong>.\u00a0Thank you to our esteemed jurors\u00a0Jos\u00e9 Diaz<\/strong> and\u00a0Lisa Sutcliffe<\/strong> who\u00a0selected the 10 finalists and 25 semifinalists\u00a0from the 456 international artists who applied.<\/p>\n

Rafael Soldi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Chinn Wang<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

These exhibitions will be presented January 18 - March 30, 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Rafael Soldi, Veer<\/em>, 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler, Ordinal Solid<\/em>, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>
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Chinn Wang, APR 66 (Wisteria)<\/em>, 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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FINALISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Albert
\nGary Burnley
\nNancy Floyd
\nTarrah Krajnak
\nAntonio McAfee
\nMark Rice
\nKathleen Sharp
\nRafael Soldi
\nJason Urban & Leslie Mutchler
\nChinn Wang<\/p>\n<\/div>

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SEMIFINALISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ben Altman
\nTheo Artz
\nLucy Wood Baird
\nCharles Beneke
\nJoan Lobis Brown
\nJill Burks
\nLeyla Cardenas
\nStephen Chalmers
\nBriar Craig
\nFrancis Crisafio
\nLauren Davies<\/p>\n<\/div>

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SEMIFINALISTS (cont.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Carrie Ida Edinger
\nChristine Elfman
\nDominic Episcopo
\nJon Feinstein
\nAlice Hargrave
\nCandace Jensen
\nRichard K. Kent
\nAndy Mattern
\nDaniel Melo
\nChristine Osinski
\nGregory Paone
\nLiad Shadmi
\nEszter Sziksz
\nRob Tarbell<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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Awards + Prizes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n