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Season 16 (2019/20) Grand Jury Award

This Grand Jury Award considered works exhibited at Manifest from late
September 2019 through mid-September 2020.

 

 

Starting with our 13th season, Manifest launched a new annual cash award of $2500. The Annual Manifest Grand Jury Prize is a seasonal capstone distinction awarded to one work from among the hundreds exhibited on-site at the gallery across the season.

DETAILS OF THE $2,500 SEASON 16 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE

  • The works shown below represent the highest ranking artworks out of roughly 9,500 separate works submitted for consideration across 33 exhibits, including 27 group and 6 solo exhibitions during our 16th season. (This excludes any exhibit that could not be presented due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Manifest Prize winner/exhibitor. The Manifest Prize is a separate cash award process and solo exhibit.)

  • The Manifest Grand Jury Prize will be re-juried by the same jurors who served across the season, excluding any who may have a conflict of interest. When concluded this will result in as many as 30 individuals having scored the works shown below in an effort to determine the winner. The detailed history, jury process, and rationale for the Grand Jury Prize can be found here.
  • At least one work per eligible exhibition is included as a finalist for consideration. Solo exhibitors are invited to select their preferred work from their exhibition for jury, or may defer to the Director's choice.

  • This Season 16 Grand Jury Prize features a pool of 53 works by 50 artists, representing 33 different exhibitions. The exhibits presented a total of 471 works by 336 artists in 43 states and 7 countries. Details on the exhibitions, and all of season 16, can found at this link. The entire season, and all works shown, will be documented in the forthcoming Manifest Exhibition Annual publication planned for tentative release in late 2021 or early 2022.

  • We have made this page available so the artists and the public are aware of the contenders, and to serve as a recognition of these artists' works for having received high scores from their respective juries, which given the severity of the competition is an achievement worthy of mention.

  • Thumbnails below may be clicked to see the full image. Images are provided in chronological order based on the date of exhibition.


Note: As of 2021 the name of this award has been revised from the Manifest Grand Jury Prize to the Grand Jury Award in order to clarify and differentiate it from the annual Manifest Prize which is a completely separate submission-based award that also grants $5,000 to one artist.



The Winner of the 2019/2020 Season 16 Manifest Grand Jury Prize of $2,500:

Fox or Foe by Jessica Teckemeyer

   

 

Jessica Teckemeyer
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Fox or Foe
polyurethane, clay, paint, glass
20.5” x 24” x 14.5”, 2017

Exhibition: MONSTERS

 





THE SEASON 16 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE FINALISTS

WORKS CONSIDERED FOR THE 4th ANNUAL MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE

 

 

Mark Adkins
Oak Park, Illinois

Untitled Three
ink and watercolor on paper
15” x 11”, 2017

Exhibition: AQUACHROME


 

Steven Elbert
Columbus, Ohio

LaSalle St Bridge, Chicago
monochromatic watercolor
30” x 42”, 2014

Exhibition: AQUACHROME

 

 

Reuben Negron
Asheville, North Carolina

Persephone: A Myth of Devotion n°2
watercolor
12” x 16”, 2018

Exhibition: AQUACHROME

 

Joe Morzuch
Starkville, Mississippi

Green Chair
oil on canvas on panel
44” x 60”, 2019

Exhibition: SOLO

 

Kim Anderson
Bradenton, Florida

Painting Painting
oil on canvas and walnut stereo viewer
18” x 32”, 2016

Exhibition: PAINTED



 

James Perrin
Nashville, Tennessee

Checkout Counter #2
oil on panel with paint scrapings
14” x 10”, 2015

Exhibition: PAINTED

 

Jacob Crook
Starkville, Mississippi

Nightrise II
mezzotint
11” x 8.5”, 2019

Exhibition: DARK


 

Jess Holz
Boston, Massachusetts

Microsculpture 52 #2
scanning electron micrograph
28” x 40”, 2018

Exhibition: SOLO

 

Erin Schaefer
Cincinnati, Ohio

Framework I
magazine paper on plywood
50” x 30”, 2019

Exhibition: LIGHT


 

Erin Schaefer
Cincinnati, Ohio

Framework II
magazine paper on plywood
37.5” x 30”, 2019

Exhibition: LIGHT


 

Snail Scott
Edwardsville, Illinois

Stele
ceramic
67" x 20" x 15", 2009

Exhibition: TRANSCENDENCE

 

Robert Long
Flagstaff, Arizona

Cricket, Silence-Maker
pigmented print from digitally colored graphite drawing
20" x 16", 2011

Exhibition: BUG-INSECTUM


 

Elana Hagler
Pike Road, Alabama

Initiation
oil on panel
20” x 16”, 2012

Exhibition: 10TH ANNUAL TAPPED

 

Sam King
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Untitled (2018-10)
oil on linen mounted on canvas
24” x 18”, 2018

Exhibition: 10TH ANNUAL TAPPED

 

Donna Garcia
Alpharetta, Georgia

Swarm
archival pigment print
13" x 19", 2017

Exhibition: TIME BOMBS




 

Gary Schmitt
Indianapolis, Indiana

Toypedo
wool
28" x 20” x 3.25", 2013

Exhibition: TIME BOMBS


 

Manuel Zamudio
McAllen, Texas

Caligula
oil on wood
15” x 15”, 2019

Exhibition: TIME BOMBS

 

 

Dionisio Cortes
New York, New York

Accommodating the mess #6 / loop
watercolor and casein on paper
79” x 42”, 2016

Exhibition: CHAOS

 

Chris Flynn
Chicago, Illinois

Anatmospheric Perspective: Talking Drum
copperplate photogravure with chine-collé on handmade kozo
30" x 22", 2018

Exhibition: CHAOS

 

Ryan Howerton
Topeka, Kansas

Nana Nana Boo Boo Stick My Head in Doo Doo
graphite on paper
15” x 22”, 2017

Exhibition: CHAOS

 

Clive King
Sarasota, Florida

Chaos Machine 3
ink on paper
78" x 56", 2016

Exhibition: CHAOS



 

Margery Thomas-Mueller
Alton, New Hampshire

After Texas
graphite, india ink, and watercolor on yupo
48” x 69”, 2019

Exhibition: CHAOS

 

Dganit Zauberman
Guilford, Connecticut

Divest
oil on board
8” x 10”, 2018

Exhibition: ENVIRONMENTAL

 

John Lee
Williamsburg, Virginia

Lay and Bay
oil on linen
35” x 40”, 2018

Exhibition: MUNDANE

 

 

Anita Cooke
New Orleans, Louisiana

Connections, Divisions, Touch Points, Turning Points
acrylic on canvas, thread, and wood
36” x 36”, 2018

Exhibition: PERIPHERAL


 

Julie Herman
Liverpool, New York

Scranton Lace
inkjet print
17" x 22”, 2017

Exhibition: WEATHERED


 

Perin Mahler
Laguna Beach, California

Birthday Party
oil on canvas
57” x 72”, 2012

Exhibition: SOLO

 

Frederick Fochtman
Columbus, Ohio

Noreaster
oil on muslin panel
12" x 8", 2018

Exhibition: OH, KY, & IN

 

Michael Nichols
Bowling Green, Kentucky

Extract
airbrushed buon fresco
18” x 18”, 2019

Exhibition: OH, KY, & IN

 

Travis Townsend
Lexington, Kentucky

Vessel of Manifest Destiny! Second Permutation
wood, paint, clamps, string, toy train parts, unfired clay, and paper
50” x 60” x 57”, 2019

Exhibition: OH, KY, & IN


 

Isabel Zeng
Perrysburg, Ohio

Voice
nugold and transparent resin
12” x 8” x 3”, 2019

Exhibition: OH, KY, & IN


 

Jason Ferguson and Lance Winn
Grass Lake, Michigan

Distorted Americana 1
polystyrene foam, plastic, map pins, and metal sawhorses
60" x 80" x 48", 2019

Exhibition: TOPOGRAPHIES

detail image 1
detail image 2
detail image 3


 

Amy Schissel
Miami, Florida

Animate Field 1
graphite, ink, and acrylic on paper
102" x 84", 2018

Exhibition: TOPOGRAPHIES

 

Bill Sieber
Carbondale, Illinois

Flatirons 2
plywood
24" x 24” x 6.5", 2019

Exhibition: TOPOGRAPHIES

detail image 1

 

 

Andrew Martin
Lubbock, Texas

Tablet Landscape 18 (Angled View)
charcoal and acrylic on shaped plywood
5” x 7”, 2016

Exhibition: DRAWN 2020

 

Gilles Tarabiscuité
Montreal, Canada

Pure Photography 1.0
uv ink on polystyrene
36” x 36”, 2019

Exhibition: REDUCTION


 

Katie Hudnall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Nut Case
salvaged wood, glass, industrial felt, fasteners, and 178 acorns
41” x 33” x 23”, 2019

Exhibition: WOOD

detail image 1

 

 

Nathan Gaefcke
Cincinnati, Ohio

Study for Goliath
oil on panel
16” x 13” , 2019

Exhibition: MAR SHOWCASE

 

 

Sutton Allen
Highland, Illinois

Studio Wall with Tape
oil on panel
6” x 5”, 2020

Exhibition: 16TH MAGNITUDE SEVEN

 

Frederick Fochtman
Columbus, Ohio

Elia
oil on panel
3” x 6”, 2016

Exhibition: 16TH MAGNITUDE SEVEN

 

Ron Prigat
Cincinnati, Ohio

The Connoisseur
oil on panel
12” x 9”, 2020

Exhibition: MAR SHOWCASE

 

 

Kiana Ziegler
Ashland, Ohio

Flying / Falling I
digital photography
8” x 8”, 2019

Exhibition: 16TH RITES OF PASSAGE



 

Mikey Yates
Boulder, Colorado

Line Up
oil on canvas
48” x 36”, 2020

Exhibition: MASTER PIECES 14


 

Nathan Ely
Niagara Falls, New York

Radiolaria I
cyanotype, SEM image
20” x 24”, 2019

Exhibition: MINI / MICRO


 

Jessica Teckemeyer
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Fox or Foe
polyurethane, clay, paint, glass
20.5” x 24” x 14.5”, 2017

Exhibition: MONSTERS


 

Erik Akerman
Columbus, Ohio

Serenity 2
light installation
48” x 72” x 2”, 2020

Exhibition: TWINKLE

 

Michael Lorsung
Muncie, Indiana

Disparate Materials
glass, 10w40 motor oil, brass fittings, steel, led light, victor diner mug
20” x 18” x 16”, 2015

Exhibition: TWINKLE

 

 

Laurel Fulton
Boulder, Colorado

The Difference Between Hearing and Listening
printed image, powder coated copper, nickel and leather
printed image (25” x 40”)
object (14” x 16" x 10”), 2020

Exhibition: ERGO


 

Bobbi Meier
Chicago, Illinois

Conversation Piece (reclining)
fiberfill, pantyhose, spandex, wood, thrifted table base, foreground
61” x 60” x 28”, 2016

Exhibition: ERGO

 

Christopher Smith
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A View From the Box
glass fiber reinforced cement
32” x 54”, 2016

Exhibition: NUDE 12

 

Somasa Saritdikhun
Johnson City, Tennessee

Above Triangle
polylactic acid 3d print
25” x 25” x 42”, 2020

Exhibition: NUDE 12

 

 

 

Buket Savci
Brooklyn, New York

Not So Long Ago
oil on canvas
44” x 54, 2020

Exhibition: SOLO

 


     

 

Sharon Reeber
Weston, Missouri

Rubrik
Ink on paper
16” x 13”, 2020

Exhibition: UNFINISHED / ACCIDENTS

     





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