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Season 14 (2017/18) Grand Jury Award

This Grand Jury Award considered works exhibited at Manifest from late September 2017 through mid-September 2018. Thumbnail images are shared below. Each image links to a full view of the work.

 

 

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 14 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE

  • The works shown below represent the highest ranking artworks out of roughly 8,200 separate works submitted for consideration across 21 group and 9 solo exhibitions during our 14th season. (This excludes 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 20-30 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 exhibition is included 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 14 Grand Jury Prize features a pool of 52 works by 48 artists, representing 30 different exhibitions. The exhibits presented 505 works by 312 artists in 41 states and 12 countries. Details on the exhibitions, and all of season 14, can found at this link. The entire season, and all works shown, will be documented in the forthcoming Manifest Exhibition Annual publication planned for release in late 2019 or early 2020.

  • 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. Videos are linked and viewable online. 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 2017/2018 Season 14 Manifest Grand Jury Prize of $2,500:


Bloom Bloom by Dana Lynn Harper

   

 

Dana Lynn Harper
Columbus, Ohio

Bloom Bloom
flagging tape, chicken wire, light (installation)
132” x 180” x 180”, 2013-2016

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT





THE SEASON 14 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE FINALISTS

WORKS CONSIDERED FOR THE 2nd ANNUAL MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE


 

Dustin London
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Palindrome
oil on canvas
52” x 62”, 2016

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

 

Benjamin Lowery
Bloomington, Indiana

Love and War
oil on canvas
49” x 60”, 2017

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

 

 

Nat Borges
Sarasota, Florida

Asphodelus
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
8” x 10”, 2017

Exhibition: Aquachrome 201

 

Corey Drieth
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Praise
gouache, colored pencil, wood
9” x 11” x 1”, 2014

Exhibition: Aquachrome 2017

 

Scott Waters
Toronto, Canada

Steven Sotloff (Execution Portrait)
watercolour on Arches aquarelle (300 lb)
15” x 10.5”, 2017

Exhibition: Aquachrome 2017



 

Evan Boggess
Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Kimberlite and Fool’s Gold
oil, acrylic, and spray paint
84” x 60”, 2016

Exhibition: Fresh Paint 2017

 

Jenniffer Omaitz
Kent, Ohio

Building Something Out of Nothing
acrylic on canvas
30” x 36”, 2015

Exhibition: Fresh Paint 2017


 

Gregory Martin
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Vita Quo Nex
oil on canvas
36” x 20” x 2”, 2012

Exhibition: Arboreal

 

Margaret Whiting
Waterloo, Iowa

Deforestation
altered law books
(size variable, room installation), 2013

Exhibition: Arboreal


 

Sue Bryan
New York, New York

Waif
charcoal and carbon on Arches
mounted on wood
10” x 10”, 2017

Exhibition: Arboreal


 

Nancy McCarthy
Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Scorpian Horse
oil on canvas
24” x 26”, 2014

Exhibition: Art from Art

 

Isaac McCaslin
Jefferson, Louisiana

Insect Like Mutations
oil on canvas
48” x 96” x 1.5”, 2014

Exhibition: Art from Art


 

Jennifer Cronin
Chicago, Illinois

Drifting No. 1
oil on canvas
24” x 24”, 2016

Exhibition: h2o

 

Blake Conroy
Aberdeen, Maryland

Field Study, Blue Cascade
cut paper
30” x 20” x 3”, 2017

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

 

Yvette Kaiser Smith
Chicago, Illinois

Wide Ruled: e 9228
laser-cut and engraved acrylic sheet, nylon spacers, capped hardware. Two panels: Fluorescent green and phantom (matte clear) with graphite
23” x 24” x 2”, 2017

Exhibition: Illinois Regional

(detail view)




 

Mary Wagner
Chicago, Illinois

I Dream in Color
ink on paper
14” x 14”, 2016

Exhibition: Illinois Regional


 

Mary Murphy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hybrid #3
watercolor, colored pencil, paper
63” x 53”, 2017

Exhibition: Pennsylvania Regional

 

 

Darrell Kincer
Lexington, Kentucky

Thinly Veiled, Triad
archival inkjet print
16” x 20”, 2017

Exhibition: Tapped 8

 

Travis Linville
Elgin, Illinois

Ariel
ambrotype
8” x 10”, 2017

Exhibition: Tapped 8

 

Carol Salisbury
Lawrence, Kansas

Golden Neckpiece
Metal
9” x 13” x 13”

Exhibition: Tapped 8

 

Steven Subotnick
Providence, Rhode Island

Pig
animation
3:15, 2015

Exhibition: Characterized



 

Steven Subotnick
Providence, Rhode Island

Little Girl
animation
3:30, 2016

Exhibition: Characterized

 

Steven Subotnick
Providence, Rhode Island

Lake
animation
4:00, 2013

Exhibition: Characterized

 

TyRuben Ellingson
Midlothian, Virginia

Minnesota Dream Still
digital print on hand-prepared paper
22” x 30”, 2017

Exhibition: Imaginarium

 

Katie Hudnall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Symbiosis #4: Drawers & Drawings
reclaimed wood, found objects, string, hardware, paint, ink
65” x 37” x 30”

Exhibition: Imaginarium


 

Craig Fisher
Toledo, Ohio

The Grotto
Colored mezzotint
32” x 24.5”, 2017

Exhibition: Imprint


 

William Kitchens
New Orleans, Louisiana

Untitled
lithograph
8” x 12”, 2017

Exhibition: Imprint

 

John Nicholas Hutchings
Frederick, Maryland

That Which Presses Between Us
hickory and oak wood
84” x 32” x 52”, 2017

Exhibition: Aspire

 

Ron Monsma
South Bend, Indiana

The Dream
oil on canvas
54” x 68”, 2016

Exhibition: Aspire

 

Fred Fochtman
Columbus, Ohio

Elaine’s Kitchen
oil on muslin panel
12” x 9”, 2016

Exhibition: Regional OKI


 

Ron Isaacs
Lexington, Ohio

Wing
acrylic on birch plywood construction
26” x 16.5” x 1.75”, 2015

Exhibition: Regional OKI


 

Steve Nyktas
Indianapolis, Indiana

Sail-back Dinosaur Bugs on My Teapot
lambda print
30” x 45”, 2017

Exhibition: Regional OKI


 

Dan Tague
New Orleans, Louisiana

American Beauty
thermal dye print on aluminum
36” x 36”, 2017

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

 

Robin Germany
Lubbock, Texas

Red Text Book
pigment ink on rag paper
32” x 26”, 2016

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

 

Katlyn Brumfield
Lexington, Kentucky

Being and Time
graphite on paper
54” x 34”, 2015

Exhibition: Drawn 2018

 

Dana Lynn Harper
Columbus, Ohio

Bloom Bloom
flagging tape, chicken wire, light
132” x 180” x 180”, 2013-2016

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT


 

Brandice Guerra
Arcata, California

Godwit Belly Laugh
acrylic on paper
6.25” x 6.5”, 2015

Exhibition:
14th Annual Magnitude Seven

 

Victoria Ridgway
Bloomington, Indiana

Bernice
mixed media
4” x 4”, 2017

Exhibition:
14th Annual Magnitude Seven

 

 

Victoria Ridgway
Bloomington, Indiana

Walter
mixed media
3.75” x 3.75”, 2017

Exhibition:
14th Annual Magnitude Seven

 

Kristina McComb
Gill, Massachusetts

Two-sides of Self #1
pigment prints on acetate, steel, plexiglass, LED lights
10” x 14” x 6”, 2017

Exhibition:
14th Annual Rites of Passage

 

Kristina McComb
Gill, Massachusetts

Manufactured Autonomy
archival pigment prints
57” x 130” x .5”, 2017

Exhibition:
14th Annual Rites of Passage

 

 

Charlie Goering
Cincinnati, Ohio

Night Falls in the Middle West
oil on canvas
72” x 72”, 2018

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT



 

Stephen Barnwell
Wayne, New Jersey

Dread & Circuses
digital print
20” x 16”, 2018

Exhibition: Hacked


 

Hayward Wilkirson
Lexington, Kentucky

Duet
steel, wood, epoxy, wax
10” x 61” x 1.5”

Exhibition: Hacked


 

Roscoe Wilson
Hamilton, Ohio

Obsolete- Child’s Adirondack
plastic chair, wood
27” x 17” x 27”, 2015

Exhibition: Hacked


 

Ayako Kurimoto
Carbondale, Illinois

Drop
cast glass
5.5” x 4” x 4”

Exhibition: Master Pieces

 

Michael Oliver
Adamstown, Maryland

Dee
ink on paper
16” x 20”

Exhibition: Master Pieces

 

 

Amelia Vercauteren
Baltimore, Maryland

Tableau
Digital Composite Photograph
20” x 48”, 2018

Exhibition: Master Pieces


 

Anton Hoeger
Oberschleissheim, Germany

Cain
oil on linen
35.4” x 78.7” x 2.3”, 2015

Exhibition: NUDE 2018


 

Tongji Qian
Shanghai, China

Invisible
woodblock print
12” x 18”, 2016

Exhibition: Textuality

 

Jennifer Meanley
Greensboro, North Carolina

Erastus, We Came and You Deployed
oil on canvas
72” x 190”, 2017

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT

 

 

David Linneweh
Wheaton, Illinois

Pembroke 15
transfer, graphite, & oil on panel
10.75" x 16.25", 2018

Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT


       
       




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