February 3 - March 30, 2017
Selections Announced - January 13, 2017
Main Gallery
VAE will be showcasing some of the most ambitious and timely works by artists from across the region in our annual exhibition, Contemporary South. The purpose of the exhibition is to gather a survey of what creative people in the Regional South are creating. Since 2012 this exhibition has grown and expanded to become one of VAE's most well-received exhibitions.
The Juror - Sheetal Prajatapati
Sheetal Prajapati worked as the Assistant Director of Learning and Artists Initiatives at MoMA till late 2016 and now works as an artist and educator. Raised in Kentucky, Sheetal has a great insider/outsider view of the landscapes of the Regional South.
Sheetal received a BA in History and Gender Studies from Northwestern University and an MA in Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Awards
1st - Renee Cloud, Unintelligible pt. 2
2nd - Mary Ann Anderson, Discussion
3rd - JP Trostle, Upheval
Honorable Mention - Julie Anne Greenberg, System XI Joaquin "ARE YOU PREPARED?"
Honorable Mention - Anthony Hamilton, 7 Waves on Lake Michigan
Honorable Mention - Townsend Davidson, Supercritical Flow
The following artists/works will be exhibited in Contemporary South 2017
Leslie Bailey, Last Chance Thoughts
Jeff Beekman, Gettysburg 7
Rick Bennett, Fulchers Point at Raccoon Creek
Geza Brunow, Keyhole: One Nation Under Porn
Micah Cash, Nickajack Powerhouse
Parker Christen, Specimen 4
Renee Cloud, I Didn't Think You'd Be So Smart
Townsend Davidson, Strange Non-Chaotic Isolator
Dana Flynt, Smokestack
Cassidy Frye, Won't Let You Leave
Anthony Garcia-Copian, Cyberdelic
Mark Gordon, Ridge
George Gregory, Caged
Ian Griffin, The Return
Elaine Kinnaird, Ghost Net, Time Bundle
John Lowe, Untitled XXXI, Untitled XXII
Peter Marin, Recordando a Piero
Andrew O'Brien, Untitled
Constance Pappalardo, Whispering Forest, Autumn
Victor Perez, Green Paintings
Eric Raddatz, Joslin
Lisa Stroud, A Bouquet for Gypsy, Una Storia D'Amore
Tim Walter, Hair as its own character
Melissa Wilgis, She Tells a Story
Jay Yager, 115 Carthage Back Door