21st Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS
International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art
400A Julia Street | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70130
30 August - 30 September, 2017
First Saturday Gallery Opening ::: 2 September::: 6-9PM
Jonathan Ferrara Gallery proudly presents the 21st Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS: International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. For the 2017 installment of the exhibition, the gallery hosts works by thirteen artists hailing from four continents and eight different states. Comprised of painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, printmaking, mixed-media, installation, ceramics, video and new media, NO DEAD ARTISTS continues to exhibit a great diversity in media yet with a cohesive cross-section of the pulse of Contemporary Art. Of the approximate 2,500 artworks submitted to this jury by over 500 artists worldwide, only thirteen artists were selected to have their work exhibited at JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, presenting over 40 artworks ranging in media, style and purpose.
The artists include
TONY DAGRADI -
New Orleans, LA
JENNIFER DAY
- Tucson, AZ
NELMARIE DU PREEZ
- Pretoria, South Africa
IVY GUILD
- San Diego, CA
RICHARD HRICKO
- Philadelphia, PA
YEHRIM LEE
- Cheong Ju, South Korea
MARIAH MORRELL
- La Cruces, NM
VITTORIO OTTAVIANI
- Colleferro, Italy
MARET POLZINE
- Minneapolis, MN
KRISTA SVALBONAS
- Philadelphia, PA
JOHN ISIAH WALTON
- New Orleans, LA
DIANA ZIPETO
- Lowell, Massachusetts
Three renowned arts professionals served as the 2017 NO DEAD ARTISTS jury:
HELEN TOOMER
(New York, NY) – Co-Founder/ Artistic Director of Stoneleaf Retreat Artist Residency, Former Director of PULSE Contemporary Art Fair and Professor at Sotheby’s New York
BETTINA STIEW
E – (San Francisco/Bay Area, CA) – Co-Founder of Upstart Modern Art Consulting and Artist Management Firm
GIA HAMILTON
(New Orleans, LA) – Director of Joan Mitchell Center, Independent Curator (Atlanta Biennial 2016)
