30TH ANNUAL
this show has often
stallations.”—A. P a l l a d i n o -C r a i g
Tallahassee International
“Our first competition was mounted in 1986,” said Palladino-
Craig. “The competition has always drawn a percentage of young
faculty entrants from across the country. With no restrictions on
media, the show has often been the venue for ambitious installations. Even in an era when many artists manage their own websites, there is merit in being selected by a professional jury for the
introduction to the public that a competition format provides.”
The 2015 Tallahassee International includes works by Elis-
sa Armstrong (VA), Isrelah Brooks (SC), Andy Browne (FL),
Tracy Kerdman
Erin Desmond (CA), Francis Ditton (FL), Jose Esquivel (TX),
“I appropriate found
Ling Chun, (RI), John T. Cooksey (FL), Yara Damian (Spain),
images as references for
Jim Flahaven (ME), John Francis (ID), Victoria Goro-Rapoport
my paintings. The distance
(NE), Tej Greenhill (CA), Joshua Hagler (CA), Jonathan Hall
and anonymity allows
(UK), Veronica Jaeger (TX), Tracy Kerdman (NY), Ann Kim
me to copy and paste faces
(OH), Moran Kliger (Israel), Joe Korte (FL), Gray Lyons (IN),
and limbs in a provocatively
Rob Nixon (FL), Katsura Okada (NY), Miriam Omura (AL),
emptiness of stock photos,
abnormal way. The inherent
Christopher Owen Nelson (NM), Kortney K. Niewierski (OH),
when transferred into
Jim Pearson (IL), Judith Peck (VA), Rotem Reshef (NY), Maja
oil paint on canvas, becomes
Ruznic (CA), Oscar Salamanca (Colombia), Carel Schmidlkofer
more solid and cultural,
(FL), Olga Skorokhod (OR), Emily Sullivan Smith (OH), Nathan
contemplating contemporary
Taves (IN), Bethany Taylor (FL), Sandy Thiebeault (NC), Mark
social issues of gender,
interaction, and identity.”
Walnock (FL), Xiong Xuan (PA), and Miriam Yuhvetz (Israel).
—T. Kerdman
Two prizes will be awarded and a catalogue will accompa-
ny the exhibit which opens August 24, 2015. On the following
Tracy Kerdman,
pages, On View presents a small sampling of the creative talent
At My Real Job, oil on canvas, ()ѡ