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TEXAS NATIONAL Art Competition and Exhibition is in its 14th year on the national scene. It was created in 1995 by the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) as an annual event for artists living and working in the United States. Jurors for each year's event have been internationally acclaimed artists: Leon Golub, Faith Ringgold, Doug and Mike Starn, Martha Erlebacher, James McGarrell, The Art Guys, Donald Sultan, Sandy Skoglund, Jerry Uelsmann and Maggie Taylor, Ed Moses, James Surls, Paul Brach and MANUAL (Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill). Juror for 2008 will be Roger Shimomura.
On average 800 artists enter the competition. Entries are received from all fifty states and the District of Columbia. The juror selects the exhibition from slides, and then attends opening events, selecting the prize winners, presents a lecture, and visits informally with art students and faculty.
"TEXAS NATIONAL 2008" juror, Roger Shimomura, received his B.A. from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his M.F.A. from Syracuse University, New York. He has had over 125 solo exhibitions of paintings and prints, as well as presented his experimental theater pieces at such venues as the Franklin Furnace, New York City, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. He is the recipient of more than 30 grants, of which four are National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Painting and Performance Art. Shimomura has been a visiting artist and lectured on his work at more than 200 universities, art schools, and museums across the country. Shimomura's personal papers and letters are being collected by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. He is represented by The Flomenhaft Gallery, New York City; Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle; and Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City. Roger Shimomura's full bio, resume, and links to his work can be found on his website: www.rshim.com.
For more information, please call (936) 468-4418.
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| Joshua Abelow | Emily Hunt |
"Beta 2" by Andy Bloxham of Ruston, LA. |
"Help Across" by Adrienne Brabham of Bloomfield Hills, MI |
"Weighs of the Heart" by Jerry E. Smith of Plano, TX |
"Savior" by Jonathan Whitfill of Lubbock, TX |
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| Jennifer Outwater | Colin Blakely |
2006 Winners
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Daryl Thetford | Dora Natella |
2006 Honorable Mentions
Jason Bronner |
Ann Chernow |
Maeve Croghan |
Lloyd Greene |
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Gail Hoffman |
Kim Ellen Kauffman |
Peter Mangan |
James Warren Perry |
Phillip Shore |
2005 Winners
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| Lourdes Delgado | Gail Hoffman | Ashley Whitson |
2004 Winners
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| Kathe Kowalski | Young-Min Kang | Mary King |
2003 Winners
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