2023 JURIED EXHIBIT

The 2023 39th Annual Juried Exhibit took place at The Galleries at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, and online from August 29th through September 30, 2023.

The jury viewed 434 collages and assemblages, entered from 38 states and 4 countries. Sixty-six pieces were selected for this exhibit.

Cynthia Behr

Professor of Art History at College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV.

Jeff Katzin

Senior Curator, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH.

Cory Peeke

Professor of Art & Director of the Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR.

Awards Judge - Barbara Minch

Barbara Minch teaches collage at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey. She is an accomplished professional collage artist who has exhibited her work at several museums and many corporate collections.

  • Gary Barton | Provo, UT

    PERSONAL NOTES REUSED, REORGANIZED,
    AND REDACTED #11

    collage and mixed media
    12.5 x 9
    $800

  • Gretchen Bierbaum | Hudson, OH

    DESERT FLOWERS
    collage
    16 x 12
    $350

  • Jen Blalock | Pittsburgh, PA

    WATERBEAR PARADE
    collage
    13.5 x 13
    $350

  • Rod Boyer Exeter, NH

    AND MOST OF THEM ARE MORE
    mixed media collage
    7.25 x 7.75
    $215

  • Richard Buntzen | Monmouth Beach, NJ

    JULY
    New York Times newspaper fragments
    10 x 10
    $850

  • Lou Camerato | Akron, OH

    TIME WELL SERVED
    ties, dress shirt, baby gate
    42 x 33 x 1.5
    $300

  • Joe Castro | Collegeville, PA

    TRUTHFUL WITNESS
    cut paper collage on paper
    12 x 18
    NFS

  • Pamela Chiasson | Hudson, MA

    RISE UP BEAUTIFUL ONE
    paint and mark making, image transfer,
    collage paper, tissue paper
    16 x 16
    $600

  • MaryJo Clark | Manchester, MO

    BEYOND
    mixed media collage
    18 x 18
    $300

  • Lynne Conrad Marvet | Seattle, WA

    FLOWERS & ENERGY FIELDS
    collage and colored pencil on paper
    10 x 14
    $245

  • John Conway | Ellwood City, PA

    ALL TOO SOON
    collage
    14 x 11
    $250

  • Pál Csaba | Budapest, Hungary

    FALL 02
    collage
    11.5 x 8.25
    NFS

  • Susan Darling

    Susan Darling | Marietta, PA

    DEEP IN THE NIGHT SKY
    mixed media collage
    16 x 14
    $265

  • Kristin Dexter

    Kristin Dexter | Essex Junction, VT

    IN PANE
    magazine and royalty
    free images
    12 x 12
    NFS

  • John Diephouse

    John Diephouse | Lansing, MI

    CALL AND RESPONSE
    collage
    18 x 21
    $450

  • Ben DiNino

    Ben DiNino | Minneapolis, MN

    COMP POSED 4
    collaged paper
    11 x 8.5
    $250

  • Ben DiNino

    Ben DiNino | Minneapolis, MN

    CORPOREAL FOLDS 70
    black and white nude photographs
    16 x 15
    $250

  • Sheryl Renee Dobson

    Sheryl Renee Dobson | Staten Island, NY

    IN DEO SPERAMUS
    mixed media collage
    48 x 40
    NFS

  • Deborah Eater

    Deborah Eater | Levittown, PA

    AUTOMATION
    digital prints, acrylic,
    and pigment marker on canvas board
    20 x 16
    $1,600

  • Deborah Eater

    Deborah Eater | Levittown, PA

    GRAVITATIONAL ASSIST
    magazine clippings on cradled mat board
    7.15 x 5.15
    $180

  • Shirley Ende-Saxe

    Shirley Ende-Saxe | Cuyahoga Falls, OH

    REQUEST DENIED
    reproductions of Gainsborough’s and Audubon’s work with book illustrations
    4 x 6
    $100

  • Kenneth Falana

    Kenneth Falana | Tallahassee, FL

    STORM SURGE
    monoprint and collage on paper
    61 x 42
    $30,000

  • Suzan Fant

    Suzan Fant | Grand Rapids, MI

    DEAR RAY NO. 2
    mixed media collage
    12 x 12
    $450

  • Jan Filarski

    Jan Filarski | Ray, MI

    GOLDEN PATH
    papers on illustration board, acrylic paint, pen
    32 x 26
    $995

  • Douglas Fromm

    Douglas Fromm | Roswell, GA

    GALACTIK GEKKO
    acrylic, twist ties, beads, plastic frog eyes, plastic rings, rhinestones, threads, strings, wires, empty blue vinyl gel caps
    24 x 29
    $400

  • Lenny Gallo

    Lenny Gallo | Verona, NJ

    FORTUNE COOKIE
    mixed media
    10 x 10
    $500

  • Petrina Gardner

    Petrina Gardner | Wilmington, DE

    9/11 REVISITED
    photo, magazine images
    9.75 x 7
    $400

  • Ellie Garvey

    Ellie Garvey | Indianapolis, IN

    BABY RACCOON
    paper
    17 x 11
    NFS

  • Gayle Gerson

    Gayle Gerson | Grand Junction, CO

    ABSTRACT LANGUAGE
    paper ephemera and paint
    20 x 16
    $600

  • Vera Gierke

    Vera Gierke | Providence, RI

    CUBA LOVES A CONVERTIBLE
    collage
    12 x 24
    NFS

  • Amy Grey

    Amy Grey | Moscow, ID

    INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS
    ephemera, fabric, metal screening, bike inner tubes
    24 x 24
    NFS

  • Randall James

    Randall James | Oberlin, OH

    MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE # 381
    acrylic, assorted papers, paint marker.
    24 x 18
    $550

  • David Johnson

    David Johnson | Cedar Park, TX

    AS A BIRD IN A GREAT EMBRACE OF FLIGHT
    found objects, mixed media, and assemblage on canvas
    30 x 30
    $1,850

  • Emily Johnson

    Emily Johnson | Ellicott City, MD

    TO UNDERSTAND
    mixed media collage
    48 x 36
    $1,000

  • Nicola Katsikis | Los Angeles, CA

    FREESTYLE JUNKIE #7
    photography collage
    30 x 30
    $2,700

  • Sue Im Koo | Ridgefield, NJ

    A SAFE HOUSE WHERE MY HEART IS SPARKLING WITH FULL OF JOY
    mixed media collage with pastel on canvas
    48 x 36
    $3,000

  • Liz LaGarde | Frederick, MD

    GROWTH TRIPTYCH
    acrylic, watercolor, wax pastel, and paper
    10 x 30
    $650

  • Laura Lein-Svencner | Darien, IL

    CROW NEXT TO THE HOUSE
    papers and thread on wood
    24 x 24
    $525

  • Janet Maher | Westerly, RI

    LETTERS HOME #2
    mixed media collage on board
    12.75 x 16.75
    $400

  • Paula Mans | Washington, DC

    UNTAMED
    collage, denim, and acrylic on
    wood panel
    48 x 36
    $1,500

  • Dennis Mastrangelo | Mentor, OH

    WINDOW STUDY #4
    cut paper collage
    16 x 20
    $250

  • Dennis Mastrangelo | Mentor, OH

    OUT MY WINDOW
    cut paper collage
    16 x 20
    $250

  • Pat Mayer | Redwood City, CA

    UNDERGROUND RECIPE
    found papers and cardboard
    36 x 36
    $1,000

  • Bonnie Mineo | Sherborn, MA

    HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW
    collage
    9 x 12
    $350

  • Clare Murray Adams | Southington, OH

    LOSS
    acrylic paint, fabric, hand stitching, and embroidery
    12 x 9
    NFS

  • Nancy Nichols-Pethick | Terre Haute, IN

    RADICALS
    paper collage, graphite
    12 x 9
    $300

  • Mercedes Nuñez | Bellingham, MA

    MECHANISM FOR MEASURING HUMAN TIME
    mixed media collage
    12 x 12
    $425

  • Kasandra Pantoja | Orange, NJ

    SHE IS… THE FUTURE
    textile on canvas
    24 x 30
    $700

  • Linda Penrod | Bertram, TX

    SERPENTI
    mixed media collage
    15 x 21
    $2,000

  • Cynthia Petry | Ashland, OH

    LOST BIRD
    found photo collage on knives
    12 x 14 x 2
    $250

  • Judith Sander | Philomath, OR

    TURNING PAGES IN HER MIND
    printed papers, beads, oil pastels, acrylic paints and pencil marks
    16 x 14
    $850

  • Roberta Smith | Salida, CO

    THE SOOTHSAYER’S PROMISE
    collage on board
    12 x 46 x 3
    $1,600

  • Suran Song | Bronx, NY

    RUSTBELT REAGANOMICS FOR ELECTION DAY
    gesso, paint, cardboard box, sundry shipping materials
    48 x 48
    $600

  • Kari Souders | Gladwyne, PA

    PERFECTLY IMPERFECT N 4
    found paper, fabric, string, and acrylic paint on canvas.
    24 x 24
    $700

  • Janny Taylor | Tucson, AZ

    MATCH POINT
    collage
    10 x 10
    $525

  • Michael Toti | Avon, CT

    457
    magazine spines and acrylic
    11 x 14
    $325

  • Will Ursprung | Gilbertsville, PA

    A
    found papers
    10 x 8
    NFS

  • Kris Vance | Toronto, Canada

    LITTLE JOURNEYS
    found object assemblage
    16 x 10 x 5
    NFS

  • Kris Vance | Toronto, Canada

    LITTLE JOURNEYS
    found object assemblage
    16 x 10 x 5
    NFS

  • Gwen Waight | Peninsula, OH

    PULL ME INTO YOUR HOME
    found object assemblage
    25 x 15 x 5
    $300

  • Susan Wakal | Sidney, BC

    PORTRAIT OF A COLLAGE COLLECTIVE
    mixed media collage on paper
    12.75 x 10.25
    $800

  • Susan Wakal | Sidney, BC

    THEIF
    mixed media collage on paper
    10.75 x 7.75
    $600

  • P.K. Williams | Placitas, NM

    SWEET MEMORIES
    mixed media collage on panel
    18 x 18
    $500

  • Lauren Yandell | Pearland, TX

    VISUAL INTERPRETATION
    magazine cutout collage
    13.5 x 11.5
    $200

  • Eric Zuccola | Minneapolis, MN

    TIME TO FEED THE METERS
    collage
    20 x 20
    $275

  • Carol Mullen | Sandia Park, NM

    MONARCH
    collage
    18 x 3
    $300