EXPO 44

EXPO 44 INTERNATIONAL JURIED COMPETITION

Tis competition will be a virtual show with a virtual reception on Zoom.

JUROR: Emily Olek is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. urrently, Emily is working closely with Esther Adler on the upcoming exhibition of textile abstractions, Woven Histories, set to open at MoMA in 2025. She recently completed work on the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time, with curator Samantha Friedman and conservator Laura Neufeld. Before joining MoMA, Emily was the Janet and Craig Duchossois Curatorial Assistant in Prints and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she worked on projects including Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw, Hairy Who? 1966-1969, and Lygia Pape: Tecelares. She also worked on exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center and the Pritzker Military Museum and Library. Emily recently completed her M.A. at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a concentration in American works on paper and holds a B.A. in Art History from Loyola University Chicago. Her Master’s Thesis entitled “So-Called Outsiders: A Case Against the Moniker” won UIC Graduate College’s 2022 Outstanding Thesis Award

ACCEPTED MEDIA: All fine arts media are acceptable (no crafts): watercolor, oils, acrylic, mixed media, printmaking, pastel, drawing, collage, sculpture, installation art, video (short), photography, original digital art, fiber art. Artist will be allowed to submit up to 6 images and/or 2 videos.Submissions must be the original work of the artist / No collaborations will be accepted.

REGISTRATION: Starts October 1, 2024 (Open to artists over the age of 18 living in the United States or abroad).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: December 20, 2024.

ENTRY FEE: $35.00 for up to 6 images and/or 2 videos. All artists will be judged on their body of work.

SIZE LIMITATIONS: There are no size limitations.

NOTIFICATION: Finalists will be notified by January 17,  2025.