FIU Art + Art History students, faculty, and alumni are featured in the Seventh All-Media Juried Biennial at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood. Alumna Kerry Phillips was awarded second-place in the Biennial and alumni Eddie Arroyo (FIU BFA ’01) and Juan Neira (FIU BA and BFA ’15) were recognized with honorable mentions.
This year’s Biennial features 87 works of art by 78 artists. Overall, 383 artists representing 21 different Florida counties submitted 1,084 entries for consideration. The winners of cash prizes were announced at the opening reception on Friday, September 18th:
Winners
Best in Show: Carrie Smith
1st Place: Clara Varas
2nd Place: Kerry Phillips
3rd Place: Jordan Massengale
Honorable Mentions
Eddie Arroyo
Linda Behar
Karla Caprali
Deming Harriman
Juan Neira
Troy Simmons
Jeff Whipple
All artists residing in the state of Florida were invited to submit entries of contemporary artwork for consideration in this Biennial. Original paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, photography, video, computer-generated images, performance, and site-specific installations were considered.
Award winners were selected for Best in Show ($2,000 prize), First Place ($1,000 prize), Second Place ($600 prize), Third Place ($400 prize), and Honorable Mentions. This year’s jurors are Marisa J. Pascucci, Curator of Collections at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, and Elizabeth Cerejido, Independent Curator of modern and contemporary Latin American art and photography. Artist Michelle Weinberg curated the exhibitions. (Source)
The artists who participated in the Seventh All-Media Juried Biennial were:
| Miroslav Antich, West Palm Beach | Mally Khorasantchi, Naples |
| Eddie Arroyo, Miami | Monique Lassooij, North Miami |
| Maria Theresa Barbist, Miami | Jill Lavetsky, Lake Worth |
| Linda Behar, Parkland | Dan Leahy, West Palm Beach |
| Sarah-Twiggy Boyer, Coral Springs | Jordan Massengale, Pembroke Pines |
| Todd Brittingham, Plantation | Jillian Mayer, Plantation |
| Lujan Candria, Miami | Michael Mills, Wilton Manors |
| Karla Caprali, Cutler Bay | Laura Mintz, Bay Harbor Islands |
| Leo Castaneda, Doral | Juan Neira, Doral |
| Erika Cespedes, Loxahatchee | Rick Newton, West Palm Beach |
| Angelica Clyman, Pembroke Pines | Edison Peñafiel, Sunrise |
| Barbara Cooper Hanson, Miami | Kerry Phillips, Miami |
| Stephanie Cunningham, Ft. Lauderdale | Sri Prabha, Hollywood |
| Neil De La Flor, Miami | Alexander Richard Carbonell, Miami |
| John DeFaro, Miami | David Rohn, Miami |
| Colby DeGraaf, Boca Raton | Alina Rojo, Miami Lakes |
| Cara Despain, Miami | Jorge Sanchez, Miami |
| Reniel Diaz, Miami Beach | Ivan Santiago, Miami |
| Reed Dixon, Boynton Beach | Lissette Schaeffler, Miami Beach |
| Jane du Brin, Fort Pierce | Gretchen Scharnagl, Miami |
| Erman , Miami | Elle Schorr, Lake Worth |
| Daniel Fiorda, Miami Beach | Stuart Sheldon, Miami |
| Abby Funk, Delray Beach | Kocabasi Sibel, Lake Worth |
| Justin Gaffrey, Santa Rosa Beach | Troy Simmons, Miami |
| Lorna Ruth Galloway, North Miami | Carrie Smith, Clearwater |
| Nick Gilmore, Miami | Bethany Taylor, Gainesville |
| Deborah Goldman, Key West | Kristen Thiele, Miami |
| George Goodridge, Miami Beach | Alba Triana, Miami |
| Sandi-Jo Gordon, Aventura | Clara Varas, Miami |
| Isabel Gouveia, Lake Worth | Jovan Karlo Villalba, Miami |
| Amy Gross, Delray Beach | Evelyn Walg, Aventura |
| Deming Harriman, Miami Beach | Jill Weisberg, Dania Beach |
| Cecilia Hecht, Hollywood | Jeff Whipple, Jacksonville |
| Rachel Henriques, Ft. Lauderdale | Michael Williams, Miami Beach |
| Peter Hosfeld, Miami Shores | Agustina Woodgate, Surfside |
| Carol Jazzar, El Portal | Angela Yang, Fort Lauderdale |
| Maria Soledad Jofre, Hialeah | Joni Younkins-Herzog, Sarasota |
| Brookhart Jonquil, Miami | Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Miami Beach |
The Seventh All-Media Juried Biennial will run until Sunday, November 1st, 2015 at the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood: 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL 33020.
The featured image is Michael Williams, Of + D, 2013, 36”x36”x1.5”, Watercolor on Canvas, and it is from the Art and Culture Center of Hollywood website.
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