NOOBAA 23
Non-Objective Abstract Art - 5th Annual Juried Exhibition
The theme of Non-Objective Abstract Art can refer to Non-Objective Art or Non-Representational Art, which does not seek to represent specific objects, people, or other subjects found in the natural world, but instead relies on shape, line, color and form with no particular subject. Non-Objective Art is a pure abstract style that typically uses geometric motifs on a shallow picture plane. Art that has no illusion of pictorial depth made by linear perspective in the image and is purposely devoid of any references to worldly things or object. Styles include pure abstraction, such as geometric abstraction, neo-plasticism (De Stijl), color field, lyrical abstraction, concrete art, and more but must be unrelated to objective reality.
Juror: David Reif, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Wyoming
DETAILS
Exhibition Date: Friday, September 15 – October 20, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, September 15, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 1-5pm
AWARD WINNERS
Gold Award: Nancy Bardach - “Sideways - Torii Gate”
Silver Award: Tauna Cole - “Untitled (Yellow Line)”
Bronze Award: Michele Hardy - “Dimensions 9”
Honorable Mention: Leo Franco - “Relief 3”
Honorable Mention: Deborah Hall - “Ahead Of Time”
Honorable Mention: Benita Landrey - “First Time”
Honorable Mention: Christy Nelson - “Refashioning”
GOLD
Nancy Bardach
“Sideways - Torii Gate”
Fiber, 98” x 47”
2020
SILVER
Tauna Cole
“Untitled (Yellow Line)”
Mixed Media, 22” x 30”
2023
BRONZE
Michele Hardy
“Dimensions 9”
Fiber, 29” x 29”
2022
HONORABLE MENTIONS
FINALISTS
SELECTED ARTISTS
Craig Anderson, Fort Collins, CO - website
Nancy Bardach, Berkeley, CA - website
Cynthia Bickley-Green, Greenville, NC
Angi Brown, Fort Collins, CO
Gloria Campbell, Fort Collins, CO - website
Norman Carr, Wichita, KS
Tauna Cole, Las Cruces, NM
Bob Coonts, Fort Collins, CO - website
John Diephouse, Lansing, MI
Pat Flanagan, Lynnwood, WA - website
Leo Franco, Denver, CO - website
Nina Friedman, New York, NY - website
Janis Goldblatt, Fort Collins, CO - website
Jeanne Grove, Fort Collins, CO - website
Deborah Hall, Sacramento, CA - website
Michele Hardy, Silverthorne, CO - website
Sarah Harris, Fort Collins, CO - website
JoAnn Hovland, Fort Collins, CO
Benita Landrey, Firestone, CO
LeeAnn Lewis, Youngstown, OH - website
Lorrie Lutz, Old Orchard Beach, ME
Barbara McCulloch, Santa Fe, NM - website
Jason McKinsey, Thorton, CO - website
JoElla Mendez, San Angelo, TX - website
Frances Metcalf, McDonald, PA - website
Ann Montera, Windsor, CO
Sergio Nates, Novato, CA - website
Christy Nelson, Laporte, CO - website
Sue Pauley, Fort Collins, CO
Norma Pomerleau, Fort Collins, CO
Denise Presnell, Sheboygan, WI - website
Shell Ray, Loveland, CO - website
Carol Schinkel, Fort Collins, CO - website
Robert Schwarzenbach, San Francisco, CA
Sue Sell, Fort Collins, CO
Roger Sherman, Fort Collins, CO
Shawna Turner, Fort Collins, CO - website
Gili Wolf, Louisville, CO
Joyce Wynes, Davidson, NC - website
JUROR
David Reif
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Wyoming
ABOUT
David Reif completed his BFA (painting, drawing, Printmaking) in 1968 at the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA (sculpture) at Yale University in 1970 and has been Professor of Art at the University of Michigan and Wyoming throughout his career. He has been "Visiting Artist" at numerous university institutions including the Univ. of Wisconsin, Michigan, Northern Arizona, Houston, Colorado College and Colorado State. Reif is recipient of a National Endowment "Emerging Artist" Grant, the Pardee Award for Excellence in Sculpture at Yale University and "Best Sculpture" award at the "Joslyn Biennial" exhibition in Omaha. He has exhibited in galleries and museums in New York, Washington, DC, Chicago and universities throughout the country. Reif was member and Chair of the Wyoming arts Council, has been a juror for regional and national exhibitions including, most recently, the "Line-With-Intent" national juried exhibition this past March (2018) at the ARC Gallery in Chicago.
Reif is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Wyoming.
OPENING - SLIDESHOW
EXHIBITION - SLIDESHOW
