NOOBAA | Non-Objective Abstract Art 3rd Annual International Exhibition
Deadline for Submission: August 8, 2021
NOOBAA | Non-Objective Abstract Art 3rd Annual International 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: 3 Square Art Members
Image Credit:
“Variation A/15” by Bonnie Lebesch, Gold Award, NOOBAA 2020
Details
Exhibit Date: Friday, September 17 – October 22, 2021
Opening Reception: Friday, September 17, 6-9pm
Deadline for Submission: August 8, 2021
Media Type: All Media
Juror: 3 Square Art Members
Entry Fee: $39 for 1-3 images, $45 for 4 images, $51 for 5 images (Entry fee is non-refundable)
Click here for submission instructions
(online entry form, entry fee & submission images by email is required)
Eligibility
Figure That!: 4th Annual Juried Exhibition is open to artists who are at least 18 years old (by the time of entry) submitting original works of art created within the past 3 years.
Each artist may enter up to 5 artworks.
The competition welcomes all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, textiles, and digital art. (Note size restrictions in Rules for Entry)
Artworks must be recent; any artworks completed before August 8, 2018 will be disqualified.
The enclosed entry/entries must be original work, independently created, composed and executed.
No copies from other artists' works or paintings/drawings from other artists' photographs or from published material will be allowed. Source material must be original.
Artwork that previously exhibited at 3 Square Art Gallery are NOT eligible to submit.
All entries must be submitted electronically through the online submission page, which opens March 23, 2021 and closes August 8th, 2021 at 11:59 pm midnight MOUNTAIN TIME (Denver, CO).
There is a nonrefundable entry fee of $39 for 1-3 artworks, $45 for 4 artworks, or $51 for 5 artworks.
Please review all ENTRY GUIDELINES & SUBMISSION AGREEMENT before submitting.
Awards & Benefits
3SA GOLD AWARD: $300 + Award Certification
3SA SILVER AWARD: $150 + Award Certification
3SA BRONZE AWARD: $75 + Award Certification
Honorable Mention: Certification
Selected artists for the exhibition receive the following benefits:
Juried Exhibit
Posting to 3SA website and social media platforms
Professional exhibition space and display of artwork
One of top galleries in Northern Colorado (great addition to resume)
Accepted artists will be listed on the 3SA website with their work and link to their website
Press releases on exhibition sent to 3SA media outlets
Juror
3 Square Art Jury Members
Kumiko S. McKee
Kumiko is an award-winning artist creating large oil paintings of Japanese-themed historical subjects as well as extremely detailed portrait drawings in large scale format revealing the true spirit of her subjects. She started formal Atelier-style academic training at the Koriyama Kaisei Gakuen Art School in Japan where she learned classical drawing and painting skills. She received a BFA from the University of Wyoming and has received prestigious awards in National and International Competitions and Juried Exhibitions including 1st Place Award four times.
Amanda Gress
Amanda Gress is a contemporary figurative artist working in Colorado. She received a BFA in 2005 and MFA in 2008 from Laguna College of Art and Design in California. Her classical training in both drawing and painting are rooted in historical techniques covering several mediums. Her work has been widely exhibited and collected throughout the western U.S. She has also taught art privately and academically for the past 15 years.
Craig McKee
Fine Artist, Graphic Designer, Entrepreneur, Business Development & Owner, International Sales and Marketing, Recently (Distilling & Brewing).
He received a BFA with Magna Cum Laude honors from Kenyon College in Ohio.
Jim Benest
Award-winning Abstract Artist and Photographer.
Over the years, Jim's love of photographing landscapes and florals led him to travel to South America, Italy and the American Southwest. From 2004 to 2009, Jim opened and managed his own gallery, The Collective Fine Art Gallery in the Historic Old Town District of Fort Collins, Colorado.