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Lawndale Art & Performance Center

THE BIG SHOW 2016

Friday, Jul. 22, 2016 – Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016

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Lawndale Art Center is pleased to announce The Big Show 2016 award recipient selected by guest jurors Apsara DiQuinzio, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and Phyllis C. Wattis MATRIX Curator of the BAMPFA (Berkeley Arts Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and Tina Kukielski, Executive Director of ART21.

The $3000 award, generously underwritten by Kathrine McGovern/McGovern Foundation, was presented to Katya Vassilyeva for the piece titled First Cause.

The Big Show is an ambitious exhibition of new works by artists practicing within a 100-mile radius of Lawndale.

About the Exhibition

A total of 105 works by 87 artists were selected for the exhibition from 1,389 works submitted by 517 artists. Artists selected for the exhibition include:

Fariba AbedinIsela Aguirre, Ann Albritton, Ariana Andrei, Daniela Antelo in collaboration with Clay Zapalac, Alphonse Argieard, Chris BakaySteven Baptiste, Amaechina Blot, Maria T. Bodelon-Nelson, Tania BotelhoCelan BouilletAllen BourneSusan BudgeCarolina BuitragoErick CalderonCarlos Canul, Jorge Canul, Tracy CarlsonMary H. CaseLindy ChambersMichelle Chen-DubosePeter ChokLim Chung, Dominic Clay, Angela CorsonShannon Crider, Jessica Crowl, Marky Dewhirst, William Dixon, Adrienne Duncan, Roslyn M. Dupre', Noah Edmundson, Kwanzaa Edwards, Karen EiseleTatiana EscallonDiane FraserGao Hang, Yvonne Gerych, Pablo Gimenez-Zapiola, David P. Gray, Wanda Harding, Nina HaysMarcos HdezJimmy HinesRhonda HollemanHedwige JacobsChristy Karll, James Kerley, Hogan KimbrellIva KinnairdKoerieJoan Laughlin, Maureen Lax, Beth LeBlancPatti LennonMarie LetermeDenise LieblLulu LinWyatt LittleD.W. LongtinMax ManningColleen MaynardKelly O'BrienAranxa OrtegaJohn Oualline, Quentin Pace, Annette PalmerPage PilandChasity PorterAlejandro Rosas, Penelope Ross, Robert Ruello, Ann Randolph Sandberg, Rajab SayedA. M. SchaerMireille SchellhornWade SchmitzCassie SkellyMegan Spacek, Stacy Anne Tracy, Rosa Valdovinos, Justin Varner, Katya Vassilyeva, Elise Weber, William Witte and Adrienne Wong

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