Starting with our 13th season, Manifest launched a new annual cash award of $2500. The Annual Manifest Grand Jury Prize is a seasonal capstone distinction awarded to one work from among the hundreds exhibited on-site at the gallery across the season.
DETAILS OF THE $2,500 SEASON 14 MANIFEST GRAND JURY PRIZE
- The works shown below represent the highest ranking artworks out of roughly 8,200 separate works submitted for consideration across 21 group and 9 solo exhibitions during our 14th season. (This excludes the Manifest Prize winner/exhibitor. The Manifest Prize is a separate cash award process and solo exhibit.)
- The Manifest Grand Jury Prize will be re-juried by the same jurors who served across the season, excluding any who may have a conflict of interest. When concluded this will result in 20-30 individuals having scored the works shown below in an effort to determine the winner. The detailed history, jury process, and rationale for the Grand Jury Prize can be found here.
- At least one work per exhibition is included for consideration. Solo exhibitors are invited to select their preferred work from their exhibition for jury, or may defer to the Director's choice.
- This Season 14 Grand Jury Prize features a pool of 52 works by 48 artists, representing 30 different exhibitions. The exhibits presented 505 works by 312 artists in 41 states and 12 countries. Details on the exhibitions, and all of season 14, can found at this link. The entire season, and all works shown, will be documented in the forthcoming Manifest Exhibition Annual publication planned for release in late 2019 or early 2020.
- We have made this page available so the artists and the public are aware of the contenders, and to serve as a recognition of these artists' works for having received high scores from their respective juries, which given the severity of the competition is an achievement worthy of mention.
- Thumbnails below may be clicked to see the full image. Videos are linked and viewable online. Images are provided in chronological order based on the date of exhibition.
Note: As of 2021 the name of this award has been revised from the Manifest Grand Jury Prize to the Grand Jury Award in order to clarify and differentiate it from the annual Manifest Prize which is a completely separate submission-based award that also grants $5,000 to one artist.
The Winner of the 2017/2018 Season 14 Manifest Grand Jury Prize of $2,500:
Bloom Bloom by Dana Lynn Harper
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Dana Lynn Harper
Columbus, Ohio
Bloom Bloom
flagging tape, chicken wire, light (installation)
132” x 180” x 180”, 2013-2016
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT
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Dustin London
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Palindrome
oil on canvas
52” x 62”, 2016
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT |
Benjamin Lowery
Bloomington, Indiana
Love and War
oil on canvas
49” x 60”, 2017
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT
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Nat Borges
Sarasota, Florida
Asphodelus
watercolor and colored pencil on paper
8” x 10”, 2017
Exhibition: Aquachrome 201 |
Corey Drieth
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Praise
gouache, colored pencil, wood
9” x 11” x 1”, 2014
Exhibition: Aquachrome 2017 |
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Scott Waters
Toronto, Canada
Steven Sotloff (Execution Portrait)
watercolour on Arches aquarelle (300 lb)
15” x 10.5”, 2017
Exhibition: Aquachrome 2017
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Evan Boggess
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Kimberlite and Fool’s Gold
oil, acrylic, and spray paint
84” x 60”, 2016
Exhibition: Fresh Paint 2017 |
Jenniffer Omaitz
Kent, Ohio
Building Something Out of Nothing
acrylic on canvas
30” x 36”, 2015
Exhibition: Fresh Paint 2017
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Gregory Martin
Mississippi State, Mississippi
Vita Quo Nex
oil on canvas
36” x 20” x 2”, 2012
Exhibition: Arboreal |
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Margaret Whiting
Waterloo, Iowa
Deforestation
altered law books
(size variable, room installation), 2013
Exhibition: Arboreal
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Sue Bryan
New York, New York
Waif
charcoal and carbon on Arches
mounted on wood
10” x 10”, 2017
Exhibition: Arboreal
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Nancy McCarthy
Rehoboth, Massachusetts
Scorpian Horse
oil on canvas
24” x 26”, 2014
Exhibition: Art from Art |
Isaac McCaslin
Jefferson, Louisiana
Insect Like Mutations
oil on canvas
48” x 96” x 1.5”, 2014
Exhibition: Art from Art
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Jennifer Cronin
Chicago, Illinois
Drifting No. 1
oil on canvas
24” x 24”, 2016
Exhibition: h2o |
Blake Conroy
Aberdeen, Maryland
Field Study, Blue Cascade
cut paper
30” x 20” x 3”, 2017
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT |
Yvette Kaiser Smith
Chicago, Illinois
Wide Ruled: e 9228
laser-cut and engraved acrylic sheet, nylon spacers, capped hardware. Two panels: Fluorescent green and phantom (matte clear) with graphite
23” x 24” x 2”, 2017
Exhibition: Illinois Regional
(detail view)
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Mary Wagner
Chicago, Illinois
I Dream in Color
ink on paper
14” x 14”, 2016
Exhibition: Illinois Regional
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Mary Murphy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hybrid #3
watercolor, colored pencil, paper
63” x 53”, 2017
Exhibition: Pennsylvania Regional
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Darrell Kincer
Lexington, Kentucky
Thinly Veiled, Triad
archival inkjet print
16” x 20”, 2017
Exhibition: Tapped 8 |
Travis Linville
Elgin, Illinois
Ariel
ambrotype
8” x 10”, 2017
Exhibition: Tapped 8 |
Carol Salisbury
Lawrence, Kansas
Golden Neckpiece
Metal
9” x 13” x 13”
Exhibition: Tapped 8 |
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Steven Subotnick
Providence, Rhode Island
Pig
animation
3:15, 2015
Exhibition: Characterized
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Steven Subotnick
Providence, Rhode Island
Little Girl
animation
3:30, 2016
Exhibition: Characterized |
Steven Subotnick
Providence, Rhode Island
Lake
animation
4:00, 2013
Exhibition: Characterized |
TyRuben Ellingson
Midlothian, Virginia
Minnesota Dream Still
digital print on hand-prepared paper
22” x 30”, 2017
Exhibition: Imaginarium |
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Katie Hudnall
Indianapolis, Indiana
Symbiosis #4: Drawers & Drawings
reclaimed wood, found objects, string, hardware, paint, ink
65” x 37” x 30”
Exhibition: Imaginarium
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Craig Fisher
Toledo, Ohio
The Grotto
Colored mezzotint
32” x 24.5”, 2017
Exhibition: Imprint
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William Kitchens
New Orleans, Louisiana
Untitled
lithograph
8” x 12”, 2017
Exhibition: Imprint |
John Nicholas Hutchings
Frederick, Maryland
That Which Presses Between Us
hickory and oak wood
84” x 32” x 52”, 2017
Exhibition: Aspire |
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Ron Monsma
South Bend, Indiana
The Dream
oil on canvas
54” x 68”, 2016
Exhibition: Aspire |
Fred Fochtman
Columbus, Ohio
Elaine’s Kitchen
oil on muslin panel
12” x 9”, 2016
Exhibition: Regional OKI
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Ron Isaacs
Lexington, Ohio
Wing
acrylic on birch plywood construction
26” x 16.5” x 1.75”, 2015
Exhibition: Regional OKI
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Steve Nyktas
Indianapolis, Indiana
Sail-back Dinosaur Bugs on My Teapot
lambda print
30” x 45”, 2017
Exhibition: Regional OKI
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Dan Tague
New Orleans, Louisiana
American Beauty
thermal dye print on aluminum
36” x 36”, 2017
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT |
Robin Germany
Lubbock, Texas
Red Text Book
pigment ink on rag paper
32” x 26”, 2016
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT |
Katlyn Brumfield
Lexington, Kentucky
Being and Time
graphite on paper
54” x 34”, 2015
Exhibition: Drawn 2018 |
Dana Lynn Harper
Columbus, Ohio
Bloom Bloom
flagging tape, chicken wire, light
132” x 180” x 180”, 2013-2016
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT
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Brandice Guerra
Arcata, California
Godwit Belly Laugh
acrylic on paper
6.25” x 6.5”, 2015
Exhibition:
14th Annual Magnitude Seven |
Victoria Ridgway
Bloomington, Indiana
Bernice
mixed media
4” x 4”, 2017
Exhibition:
14th Annual Magnitude Seven
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Victoria Ridgway
Bloomington, Indiana
Walter
mixed media
3.75” x 3.75”, 2017
Exhibition:
14th Annual Magnitude Seven |
Kristina McComb
Gill, Massachusetts
Two-sides of Self #1
pigment prints on acetate, steel, plexiglass, LED lights
10” x 14” x 6”, 2017
Exhibition:
14th Annual Rites of Passage |
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Kristina McComb
Gill, Massachusetts
Manufactured Autonomy
archival pigment prints
57” x 130” x .5”, 2017
Exhibition:
14th Annual Rites of Passage
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Charlie Goering
Cincinnati, Ohio
Night Falls in the Middle West
oil on canvas
72” x 72”, 2018
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT
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Stephen Barnwell
Wayne, New Jersey
Dread & Circuses
digital print
20” x 16”, 2018
Exhibition: Hacked
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Hayward Wilkirson
Lexington, Kentucky
Duet
steel, wood, epoxy, wax
10” x 61” x 1.5”
Exhibition: Hacked
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Roscoe Wilson
Hamilton, Ohio
Obsolete- Child’s Adirondack
plastic chair, wood
27” x 17” x 27”, 2015
Exhibition: Hacked
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Ayako Kurimoto
Carbondale, Illinois
Drop
cast glass
5.5” x 4” x 4”
Exhibition: Master Pieces |
Michael Oliver
Adamstown, Maryland
Dee
ink on paper
16” x 20”
Exhibition: Master Pieces
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Amelia Vercauteren
Baltimore, Maryland
Tableau
Digital Composite Photograph
20” x 48”, 2018
Exhibition: Master Pieces
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Anton Hoeger
Oberschleissheim, Germany
Cain
oil on linen
35.4” x 78.7” x 2.3”, 2015
Exhibition: NUDE 2018
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Tongji Qian
Shanghai, China
Invisible
woodblock print
12” x 18”, 2016
Exhibition: Textuality |
Jennifer Meanley
Greensboro, North Carolina
Erastus, We Came and You Deployed
oil on canvas
72” x 190”, 2017
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT
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David Linneweh
Wheaton, Illinois
Pembroke 15
transfer, graphite, & oil on panel
10.75" x 16.25", 2018
Exhibition: SOLO EXHIBIT
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