Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition
October 14 - November 18, 2022 📍Inez Greenberg Gallery
OPEN RECEPTION and AWARDS CEREMONY: Friday, October 14, 6:00-8:00pm
Free and open to the public.
ABOUT THIS EXHIBITION
Each year this exciting competition and exhibition brings together Artistry’s talented members. It is always a varied and eclectic collection showcasing many different mediums, styles and techniques. Every year the exhibiting artwork is selected by a prominent member of the local arts community.
Award Winners:
Meet the Juror
Suyao Tian is an artist, designer, owner of Viewpoint Gallery, and Adjunct Faculty at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Tian began her studies in Music Education at Qinghai Normal University and Xiamen University in China. Following graduation, she began teaching Music Education as Assistant Professor at Guangdong Tianhe Technical Normal College in Guangzhou, China.
Tian later came to the US in 2011 where she began her studies in art and design. She started with her BA in Fine Art at the University of Central Arkansas. Afterward, she completed her MFA in Design and Branding Identity from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2017. From her MFA studies, she developed and established her company Modern Cover™ where she designs and sells playful outerwear which has been sold across the US.
Tian’s paintings have been featured in numerous group and solo exhibitions, along with curating multiple group shows cross country. Her works have caught the eye of local and national companies, with her designs applied and sold across a range of product types, like Room & Board, Merlette and more.
In 2022, Tian opened Viewpoint Gallery with her husband, to celebrate art and artists, generate new ideas for the community, and to provide opportunities for greater engagement of people within the community.
While curating, painting, running the gallery and Modern Cover™, and raising her son, she continues to be a strong and active member across organizations within the art and creative communities of the Twin Cities. She currently serves on the Executive Board of Art Buddies and the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), and is passionately engaged with multiple galleries and organizations across state.
View Suyao Tian’s website here.
Exhibiting Artists
Therese Abbott Pedersen, Janet Adams, Donald Aggerbeck, Mary Anderson, Michael Anderson, Kapono Asuncion, Mary Axelson, Megan Bakke, Pamela Belding, Barbara Björnson, Robin Blochinger, Lonnie Broden, James Burpee, Brenna Busse, Andrea Canter, Pamela Carberry, Alex Chinn, Kordula Coleman, Michael Conroy, Kat Corrigan, Tom Davis, Wade Davis, Beth Dorsey, Nabanita Dutta, Linda Farrelly, Cynthia Fleury, Elizabeth Franklin, Jeanne Grau, Julie Greenwood, Diane Gronewold, Norma Hanlon, Marty Harris, Janet Hartmann, Florence Hill, Shelley Holl, Steven Holzemer, Greg Hostetter, Christine Huberg Nelson, Avery Hunter, Leeya Rose Jackson, Linda Jensen, Brenda Jones, JuliAnne Jonker, Carolyn CS Kleinberger, Raymond Klempka, Dona Kos, Kathleen Kvern, Nancy Lamberger, Anne Landreman, Van Thong Lao, Miho Libbey, Letitia Little, Rick Lundsten, William Malo, Layl McDill, Mary Lynn McPherson, Marjorie Moody, Mary Ann Morgan, Eric Mueller, Patricia Nanoff, Douglas Oudekerk, Marie Panlener, Liz Pawlak, John Pearson, Cathryn Peters, Amy Robinson, George Robinson, Katherine Rogers, Arielle Romano, Surelle Schewe, Paul Schiller, Richard Simonsen, Linda Snouffer, Susan Solomon, Ann Solyst, Michael Sweere, Linda Thiltgen, Tom Westberg, Peter Wong, Marc Ye