May 21 – July 2, 2021

9th Annual Bridgeport Art Competition

4th Floor Gallery
Jurors Dr. Yaounde Olu and Jeffrey Hirst

Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony: Friday, May 21st, 2021 from 7-10PM

Bridgeport Art Center (BAC) will announce the winners of our 9th Annual Art Competition, awarding $3,000 in prizes to artists in the Chicagoland area, during an awards ceremony on Friday, May 21st, 2021 from 7-10PM. The show will continue until July 2nd, 2021 in the 4th Floor Gallery. To see a list of participating artists, click here. Artwork credit:

“Tectonic Shift” by Jane Michalski


BEST OF SHOW

Terron Cooper Sorrells

I’m Coming Home!

Oil on Linen

2021

72” x 96”

SECOND PRIZE

Carlos Barberena De La Rocha

Essential

Linocut on BFK Rives Paper

2020

24” x 18”

THIRD PRIZE

David Bower

Night Scene

Celluloid Swans, paper, collage, wood

2020

34” x 24” x 2”

(6) HONORABLE MENTION PRIZES

Jane Michalski

Tectonic Shift

Encaustic on Panel, silk screen

2020

36” x 24”

Juan Pablo Ruiz

The Plague

Oil on canvas

2021

42” x 60”

Jeanine Hill-Soldner

Sometimes in a Hurry

Oil on canvas

2019

36” x 36”

Jens Brasch

Refugees

Oil and acrylic on canvas

2020

48” x 60”

Richard Maltz

Pandemic Caretaker

Acrylic on canvas

2020

36” x 48”

Peter N. Gray

Caught Up in the Whirlwind

Steel, bronze, resin, limeston

2020

20” x 9” x 8”

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