Some came to buy, while others went to casually check it out.
This year, 65 fine art students entered UNF’s Student Juried Annual exhibition at the UNF Gallery of Art. A total of 125 pieces were submitted.
Juror Julie Dickover, the director of the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College, independently judged and selected the pieces.
Among the full display of selected works, other student artists won special categories, including Best in Show, Best 3D, Best 2D and three honorable mentions.
Michael Wilke won the award for best 2D piece with Tobacco #1, a portrait of his friend smoking. Wilke shot Tobacco #1 in a studio with a five-light setup and afterwards used Photoshop to color the background.
“I tried to portray comfort and contrast visually through the pleasures of vice that twenty-somethings use through fun lighting schemes,” Wilke said.
Photo by Nick Blank
“People meet you, and they put on different faces. Everyone has so many sides to them,” Paine said. “These masks could all belong to the same person, and you wouldn’t know because we’re all hiding something.”
Paine used Native Americans and Chinese masks as templates to his own creation. Some resembling resembled the Jason character from Friday the Thirteenth. The set priced at $1000, consisted of twenty clay masks with varying colors and styles.
Joshua Scott, who specializes in ceramics, won an honorable mention for his Vase #3. But it was his other piece, Reliquary that was purchased for $75.
“The whole form was just a block of clay. Then it was a reductive process, I just carved away. I was trying to make it all come from the same place,” Scott said of Reliquary.
“I saw videos of people making art with pillows online. I wanted to see what things would contrast those soft feelings,” Perriera said of her work, which was not for sale.
The other honorable mention went to Ian Skinner for Pan Handlers— a sculpture depicting a pair of chained hands. Skinner wasn’t in attendance at the awards reception.
“Great art says something,” Draper said. “This exhibition is the perfect opportunity for students to showcase their work.”
The exhibit will remain on display at the UNF Gallery of Art until March 4.
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