ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION AND FURDRAISER
OPEN CALL 2023
OPEN CALL 2023
ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION AND FURDRAISER
JULY 27 - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT NON-VIOLENCE
The MEPAINTSME annual Open Call exhibition provides a venue for emerging, non-professional, and established artists, alike. With selection based entirely on the stand-alone merits of the work, it presents an equal opportunity to every artist who applies. Altogether, I was deeply moved by the caliber of work submitted for this year's open call, and am pleased to present this selection of artworks by 50 international artists from 16 countries.
With this effort, I also wanted to give artists and collectors the ability to support non-profit groups whose mission was in line with my own. Last year, the 2022 Open Call exhibition raised over $5,000 to support Ukrainian Relief efforts. This year, mepaintsme will be donating 100% of profits form the sale of artwork to support organizations dedicated to ending gun violence in America, including Sandy Hook Promise, Healing Hurt People, Everytown for Gun Safety, and Giffords Law Center. These organizations have excellent violence prevention programming — each using education, research and advocacy to fulfill their respective missions, with a few programs aimed towards electing candidates who are committed to finding solutions to this growing epidemic.
A huge thanks to everyone who submitted their artwork for consideration, and in support of this cause. The response by @mepaintsme followers has been incredible and inspiring.
Please join us in support of this duel effort! Your purchase will not only support the work of these talented artists, but will also contribute much-needed funding to organizaions dedicated to non-violence.
SELECTED ARTISTS
Dominic Beattie / Marcus Bjernerup / Paul Brainard / Nicholas Burns / Cécile Carer / Shea Chang / Erekle Chinchilakashvili / Craig Coulthard / JJ Cromer / Christian DeFilippo / Meagan Donegan / Salvatore Fiorello / Nicole Frobusch / Jay Gaskill / Jim Gaylord / Grace Hager / Anne Herbert / Clara Holt / Tess Jenkins / Gali Katz / Matías Krahn / Siqi Lao / Margarita Frančeska Loze / Junyi Lu / Ewa Julia Maj / Amelie Mancini / Manuel Marsol / Masoto / Kelly McCallum / Scott McCracken / Aidan McDonah / Andrew James McKay / Patrick Martinez-Mees / Sarah Alice Moran / Chris Moss /Kei New / Sara Osebold / Judy Riola / Bandi Sasha Robert / Samantha Sanders / ZD Sands / Camila Schubert / Gabriel Soto / Samuel Staffan / Jane Sugar / Sebastian Supanz / Jon Vaughn / Allen Yu / Meng Zhang / DW Zinsser
Paul Brainard
Charlottesville Hibachi Incident # 2, 2022
pen and graphite on paper
12 1/2 x 13 in
31.8 x 33 cm
Salvatore Fiorello
Augustine's Cottage, 2023
oil on linen
11 x 13 3/4 in
28 x 35 cm
Allen Yu
Candy Corn, 2022
colored pencil on paper
9 x 12 in
22.9 x 30.5 cm
Tess Jenkins
The True Face of That Which You Most Fear, 2023
oil, oil stick and glitter on canvas
12 x 10 in
30.5 x 25.4 cm
Meagan Donegan
Sophia, 2022
pencil and coffee on paper
12 x 9 in
30.5 x 22.9 cm
Andrew James McKay
Basement Apartment, 2023
acrylic, ink and graphite on panel
24 x 20 x 1 1/2 in
61 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm
Anne Herbert
The Traveler and the Sea, 2023
acrylic on muslin
38 x 32 in
96.5 x 81.3 cm
DW Zinsser
Compost in CMYK, 2022
pen and watercolor on paper
27 x 40 in
68.6 x 101.6 cm
Samantha Sanders
Underneath the Blood Moon, 2023
black walnut ink, avocado and onion ink, all-natural watercolor and collage on paper
24 x 20 1/2 in
61 x 52.1 cm
Bandi Sasha Robert
Mysterious cattle mutilation in the backyard of a destitute family of farmers, 2022
intervention on thrift store painting
15 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
40 x 40 cm
Cécile Carer
Printemps incognito (incognito spring), 2023
egg tempera on wooden panel coated with chalk and rabbit skin glue
12 1/2 x 9 3/4 in
32 x 25 cm
Camila Schubert
Spilled Milk - My Mother's Portrait, 2023
acrylic on canvas
23 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
60 x 50 cm
Clara Holt
You grow old on my skin, just like scars, 2023
etching with aquatint, print on fine paper
illustration: 6 1/4 x 5 in (16 x 13 cm)
Paper: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in (35 x 25 cm)
Chris Moss
strange powers, 2022
acrylic and acrylic media on panel
19 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
50.2 x 50.2 cm
Craig Coulthard
A Wrestling Match Between That Which is Seen and That Which is Felt, 2022
acrylic on canvas with wooden frame
24 1/2 x 18 1/2 in
62 x 47 cm
ZD Sands
Klōthō, 2023
ink on paper
9 x 13 in
23 x 33 cm
Siqi Lao
Awake, 2022
acrylic on canvas
16 x 20 in
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Sebastian Supanz
You and I, 2023
wool on canvas
15 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 2 in
40 x 40 x 5 cm
Sara Osebold
Eternal Home Always Hums, 2023
clay, watercolor, graphite and colored pencil on Lokta paper
11 x 8 1/2 in
27.9 x 21.6 cm
Scott McCracken
Clockmove, 2021-23
acrylic and flashe on canvas
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
50 x 40 cm
Samuel Staffan
Red Moon, 2023
oil on linen
14 x 12 in
35.6 x 30.5 cm
Sarah Alice Moran
The Spell, 2023
acrylic on linen
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm
Shea Chang
Busy Body, 2022
acrylic on wood panel
Diameter: 24 in (61 cm)
Meng Zhang
A Salvation of the fat from my Kindergarten Lunchbox, 2023
wax, graphite, tempera on wood panel (naturally slightly curved)
16 1/2 x 23 1/2 in
42 x 60 cm
Patrick Martinez-Mees
On earth, 2023
ink on paper
9 x 12 in
22.9 x 30.5 cm
Nicholas Burns
Little Tornado, 2023
oil, oil pastel, charcoal and collage on paper
9 x 12 in
22.9 x 30.5 cm
Margarita Frančeska Loze
ten stories (4), 2023
embroidery on found object
Diameter: 14 1/4 in (36 cm)
Nicole Frobusch
Gateway, 2023
egg tempera on hemp paper
18 1/2 x 13 1/2 in
47 x 34 cm
Matías Krahn
Ofrenda, 2022
oil on aluminium
7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in
20 x 20 cm
Marcus Bjernerup
Squall, 2022
acrylic and printing ink on paper mounted to stretched canvas
23 1/2 x 19 3/4 in
60 x 50 cm
Manuel Marsol
Diablos, 2023
wax and gouache on paper
11 3/4 x 16 in
29.6 x 40.5 cm
Junyi Lu
Chick Painting 1, 2023
acrylic, crayon, pencil and sewing (cotton thread) on canvas
8 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/2 in
21 x 31 x 4 cm
Jon Vaughn
Playhouse in the Pestilence, 2023
ink and marker on paper
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in
21 x 29.7 cm
Masoto
Flavio does not get along with the spring, 2023
analog and digital drawing, printed on 200gr Tintoretto Neve paper
Artwork: 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in (20 x 20 cm)
Frame: 9 x 9 in (23 x 23 cm)
Kelly Mccallum
Totem, 2023
watercolour and ink on paper
18 x 24 in
46 x 61 cm
Judy Riola
Lawn Party, 2023
oil on panel
11 x 14 in
27.9 x 35.6 cm
Kei New
Beyond the Gate, 2023
pencil on paper
9 x 12 in
22.9 x 30.5 cm
JJ Cromer
Flounder (Why . . . . That’s a Sharp Stick in Your Eye!), 2022
mixed media on paper
8 x 10 in
20.3 x 25.4 cm
Jim Gaylord
Saga, 2023
bronze
12 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 in
31.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm
Jane Sugar
City Streets as Hair, 2023
colored pencil on paper
8 1/2 x 11 in
21.6 x 27.9 cm
Jay Gaskill
Dresser, 2022
acrylic on canvas
24 x 18 in
61 x 45.7 cm
Erekle Chinchilakashvili
Untitled, 2022
watercolor on handmade paper
8 1/4 x 11 1/2 in
21 x 29 cm
Gali Katz
Carpet Dance, 2023
etching with aquatint, printed on Hahnemuhle bright white paper
Print size: 16 1/2 x 18 in (41.9 x 45.7 cm)
Paper size: 22 x 24 in (55.9 x 61 cm)
Ewa Julia Maj
Diary written at night - Monday, 2022
oil on canvas
11 3/4 x 18 in
30 x 46 cm
Grace Hager
Glimmer, 2023
terra sigillata, glaze and oil paint on mid-fire ceramic
12 x 12 x 12 in
30.5 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm
Dominic Beattie
Glyph 1, 2023
spray paint and oil pastel on birch ply panel
16 1/4 x 12 1/4 in
41 x 31 cm
Gabriel Soto
Monad Molecule 1, 2023
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in
76.2 x 61 cm
Christian DeFilippo
nosotros dos, 2023
flashe on canvas
20 x 18 in
50.8 x 45.7 cm
Amelie Mancini
Soft Landing, 2023
acrylic and flashe on canvas
40 x 30 in
101.6 x 76.2 cm
Aidan McDonah
One Dog Man (Rambo), 2022
oil on canvas
8 x 10 in
20.3 x 25.4 cm