Holden Sutton painting has been selected into the national Rosenzweig Juried Exhibition.
Holden Sutton, a senior in Art Education from Allen, Texas, has had a painting selected for inclusion in the 2023 Irene Rosenzweig Biennial Juried Exhibition, an exhibition showcasing artists in the mid-South (Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas). The Public Awards Reception is to be on July 20th. The exhibition will be on view in the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas (ASC), William H. Kennedy Jr. Gallery through Saturday, Oct. 14th.
Sutton is among 35 artists selected from 594 submissions by 315 artists that were received by the exhibition organizers. Dr. Rachel Trusty, a visiting assistant professor of women's and gender studies at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, served as juror of the exhibition. “I was incredibly impressed by the quality and breadth of all the work,” Trusty said. “Choosing only 35 pieces from over 500 entries was difficult, and I want to celebrate everyone who entered. When selecting pieces for the show, I had two main criteria. First, that the work demonstrated excellence in technique, and second, that the work was innovative and pushed what we consider to be ‘art' forward through media, theme, or both.”
Sutton's selected painting is titled Head in the Ceiling Fan, an oil on canvas, 66 by 44 inches, 2023. His primary medium is painting, with an interest in utilizing site specificity and materiality to express identity. “My work is often centered around identity by exploring the self, the construct of masculinity/gender and the practice of vulnerability,” Sutton said.
Sutton is in his final semester of completing his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art Education and plans to pursue a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting following graduation.
He had three artworks selected into the Texas Tech 37th Annual Juried Undergraduate Art Exhibition in 2023, winning third place overall. This year, he also showcased work at The First Friday Art Trail in Lubbock; was accepted into the Texas Association of Schools of Art (TASA) Artovation Student Exhibition, a statewide art competition open to college students; and the Texas Tech School of Art Group Exhibition for Advanced Painting.
Details for this news item provided by the Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas.