Tuesday - Saturday | 10-5 + by appointment
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY proudly presents the 23rd Annual NO DEAD ARTISTSInternational Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. For the 2019 installment of the exhibition, the gallery will host works by sixteen artists hailing from all across the United States, as well as, Germany and Norway. The exhibition will be on view from 3 September through 27 September 2019, with an opening reception on 7 September, 6-9 pm in conjunction with the Arts District New Orleans’ (ADNO) First Saturday Gallery Openings.
The NO DEAD ARTISTS exhibition was founded by Jonathan Ferrara in 1995 to give a voice to emerging artists. The exhibition's name is derived from the old adage that artists never achieve success until they are dead. NO DEAD ARTISTS turns that notion on its head and often gives emerging artists their first break in the art world. In the 90's, the exhibition was open to New Orleans-based artists and subsequently grew to include artists of Louisiana, then becoming a national juried exhibition in 2010. And in 2014, the exhibition went international. Now in its 23rd iteration, the exhibition has been a springboard for numerous artists; leading to national press coverage, recognition, gallery representation and acquisitions by museums and other prominent collections.
::: The 23rd Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS Finalists :::
ABE ABRAHAM - New York, NY
CHRIS BARNARD - New Haven, CT
HALE EKINCI - Chicago, IL
MAGGIE EVANS - Savannah, GA
FELICIA FORTE - Hamtramck, MI
LESLIE FRY - Winooski, VT
JAMMIE HOLMES - Dallas, TX
MOMMA TRIED - New Orleans, LA
KRISTIN MOORE - Austin, TX
MAIDY MORHOUS - Del Mar, CA
ELENA SOTERAKIS - Brooklyn, NY
SUSANNA STORCH - Mainz, Germany
CARLIE TROSCLAIR - New Orleans, LA
HALFDAN WARDEMAN - Oslo, Norway
DEBORAH WASSERMAN - Jackson Heights, NY
TOM WEGRZYNOWSKI - Tuscaloosa, AL