“Nancy Makes a Few Calls repositions an scene from A Nightmare on Elm Street in which protagonist Nancy Thompson is in her bedroom, on the phone with Freddy Kruger into the setting of an abstracted Maine landscape.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Elisabeth Henley
“I was showing how much depth in the human face and the beauty of greenery.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Yve Holtzclaw
“My work represents memories as distinct, hyperbolic, and magical.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Kenzie Holzinger
“Beginning in 2020, masks have become a function of everyday physical safety, which has resulted in the identity of all ages fascinatingly being reduced to half a face.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Devan Horton
“Wading in the troubled waters” is a phrase that has occurred throughout history to demonstrate the freeing of enslaved people. In this case, we are all enslaved to our material wants. If we were forced to wade in these waters, we might be more motivated to free ourselves.
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Yasmine Iskander
“I love the movement in this piece that combines mark making with palette knives, printing, and some open spaces that show the layering of light yellow, light magenta and teal.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Christian Johnson
“Drop Me Off In The Sky is one of the first pieces from my very first shoot in a new series I am working on based on the elements of fire, water, earth, and electricity.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Joseph. Kameen
“This piece was made out of frustration at the lack of systemic change towards racial equity, and the hope and belief that progress will be made regardless.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Lauren Karjala
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Lucy Le Bohec
“Despite what cultural values may impart, unproductive moments can be meaningful; there is intimacy in witnessing someone unselfconsciously experiencing time in between moments.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Jonathan McHugh
“This painting is a self-portrait viewed through assorted glasses and bottles during quarantine, to convey the many distorted and overlapping lenses between my isolated self and the ever-changing world outside. “
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Rena McInerney Olk
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Hanna Meshell
“Confrontational and reminiscent of human form, Precarious was born from pain and catharsis. Its repeating floral design speaks to the cyclical rhythms by which we live.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Tiffany Nesbit
“Piles from Serious Traits is influenced by nostalgic memories from my childhood and the natural environments where I grew up, in southern Louisiana; referencing remnants of fishing nets, boat docks, ropes, tropical and bayou plant life. “
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Nina Samuels
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Alexander Shanks
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Autumn Nicole Smith
“Polar poses questions of access, consent, and ownership; what do we do with intimate photos when a relationship has ended?”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Joe Taveras
“This Mixed Media painting uses an abstracted and expressive background to guide the construction of cubist forms in the foreground in order to break down the human form into its most basic components.”
Viridian's Annual International 30 Under 30 Juried Exhibition: Cassidy Westjohn
“This is a self-portrait poking at the idea of guilty pleasure.”