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Juror

Philip Sugden

Philip Sugden was born and raised in Swanage, Dorset, England. With his mother and brother, he traveled to America on Her Majesty's Ship, The Queen Elizabeth I in December, 1954.  He currently lives in Findlay, Ohio where he has a studio.

Philip studied painting in Paris under French painter, Arnaud D'Hauterives (winner Grand Prix de Rome). Since graduation from the New York School of Visual Arts and the Paris American Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1981, Sugden has made twelve journeys throughout the Himalaya and Tibet, including the Kingdom of Mustang and Ladakh. In May, 2007, he and writer, Carole Elchert were married by Lama Nawang Tenzin at Tengboche Monastery near Mt. Everest.

As the guest curator at the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York City, Sugden organized a six-month series of exhibitions, opening with a solo show of Tibetan Locks and Keys, silk-screens by Robert Rauschenberg, celebrating the 1991 International Year of Tibet. In the summer of 1998 he was invited to include, in an exhibition at the Denis Bibro Gallery in New York City, one of his largest installation drawings.  The exhibit was sponsored by Artists for Tibet as part of "Art Against Chinese Human Right Abuses."

Philip's drawings have been published in an exquisite, full-color exhibition catalog entitled, Visions from the Fields of Merit; Drawings of Tibet and the Himalayas. The book includes a Forward written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Daniel Entin, Executive Director of the Roerich Museum, NYC.

Sugden’s work has been exhibited in more than 100 solo and 130 group shows internationally including galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Washington DC, Melbourne, and Kathmandu. He is currently a Professor of Studio Art and Gallery Director at Bluffton University.

In March 2019, Phil was  the first visual artist to be inducted onto the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts Wall of Fame.

Congratulations to our Winners!

Best in Show Lou Camerato "Window From the Ukraine"

2nd Place Glenn Mackie "The Last Show"

3rd Place John Lauer "Study for Ishmael + Queequeg"

Honorable Mention Maria-Francesca Fleming "Amsterdam Highway"

Honorable Mention Cat Mailloux "My Bright Abyss"

Honorable Mention Brian Duran "Germination"

2024 Fall Juried Exhibition Selected Artists

Abeer Abo-Shihata
Alexandra Fresch
Angela Finney
Beth Zanardelli
Beverly Goldie
Brenda Lloyd
Brian Duran
Brian Williams
Calder Lenhart
Cat Mailloux
Cee
Christel Lee
Cynthia Petry
Damianne Fischer
Daniel King
David Barnes
David Sallot
Denise Buckley
Dennis Mastrangelo
Ed Shrider
Eric Reidinger
Fredrik Marsh
Gaynelle Walker  Sloman
Ginny  Baughman
Glenn Mackie
Glenn Tompkins
Grace Johnson
Hilary Stone
Holly Romano
Jeff Regensburger
Jeff Reynolds
Jim Bowling
Joe Lambert
John Lauer
Jonathan Jager
Joseph Dulin-Didonato
Josh Arnold
Karen Snouffer
Karin Weston
Kathy McGhee
Katy Paull
Keiko Hidaka
Keith Scanlon

Kelly Dawson
Kim Covell Maurer

Kim Elliott
Kristen Sell
Laurie Stevenson
Leah Pusecker-Reynolds
Lesley Olson
Lou Camerato
Lynda Mcclanahan
Marc Sapp
Maria-Francesca Fleming
Mark Bush
Mark Fohl
Marlisa Dunn
Marty Kalb
Matthew Swift
Michael  Fornadley
Mireya Schoo
Morris Jackson
Nazli Brush

Nicolette Swift
Patty Flauto
Paul Rienzo
Paul Russo
Paul Wilbur
Randy Bennett
Rebecca Gonzalez-Bartoli
Rick Green
Roberta Kayne
Samantha  Schneider
Savannah Crawford
Savonne Hagans
Scott Dooley
Sharon Anderson
Sharon Dundee
Sophie Knee
Stacy Leeman
Susan Steiner
Tetyana Hubska
Thomas Baillieul
Timothy Murphy
Tom Trusty
Troy Neptune
Virginia Jenison
Weiting Wei
Zach Van Horn
Zachary Mitchell