Combined Talents: The Florida National is an annual, juried competition sponsored by the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts. The competition is open to artists around the world who are 18 years of age or over. Artists may submit up to two works for consideration in the media of their choice. A $15.00 entry fee provides funding for the competition, including production of the catalog.

More than 430 artists entered this year's competition which required the jury to review approximately 860 slides. The jury panel consisted of three faculty members from the FSU School of Visual Arts and Dance: Lilian Garia-Roig (MFA, University of Pennsylvania; works primarily in painting); Scott Groeniger (MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; works in digital media, web design and digital photography); and Keith Roberson (MFA, University of Maryland Balitmore County; works in graphic design and digital arts). The jurors are requested to select works based on their own merit and must agree that the artist demonstrates skill within the chosen medium. After much deliberation, the jury selected the work of forty-five artists for this year's exhibition. These works represent a wide variety of media and are artistically diverse.

 

Mark Abrahamson Cleavage cibachrome 19.5" x 12.75" [also in exhibition: Anaconda]	Paul Adams HONORABLE MENTION Conduit Into The Great Salt Lake chromogenic print 28" x 32" [also in exhbition: Mile Marker #2, Bonneville Raceway]	Robert D. Atwell Tue, Feb 5, 10:32PM vinyl and alkyd resin on aspen panel 11.25" x 11.25"
Karina Babani Body Pattern #1 photograph 16" x 20" [also in exhbition: Body Pattern #2]	Jean Hartley Blackburn Nathan monotype 24" x 18"	Josephine Bloodgood Riding Cloud: Pentecost oil on board 10" x 8"
Jean-Paul Bourdier LS photograph 20" x 30"	Robert Bubp HONORABLE MENTION 4 of 5 Sites,Atlanta, April-August 2001 tar, rust, acid etch, graphite on galvanized steel 60" x 60"	Jim Budde Under My Skin ceramic 22" x 18" x 6"
Phillip Carrizzi Scent of Man atomizer-sterling, plastic, found objects, milk, bleach 14" x 9" x 7"	James Edwards Drawing Lesson #5 digital print (pigmented in on rag paper 19.75" x 27.5" [also in exhibition: Drawing Lesson #9]	Hasan M. Elahi HONORABLE MENTION Detail from Postcards from the Americas:Canadian Bacon Windsor, Ontario to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico video and light dimensions variable
David L. Engdahl Lamelliform 160 laminated wood - Lauan 32" x 17" x 11"	Carlos Ferguson Untitled oil on board 10" x 16"	Richard A. Herzog Loaded steel, rubber, copper 13" x 12" x 25"
Carole Hetzel Brendan's Basket #35 dyed yellow reed, stainless steel cable 6' x 17" x 17"	Jonathan W. Hils HONORABLE MENTION Leave welded steel 64" x 64" x 120"	Mark Hosford FIRST AWARD Bird Feeder relief, staining, inkjet, pencil 10" x 11" [also in exhibition: Rabbit's Intervention]
Kenneth A. Huff 2001.1 entirely-created digital image, laser exposed to color photographic print paper 34" x 34" [also in exhibition: 2000.16b]	Don Kapela HONORABLE MENTION Mountains Beyond the Clouds acrylic on mahogany 32.5" x 27.25" x 3" [also in exhibiton: Fields to Trees]	Shimpei Kawai SECOND AWARD Industrial Ecology oil color, polyester resin 57" x 57"
Richard La Barbera Untitled #1 from Family Archives series color print 16" x 20"	Peggy Love Excitement fiber, embroidery, French knots 3" x 3"	Jo-Ann Maynard Sea Isle Park, NJ sepia print 20" x 20"
Eleanor McCain Brown/Grey Rectangles fiber 91" x 73"	David Messick The Beach XIII oil with wax on canvas 24" x 20"	Kyle Miller 863 digital pring on paper 9.5" x 12"
Kimerlin Moore Peacock Ring sterling silver, peacock feathers, fiber optic cable 6" x 8" x 8"	j. morrison Choking Man screen print on paper roll variable dimensions	Douglas Navarra Incunabula gouache, pencil 6" x 8.5"
Mary Porterfield HONORABLE MENTION Trepidation oil, acrylic on wood 40" x 60"	Carol Prusa Apron silverpoint, graphite, coal, titanium white pigment, acrylic binder on panel 26" x 24"	Karl J. Rademacher Snack 3 acrylic and enamel on wood 7.75" x 5.5"
Matt Relkin HONORABLE MENTION Eulogy acrylic on layered Plexiglas 24" x 24"	Chuck Richards HONORABLE MENTION ARKMAN charcoal on paper 30" x 22"	Benjamin J. Shamback Aloe with Glasses oil on steel 12” x 14”
Christopher Skura Processor 64A color pencil, pencil on paper 15” x 19”	Joan Brechin Sonnenberg Unification I acrylic 52” x 72”	Eun-Kyung Suh Schism and Unity velumn paper, bead, wire, sterling silver 96” x 12” x 12”
Heather Roth Sullivan B-9 c-print 26” x 26”	Soon Ae Tark Leaning acrylic on canvas 30” x 30” [also in exhibiton: Standing]	Tonya Solley Thornton HONORABLE MENTION Flower Lady mixed media 72” x 14” x 16"
Herbert B. Turner The Great American Parade varnished egg tempera 25”x 16”	Stewart Paul Wessel One, Two, Three, Four wood, paint 72” x 60” x 10"	Ignatius Widiapradja Dream of Onan print 9.5” x 7.5”