The Combined Talents Florida International 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. Please note: the entry fee will be increasing to $20 for the 2005 competition.

434 artists entered this year's competition which required the jury to review approximately 860 slides. The jury panel consisted of two faculty members from the FSU School of Visual Arts and Dance: Lilian Garcia-Roig, Art Department (MFA, University of Pennsylvania) and Adam Jolles, Art History Department (PhD, University of Chicago). 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-eight artists for this year's exhibition. These works represent a wide variety of media and are artistically diverse.

The exhibition opens on August 23 and there will be a reception on Friday, August 27, from 7-9pm. The award winners will be posted on Friday, August 27, 2004.

 

Daniel Atyim Ventral Palpitation graphite and wax on paper with stool 50" x 120"	John E. Bannon HONORABLE MENTION Lacan's Gaze wood paint, LED's, electronics, mirror 22" x 18" x 3.55"	Rebekah Bogard Ambivalent Aspirations earthenware, glaze and metal rod 24" x 16" x 11"
Rebekah Bogard HONORABLE MENTION Pull Toy earthenware, glazes, luster, enamels, metal and rope 22" x 36" x 14"	Myron Brenton Pedestrians photograph 11" x 14"	Lawrie Brown Airplane ink jet print 14" x 17"
Phillip Chen HONORABLE MENTION Al Hamdulilla relief etching 31" x 23"	Cybèle Clark-Mendes Jovencitos: Young Ones chromogenic print 15" x 15"	Kara D'Angelo Wall Relief 2 - Stagnant Ruffles dyed silk organza, wire 60" x 50"
Andrew L. Davis Contraption For My Father steel, wood 72" x 24" x 72"	Hector R. Del Campo Abuelos spray paint on canvas 48" x 48"	Justin Diggle Flying Statue screen pring 22" x 30"
Joan Dobkin Safer #2 digital print 28.75" x 41"	Joan Dobkin Safer #3 digital print 21.5" x 20"	James Edwards Abu Ghurayb - DG digital print, pigmented ink on rag paper 19.75" x 27.5"
Tad Gloeckler SECOND AWARD C.A.R.M.A. - iiM Deluxe wood, copper, plastic, paint 49" x 49" x 16"	Jacob Grad HONORABLE MENTION Comfort emergency box, blindfold 12" x 6" x 24"	Richard A. Herzog Sweepergy cast iron, steel, grass 74" x 120" x 100"
Edwin Jager Iconometer (#1-32) bookwork in xerography, collage, letterpress 4.25" x 4"	Mitch Kern Idol photographic giclée print on rag paper 4" x 5"	Mitch Kern Idol photographic giclée print on rag paper 4" x 5"
Amanda Knowles Circuit I sewn etching, serigraph and gum bichromate print with acrylic 16.75" x 23"	Jen-Yu Lai Tri-Hard stoneware, steel 96" x 54" x 60"	Thomas J. Lechtenberg Circle Tea-Pot sterling silver, delrin 6" x 8 1/8" x 3 1/4"
Alan Luft HONORABLE MENTION Berlin Series #1 silver gelatin 20" c 20"	Steven Marc Untitled digital montage, archival pigment inkjet 9" x 26"	Steven Marc Untitled digital montage, archival pigment inkjet 9" x 26"
Jesse Mathes Elizabethan Ruff insulated copper wire 2" x 12" x 12"	Kelly McGuire Cookie Cutter Happiness acrylic, mirror, paper, charcoal 30" x 24"	Nina Mehnert HONORABLE MENTION Wheeled Appliance for Stamping Out Greed mixed media 21" x 18" x 10"
Nina Mehnert Handy Hand Carried Instrument for Deflating Egos mixed media 14" x 22" x 9"	Isabella Natale Marketing Mary Jane acrylic on canvas 36" x 24"	Mary Porterfield Untitled pastel and charcoal on paper 12" x 10"
Saba Qizilbash Anise fabric, acrylic and thread on board 24" diameter	Daniel Rich Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C. enamel on wood 9" x 14"	Emily Roz Hanging Feet 6 Polaroid prints 14” x 16”
Claire Jeanine Satin Your Face my Thane is as a Book Where Men May Read Strange Matters acetate, metallic printing, monofilament, glass beads 8.5” x 5.5”	Chris Scarborough I Just Need a Little Something; I Can Stop Anytime oil on canvas 36” x 36”	Chris Scarborough HONORABLE MENTION If I Can't be Beautiful, I Want to be Invisible oil on canvas 38” x 36”
Kathy Sheehan The Magician pastel, graphite, watercolor, collage 41” x 58”	Daniel Stepp Dog Park oil on canvas 37.5” x 76.5”	Terry Strickland Make Way oil 58” x 42”
Brita Swanson High Rollers glass, metal wire 3”x 2” x 2”	Brita Swanson Body Image with Skirt glass, metal wire 4” x 1” x 1"	Erin Tapley and Tom Downing 'Smore Swinging cardboard, spray foam, metal, paint 96” x 24” x 24"
Soon Ae Tark In Red acrylic on canvas 32” x 32”	Prince V. Thomas Cowboys and Indians chromogenic print 11” x 14”	Prince V. Thomas After Dark Skin/White Masks chromogenic print 11” x 14”
Omar Thompson No Journey Like My Own clay, wood, flag 29” x 84” x 5"	Michael Thrush FIRST AWARD Great Taste oil on canvas 72” x 60”	Howard Tran Ghe #17 mixed media 8” x 4.5”
Susan Turconi HONORABLE MENTION Sunday Afternoon pinhole photo 4” x5”	Stewart Paul Wessel Quiet Cell wood, copper, acrylic paint 39” x 36” x 8”	Thomas Whitworth Fate/Hope gelatin silver and type "C" prints 64” x 80”
Ignatius Widiapradja Cheese Cake #3 digital print 18” x 12”	Ignatius Widiapradja Cheese Cake #4 digital print 18” x 12”	Kreg Yingst Wild Man of Borneo acrylic on panel 24” x 12”