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 $20.00 entry fee assists with funding for the competition, including production of a color catalog.

The works for exhibition are selected through a blind jurying process. Jurors select works based on their own merit and must agree the artist demonstrates skill within the chosen medium. The jury panel for the 2005 exhibition consisted of two faculty members from the Art Department at FSU and were as follows: Scott Groeniger (Assistant Professor of Art; Areas of Teaching: Design, Photo, Web, Typography, Sound & Motion Graphics) and Mark Messersmith (Associate Professor of Art; Areas of Teaching: Painting & Drawing).

This year 281 artists entered the competition creating a total of approximately 562 works for the jurors to consider. After much deliberation, the jurors selected 54 works for the exhibition. These works represent a wide variety of media and are artistically diverse and unique.

 

Nancy Aleo Vision Scroll: Calling Warrior mixed media 76" x 20"	Lisa Marie Barber Five Pink Flowers quilt, mixed media 73.5" x 84.5"	Robbie Barber SECOND AWARD Stack wood, paint, found objects, aluminum 55" x 30" x 16"
Robbie Barber Fly-By wood, paint, found objects, steel 14" x 16" x 8"	Court Bennett Grab, Snare, Hold mixed media variable size	Laura Chenicek Seen But Not Heard acrylic on canvas with zipper 12" x 15"
Chad Colby scientific conjecture oil on linen 40.5" x 46"	Morgan Craig Over Time She Lost Me, and I Lost the Ideal oil on linen 48" x 72"	Darren Crull Untitled #16 oil on canvas 35" x 35"
Sharon Dugan Fool the Eye pounded black ash splint (natural & dyed), birch rims 8.375" high x 5.5" diameter	Tommaso Durante Terra Australis offset prints 24 x 17 x 1.3 cm	Patricia Fay Aspen porcelain (metal & wood pedestal) 46" x 36" x 12"
Tad Gloeckler Ratchet Seat wood & steel vary 1'-3' high; 2'-6' wide; 1' deep	Karen Goins Self Portrait: Far East II oil on canvas 18" x 16"	Karen Goins Self Portrait: Far East III oil on canvas 18" x 16"
Juan A. Gonzalez El Plato Nacional fiber/mixed media 5.5' x 3'	Mikhail Gubin Angel has Come at the Wrong Time mixed media on paper 22" x 15"	Makhail Gubin The Fisherman's Wife II linocut, mixed media on paper 12" x 12"
Brian Haverlock Portrait of a Man in Front of a North Dakota Landscape graphite, oil paint 5" x 7"	Diana Jacobs Dreams and Aspirations assemblage 13" x 4" x 2"	Richard Keely Hand/Head rubber, steel 75" x 9" x 13"
Richard Keely White Light mixed media 13" x 11" x 5"	Matthew Linton Untitled #153 Polaroid giclee print 16" x 20" framed	Timothy Michael Martin Time For Plan B acrylic, enamel, glitter & collage on panel 60" x 41" x 4"
Eric McGehearty Transparent Words books set in concrete blocks w/copper sheets 4' x 1'	Leighton McWilliams Squadron photo sculpture 9" x 9" x 2"	Rob Millard-Mendez Critical Mas(k) wood 27" x 14" x 15"
Douglas Navarra Deed America gouache 21" x 18"	Heather Neal Fragmented Silence etching 22" x 30"	Nora M. Nieves La Patisserie mixed media 28 canvases 10" x 10"
Carole Rouin Crossing the Styx vine rattan & malleleuca bark 36" x 36" x 7'	Donna Rozman Regarding Love and Passion terra cotta, majolica 16" x 10" x 9"	Kristen Rybka Healing House bronze, sticks, glass, copper foil 20" x 13" x 7.75"
Kristen Rybka Cattywampus House bronze, sticks 14.5" x 9" x 6.5"	Ellie Samuelson Self-Portrait with Ed oil on canvas 16.25" x 12.25"	Ellie Samuelson Self-Portrait with My Father & Six Lamps & Lights oil on canvas 16.25” x 12.25”
Christopher Schneider 3 am (Shopping Carts) chromogenic print 27” x 37”	Christopher Schneider 3 am (Portajohn) chromogenic print 27” x 37”	Scott Schuldt HONORABLE MENTION Initiation-The Patriarch sewn beadwork 17” x 10” x 5”
Mollari Sederberg Cold Fusion steel & eurethane 53” x 28” x 31”	Benjamin J. Shamback FIRST AWARD Sheep 2 oil on 25 steel plates 94” x 61”	Thomas Shirley Sugar & Spice digital photograph 20” x 24”
Sunny Shultz Style #17 clay (porcelain) 14.5”x 8.5” x 6.5”	Judith C. Simmons HONORABLE MENTION The Moratorium thread on canvas 18” x 14” framed	Judith C. Simmons Joe and Margo thread on canvas 18” x 14” framed
Greg Stahly 50 Ways In ceramic, latex, rubber, aluminum 72” x 48” x 64”	Becky Stevens Can we talk about it weaving 28” x 24”	Elisabeth Stevens The Struggle etching & aquatint 27” x 22”
Simoni Trapsioni Teleology oil, beeswax, nails on panel 30” x 40”	Yeqiang Wang HONORABLE MENTION Reflection-Expecting oil on canvas 32” x 48”	James F. Watkinson Archetypal Image in Shades of Brown pen & pencil on book cover 9.75” x 13.25”
John L. Wilson Bear Head in Heaven acrylic on canvas 12” x 24”	Carlos Luis Zervigon HONORABLE MENTION Raised House glass and cast iron 23” x 4” x 6”	Carlos Luis Zervigon Cocoon House glass and cast iron 22” x 30” x 14”