#Outwin2025

2013
Prize Winners
Close-up of a green, zip-up jacket, with fingers against the fabric near the zipper.
First Prize
Bo Gehring

Jessica Wickham

HD video (5:05 minutes)
Statue of a woman with chin-length hair, made of rice and rice noodles.
People's Choice Awardee
Saeri Kiritani

100 Pounds of Rice

Rice, rice noodles, Elmer's Glue, epoxy glue, wood and metal sticks
A man with a quilt pulled up to his nose.
Second Prize
Jennifer Levonian

Buffalo Milk Yogurt

Digital video/animation (6:46 minutes)
A self portrait of an Asian man with black hair and wearking a gray t-shirt, carved from wood and painted in his likeness.
Third Prize
Sequoyah Aono

Self-Portrait

Acrylic on wood with steel base
Portrait of a woman's head, lying on a surface with a depressed look upon her face.
Commended
Beverly McIver

Depression

Oil on canvas
Pencil self-portrait of a bald white woman with glasses (post-chemotherapy).
Commended
Martha Mayer Erlebacher

Self-portrait

Nero pencil on paper
Head shot of an African American woman who is standing naked in before a black background.
Commended
Heidi Fancher

For Delia

C-print
A young African American woman seated in a chair indoors, with her eyes and forearms highlighted by sunshine from a nearby window.
Commended
Paul D’Amato

Lillian, New Covenant Church of Deliverance, Chicago, 2011

Inkjet print

Finalists
A portrait of a Japanese woman's face, composed entirely of brads and a single, unbroken black thread on wood.
Kumi Yamashita

Constellation—Mana

Brads and a single, unbroken thread on wood
A woman's face transposed over a starry night's sky.
Jill Wissmiller

The Gilding of Lily

Video projected on glitter screen (2:50 minutes)
A close-up of a man's face.
Tun Ping Wang

Undefined #2

Pastel on paper
A portrait of an African American woman in a white shirt standing in the street with a black scarf wrapped around her head.
Tema Stauffer

Cathy, Market Street, Paterson, NJ

Digital C-print
A painted book cover, the right third covered with a stripe of gold leaf, while the left side is the face of a white woman with brown hair and eyes.
Ginny Stanford

The Birth of Inez Imake

Acrylic and gold leaf on linen and wood panel
A photo of two white families sunbathing on a lawn in Iceland with a large red tent behind them.
Michael A. Smith

Two Families at Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland

Archival inkjet print
A portrait of an old, balding, white man, standing with mason's tools outside on a stone patio.
Burton Philip Silverman

Stonemason

Oil on linen
An ink print of a man's face, composed of many scratch and stroke-like ink marks.
Neil Shigley

Michael 67 (Pastor Shelby)

Plexiglas-block print on paper mounted on canvas
A portrait of an old woman wearing a white scarf with red flowers.
Carolyn Schlam

Frances at 103

Oil on canvas
A white woman with shoulder length brown hair, icy gray-blue eyes, red lips, and a blue jacket.
Caitlin Teal Price

Leslie

Archival pigment print
A portrait of a white, brunette woman standing in an unfinished garage, arms folded in front of her and frowning.
Catherine Prescott

Legacy: Portrait of Val

Oil on canvas
A photorealistic graphite and ink drawing of a close-up of an old woman's face.
Bly Pope

Maryanna

Graphite and ink on illustration board
A photograph of a wounded Afghan soldier in a U.S. Army helicopter after a bombing during a night raid.
Louie Palu

Night Raid

Pigment print
A slender white woman in a white dress kneeling on a raft floating in the middle of the ocean, clouds in the grey sky and a paintbrush in her hand.
Katie O'Hagan

Lift Raft

Oil on canvas
A charcoal drawing of three people sitting around a table of a patio, smoking cigarettes together.
Edgar Jerins

David and Anita Visiting Daina

Charcoal on paper
A watercolor portrait of an older white man with gray hair and beard, gazing sternly at the viewer.
Erik Hougen

John H.

Watercolor on paper
A whimsical portrait of an older white woman with frizzy hair in a a crimson robe.
Anne Harris

Portrait (Red Robe)

Oil on linen
An oval of skin on a black rectangle.
Gwen Hardie

Body 10/17/11

Oil on canvas
A young African American man in a military uniform saluting.
Jason Hanasik

Sharrod (Turn/Twirl)

HD video (3:14 minutes)
A white plaster bust of a man's head, relatively featureless in detail, mounted on a smooth black metal cylindrical column.
Philip Grausman

César Pelli

Plaster
A young white woman with blonde hair lays with her back to the camera on a bed.
Vincent Giarrano

City Girl

Oil on board
A black & white portrait of a Japanese woman with her hair done up in a bun and a headband around her head.
Rieko Fujinami

Aki

Mixed media on acrylic mirror
Mixed media portrait of a Jamaican man watering flowers.
Lucy Fradkin

Arthur Waters the Garden

Mixed media
A resin sculpture painted in oil, depicting the torso and head of a young African American woman wearing a green swim cap and pink bikini top.
Carole Feuerman

General’s Daughter

Oil on resin
Bald man in round glasses, a dress shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a black vest and a multicolored striped tie, stands with his arms folded in front of his chest.
Tim Doud

Room and Board

Oil on linen
An oil painting of a middle-aged African American man in a black t-shirt and pants, with a brown ballcap on and wearing a pair of baby blue gloves. The gloves, and part of his shirt and pants are covered in paints of various colors.
Willard Dixon

Mike

Oil on canvas, 2010
A charcoal portrait of a nude older woman, her hands on her shoulders to cover her chest, her skin depicted with a pebbly texture.
Ray Dicapura

Marie

Charcoal on paper
A portrait of a nude woman holding a clear sheet of plastic over herself, as if to cover up.
Lynn Davidson

Modesty2

Oil on canvas
A man with a black-eye in a black hoodie with the hood up over his head.
Sean Cheetham

Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams…

Oil on prepared paper
Portrait of a white shirtless man with tattoos in a bed with a macbook on his lap.
Laura Chasman

Oliver at 20

Gouache on museum mounting board
Small white girl in a plaid jacket with a blue shirt standing in a department store.
Aaron Morgan Brown

Girl in a Department Store No. 1

Oil on panel
An older couple sitting together on a couch.
Bo Bartlett

Inheritance

Oil on linen
A black & white print of an African American man with shortly cropped hair in a white tank top sitting in a chair, hands clasped in front of his chest, gazing off to the right.
Keliy Anderson-Staley

Kevin

Pigment print from wet-plate collodion tintype
An older white woman in an orange shirt sitting at a table covered with a checkered tablecloth.
Veronika Adaskova

Elisabeth

Archival inkjet print
A framed charcoal drawing of a woman sitting in front of a series of brain MRI images.
Leslie Adams

Sensazione: A Self-Portrait

Charcoal on paper

All Portraits
Statue of a woman with chin-length hair, made of rice and rice noodles.
Saeri Kiritani

100 Pounds of Rice

Rice, rice noodles, Elmer's Glue, epoxy glue, wood and metal sticks
A black & white portrait of a Japanese woman with her hair done up in a bun and a headband around her head.
Rieko Fujinami

Aki

Mixed media on acrylic mirror
Mixed media portrait of a Jamaican man watering flowers.
Lucy Fradkin

Arthur Waters the Garden

Mixed media
An oval of skin on a black rectangle.
Gwen Hardie

Body 10/17/11

Oil on canvas
A man with a quilt pulled up to his nose.
Jennifer Levonian

Buffalo Milk Yogurt

Digital video/animation (6:46 minutes)
A portrait of an African American woman in a white shirt standing in the street with a black scarf wrapped around her head.
Tema Stauffer

Cathy, Market Street, Paterson, NJ

Digital C-print
A white plaster bust of a man's head, relatively featureless in detail, mounted on a smooth black metal cylindrical column.
Philip Grausman

César Pelli

Plaster
A man with a black-eye in a black hoodie with the hood up over his head.
Sean Cheetham

Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams…

Oil on prepared paper
A young white woman with blonde hair lays with her back to the camera on a bed.
Vincent Giarrano

City Girl

Oil on board
A portrait of a Japanese woman's face, composed entirely of brads and a single, unbroken black thread on wood.
Kumi Yamashita

Constellation—Mana

Brads and a single, unbroken thread on wood
A charcoal drawing of three people sitting around a table of a patio, smoking cigarettes together.
Edgar Jerins

David and Anita Visiting Daina

Charcoal on paper
Portrait of a woman's head, lying on a surface with a depressed look upon her face.
Beverly McIver

Depression

Oil on canvas
An older white woman in an orange shirt sitting at a table covered with a checkered tablecloth.
Veronika Adaskova

Elisabeth

Archival inkjet print
Head shot of an African American woman who is standing naked in before a black background.
Heidi Fancher

For Delia

C-print
A portrait of an old woman wearing a white scarf with red flowers.
Carolyn Schlam

Frances at 103

Oil on canvas
A resin sculpture painted in oil, depicting the torso and head of a young African American woman wearing a green swim cap and pink bikini top.
Carole Feuerman

General’s Daughter

Oil on resin
Small white girl in a plaid jacket with a blue shirt standing in a department store.
Aaron Morgan Brown

Girl in a Department Store No. 1

Oil on panel
An older couple sitting together on a couch.
Bo Bartlett

Inheritance

Oil on linen
Close-up of a green, zip-up jacket, with fingers against the fabric near the zipper.
Bo Gehring

Jessica Wickham

HD video (5:05 minutes)
A watercolor portrait of an older white man with gray hair and beard, gazing sternly at the viewer.
Erik Hougen

John H.

Watercolor on paper
A black & white print of an African American man with shortly cropped hair in a white tank top sitting in a chair, hands clasped in front of his chest, gazing off to the right.
Keliy Anderson-Staley

Kevin

Pigment print from wet-plate collodion tintype
A portrait of a white, brunette woman standing in an unfinished garage, arms folded in front of her and frowning.
Catherine Prescott

Legacy: Portrait of Val

Oil on canvas
A white woman with shoulder length brown hair, icy gray-blue eyes, red lips, and a blue jacket.
Caitlin Teal Price

Leslie

Archival pigment print
A slender white woman in a white dress kneeling on a raft floating in the middle of the ocean, clouds in the grey sky and a paintbrush in her hand.
Katie O'Hagan

Lift Raft

Oil on canvas
A young African American woman seated in a chair indoors, with her eyes and forearms highlighted by sunshine from a nearby window.
Paul D’Amato

Lillian, New Covenant Church of Deliverance, Chicago, 2011

Inkjet print
A charcoal portrait of a nude older woman, her hands on her shoulders to cover her chest, her skin depicted with a pebbly texture.
Ray Dicapura

Marie

Charcoal on paper
A photorealistic graphite and ink drawing of a close-up of an old woman's face.
Bly Pope

Maryanna

Graphite and ink on illustration board
An ink print of a man's face, composed of many scratch and stroke-like ink marks.
Neil Shigley

Michael 67 (Pastor Shelby)

Plexiglas-block print on paper mounted on canvas
An oil painting of a middle-aged African American man in a black t-shirt and pants, with a brown ballcap on and wearing a pair of baby blue gloves. The gloves, and part of his shirt and pants are covered in paints of various colors.
Willard Dixon

Mike

Oil on canvas, 2010
A portrait of a nude woman holding a clear sheet of plastic over herself, as if to cover up.
Lynn Davidson

Modesty2

Oil on canvas
A photograph of a wounded Afghan soldier in a U.S. Army helicopter after a bombing during a night raid.
Louie Palu

Night Raid

Pigment print
Portrait of a white shirtless man with tattoos in a bed with a macbook on his lap.
Laura Chasman

Oliver at 20

Gouache on museum mounting board
A whimsical portrait of an older white woman with frizzy hair in a a crimson robe.
Anne Harris

Portrait (Red Robe)

Oil on linen
Bald man in round glasses, a dress shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows, a black vest and a multicolored striped tie, stands with his arms folded in front of his chest.
Tim Doud

Room and Board

Oil on linen
Pencil self-portrait of a bald white woman with glasses (post-chemotherapy).
Martha Mayer Erlebacher

Self-portrait

Nero pencil on paper
A self portrait of an Asian man with black hair and wearking a gray t-shirt, carved from wood and painted in his likeness.
Sequoyah Aono

Self-Portrait

Acrylic on wood with steel base
A framed charcoal drawing of a woman sitting in front of a series of brain MRI images.
Leslie Adams

Sensazione: A Self-Portrait

Charcoal on paper
A young African American man in a military uniform saluting.
Jason Hanasik

Sharrod (Turn/Twirl)

HD video (3:14 minutes)
A portrait of an old, balding, white man, standing with mason's tools outside on a stone patio.
Burton Philip Silverman

Stonemason

Oil on linen
A woven portrait of a face with golden and red strands over a black & white speckled background.
Lia Cook

Su Brain Tracts

Hand-woven cotton and rayon
A painted book cover, the right third covered with a stripe of gold leaf, while the left side is the face of a white woman with brown hair and eyes.
Ginny Stanford

The Birth of Inez Imake

Acrylic and gold leaf on linen and wood panel
A woman's face transposed over a starry night's sky.
Jill Wissmiller

The Gilding of Lily

Video projected on glitter screen (2:50 minutes)
A photo of two white families sunbathing on a lawn in Iceland with a large red tent behind them.
Michael A. Smith

Two Families at Kirkjubaejarklaustur, Iceland

Archival inkjet print
A close-up of a man's face.
Tun Ping Wang

Undefined #2

Pastel on paper
Exhibition Photos