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THE OUTWIN

The Outwin 2022: American Portraiture Today presents 42 portraits selected through an open call that garnered more than 2,700 entries from artists working across the United States and Puerto Rico. The artists responded with works that engage contemporary society, many providing new insights into the unprecedented reality we have experienced in the time surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

The selected finalists create artworks in a wide range of media, including painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, textiles, video, and performance. They demonstrate how capacious and changing the genre of portraiture can be, and illuminate the genre’s power to make visible a multitude of life experiences.

2022
Prize Winners
Oil painting portrait depicting a man cutting a woman's hair while both are looking into a mirror
First Prize
Alison Elizabeth Taylor

Anthony recorta bajo el puente Williamsburg, mañana

Marquetería híbrida (chapas de madera, pintura al óleo, pintura acrílica, impresiones por inyección de tinta, laca y aserrín sobre madera), 2020
Textile portrait of a woman wearing a flowing dress
People's Choice Awardee
Elsa María Meléndez

Leche

Lienzo con serigrafía, bordado, tinta y otros textiles, 2020
Portrait of a Native American woman in colorful clothing
Second Prize
Tom Jones

Elizah Leonard

Impresión por inyección de tinta con cuentas, pedrería y conchas, 2019
Black and white portrait photo of a man sitting on a stool
Third Prize
Poa Houa Her

sin título (hombre)

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
Black and white portrait and poem about the Great Depression.
Commended
Joel Daniel Phillips & Quraysh Ali Lansana

Negativo muerto #13 / Según Arthur Rothstein

Carboncillo, grafito y tinta sobre papel, 2020
Mixed-media metallic self-portrait of Stuart Robertson.
Commended
Stuart Robertson

Autorretrato del artista

Aluminio, tierra, pintura acrílica, esmalte, papel, lámina metálica de burbujas, lentejuelas y lámina de oro sobre madera, 2020
Oil painting of an elderly couple standing with one arm around each other in front of a bed sheet.
Commended
Vincent Valdez

Gente del sol (abuela y abuelo Santana)

Óleo sobre lienzo, 2019
Textile portrait of a woman wearing a flowing dress
Commended
Elsa María Meléndez

Leche

Lienzo con serigrafía, bordado, tinta y otros textiles, 2020

Finalists
Black woman in a red outfit dancing
Holly Bass

Mujer americana

Performance (aprox. 7 horas) y video digital con sonido (16:19 min), 2021
Woman kneeling with her hands pressed to the floor.
Lois Bielefeld

Gracias, Jesús, por lo que vas a hacer

Video digital con sonido (19:53 min), 2020
Man on his back on the ground, seemingly in shock or pain.
Gustave Blanche III

Travis (Después de la caída)

Óleo sobre madera, 31,8 x 53,3 cm (12 x 21 pulg.), 2019
Man in red jacket with sunset backdrop.
Rebecca Blandón

Glen Eden

Video digital con sonido (14:28 min), 2020
Twin girls in black standing in the New Mexico desert.
Frank Blázquez

Las gemelas Gallegos de Belén, NM

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
A woman peeking through a patterned window.
Clarissa Bonet

Vislumbre

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
Portrait of a grey-haired woman composed entirely of fabric and sewing supplies.
Donna Castellanos

Bertha, quisiera saber de dónde sacaste la idea

Tela, zíperes, alfileteros, broches, envolturas de papel, agujas de tejer y otros accesorios de costura, 2020
Two women embracing, unsmiling.
Jess T. Dugan

Shira y Sarah

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2020
A 3-by-3 arrangement of dye transfer prints, featuring a collection of broken bottles, pottery and other small items.
Michelle Elzay

Essex Boston y familia 1

Impresiones por transferencia de tintas, 2019–20
A faint portrait of a bride in sepia tones.
TR Ericsson

La Novia

Nicotina sobre madera enyesada, 2019
A black woman undoing the braids in her hair.
Adama Delphine Fawundu

deshaciendo

Video digital en monitor enmarcado, con sonido (12:41 min), 2021
Portrait of a woman standing triumphant on what appears to be an industrialized moon.
Paula Gillen

Taishya, en lo alto sobre el Océano de las Tormentas

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
A family of refugees using a ladder climb over a border wall.
Rigoberto A. González

Refugiados cruzando el muro de la frontera hacia el sur de Texas

Óleo sobre lino, 2020
Whimsical portrait of a woman seated on some cushions and flowers, with wild patterns throughout.
Kira Nam Greene

Regalo de Kyung en pojagi

Óleo, guache, lápiz de color y tinta acrílica sobre lienzo, 2019
A mixed-media portrait of a woman's head, with a large and colorful headscarf.
Inga Guzyte

La vanguardia

Madera y patinetas usadas, 2020
Side profile of a woman with braided hair wearing a cowboy hat with a feather in it.
Mari Hernandez

Silia

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2020
A triptic, featuring a small, intricate box sitting atop a table which is standing in the shallows of a pond.
David Hilliard

Mi papá, en un estanque

Impresiónes por inyección de tinta, 2020
Black and white portrait of a young black woman standing on the sidewalk with one hand on her hip and the other holding a skateboard.
Keegan Holden

Luciérnaga

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
An oil painting of 5 candles burning on a menorah in the foreground, with a toaster in the background reflecting the faces of several people watching and taking pictures.
Laura Karetzky

Tostada

Óleo sobre madera, 2019
A painted cloth portrait of a faceless boy.
Timothy Lee

Retrato del niño cometa como portador de recuerdos

Seda, tinta de transferencia térmica, lámina de oro y óleo sobre lienzo, 2019
A portrait of a woman, floating over a sea of notes connected with strings.
Riva Lehrer

Imagen de riesgo: Achy Obejas

Carboncillo, papel, hilo, cristal, fluorita, alambre y otros materiales
A tattooed woman, a beauty mask on her face, arms stretched above her head.
Jarod Lew

Gracie

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019 (impreso en 2021)
Graphite drawing of a man with his eyes closed in front of his daughter.
Tim Lowly

2020 (Temma con su padre y la colcha de su tía Amy)

Grafito sobre cartón, 2020
A painting of a woman in a headscarf standing with a parasol in front of a flowery patterned landscape.
Khánh H. Lê

Ella esperaba a su familia desde este lugar

Pintura acrílica, papel y joyas plásticas sobre lienzo, 2021
A portrait of a masked cherry picker, done on a flattened cherry box.
Narsiso Martínez

Cereza

Tinta, gouache, carboncillo, pintura metálica y otros materiales, 2020
A portrait of a family of women gazing out an open window.
Rania Matar

Minty, Kayla, Leyah y Layla, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2020
Surveillance footage of an older woman slumped over at a table.
Cheryl Mukherji

Prometeme

Video digital con sonido (7:37 min), 2020
A portrait of a woman seated behind a customer service desk.
Marianna T. Olague

Representante de servicio al cliente

Óleo sobre lienzo, 2020
A painting of a family, submerged to their chests in a jungle pool.
Maia Cruz Palileo

Flores silvestres

Óleo sobre lienzo, 2019
A photo of a girl in a public school bathroom.
Melissa Ann Pinney

Retrato de Jael

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
A portrait of a man, naked, seated in a wooden chair, his back to the viewer and facing a canvas wall, on which dried flowers, hand-written letters, photographs and toys are hung.
Robert Schefman

Enamorado/a de mi mejor amigo/a

Óleo sobre lienzo, 2019
A photo of two embracing black men, one averting our gaze and the other with his face hidden behind the camera.
Paul Mpagi Sepuya

Espejo en cuarto oscuro (0X5A0752)

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2019
A photo of a boy sitting in the middle of a stream.
Josephine Sittenfeld

Viendo crecer a Ethan

Video digital con sonido (15:20 min), 2019
A headshot of a young girl in partial shadow.
Grade Solomon

19 de diciembre

Impresión por inyección de tinta, 2020
A self-portrait painting of an older woman's face and nude torso.
Ilene Spiewak

Ahondando en el aislamiento de la autoinformación y el género

Pintura acrílica y carboncillo sobre lienzo, 2020
Exhibition Photos
Semifinalists

Sobia Ahmad
Sama Alshaibi
Adrian Armstrong
Johannes Barfield
Ria Brodell
Annette LeMay Burke
Howard Carr
Bhasha Chakrabarti
Paul D'Amato
Fred Danziger
Jeremy Davis
Christian Dixon
Susan Doster
Andrew Feiler
Deb Fong
Miguel Gandert
Ghazal Ghazi
June Glasson
Daniel Goncalves
Rebecca Greenfield
Kelly Harmon
Phung Huynh
Dawn Kim
Dong Kyu Kim
Stacey Lorinczi
Jamie L. Louto
Gayle Madeira
Lisa McCleary
J.J. McCracken
Ania Moussawel
Steve Ozone
Catherine Panebianco
Marybeth Rothman
Laurie Steelink
Lendl Tellington
Shawn Michael Warren
Sara J. Winston