Drawn National Exhibition - Selected Artists

Manifest was founded in-part to stand for the importance of drawing as a process, skill, and discipline, and as a continuing viable product of the creative fine art and design fields. Since its inception the organization has continued to incorporate drawing-based programming, including education (Drawing Center), publications (INDA), and gallery exhibits into the broader spectrum of its projects. The students and professors who formed Manifest in 2004 knew that despite their diverging career paths (architecture, art history, painting, industrial design, photography) they were brought together on account of their connection to drawing and their mutually intense but multi-faceted pursuit of this fundamental discipline.

A year ago, in honor of the original spirit of the founding ideals of Manifest, the gallery launched DRAWN as a new annual exhibition. DRAWN seeks to survey and present the broad scope of drawing being made today. This gallery exhibit is completely separate from but nevertheless complements, and sometimes overlaps, the annual INDA publication project.

DRAWN called for artists to submit works of drawing in any media relevant to the practice (including non-traditional approaches), any style, and any genre (fine art, illustration, design, conceptual, realism, etc.).

For this exhibit 394 artists from 44 states, 20 countries, and Washington D.C. submitted 1188 works for consideration. Thirty-six works by the following 27 artists from 13 states, England, Japan, and Spain were selected for presentation in the gallery and Manifest Exhibition Annual publication.

Presenting works by:

Lindsey Aleman
Jenison, Michigan

Kelly Borsheim
Cedar Creek, Texas

Sue Bryan
New York, New York

Katherine Cox
Willow Wood, Ohio

Amir Hariri
Brooklyn, New York

Daisie Hoitsma
Athens, Ohio

Margaret Hopkins
Batavia, Ohio

Lori Johnson
Asheville, North Carolina

Patti Jordan
Montclair, New Jersey

Jean LeCluyse
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Tim Main
Denver, Colorado

Free Marseille
Brockton, Massachusetts

Darren Marsh
Manchester, England

Ryota Matsumoto
Tokyo, Japan

Taylor Mazer
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Zach Mory
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Jack Nixon
Wilmette, Illinois

Adam Rake
Bloomington, Indiana

Susan Rotondo
Culver City, California

Mariasun Salgado
Madrid, Spain

Amy Schissel
Morgantown, West Virginia

John Spurlock
Huntington, West Virginia

Geoffrey Stein
New York, New York

Kirsten Stolle
Marshall, North Carolina

Amber Stucke
Cincinnati, Ohio

Derek Wilkinson
Emporia, Kansas

Christine Wuenschel
West Lafayette, Indiana

* display image: Copyright - Patti Jordan