MOWA and WVA are proud to present the
2022 Artists Biennial
February 12 to April 24, 2022
View or download the 2022 Biennial Catalog here
The Museum of Wisconsin Art
205 Veterans Ave.
West Bend, WI 53095
A celebration of the creative wealth of Wisconsin art through the Wisconsin Artists Biennial. $10,000 in cash awards— the most of any exhibition in the state.
Congratulations to the 2022 Biennial Award recipients:
- MOWA 1st Place Award – $5000 + Solo exhibition at MOWA
- Amy Cropper 16 Houses and Vestige Project
- WVA SE Chapter 2nd Place Award – $2000
- Dane Schumacher Unsaid
- WVA SC Chapter 3rd Place Award – $1250
- Trina May Smith Pandemic Bedroom
- WVA NE Chapter 4th Place Award – $750
- Linda Kelen The Swamp
- WVA Lee Weiss Award for first time Biennial exhibitor – $500
- Michelle Richeson Kitchen@LosPoblanos
- Merit or Honorable Mention Awards – $250 each
- Robert Jenkins Pistol
- Jennifer Bastian I Have Missed You
More Biennial Programming – Saturday, March 19 Panel Discussion
Exhibiting Artist Panel: Artwork as a Tool for Healing and Change Saturday, March 19 at 2pm | MOWA 2022 Biennial artists Jennifer Bastian, Helen Klebesadel, Fatima Laster, and Lois Bielefeld discuss artwork as a method for responding to hardships and promoting change in uncertain times.
With over 1200 hundred impressive entries, we thank all the artists for submitting their work. The scope of creative visual arts in Wisconsin could not be more apparent. We thank the panel of highly accomplished jurors who devoted much time and collective thought in selecting the final entries for this powerful exhibition, an exhibition that exemplifies the importance of compelling creative visual language.
Exhibiting Artists:
| Artist Name | Artwork Title |
| Luke W Achterberg | Idyll |
| Hector Acuna | The Barn |
| Kelly M Alexander | Nature and Anatomy |
| Danielle Attoe | In the Window |
| Jennifer H Bastian | I Have Missed You (Community Care is the Intimacy I Need) |
| Anthony Baus | Dream of Pabst Pavilion 1893 |
| Emily S Belknap | Reflection 1: View from Lincoln Memorial Drive |
| Lois Bielefeld | When I was Young |
| SPOOKY BOOBS | Tip Toe |
| Barry Carlsen | Time Traveler |
| Rebecca E Carlton | 5 Billion (5,000,000,000) to None: An Extinction |
| Mauree Childress | Homage |
| Sandra Cipollone | Night Crossing |
| Craig Clifford | Cluster |
| Amy A Cropper | 16 Houses, Vestige #8 and Vestige #10 |
| Phyllis Deicher-Ladwig | End of the Ride 2 |
| Patrick M Doughman | Deliberation |
| Anthony Duvall Bozanich | Waller Baller |
| Scott Espeseth | Kid’s Parka: It Lives! |
| Aris Georgiades | Align |
| David Graham | DePere, WI 2021 |
| Robert D Jinkins | The Pistol |
| David N Kasir | Handshake Equations x Foxes + All the Rubble After |
| Linda Kelen | Swamp |
| Helen R Klebesadel | Prairie Fire I |
| Leif Larson | Family Life During A Pandemic |
| Fatima Laster | Say Her Name |
| Matthew Ludak | Atlantic City |
| Christine B Miller | Mags Hosts St Ags Loaves and Fishes Social |
| Lianne M Milton | Cocoon |
| Jose Morales | American Pasttimes |
| Bethann Moran-Handzlik | The Work and The Wonder |
| Susan L Morrison | Big Red |
| Marjorie M Mau | Red, Green & Grey 1 |
| Brandon Nacke | A Conceived Bond |
| Robert C Osborne | Parking Garage in Downtown Fond du Lac |
| Melissa Pare | Toucan |
| Nirmal S Raja | The Wall Within |
| Michelle Richeson | Kitchen at Los Poblanos |
| Janet Roberts | Fatima |
| Dane A Schumacher | Unsaid |
| Trina M Smith | Pandemic: Bedroom |
| Valaria M Tatera | Healing |
| Robert P Ulrich | CuzN’s WeekNd |
| Ariana K Vaeth | Welcome Mat |
| Shane M Walsh | Midnite Arcade |
| Michael Westcott | Self with Red Lamp |
| Charlie B Wetzel | Portrait of Me and 39 Mile |
| John Whitney | Confluence |
| Christopher T Wood | Daydrawing 201224 |
| Rina Yoon | Homologies-AZ |
| Larry Zamba | Whitey on the Moon |
The Wisconsin Artists Biennial is co-sponsored and organized by Wisconsin Visual Artists and the Museum of Wisconsin Art, in an ongoing partnership that reflects our respective institutions’ mutual support of Wisconsin artists.
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Members of the WVA receive a discount on entry. If you’re not a member consider joining today to save $25 on your entry and get the benefits of membership. If you are a student please contact the chapter chair for information regarding student dues.
WVA MEMBER BIENNIAL ENTRY $30. NON-MEMBER ENTRY $55.