Michael Knapstein
Father and Daughter, 2022
Digital pigment print
Racine Art Museum, Cynthia Anne Georgeson Memorial Purchase Award from Wisconsin Photography 2024
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Wisconsin Photography 2024
August 28 – November 23, 2024
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Established in the 1970s and hosted biennially, Wisconsin Photography underscores RAM’s institutional commitment to looking at contemporary art in a variety of forms. Celebrating the rich community of photographers and video artists living and working in Wisconsin, this juried exhibition takes a different approach than most, with artists being asked to submit a portfolio of up to 10 images or two short films for juror review. This allows the juror to conduct a more extensive review of an artist’s body of work and, if they wish, the opportunity to select multiple pieces from an artist’s portfolio—creating a dynamic exhibition where viewers can get a better sense of how the photographer expresses their ideas across multiple works.
Juror Jennifer Wcisel reviewed 986 works by 110 artists and selected 96 works by 35 artists for this year’s exhibition. Wcisel is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she leads the museum’s diverse program of rotating exhibitions, including traveling and independently organized exhibitions. She is responsible for the stewardship of GRAM’s permanent collection of 7,000 objects, which she activates through original exhibitions, installations, research, community programs, and publications.
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Artists in the Exhibition
Bristol: Charese Smiley; Cascade: Bruce Saille; Cedarburg: Vicki Reed; Deforest: Chelsey Walker; De Pere: David Graham, Terri Warpinski; Grafton: Jack Long; Kenosha: Paul Brnak; Kewaskum: Laura Stone; Lake Geneva: Todd Anderson; Mequon: Bernard Newman; Middleton: Michael Knapstein; Milwaukee: Dennis Darmek, Justin Fondrie, Steven Franzen, Samer Ghani, Kristine Hinrichs, Marcella Jones, Jack Kleinman, Azure Mahara, Emanuel Rios, Andre Saint Louis, Meredith Watts, Malcolm Woods; Mount Pleasant: Charlie Tennessen; New Berlin: Timothy Evans; Oshkosh: Erv Schroeder; Racine: Anna Janke; Chino Villatoro; Union Grove: Gretchen Hansen; Waukesha: William Lemke, Nic Umbs; Wausau: Richard Wunsch; Wauwatosa: Stephanie Bartz; West Allis: Jenny Parbs
Wisconsin Photography 2024
August 28 – November 23, 2024
at RAM’s Wustum Museum
Michael Knapstein
Father and Daughter, 2022
Digital pigment print
Racine Art Museum, Cynthia Anne Georgeson Memorial Purchase Award from Wisconsin Photography 2024
Photography: Courtesy of the Artist
Established in the 1970s and hosted biennially, Wisconsin Photography underscores RAM’s institutional commitment to looking at contemporary art in a variety of forms. Celebrating the rich community of photographers and video artists living and working in Wisconsin, this juried exhibition takes a different approach than most, with artists being asked to submit a portfolio of up to 10 images or two short films for juror review. This allows the juror to conduct a more extensive review of an artist’s body of work and, if they wish, the opportunity to select multiple pieces from an artist’s portfolio—creating a dynamic exhibition where viewers can get a better sense of how the photographer expresses their ideas across multiple works.
Juror Jennifer Wcisel reviewed 986 works by 110 artists and selected 96 works by 35 artists for this year’s exhibition. Wcisel is the Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM), Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she leads the museum’s diverse program of rotating exhibitions, including traveling and independently organized exhibitions. She is responsible for the stewardship of GRAM’s permanent collection of 7,000 objects, which she activates through original exhibitions, installations, research, community programs, and publications.
More About the Exhibition
Artists in the Exhibition
Bristol: Charese Smiley; Cascade: Bruce Saille; Cedarburg: Vicki Reed; Deforest: Chelsey Walker; De Pere: David Graham, Terri Warpinski; Grafton: Jack Long; Kenosha: Paul Brnak; Kewaskum: Laura Stone; Lake Geneva: Todd Anderson; Mequon: Bernard Newman; Middleton: Michael Knapstein; Milwaukee: Dennis Darmek, Justin Fondrie, Steven Franzen, Samer Ghani, Kristine Hinrichs, Marcella Jones, Jack Kleinman, Azure Mahara, Emanuel Rios, Andre Saint Louis, Meredith Watts, Malcolm Woods; Mount Pleasant: Charlie Tennessen; New Berlin: Timothy Evans; Oshkosh: Erv Schroeder; Racine: Anna Janke; Chino Villatoro; Union Grove: Gretchen Hansen; Waukesha: William Lemke, Nic Umbs; Wausau: Richard Wunsch; Wauwatosa: Stephanie Bartz; West Allis: Jenny Parbs
Wisconsin Photography 2024 Purchase Awards
Arthur P. Haas Memorial Purchase Award
Dennis Darmek, Desert Training, Marine Corps Combat Center, 29 Palms, CA.
David Graham, Greenleaf, WI
William Lemke, Trees and Fog, Blue Ridge
Cynthia Anne Georgeson Memorial Purchase Award
Kristine Hinrichs, The Gaslight
Michael Knapstein, Father and Daughter
Jessica Zalewski Purchase Award
Stephanie Bartz, Carmen—Carpenter
Gretchen Demuth Hansen, Rooster
Marcella Jones, Navajo Nation Sentiment
Emanuel Rios, Do Your Best
Andrew Saint Louis, Love is Love
Richard Wunsch Summer Hail
Sample of Work in the Exhibition
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