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The Purpose

Held every other year, ryan james fine arts utilizes Visual Impressions to source new artists local and

national working in the fields of Modern, Abstract, Conceptual to represent in the WA area. 

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Jury Panel

2023 VI Curator: Cassandra Locke

Vincent Ball- Design Director

Kimberly Balla- Artist Development Coach

Patricia Cameron- Art Consultant,

Founder Patricia Cameron Gallery

Michael Dickter- Artist

Museo Gallery

Tracy MacLean- Commission Chair,

Kirkland Cultural Arts Commission

Milan Heger- Gallery Artist,

Principal Heger Architects

Kerry Itami- Gallery Artist

Jennifer Jedda- Curator of Objects

Owner JJ Caprices

Jessica Kravtiz- Gallery Partner,

ryan james fine arts

Dawn Laurant- Art Appraiser,

Principal Laurant Fine Arts Appraisal

Ruby Lindner- Gallery Artist

Rand Perez- Corporate Art Curator,

Accenture

Laura Viola Preciado- Gallery Artist

Jaurdey Samuel- 425 Magazine

Miha Sarani- Arts Non-Profit Director,

Kirkland Arts Center Gallery Director

Hannah Seki- Gallery Artist

Joseph Steininger- Artist

Jill Wakefield- Board of Trustees, 

Bellevue Arts Museum

Nancy Whittaker- Gallery Director,

Museo Gallery

Rya Wu- Art Curator

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Awards

First Place Kalina Winska

Curator's Award Juliet Fiss

Peoples' Choice Noble Golden

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Past Award Winners

2020: Curated by Karry Itami

1st Place Cassandra Locke

Curator's Award Christine Romanell

Tsuga Framing Peoples' Choice Hannah Seki

Emerging Artist Grant Jibril Emanuel

RJFA Placement: Kellie Becker,

Cammy Davis, Maery Lanhan,

Janice Taylor, Paul Young

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2018: Curated by Kimberly Balla

1st Place Gianna DiBartolomeo

2nd Place Lynette Charters

3rd Place Seya Kim

RJFA Placement: Jeffrey Glossip,

Nino Yuniardi

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2016: Curated by Charlotte Dean

1st Place Grace Lim

2nd Place Qin Tan

3rd Place Claire B Jones

Director Award Courtney Odell

RJFA Placement: Kimberly Balla, 

Laura Viola Preciado

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2014: Curated by George Tuton

1st Place Adriana Quezado

2nd Place Jeemin Kim

3rd Place Katlyn Hubner

NW Framing Peoples' Choice Adam Yaw

Woodmark Award Janene Pierce

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How to Apply

 2023 APPLICATIONS CLOSED

Visual Impressions 2025 applications open November 2024

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