Our Juror

Rusty Leffel

Artist’s Statement
With my Street Photography, I explore our common humanity through the people and places around us all.

Recent and Selected Juried Group Exhibitions & Awards

New Revolutions.  Studio Channel Islands Gallery, Camarillo, CA; Juror: Max Presneill, artist / curator – Director and Head Curator, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.  January 4 – 26, 2019.

National Art Encounter.  Naples Art Association, Naples, FL. Jurors: Brad Cushman, Gallery Director / Curator Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR: Jill Deupi, beaux arts Director & Chief Curator, Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami, FL; Kirk Ke Wang, professor of visual arts, Eckerd College, Saint Petersburg, FL.  November 30, 2018 – January 12, 2019.

2018 International Juried Exhibition.  The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ.  Juror:  Midori Yoshimoto, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Gallery Director, New Jersey City University.  November 8 – December 22, 2018.

One Gun Gone: Thoughts and Prayers are Not Enough (international photography exhibition addressing impact of gun violence).  Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI.  Juror:  Boris Bally, artist, sculptor, activist, Providence, RI; October– November, 2018
31st Annual Northern National Art Competition.  Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI.  Juror:  Mark Steve Greenfield, B.A., M.F.A., Artist / Educator – Los Angeles, CA.  October– November, 2018.
Faces.  Site; Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.  Juror:  Jacqueline Towers-Perkins, Specialist Post-War & Contemporary Art; Bonhams Auctioneers, NY.  May-June 2018.
90th Annual International Juried Exhibition.  Art Association of Harrisburg, PA.  Juror:  Sara Softness, Asst. Curator, Special Projects, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.  May-June 2018.

46th International Art Exhibition.  Brownsville Museum of Fine Arts, Brownsville, TX.  Jurors: Dr. Ruth A. Keitz, PHD, MFA, UT-Austin; Alejandro Macias, Lecturer, MFA UT-Pan Am; Karl J. Lieck, BFA, Artist-composer in residence, U North Texas.  Awarded:  Third Place / Photography.  April-May 2018.

2019 Winners