2nd Annual Black & WhiteArt ExhibitionMay 2018

Welcome to Fusion Art’s 2nd Annual Black & White International Online Juried Art Exhibition for the month of May 2018.

For this competition artists and photographers worldwide were encouraged to share their best art and photography using black & white & the nuanced shades in between. All artists, over the age of 18, regardless of location or experience, were encouraged to submit their best representational or abstract artwork.

We once again received a diverse collection of quality artwork from artists all around the world including the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, China, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Barbados, Israel, Switzerland, Hong Kong, South Africa, India, Columbia and Mexico.

In this monthly themed exhibition Fusion Art presents awards in two categories: Traditional Art and Digital Art & Photography. The Black & White Best in Show winners are Lori Dunn for her scratchboard, “The Laws of Attraction” and Harry Longstreet for his archival inkjet print, “Take A Bow, Any Bow.” Both Lori and Harry are Fusion Art’s Featured Artists for the month of May 2018 and, as the Best in Show winners, both artists are invited to participate in Fusion Art’s 3rd Annual Group Show in Palm Springs in February 2019.

Other award winners include Second Place winners, Chengyi Lu for his acrylic and ink on paper, “Helplessness” and August Naude for his print on canvas, “Begging.” Third Place awards were given to Marina Cappalli for her graphite and ink on paper, “Inner Reflection” and Debby Thomas for her photograph, “Light Play.”

This month, eight honorable mention awards are given as special recognition due to the exceptional quality of the art received for this competition. Honorable Mention awards in the Traditional Art category are given to Jeff Klena for his latex on wood, “When the Abyss Stares Back,” Kristie Moore for her acrylic on wood panel canvas, “Shaaaaark!!!”, Jerry McLaughlin for his oil, cold wax and wood ash on panel, “After Wichita (4)” and Dylan Eakin for his charcoal, graphite and acrylic on paper, “Exstasis.”

Honorable Mention awards in the Digital & Photography category are given to Alexandrino Lei Airosa for his photograph, “Buffalo Bathing”, Yanika Anukulpun for her digital photograph, “Dream”, Sheri Emerson for her digital art print, “Variation” and Sandro Lasco for his photograph, “Venetian Nocturne 1.” Please visit the Monthly Winners Page to learn more about each of these award winning artists and/or to contact them directly about their work.

The remaining finalists in the exhibition all exemplify uniquely creative talents and we’re honored to showcase their artwork on the Fusion Art website.

As always, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all the competition participants. While not all the artwork that was submitted was selected for inclusion in the exhibition this in not necessarily a reflection on any one artist’s talent and/or skill.  It takes courage for artists to offer up one’s art up for critique by others and all the artists should be applauded for their efforts. We appreciate all of you sharing your extraordinary talent with us.

For anyone interested in purchasing any of the artwork in this exhibition, please contact the artists directly. You will find the artist’s website and/or email information below their work.

Please also visit our YouTube Channel to see the Traditional and Digital & Photography compilation videos of the exhibition.

Thank you for visiting our website and enjoy the exhibition!