2021 National Juried Exhibition

The Peer Show

The Cleveland Print Room's National Juried Exhibition, THE PEER SHOW, is an annual exhibition since 2015, showcasing the work of photographers across the country. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exhibition will be, for the second time, completely digital. The call for art was again opened to include art of any medium. We received over 300 submissions from across the US and the World. 42 images have made it into the show.

Our jurors, Courtenay Barton, Peter Cohen, and Andrea Gyorody, meticulously examined each work and decided on the following awards. The recipients of the Best in Show and both Director's Awards will be given the opportunity to show their work in a group exhibition at the Cleveland Print Room in 2022. An Honorable Mention category has been again been created this year.

BEST IN SHOW

ILENIA PEZZANITI, Unperceived, 2020. 3.5x4.2”. Polaroid. NFS.

BEST B&W PHOTOGRAPH

DANIEL MAINZER, The Play of Light, 2021. 18x22”. Photography. $375.

DIRECTOR’S AWARD

CARA LEE WADE, Legacy, Alzheimer’s Stories: Immeasurable Distance, 2018. 16x20x1”. Archival print from 4x5 negative. $300.

BEST COLOR PHOTOGRAPH

MICHAEL TSEGAYE, Rise, 2021. 40x60 cm. Digital photography. $350.

BEST ALTERNATIVE PROCESS PHOTOGRAPH

SAMANTHA BIAS, The Awakening, 2020. 8x11.5”. Photographic transfer on skeleton leaf. SOLD.

BEST NON-PHOTOGRAPH

PALLI DAVENE DAVIS, LONG POD from the Holding Stones Series, 2021. 36x4x3”. Sycamore and stones. $600.

DIRECTOR’S AWARD

JEREMY UNDERWOOD, Plastic Bottle Debris Circle, 2016. 18x24”. Photography. $800.

JUSTIN BRENNAN, Dream Job, 2021. 24x30x1.5”. Oil and spray paint on canvas. NFS.

DOMINIC LIPPILLO, Power Lines, 2017. 9x16”. Inkjet Print. NFS.

SAMANTHA BIAS, I Have Miles To Go Before I Sleep, 2021. 5x7” framed. Photographic transfer on used tea bag. $200.

RUDDY ROYE, From When Living Is A Protest Series: Cairo #1, 2018. 20x24”. Digital print on metallic paper. $3000.

JOAN LEDERER, Lucas, 2020. 16x20”. Digital B&W. $200.

BILLY DELFS, Huntington Beach Tree, 2018. 16x20”. Photograph. $450.

KENYATTA CRISP, My Favorite Mood Is Black 1/2, 2020. 18x24”. Archival print. NFS.

AMBER J ANDERSON, Houses I Have Haunted: Second Empire, 2021. 12x12”. Archival pigment print. NFS.

RICHARD STROFFOLINO, Mother and Daughter, 2018. 5x7”. Giclee Print. NFS.

HONORABLE MENTION

LEIGH BROOKLYN, Him, 2017. 28x22”. Oil on canvas. $8000.

CAMILO GONZALEZ BARRAGAN, Human States, 2017. 16x20”. 35mm. $400.

STEPHEN CALHOUN, Charin Lemon Roots, 2018. 48X66”. Iterated digital photograph printed on aluminum. $5000.

NICKI WILKINS, Rose Moon, 2020. 5x7”. NFS.

JEREMY UNDERWOOD, Wood Debris Spiral, 2016. 18x24”. Photography. $800.

JESS FIJALKOVICH, Everything Feels Possible With You, 2020. 6x6”. Gelatin silver print. NFS.

CYNTHIA PETRY, Blackness & Whiteness, 2019. 20x20”. Cut and sewn paper with found objects. NFS.

BRANDON BAKER, Jessica, 2021. 20x16”. Archival pigment print. $1000.

ILENIA PEZZANITI, I Can’t Breathe Protest, Cleveland, 2020, 2020. 8x10”. Digital print. NFS.

OMID TAVAKOLI, Sea of Cops 2, 2020. 24x24”. Archival pigment print on metallic paper. $750.

JOAN LEDERER, Brazil, 2017. 16x20”. Digital B&W. $200.

HONORABLE MENTION

JOSEPH POCS, For Desmond, A Father’s Grief, 2020. 8x10”. Digital Print. NFS.

BILL PAPPAS, Orchid Phragmipedium, 2021. 11x14”. Implicit archival cyanotype. $225.

HEATHER MURRAY, End of Days, 2020. 11x14”. Photograph. $250.

BRIAN CADE, Amerika Haus, Schönberg, Berlin, Deutschland, 2020. 11x16”. Archival inkjet print. $250.

ANIKA CALCEI, 40 Hour Work Week (triptych), 2020. 24x30”. Archival inkjet print. NFS.

ALEXANDRA DOBELL, Trying on My Mother’s Barong, 2021. Polaroids. NFS.

GARY BEEBER, After Midnight, 2020. 20x30”. Photography. $1800.

CHRISTOPHER KASPAR, Eating Alone Again, 2021. 24x30”. Analog photo printed on metal. $350.

JOHN FADLEY, You Aren’t Loud Enough, 2020. 17x15”. Archival ink print. $450.

AL FUCHS, Hurrying Home, 2018. 16x7”. Digital photography print. $150.

AJA GRANT, Dichotomy (with head adornment), 2021. Silk print. $350.

LEV L. SPIRO, Orion, 2021. 16x22x1.5”. Archival pigment print. $350.

PAUL MARKOWICZ, Lake Erie Blues, 2020. 11x16”. Digital photography. $450.

TIMOTHY GILBRIDE, The Wild Noise Dies Down, 2020. 7x8”. Digital. $300.

THEODORE WILKINS LANG, Mira, 2019. 8x10”. Silver gelatin print. $150.

RUDDY ROYE, From When Living Is A Protest Series: Cairo #2, 2018. 20x24”. Digital print on metallic paper. $3000.