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12th International ARC Salon Exhibition

The Art Renewal Center (ARC) is proud to announce the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition, which will consist of 83 Contemporary Realist works selected from an original 3,100 entries from 63 countries. The most prestigious realist art competition in the Americas and perhaps the world, the International ARC Salon offers over $100,000 in cash awards and international recognition through partnerships with prestigious magazines, galleries, museum exhibitions, and a strong online presence. The ARC Salon Exhibition will be on view at the Salmagundi Club, 47 Fifth Ave., New York, NY from May 12th – June 1st, 2017 with the public opening event on Saturday, May 13th from 11am to 3pm. Entry is free. The exhibition will then be on view again at the MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain from September 23 – November 27, 2017 with the opening event starting at 7pm on September 22nd and artist forum on September 23rd starting at 11am. The MEAM competition is organized by the Foundation of the Art and the Artists, which is, along with the ARC Salon, the other most important competition for representational art in the Western world.

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Salmagundi Club

May 12 - June 1, 2017

Salmagundi Club

47 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10003

Public Opening

Saturday, May 13th, 2017 11am – 3pm

On May 12th the exhibit will only be open to the public from 2 to 4:30pm

Atelier Education Day

Friday, May 19th, 2017 10am – 2pm

General Opening Hours

1pm to 8pm Monday through Friday

10am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday

MEAM

Sept 22 - Nov 27, 2017

European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM)

C/ Barra de Ferro 5

08003, Barcelona, Spain

ARC Award Ceremony and Figurativas Opening Ceremony

September 22nd, 2017 – Starts 7pm

Artists Forum

September 23rd, 2017 – Starts 11am

General Opening Hours

10am to 8pm Tuesday through Sunday

Best in Show ($8,000)
ARC Purchase Award ($28,000)

Tenaya Sims

Semillas

2016

251.46 x 177.8 cm | 99 x 70 in

Oil and 23k gold leaf on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($24,000)

Julie Bell

White Velvet

2016

91.44 x 106.68 cm | 36 x 42 in

Oil on wood

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($20,000)

Joshua LaRock

Laura in Black

2015

50.8 x 40.64 x [*] cm | 20 x 16 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($15,500)

Sandra Kuck

Shona

60.96 x 78.74 x [*] cm | 24 x 31 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($15,000)

Gregory Mortenson

Polka Dots

2014

71.12 x 55.88 cm | 28 x 22 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($9,000)

Seth Haverkamp

House and Home

2015

83.82 x 60.96 cm | 33 x 24 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($7,029)

Tina Garrett

String of Pearls

2015

76.2 x 101.6 x [*] cm | 30 x 40 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($5,000)

Michael C. Hayes

Haven

2015

45.72 x 91.44 cm | 18 x 36 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($4,900)

Adam Clague

Knitter's Gift

2014

76.2 x 76.2 cm | 30 x 30 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($2,200)

Andrea Bills

Waiting for Alice

2015

38.1 x 50.8 cm | 15 x 20 in

Charcoal and white pastel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($1,680)

Carmen Ruiz Segura

Don Quijote

2015

50 x 40 cm | 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in

Acrylic on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($1,200)

Victoria Steel

The Threads of Discord

2015

26.67 x 43.18 cm | 10 1/2 x 17 in

Charcoal and white pastel on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($1,100)

Barbara Fox

Carra

2016

25.4 x 17.78 cm | 10 x 7 in

Charcoal

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

ARC Purchase Award ($750)

Meghan Sours

Renewal

2016

40.64 x 30.48 cm | 16 x 12 in

Charcoal and chalk on toned paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.

Linda Adair

Courting Death

2016

60.96 x 45.72 cm | 24 x 18 in

Oil on board

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Jing An

Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio - Lian Suo

2015

180 x 125 cm | 70 3/4 x 49 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Nik Anikis

I am My Word

2015

70 x 50 cm | 27 1/2 x 19 1/2 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Olena Babak

Envisage

2016

66.04 x 45.72 x [*] cm | 26 x 18 in

Charcoal on toned paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York
MEAM Purchase Award

Mathias Bader

Sitting Man (Fulco)

2016

120 x 100 cm | 47 x 39 1/4 in

Water based clay

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Julie Bell

Abby

2016

40.64 x 30.48 cm | 16 x 12 in

Oil on linen panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

SOLD

Rubén Belloso Adorna

The Twilight of Venus

2015

100 x 121 cm | 39 1/4 x 47 1/2 in

Pastel on wood

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Matthew Bober

Reflection

2015

30.48 x 22.86 cm | 12 x 9 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Lucas Bononi

Consolidation

2016

71.12 x 101.6 cm | 28 x 40 in

Oil on board

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

SOLD

Jason Brady

Melancholia

2015

48.26 x 63.5 cm | 19 x 25 in

Charcoal and white chalk on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Maudie Brady

Laura

2016

180 x 45 cm | 70 3/4 x 17 1/2 in

Finished clay

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Maudie Brady

Wounded Faun

2016

100 x 80 cm | 39 1/4 x 31 1/4 in

Polymer resin and fiberglass with patina

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Jane Chapin

Hugging the Shore

2014

55.88 x 71.12 x [*] cm | 22 x 28 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Casey Childs

Non-Fiction

2015

76.2 x 101.6 cm | 30 x 40 in

Oil on aluminum

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Marta Crawford

The Thinker

2015

60.96 x 45.72 x [*] cm | 24 x 18 in

Charcoal on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Taffari Crawford

Under Heaven

2015

20.32 x 40.64 cm | 8 x 16 in

Charcoal on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Anni Crouter

Neck and Neck

2014

60.96 x 121.92 x [*] cm | 24 x 48 in

Acrylic on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Emanuela De Musis

Fritter and Waste

2015

91.44 x 55.88 x [*] cm | 36 x 22 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Emanuela De Musis

Miss Rachel

2015

106.68 x 60.96 x [*] cm | 42 x 24 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Michael DeVore

The Attributes of Art

2015

40.64 x 76.2 cm | 16 x 30 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Bruno Di Maio

Savoy Cabbage in a Box

2013

50 x 60 cm | 19 1/2 x 23 1/2 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

SOLD

Jordi Diaz Alama

Hamelín's Throne. Kings of Our Contemporaneity

2015

195 x 195 cm | 76 3/4 x 76 3/4 in

Mixed technique

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Michael Dumas

Sparrow's Rest

2016

25.4 x 58.42 cm | 10 x 23 in

Oil on birch

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York
MEAM Purchase Award

Dirk Dzimirsky

Happy Birthday, Tristesse

2016

48 x 32 cm | 18 3/4 x 12 1/2 in

Carbon and charcoal on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Heather Edwards

Crimson Ribbon

2015

91.44 x 45.72 cm | 36 x 18 in

Oil on artists board

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Joke Frima

Eternal Return

2016

50 x 90 cm | 19 1/2 x 35 1/4 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Bruno Galuzzi Corsini

Sword in Hand, Greed of Command

2015

182.88 x 152.4 cm | 72 x 60 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Daniel Gerhartz

To Capture Beauty

2016

152.4 x 101.6 cm | 60 x 40 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Wei Han

Green Clothes

2013

130 x 90 cm | 51 x 35 1/4 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Catherine Haverkamp

In the Hourglass

2015

91.44 x 60.96 cm | 36 x 24 in

Oil on board

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Michael C. Hayes

Exodus

2016

50.8 x 76.2 cm | 20 x 30 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Jeff Hein

Ju Ju

2015

30.48 x 30.48 cm | 12 x 12 in

Oil on canvas on masonite

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Cornelia Hernes

The Storyteller

2016

165.1 x 114.3 x [*] cm | 65 x 45 in

Chalk and charcoal on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Silvia Juez Linares

The Power of the Human Nature

2016

170 x 100 cm | 66 3/4 x 39 1/4 in

Clay finish in resin

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Miki K. T. Chart

Ascolta, ti Ricorderà

2015

50.8 x 55.88 cm | 20 x 22 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Grace Kim

Indian Peahen

2015

22.86 x 27.94 x [*] cm | 9 x 11 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Joshua LaRock

Bather

2015

40.64 x 25.4 x [*] cm | 16 x 10 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Jeffrey Larson

Laundry

2015

91.44 x 116.84 cm | 36 x 46 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Vanessa Lemen

Letters to a Young Poet

2016

40.64 x 30.48 cm | 16 x 12 in

Oil on board

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Shana Levenson

Sibling Bond

2016

91.44 x 60.96 x [*] cm | 36 x 24 in

Oil on dibond

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

SOLD

Robert Liberace

5th Circle

2015

91.44 x 121.92 cm | 36 x 48 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Robert Liberace

Winter

2016

91.44 x 71.12 cm | 36 x 28 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

He Lihuai

The Heart of the Gem

2015

41 x 30 cm | 16 x 11 3/4 in

Oil on copper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Joseph McGurl

The Romance of Land and Sea, Cuttyhunk Island

2016

60.96 x 91.44 cm | 24 x 36 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Joseph McGurl

Transfiguration

2016

50.8 x 91.44 cm | 20 x 36 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

SOLD

Nicole Moné

Blowing Smoke (Portrait of Aaron Shikler)

2014

91.44 x 60.96 cm | 36 x 24 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Kevin Moore

The Transcendence

2015

66.04 x 50.8 cm | 26 x 20 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Katsu Nakajima

Stream of the Shadow

2016

38 x 91 cm | 14 3/4 x 35 3/4 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Nicholas O'Leary

Snow Storm

2016

30 x 24 cm | 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in

Oil on canvas panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Mary Pettis

Minnehaha Falls in Winter

2015

50.8 x 76.2 cm | 20 x 30 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Mica Pillemer

Fate Casting Judgment upon the Earth

2015

137.16 x 101.6 cm | 54 x 40 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Laura Pritchett

Patience (Cocoons Are Temporary)

2015

60.96 x 60.96 cm | 24 x 24 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Lorena Pugh

Perched

2016

76.2 x 121.92 cm | 30 x 48 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Aurelio Rodriguez Lopez

En Busca de la Memoria

2014

80 x 80 cm | 31 1/4 x 31 1/4 in

Pastel on wood

  • Exhibited at the MEAM

Sergio Roffo

Moored In Calmness

2016

60.96 x 91.44 x [*] cm | 24 x 36 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Katie Runde

Suzanne

2015

81.28 x 63.5 cm | 32 x 25 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Kenneth Salaz

Annunciation

2015

81.28 x 121.92 x [*] cm | 32 x 48 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Dave Santillanes

The Coming Rain

2014

81.28 x 60.96 x [*] cm | 32 x 24 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Roger Schmidt

Kate in Lace

2015

81.28 x 66.04 cm | 32 x 26 in

Charcoal and chalk on prepared panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Dmitry Sevryukov

Still life

2016

60 x 50 cm | 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Duffy Sheridan

The Whale Watcher

2016

101.6 x 60.96 cm | 40 x 24 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Kyle Sims

Self Reflections

2016

76.2 x 91.44 cm | 30 x 36 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Tina Spratt

Slumber

2016

30.48 x 60.96 cm | 12 x 24 in

Soft pastel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Matthew Stewart

The Teeth of Scatha the Worm

2016

60.96 x 81.28 x [*] cm | 24 x 32 in

Oil on panel

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Alessandro Tomassetti

Animal Nitrate

2015

65 x 50 cm | 25 1/2 x 19 1/2 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Kazuo Torigoe

XXII II MMXVI

2016

18 x 18 cm | 7 x 7 in

Oil on copper plate

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Ray Wanda Totanes

Perception of Self

2015

40.64 x 30.48 cm | 16 x 12 in

Oil

  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Hsin-Yao Tseng

Away from the City

2015

50.8 x 40.64 cm | 20 x 16 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Bruno Vepkhvadze

Ara Martis (Altar of Mars)

2013

120 x 61 cm | 47 x 24 in

Oil on canvas

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Hongzheng Wang

Life No. 1

2014

180 x 130 cm | 70 3/4 x 51 in

Oil on linen

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York

Stephen Yavorski

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2016

15.24 x 20.32 cm | 6 x 8 in

Charcoal and white chalk on paper

  • Exhibited at the MEAM
  • Exhibited at Sotheby's, New York