Our DNA

5th Annual Juried Exhibition |  June 25th - July 25th, 2021

For this year’s juried show, the artists at KLG asked their colleagues to consider the following:

We humans are biological siblings, belonging to the genus Homo, and as Sapiens, the last surviving species of our genus. The last year spoke loudly of divisions and differences, but for this exhibit, we ask you as artists to focus on our 99.9% shared genome. Using any tools or languages, explore the belief systems and vocabularies of our family tree that touch on our common physical or metaphorical DNA, our essential humanity, the soul of the Sapien.

Having reviewed submissions from as far away as Cyprus, and as close as our own Elm City, the jury curated an exhibition showcasing the responses of over 50 artists working in a wide range of media. Below are a few close-ups. Visit us in person through the end of July to see more!

Congratulations to this year’s prizewinners: Warda Geismar, Dan Gries, and Jessica Zamachaj; and honorable mentions: Eduardo Alvarez, and Daniel Eugene.

Participating Artists: Eduardo Alvarez, Mark Battista, Robert Bienstock, Marsha Borden, Frank Bruckmann, Jill Butcher, William Butcher, Jeanette Compton, Penrhyn Cook, Rod Cook, Gabriella DiMaio, Anne Doris-Eisner, Jacqueline Allen Doucot, Tom Edwards, Daniel Eugene, Joe Fekieta, Brian Flinn, Kathryn Frederick, Kathryn Frund, Sean Patrick Gallagher, Jeffrey Gangwisch, Warda Geismar, Ellen Gordon, Dan Gries, Andrea Haas, Amy Hannum, Kate Henderson, Nina Sumarac Jablonsky, Sandra Jeknavorian, Aude Jomini, Ruth Kennedy, Earl Grenville Killeen, Eben Kling, Karl Kroeppler, Daudi Lazarre, Briah Luckey, Howard Margules, Christian Miller, Roy Money, David Ottenstein, Hilary Opperman, Donna Owens, Hank Paper, Tina Psoinos, Robert Schwarz, Sheri Schwarz, Anne Sheffield, Ada Monica Sperling, Geoffrey Stein, Lisa Toto, Joshua Unikel, Amanda Walker, Brian Williams, Marjorie Gillette Wolfe, Lauren Woods, Jessica Zamachaj.