Photo credit: Scott Bakal

Juried by Andrew Fish and Wilhelm Neusser

Andrew Fish
Andrew Fish is a painter and printmaker based in Boston, MA. He grew up in Bristol, VT and studied at School of Visual Arts in NYC and earned his MFA from Goddard College in VT. He has attended several artist residencies including the VT Studio Center, Manship Artists Residency + Studio in Gloucester, MA, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, China, and Mass MoCA’s Assets for Artists Residency in North Adams, MA. He is the recipient of a Mass Cultural Council Finalist award in Painting, a Somerville Arts Council grant, a NY Studio School Award, and a St. Botolph Club Fellowship.  His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally including Childs Gallery, Boston, MA, The Painting Center, NYC, Artzu Gallery in Manchester, UK, and Addison Ripley Fine Art in Washington, DC.  Fish teaches at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA and Lesley Art + Design in Cambridge, MA.  He is also a contributing writer for ArtSpiel. His work explores the intersection of abstraction and representation, using the figure to investigate contemporary society and personal experience.

Wilhelm Neusser
Wilhelm Neusser was born in Cologne, Germany. From 1997 to 2001 he studied at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Karlsruhe with Professors Gerd van Dülmen und Harald Klingelhöller. He was also a guest student in art history and theory at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe with Professors Hans Belting und Siegfried Gohr. After his studies, Neusser lived and worked in Cologne until his relocation to the United States in 2011.

Wilhelm Neusser’s artwork has been widely exhibited and he has received numerous awards and fellowships. His recent museum exhibitions include the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 2019), the Fruitlands Museum (Harvard, MA, 2019), and MASS MoCa (North Adams, MA, 2018). In 2020 and 2022 he was honored with a finalist grant in Painting from the Mass Cultural Council. Additional awards and recognition include the MASS MoCA Studio Program (2017), Vermont Studio Center (2013), Finalist, Wilhelm-Morgner-Prize, Soest (2010), International Artist in Residence, Boots Contemporary Art Space (St. Louis, MO, 2009), ZVAB Phönix Art Prize (2007). Neusser’s work has been included in notable publications, including The Boston Globe, Boston Magazine, Artscope Magazine, Boston.com, and Big Red & Shiny. Neusser lives and works in Somerville, MA.