Contemporary Portraiture Exhibition

Portraiture is an act of interpretation, not just documentation. The works by the over 20 master artists in Contemporary Portraiture reveal what happens when artists use extraordinary technical skill and artistic vision to represent another human being in paint, film, or clay. Every artistic choice, from medium to style to setting, reveals something about the relationship between artist and sitter, and between the portrait and its intended audience. One of the animating questions of this exhibition is the tension between public and private portraiture. Some portraits are made to project a public image, while others are intended to privately capture a loved one or moment in time. Many of the most compelling portraits in this show exist somewhere in between, revealing the complex, layered nature of identity itself. Artists include: Pamela Beach, Blair Buswell, Casey Childs, Caitlin Connolly, John Darley, Nicole Hill Gerulat, Justin Hackworth, Michael Hall, Ben Hammond, Jeff Hein, Jared Jakins, Randall Lake, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge, Howard Lyon, Santiago Michalek, Colby Sanford, Mary Sauer, Fazilat Soukhakian, Marlena Wild, and Kwani Winder. Featured August 27, 2026 – July 23, 2027