The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery is pleased to announce the winning artists of the gallery’s recent 26th “Solo Art Series” Art Competition.
The “Solo Art Series” competition closed on January 5, 2024. 12 artists were selected as finalists. From that selection, 4 artists were chosen to receive individual month-long solo art exhibitions. The remaining 8 artists were awarded Artist Showcase features.
The Solo Art Series took place within an extremely competitive atmosphere. The task of selecting only four top winning artists from the 70 artists who entered was extremely challenging. The high quality of submissions made creating the final rankings extraordinarily difficult.
The competitive process considered not only the quality and depth of the artist’s work but also the overall entry presentation, including the artist’s biography and artist’s statement. The following are the 4 winning Solo Series Artists and the schedule of their solo art exhibitions.
| Skottie O'Mahony | January 15, 2024 to February 14, 2024 | |
| Maureen Ravnik | February 15, 2024, to March 14, 2024 | |
| Michael Gault | March 15, 2024, to April 14, 2024 | |
| Elaine Witten | April 15, 2024, to May 14, 2024 |
As part of the selection process, the other 8 artists who were in the top 12 have been awarded an Artist Showcase feature. The artists who were selected for the Artist Showcase features (with one Artist Showcase being be posted every 2 weeks beginning on January 15th are:
| Courtney Panzer | January 15, 2024 to January 31, 2024 | |
| Ferenc Csurgai | February 1, 2024 to February 14, 2024 | |
| Mahrukh Shabbir | February 15, 2024 to February 29, 2024 | |
| Kelley Jakelis | March 1, 2024 to March 14, 2024 | |
| Fania Greenwood | March 15, 2024 to March 31, 2024 | |
| Andrea Hellman | April 1, 2024 to April 14, 2024 | |
| Maxwell G. Miller | April 15, 2024 to April 30, 2024 | |
| Linda Boisvert DeStefanis | May 1, 2024 to May 14, 2024 |
Out of the 70 artists who submitted to this Solo Art Series art competition, 28 were eliminated due to deficiencies in their Biography, Artist’s Statement or with their art. From the 42 artists who were left, 26 artists were then selected as finalists. 12 artists were selected from the 26 final artists and any of the finalists could have been included in the final 12.
For each Solo Art Exhibition and Artist Showcase, the gallery will distribute, promote and circulate press releases to hundreds of major News Outlets, art news websites and social media distribution through LST gallery’s broad social media network.
In addition to the above, the winning solo artists receive a YouTube Video presentation of their Body of Work, Event Postcard and Press Release for their art portfolio. There will also be links back to the artists’ website as part of this achievement package.
Here is a link to the gallery's Solo Art Series Archives. The gallery’s next Solo Art Series competition will open for entries in March 2024.
Thank you for everyone's participation and interest in our Solo Art Series and congratulations to the winners.