42nd Irvine Annual

The Irvine Annual juried exhibition showcases artworks from California artists ages 18 and older who work across multiple visual artistic mediums.

Applications open Sunday, March 15.

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Eligibility

  • Media eligible for exhibition includes assemblage, ceramic, collage, digital media, drawing, fiber, mixed media, metal, acrylic and oil painting, paper, photography, printmaking, and wood. 
  • Glass is not an eligible medium.
  • All artwork submitted must be presented wall-mounted, be made within the last 2 years, and have not been previously exhibited at Irvine Fine Arts Center.

Awards

Monetary awards, selected by the guest juror and Fine Arts Center patrons, will be given to artists for outstanding entries.  

  • Concept: $700 
  • Use of materials: $500 
  • Style: $300 
  • Viewer's choice: $200 
  • Honorable mention: $200  

About the Jurors

  • Stephen Anderson is a Southern California–based multidisciplinary artist and curator whose work in in assemblage, collage, and text-based forms examines how personal experience, social expectation, and collective mythology intersect. Anderson has exhibited in over 150 shows across the United States and abroad, including in Japan, South Korea, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and Italy. His work has appeared at venues such as SCOPE Miami Beach, LA Art Show, Torrance Art Museum, Irvine Fine Arts Center, and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, and has been featured in publications including the Los Angeles Times, Artillery Magazine, and Visual Art Source.
     
  • Virginia Broersma is a Los Angeles-based artist whose paintings focus on health and leisure practices with a nod to Southern California. In addition to her studio practice, her engagement with the art community involves curating, writing, collaborative projects, public art, and advocacy. Her paintings have been exhibited at museums, galleries and alternative spaces in Los Angeles, Berlin, Tokyo, New York, and Chicago among other US and international cities. In 2018, Broersma founded The Artist’s Office to help artists with the “office work” of being a professional artist. To date, she has organized and led over 30 unique workshops, written a column for the Long Beach Post, and collaborated with independent consultants, artist entrepreneurs, institutions and colleges to offer education and support for artists.  
     
  • Cecelia Caro is a curator, arts administrator, and advocate reshaping cultural engagement within arts nonprofits. She joined Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) in San Pedro 2019. As Director of Exhibitions, she has transformed the exhibitions program into a vital platform for marginalized voices and experimental practices, significantly elevating its visibility within the Los Angeles arts landscape. Caro's leadership extends beyond AGCC: she has served as a juror for MOAH: Cedar, public art panelist for the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, and led the West Harbor Waterfront public call for art. 

 

View Photos from the 2025 Opening Reception

View 2025 Exhibition Installation Photos

 

2025 Irvine Annual Award Winners

José Loza
"Infant Memory"
First Place

Matthew Carter
"Spirit Board'
Second Place

Emilene Orozco
"Fruit of Our Labor"
Third Place

  

Rachel Joy
"Dysmorphia"
Honorable Mention

Nikki's Darkroom
"anthrophilia xy"
Honorable Mention

Lana Licata Manzo
"Hug Your Dog"
Honorable Mention

Javier Cortes
"Cholito"
Viewer's Choice

 

 

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