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About the Art Salon

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Art Salons were the most prestigious annual or biannual art events in the Western world, showcasing the latest achievements in academia and the arts. Inspired by this tradition, Alfa Art Gallery established the New Brunswick Art Salon in 2010. This exhibition series takes place three times a year—every Fall, Winter, and Spring—bridging the gap between talented, highly esteemed artists and the New Brunswick public.

Each Salon presents a diverse array of emerging and professional artists working in various mediums, from photography and oil painting to mixed media and watercolor. The goal of these exhibitions is to foster a connection between artists and their communities, while also unifying the culturally rich city of New Brunswick through the power of art.

  • Reasons We Deserve To Be Here ~ By: Angie Redmond

     

  • Lake Retreat ~ By: Barbara Morcerf

     

  • From Stars To Star Dust ~ By: Chanelle René

     

2025 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “The Mundane in Motion (Oil, Sculpture, & Mixed Media Fall 2025)”

  • First Place: Sarah Yuster– “Lacey’s Bridge Tavern” (Oil on MDF)
  • Second Place: Angie Redmond– “The Sounds of the Music Warms Me” (Oil on canvas)
  • Third Place: Jonathan Yubi– “Intra Caetera and Inter Latinos” (Oil on canvas)
  • Honorable Mention: Karen Goldberg– “Holding On” (Oil on Canvas)

2025 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Between Stillness and Surge” (Fall – Watercolor and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: J. Jie Li – “Inner self” (Watercolor on arches paper)
  • Second Place: Joel Popadics – “Arcadian Mist” (Oil on canvas)
  • Third Place: Cassandra Saint-Jean – “Travelers” (Mixed media on canvas)
  • Honorable Mention: Kathleen Wert – “Field” (Watercolor)

2024 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Texture of the Tides: Explorations of Nature, Form, & Identity” (Fall – Watercolor and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: Joel Popadics – “The Russel Burn, Applecross Hills” (Watercolor)
  • Second Place: Patti Jordan – “Benthic Elegies,(Human Ecotone 023b)” (Glazed Porcelain, Ceramic, Putty)
  • Third Place: Hana Aviv – “Outreach” (Watercolor)
  • Honorable Mention: Tony Armendariz – “Touch of Red” (Watercolor)

2024 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Color and Texture: Anthologies of Artistry” (Summer – Oil, Sculpture, and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: Dan Finaldi – “Children Swimming in the River” (Oil)
  • Second Place: Rosalind Nzinga – “Birthing Humanity” (Mixed media, Handmade paper collage on archival paper)
  • Third Place: Lisa Marseglia-Moran – “In Lak’ech #2” (Mixed media)
  • Honorable Mention: Keith Vogrin – “Pine Barrens” (Oil on canvas)

2024 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “The Art of Perspective” (Winter – Photography)

  • First Place: Samuel Vovsi – “Darkness of the Labyrinth” (Photo)
  • Second Place: Kay Kenny – “Lips of the Sea 1” (Pigment ink photograph)
  • Third Place: Arik Gorban – “Sandy Hook” (Photo)
  • Honorable Mention: Cheryl Bomba – “Universal Language” (Photo)

2023 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “See the Forest for the Trees” (Fall – Watercolor and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: Medy Bozkurtian – “Mediterranean Vista“ (Watercolor)
  • Second Place: Medha Atre-Kulkarni – “Cherry Blossom” (Watercolor)
  • Third Place: Joel Popadics – “Santorini Bells” (Watercolor)
  • Honorable Mention: Michael Price – “Cherry Blossom 3, The Love of Venus” (Mixed media)
  • Juror: Vesselin Kourtev with assistance of Kaitlyn Harris-Piccirilli and Meryem Tanis

2023 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Close to Home” (Summer – Oil, Sculpture, and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: Mayur Kadu– “I am watching you” (Oil on canvas)
  • Second Place: Jennifer Toth – “Macaw on Deer, or Dear Me” (Fired and glazed ceramic)
  • Third Place: Edward Ruggieri – “Long Walk Home” (Oil on paper)
  • Honorable Mention: Joel Rudin – “Neptune” (Mixed media)
  • Juror: Vesselin Kourtev with assistance of Kaitlyn Harris-Piccirilli, Rene Zhang, Shawn Xu

2023 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Refracted: Shade and Light” (Spring – Photography)

  • First Place: Samuel Vovsi – “Hands Up!“ (Photograph)
  • Second Place: David Anderson – “Yellow Tail” (Archival print photograph)
  • Third Place: Brian Hallas – “Rose River,” (Archival pigment print)
  • Honorable Mention: Parvathi Kumar – “Triptych 0073(R)” (Digital photograph)
  • Juror: Vesselin Kourtev with assistance of Kaitlyn Harris-Piccirilli and Meryem Tanis

2022 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “After the Charm: In the Name of Autumn” (Fall – Watercolor and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: Joel Popadics – “The Russell Burn, Applecross Hills” (Watercolor)
  • Second Place: Padma Aleti – “Illumine” (Watercolor)
  • Third Place: Ken Hamilton – “The Arrival” (Watercolor)
  • Honorable Mention: Spriha Gupta – “Blue Lagoon” (Mixed media)
  • Juror: Vesselin Kourtev with assistance of Meryem Tanis and Petra Anastasia Gnoato

2022 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Beyond the Brush: Contemporary Imagination” (Summer – Oil, Sculpture, and Mixed Media)

  • First Place: Suparna Mondal – “Engrosed“ (Watercolor on Fabiano)
  • Second Place: Zhiyao Zhang – “Virgin Land Amusement Park” (Oil on canvas)
  • Third Place: Mark de Mos – “Walnut Street Lions” (Pastel)
  • Honorable Mention: Christine Seo – “Walking on the Track”
  • Juror: Vesselin Kourtev with assistance of Jovanna Abdou, Ebelle Shum, Shawn Xu, Guanyu Chen, Siyu Wang

2022 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Interchangeable Lens: Frame of Mind” (Spring – Photography)

  • First Place: Samuel Vovsi – “Into the Mist“ (Photograph)
  • Second Place: Lee Day – “35°40’55.529″ N – 139°26’42.359″ E” (Archival pigment print)
  • Third Place: Danielle Austen – “Rose River” (Archival pigment print)
  • Honorable Mention: Parvathi Kumar – “From Above” (Photograph)
  • Juror: Vesselin Kourtev with assistance of Ami Dongchau, Gianna Plavier, Kaitlyn Harris-Picirilli, Reese Finnigan, Rene Zhang.

2021 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Mirror to the World” (Fall)

2021 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Bonds Beyond Time” (Summer)

  • First Place: June He – “Unordinary Vision 09” (Oil painting on linen)
  • Second Place: Drew Griffiths – “Untitled” (Acrylic, Paper, Tape, Wax on plywood)
  • Third Place: Wendy Born – “Forest St. Montclair” (Acrylic)
  • Honorable Mention: Lauren Curtis – “The Dream House” (Mixed media digital collage on canvas)
  • Honorable Mention: Afreen Fatima – “Gold Mine” (Acrylic)
  • Juror: Kate Perrin and Vesselin Kourtev

2021 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners

2020 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Configured Personas” (Winter)

2020 Alfa and Women’s Caucus for Art Collaborations Winners

2020 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners – “Encounters” (Summer)

2020 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners

2019 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners 

2018 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

2018 New Brunswick Art Salon Photography Winners

2017 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

  • First Place: Jim McKeon – “Artist As Bodhisattva” (Oil on canvas)
  • Second Place: Sajal Sarkar – “Blessing” (Mixed Media)
  • Third Place: Dion Hitchings – “John Smith Oldest Living Indian 140 Years Old” (Mixed Media)
  • Honorable Mention: Scott MacNeill – “Wax Doll” (Mixed Media)
  • Honorable Mention: Lorraine DeProspo – “A Break In The Clouds” (Oil on canvas)
  • Honorable Mention: Tracy Coon – “Madams Dream” (Mixed Media)

2016 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

  • First Place: Paul Mordestsky – “Caldron” (Acrylic on canvas)
  • Second Place: Eva Mantell – “Poem-a-day” (Mixed Media)
  • Third Place: Libby Ramage – “Richard” (Mixed Media)
  • Honorable Mention: Karen Terry – “Journey Path” (Sumi ink on paper)
  • Honorable Mention: Karen Starrett – “Childhood Memories” (Mixed Media)
  • Honorable Mention: Tania Sen – “Ravana” (Mixed Media on reclaimed canvas)
  • Juror: Rocco Scary – Multi-diciplinary artist and teacher of sculpture

2015 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

  • First Place: Tania Sen -“Possessions” (Watercolor and mixed media)
  • Second Place: Pia de Girolamo – “Butterfly World” (Oil and mixed media)
  • Third Place: Steve Cavallo  – “It was so Long Ago” (Watercolor)
  • Honorable Mention First Place: Jan ten Broeke – “Ten’s Art” (Oil)
  • Honorable Mention Second Place: Miriam Stern– “Huangluo Yao” (Oil)
  • Honorable Mention Third Place: Rudy Martin – “Portrait of Bajane” (Watercolor)
  • Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler – Senior Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers – retired in 2011

2014 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

  • First Place: Dustin Garafolo – “Julia” (Mixed Media)
  • Second Place: Rita Herzfeld – “Churches Lane on Farrington Lake” (Watercolor)
  • Third Place: Karen Terry – “The Hike” (Watercolor and Mixed Media)
  • Juror: Jeffrey Wechsler – Senior Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers – retired in 2011

2014 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

2013 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners 

2012 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners (Winter Photography Exhibition)

NBAS Photography Jury 

  • Nancy Ori –  Owner of New Jersey Media Center- renowned industrial photographer and video producer
  • Greg Ritter  – Owner of George Street Camera and Framing Company – Chairman of the Board at New Brunswick City Market
  • Nat Clymer  – Contributor to Flashes of Hope, Canal Project, and Sparks

2012 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners (Spring and Fall Exhibitions)

  • First Place: Alaine Becker – “Circular Consciousness Leading to Altered Sleep”
  • Second Place: Alyce Gottesman – “Circular Systems Red”
  • Third Place: Marie Sturken  – “Fiesta”
  • Young Emerging Artist: Ethan Sherman  – “Little Finger”

NBAS Juror

  • Donna Gustafson – Andrew W. Mellon Liaison for Academic Programs and Curator  at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers

Supporting Jurors

  • Vesselin Kourtev – Alfa Art Gallery Director
  • Peter Arakawa – Best in Show- NBAS 2011
  • Rita Herzfeld – Best in Show-NBAS 2011

2011 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners

2010 New Brunswick Art Salon Winners 

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