2025 International Exhibition Award Winners

Forty-two awards totaling over $50,000 were selected this year by the 158th Exhibiton Jury of Awards.
Many thanks to the 2025 jurors:
Irena Roman, AWS, D.F.
Stephen Quiller, AWS, D.F.
Lana Privitera, AWS

AWS Gold Medal of Honor (Courtesy of Clara and Ida Wells Stroud) with $4000
Dean Mitchell, AWS, D.F.  Tampa Bay Drawbridge

AWS Silver Medal of Honor (Courtesy of Clara and Ida Wells Stroud) with $3500
Yan Liang, AWS Rosayena-Down the Mountain

AWS Bronze Medal of Honor (Courtesy of Clara and Ida Wells Stroud) with $3000
Andy Evansen, AWS Getting Home

Alden Bryan Memorial Medal with $3000
Jianzhong Zhou Red Wall

Mary Bryan Memorial Medal with $3000
Laurie Goldstein-Warren, AWS Street Art

Marilyn Hughey Phillis Memorial Award with $3000
Chung-Wei Chien, AWS, D.F. Salmagundi Library

Mario Cooper & Dale Meyers Medal with $2500
Frederick Graff, AWS, D.F.  Town Centre

Dagmar Tribble Memorial Award with $2500
Robin Erickson, AWS Reflection on Via V. Emmanuele

Fred E. Albrecht Memorial Award with $2000
Rick Surowicz, AWS* Tangled

Carl Folke Sahlin Medal with $2000
F. Charles Sharpe, AWS Paint Shed Taboret

John Young-Hunter Memorial Award with $2000
Jasmine Huang, AWS Spring Song

Margaret Martin Memorial Award with $2000
Ken Call, AWS C’est a Moi!

Elizabeth Callan Memorial Award with $2000
Jerry Smith, AWS, D.F. Winter Whisper

Diana Kan, Paul and Sing Si Schwartz Memorial Award with $2000
Pam Wenger, AWS Train to Cinque Terre

High Winds Medal with $1750
Kathie George Rush Hour

High Winds Medal with $1750
Chris Krupinski, AWS, D.F. Cuppa Limon

Bud & Gretchen Marble Medal with $1000
R. Mike Nichols Watching TV

Frances Nell Storer Memorial Award with $1000
Mark Mehaffey, AWS, D.F. A Flicker of Hope Again

Joan Ashley Rothermel Memorial Award with $1000
Stephen Edwards Once Upon a Time There was a Boy Who Loved Trains

Ralph Smith Memorial Award with $1000
Joel Johnson Isle in the Sky

Dong Kingman Award with $1000
Mary Jansen Heiwa

Harrison Cady Award with $750
Lynne Hardwick Nomads Vision XXXX

Nicholas Reale Memorial Award with $750
Ruth Koch Liminal Space

Anne Williams Glushien Award with $750
Catherine O’Neill, AWS On the Way Down

Paul B. Remmey, AWS, Memorial Award with $750
Lorraine Watry Some of My Favorite Things

Walser S. Greathouse Medal with $750
Cathy Hegman, AWS, D.F.  Big Top

Ogden & Mary Pleissner Award with $750
Robert O’Brien, AWS Glory in Pink

Elsie and David Wu Ject-Key Award with $750
Vicente García Fuentes Gold Waterway

Samuel Leitman Award with $750
Rachael Grimm Outside the MoMA

Mary S. Litt Memorial Medal with $750
Kevin Deck Tower of Power

Edgar Whitney Memorial Award with $750
Jian Wu, AWS Soft Reflection

Jeanne Dobie Color Award with $750
Xiqiang Fei, AWS Returning at Night

Alan Chiara Award with $500
Lorenzo Ignacio The Liberty Bell

Mary & Maxwell Desser Memorial Award with $500
Michelle Nixon Empty, Empty, Empty

Herbert G. Morris Memorial Award with $500
William Vrscak, AWS Looking to St. Stan’s

Margery Soroka Memorial Award with $500
Svetlin Sofroniev Oxide Living

Louis J. Kaep Award with $500
Richard Sneary, AWS Pep-Up Inc.

Hardie Gramatky Memorial Award with $500
Peter Jablokow, AWS Scissor Bridge-on the Tracks

Frederick Wong Award with $500
James Turner, AWS You Looking at me?

Baohong Artists’ Watercolor Paper Award with $500
Laurin McCracken, AWS Objects on a Quilt

Barse Miller Award with $500
Jorge Corpuna Solitude in Greens

Lena Newcastle Award with $500
Kathrine Amble Car Ride