Au Naturel:
The Nude in the 21st Century
Richard Ferguson, Still life and figure, oil on canvas, 48" x 44"
Clatsop Community College announces our sixteenth annual international juried exhibition, Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century
The deadline has passed and submission process closed for the 2026 Competition.
Please check back for updates on the 2027 Call for Art.
Exhibition Dates:
The exhibit will open for viewing from January 23 through March 13, 2025
Reception and Awards Presentation:
Thursday, February 20 at 6 p.m in the Royal Nebeker Art Gallery
1799 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR
Clatsop Community College
Exhibition Awards
• $1000 in cash prizes
• Up to $2000 in purchase awards
• One or more artists may be chosen to be featured in a group or solo exhibit in the Royal Nebeker Gallery
• A select number of Visiting Artist Workshop awards may also be granted
Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century
Is an international juried competition hosted annually by the Clatsop Community College Royal Nebeker Art Gallery in Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on the time-honored tradition of the nude human figure, an art form that continues to inspire and challenge many artists today as one of the most potentially rewarding subjects to explore. This exhibit represents a wide range of interpretations of the human figure from representational to abstract, and is open to all artists from around the world working in any drawing, painting, and printmaking media in which the handmade mark is employed as the primary means of image-making.
Jeffery Mathison (Spring Mills, PA), Hey Siri, Where's Adam?", watercolor, 20" x 14"
Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century
Exhibition Dates:
The exhibit will open for viewing from January 23 through March 13, 2025
Reception and Awards Presentation:
Thursday, February 20 at 6 p.m. in the
Royal Nebeker Art Gallery
1799 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR
Clatsop Community College
Nanette Wallace (Portland, OR) , Origin, Monotype, 24" x 30"