The Future Generation

A juried competition for emerging artists 18-25 years old

The Portrait Society of America is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual The Future Generation Competition. This competition was created to acknowledge the work of talented, emerging artists, who are 18 to 25 years old. Early recognition in art competitions can have a great impact on a young artist’s career, as it did for John Singer Sargent, who at the age of twenty-three, won Honorable Mention at the Paris Salon for a portrait he painted of his teacher, Carolus-Duran.

1st Place - Ruben Astudillo The Weight of Staying, 29.1x26.4x20.9", clay	2nd Place - Giuseppe de Palma Portrait of Laura, 19.7x27.6", oil on linen	3rd Place - Leo Bignell Arnold Turning, 15x15", trois crayons
4th Place - Cara Wilmanns Adorned, 39x47", oil	5th Place - Mattie Ree Neal Hiram Chodosh, 30x40", oil	Finalist - Alexander Kai Untitled, 35.4x45.3", oil on linen
Finalist - Giselle Brown Happy 100th Birthday Great Grandma Dot!, 20.5x28.25", charcoal on grey-tone paper	Finalist - Gabrielle Castle Jordan Wade, 20x10", oil on canvas.	Finalist - Katya Dennison Victor, 9x12", graphite on paper
Finalist - Laura Espinosa I Promise You'll Always be in My Dreams, 51.1x39.3", oil on canvas	Finalist - Alex Holt Raskolnikov, 16.5x11.5", pencil on hand toned paper	Finalist - Alina Liberman James, 11.4x22.8", oil
Finalist - Zoe Rizzo My Brother Joseph, 18x24", pencil and chalk	Finalist - Yuyuan Wu The Scholar, 16.5x11.7",color pencil on paper	Finalist - Romy Growing Up, 15.5x24'', graphite on paper
Honorable Mention - Adrienne Godet Somewhere Between, 36x24", oil	Honorable Mention - Arshak Khanoyan Untitled, 17.7x21.7", oil on canvas	Honorable Mention - Andy Le Paul, 11x14", oil
Honorable Mention - Luke Frederick James Nolan Veronika, 23.6x27.6", oil on linen	Honorable Mention - Victor Pierry Chiara, 11.8x19.7", graphite and Russian sauce on paper	Honorable Mention - Jennifer Yang Orange Self Figure, 24x18", charcoal/pastel