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RELIGIOUS ART | ARTIST OF YEAR: Finalists for Artist of Year 2019

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Voting now open through October 31, 2019
The Alpha & Omega Project for Contemporary Religious Arts is pleased to announce the 2019 finalists for the Alpha Omega Prize - artist of the year. This year's five finalists are Indianapolis-based Anila Quayyum Agha; London-based Barnaby Barford; New Mexico's Patrick McGrath; and New York-based artists Saya Woolfalk and Naudline Pierre. The Alpha Omega Prize was created in 2008 as an annual recognition of the impact of artists on America's religious dialogue. Voting is now open through October 31, and the Artist of Year honoree will be announced on November 1. [Click here, to vote]

PAST HONOREES of the Alpha Omega Prize include Kehinde Wiley (2008), Makoto Fujimura (2013), and John Gutoskey (2018).
Are you an artist? Are you a collector? If you like what you see each week, please invite a friend to subscribe to our annual newsletter. You can also follow us weekly on Twitter, Facebook, or Soundcloud but only subscribers can vote for the Alpha Omega Prize. It is our annual recognition each November 1st of one artist's impact on religious dialogue in America.
2019 Finalist - Anila Quayyum Agah's "This is NOT a Refuge 1" (2019) - laser-cut, resin-coated aluminum and lightbulb, 8 x 6 x 4 feet
2019 Finalist - Barnaby Barford’s “The Tree” (2019) in the exhibition “MORE, MORE, MORE”
2019 Finalist - Patrick McGrath Muniz's "Cruz Y Ficcion" (2018). Oil on canvas, 42 x 80 inches
2019 Finalist - Naudline Pierre's "A Subtle Reminder" (2018–2019) Oil on canvas, 48 x 38 inches
2019 Finalist - Saya Woolfalk's “Encyclopedia of Cloud Divination,” Plate 2, 30”x40”, 2018

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