Exhibition Details 

The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is looking forward to hosting the seventh annual Southern California MFA Annual Juried Exhibition. This will be a juried show featuring a wide variety of different artistic disciplines along with an opening reception for the public. The call for art is open to all Southern California MFA Studio Art students with an address in California. Initially founded by California State University Fullerton, it has been organized and curated by CGU MFA students for the last 5 years. This exhibition highlights contemporary fine art by current and recent graduate students within Southern California. 

Guest Juror 

Dion Johnson is the 2022 guest juror, an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. His paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and light. Gradient color fields are juxtaposed to and interwoven with planes of precise hardedge abstraction. 

Born in 1975 in Bellaire, OH, Johnson attended Yale Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art, received his BFA from The Ohio State University and MFA from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, CA. Johnson’s work has been reviewed and featured in articles in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, ART News, Art Forum, and others. His work is in public collections such as The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, The Capital Group Companies, Los Angeles, CA, Creative Artists Agency, CA, Pizzuti Collection Columbus, OH, Progressive Corporation to name a few. 

More about Dion Johnson and his work can be found on his website: http://www.dionjohnsonstudio.com  

About Peggy Phelps Gallery and the East Gallery

The Peggy Phelps and East Gallery is located in the Art Department at Claremont Graduate University. An entirely contemporary exhibition venue, devoted to the education of the graduate art students in the University, the galleries mount one person and group exhibits of established, emerging, and student artists. 

Location 

Peggy Phelps & East Gallery 

251 East 10th Street 

Claremont, California 91711 

Contact 

IG: @socalmfa 

https://www.instagram.com/socalmfa/ 

https://www.facebook.com/southerncaliforniaMFA/ 

Email: socalmfa@gmail.com 

Application Requirements

Application Requirements:

ALL MEDIUMS ARE WELCOME. Including but not limited to painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, glass, fiber, functional, mix-media, digital media, sound/video, performance, sculpture, installation, new genres, etc. 

There is a spacious outdoor space available for open-air pieces, and are open to having performances the night of the reception. Proposals are accepted for artworks in the outdoor spaces in the above 2 cases. 

Please note the following: Digital/video works will need to provide tech equipment as required such as projectors, TV monitors, media player, etc. 

Rules and Terms to Apply:

• The entry form must be filled out in its entirety. 

• All work must be dropped off in person beginning May 25th through May 27th.

• No shipping or pickup is offered or allowed. 

• 100% of all sales go to the artist.

Calendar:

Friday, March 25, 2022: Applications open 

Sunday, April 24, 2022: Applications close 

Monday, April 25, 2022: Jury begins 

Sunday, May 8, 2022: Jury ends 

Monday, May 9, 2022: Notifications sent out to artists 

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 - Friday, May 27, 2022: Drop off artwork at Peggy Phelps & East Gallery 

June 2 - July 2, 2022: Exhibition Open 

Saturday, June 4, 2022: Opening Reception, time TBD 

Wednesday, July 6, 2022: Pick up artwork 

Thursday, July 7, 2022: Pick up artwork 

Friday, July 8, 2022: Pick up artwork 

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility:

Current Southern California MFA Studio Art Students (and recent MFA graduates enrolled in Fall 2021 semester) with a California address.