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2025 Salon at the Triton: A 2D Art Competition & Exhibition, various art pieces, 2025
The artists selected for the 2026 Salon at the Triton Exhibition are:
Abbey, Shannon Aghaee, Hadi Annadore, Sriharsha Baczek, Peter Belew, Michael Bermingham, Lou Billiingslea, Renee Boeder, Liz Brook, Ellen Browne, Claudia Calanche, Mague Cameron, Marie Carey, Peter Carta, Maura Cate, Youming Chan, Louis Chening, Stanislava Cheriton, Glen Clotas, Aina Corvin, Valerie Cox, Karen Crowder, Harlan Davis, Rachel Davis, Starr Dayel, Elvira Dedic, Adriane DeRitis, Eric DeVarco, Tony Do, Analyn | Duan, Dora Edwards, Doug Ely, Allyson Filice, Katherine Gallegos, Randy Gambin, Sarah Cherif Gorini, Fiorenza Graham, Shelby Grantz, Julie Guan, Tim Gust, Ellen Herman, Jeff Hite, Brian Host, Marilynn Howard, Denise Huet, Gloria Ibarra, Gabriel Jimenez, Patricio Kahl, Krista Karver, Sherry Kazmi, Ambareen Kerbow, Michael Kim, Helen King, Jaya Klassen, B. Nicole Kobayashi, Hugo Konar, Ellen and Goldband, Steve Kononova, Irena Kreiter, Terry and Diane | Lan, Li Lang, Rosalie Lari-Hosain, Shay Lee, Seulgee Lint, Bernard Lord, Carolyn Lordier, Kim Loyola, Sarah Lu, Hui Lurssen, Jean Malandraki, Nikki Malone, Erin Mano-Flank, Dana McDowell, Mark McLain, Barbara Mellon, Gertie Metcalf Tobin, Sheila Miller, Linda Min, Lei Mote, Michael Mueller, Linda Nelson, Craig Nelson-Gal, Julia Newhard, Christopher Nguyen, Andy Nussbaum, Stacey Okita, Sandi Oldenkamp, Zachary | Ong, James Orme, Donna Ostovany, Yari Overholt, Barb Pfhal, Dominique Paluzzi, Peter Potter, Chuck Semans, Robert Shea, Deborah Sheridan, Kathleen Sloane, Timon Stonesifer, David Tan, Yan Taymor, Rosalinda Tudish, Kevin Veedell, Victoria Wang, Marina Wang, Nan Wang, Yuting Weil, Alice White, Tess-Marie Whitehouse, James Woods, Julia Yang, Richard Zhang, Bing Zhang, Sue Ellen Zhu, Ni Zittin, Floy Znamirowski, Lucia |
Overview
The Triton Museum of Art is pleased to announce the return of one of our most exciting exhibitions, and a visitor favorite - The 2026 Salon at the Triton: 2D Art Competition & Exhibition.
The purpose of this competition and exhibition is to showcase the diverse talents of artists living or working in California, and to assist the Triton Museum of Art's mission in supporting and building community through diverse exhibition and art programs. Both aspiring and established artists were encouraged to participate in this highly popular exhibition, which allows for submissions in various 2D mediums and is open to any subject. This year's Salon saw over 760 artists submit over 2,500 individual works of art. From this, our jury selected 117 works to be featured in our Permanent Collection and Rotunda Galleries.
About the Artist
Grand Prize:
Best of Show
Rachel Davis
Hey Blue (2024)
Mixed Media
Painting
First Place:
Ni Zhu
Parade in the Rain (2024)
Oil Painting
Second Place:
B. Nicole Klassen
Music of the Spheres (2024)
Oil Painting
Third Place:
Doug Edwards
It's All Coming Back to Me (2021)
Oil Painting
Drawing
First Place:
Sheila Metcalf Tobin
Reckoning with Coexistence (2026)
Drawing
Second Place:
Bing Zhang
Rainy Day (2026)
Drawing
Third Place:
Julie Grantz
41 Year Old Female (2025)
Drawing
Photography
First Place:
Stanislava Chening
Girl with Bird (2025)
Photography
Second Place:
Tony DeVarco
Facing the Muse (2021)
Photography
Third Place:
Jeff Herman
Windows (2025)
Photography
Mixed Media/Printmaking
First Place:
Zachary Oldenkamp
Vacuum (2025)
Charcoal graphite, watercolor, gouache on paper, mounted to panel
Second Place:
Adriane Dedic
To Dream (2024)
Mixed Media
Third Place:
Erin Malone
Karl The Fog Over Bernal Hill (2025)
Printmaking
Honorable Mentions
Lei Min
Richard and His Companion (2022)
Oil Painting
Sherry Karver
Remembering Dreaming (2024)
Mixed Media
Krista Kahl
Evening Drinks (2025)
Photography
Youming Cate
Sunny Disposition (2023)
Pastel
Staff Picks
Director's Choice: Preston Metcalf, Executive Director & Senior Curator
Victoria Veedell
Rose Dusk Marsh (2025)
Oil Painting
“Throughout history, artists and writers have suggested utopian lands to inspire and elevate the viewer and reader. Mythical ideals such as Elysium, a paradise of heroic souls; the Garden of Hesperides, land of immortality; and Arcadia, the realm in pastoral harmony and simplicity tickle the imagination. Shangri-La suggests a hidden paradise, while Avalon holds a paradisiacal realm of eternal youth and abundance where King Arther awaits. The list goes on, but to these I would add one more – the ethereal landscapes of Victoria Veedell.
I have long admired Victoria’s distinctive landscapes, increasingly believing I am transported to other-worldliness when viewing them. How she developed her stylistic dreamscapes, I do not know, but they move me. Are they filtered memories of vistas once viewed and rendered through the lens of time, or are they distant views of a promising future yet to be fully experienced? These are questions Victoria invites me to ask, and a journey of realization I am happy to travel.“
Curator's Choice: Vanessa Callanta, Curator
Michael Kerbow
Shadowplay (2026)
Oil Painting
“I kept coming back to this painting. I found myself looking at every building, every sign, thinking, “How
much is too much?” It made me upset because this is our reality. When are we going to realize that the way we’re living and consuming is not sustainable? I admire Mr.
Kerbow for painting this. It’s not only technically beautiful, it’s extremely sobering and, I like to think (hope), a call to action. I hope we can do
better, and I hope we act on that before it’s too late.”
Curator's Choice: Bryan Callanta, Curator of Digital Programming
Hugo Kobayashi
With the Fish (2023)
“This painting is beautiful, surreal, and dreamlike. The deep water the fish swims (floats) in gives way to a twilight settling over a quiet
suburban home, blending the two worlds together. There is no one present to observe the fish above their home, but I wonder what it would be to look up and see it there – seemingly calm, yet startling.
One has to wonder – is this a threat, a guardian, or something else…”