29th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS - International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art

FERRARA SHOWMAN GALLERY proudly presents the 29th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art. For the 2025 installment of the exhibition, thirteen artists from and/or living and working across the United States, as well as: Azerbaijan, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom. The finalists were selected by the jury from over 500 submissions by artists worldwide. The exhibition will be on view from 17 September through 18 October with an opening reception on 4 October 5-9 PM in conjunction with the Arts District New Orleans’s (ADNO) First Saturday Gallery Openings and city-wide event Art for Art’s Sake Downtown.

The NO DEAD ARTISTS exhibition was founded by Jonathan Ferrara in 1995 to give a voice to emerging artists. The exhibition’s name is derived from the old adage that artists never achieve success until they are dead. NO DEAD ARTISTS turns that notion on its head and often gives emerging artists their first break in the art world. In the 90’s, the exhibition was open to New Orleans-based artists and subsequently grew to include artists of Louisiana, then becoming a national juried exhibition in 2010. In 2014, Matthew Weldon Showman opened the call internationally, expanding the opportunity to artists everywhere and producing an even more diverse and compelling survey of Contemporary Art. Now in its 29th iteration, the exhibition has been a springboard for numerous artists; leading to national press coverage, recognition, gallery representation, art fair exhibition, and acquisitions by museums and other prominent collections. Each year the gallery invites a panel of renowned arts professionals and collectors to select the newest creative talents from around the world.