North of the 45th ExhIbit Now On Display in Marquette
North of the 45th is an annual juried exhibition of artists living in the geographical area north of the 45th parallel in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and on display now at Northern Michigan University's DeVos Art Museum through July 29. This line, the halfway point between the equator and the north pole, is often associated with being “up north.” The exhibition showcases the breadth and depth of artists living in this upper Midwest region from rural and urban areas.
The North of the 45th exhibition has been produced each summer for fifteen years. Each year a new juror looks through hundreds of images to create an exhibition, and no two presentations are the same. John Foster juried the 2022 exhibition.
This year’s exhibition features Catherine Benda, Christopher Burnett, James Byrne, Daric Christian, Chris Cinque, Joan Cox, Craig Denton, Katy Divine, Jacob Docksey, Beth Dorsey, Terri Jo Frew, Christopher Harrison, Elijah Haswell, Susan Hensel, John Hubbard, Grant Kaihoi, K. Daphnae Koop, Stella Larkin, Brandon Lutterman, Kim Matthews, Ruby Miller, Bruce Olson, Terrence Payne, Mary Penet, Faith Purvey, Jayson Randall, Paul Rose, Christopher Schmidt, Jason Schneider, JoAnn Shelby, Abraham Sherief, Lila Shull, Nicole Soley, and Cameron Wilcox.
The exhibit was juried by John Foster, a writer and scholar of art brut, photography, and self-taught art has spent 40 years as an artist, educator, graphic designer, photographer, and curator of exhibitions throughout the United States. He has written for Raw Vision, Intuit’s Outsider, Folk Art Messenger, Missouri Historical Society Gateway, The Design Observer, and ENVISION. Additionally, John has been at the forefront of discovering important self-taught artists of the 20th century—namely “The Electric Pencil,” later identified as Edward Deeds. In 2019, John discovered a long-lost sculpture by William Edmondson (1875-1951), a self-taught sculptor who, in 1937, was the first African American artist to be given a solo exhibition at MoMA.He holds an MFA in painting from Washington University in St. Louis. Learn more about John Foster’s work and art collection at www.accidentalmysteries.com/.
