Mirroring Reality
Juried by Andrew Dubach
July 30 - August 23, 2026
Kenneth Hochberg, "Basmati Rice," oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches.
Michael Nichols, "Enshroud," airbrushed buon fresco on ceramic support, 18 x 18 inches.
Mihee Nahm, "Soaring Garden," oil on paper on panel, 11.75 x 9.75 inches.
Mihee Nahm, "Night Walk," oil on linen, 12 x 16 inches.
Michael Nichols, "Evince," airbrushed buon fresco on ceramic support, 18 x 18 inches.
Jennifer Holt, "Untitled," porcelain, 24 x 12 x 4 inches.
Jamie Bauer, "Roots," digital drawing, 15 x 19 inches.
Yvonne Nowicka-Wright, "That Fleeting Moment Captured, acrylic on masonite board, 16 x 11 inches.
Dawn Inglis Montgomery, "Work Space," oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
Kathleen Nesbitt, "Her Drowning Occurred Long Before The Accident," paper collage on cradled board, 14 x 14 inches.
Chad Wooters, "Late Fall Light Breeze," oils, 16 x 20 inches.
Matthew Mogle, "You Take Yours and I'll Keep Mine (diptych)," oil, gold leaf, glitter on holographic vinyl and linen, 7 x 10 inches.
Constance Scopelitis, "Potato Head," colored pencils on cradled wood, 12 x 16 inches.
Kevin Schroeder, "AJ," charcoal, 7 x 5 inches.
Christopher Ganz, "Self-Portrait," soft pastels on toned paper, 24 x 18 inches.
Christopher Ganz, "Driver's License Self-Portrait," lithograph, 13 x 9 inches.
Ali Gemmer, "Oma - How I Remember Her," white charcoal on black paper, 20 x 16 inches.
Michael Ganser, "Air Pressure," sharpie pen, blue technical pen, 12 x 10 inches.
Lisa Lackey, "Boundaries 3," fabric and thread, 25 x 25 inches.
John Hrehov, "Bouquet With Grid," oil on panel, 30 x 24 inches.
Lisa Lackey, "Can We Talk?," fabric and thread, 24 x 40 inches.
Michael Ganser, "Over My Shoulder," technical pen, chalk pastel, 38 x 26 inches.
John Hrehov, "Building A Home," oil on canvas, 27 x 18 inches.
Peter Lupkin, "Perspective," oil on canvas, 60 x 36 inches.
Mirroring Reality
Andrew Dubach
Mirroring Reality highlights contemporary realist painters from across the United States, exploring how artists mirror, challenge, and reconstruct reality through representational imagery.
In the 1970s, a new painting style emerged in the avant-garde art scenes of California and New York. Known by several names, including Sharp-Focus Realism and New Realism, the movement ultimately became known as Photorealism. As an antithesis to Abstract Expressionism and Action Painting, Photorealism embraced control, precision, and craft over spontaneity and gesture. Painting from photographs became an act of deliberate rebellion at a time when representational painting was widely considered obsolete.
Hyperrealism later expanded the movement by pushing reality beyond ordinary perception, rendering details sharper and more vivid than the naked eye can naturally perceive.
Today, artists confront new technologies and new realities to interpret. AI-generated imagery can produce convincing images in seconds, while Realist painters spend countless hours mapping, rendering, and refining their work with machine-like precision. In an era when reality itself can be manufactured, Mirroring Reality asks an increasingly urgent question: What is reality, and how do we represent it?
Participating Artists
Jamie Bauer, Michael Ganser, Christopher Ganz, Ali Gemmer, Kenneth Hochberg, Jennifer Holt, John Hrehov, Lisa Lackey, Peter Lupkin, Matthew Mogle, Dawn Inglis Montgomery, Mihee Nahm, Kathleen Nesbitt, Michael Nichols, Yvonne Nowicka-Wright, Kevin Schroeder, Constance Scopelitis, and Chad Wooters.
About the Juror
Andrew Dubach is a multi-media artist with a BFA in Sculpture and a background in art history. Over the past decade, he has worked in galleries, museums, arts nonprofits, and artist collectives while curating exhibitions across a range of venues. His work has been shown throughout the U.S. and Europe, and he has helped secure funding for large-scale public art projects. He currently works full-time as an artist and is a member of Artlink Gallery.