Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century     

Elena Frost, (Greenville, SC), The Abduction of a Sabine Woman, Oil on canvas, 60” x 48”

Clatsop Community College Announces Our Sixteenth Annual International Juried Exhibition, Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century

This prestigious exhibition celebrates the enduring subject of the nude human figure in contemporary art, featuring diverse interpretations across a wide range of media including drawing, painting, printmaking, and a limited selection of three-dimensional work where the handmade mark remains central.

Exhibition Dates:
The exhibit will open for viewing from January 22 – March 12, 2026

Reception and Awards Presentation:
Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in the Royal Nebeker Art Gallery
1799 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR
Clatsop Community College

Exhibition Awards

• $1,000 in cash prizes
• Up to $2,000 in purchase awards
• One or more artists may be chosen to be featured in a group or solo exhibit in the Royal Nebeker Gallery
• A select number of Visiting Artist Workshop awards may also be granted

Au Naturel: The Nude in the 21st Century

Is an international juried competition hosted annually by the Clatsop Community College Royal Nebeker Art Gallery in Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on the time-honored tradition of the nude human figure, an art form that continues to inspire and challenge many artists today as one of the most potentially rewarding subjects to explore. This exhibit represents a wide range of interpretations of the human figure from representational to abstract, and is open to all artists from around the world working in any drawing, painting, and printmaking media in which the handmade mark is employed as the primary means of image-making.

Beth Kehoe, (Lake Forest Park, WA), Mountain Woman, Oil on canvas, 32" x 42"

Au Naturel: the Nude in the 21st Century

Exhibition Dates:
The exhibit will open for viewing from
January 22 – March 12, 2026

Reception and Awards Presentation:
Thursday, February 12, 2026, at 6 p.m. in the
Royal Nebeker Art Gallery
1799 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR
Clatsop Community College

Tom Jensen, (Everett, WA), Art Not Terminal, Oil mediums on Canvas, 42" x 72"