K Space Contemporary proudly presents the 2025 Third Coast Biennial, a national juried competition and exhibition of contemporary works of art from across the US.
Third Coast National will be on display August 1 through September 19, 2025. A reception for the artists will be held Friday, August 1, 6 to 10 pm. Juror Leandra Urrutia will give a gallery talk and present awards. In addition, the entire exhibition will be available for online viewing at www.kspacecontemporary.org .
This year’s juror is Leandra Urrutia, an object maker and storyteller based in Corpus Christi, Texas. Borrowing parts of the human form, she makes powerful compositions and installations that showcase her unconventional creative sensibilities. Her studio work illustrates struggles between body and mind from a woman-centered standpoint as one experiences injustice, injury, aging, fate, and fortitude. Her Mexican-American heritage, Catholic upbringing, interest in aggressive sports, and visits to China continue to bring an unorthodox influence to the ceramic and mixed media sculptures she invents.
Leandra Urrutia is an award-winning artist and educator whose honors include the Windgate Artist-in-Residence Award, the McKnight Residency from Northern Clay Center, the ArtsMemphis Emmett O’Ryan Award, and NCECA’s Emerging Artist Award. Her work appears in the 500 Figures in Clay and 500 Ceramic Sculptures book series. A founding member of the TETRA Collective and Studio Nong, Urrutia creates both sculptural and functional ceramics. She currently leads the ceramics program at Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi.
This year’s call for entries drew 480 submissions from 160 artists. From those, 50 works by 48 artists representing 11 states were selected for inclusion. Congratulations to all of the participating artists!
The Third Coast Biennial is made possible with support from AEP Texas, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Coastal Bend Community Foundation.
2025 Third Coast Biennial Selections
Brandin Baron, The Eyes of Sister Roma
Michelle Belto, Abide With Me
Joshua Brinlee, Self-Portrait as Thirst Trap
Joshua Brinlee, Self-Portrait as Churned
Brenda Burmeister, My Sumptuary Blues, old enough
Jeanne Ciravolo, No to Impunity
Lauren Clay, Bricks + Blue Skies Series 1
Jalen Colton Sanchez, Idolatry in The Sun
James Dees, Attention Training 2 (Ghosts of Culture.../Smart TV/Body as Sedimentation ...)
Marcus Delzell, Psyches Hypercubica (Inner Architecture)
Jonathan Durham, A Dream Split into Unequal Parts Grinds Its Teeth to Powder
Tamara English, Vital Matter III
Jack Girard, Migrants
Nabil Gonzalez, Mi Privilegio: American
Leah Gose, Transplantations 20
Cliona Gunter, All The Cigarettes You Never Smoked
Sharon Harper, i remember
Fatima Jamil, Vestige of a Dream- Deconstruction and Liberation of Form and Whispers of Renewal
Deborah Kapoor, Cradle
Norman Kary, It’s in Our Hands
Louis Katz, Zn30z
Joshua Kight, Saturnine Saturday
Jinsun Kim, Cocoon and Space
Susan Kirchman, Before the Flames
Annieo Klaas, Daydream no. 6
Bree Lamb, Windfall
Bree Lamb, Forehead Kiss
Lawrence Lange, The Intoxication of Commerce
Marietta Patricia Leis, Bifurcation
Marcy McChesney, Lulu's Back in Town
Remy Miller, Scott's Creek
Jeanna Pena, Reef Guardian
Lauren Peterson, Maquette for ambiguous meaning (fossil02)
Jean Plough, Three Muses
Samantha Proa, Pink Glow Game Show
Greg Reuter, Bird in the Hand
Clayton Reuter, Separation
Mariana Ruvalcaba Cruz, Bugambilias
H. Jennings Sheffield, Names I Still Say
J. Michael Simpson, Under Flow
Jamie Speck, The Laundress' Loom: One Dozen
Jamie Spinello, Kaledioptera
Zena Stetka Howe, Chariot
Gary Sweeney, The Building of the San Antonio River
Abigail Waddle, Acts of Service
Cristina White-Jones, Looking out a window at a world on fire
Saffron Williams, SQUEEZEMEHOLDME
Nicholas Wood, Colony # 3
Koichi Yamamoto, Hanami
Lauren Yandell, We Were Young Once
K Space Contemporary is open Wednesdays through Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm, and Sundays 12 to 4 pm. Admission is free. K Space Contemporary is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to presenting contemporary art to South Texas. For information about other K Space programs and events, please visit www.kspacecontemporary.org.
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