
Statewide Annual Exhibition
Statewide Annual UT ‘25: Painting, Sculpture, and Installation
Hosted by Southern Utah Museum of Art
June 17 through Sept. 27, 2025DEADLINE EXTENDED: Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
Submission Deadline: Mar. 15, 2025, 11:59 p.m.
Artist and Juror Reception: Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Jurors’ Talks and Awards Presentation at 5 p.m.
The 2025 Statewide Annual (SWA) will be exhibited at Southern Utah Museum of Art and composed of artworks of the categories of painting, sculpture, and installation selected from artists’ submissions received from across the state. We are honored to have Marela Zacarias (New York, NY) and Nancy Zastudil (Albuquerque, NM) as this year’s jurors, as they bring a vast array of knowledge to the selection process.
Artwork submissions must follow the theme of this year’s exhibition: Painting, Sculpture, and Installation.
- Painting: This category accepts work that involves painting of any kind upon any surface.
- Sculpture: This category accepts any three-dimensional art object created by carving, casting, or other shaping techniques.
- Installation: This category accepts large-scale, mixed-media constructions, designed to be displayed for a temporary period of time.
Note: AI must be included in the medium description of any artwork made with AI assistance.
Guidelines
2025 Jurors

Marela Zacarías
Marela Zacarías is known for creating painted sculptures which recall the fluid movement of fabrics. Her rich palette unfolds over the twists and turns of her sculptures. Zacarías’s work explores the possibilities of a dynamic abstraction, geometric or organic, socially committed, born from the artist’s study of the history and specificity of the site of work. The artist honors the many contributors to a history that finds its roots in painting, architecture, and textile traditions all over the world.
Zacarías has held numerous solo exhibitions, both in the U.S. and internationally, including the Brooklyn Museum and Sapar Contemporary in New York, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art in California, and Galería Alterna in Mexico City. She has received many large-scale, permanent, site-specific commissions, including NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Center, NY, NY.; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, WA; Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, CA; and the American Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico. Zacarías’ residencies include the Pilchuck Glass School, MadArt, and Vermont Studio Center.
Zacarías received an Honorary Doctor in Fine Arts Degree and a BA from Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, and an MFA from Hunter College, New York. She currently lives between Brooklyn and Mexico City.
