Archive
Winners & Awards
Browse award-winning artists and artwork from NOMA Gallery competitions and exhibitions.
Best of Show
(19)Me Myself and Oh… Me Again
Justin AlsedekWhat Makes You, YOU
Best of Show — What Makes You, YOU (December 2025)
Följeslagare / Companions
Maria Heed
SYMBOLISM
Watercolor · 49 × 55
Fulfillment
Małgorzata Gorzelewska-Namiota
OPEN THEME
Acrylic on canvas · 55 × 39
Morning Watch
Rotag Alaco
LIGHT & LUMINOSITY
Oil on wood · 16 × 24 in
Escape the Chrysalis: Breaking Free Into the Light
Stacie Pedrick
METAMORPHOSIS
Oil on canvas panel · 5 × 7 in
The struggles around us often make us feel trapped. Breaking free, change, and self-discovery occur with an open heart and mind. Real change starts within ourselves.
Celestial Landscape #7
Kyle Selley
NATURE'S PATTERNS
Firework Residue on Birch Panel · 48 × 36 in
Beltane
Christopher Hershberger
MYTH & LEGEND
Acrylic and Oil on Panel · 20 × 20 in
A vision of Beltane as a sacred turning and rite of transformation, where the Winter King falls and the May Queen rises amid flame, drums, dance, and a thinning veil.
I’m fine
Steven Swanhart
COLOR & EMOTION
Color pencil on water color paper · 11 × 9 in · 2026
When we’re sad, hurt, disappointed, or overwhelmed, we say “I’m fine” instead of just being human. But it’s okay to feel. It’s okay to not be okay. The eyes always tell the truth — even when the words don’t.
Finalist
(12)
Sabbatical
Rotag Alaco
METAMORPHOSIS
Oil on wood · 12 × 12 in
A portrait of a friend and his cat during a time of uncertainty.
Reflection
Steven Swanhart
OPEN THEME
Color Pencil · 11 × 14 in
Biofodo Forest
Theodore Benedict
NATURE'S PATTERNS
Acrylic on wood panel · 16 × 20 in
Physical Stim
Charlie Alen
COLOR & EMOTION
Acrylic on canvas
Inspired by Autism. A depiction of intense physical stimming experienced in a completely unmasked state, with a flood of feelings and emotions.
Time Strips My Memories
Vakim Pirdon
LIGHT & LUMINOSITY
Digital painting and phigital artwork able to be printed · 23.62 × 31.49
Map of Memory
Daria Rozina, Ivan Bobrov (SALT art group)
SYMBOLISM
Un Moment de Paix
Melody Monet
OPEN THEME
Charcoal · 22 × 30 in
Totems time
Lipkin Victor
SYMBOLISM
Linocut · 60 × 40
Rayburn’s Ripple
Leslie J Wengler
LIGHT & LUMINOSITY
Photography · 7 × 5 in
Hidden technology
Mike Knapp
NATURE'S PATTERNS
Acrylic on canvas · 36 × 48 in
Venomous
Donna Turan
METAMORPHOSIS
Acrylic paint and alcohol markers on paper · 11 × 14 in
Venomous explores what happens when a woman begins to believe she is poison, using the serpent and shedding as symbols of adaptation and transformation.
Amplified
Holly Mathis
COLOR & EMOTION
Acrylic + Alcohol Ink on Canvas · 14 × 18 in
From the ashes of imposed limitations, creativity and purpose are amplified. Amplified is symbolic of the emotion associated with letting go of limiting beliefs and letting your true self and purpose come to light.
People's Choice
(7)
Unraveling
Jessie Leasure
METAMORPHOSIS
Marker and Colored Pencil on Paper · 18 × 24 in
A woman stands in a misty forest as the butterfly pattern on her dress transforms into real butterflies taking flight, symbolizing quiet transformation and growth.
The Transformation
Archita Saha
MYTH & LEGEND
Watercolor on paper · 18 × 24 in
An exploration of the sacred transition from human to enlightened, drawing on the Buddha's heroic journey and layered Oriental wash painting.
Cracks
Leslie J Wengler
NATURE'S PATTERNS
Photography · 7 × 5 in
Ocean life reborn
Melanie Mason
OPEN THEME
Acrylic on Canvas · 48 × 24 in
Triptych: To Capture Hope
Jessie Leasure
LIGHT & LUMINOSITY
Acrylic on Canvas · 10 × 30 in
I’m fine
Steven Swanhart
COLOR & EMOTION
Color pencil on water color paper · 11 × 9 in · 2026
When we’re sad, hurt, disappointed, or overwhelmed, we say “I’m fine” instead of just being human. But it’s okay to feel. It’s okay to not be okay. The eyes always tell the truth — even when the words don’t.
Girlhood
Erika DiGirolamo
SYMBOLISM
Acrylic, colored pencil, glass beads · 8.5 × 10.25 in