A face emerges from a field of lines. A body folds into shadow. A tree becomes almost skeletal against the sky. Elsewhere, a circle, a vessel, a dress, an animal, a building, or a single sweep of color becomes enough to hold the eye. Across art, form is never merely structure. It can carry gesture, memory, tension, balance, rhythm, intimacy, and sometimes an entire story before a single word is spoken.

Exhibizone proudly presents Forms and Figures 2026, its third annual international juried exhibition, running from September 17 to November 17, 2026. Bringing together artistic visions from around the world, the exhibition explores the many ways artists shape, transform, simplify, exaggerate, fragment, and reimagine the visible world.

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Walking through the exhibition, visitors encounter an unusually wide spectrum of visual language. Human figures appear in quiet repose, dance, gesture, portraiture, silhouette, and expressive distortion. Some works focus closely on faces and bodies, while others reduce the figure into contour, movement, or suggestion. Around them are animals, botanical forms, trees, landscapes, architectural structures, jewelry, sculptural objects, vessels, garments, and still-life elements, each revealing how form can become a subject in its own right.

The exhibition also moves confidently between representation and abstraction. Strong geometric compositions built from circles, rectangles, grids, and repeated patterns sit beside softer organic works shaped by curves, spirals, fluid lines, and layered surfaces. Vivid reds, blues, yellows, greens, and purples meet restrained monochrome drawings, muted earth tones, metallic surfaces, and delicate translucent forms. In some works, the image is immediately recognizable; in others, form becomes rhythm, texture, or movement, asking the viewer to stay a little longer and decide what the eye wants to find.

This diversity gives Forms and Figures 2026 much of its energy. A classical or carefully observed figure may be followed by a surreal composition, an abstract field, a sculptural object, a patterned surface, or an architectural study. Bodies may feel tender, theatrical, fragmented, monumental, or introspective. Natural structures may appear realistic in one work and transformed into pure line or shape in another. The exhibition continually shifts between the familiar and the unexpected, inviting visitors to notice not only what they are looking at, but how its shape, scale, balance, and placement affect the way they experience it.

Visitors are also invited to become part of the exhibition experience. Each artwork can be rated and commented on, allowing viewers to share the pieces that moved, surprised, challenged, or stayed with them. Participating artists can respond directly to those comments, creating a meaningful exchange between viewer and artist and allowing a first visual impression to develop into a conversation across countries and perspectives.

At its heart, Forms and Figures 2026 celebrates one of art’s most enduring foundations: the power of shape and presence. From the human body to architecture, from animals and nature to sculpture, pattern, geometry, and abstraction, the exhibition shows how artists can begin with something as simple as a line, a contour, or a figure and arrive somewhere entirely personal. Step into Forms and Figures 2026, look closely, and discover which forms pull you in, and which figures stay with you.

Participant Artists:

Jo Ann Graham, Deborah St John, Robert Falcone, Sam Gentile, Deyana Mielke, Shuhan Liu, Scott Lee, Mark Kaufman, Karen Coburn, ILIA, Rodrick Whetstone, Melinda Crider, George Angelini, Mark Sharfman, Don Kohlbauer, Dan Holt, Spencer Stuart, Brian Gorin, Bo Myers, Shane Shanton, Tony Rio, Karin Rosenthal, Mary Kathleen Quinn Stahl, Diane Mazur, Michael Ingram, Dana Hasselschwert, Jane Gottlieb, Tenesha Neal, VerLan, Ed Tomney, Nira Chorev, Catherine A. Cox, Laura Friesel, MaryAnne Lupinetti, Kathy Winkler, Joanna Levesley, Jacqueline Hong, Javier Gil, Horace Kerr II, Linda Abrams, Vakim Pirdon, Tim Morrison, Lynda Filbert, Tosya Shore, Tanner Stull, Snezhina Biserova, Douglas Malone, Valerie Kalmenson, De’Andre Deillis Sims, Jonathan Morgan, Denise Donnell, Les Smith, Nike Kama, Felipe Alarcon, Jenna McKnight, Timothy Edmonson, Robly Glover, Lourdes Rivera – LULU, Allison Gobbell, Stephanie Bishop, Don Nicholson, Karen Chappell, Ramza, Shari Askow, Jacinto Zambrano, David Coblitz, Svetlana Gorina, Fritz Messere, Aaron Flynn, Jani Klun, Michelle Medina, Anne McMahon, Ruth Resnick, Brigitte B Burckhardt, NaKaPree, Russell Fennick, Don Stephens, Carolyn Stevenson, Theresa Parsons, Steve Mason, Peter Xiao, Jody Abssy, Gleb Belyaev, Leslie Caulfield, Mary Wang, Kateryna Lastovetska, Corinne Farago, Stephanie Maurer, James Woodward, Heather Steffey Art, McCain McMurray, Chris Edwards, Ansley Pye, Dominika Alicja Beata, Vassilina Dikidjieva, D. Moire Thom, Shelley Skoropinski Supple, Anastasia Knish, Len Swec, Eric Lintala, Lynne Mizera, Poupche, Tim Stoddard, Gloria Visel, Julie-Ann Miller, Malcolm Cross, Brad Jamieson, J.S. Dykes, Jenn Hendrix, Mariah Buchanan, Diana Budler, Assata Akil, Dyvonne Ayè, Marilynne Bradley, Jacqueline Byrne, Jeannine Cartwright, Jacqueline Challifour, Lake Chinn, Yeunji Choi, Ric Conn, Caer Connet, Andrea Corvin, Courtney Einhorn, Donna Faranda, Paul Feinberg, Savannah Figueroa, Jeimi Garcia, Jennifer Glaaser, Susan Griffin, Jian Guo, Nancy C Jacques, Hyein Kang, Emily Kawasaki, St. Porcelaine, Jenny Mann, Margarita Marochkina, Toni Martinez, Mark Mayworm, Michael McDonald, Anna Miranda, Andrew Monroe, Adam Mosseri, Charlie Noble, Leana Oberholzer, Sara Palacios, Kristine Peterson, John Potter, Vince Quevedo, Galen Rankin, Robin Rivers, Kelly Roberts, Nikhil Saha, TJ Savino, Anjolie Serna De Leon, Brian Stecher, Werner Szendi, Gary Thomas, Alix Travis, Alexandra Treadaway-Hoare, Gerrit van Ommering, Joseph Vargas, Ken Wells, Mason Whatley, Ricky Workman, Lynette Zeigler