Upcoming Exhibition

34th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION

April 21–May 9, 2026

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 23, 6–8 PM

Closing Reception: Saturday, May 9, 4–6 PM

Viridian Artists Gallery is proud to present its 34th International Juried Exhibition, juried by Shilpi Chandra, Assistant Curator at the Hudson River Museum.

Up to 30 artists will be selected, with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place cash prizes awarded. Also included will be a Director’s Choice exhibition, available to view digitally during the Juried Show.

The exhibition will be on view from April 21–May 9, 2026, with an Opening Reception on Thursday, April 23, from 6–8 PM and a Closing Reception on Saturday, May 9 from 4–6 PM.

About the Juror: Shilpi Chandra is a curator and art historian focusing on contemporary American Art and the Asian diaspora. She is currently an Assistant Curator at the Hudson River Museum where she curated Alvin Hollingsworth: All That Jazz (2024), co-curated Everything Has a Story: Reflections on the Collection (2025) and adapted Hudson River Museum’s presentation of Modern Women/Modern Visions: Photographs from the Bank of America Collection (2026). 

Shilpi has also curated exhibitions independently at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Pelham Art Center, Flushing Town Hall, and Queens Botanical Gardens where she worked with emerging artists and artist collectives. She was also awarded a 2024 Center for Craft Archive Fellowship for archival research into Krishna Reddy’s pioneering printmaking practice in New York which resulted in an exhibition and published article in Hyperallergic.

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