CURRENT EXHIBITION
IGOR 20th Annual Juried Exhibition
At the Principle Gallery in Charleston, SC
June 5th - June 30th, 2026
The International Guild of Realism will be returning to the amazing Principle Gallery Charleston in beautiful Charleston, SC, to host our 20th Annual Juried Exhibition, which will be held from June 5th through June 30th, 2026.
This will be our biggest gallery show of all time and we expect to have 2 or 3 days of IGOR Art Events celebrating our 20th IGOR Gallery Exhibition! We have a first Friday opening so it should be busy all night. We are planning to have multi-day art events with a group dinner, seminars, historic gallery walk and much more.
Since we had a very successful 15th Annual at the prestigious Principle Gallery Charleston, we are very excited to have them host our huge 20th Annual Gallery Exhibition in 2026. The Principle Gallery is in the heart of the historic district in beautiful Charleston, a Top 5 Art Market! The gallery is centrally located among many quality art galleries, luxury shops and fine dining, attracting plenty of affluent visitors during the peak spring season. We couldn’t have asked for a better time or location. Charleston is a major US art market and has well over 50 art galleries so definitely plan on entering our upcoming 20th Annual IGOR Exhibition!
About the Gallery
The Principle Gallery Charleston is one of the highest rated galleries in the country. It's one of largest galleries in Charleston with a beautiful museum style exhibition space and they represent some of the best realists working today. The gallery has been featured in numerous national art magazines. Principle Gallery Charleston finds joy in sharing museum-quality works from established American and International artists within the realm of Contemporary and Classical Realism.
For more information please visit: www.principlegallery.com.
Two days of Art Events in historic Charleston!
Thursday Afternoon, June 4th, from 1:30-3:00
Local Realism Gallery Walk.! We had an informative gallery walk to some of the best realism galleries in Charleston. The tour was led by our founding Charter Member, Donald Clapper, who has over 25 years’ experience in the fine art world and has exhibited his artwork in over 30 museums!
Thursday Evening, June 4th, from 6:00-9:00
Blues and BBQ Dinner Cruise Party aboard the Charleston Princess by Charleston Harbor Tours! We had an enjoyable a meet and greet and then a two-hour Charleston dinner cruise featuring live music by a local blues band and a delicious BBQ buffet.
Friday afternoon, June 5th, from 1:00-3:00
Local History Tour of Beautiful Charleston with professional tour guides. We met at the Principle Gallery located at 125 Meeting Street at 1:00 pm.. After viewing our incredible exhibition, we visited several of the best historical sites in oldtown Charleston.
Friday Evening, June 5th, from 5:00-8:00
The 20th Annual Juried Exhibition Public Opening Reception at the Principle Gallery.
Our time together culminated in another fabulous public opening reception at the Principle Gallery. The reception was a perfect celebration for all your hard work and investment of time to support the legacy of modern realism. One of the busiest openings we have ever had for an IGOR exhibition!
We thank all our IGOR members who entered and attended this amazing show! Congratulations to those who were juried in, along with the award winners.
Awards
As customary during our annual juried exhibitions, we ask the gallery to appoint a guest judge(s) to award the ribbons for each category to the Guild Members for their outstanding artwork. All award winners receive their custom designed ribbons by mail after the conclusion of the exhibition.
Congratulations to the Award Winners!
The judges were so impressed that it took days to make the final decisions. This year, IGOR gave out 13 prestigious awards.
Best of Show
"In the Box" by Jorge Alberto
American Art Collector Editor's Choice
"Surf Patrol" by Christopher Forrest
American Art Collector Award for Excellence
"The Touchstone" by Kenneth Young
International Artist Magazine Editor's Choice
"Light through the Leaves" by Natalie Hirschman
Director's Choice
"Shore of Golden Reverie" by Kun Wang
Best Figurative
"Sunflower Susan" by Peter Ambush
Best Floral
"And One for Her" by Arlene Steinber
Best Landscape
"Wish I May Wish I Might" by Dale Terbush
Best Still Life
"Still Life with Aged Cheeses" by Victor Mordasov
Best Trompe l'Oeil
"Goody Gumdrops" by Camille Engel
Best Wildlife
"Rosette Dance" by Jill Corless
Pioneer of Realism
"Prayer and Kindness" by Dianna Wallace Soisson
Artist's Choice
"L'Art" by Sandra Kuck
View the entire 20th Annual IGOR Exhibition
Selected Artists
The jury for this year’s exhibition was handled in two levels with IGOR Charter Members handling the first level, and then the owner and gallery director of the Principle Gallery completed the selection. Once again we received an amazing array of superb entries and our jurors were quite impressed with the quality and creativity of the work entered. Thank you, IGOR artists, for submitting such wonderful artwork.
The jurors, after reviewing the images over a few weeks, then made the difficult final selection. Deciding upon a limited number of paintings from an impressive array of entries wasn’t an easy task, and the jurors could not resist adding many more pieces to this exhibition than originally planned by the final jurors. Well over 40% of the entered IGOR artists made it thru to the final jury so please realize that you always have a good chance at being juried into a future IGOR gallery exhibition because of our small, juried only membership. We had artists from many countries enter this exhibition including Canada, Germany, Azerbaijan, England, Norway, South Africa, Mexico, El Salvador, and USA. Plus, we have a huge diversity of media in the exhibition including Acrylic, Watercolor, Oil, Soft Pastel, Colored Pencil, Graphite, Pastel, Ink, Egg Tempera and Scratchboard.
Congratulations to this year's selected artists! The artwork submitted was exceptional (well over 550 entries). The exhibition will include 107 works by 102 IGOR members. Here is the final list:
Lee Alban
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Fio Lombardi
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Promotion
Both the Principle Gallery Charleston and the International Guild of Realism will be doing extensive advertising and publicity to promote this exhibition on your behalf. As soon as you have learned that your artwork has been selected by the judges, the Guild will send out our advertising discounted offer to juried in members so don't miss this promotional ad campaign.
We're looking forward to receiving your entry and we know that this will be an exciting exhibition for everyone. We look forward to see you in historic Charleston!
