Opening May 16, 2026
Congratulations! Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026, a juried exhibition featuring exceptional art from contemporary artists across Suffolk and Nassau Counties, has announced the final list of exhibiting artists. The Museum received 597 artwork submissions from 261 artists. This year, artists were tasked with responding to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence or the Centennial of George Grosz’s masterpiece of political art, Eclipse of the Sun (1926).
The result is an impactful group of 73 works of art accepted from 69 artists. The artists chosen represent the breadth of communities across Long Island stretching from Valley Stream to Montauk.
Jurors for Long Island Biennial were: Tripoli Patterson, founder and owner, Tripoli Gallery; Lauren Rosati, Associate Curator, Department of Modern & Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Andreas Rentsch, photographer, Associate Professor of Photography, and Chair of the Art Department, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA.
(Images above: Kelynn Zena Alder, Saint James, Torito – Semana Santa, Zinacantán, 2025, Acrylic on canvas; Aurelio Torres, East Hampton, Rotors XX, 2026, Oil on canvas; and Giona Maiarelli, Huntington, Come Together #6, 2024, Magazine, vintage map and painted gouache on watercolor paper.)
Long Island Biennial  2026 Exhibiting Artists
Denise Jones Adler  Huntington
Kelynn Zena Adler  Saint James
Verna Lynn Amakawa Huntington
Efrat Baler Long Beach
Emily Barnett Carle Place
Barbara Bilotta Sound Beach
Darlene Blaurock Wantagh
Rita Broughton Bethpage
Fernando Carpaneda  Freeport
Philippe Cheng Bridgehampton
Leslie Christian  Centerport
 Madeline Daversa Garden City
Natasha K. DeArmas  Long Beach
Riccarda de Eccher Oyster Bay Cove
Jeremey Dennis  Southampton
Sally B. Edelstein  Huntington
Wan Ling Fahrer Saint James
Safia Fatimi Port Washington
Anna Fleury West Babylon
Steve Forster Glen Cove
Carole Freysz Gutierrez Oyster Bay
Alicia Gitlitz Old Westbury
Mikhail Gubin Baldwin
Ali Haider Centereach
Christopher Hansen Rocky Point
RJT Haynes East Hampton
Mandy Henson Lloyd Harbor
Lori Horowitz Dix Hills
Takafumi Ide Lake Grove
Anna Jurinich Wading River
Elizabeth Karsch Sag Harbor
Joan Kim Suzuki Plainview
Denise M. Kramer Huntington
Michael W. Krasowitz Huntington Station
Neil Leinwohl  Rockville Centre
William Low Huntington
Luanda Lozano Huntington
Benson Ma Stony Brook
Manuel Alejando Macarrulla Carl Place
Giona Maiarelli Huntington
Antonio Masi Smithtown
Paul Mele  Island Park
 Linda Pasca Hampton Bays
Jessica Penagos  Centerport
Vanessa Powers North Babylon
Jason Rawcliffe Oceanside
Tim Roda Long Beach
Toussaint Rosefort Center Moriches
 Diana Salomon Hauppauge
 Bastienne Schmidt Bridgehampton
Hillary Serota Needle Dix Hills
Eileen Shaloum Long Beach
Lauren Skelly Bailey Hicksville
Maria Spector Babylon
Lisa Stancati Port Washington
Lauren Steffen Melville
Sabine Lola Stock Lindenhurst
Adam L Straus Riverhead
Aurelio Torres East Hampton
Ezra Thompson  Port Jefferson Station
Hui Tian Manhasset
Benjamin Truong Port Jefferson Station
C.M. Tudor Seaford
Pinky Urmaza Huntington
Shawn Uttendorfer Babylon
B.A. Van Sise West Babylon
Mark Van Wagner  East Patchogue
Ahron D. Weiner Hewlett
Dan Weldon Sag Harbor
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