“The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today” presents the latest in contemporary portraiture by finalists from the seventh edition of the museum’s national portrait competition.

Established in 2006 through a private endowment, the triennial Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition invites artists (ages 18+) living and working in the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to submit one portrait created in the past three years for consideration by a panel of experts. The finalists’ works are then shown in an exhibition.

“The Outwin 2025: American Portraiture Today” includes 34 portraits (by 35 artists) in mediums ranging from painting, photography and sculpture to immersive, time-based media installations. The artworks were chosen from more than 3,300 submissions to an anonymous open call, which was juried by experts in the fields of portraiture and contemporary art. 

We congratulate LaToya Hobbs and Katie O'Keefe on their selection for this exhibition.