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This year the academy offers a selection of contemporary works by 124 American artists from across the country, bringing together emerging and established painters, sculptors, printmakers, installation artists and architects.

Included in the exhibition are works by Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Susanne Doremus, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Steven Holl, Susan Leopold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Alison Saar, Kiki Smith, Merrill Wagner, Alexi Worth and many others. The invitational format creates a multi-generational dialogue that addresses a range of issues central to contemporary art and society.

Works of provocative political and social commentary are viewed along side ethereal abstractions and narrative representational art—reflecting a multiplicity of contemporary styles.

The work of established artists such as Pat Steir and Tom Nozkowski [click here to read the ArtInfo Interview with Nozkowski] continue to reshape definitions of painting and can be seen alongside emerging artists such as Aaron Wexler, whose delicate, anthropomorphic collages teeter on the edge of abstraction; and newcomer Cordy Ryman's subtle wall installation that is reminiscent of minimalist ideals taken to the next level.

Maren Hassinger's installation of mixed media and video addresses larger social issues, and the biting political commentary of Enrique Chagoya's work create an exciting artistic discourse. Veteran sculptor John Chamberlain and upcoming installation artist Phong Bui continue to explore the vocabulary of three-dimensional abstraction while Kiki Smith's conceptual use of the human form challenges the traditional boundaries of figurative sculpture.

The academy's process included hundreds of recommended submissions that were selected by a curatorial committee comprised of a panel of eight renowned National Academicians. A separate awards committee of National Academician's will also give away over $100,000 in prizes.