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Announcing! The Top 10 California Artists You Need To Know In 2012

PHOTOS: The Ten Local Artists You Need To Know Now
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We asked the top art curators in the state to help us pick the 10 California artists who are on the rise.

On the panel were Franklin Sirmans (Chief Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA), Jens Hoffmann (Director, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts), Rebecca Morse (Associate Curator, MOCA, LA), Jill Dawsey (Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego), Eli Ridgway (Owner of Eli Ridgway Gallery in SF), and Craig Nelson (Director of Fine Art Painting, Academy of Art University).

Now, find out who made the cut.

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