Hopper Prize Journal: Insights Into Contemporary Art

Nour Jaouda

Nour Jaouda on a deconstructive process of making & unmaking, challenging conventional ideas of identity, & incorporating fractured narratives to elicit meaning.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Nic Dyer

Nic Dyer

Nic Dyer on art as a means to process the world, an evolving practice that incorporates a major identity change, & making work about an ongoing recovery from disordered eating.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Nic Dyer

Sonya Blesofsky

Sonya Blesofsky discusses an interest in the language of memory & repair, sculptural works inspired by historic forms, & a practice that involves uncovering overlooked & forgotten histories.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Sonya Blesofsky

Jaylen Pigford

Jaylen Pigford on developing a passion for art from an early age, making work for an upcoming solo exhibition, & finding inspiration in life experiences.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Jaylen Pigford

Ruth Lauer Manenti

Ruth Lauer Manenti on finding stories that need telling, working intuitively, & how thoughts and memories are mirrored within the rooms of home.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Ruth Lauer Manenti

Kacy Jung

Kacy Jung on pivoting from biomedical science to art, the downside of consumerism & alienation in our current capitalist system, & the untold stories and faces of the middle class.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Kacy Jung

Andersen Woof

Andersen Woof on the timeless quality & potential of painting in oils, exploring themes of solitude, relationships, fear, violence, & desire, & a deep interest in both the joy & pain in life.

Andersen Woof, Grant Finalist, Interview

Kriss Munsya

Kriss Munsya discusses finding inspiration in music, new work about climate justice, the constant need to create, & applying a different approach to every project.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Kriss Munsya

Anya Roberts-Toney

Anya Roberts-Toney discusses making art at a very young age, exploring ideas of the visibility / consumability of the female body, & a process that involves reacting intuitively to each painting.

Anya Roberts-Toney, Grant Winner, Interview

Hannah Newman

The artist discusses sculpture & sound as a way to embody or enact the written word, a practice that incorporates long periods of research, & the importance of always learning.

Grant Finalist, Hannah Newman, Interview

Tom Holmes

Tom Holmes on early influences, new work, Halloween decorations as Memento mori, & our limited and isolated understanding of our own mortality.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Tom Holmes

Delvin Lugo

Delvin Lugo discusses early exposure to art, a new series based on the theme of chosen family, & amplifying artists, poets, & activists fighting for women & gay rights.

Delvin Lugo, Grant Finalist, Interview

Casey Baden

Casey Baden discusses a recent residency in Portugal, finding ways to combine painting & textiles, & a deep interest in the inherent natural element of textiles.

Casey Baden, Grant Finalist, Interview

Julia Gutman

Julia Gutman on growing up in a creative house, working towards a major solo exhibition, & embroidery as an expressive & subversive power.

Grant Winner, Interview, Julia Gutman

Nicholas Adamson

Nicholas Adamson on transitioning from video installation to painting, creating a project around a personal subject, & the influence of spending time in Leipzig.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Nicholas Adamson

Hannah Altman

Hannah Altman discusses making self portrait photographs that explore Jewish storytelling, early experiences with photography, & engaging modes of motif repetition.

Grant Finalist, Hannah Altman, Interview

Cyríaco Lopes

The artist discusses a practice that involves frequent collaboration, making art as a means of gaining independence, & creating a propitious environment for the work to happen.

Cyríaco Lopes, Grant Finalist, Interview

Karen Navarro

Karen Navarro on the organic evolution of a practice, the ephemeral nature of the digital era, & pursuing a journey of experimentation.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Karen Navarro

Cameron Harvey

Cameron Harvey on a long history of making, exploring materials in a tactile way, & work that straddles the line between painting & sculpture.

Cameron Harvey, Grant Finalist, Interview

Loc Huynh

The artist on memories as content, upcoming exhibitions, & the evolution of new bodies of work.

Grant Finalist, Interview, Loc Huynh

Journal

Nour Jaouda on a deconstructive process of making & unmaking, challenging conventional ideas of identity, & incorporating fractured narratives to elicit meaning.

Nic Dyer on art as a means to process the world, an evolving practice that incorporates a major identity change, & making work about an ongoing recovery from disordered eating.

Sonya Blesofsky discusses an interest in the language of memory & repair, sculptural works inspired by historic forms, & a practice that involves uncovering overlooked & forgotten histories.

Jaylen Pigford on developing a passion for art from an early age, making work for an upcoming solo exhibition, & finding inspiration in life experiences.

Ruth Lauer Manenti on finding stories that need telling, working intuitively, & how thoughts and memories are mirrored within the rooms of home.

Kacy Jung on pivoting from biomedical science to art, the downside of consumerism & alienation in our current capitalist system, & the untold stories and faces of the middle class.

Andersen Woof on the timeless quality & potential of painting in oils, exploring themes of solitude, relationships, fear, violence, & desire, & a deep interest in both the joy & pain in life.

Kriss Munsya discusses finding inspiration in music, new work about climate justice, the constant need to create, & applying a different approach to every project.

Anya Roberts-Toney discusses making art at a very young age, exploring ideas of the visibility / consumability of the female body, & a process that involves reacting intuitively to each painting.

The artist discusses sculpture & sound as a way to embody or enact the written word, a practice that incorporates long periods of research, & the importance of always learning.

Tom Holmes on early influences, new work, Halloween decorations as Memento mori, & our limited and isolated understanding of our own mortality.

Delvin Lugo discusses early exposure to art, a new series based on the theme of chosen family, & amplifying artists, poets, & activists fighting for women & gay rights.

Casey Baden discusses a recent residency in Portugal, finding ways to combine painting & textiles, & a deep interest in the inherent natural element of textiles.

Julia Gutman on growing up in a creative house, working towards a major solo exhibition, & embroidery as an expressive & subversive power.

Nicholas Adamson on transitioning from video installation to painting, creating a project around a personal subject, & the influence of spending time in Leipzig.

Hannah Altman discusses making self portrait photographs that explore Jewish storytelling, early experiences with photography, & engaging modes of motif repetition.

The artist discusses a practice that involves frequent collaboration, making art as a means of gaining independence, & creating a propitious environment for the work to happen.

Karen Navarro on the organic evolution of a practice, the ephemeral nature of the digital era, & pursuing a journey of experimentation.

Cameron Harvey on a long history of making, exploring materials in a tactile way, & work that straddles the line between painting & sculpture.

The artist on memories as content, upcoming exhibitions, & the evolution of new bodies of work.

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