Hopper Prize Journal: Insights Into Contemporary Art

Jinyong Park

Jinyong Park on finding meaning as an artist, language identity, a practice which incorporates linguistic experience, & the process of translating abstract perceptions into imaginative hieroglyphs.

Artist, Grant Winner, Interview

Chris Williford in his studio, 2019

Chris Williford

Chris Williford speaks on the anxieties & consequences of glamour, a practice centered around the transformation of unwanted materials into images & finding inspiration as a material-based artist

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Alyssa Kaboskey

The artist on finding inspiration in antique floral bouquets, miniatures & elements of the horror genre

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Rachel Mica Weiss

Rachel Mica Weiss on site specificity, the ephemerality and fragility of the natural world & a deep, broad practice spanning diverse methods & materials.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Robert Solomon

"I was a little precocious as a very young boy, but it was science that set my mind free"

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Cody Tumblin

The artist on chasing beauty & mystery, a studio practice that resonates with an etheral musical experience & supporting art world strategies that offer real, meaningful connections in an increasingly digital age.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Nancy Floyd

Nancy Floyd on a project-oriented practice, the organic process of making new work, and her natural inclination to produce across a range of media.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Su Hyun Kim

Kim discusses balance, order, judgment of relative values, law of growth, economy of life & searching for reality beyond the surface.

Artist, Interview

Angela Ziqi Zhang

Angela Ziqi Zhang provides insight into her expanding practice through a discussion of objectness and its relationship to ownership, the challenge of balancing art and family & trusting her gut in the studio

Artist, Interview

Photo by Kate Berry @katebe_

Tahnee Lonsdale

Lonsdale discusses a cathartic, autobiographical practice, female empowerment & opposing forces, and surprising, serendipitous inspiration on the streets of Los Angeles

Artist, Interview

Journal

Jinyong Park

Jinyong Park on finding meaning as an artist, language identity, a practice which incorporates linguistic experience, & the process of translating abstract perceptions into imaginative hieroglyphs.

Chris Williford

Chris Williford speaks on the anxieties & consequences of glamour, a practice centered around the transformation of unwanted materials into images & finding inspiration as a material-based artist

Alyssa Kaboskey

The artist on finding inspiration in antique floral bouquets, miniatures & elements of the horror genre

Rachel Mica Weiss

Rachel Mica Weiss on site specificity, the ephemerality and fragility of the natural world & a deep, broad practice spanning diverse methods & materials.

Robert Solomon

"I was a little precocious as a very young boy, but it was science that set my mind free"

Cody Tumblin

The artist on chasing beauty & mystery, a studio practice that resonates with an etheral musical experience & supporting art world strategies that offer real, meaningful connections in an increasingly digital age.

Nancy Floyd

Nancy Floyd on a project-oriented practice, the organic process of making new work, and her natural inclination to produce across a range of media.

Su Hyun Kim

Kim discusses balance, order, judgment of relative values, law of growth, economy of life & searching for reality beyond the surface.

Angela Ziqi Zhang

Angela Ziqi Zhang provides insight into her expanding practice through a discussion of objectness and its relationship to ownership, the challenge of balancing art and family & trusting her gut in the studio

Tahnee Lonsdale

Lonsdale discusses a cathartic, autobiographical practice, female empowerment & opposing forces, and surprising, serendipitous inspiration on the streets of Los Angeles

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Journal

Jinyong Park on finding meaning as an artist, language identity, a practice which incorporates linguistic experience, & the process of translating abstract perceptions into imaginative hieroglyphs.

Chris Williford speaks on the anxieties & consequences of glamour, a practice centered around the transformation of unwanted materials into images & finding inspiration as a material-based artist

The artist on finding inspiration in antique floral bouquets, miniatures & elements of the horror genre

Rachel Mica Weiss on site specificity, the ephemerality and fragility of the natural world & a deep, broad practice spanning diverse methods & materials.

"I was a little precocious as a very young boy, but it was science that set my mind free"

The artist on chasing beauty & mystery, a studio practice that resonates with an etheral musical experience & supporting art world strategies that offer real, meaningful connections in an increasingly digital age.

Nancy Floyd on a project-oriented practice, the organic process of making new work, and her natural inclination to produce across a range of media.

Kim discusses balance, order, judgment of relative values, law of growth, economy of life & searching for reality beyond the surface.

Angela Ziqi Zhang provides insight into her expanding practice through a discussion of objectness and its relationship to ownership, the challenge of balancing art and family & trusting her gut in the studio

Lonsdale discusses a cathartic, autobiographical practice, female empowerment & opposing forces, and surprising, serendipitous inspiration on the streets of Los Angeles

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