Hopper Prize Journal: Insights Into Contemporary Art

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

Juan C. Giraldo

Giraldo illuminates a project based practice, a body of work that offers insightful, alternative narratives, and the rewarding connections that come from sharing one's work

Artist, Grant Winner, Interview, Photographer

photo: Theo Schear

Maja Ruznic

The artist discusses a rigorous studio practice, inspiration derived from mulitple sources & illuminates the complex meanings encoded in her work

Artist, Grant Winner, Interview

Erik Parra

Parra discusses how his work draws on collective cultural memory, conceptions of space & an examination of the stories we tell ourselves

Artist, Grant Winner, Interview

Letitia Huckaby

The artist on cultural heritage, family lineage, faith & reframing of the photographic image to achieve surprising, fresh, and engaging results

Artist, Grant Winner, Interview

Journal

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

Juan C. Giraldo

Giraldo illuminates a project based practice, a body of work that offers insightful, alternative narratives, and the rewarding connections that come from sharing one's work

Maja Ruznic

The artist discusses a rigorous studio practice, inspiration derived from mulitple sources & illuminates the complex meanings encoded in her work

Erik Parra

Parra discusses how his work draws on collective cultural memory, conceptions of space & an examination of the stories we tell ourselves

Letitia Huckaby

The artist on cultural heritage, family lineage, faith & reframing of the photographic image to achieve surprising, fresh, and engaging results

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Journal

"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

Giraldo illuminates a project based practice, a body of work that offers insightful, alternative narratives, and the rewarding connections that come from sharing one's work

The artist discusses a rigorous studio practice, inspiration derived from mulitple sources & illuminates the complex meanings encoded in her work

Parra discusses how his work draws on collective cultural memory, conceptions of space & an examination of the stories we tell ourselves

The artist on cultural heritage, family lineage, faith & reframing of the photographic image to achieve surprising, fresh, and engaging results

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