Grant Finalist Archives - The Hopper Prize

Joshua Hagler

Joshua Hagler discusses his earliest memories of making art, balancing studio time as a new parent, transitioning from the “It-World” into the “You-World” & the profound effect of forgoing the language of consensus

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

b. Chehayeb

b. Chehayeb on falling in love with painting, meme culture & 90s nostalgia, exploring a visual language & thriving through chaos and constant movement

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Rebecca Kaufman

Kaufman on new projects in textiles, ceramic handbuilding, and tactile bookmaking, using painting to reflect on addictive & invasive visual technologies & exploring the notion of consent across a range of media.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Stacey Beach

Stacey Beach discusses art at an early age, encouraging teachers, cataloging a visual vocabulary, & finding inspiration outside of the main stream

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Ghost of a Dream

The collaborative duo on energy & honesty, managing multiple large scale projects, inspiration derived from cultural detritus & utilizing the refuse generated by various aspirational attainment attempts.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Mary Raap

Raap on a lifetime of making art, travel as an early creative catalyst, the intersection of gender, labor, painting and weaving & working with materials that evoke the body and life processes.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Sarah Tortora

The artist on the physicality of making sculpture, negotiating balance, creative catharsis & personal truth.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Alexis Granwell

Granwell discusses a process based practice, utilizing color and texture to activate memory, connecting the inward and outward experience & materiality as a means to explore the corporeal.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Alvin Ong

Alvin Ong on drawing as an anchor through which to navigate other worlds, working at varying scales & locating the local within the global.

Artist, Grant Finalist, Interview

Su A Chae, 2020

Su A Chae

The artist discusses the power of self-reflection, paradoxical spatial statements & multiple layered realities, and a lifelong interest in painting

Artist, Grant Finalist

Journal

Joshua Hagler

Joshua Hagler discusses his earliest memories of making art, balancing studio time as a new parent, transitioning from the “It-World” into the “You-World” & the profound effect of forgoing the language of consensus

b. Chehayeb

b. Chehayeb on falling in love with painting, meme culture & 90s nostalgia, exploring a visual language & thriving through chaos and constant movement

Rebecca Kaufman

Kaufman on new projects in textiles, ceramic handbuilding, and tactile bookmaking, using painting to reflect on addictive & invasive visual technologies & exploring the notion of consent across a range of media.

Stacey Beach

Stacey Beach discusses art at an early age, encouraging teachers, cataloging a visual vocabulary, & finding inspiration outside of the main stream

Ghost of a Dream

The collaborative duo on energy & honesty, managing multiple large scale projects, inspiration derived from cultural detritus & utilizing the refuse generated by various aspirational attainment attempts.

Mary Raap

Raap on a lifetime of making art, travel as an early creative catalyst, the intersection of gender, labor, painting and weaving & working with materials that evoke the body and life processes.

Sarah Tortora

The artist on the physicality of making sculpture, negotiating balance, creative catharsis & personal truth.

Alexis Granwell

Granwell discusses a process based practice, utilizing color and texture to activate memory, connecting the inward and outward experience & materiality as a means to explore the corporeal.

Alvin Ong

Alvin Ong on drawing as an anchor through which to navigate other worlds, working at varying scales & locating the local within the global.

Su A Chae

The artist discusses the power of self-reflection, paradoxical spatial statements & multiple layered realities, and a lifelong interest in painting

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Journal

Joshua Hagler discusses his earliest memories of making art, balancing studio time as a new parent, transitioning from the “It-World” into the “You-World” & the profound effect of forgoing the language of consensus

b. Chehayeb on falling in love with painting, meme culture & 90s nostalgia, exploring a visual language & thriving through chaos and constant movement

Kaufman on new projects in textiles, ceramic handbuilding, and tactile bookmaking, using painting to reflect on addictive & invasive visual technologies & exploring the notion of consent across a range of media.

Stacey Beach discusses art at an early age, encouraging teachers, cataloging a visual vocabulary, & finding inspiration outside of the main stream

The collaborative duo on energy & honesty, managing multiple large scale projects, inspiration derived from cultural detritus & utilizing the refuse generated by various aspirational attainment attempts.

Raap on a lifetime of making art, travel as an early creative catalyst, the intersection of gender, labor, painting and weaving & working with materials that evoke the body and life processes.

The artist on the physicality of making sculpture, negotiating balance, creative catharsis & personal truth.

Granwell discusses a process based practice, utilizing color and texture to activate memory, connecting the inward and outward experience & materiality as a means to explore the corporeal.

Alvin Ong on drawing as an anchor through which to navigate other worlds, working at varying scales & locating the local within the global.

The artist discusses the power of self-reflection, paradoxical spatial statements & multiple layered realities, and a lifelong interest in painting

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