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Dehmie Demhlow, Ceramics 2022/23
Dehmie Dehmlow, Ceramics 2022/23
Denver, Colorado
www.dehmie.art
Dehmie works in pottery, ceramics, and sculpture. Her practice is adaptable, charged by imagination and problem solving, and motivated by working with Materials available in the world around her.
Amy Bruning, Animation 2021/22
Amy Bruning, Animation 2021/22
Scotland
amybruninganimation.com
Amy Bruning is a mixed media artist from Scotland. Her work has been screened and exhibited in several film festivals and galleries internationally, she is also part of several collectives.
Michael Hicks, Photography 2019/20
Michael Hicks, Photography, 2019/20
Syracuse, New York michaelwhicks.com
Michael acts as both a casting director and location scout to capture what the inner self projects to the outside world in his photography. Born in Middletown, New Jersey, he received his BA in Political Science from Rutgers University. He then attended the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies for documentary photography and multimedia before pursuing his MFA in Photography at Syracuse University. Michael was the 2018 recipient of the High Museum Purchase Award.
Janet Loren Hill, Painting/Drawing 2019/20
Janet Loren Hill, Drawing + Painting, 2019/20
Boston, Massachusetts Janetlorenhill.com
Through installation and hybrid object-paintings, Janet Loren Hill magnifies fantasies, censorship, and feminist observations through portraiture. Originally from Wallawalla, Washington, she received her BFA from the University of Washington and MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Recent residencies include Vermont Studio Center, Wassaic Project, and at the Beijing Royal School in China.
Soojin Kim, Painting/Drawing 2018/19
Soojin Kim, Painting/Drawing, 2018/19
Boston, Massachusetts / Seoul, Korea
SOOJIN KIM is a multidisciplinary Korean artist who works in both Korea and the U.S. After receiving an MS in electrical engineering, Soojin pursued her MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. Recent awards include the Boit Award for independent studio practice, the Dana Pond Award in painting, and a MASS Moca Artist Residency. She is represented by Gallery BOM, Boston, and Tao Water Gallery, W. Barnstable, MA.
Caroline Voagen Nelson, Animation, 2018/19
Caroline Voagen Nelson, Animation, 2018/19
New York City, New York / Asheville, North Carolina
CAROLINE VOAGEN NELSON creates animations inspired by American history and fabricated mythologies. Caroline received her BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA in digital art with a focus in animation at Pratt Institute. Her work has been shown at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Aperture Gallery, the Florida Film Festival, Animasivo, el Festival in Mexico City, and the Museum of the City of New York.
Azita Moradkhani was born in Tehran and exposed to Persian art, culture, and Iranian politics. That exposure increased her sensitivity to the dynamics of vulnerability and violence that she explores in her artwork and studio practice. She holds a BFA from Tehran University of Art and an MA in Art Education and MFA in drawing, painting and sculpture from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University. Azita is the winner of the international 2017 Young Masters Art Prize.
Ella Weber hails from Omaha, NE and traverses print media, drawing, video and creative writing in her artworks, weaving day jobs and food into rich imagery and performance. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska– Lincoln and an Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kansas. Her artwork has been shown nationally and internationally and she has participated in numerous residencies around the United States.
Eeva Siivonen, Video 2016/17
Eeva Siivonen, Video 2016/17
Helsinki, Netherlands
"...I was the first resident in the painting and drawing department at PrattMWP. The yearlong program allowed me time to really focus on my work and develop my postgraduate work. The interaction with the faculty at Munson as well as my fellow residents and the residents at the nearby SculptureSpace were invaluable catalysts for my work.The program allowed me to teach alongside the instructors in the undergraduate program and to develop my own classes in the community program…"