The Hopper Prize

Supporting visual artists with unrestricted grants juried by leading curators

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“My work explores themes of femininity, craft and storytelling and I often refer to specific myths, folk tales and historic periods.” -Anna Perach

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David Hockney #davidhockney

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Ellsworth Kelly #ellsworthkelly

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Painting by past Hopper Prize winner Mar Figueroa

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Edvard Munch in his studio.

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Rene Magritte at work in his studio.

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Painting by San Francisco based artist Erik Parra, a 2018 Hopper Prize winner. See more of Erik’s work at https://t.co/bfpMjxd9Oi

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Louise Bourgeois #louisebourgeois

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"I’m interested in process, and chose mediums where I could trace the history of my movements—every line, dot, smudge, and stroke cataloged."
Niccolò Debole, past Hopper Prize finalist, discusses his practice at https://t.co/eo11IwpKvL

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Whatever you do, the only secret is to believe in it and satisfy yourself.
-Keith Haring
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I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say “he feels deeply, he feels tenderly”.
-Vincent Van Gogh #vangogh #hopperprize #thehopperprize

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The goal of art was the vital expression of self.
-Alfred Stieglitz #stieglitz

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The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.
-Paul Cezanne #cezanne #hopperprize #thehopperprize

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I painted my own reality.
-Frida Kahlo
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Making your unknown known is the important thing–and keeping the unknown always beyond you.
-Georgia O’Keeffe #georgiaokeefe #hopperprize #thehopperprize

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I’d like to pretend that I’ve never seen anything, never read anything, never heard anything, and then make something. -Keith Haring
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The modern artist… is working and expressing an inner world – in other words – expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
-Jackson Pollock #jacksonpollock

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My work is always better when I am alone and follow my own impressions.
-Claude Monet
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I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.
-Pablo Picasso
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The seed of your next artwork lies embedded in the imperfections of your current piece.
-David Bayles
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