By Floyd Hall, Duluth, Ga. | Four Finalists have been named for the prestigious 2017 Hudgens Prize. With a cash award of $50,000 and an invitation for a solo exhibition for one artist, the Hudgens Prize is one of the largest art awards given in the entire nation, and is open only to Georgia residents.
The four finalists are: Sarah Hobbs who is from Columbus and works in Atlanta; Jiha Moon, who is from DaeGu, Korea and works in Atlanta; Lauri Stallings is a native of Gainesville, Fla., and now based in Atlanta; and Cosmo Whyte, who is based in Atlanta and Montego Bay, Jamaica.
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Hobbs
Hobbs uses photography and installation to explore the neurotic tendencies in us all. She holds a BA in Art History and an MFA in Photography from the University of Georgia, Athens. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Knoxville Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Sir Elton John Collection, among others.
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Moon
Moon received her MFA from the University of Iowa. Her recent work on paper, ceramic sculpture and ceramic installation with low tables explores the idea of something foreign. Moon’s works have been acquired by Asia Society, New York, NY; High Museum of Art; The Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C.; Smithsonian Institute, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, N.C. and The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Va.
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Stallings
Stallings has fostered an expanded practice that includes public choreographies, place building, green economy and collaborations with many communities. Founder of the non-profit glo platform, Stallings is a 2016-17 MOCA GA Working Artist Fellow. She has exhibited and performed her work at Central Park in New York City, Art Basel Miami, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights, High Museum of Art, Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden; Trinity Laban, Atlanta Contemporary, Augsburg Opera Haus and Zuckerman Museum of Art.
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Whyte
Whyte was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica and attended Bennington College in Vermont for his Bachelor in Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art for his Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and the University of Michigan for his MFA. He has exhibited in the US, Jamaica, Norway, France and South Africa. In 2010 he was the winner of the Forward Art emerging artist of the year award. In 2015 he was the recipient of the International Sculpture Center’s “Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award” and in 2016 he was the recipient of an Artadia Award. Whyte is currently a professor at Morehouse College.
For more information about the artists, visit the Hudgens Prize page. All four artists will display their work in the Finalists’ Exhibition, scheduled for August 15 through October 21, 2017, and will receive a $1,500 cash stipend to help cover expenses relating to the exhibition.
The $50,000 Hudgens Prize will be awarded by the jury panel based on in-person visits to the four Finalists’ studios and the works on view in the Hudgens Prize Finalists’ Exhibition. The prize winner will be announced at the Hudgens Prize Award Celebration, which will take place on Saturday, September 30. The Finalists will also offer Artists Talks at the Hudgens Center during the exhibition, to be scheduled soon.
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