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Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize (2021)

Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters
At the Muskegon Museum of Art May 28 through September 5, 2021

BENNETT PRIZE 2 WINNER & ARTWORK

Ayana Ross, McDonough, GA

Ayana Ross, McDonough, GA

Ayana Ross
SWBAT
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 60 x 48 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Ayana Ross
Girls in White Dresses
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 48 x 36 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Ayana Ross
My Turn
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 48 x 36 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Finalists & Artwork

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Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross, Providence, RI

Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross, Providence, RI

Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross
Say Something at Sunset or Simply Stand Together (Two Boys in Gabon)
Acrylic, watercolor, and wood, 2020
Object: 22 x 14 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross
Two Calla Lillies for Bathing Boys
Acrylic and watercolor, 2020
Object: 21 x 28 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross
Roses for Knitting Congolese Women
Acrylic and watercolor, 2020
Object: 20.5 x 17.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross
An Arrow Dipped in Cactus Poison
Acrylic and watercolor, 2020
Object: 35 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Tanmaya Bingham, Portland, OR

Tanmaya Bingham, Portland, OR

Tanmaya Bingham
Sexy Giggles
Acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor, and glitter on panel, 2020
Object: 60 x 72 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Tanmaya Bingham
Sexy Snuggles
Acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor, and glitter on panel, 2020
Object: 60 x 48 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Tanmaya Bingham
Sexy Tickles
Acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor, and glitter on panel, 2020
Object: 48 x 72 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Chloe Chiasson, Brooklyn, NY

Chloe Chiasson, Brooklyn, NY

Chloe Chiasson
Daddy Made a Soldier Outta Me
Oil and acrylic on canvas, 2021
Object: 58 x 35.5 inches
Courtesy of the Hort Family Collection

Chloe Chiasson
A New Dawn
Oil, acrylic, resin, wood, and a match, on canvas, 2021
Object: 78.25 x 96 inches
Courtesy of the Hort Family Collection

Chloe Chiasson
Quick Draw
Oil, acrylic, and resin on canvas, 2021
Object: 48.5 x 42 inches
Courtesy of Seth Carmichael


June Glasson, Millbrook, NY

June Glasson, Millbrook, NY

June Glasson
Fox with Axe
Oil on panel, 2020
Object: 35.75 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

June Glasson
Cadmium II
Oil on panel, 2020
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

June Glasson
Cadmium I
Oil on panel, 2020
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

June Glasson
XOXIMON II
Oil and gold leaf on panel, 2020
Object: 36 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

June Glasson
XOXIMON I
Oil and gold leaf on panel, 2020
Object: 36 x 24 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Holly Keogh, Charlotte, NC

Holly Keogh, Charlotte, NC

Holly Keogh
More Charming, More Vague
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 52.5 x 71.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Holly Keogh
Grinding Halt
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 39.5 x 48.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Holly Keogh
Girls Running
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 60 x 71.75 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Lavely Miller, Baltimore, MD

Lavely Miller, Baltimore, MD

Lavely Miller
Chin Strap
Acrylic on paper on panel, 2020
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Lavely Miller
Lindsay, as I Remember Her
Acrylic on paper on panel, 2020
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Lavely Miller
God Shot Me in the Face and Then I Saw (Blue Shirt)
Acrylic on paper on panel, 2020
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Rebecca Orcutt, North Bend, WA

Rebecca Orcutt, North Bend, WA

Rebecca Orcutt
Before It’s Ruined (or an Unrealized Mean Side)
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 24 x 18 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Rebecca Orcutt
Sorry the Movie Wasn’t That Good
Oil on panel, 2017
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Rebecca Orcutt
Talking About Leaving
Oil on canvas, 2021
Object: 60 x 72 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Su Su, Pittsburgh, PA

Su Su, Pittsburgh, PA

Su Su
Space Jems
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 60 x 40 inches
From the Collection of Jim Spencer and Michael H. Lin

Su Su
Empty Vessel
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 36 x 36 inches
Collection of David Stanger and Susheela Nemani-Stanger

Su Su
Bed Straw
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 42 x 36 inches
Courtesy of the Artist


Amy Werntz, Dallas, TX

Amy Werntz, Dallas, TX

Amy Werntz
Berg
Oil, 2020
Object: 41.75 x 15.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Amy Werntz
The Shopper
Oil, 2019
Object: 23.375 x 18 inches
Courtesy of the Artist

Amy Werntz
Blue Scarf II
Oil on panel, 2020
Object: 16 x 12 inches
Courtesy of the Artist