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
Finalists & Artwork
Click on thumbnails to view downloadable high-resolution images. Larger image files are available upon request (email mcurran@muskegonartmuseum.org).
Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross, Providence, RI
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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
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Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross
Two Calla Lillies for Bathing Boys
Acrylic and watercolor, 2020
Object: 21 x 28 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AdeyemoRoss_Roses-for-Knitting_9x10-150x150.jpg)
Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo-Ross
Roses for Knitting Congolese Women
Acrylic and watercolor, 2020
Object: 20.5 x 17.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AdeyemoRoss_Arrow_8x11-150x150.jpg)
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
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Tanmaya Bingham
Sexy Giggles
Acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor, and glitter on panel, 2020
Object: 60 x 72 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bingham_Snuggles_8x10-150x150.jpg)
Tanmaya Bingham
Sexy Snuggles
Acrylic, colored pencil, watercolor, and glitter on panel, 2020
Object: 60 x 48 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bingham_Tickles_12x8-150x150.jpg)
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
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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
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chiasson_New-Dawn_10x8-150x150.jpg)
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
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Chiasson_Quick-Draw_10x10-150x150.jpg)
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
Holly Keogh, Charlotte, NC
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Keogh_More-Charming_11x8-300x221.jpg)
Holly Keogh
More Charming, More Vague
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 52.5 x 71.5 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Lavely Miller, Baltimore, MD
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Lavely Miller
Lindsay, as I Remember Her
Acrylic on paper on panel, 2020
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Miller_God-Shot-Me_8x11-150x150.jpg)
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
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Rebecca Orcutt
Before It’s Ruined (or an Unrealized Mean Side)
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 24 x 18 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Orcutt_Sorry-the-Movie_8x11-150x150.jpg)
Rebecca Orcutt
Sorry the Movie Wasn’t That Good
Oil on panel, 2017
Object: 40 x 30 inches
Courtesy of the Artist
Su Su, Pittsburgh, PA
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Su Su
Space Jems
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 60 x 40 inches
From the Collection of Jim Spencer and Michael H. Lin
![](https://7da49f2232.nxcli.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Susu_Empty-Vessel_10x10-150x150.jpg)
Su Su
Empty Vessel
Oil on canvas, 2020
Object: 36 x 36 inches
Collection of David Stanger and Susheela Nemani-Stanger
Amy Werntz, Dallas, TX