2025 Grand Prize Winner – Tyler Meerschaert Floating Stool Medium/AbstractExplanation of Work Medium Wood working, Metal working, Sculpture Abstract The floating stool seamlessly blends science and artistry, leveraging the tensegrity principle for its striking,...
2024 Grand Prize – Eric Bui Granulation Medium/AbstractExplanation of Work Medium Hand-knitted item and supplementary photograph Abstract As an undergraduate, I studied the complex processes of wound healing. The granulation phase of wound healing is pivotal to...
2023 Grand Prize Winner – Zoe Polish My Body’s Betrayal MediumAbstractExplanation of Work Ceramic sculpture “My Body’s Betrayal” is 28 ceramic pieces intended as a large-scale representation of pancreatic cells developing Type 1 Diabetes. Each...
2022 Grand Prize and Faculty Panel’s Choice Winner – Maggie Wiebe Plants of the Printmaking Studio MediumAbstractExplanation of Work Handmade book made with laser engraved etchings printed on lokta paper and kozo paper, using handmade indigo pigment...
2021 Grand Prize Winner – Lauren Strawn Warped Medium Sculpture: Bamboo sticks, paper, ink Warped explores my perception of space through the lens of aphantasia, a condition limiting visual imagery. I am an artist who cannot perceive conceptual space, and this...
