Hope Batterson
Chicago, IL, United States
Hope is a self-taught artist living in Chicago, IL, working in both traditional and digital formats....
About the artist
Hope Batterson
Joined In 2020
(4 Followers)
About the artist
Hope Batterson
Joined In 2020
(4 Followers)
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EDUCATION
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Hope is a self-taught artist living in Chicago, IL, working in both traditional and digital formats. She began her exploration into art at a very young age but did not pursue it professionally until many years later, following a degree in Art History. This research centered around materiality in Italian Renaissance and Baroque sculpture, which compounded an already present love for figurative art. She found herself focusing on the dynamics of the human body and the ways in which it interacts with the world.
Because of her art history background, much of Hope’s work incorporates nods to classical tropes and stories, while being inspired by human connections and the relationships formed with other people. She is particularly interested in the roles mythology and folklore play in the modern environment, which often translates to her figurative painting.
A common theme across Hope’s portfolio is intimacy, whether that be in the form of literal depictions (such as moments between lovers, or amongst family or friends) or abstracted concepts that deal with loss, grief, and pain. Much of this intimacy is process-driven: the act of putting pen to paper is as much art as the finished piece. Frenzied marks or slow, deliberate strokes ar...
Bradley University
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
University of Colorado, Boulder
2023-24:
PIXELS: A Collaborative Juried Exhibition with the National Association of Digital Artists (NaDa) and the Cape Cod Museum of Art, November 22, 2023 - February 11, 2024 - “The Dawn of Man”
2022:
Erotic Art London, April 2022- “Lovers in Color I,” “Lovers in Color II,” Lovers in Color III,” & “Sanguine Lovers I”
Art Ascent Magazine: Art and Literary Journal, No. 52 “Landscapes” - “Mountain Scene Diptych” & “View from the Alluvial Fan, RMNP”
2021:
Digital Art, Assemblage & Collage, Las Laguna Art Gallery, CA - “Untitled Nude.”
Landscapes, Las Laguna Art Gallery, CA - “Mountain Scene Diptych.”
2020:
At Midnight, Ashton Gallery at Art on 30th, CA, Oct. 2020 - “Rabbit Girl.”