Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Renewal Status

Season 1

Judges

• China Chow (Host/Judge)
• Jerry Saltz (Judge)
• Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn (Judge)
• Bill Powers (Judge)
• Simon de Pury (Mentor)

Contestants

• Amanda Williams, 34, Abstract Painter "? Resides in: Chicago, Illinois
• Trong Nguyen, 38, Installation Artist " Resides in: Brooklyn, New York
• Judith Braun, 61, Mixed Media " Resides in: New York City
• Nao Bustamante, 41, Performance Artist " Resides in: Troy, New York
• John Parot, 39, Painter " Resides in: Los Angeles
• Jaime Lynn Henderson, 24, Painter/Illustrator " Resides in: Chicago, Illinois
• Erik Johnson, 30, Painter " Resides in: Chicago, Illinois
• Ryan Shultz, 26, Realist Painter " Resides in: Chicago, Illinois
• Mark Velasquez, 32, Photographer " Resides in: Santa Maria, California
• Jaclyn Santos, 25, Realist Painter " Resides in: Manhattan, New York
• Nicole Nadeau, 25, Industrial Designer/Sculptor " Resides in: Manhattan, New York
• Miles Mendenhall, 23, Installation Artist  "? Resides in: Minneapolis, Minnesota " Runner-up
• Peregrine Honig, 32, Painter/Sculptor " Resides in: Kansas City, Missouri " Runner-up
• Abdi Farah, 22, Figurative Painter/Sculptor " Resides in: Baltimore, Maryland " Winner

Contestant progress

{{colorbox}} (WINNER) The artist won Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.

{{colorbox}} (RUNNER-UP) The artist was a runner-up for the season.

{{colorbox}} (WIN) The artist won that episode's challenge.

{{colorbox}} (HIGH) The artist was selected as one of the top entries in the challenge, but did not win.

{{colorbox}} (IN) The artist neither won nor lost that week's challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.

{{colorbox}} (LOW) The artist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the challenge, but was not eliminated.

{{colorbox}} (OUT) The artist lost that week's challenge and was out of the competition.

Episodes

Episode 1: Self-Reflexive

• Challenge: Create a portrait of one of your fellow artists.
• Challenge winner: Miles
• Bottom three: Amanda, Erik, Nao
• Eliminated: Amanda

Episode 2: The Shape of Things to Come

• Challenge: Create a sculptural piece from items selected from an electronics graveyard.
  • Guest judge: Jon Kessler
• Challenge winner: Miles
• Bottom three: Jaime Lynn, Judith, Trong
• Eliminated: Trong

Episode 3: Judging a Book By Its Cover

• Challenge: Design a book cover for one of six classic novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dracula, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Time Machine.
  • Guest judge: Jonathan Santlofer
• Challenge winner: John
  • John's cover for The Time Machine was published by Penguin Books; he did not receive immunity.
• Bottom three: Jaclyn, Judith, Peregrine
• Eliminated: Judith

Episode 4: A Shock to the System

• Challenge: Create a shocking piece.
  • Guest judge: Andres Serrano
• Challenge winner: Abdi
• Bottom four: Erik, Jaime Lynn, John, Nao
• Eliminated: John, Nao

Episode 5: Art That Moves You

• Challenge: Create a work of art based on your Audi experience.
  • Guest judge: Richard Phillips
• Challenge winner: Jaclyn
• Bottom three: Jaime Lynn, Mark, Ryan
• Eliminated: Jaime Lynn

Episode 6: Open to the Public

• Challenge: Create a piece of public art.

• Guest judge: Yvonne Force Villareal

• Red Team: Abdi, Mark, Nicole, Ryan
• Blue Team: Erik, Jaclyn, Miles, Peregrine

• Challenge winner: Red Team

• Individual winner: Nicole

• Bottom two: Erik, Miles
• Eliminated: Erik

Episode 7: Child's Play

• Challenge: Create a piece based on what ignited your artistic expression, using only supplies found at the Children's Museum of the Arts.

• Guest judge: Will Cotton

• Challenge winner: Peregrine
• Bottom three: Abdi, Jaclyn, Ryan
• Eliminated: Ryan

Episode 8: Opposites Attract

• Challenge: Create an artwork about opposing forces: Heaven and Hell (Mark/Peregrine); Male and Female (Miles/Jaclyn); Order and Chaos (Abdi/Nicole).

• Guest judge: Ryan McGinness

• Challenge winners: Miles, Jaclyn
• Bottom two: Abdi, Mark
• Eliminated: Mark

Episode 9: Natural Talents

• Challenge: Create a piece inspired from nature and landscape incorporating materials gathered from a Connecticut nature preserve.

• Guest judge: Michele Oka Doner

• Challenge winner: Abdi
• Bottom three: Jaclyn, Nicole, Peregrine
• Eliminated: Jaclyn, Nicole

Episode 10: The Big Show

• Challenge: The remaining artists return home, where they have three months to develop a final exhibition using themes of their own choosing.

• Guest judge: David LaChapelle

• Winner: Abdi
• Runners-up: Miles, Peregrine

Season 2

Judges

• China Chow (Host/Judge)
• Jerry Saltz (Judge)
• Bill Powers (Judge)
• Simon de Pury (Mentor)

Contestants

• Ugo Nonis, 33, line artist "? Resides in: Paris, France
• Kathryn Parker Almanas, 29, photographer "? Resides in: Brooklyn, New York
• Jazz-Minh Moore, 32, figurative painter "? Resides in: New York City
• Leon Lim, 31, installation artist "? Resides in: Kedah, Malaysia
• Mike Tewz, 30, street artist "? Resides in: Chicago, Illinois
• Bayeté Ross Smith, 35, video artist "? Resides in: New York City
• Morgan "Sucklord" Phillips, 42, toy art designer "? Resides in: New York City
• Michelle Matson, 29, sculptor "? Resides in: Bridgewater, New Jersey
• Sarah Kabot, 34, installation artist/sculptor "? Resides in: Cleveland, Ohio
• Dusty Mitchell, 32, installation artist/sculptor "? Resides in: Mountain View, Arkansas
• Lola Thompson, 24, sculptor "? Resides in: Los Angeles
• Sara Jimenez, 26, figurative painter "? Resides in: New York City " Runner-up
• Young Sun Han, 28, performance artist/photographer "? Resides in: Skokie, Illinois " Runner-up
• Kymia Nawabi, 30, drawer/painter "? Resides in: New York City " Winner

Contestant progress

{{colorbox}} (WINNER) The artist won the season of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.

{{colorbox}} (RUNNER-UP) The artist was a runner-up for the season.

{{colorbox}} (WIN) The artist won that episode's challenge.

{{colorbox}} (HIGH) The artist was selected as one of the top entries in the challenge, but did not win.

{{colorbox}} (IN) The artist neither won nor lost that week's challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.

{{colorbox}} (LOW) The artist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the challenge, but was not eliminated.

{{colorbox}} (OUT) The artist lost that week's challenge and was out of the competition.

Episodes

Episode 1: Kitsch Me If You Can

• Challenge: The artists must use pieces of "bad" art, such as a painting of dogs playing checkers, a velvet cowboy, and a sculptural golden peacock as their canvas.

• Guest judge: Mary Ellen Mark

• Challenge winner: Michelle
• Bottom three: Bayeté, The Sucklord, Ugo
• Eliminated: Ugo

Episode 2: Art Movement

• Challenge: The artists must use parkour, a discipline where participants overcome obstacles using only their bodies to move from point A to point B in the most creative and inventive way possible, as their inspiration.

• Guest judge: Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

• Team Loop: Jazz-Minh, Kathryn, Leon, Lola, Tewz, Young
• Team Play With Me: Bayeté, Dusty, Kymia, Michelle, Sara, Sarah, The Sucklord

• Challenge winner: Play With Me

• Individual winner: Bayeté

• Bottom three: Kathryn, Lola, Tewz
• Eliminated: Kathryn

Episode 3: Make It Pop

• Challenge: The contestants must create a piece of pop art that captures the popular culture of their time.

• Guest judge: Rob Pruitt

• Challenge winner: Young
• Bottom four: Leon, Dusty, Michelle, Jazz-Minh
• Eliminated: Jazz-Minh, Leon

Episode 4: Back to School

• Challenge: The artists are challenged to create a piece of art inspired by the original artwork of the child they are paired with.

• Guest judge: Sarah Jessica Parker

• Challenge winner: Kymia
• Bottom three: Sara, The Sucklord, Tewz
• Eliminated: Tewz

Episode 5: Ripped from the Headlines

• Challenge: The artists must create a piece of art that illustrates a headline which strikes a chord with them.

• Guest judge: Adam McEwen

• Challenge winner: Young
• Bottom three: Bayeté, Sarah K., The Sucklord
• Eliminated: Bayeté

Episode 6: Street Dealers

• Challenge: The artists are challenged to leave their mark on New York with a work that embodies the subversion of street art.

• Guest judge:

• Challenge winners: Dusty and Young
• Bottom four: Lola, Michelle, The Sucklord, Sarah
• Eliminated: The Sucklord

Episode 7: La Dolce Arte

• Challenge: The artists must utilize one automobile component from a Fiat 500 and transform it into a piece of art.

• Guest judge: Liz Cohen

• Challenge winner: Sara
• Bottom three: Kymia, Lola, Michelle
• Eliminated: Michelle

Episode 8: Sell Out

• Challenge: The artists work in teams to create a minimum of one piece of art to sell to the public, but that is also worthy of presenting in a gallery show.

• Guest judge: Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

• Challenge winners: Sara and Young
• Bottom two: Sarah, Dusty
• Eliminated: Sarah

Episode 9: Exile on Main Street

• Challenge: The artists must create an undated version of Americana.

• Guest judge: Richard Phillips

• Challenge winner: Kymia
• Bottom three: Sara, Dusty and Lola
• Eliminated: Dusty and Lola

Episode 10: Elimination

• Challenge: The finalists present their collections to the judging panel to determine who will be "The Next Great Artist."

• Guest judge: KAWS

• Winner: Kymia
• Runners-up: Young, Sara