Gregory Rick, Amy Elkins, and Gabriella Grill are 2020 Murphy & Cadogan Art Awardees

SOMArts is proud to partner with the San Francisco Foundation to present The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition, a focused look at the future of the Bay Area visual arts, launching October 1, 2020. Made possible by the San Francisco Foundation and its donors, we’re excited to feature 13 promising visual artists working across disciplines and identifying young artists from Master of Fine Arts programs throughout the Bay Area whose work intersects with emerging trends.

 

As universities and students are deeply impacted by COVID–19, it is crucial that this year’s exhibition makes the pivot to online so awardees can celebrate safely from their homes. In lieu of an opening reception, this year’s awardees will be prominently featured on SOMArts’ website on Thursday, October 1, 2020 with a digital artist presentations and magazine launch from 7:00–8:00pm.

 

The Jack and Gertrude Murphy Award given to an MFA student of unusual caliber with great artistic promise. Edwin Anthony and Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan both experienced financial challenges as art students and understood the great difference scholarships can make in the early phase of an artist’s career. The winners of the Cadogan Scholarships each receive support for their MFA studies. All the students benefit from participation in a professionally curated exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center and mentorship from curator Kevin B. Chen.

 

THE ANNUAL MURPHY AND CADOGAN CONTEMPORARY ART AWARDS EXHIBITION

2020 AWARDEES

 

Gregory Rick, Stanford University

 

Alexandru Salceanu, Mills College

Amy Elkins, Stanford University

champoy, UC Berkeley

Claudia Huenchuleo Paquien, San Francisco State University

Consuelo Tupper Hernández, California College of the Arts

Dominique Birdsong, San Francisco Art Institute

Fred M. DeWitt, UC Berkeley

Gabriella Grill, Stanford University

John Joseph Contreras Romero, San Jose State University

Leonard Reidelbach, San Francisco State University

Monica Valdez, San Jose State University

Zhongyu Yuan, California College of the Arts

 

Kevin B. Chen