Josephine Halvorson

2019 Blackwell Prize in Painting Winner: Based in Massachusetts, Halvorson makes art from observation in relation to a particular object and place. Transcribing her perceptions in real time, she connects with the world around her through the medium of paint. Her work describes the appearance of a subject at-hand, while also expressing that which is invisible yet nonetheless felt: locale, time, history, and emotion. Halvorson’s artistic practice foregrounds attention and experience, taking the form of painting and also sculpture, printmaking and drawing.