HUDGENS PRIZE
The Hudgens Prize, intended to elevate the arts in Georgia, is one of the nation’s most coveted and lucrative awards. The Hudgens Prize, which began in 2010, offers a cash award of $50,000 and an opportunity for the winner to have their work displayed for three months in a solo exhibition at the Hudgens Center. The 2019 winner, who will have his multimedia work on display at the Hudgens Center in August through October 2020, is Paul Stephen Benjamin, a Chicago native who currently lives in Atlanta. The competition for the Hudgens Prize is open to anyone 18 and older.
OUR STAFF
2019-20 WINNER:
PAUL STEPHEN BENJAMIN
Benjamin is a native of Chicago and currently lives and
works in Atlanta. Born in 1966, he has a Bachelor of Arts
degree from the University of Illinois and a Masters of Fine
Arts from Georgia State. Benjamin work is currently on
display at the Tacoma (Wash.) Art Museum and the
Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw. His work has
been featured at the Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for
Art in Savannah, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the
Museum of Contemporary Art in Atlanta, and the High
Museum of Art in Atlanta. He has received awards from
the Southern Art Prize, the State Fellow of Georgia and the
Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia Working Artist
Project. His accomplishments include an Artadia Award, a
Winnie B. Chandler Fellowship and a Hambidge Fellowship.
ABOUT OUR JURORS
A trio of top professionals from the art community from around the country act as the jury for the
Hudgens Prize. The panel changes each year. The jury for the 2019 Hudgens prize included curators:
AMBER ESSEVIA
GLENN ADAMSON
