From February 6-10, Hiestand Galleries put on one of its most exciting weeks of the year – The Miami University Young Painters Competition.

It annually recognizes three 25-35 year-old painters across the nation with a third-place of $2,000, a second-place of $2,500, and finally, the $10,000 Yeck Purchase. 

The 2023 $10,000 William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award 

Tyler Griese, Tulsa, Oklahoma
MFA, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
BFA, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
http://tylergriese.com/

Artwork:  Dissonance,  2021 
oil on canvas, 60 x 40 inches

2nd Place Award, $2,500.00

Meghan Murray, Waltham, Massachusetts
MFA, Boston University, Boston Massachusetts
BS, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
http://meghanmurray.com/

Artwork:  Atom Rockets Declared Ready For Combat Use (Dec.21, 1952),  2022 
oil on linen, mounted on panel, 50 x 39 inches.

3rd Place Award, $2,000.00

Lauren Petrick Brooks, Baltimore, Maryland
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
BFA, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
http://laurenpbrooks.com/

Artwork:  (w)here I,  2022
oil on linen on panel, 26 x26 inches

Miami announced the winners at the reception and award ceremony on Friday, February 10 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. 

This year’s juror was John Yau, a renowned art critic and poet, who met with graduate art students and guest-lecture for Miami’s Contemporary Art Forum Course in the Art Building room 100 at 5:50 p.m.

Meena Hasan, an MFA from Yale University, took home theYeck Purchase Award in 2022 and discussed and critiqued graduate students’ art at 1:15 p.m. in Richard and Carole Cocks’ Art Museum on February 9. Her solo work, “Acanthus Tipu,” is exhibited in the Hiestand Galleries through March 3, 2023.

The Miami University Young Painters Competition began with a gift from Daytonians William Yeck, Miami class of 1936, and his wife, Dorothy. Their donation provides Miami and the greater community to better understand contemporary art. 

The Young Painters exhibition runs through March 10 in the Hiestand Galleries.