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title: Hope Black
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img:
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src: residents/hope-black/hope-black-cropped.jpg
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alt: "Hope Black, long wavy hair, sitting on a stool barefoot, smiling at the camera, with paint brushes and a roller in one hand. One knee up, in a pose of nonchalance but with a welcoming air. I love you!"
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<div class="topic">
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<figure>
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<img src="/img/residents/hope-black/hope-black.jpg" alt="Hope Black, long wavy hair, sitting on a stool barefoot, smiling at the camera, with paint brushes and a roller in one hand. One knee up, in a pose of nonchalance but with a welcoming air. I love you!">
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<figcaption>Photography: Steve Rokitka</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<h1>Hope Black</h1>
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<div class="desc">
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<p>
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Hope Black is a multidisciplinary artist working across conceptual photography,
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mixed media, and sculptural painting. Her work explores the layered terrain
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of womanhood, identity, and our evolving relationship to the natural world.
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</p>
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<p>
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In addition to her photographic practices, she creates dimensional works
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using found objects and discarded materials—transforming what has been
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overlooked or thrown away into textured, story-driven pieces. These works
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often hold a quiet tension, inviting viewers to confront the contradictions
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between consumption, beauty, and belonging.
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</p>
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<p>
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Blending elements of folklore, ritual, and lived experience, Hope’s work
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moves between the intimate and the mythic—asking viewers not just to look,
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but to sit with what comes up.
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<p>
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When not in her studio, you can usually find Hope at "the big ocean" with
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her son, exploring the natural world through his eyes.
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</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="contact">
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<h2>Get in touch...</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<a href="https://www.hopeblack.photo">hopeblack.photo</a>
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</li>
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<li>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/hopeblackart">@hopeblackart</a> on instagram
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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