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Our mission is to support the creative work of individual artists through unrestricted grants, professional support, and community.

Maren Hassinger

2025 Milestone Grantee

Bio

MAREN HASSINGER has built an interdisciplinary practice that articulates the relationship between nature and humanity. Carefully choosing materials for their innate characteristics, Hassinger has explored the subject of movement, family, love, nature, environment, consumerism, identity, and race. The artist is currently the subject of a two person exhibition with Senga Nengudi at IVAM Valencia and will be honored with a retrospective in 2026 at the Berkeley Art Museum. Hassinger is the recipient of the Women’s Caucus for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award. Her work can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago; Guggenheim Museum; Hirshhorn Museum; the LA County Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco Museum of Art; and Walker Art Center, among others.

River, 1972–2011Steel chain and rope7 × 89 × 358 inches

  • Steel chain placed river-like motion ending in a rope spiraling at the end on wooden gallery floor.
  • Clusters of dark, brush-like sculptures arranged in rows on a gray concrete floor against a white wall, resembling bundles of bristles or abstract organic forms.
  • A large, woven basket made of coarse, natural fibers stands on a plain, gray floor against a white wall. Object has wide, rounded body and a flared, irregular rim, giving it a textured appearance.
  • Branches stacked up in a pyramid form in the middle of a courtyard surrounded by historic buildings and leafy trees.
  • Metal wire sculptures shaped like jars and geometric vessels are arranged in a row on a mowed grassy path through a field, with tall grass on each side and dense green trees in the background under a cloudy sky.
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