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Tiffany Hovendick
Tiffany Hovendick
Artist's Statement
Artist's Statement
My name is Tiffany Hovendick, and I am an Advocate Studio Artist. For the past five years, my art has developed and encompassed the treatment of others.
As an advocate artist, I make artwork that stands for a person or cause (in other words a humanitarian artist, though I prefer advocate!). My main themes focus on self love, my nation, people of various cultures, Veterans and Active Duty Service Members, and health. When working with these themes, the main goals I try to focus on are respect, representation, and voice (or storytelling). As I peel back the layers to uncover as much as I can about a person, body, or cause, I also discover what it is that lights a fire inside me to want to take a stand.
What started me on this path of advocating, was my own experiences. I knew I wanted others to be treated with the respect, love, and care they deserve, what we all deserve. With this ambition in mind, I continued to “make” my way towards advocating.
Eventually, in 2020, I produced a work that pointed me in the direction I chase now. One Nation, my pride, came into being when all the world’s problems and my own boiled over and needed release. So, discarding the boundaries, and what schools taught me, I painted with raw emotion, and with the tools that are as natural to the human being: hands and fingers. This allowed me to make a connection not only to the surface of the painting, but also to the individuals and their stories. I could grasp a relationship!
Since One Nation, I’ve used my hands to render many artworks that combined both who I am as a person, and my passion for others. My compositions include narratives, symbolism, mixed media, and re-purposing to help convey the people and causes. What starts out as a simple idea, turns into journal entries and sticky notes, historical and cultural research, gathering of materials, making, and finally, a masterpiece.
Currently, I have been led to address Mental Health Awareness, as part of my new series Beautiful Hearts. Using mixed media and paint, I lay the painting face down, and leave it up to chance to determine how these hearts are created. I can think of no better way than to encompass many individuals who are all different in unique ways.
Beautiful Hearts pieces will be released in 2025, and available in the shop section on my website. Now, I reside locally in the Midwest painting and writing about the themes I am exploring. I am in the process of acquiring a booth locally to sell some of my art, as well as working with galleries to display some of my work.
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Thank you to each of my supporters and fellow advocates who have helped me get this far. Friends, family, teachers, coworkers, your encouragement is loved. Patrons of the arts, you can find me on instagram @hovendicktstudios, or on my website at https://www.hovendicktstudios.com.
Experiences
Experiences
2018
Anne Frank Scene Shop Technician- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Art Club Member- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Empty Bowls Volunteer Bowl Maker- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Experience Art Day Lunch Talk- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Nebraska State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitor(Other Surface-Design: Illustrated Text & Calligraphy- 2nd Place)- Grand Island, NE
2019
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Scene Shop Technician- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Annual Student Art Exhibition Exhibitor- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
Art Club Secretary- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Empty Bowls Volunteer Bowl Maker- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Experience Art Day Teacher- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Nebraska State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitor(Paper Art: Other Not Listed- 3rd Place)- Grand Island, NE
Nebraska State Fair Photography Exhibitor(Amateur Black & White: people, candid, single/group unposed- 3rd place)- Grand Island, NE
The Marxhausen Gallery Monitor- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2020
Art Club Secretary- Concordia University, Seward, NE
The Marxhausen Gallery Monitor- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2021
Art Club President- Concordia University, Seward, NE
Art Club Secretary- Concordia University, Seward, NE
A Murder is Announced Scene Shop Technician- Olde Glory Theatre, Seward, NE with Concordia University, Seward, NE
Annual Student Art Exhibition Exhibitor- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
MIDTESOL Commissioned Artist- Remote
Nebraska State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitor(Oil & Acrylic Media: Portraits/Comp-figures- 3rd Place)- Grand Island, NE
Nebraska State Fair Photography Exhibitor- Grand Island, NE
The Marxhausen Endowment Recipient- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
The Marxhausen Gallery Monitor- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition: "Honour" * "Dishonour" Exhibitor- The Marxhausen Gallery, Concordia University, Seward, NE
Nebraska State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitor(Oil & Acrylic Media: Portraits/Comp-figures- 3rd Place)- Grand Island, NE
Twelfth Night Scene Shop Technician and Set Designer- Olde Glory Theatre, Seward, NE with Concordia University, Seward, NE
2023
Nebraska State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitor(Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Media: Professional Animals, Birds, Other Wildlife- 3rd Place)- Grand Island, NE
Rotary Club of Seward Presentation Speaker- Seward, NE
Seward GFWC Women's Club Presentation Speaker- Seward, NE
The Addams Family Scene Shop Technician and Set Designer- Concordia University, Seward, NE
The Seward County Historical Society Museum Presentation Speaker- Goehner, NE
2024
Christian Art 2024 Laudamus Competition Entrant- Remote
Little Women Lead Scene Shop Technician- Concordia University, Seward, NE
MIDTESOL Commissioned Artist- Remote
Nebraska State Fair Fine Arts Exhibitor(Oil, Acrylic, Permanent Media: Professional Animals, Birds, Other Wildlife- 5th Place)- Grand Island, NE
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