Catherine Conlin-CONCEPTS in Design

I hope to meet you in Madrid.
Espero conocerte en Madrid

I’ve spent thirty years refusing to pick a lane. Help me make that the winning move.

What if an artist who refuses to be a factory could win $25,000 purely on the strength of the integrity of her work?

I’m in third place in a contest some of my own artist friends have called a scam. “It doesn’t look good,” they say. And maybe they’re right about the contest. But $25,000 for works — some of which took years to perfect — would mean I get to keep moving in every direction my practice wants to go, instead of narrowing myself into a product that fits a tidy box. That’s not how every artist works. It’s not how I work.

So yes, I’m in it. Eyes open.

I haven’t spent a single dollar to get here. Some generous souls have donated without being asked — and I’m genuinely moved — but all I’m asking of you is a vote.

Because a vote cannot be bought, and I want to find out if honest networking and thirty years of real work can still move a needle.

I live and breathe art. Click the link and be part of the experiment.

Is Catherine Conlin the People's Artist? For Me, Creation Is Messy And Often Brutal, Beauty Is The Foam On The Tide I Ride In And Out On With The Moon.

Where do you find inspiration?

Dream flight, incandescent light, unruly 6th graders, a 7 year old goldfish, modern masters, ancient philosophers, broken glass, a weeping cherry, unusual chord progressions, a cellist in my sheep pasture, Eraserhead, a 40 ft boom lift, Fermat’s last theorem, Diocletian’s Palace, the casual diversity of Marseille, sea anemone, a good game of chess, The Adriatic, solo travel, watching the sun set 44 times in one day.

https://peoplesartist.org/2026/catherine-conlin
Please vote daily. This contest is all about vote, but the prize is $25,000 and a spread in Artforum Magazine.

Is Catherine Conlin the People's Artist? For Me, Creation Is Messy And Often Brutal, Beauty Is The Foam On The Tide I Ride In And Out On With The Moon.

Wally Hedrick; I was his muse. His apprentice. His gallery contact and first website builder. We lived together for 13 years. I was alone with him when he died. But he didn’t die. He lives on. He taught me to resist! Bravo , Wally.

Broken Reader, Sculpture Photographed, Photo Transfer on wood Block with encaustic, 4” x 4”, framed 9” x 9”. 2025

Home again.❤️

Isabella Rossellini by Annie Leibovitz