Bravo kicked off it’s Project Runway inspired fine art reality competition Work of Art: The Next Great Artist on June 9, 2010 with the premiere episode “Self-Reflexive” during which the 14 artists were paired up and asked to do a portrait of their partner.
The challenge reveals a lot about each of the contestants as they wrestle with trying to visually represent someone they just met in the medium of their choice. Here are how the artists were paired up:
Abdi Farah and Ryan Shultz
Miles Mendenhall and Nao Bustamante
Mark Velasquez and Erik Johnson
John Parot and Trong Nguyen
Peregrine Honig and Nicole Nadeau
Jaime Lynn Henderson and Amanda Williams
Judith Braun and Jaclyn Santos
And here are all the finished pieces.
(SPOILER ALERT – The winner and loser are at the bottom!)
Abdi Farah’s portrait of Ryan Shultz
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Ryan Shultz’s portrait of Abdi Farah
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Peregrine Honig’s portrait of Nicole Nadeau
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Nicole Nadeau’s portrait of Peregrine Honig
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Mark Velasquez’s portrait of Erik Johnson
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Erik Johnson’s portrait of Mark Velasquez
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Jaclyn Santos’ portrait of Judith Braun
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Judith Braun’s portrait of Jaclyn Santos
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John Parot’s portrait of Tron Nguyen
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Tron Nguyen’s portrait of John Parot
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Nao Bustamante’s portrait of Miles Mendenhall
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Jamie Lynn Henderson’s portrait of Amanda Williams
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Amanda Williams’ portrait of Jamie Lynn Henderson
***ELIMINATED***
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Miles Mendenhall’s portrait of Nao Bustamante
***WINNER***
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