Hugo WIlson Baba Vanga Year 2024 Medium Graphite and white chalk on paper Dimensions 27.9 x 21.5 cm Nominated by Bianca Roden About the work A continued look into the desire for ideology , this is a portrait iconifying Baba Vanga , an alleged soothsayer , active in Eastern Europe in 1970’s and 80’s Date and country of birth 1982, GB Career Highlights His work has been exhibited at the The National Museum, Stockholm, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Wilson is collected by the New York Public Library, the Deutsche Bank Collection, Kistefos Museum, Bellinger Collection and many others. Recent exhibitions include: SIRANI, Galerie Judin, Berlin (2023); Whatever Gets You Thru the Night, Nicodim, New York (2023); Carnal Agreement, Nicodim, Los Angeles (2022, solo); Iconic Works, The National Museum, Stockholm; Dialogues / New Paintings from London, GASK, Kutná Hora Museum, Czech Republic; Frieze Sculpture Park, Regent’s Park, London (2018).