| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Starring: | China Chow Jerry Saltz Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn Bill Powers Simon de Pury |
| Country: | United States |
| Network: | Bravo |
| Executive Producer: | Sarah Jessica Parker Eli Holzman |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 20 |
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is an American reality competition show that aired on the cable television network Bravo, in which up-and-coming artists compete for a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum and a cash prize of $100,000. The show was produced by Pretty Matches Productions and Magical Elves Productions, the same company that created Project Runway and Top Chef. The series premiered on June 9, 2010. Work of Art was renewed for a second season in September 2010 which began on October 12, 2011.
| Season | Premiere Date | Finale Date | No. of Artists | Winner | Mentors | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | |||||
| 2 | 14 | |||||
| Artist | Age | Artistic specialty | Occupation | Resides in | Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Abstract Painter | Architecture Professor | 14th | |||
| Trong Nguyen | 38 | Installation Artist | Museum Curator | Brooklyn, New York | 13th | |
| Judith Braun | 61 | Mixed Media | Landlord | New York City | 12th | |
| 46 | Performance Artist | Professor | 11th/ 10th | |||
| John Parot | 39 | Painter | Art Studio Manager | Los Angeles | ||
| Jaime Lynn Henderson | 24 | Painter/Illustrator | Freelance Artist | 9th | ||
| Erik Johnson | 30 | Painter | Unemployed | 8th | ||
| Ryan Shultz | 26 | Realist Painter | Private Art Teacher | Chicago, Illinois | 7th | |
| 32 | Photographer | Fry Cook | 6th | |||
| Jaclyn Santos | 25 | Realist Painter | Studio Assistant | Manhattan, New York | 5th | |
| Nicole Nadeau | 25 | Industrial Designer/Sculptor | Waitress | 4th | ||
| Miles Mendenhall | 23 | Installation Artist | Studio Assistant | 3rd/ 2nd | ||
| 32 | Painter/Sculptor | Boutique Owner | Kansas City, Missouri | |||
| Abdi Farah | 22 | Figurative Painter/Sculptor | Art Teacher | 1st |
Age at the time of filming.
City of residence at the time of filming.
| Artists | Progress by episode | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Abdi | HIGH | HIGH | IN | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | WINNER | |
| Peregrine | IN | IN | LOW | IN | IN | IN | WIN | IN | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |
| Miles | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | WIN | HIGH | RUNNER-UP | |
| Nicole | IN | HIGH | IN | IN | IN | WIN | HIGH | IN | OUT | ||
| Jaclyn | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | OUT | ||
| Mark | HIGH | IN | HIGH | IN | LOW | HIGH | IN | OUT | |||
| Ryan | IN | IN | IN | IN | LOW | HIGH | OUT | ||||
| Erik | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||
| Jamie Lynn | IN | LOW | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| John | IN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||||
| Nao | LOW | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Judith | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||||||
| Trong | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Amanda | OUT | ||||||||||
John had his book cover published by Penguin Books; he did not receive immunity.
Beginning with this episode, the winners no longer received immunity.
(WINNER) The artist won Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.
(RUNNER-UP) The artist was a runner-up for the season.
(WIN) The artist won that episode's challenge.
(HIGH) The artist was selected as one of the top entries in the challenge, but did not win.
(IN) The artist neither won nor lost that week's challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.
(LOW) The artist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the challenge, but was not eliminated.
(OUT) The artist lost that week's challenge and was out of the competition.
| Artist | Age | Artistic specialty | Occupation | Resides in | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ugo Nonis | 33 | Line Artist[1] | Art Director/Designer | Paris, France | 14th |
| 29[2] | Photographer[3] | Photographer | Brooklyn, New York | 13th | |
| Jazz-Minh Moore[4] | 32 | Figurative Painter[5] | Freelance Artist | New York City | 12th/ 11th |
| 31 | Installation Artist[6] | Graphic Designer | Kedah, Malaysia | ||
| Michael "Tewz" Chlebowski[7] [8] | 30 | Street Artist[9] | Arts Educator | 10th | |
| Bayeté Ross Smith | 35 | Video Artist[10] | Arts Educator | New York City | 9th |
| Morgan "Sucklord" Phillips[11] | 42 | Toy Art Designer[12] | CEO, Suckadelic Inc | New York City | 8th |
| Michelle Matson | 29 | Sculptor[13] | Artist Assistant | 7th | |
| Sarah Kabot[14] | 34 | Installation Artist/Sculptor[15] | Assistant Art Professor | 6th | |
| Dusty Mitchell | 32 | Installation Artist/Sculptor[16] | Elementary School Art Teacher | 5th/ 4th | |
| Lola Thompson | 24 | Sculptor[17] | Barista | Los Angeles | |
| Sara Jimenez | 26 | Figurative Painter[18] | Gallery Intern | New York City | 3rd/ 2nd |
| Young Sun Han | 28 | Performance Artist/Photographer[19] | Exhibiting Artist | Skokie, IL | |
| Kymia Nawabi | 30 | Drawer/Painter[20] | Waitress | New York City | 1st |
Age at the time of filming.
City of residence at the time of filming.
| Artists | Progress by episode | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Kymia | IN | IN (+) | HIGH | WIN | IN | HIGH | LOW | IN | WIN | WINNER | |
| Young | IN | IN (-) | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | RUNNER-UP | |
| Sara | HIGH | IN (+) | IN | LOW | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | LOW | RUNNER-UP | |
| Lola | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | IN | OUT | ||
| Dusty | IN | IN (+) | LOW | HIGH | HIGH | WIN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||
| Sarah | IN | IN (+) | IN | IN | LOW | LOW | HIGH | OUT | |||
| Michelle | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | IN | LOW | OUT | ||||
| The Sucklord | LOW | IN (+) | IN | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||||
| Bayeté | LOW | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||||
| Tewz | IN | LOW | IN | OUT | |||||||
| Leon | IN | IN (-) | OUT | ||||||||
| Jazz-Minh | IN | IN (-) | OUT | ||||||||
| Kathryn | IN | OUT | |||||||||
| Ugo | OUT | ||||||||||
Young had a two-page spread published in Entertainment Weekly; he did not receive immunity.
(WINNER) The artist won the season of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.
(RUNNER-UP) The artist was a runner-up for the season.
(WIN) The artist won that episode's challenge.
(HIGH) The artist was selected as one of the top entries in the challenge, but did not win.
(IN) The artist neither won nor lost that week's challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.
(LOW) The artist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the challenge, but was not eliminated.
(OUT) The artist lost that week's challenge and was out of the competition.
Work of Art's renewal status was unclear as the second season concluded: In late December 2011, Judge Bill Powers wrote that "We will have to see if our work of art worked for Bravo."[21] Jerry Saltz, another Work of Art judge, announced via his Vulture blog that he would not return for a third season of the show.[22] The uncertainty as to Work of Art's fate on Bravo was somewhat resolved when the Gallerist reported the show's cancellation in August 2012.[23] [24] The LA Times reported that while Bravo would not officially confirm the cancellation, "a source close to the channel said it was "unlikely" that the show would return for a third season on Bravo."[25] Work of Art's producers as of August 2012 were approaching other television networks in the hopes of continuing the show's run elsewhere.[23]