Hope Ginsburg

©Chris Baker

The Jolly Green Giant, 2004
A 20 foot tall, 2-dimensional recreation of the Jolly Green Giant that serves as a symbol of contemporary agricultural methods, embodying both the current mass production food-science system and the power required to revolutionize the food industry.

Born 1974
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Education
1997 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1996 B.F.A, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Hope Ginsburg has been exhibiting nationally and internationally since 1999 and in 2000 she presented a solo exhibition at Parlour Projects, Brooklyn, NY. Selected group exhibitions include: Pattern Language, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA (2004); Factory Direct, ArtSpace, New Haven, CT (2004); In Practice, The SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY (2004); Work Ethic, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, traveling to Des Moines Art Center and the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (2003); 24/7, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania (2003); Made by Nature, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY (2002); Heart of Gold, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2002); 5.5, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (2001); Bearded Lady, Jorge Pardo Video Lounge, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, and Care of Gallery, Milan, Italy (2001); fido television, Hunter College Times Square Art Gallery, New York, NY (2000); La Ville, Le Jardin, La Memoire, la Folie, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy (2000); Bearded Lady, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany, and John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY (2000); Greater New York, New Art in New York Now, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2000); Dope. An XXX-Mas Show, American Fine Arts, Co. New York, NY (1999).