Work of Art: The Next Great Artist

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Workofart.jpg

| caption = Title card

| 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

| first_aired = {{start date|2010|06|09}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2011|12|21}}

| 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.

Seasons

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Season

! Premiere Date

! Finale Date

! No. of
Artists

! Winner

! {{nowrap|Runners-up}}

! Mentors

1

|{{nowrap|June 9, 2010}}

|{{nowrap|August 11, 2010}}

|14

| {{nowrap|Abdi Farah}}

| {{nowrap|Peregrine Honig}}
{{nowrap|Miles Mendenhall}}

|rowspan="2"| {{nowrap|China Chow (Host/Judge)}}
{{nowrap|Jerry Saltz (Judge)}}
{{nowrap|Bill Powers (Judge)}}
{{nowrap|Simon de Pury (Mentor)}}

2

|{{nowrap|October 12, 2011}}

|{{nowrap|December 21, 2011}}

|14

| {{nowrap|Kymia Nawabi}}

| {{nowrap|Young Sun Han}}
{{nowrap|Sara Jimenez}}

Season 1 (2010)

=Contestants=

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ArtistAge{{ref|age-season1|1}}Artistic specialtyOccupationResides in{{ref|resides-season1|2}}Finish
Amanda Williams34Abstract PainterArchitecture ProfessorChicago, Illinois14th
Trong Nguyen38Installation ArtistMuseum CuratorBrooklyn, New York13th
Judith Braun61Mixed MediaLandlordNew York City12th
Nao Bustamante46Performance ArtistProfessorTroy, New Yorkrowspan="2"| 11th/
10th
John Parot39PainterArt Studio ManagerLos Angeles
Jaime Lynn Henderson24Painter/IllustratorFreelance ArtistLawton, Oklahoma9th
Erik Johnson30PainterUnemployedHomer Glen, Illinois8th
Ryan Shultz26Realist PainterPrivate Art TeacherChicago, Illinois7th
Mark Velasquez32PhotographerFry CookSanta Maria, California6th
Jaclyn Santos25Realist PainterStudio AssistantManhattan, New York5th
Nicole Nadeau25Industrial Designer/SculptorWaitressNew York, New York4th
Miles Mendenhall23Installation ArtistStudio AssistantMinneapolis, Minnesotarowspan="2"| 3rd/
2nd
Peregrine Honig32Painter/SculptorBoutique OwnerKansas City, Missouri
Abdi Farah22Figurative Painter/SculptorArt TeacherDover, Pennsylvania1st

{{note|age-season1|Note 1}}: Age at the time of filming.

{{note|resides-season1|Note 2}}: City of residence at the time of filming.

=Contestant progress=

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rowspan="2"| Artists

! colspan="10"| Progress by episode

123{{ref|note1-season1|1}}456{{ref|note2-season1|2}}78910
Abdi

| style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:hotpink;"|WINNER

Peregrine

| IN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || IN || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:#FBF373;"|RUNNER-UP

Miles

| style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:#FBF373;"|RUNNER-UP

Nicole

| IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN || IN || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;"|

Jaclyn

| IN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;"|

Mark

| style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="2"|

Ryan

| IN || IN || IN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="3"|

Erik

| style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="4"|

Jamie Lynn

| IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="5"|

John

| IN || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"|

Nao

| style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"|

Judith

| IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="7"|

Trong

| IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="8"|

Amanda

| style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="9"|

{{note|note1-season1|Note 1}}: John had his book cover published by Penguin Books; he did not receive immunity.

{{note|note2-season1|Note 2}}: Beginning with this episode, the winners no longer received immunity.

:{{Color box|hotpink|border=darkgray}} (WINNER) The artist won Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.

:{{Color box|#FBF373|border=darkgray}} (RUNNER-UP) The artist was a runner-up for the season.

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} (WIN) The artist won that episode's challenge.

:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} (HIGH) The artist was selected as one of the top entries in the challenge, but did not win.

:{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} (IN) The artist neither won nor lost that week's challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.

:{{Color box|tomato|border=darkgray}} (LOW) The artist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the challenge, but was not eliminated.

:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} (OUT) The artist lost that week's challenge and was out of the competition.

=Episodes=

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|Title= Self-Reflexive

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|6|9}}

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a portrait of one of your fellow artists.

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Challenge winner: Miles
Bottom three: Amanda, Erik, Nao
Eliminated: Amanda

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|Title= The Shape of Things to Come

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|6|16}}

|Aux1 = Jon Kessler

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a sculptural piece from items selected from an electronics graveyard.

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Challenge winner: Miles
Bottom three: Jaime Lynn, Judith, Trong
Eliminated: Trong

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title= Judging a Book By Its Cover

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|6|23}}

|Aux1 = Jonathan Santlofer

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: Design a book cover for one of six classic novels, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dracula, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Time Machine.

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Challenge winner: John
Bottom three: Jaclyn, Judith, Peregrine
Eliminated: Judith

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|Title= A Shock to the System

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|6|30}}

|Aux1 = Andres Serrano

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a shocking piece.

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Challenge winner: Abdi
Bottom four: Erik, Jaime Lynn, John, Nao
Eliminated: John, Nao

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title= Art That Moves You

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|7}}

|Aux1 = Richard Phillips

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|Viewers = 1.2{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bravos-top-chef-bethenny-getting-married-work-of-art-boast-season-high-ratings/ |title=Bravo's 'Top Chef,' 'Bethenny Getting Married,' & 'Work Of Art' Boast Season High Ratings| publisher=Tribune Media Company|date=July 12, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a work of art based on your Audi experience.

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Challenge winner: Jaclyn
Bottom three: Jaime Lynn, Mark, Ryan
Eliminated: Jaime Lynn

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title= Open to the Public

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|14}}

|Aux1 = Yvonne Force Villareal

|ProdCode =

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a piece of public art.

----

Red Team: Abdi, Mark, Nicole, Ryan
Blue Team: Erik, Jaclyn, Miles, Peregrine

----

Challenge winner: Red Team
Individual winner: Nicole
Bottom two: Erik, Miles
Eliminated: Erik

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title= Child's Play

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|21}}

|Aux1 = Will Cotton

|ProdCode =

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a piece based on what ignited your artistic expression, using only supplies found at the Children's Museum of the Arts.

----

Challenge winner: Peregrine
Bottom three: Abdi, Jaclyn, Ryan
Eliminated: Ryan

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title= Opposites Attract

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|7|28}}

|Aux1 = Ryan McGinness

|ProdCode =

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create an artwork about opposing forces: Heaven and Hell (Mark/Peregrine); Male and Female (Miles/Jaclyn); Order and Chaos (Abdi/Nicole).

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Challenge winners: Miles, Jaclyn
Bottom two: Abdi, Mark
Eliminated: Mark

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title= Natural Talents

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|8|4}}

|Aux1 = Michele Oka Doner

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: Create a piece inspired from nature and landscape incorporating materials gathered from a Connecticut nature preserve.

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Challenge winner: Abdi
Bottom three: Jaclyn, Nicole, Peregrine
Eliminated: Jaclyn, Nicole

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title= The Big Show

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2010|8|11}}

|Aux1 = David LaChapelle

|ProdCode =

|Viewers = 1.48{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bravo-marks-best-wednesday-night-of-the-year-work-of-art-the-next-great-artist-finale-hits-highs/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701084537/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/network-press-releases/bravo-marks-best-wednesday-night-of-the-year-work-of-art-the-next-great-artist-finale-hits-highs/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |title=Bravo Marks Best Wednesday Night of the Year; 'Work of Art: The Next Great Artist' Finale Hits Highs| publisher=Tribune Media Company|date=August 12, 2010|access-date=March 5, 2017}}

|ShortSummary= Challenge: The remaining artists return home, where they have three months to develop a final exhibition using themes of their own choosing.

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Winner: Abdi
Runners-up: Miles, Peregrine

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Season 2 (2011)

=Contestants=

class="wikitable"
ArtistAge{{ref|age-season2|1}}Artistic specialtyOccupationResides in{{ref|resides-season2|2}}Finish
Ugo Nonis33Line Artist{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 3:00}}Art Director/DesignerParis, France14th
Kathryn Parker Almanas29{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 18:12}}Photographer{{cite web | url = http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/bio/kathryn | title = Bio: Kathryn | year = 2011 | work = Work of Art, Season 2 | publisher = Bravo | location = New York City | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130118123305/http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/bio/kathryn | archive-date = January 18, 2013 | url-status = live | access-date = November 10, 2011}}PhotographerBrooklyn, New York13th
Jazz-Minh Moore[http://www.interviewmagazine.com/blogs/art/2010-05-25/jazz-minh-moore/ Interview Magazine]. Interview Magazine.32Figurative Painter{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 4:06}}Freelance ArtistNew York Cityrowspan="2"| 12th/
11th
Leon Lim31Installation Artist{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 5:14}}Graphic DesignerKedah, Malaysia
Michael "Tewz" Chlebowski{{cite web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/10/work-of-art-begins-second-season-on-bravo.html |first=David|last= Ng |title='Work of Art' recap: second-season premiere| work=Los Angeles Times|date=October 13, 2011|access-date=March 3, 2017}}{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 5:39}}30Street Artist{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 5:41}}Arts EducatorChicago, Illinois10th
Bayeté Ross Smith35Video Artist{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 6:48}}Arts EducatorNew York City9th
Morgan "Sucklord" Phillips{{cite news |title='Work of Art: The Next Great Artist' recap: Enter the Sucklord |first=Ken|last= Tucker |url=http://watching-tv.ew.com/2011/10/12/work-of-art-bravo-sucklord/ |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=October 12, 2011 |access-date=October 31, 2011}}42Toy Art Designer{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 2:06}}CEO, Suckadelic IncNew York City8th
Michelle Matson29Sculptor{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 6:06}}Artist AssistantBridgewater, New Jersey7th
Sarah Kabot{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 6:21}}34Installation Artist/Sculptor{{cite web | url = http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/bio/sarah | title = Bio: Sarah | year = 2011 | work = Work of Art, Season 2 | publisher = Bravo | location = New York City | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130118102813/http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/bio/sarah | archive-date = January 18, 2013 | url-status = live | access-date = November 10, 2011}}Assistant Art ProfessorCleveland, Ohio6th
Dusty Mitchell32Installation Artist/Sculptor{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 2:34}}Elementary School Art TeacherMountain View, Arkansasrowspan="2"| 5th/
4th
Lola Thompson24Sculptor{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 4:32}}BaristaLos Angeles
Sara Jimenez26Figurative Painter{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 8:12}}Gallery InternNew York Cityrowspan="2"| 3rd/
2nd
Young Sun Han28Performance Artist/Photographer{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 3:52}}Exhibiting ArtistSkokie, IL
Kymia Nawabi30Drawer/Painter{{Cite episode | title = Kitsch Me If You Can | episode-link = Work_of_Art:_The_Next_Great_Artist#Episode_1:_Kitsch_Me_If_You_Can | series = Work of Art: The Next Great Artist | network = Bravo | airdate = October 12, 2011 | season = 2 | number = 1 | minutes = 1:34}}WaitressNew York City1st

{{note|age-season2|Note 1}}: Age at the time of filming.

{{note|resides-season2|Note 2}}: City of residence at the time of filming.

=Contestant progress=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
rowspan="2"| Artists

! colspan="10"| Progress by episode

123{{ref|note-season2|1}}45678910
Kymia

| IN || IN (+) || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:hotpink;"|WINNER

Young

| IN || IN (-) || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:#FBF373;"|RUNNER-UP

Sara

| style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || IN (+) || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:#FBF373;"|RUNNER-UP

Lola

| style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || IN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:tomato;"|LOW ||style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;"|

Dusty

| IN || IN (+) || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;"|

Sarah

| IN || IN (+) || IN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:tomato;"|LOW ||style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH ||style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="2"|

Michelle

| style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || style="background:cornflowerblue;"|HIGH || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW ||style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="3"|

The Sucklord

| style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN (+) || IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="4"|

Bayeté

| style="background:tomato;"|LOW || style="background:limegreen;"|WIN || IN || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="5"|

Tewz

| IN || style="background:tomato;"|LOW || IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"|

Leon

| IN || IN (-) || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="7"|

Jazz-Minh

| IN || IN (-) || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="7"|

Kathryn

| IN || style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="8"|

Ugo

| style="background:lightgrey;"|OUT || style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="9"|

{{note|note-season2|Note 1}}: Young had a two-page spread published in Entertainment Weekly; he did not receive immunity.

:{{Color box|hotpink|border=darkgray}} (WINNER) The artist won the season of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist.

:{{Color box|#FBF373|border=darkgray}} (RUNNER-UP) The artist was a runner-up for the season.

:{{Color box|limegreen|border=darkgray}} (WIN) The artist won that episode's challenge.

:{{Color box|cornflowerblue|border=darkgray}} (HIGH) The artist was selected as one of the top entries in the challenge, but did not win.

:{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} (IN) The artist neither won nor lost that week's challenge. They also were not up to be eliminated.

:{{Color box|tomato|border=darkgray}} (LOW) The artist was selected as one of the bottom entries in the challenge, but was not eliminated.

:{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} (OUT) The artist lost that week's challenge and was out of the competition.

=Episodes=

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 1

|Title= Kitsch Me If You Can

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|10|12}}

|Aux1 = Mary Ellen Mark

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists must use pieces of "bad" art, such as a painting of dogs playing checkers, a velvet cowboy, and a sculptural golden peacock as their canvas.

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Challenge winner: Michelle
Bottom three: Bayeté, The Sucklord, Ugo
Eliminated: Ugo

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 2

|Title= Art Movement

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|10|19}}

|Aux1 = Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

|ProdCode =

|Viewers =

|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists must use parkour, a discipline where participants overcome obstacles using only their bodies to move from point A to point B in the most creative and inventive way possible, as their inspiration.

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Team Loop: Jazz-Minh, Kathryn, Leon, Lola, Tewz, Young
Team Play With Me: Bayeté, Dusty, Kymia, Michelle, Sara, Sarah, The Sucklord

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Challenge winner: Team Play With Me
Individual winner: Bayeté
Bottom three: Kathryn, Lola, Tewz
Eliminated: Kathryn

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 13

|EpisodeNumber2 = 3

|Title= Make It Pop

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|10|26}}

|Aux1 = Rob Pruitt

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The contestants must create a piece of pop art that captures the popular culture of their time.

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Challenge winner: Young
Bottom four: Leon, Dusty, Michelle, Jazz-Minh
Eliminated: Jazz-Minh, Leon

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 4

|Title= Back to School

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|Aux1 = Sarah Jessica Parker

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists are challenged to create a piece of art inspired by the original artwork of the child they are paired with.

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Challenge winner: Kymia
Bottom three: Sara, The Sucklord, Tewz
Eliminated: Tewz

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 5

|Title= Ripped from the Headlines

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|11|9}}

|Aux1 = Adam McEwen

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists must create a piece of art that illustrates a headline which strikes a chord with them.

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Challenge winner: Young
Bottom three: Bayeté, Sarah K., The Sucklord
Eliminated: Bayeté

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 6

|Title= Street Dealers

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|11|16}}

|Aux1 = N/A

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists are challenged to leave their mark on New York with a work that embodies the subversion of street art.

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Challenge winners: Dusty and Young
Bottom four: Lola, Michelle, The Sucklord, Sarah
Eliminated: The Sucklord

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 7

|Title= La Dolce Arte

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|11|30}}

|Aux1 = Liz Cohen

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists must utilize one automobile component from a Fiat 500 and transform it into a piece of art.

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Challenge winner: Sara
Bottom three: Kymia, Lola, Michelle
Eliminated: Michelle

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 8

|Title= Sell Out

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|12|7}}

|Aux1 = Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists work in teams to create a minimum of one piece of art to sell to the public, but that is also worthy of presenting in a gallery show.

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Challenge winners: Sara and Young
Bottom two: Sarah, Dusty
Eliminated: Sarah

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|EpisodeNumber2 = 9

|Title= Exile on Main Street

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|12|14}}

|Aux1 = Richard Phillips

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The artists travel to Cold Springs and choose locals to portrait.

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Challenge winner: Kymia
Bottom three: Sara, Dusty and Lola
Eliminated: Dusty and Lola

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|EpisodeNumber = 20

|EpisodeNumber2 = 10

|Title= Elimination

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2011|12|21}}

|Aux1 = KAWS

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|ShortSummary= Challenge: The finalists present their collections to the judging panel to determine who will be "The Next Great Artist."

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Winner: Kymia
Runners-up: Young, Sara

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Future seasons

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."[http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/blogs/bill-powers/an-alternate-universe?page=0,3 Bill Powers – Work of Art – An Alternate Universe – Blog – Bravo TV Official Site]. Bravotv.com (December 21, 2011). Jerry Saltz, another Work of Art judge, announced via his Vulture blog that he would not return for a third season of the show.Saltz, Jerry. (December 21, 2011) [http://www.vulture.com/2011/12/work-of-art-jerry-saltzs-work-of-art-finale-recap-the-dramas-done.html Jerry Saltz’s Work of Art Finale Recap: The Drama’s Done]. Vulture. 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.[http://galleristny.com/2012/08/bravo-cancels-work-of-art/ Bravo Cancels ‘Work of Art’]. GalleristNY.[http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/bravo-cancels-work-of-art.html Bravo Cancels Work of Art]. Vulture. 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."August, David Ng. (August 22, 2012) [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-work-of-art-bravo-20120821,0,5893572.story Bravo's 'Work of Art' appears unlikely to return for 3rd season]. latimes.com. Work of Art's producers as of August 2012 were approaching other television networks in the hopes of continuing the show's run elsewhere.

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