JANUARY 3, 2025
Submissions open
May 31, 2025 8pm PDT
Submissions close
Week of July 14, 2025
Finalists Announced
September 27, 2025
Exhibition and voting opens
October 17, 2025
Voting closes
October 18, 2025
Winners announced
$2,500.00
Size
25" x 21"
Medium
Handwoven cotton
Generative (In)tension explores how we perceive, misread, and find meaning in patterns. At first glance the woven structure appears orderly but, on closer inspection, subtle colour shifts, optical illusions, and (un)intentional disruptions are revealed. These variations challenge the idea of perfection—a value often prioritized in Western culture that can create exclusion rather than inclusion. As a neurodivergent artist, I draw from both craft traditions and scientific approaches to highlight fragmented, non-linear ways of knowing. The work invites viewers to engage with uncertainty, question assumptions, and consider alternative perspectives shaped by diverse sensory and cognitive experiences.
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Amanda WoodVancouver, British Columbia
Amanda Wood is a neurodivergent, multi-ethnic artist based in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ Nations. Her interdisciplinary practice spans printmaking and weaving, exploring how knowledge lives in the body and in materials. Amanda has received support from the Canada Council and BC Arts Council and is a 2024 SAIC Oxbow Merit Scholar. Her work has recently shown at THIS gallery (Vancouver) and Artcite Inc (Windsor). Through abstraction and translation, she reimagines systems as multisensory experiences rooted in embodied perception.