CHIM Studio Scholarship Winners Archive

Each year, CHIM Studio proudly supports the San Francisco Bay Area MFA Scholarship Program, awarding $6,000 and a solo exhibition at CHIM Studio in Oakland to an outstanding artist. This archive highlights our past scholarship recipients.


2025 Scholarship Winner: Lucia Gonzalez Ippolito


2019 Scholarship Winner: Hayley Jensen

EXHIBIT DATE:  June 8, 9, 15, & 16, from 11 AM – 6 PM                                  

RECEPTION:  June 9, from 4 – 8 PM

Hayley Jensen | Hot and Sad: Coral (2019) | acrylic, gouache, nails on plastic | 18 x 7 in.

Hayley Jensen | Hot and Sad: Coral (2019) | acrylic, gouache, nails on plastic | 18 x 7 in.


2018 Scholarship Winner: Emily Benz

EXHIBIT DATE: June 2, 3, 9, & 10, from 11 AM – 6 PM

RECEPTION: June 3, from 4 - 8 PM

Emily Benz | Good Luck (2017) | 13 x 10 in. | gouache, watercolor on paper, corian

Emily Benz | Good Luck (2017) | 13 x 10 in. | gouache, watercolor on paper, corian