the destination is not determined
but the journey is documented.
Bonjour!
Bio Hope Curran Lundblad is a multidisciplinary artist and poet based between San Francisco and Semur-en-Auxois, France. Receiving her master's degree from La Sorbonne in fine arts and international vision and a bachelor's honors degree from UC Santa Barbara, Hope has focused on the theme of home throughout her career. Leading various artist residency and retreat programs in San Francisco and Paris through partnership with Transform Arts has given her a global creative community. She and her partner Peter now live in the French countryside focusing on hospitality, craft, and community development through their project The Poetry Factory, sponsored through Fractured Atlas.
Artist Statement Hope is defined as the feeling of expectation and the dream for something to happen. My name has inspired a lifelong creative search for identity, community, and connection. Through installation and performance I cultivate spaces of home and hospitality in unlikely places. My research of HOME continues to take me to distant and intimate places to explore the personal, local and global aspects of belonging. The destination is not determined, but the journey is documented.
Curriculum vitæ
Education
2025 Nuos Formation, Spiritual Direction Formation
2020 Masters II, Panthèon Sorbonne, Paris, MAVI Masters in International Vision, 18/20
2019 Masters I, Panthèon Sorbonne, Paris, Arts Plastiques
2016 BA, University of California Santa Barbara, Art & Global Studies
2014 University California Berkeley, Paris, Study Abroad
2012 Diablo Valley Community College, French Courses, Pleasant Hill, Ca
Solo & Collective Shows
2025 La Fermentation, La Chapelle, Collective show, Burgundy, France
La poésie d’Amour, Photography and Poetry Exhibition, Encinitas
2024 Elements, Poetry Performance, Collaboration Kyano Studios, Paris
Stations of the Cross, Reality San Francisco, Curation & Participant
Renewal Art Residency Show
2023 Already/Not Yet: Creative Collective, Reality SF
Stations of the Cross, Reality SF
RENEWAL, Transform Arts Collective Show
2022 SEA, Collective Exhibition, The Drawing Room SF
What She's Made Of, ODC Dance Theater, Dance Performance , San Francisco
2021 Hermana, Collective Exhibition, Warehouse416, Oakland, CA.
Pass the Piece, Collective Exhibition, Sojourn Arts Gallery, Louisville, KY
Le Printemps de la Poésie, Home Is, Geneva Poetry Festival, Guest Artist
The Type Writer Residency , Created an ongoing poetry project with California-based artists2020
A Year Later, Home is_____? , Female Collective Virtual Exhibition, International ZOOM gathering
La Poésie de la Rencontre, Thesis Exhibition, La Fondation des États Unis Gallery, Paris
SONDER, Collective exposition with Isabelle Hoonan, La Fondation des États Unis Gallery, Paris
2019 HOME IS ______? , Female Collective Exhibition, Le Pavé D’Orsay, Paris
KYANO: Iceland, Poetry-collaboration with Kyano brand, Le 102 Gallery, Paris
Vendange, Collective Photography show, Centre de Genesis, Paris
(In)nerance, Collective show, Bibliothèque de La Sorbonne, Paris
Toi et Moi, Agapé Art : Collective Jazz and art show, Paris
Briller, Collective Art Show, Église du 15ème, Paris
Le Foyer Local, Installation, La Sorbonne Art Gallery, Panthèon Sorbonne
Flatland: Tomas Vu, assistant for installation, La Sorbonne Art Gallery
Atelier de la Saint Valentin, Community Art Event, La Sorbonne
2018 Le Foyer Local, Relational Aesthetics, Installation, Saint Charles La Sorbonne
HOME, Solo Exhibition, Le Pavé D’Orsay, Paris
La Lumière de L’Ombre, Exposition Collaboratif, Espace Tessalonia, Passage Choiseul, Paris
TOGETHER, Photography Installation, Málaga Spain
2017 Sola Scriptura, Agapé Arts, Galerie Nesle, Paris France
La fuite du temps: SENS de l'Art, Photographie, ENS Cachan
L’ere Du Temps? Agapé Arts, Paris France
Dancing with Hope, I left him on the Platform, Genesis Gallery, Paris France
IN VISIBLE, Agapé Arts, Paris France
Step into the Visible, spoken word performance
Send me Home, social community engagement project
2016 ChillaVista, HOPE, Isla Vista, public space installation
But Someone likes You, Honors Exhibition, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
UCSB Undergrad Art Gallery, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
UCSB Undergrad Art Show, Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB
2015 Hopeful for Home, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
Sufficiently Dangerous, Glass Box Gallery UCSB
2014 Chilla Vista Music and Arts Festival, People’s Park, Goleta, Ca.
Speak Easy, Spoken Word Performance
Publications
2025 Clothed in Cathedrals , Handmade poetry publication
True Living, Handmade poetry publication
2024 Pédagogie de l'expérience esthétique et de l'expérimentation en art éditions Mimesis, Paris
2021 Let Light Pass Through, Self-Published book, 150 editions
2020 Darling Magazine Online Editorial
2019 Join the Dots Magazine, Published poems
2018 HOME, Self-Published book of poems and photos, 400 editions
2015-16 The Catalyst, UCSB Art & Literary Magazine
Affiliations
2025 The Poetry Factory: Fiscal Sponsorship of Fractured Atlas
Artist & Nomad: Partnership with Craft & Culture Tours
2024 Haines Gallery, Art Photography
Transform Arts, Curator & Art Residency Director
2023 Renewal Residency: Project Artaud, Space 124, Coordinator and Artist
For Site Foundation & Haines Gallery, Photographer
2022 Haystack School of Craft, Art Assistant
Shotwell Paper Mill, Social Media Coordinator
For-Site Foundation & Haines Gallery: Executive Assistant to Director & Curator Cheryl Haines
2021 Refuge Food Pantry, Volunteer and community garden project coordinator
States Coffee Martinez, Social media coordinator, Hostess & Barista
Let Justice Flow Like a River, Designer for Cru Arts & Culture publication and online exhibition
Alabaster & Co, Art & Faith, Social media brand ambassador
2020-24 Transform Arts: Cru Arts & Culture, Part-time staff member
2019-20 La Fondation des États Unis, Cité Université, Paris, Resident Studio Artist
Art Curator, Le Pavé D’Orsay gallery, A collective exhibition of six international female artists
2018-19 Panthèon Sorbonne: International Tutor, mentor and admin assistant under Yann Tomas
Artist Residencies & Collectives:
Freswick Castle Residency
Space 124: Project Artaud
Haystack School of Craft
Transform Art, Paris
La Fonderie, Paris
Agapé Arts, France
Artestan Art Collective, SINGA International, Paris
2016 Art Curator for UCSB Undergrad Art Show
2012-16 Videographer & Photographer, Isla Vista Church, Goleta, CA.
2015 Writer & Event Planner, The Catalyst Art Journal
2014 Worship & Art Intern, St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara
2010-20 Freelance photographer & blogger, Hopefolio
Clients
Clients
Artist & Nomad
University of San Francisco
Haines Gallery
For Site Foundation
Kyano Studios
Mighty Market
Shotwell Studio
Awards/Honors
2020 La Sorbonne, 18/20, Mention très bien (honors)
2016 UCSB Honors Art
William Dole Scholarship, Community Partnership Award, UCSB Arts Department
2015-16 Golden Eagle Scholar Athlete, USCB Athletic Department
2012 ROP Photography Award, Mount Diablo Unified School District