@alexmaceda
Joshua Tree, CA
she/her

Alex Maceda (b.1989) is a Filipina-American artist and writer living in Joshua Tree, CA. Her energetic abstract work and lyrical writing explores the medial spaces between waking and dreaming, reality and imagination, literal and abstract.

Defined by movement, her abstract practice utilizes the physicality of freeform mark-making and experiments with the materiality of paint and its transparency (or lack thereof) to articulate layered, multi-faceted compositions. In her abstract figuration, Alex makes manifest compositions she seems in dreams and meditative states onto canvas. Alex’s paintings have appeared in shows across the US including LA, Portland, Joshua Tree and Miami. She holds a BA in Classical Studies and Studio Art from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

@acd_ny
San Francisco, CA

Amah is a color-focused painter and textile artist. Originally a fashion designer, the Paris born artist began painting in 2019. She holds an Associates in Fashion Design from Parsons, The New School of Design and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Davis. Her works focus on the abstract narrative and psychological meaning of shapes and colors. She splits her time between California and New York.

@amberwaaavesart
Chicago, IL

Amber Penney is an emerging acrylic and mixed media artist based in a suburb of Chicago, IL. Her artwork is inspired by poetry and nature. She uses the imagery of poets' prose to spark an idea for her artwork. Some of her favorite poets are Jane Hirschfield, Mary Oliver, and Amanda Torroni. She enjoys painting with acrylics and watercolors; ranging from expressionism to abstract. She often paints floral landscapes and women in nature to celebrate their resiliency and quiet strength. Amber Waaaves is her artist's name for two reasons; the obvious being a play on words and the second is her philosophical outlook towards life. Accept the ebb and flow of life, and the ocean will set you adrift on an unexpected odyssey filled with wonder. She currently works out of a studio in her home and lives with her husband and six-year-old son.

@2Roads_art
Wolfeboro, NH

Amanda King is an intuitive abstract artist working primarily in acrylics on canvas exploring resiliency through trauma. She grew up in the Southwest before migrating to New Hampshire two years ago. Beginning in oils on canvas at age 10, she taught herself painting after a semester of painting classes and a lifetime of art immersion. Determined to give back and encourage others to keep going, Amanda has been honored to be selected for NYCArtwalk Time Square, Chelsea and Soho shows as well as Van Der Plas Gallery in the Lower East Side.

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@visionsofbutterflies_art
New York City

Raised in New York, Andrea is both a classically trained clarinetist and a mixed media artist. Having studied woodwinds and performed in orchestras across the US and Italy, she began creating her art while continuing her career in music. Her art focuses on the beauty and textures of butterflies and sculpture that she experiences in her travels. She takes natural forms and transforms them into a kaleidoscope of color and complexity, bringing new life to them by combining the intricate elements of their wings. Her art highlights the beauty of nature by warping the familiar into something new and inspiring.

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@anna_sobkowiak_
Poznan, Poland

Anna Sobkowiak is a painter and 2d animator living and working in Poznan, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. International Student Exchange Scholarship at The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague in 2004. She expresses the intensity of life's moments, using riveting vibrant colours and - lately - more feminist themes. The main subject of her works are relations between humans, including their feelings, thinking and acting, and the environment in which they live. Her pieces are held in private collections in Europe and North America.

@ash_chew
NYC

Ashley Chew is an Artist based in New York, NY. Chew's paintings focus on the resilience, rest, regality and visibility of marginalized groups. This is a direct contrast of the trauma depicted across mass media. Chew works across; painting, illustration, murals, installations, dyes, leather goods, hand-lettering, and silkscreening. Chew's work has been featured in Spike Lee's Netflix series "She's Gotta Have It", exhibitions throughout New York City, and is in permanent collection at Centraal Museum in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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@audrey_bertoia
Lyon, France

Audrey Bertoia was born in 1995 in France, in Lyon. She studied graphic design at the Fine Arts of Rennes for 5 years, the city where she currently resides and works as a painter and graphic designer. Her practice primarily revolves around oil painting but also extends to other areas such as design, ceramics, and fashion. Her vibrant paintings often depict figurative compositions, blending reality and fiction.

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@audreycha.art
Montreal, Canada

Audrey Cha is an abstract painter from Montreal, Canada. She's inspired by the themes of solitude, connection, fragilities and resilience of the human condition. Her work aims to portray beauty within suffering. She works mainly with acrylics on canvas, but she's always experimenting with new materials and techniques and she lets herself completely free in her practice.

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@rethinkreframe
Chicago, IL

Bari Wieselman Schulman is an intuitive + experimental modern abstract painter + mixed-media artist obsessed with unique juxtapositions, language, and pushing boundaries with color, contrast, and texture. Immersive journeys that delve the interplay between mental + physical, her work provokes openness to sensory + psychological intensity and exploration of the fluid relationship between what we see + feel and our evolving experience. Chicago-born + rooted in Madrid, Bari earned a PhD in psychology from the University of Chicago. Her background in language + human behavior provides a unique window into the relationships between people, objects, and spaces, and is a critical frame of reference for her work.

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@davilarinaldi
Puerto Rico

Presently living and working in Puerto Rico. In 1979 participated in the GLCA Apprenticeship program (now called the AICAD / New York Studio Residency Program. Has exhibited locally and internationally on many occasions as well as being included in various major private and public collections, including the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico (MAPR), the Ponce Museum and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de PR (MAC). In recent years has participated in various international art fairs including SCOPE and PhotoMiami. His work constantly switches between colorful abstractions and figurative work that often indulges in social issues found in his native Puerto Rico.

@cthdzn
Chicago, IL
she/they

Cath Dizon is an art director whose career spans multiple disciplines. With experiences in branding, editorial, and advertising, she combines these differing points of view along with her fine art proclivities (wow, big word!) to create eclectic visual solutions.

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@_indistinct_chatter
Bermuda / London

Charles Harrop-Griffiths, b.1991, is a London born British Mixed Media artist currently residing in Bermuda. His work balances on the edge of a physical and digital art process in response to the imbalance between reality and technology today. He produces etchings, paintings, photography as well as a wide range of digitally produced images, animations and Virtual Reality experiences. His subjects differ widely, but relate closely to the impact of technology on society. Charles has a background working in the film and architecture industries, and studied Art History BA at University of Nottingham, and Fine Art MA at University of the Arts London.

Windham, New Hampshire
@chelseascreename
she/her

Operating under the artistic persona @chelseascreename, Chelsea identifies as an art brut artist creating vibrant and eclectic mixed media collage pieces. Her thematic focus revolves around feminist issues, particularly delving into the complex realms of infertility, grief, and heartbreak. The IN FERTILITY series, in particular, has gained recognition, earning a spot in the Emerging Artist Category of the Bayou Arts Festival in Houston and featuring as a highlighted artist at the Luminaria Arts Festival in San Antonio.

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@CurrentSpecialties
NYC

Chris Scheuer is a food executive who uses art work as a marketing tool to build brand image. The Brand artistically came to include broad social & political content as our world became Increasingly turbulent over the past years. The drawings & paintings chronicle has been left in Leadership Fairytale Book, Larchmont Scenes Booklet, Videos & Social Media Feeds. It may be The Fairytale leaves answer “How it did happen here”?

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Marseille, France
@colinerohart

Coline Rohart is a French painter based in Marseille, France. She explores mediums with freedom and vibrant colors : oil on canvas to tufting and light sculpture. From the pressures exerted on women she depicts intimate scenes, often referencing self portraiture, influenced by travels and readings. She creates a space for herself and other women to share new narratives. With a Master's Degree in Political Sciences and Innovation, her work has an anthropological approach. She is interested in mythology and mecanisms of domination.

@cynthia_mcloughlin

Cynthia McLoughlin is a contemporary American painter. Her modern, stylized work is characterized by the reflective qualities of the metal panels on which she paints. Living life elevated at 6700' in Park City, Utah, the wide open sky, mountains and outdoor lifestyle are reflected in much of her landscape painting. Her abstract works emerge with introspection, connection to memories and emotions.

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@cynrart
Brooklyn, NY

Cynthia Ruse is a mixed media painter and installation artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her work focuses on safe spaces and narrative fragments.

She is proud to be a graduate of Hunter College, and one of the directors at both 4heads NYC, and the ArtPawn, which is currently enjoying its inaugural season.

@danamariebullock
NYC

Born in 1989, Jamaican-born, abstract painter Dana-Marie Bullock has resided since 2016 in New York City, which serves as her artistic base.

Shaped by her fulfilling, yet often raw, experiences as a social worker in Jamaica, Bullock’s art is rooted in autobiography, social injustice and unconstrained imagination. Her abstract, larger-scale paintings leverage multiple media and comprise an interpretive blend of blurred scribbles and amorphous forms overlaid with a broad array of bold colors and textures. Her paintings represent a modern take on art that explores a myriad of emotions, and targets societal issues such as racial and gender inequality – subjects that society tends to shy away from.

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@debbiedickerart
San Francisco, CA

Debbie Dicker is a San Francisco artist who retired from teaching art five years ago. When presented with the opportunity to obtain certification in open-water scuba diving, she recognized the potential for a world brimming with visual and conceptual inspiration. Since then, Debbie has been capturing underwater photos during her dives, which are a profound muse for her studio work. Her art reflects the magnificence of the natural world, blending her passion for travel and dedication to portraying the beauty beneath the surface.

@_dlaferart_
Boston, MA

Denise Lafer is an Abstract artist living in a suburb of Boston, MA. Her work in inspired by nature and the impact of major life events. Her paintings are often layered to incorporate acrylic, oil stick, graphite, watercolor and pastel. She currently works out of a studio in her home she shares with her husband and two children.

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@agapetata
Santa Fe, NM

Dorothea is a contemporary visual artist based in New Mexico. Experimenting with the abstract form, she freely uses different techniques, styles, materials, she works in a variety of media such as installation, collage, abstract painting and sculpture. Originally from Nauen, Germany, she lived most of her life in Berlin. Since 1999 she has been living and working in New Mexico.

@elainetruongart
NYC

Elaine Truong is an emerging artist best known for her ethereal paintings and sculptures inspired by nature. With her background in materials science, her mediums include paper, canvas, marble, and stone. Elaine is inspired by nature, organic forms, and the intersections of mathematics, science, and art. She currently resides in New York City.

@eliza.baldini
NYC

Eliza has lived in New York for 2 years and is very interested in getting more involved in the New York art scene. She minored in Art History at school in Washington DC and loved exploring galleries and museums there, and she's excited to join a community with similar interests in New York. She works for Salesforce and has been there for 2.5 years, where she designs product demos for media and entertainment companies. She loves trying new restaurants and checking out galleries and museums around the city.

@ellenkantroart
Location: Sarasota, FL + NYC
she/her

Ellen Kantro, a former graphic designer turned corporate executive turned abstract artist, successfully transitioned from the structured world of business, to the vibrant and dynamic realm of abstract art. Her work exudes an unmistakable urban vibe, reflecting the dichotomy of her past and present. Ellen is known for her unconventional textures and techniques and she often incorporates found materials into her work, lending an authentic urban grit to her pieces. Old maps, torn posters, discarded packing, and construction materials find their way into her creations, adding elements of surprise and discovery for the viewer.

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@ellen_the_lemon
Ann Arbor, MI

Ellen Sherman is an abstract artist working out of Ann Arbor, Michigan. She received her BFA in Studio Art from Michigan State University and has been a full time artist since 2011. Ellen’s work explores what happens when controlled elements meet the uncontrolled, and seeks to give these fleeting moments a physical life through thinned acrylic paint, canvas and wood.

@emilycatesabree
New York City

Emily Cate Sabree (b.1981) is an oil painter and mixed media artist. Originally from Jackson, Mississippi, Sabree lives and works in Manhattan. Emily is a member of the Art Students League of New York where she studied portraiture and figure painting with Obama portrait artist, Sharon Sprung. A former art educator, Emily has degrees in museum studies and curriculum and instruction.

Sabree has exhibited at the Highline Stages and the Painting Center in Chelsea. Her work is in private collections across the United States. In 2022, Emily was an artist in residence at JX Farms. In early 2023, Emily's work was included in MYTHOS curated by Clintel Steed, Postcards From Paradise at Voss Gallery, and the Affordable Art Fair with treat gallery. In summer 2023, Emily will be curating several group exhibitions with New York City area galleries and her work will be on display at the Nordstrom NYC Flagship home store.

@erin_eberle
Portland, OR
she/they

A painter and long-time meditation practitioner, Erin’s work explores the physical, mental, and spiritual realms of what it means to be human in these modern times, often through abstract landscapes.

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@erinkatearcher
NYC

Erin Kate Archer is a New York-based artist & illustrator with an ethereal, magical style. Her work calms, comforts, and transports. from immersive fairytale landscapes and glowing high-key celestial pieces to charming flora & fauna and children’s book illustrations – Erin makes what was once a static image a tranquil visual journey.

@erinstarrartist
Rhode Island
she/her

Erin Starr is an award-winning international artist living in Rhode Island, USA. She is an elected artist member of the Artist League of Rhode Island, Hera Gallery, the National Association of Women Artists, and Shared Habitat Earth. Erin’s work serves as a profound dialogue between our planet’s crisis and her creative expression. In response to environmental challenges, her work conveys a message about the abstract beauty of natural elements. Erin’s paintings represents a changing landscape and the pressing issues with dire consequences for our world in unique and beautiful way.

@gabriellamazza_arte
NYC

Gabriella Mazza is an Italian-born painter, textile artist, and linguist based in New York City. Her work illustrates the beauty and enigmatic allure of the spirit world through various manifestations of the female divine, in an attempt to understand what lies beyond the physical plane.

Gabriella has taken classes at the New York Academy of Art, SVA, Cooper Union, and the New York School of the Arts. Solo shows include Ode to the Goddess and Beyond Beauty at the School of Visual Arts’ ContinuED Project Space. She has also exhibited with Satellite Art Show in Miami as well as in New York with Paradice Palase, Chashama, The Factory, Local Project Art Space, Departure Studios, and the Greenpoint Gallery. She is an MFA/MA in Art History Candidate at SUNY Purchase, NY.

@hayleyferber
Brooklyn, NY
she/her

Hayley Ferber is a contemporary arts facilitator, curator, educator and artist living in Brooklyn, New York. In her current role as Associate Director of Operations at The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center and previous role as Deputy Director of Chashama, she supports a creative community of multidisciplinary artists. She has curated exhibitions for The Clemente, Equity Gallery, New York Artists Circle, Robert Berry Gallery, and the Yard: Williamsburg, among others. As a visiting curator, Hayley has worked with artists from Residency Unlimited, the NARS Foundation, Kunstraum LLC and ChaNorth, and has served as guest juror for Apexart, Brooklyn Arts Council, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and Queens Council on the Arts. Hayley's personal artistic practice explores nautical and maritime themes through artist books and printmaking.

@heather_abshire
Astoria, NY
she/her

Heather Abshire is a contemporary artist living and working in Queens, NY. She earned her BFA from Marywood University and has exhibited and is featured in private collections nationwide. Heather uses her art to examine and re-frame her anxieties and introspection. Her work is surreal, with moments of figurative components and complementary colors. In each piece, the subject matter is distorted and isolated from its context to re-illustrate stories and representations of human nature. Through painting or collage, her art explores thoughts around mental health and sheds light on disordered thinking we’ve all fallen victim to in some way or another.

@heatherhundart
San Francisco, CA & Taos, NM

Heather Hund (b. 1983) is an abstract artist living and working in San Francisco, California. Her work aims to capture the inexplicable moments of aliveness that take us out of ourselves, even for a moment. Color and expressive brushstrokes are instrumental parts of her work, and her layered washes create an airy lightness, a translucent veil that we find ourselves looking through to see what lies underneath. She often includes contrasting marks or colors – representations of the beauty that is always there. She holds an MA in Art History from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Stanford.

@heatherstivison
South Dartmouth, MA
she/her

Heather Stivison is an award-winning visual artist whose work has been exhibited in museums, universities, and galleries across the United States and in juried shows in Europe and Asia. She believes in the importance of serving the arts community and her fellow artists. She currently serves as the president of South Coast Artists, Inc. She is an elected Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and serves on the Board of NAWA’s Massachusetts Chapter. Stivison is a former museum director, former president of both the New Jersey Association of Museums, and the Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums. She is a published author and is currently writing her second nonfiction book. A recipient of a research grant from the Arts & Crafts Research Fund, she has written and lectured on various topics within in that field. She is represented at Pleiades Gallery in New York City and by Imlay Gallery on Artsy. Stivison creates her work in Hatch Street Studios, New Bedford, MA.

@jbermudezart
Miami, FL
she/her

Jacqueline Bermudez was born in 1979 in Orlando, FL. She was raised in Caracas, Venezuela and has been living in Miami since 1991. As a child, she was always surrounded by art museums and the cultural world in Venezuela. Her passion for creating art started her senior year in High School. Life took many turns and went in a different direction while she raised a family. She got back to her art in 2016 out of curiosity, brought out her old oil paint tubes and started painting portraits. She was very fortunate to have paintings accepted in three exhibits in 2020. She exhibited at the Woman Made Gallery in Chicago and the 81st Annual Crocker Kingsley Exhibit at the Blue Line Arts Gallery in California. Her connection to her practice is very much spiritual and introspective. Her paintings often have bright colors, bold patterns and the use of animals and plants as symbolism for her own personal growth.

@jalenajoon
Brooklyn, NY
she/her

Jalena Hay is an abstract artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her drawings are crafted with specific permanent materials. Using tools like pen and ink, she creates spaces of safety. The work comes from a place of searching, trying to understand the enviornments we inhabit and explore. The roles we play in life and the places it takes us.

Born and raised in Southern California, she moved to New York City to study Drawing and Printmaking at Pratt Institute. During her time at Pratt, she had the privilege of studying under the mentorship of acclaimed artists like Thomas Bosket and Jennifer Melby. Her passion for Printmaking led her to an intensive lithography course in Amsterdam. Jalena currently shows her work in Callicoon, NY and has been recently published in Suboart Magazine.

@jalinka_gressmann
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jalinka Gressmann is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. She has a background in commercial creative studies such as interior design, 3D design, and autonomous sculpture. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art - Intermedia from the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2004. After a couple of sideroads, she has been fully committed to creating art since 2020. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in private collections in the USA, Netherlands, Brazil, Germany, and Belgium.

Jalinka is an artist who creates mixed-media paintings and collages that explore and communicate concepts of mysticism, nature, and freedom through surrealistic and symbolic narratives. She draws inspiration from various sources and uses all her senses, including her dreams, to create balanced compositions featuring figurative and abstract work. This associative and experimental process lingers between intuitive and conceptual procedures of creating.

@jamieorrart
Rockaway Beach, NY
she/her

Jamie is an abstract artist living and working in Rockaway Beach, New York. After graduating college with a double major in Psychology and Visual Arts, she pursued a masters degree in behavioral psychology. Jamie enjoyed a 14 year career working with children and adults on the autism spectrum before making the decision to pursue art full time in 2021. Jamie’s paintings are based in subtle color and texture combinations drawn from the coastal landscape. What comes through in each piece is some combination of gathered visual inspiration from nature, remembered life experiences and the feelings that remain long after a moment has passed. She feels that more than anything else, the act of creating is a meditative experience. It's her hope to convey that experience through her paintings.

@jazsalyn
NYC

JAZSALYN'S work begins where fiction and reality collide. As an anti-disciplinary artist, she combines new media and community organizing practices to reimagine Black futures.

As the Creative and Curatorial Director of black beyond, a radical space for artists and activists to define alternate realities for Blackness, JAZSALYN collaborates with Black and non-Black co-liberators to decolonize and re-indigenize social and creative practice. Through black beyond, she curates a series of programs, artist talks, workshops, performances, as well as a monthly segment titled 'alternate realities' on Dublab Radio. Her work has been featured in CULTURED Magazine, Vogue, The New Yorker, and Huffington Post. Exhibitions and panels such as TEDx Durham and Textiles as a Second Skin at MoogFest.

@art_by_jency_15il
Queens, NY

Jency Sekaran, a New York City based multimedia artist. Sekaran’s artwork explores themes of identity, womanhood & the impact of being a 3rd culture child in today’s society as an Indian-American.

Through printmaking and embroidery, Jency is able to feel closer to her ancestors and create work that depicts the story of powerful brown women breaking free of cultural and societal norms. Using images that respond to breaking societal and cultural norms of both American and South Asian upbringing by having women in different body types, melanated skin posed in indowestern clothing. The background of Jency’s art incorporates different henna patterns and scientific imagery signifying strength and abundance. Representing that they are a hybrid of their different cultural expectations.

@sica.fineart
Detroit, MI

Sica is an abstract artist who delves deep into the intangible realms of emotion and transformation. A harmonious blend of hues and fluid forms conveys the delicate balance of ebb and flow, capturing the dance between creation and fading away.

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@jessicakrausesmithstudio
Brooklyn, NY

Jessica graduated from Skidmore College in 1997, with a concentration in Studio Art (dual major in painting and graphic design) and moved to New York City. Along with painting continuously, Jessica has worked in media, fashion and advertising as a graphic designer in New York City for over 25 years. She is also an avid photographer. Jessica is a fraternal twin in a family of six who grew up alternating between upstate New York and Westport Harbor, MA every summer. Her studio is in Greenpoint, Brooklyn and she lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY with her husband and 9 year old daughter.

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@joannapilarczyk
London, UK

Joanna Pilarczyk is a London-based contemporary figurative painter and art educator. Born in Poland, Pilarczyk studied at the Art University in Zielona Gora. She holds an MA degree in Visual Arts and Art Education.

After moving to London over a decade ago, Joanna immediately fell in love with the city. Amazed and entranced by diverse cultures and the vibrant energy, she began to paint oil portraits of new acquaintances and friends within the artist community of North London.

@kaarinamackenzie
Woodstock, NY

Kaarina Chu Mackenzie is a Taiwanese-American artist based out of Woodstock, NY. Born in the states but raised in Beijing, Kaarina’s work explores themes of transcultural identity through vibrant, emotional and textural large scale oil paintings inspired by her photography. The scenes and people Kaarina paint are fleeting moments capturing the candid and shared human experience that transcends cultural boundaries.

@kaira.villanueva

Kaira Villanueva (b. 1991) is a multimedia artist probing the boundaries between science fiction narratives and natural phenomena. Her background in technology and human rights influences her process of world-building environments, displaying fictional timelines of planetary existence. Toggling between editing environments in game engines, filming interviews of climate disasters, rendering oil paintings, and writing poetic responses, Kaira leans on various mediums to explore the spiritual fervor in ecology.

@kaelee.helms
NYC
she/her

Kaelee is an interior designer specializing in hospitality and exhibition design at a firm in New York City. Also practicing as an oil painter, her work merges the aesthetic allure of two-dimensional art with the practical functionality of three-dimensional objects and spaces.

@kweil.art
NYC

Kaley Weil is a Los Angeles and New York based artist. She earned her BFA in Art and Psychology from Northwestern University and is currently pursuing her MFA in Fine Arts from The New York Academy of Art. Weil’s work explores the complexities of femininity, sexuality, and American consumer culture with the goal of destigmatizing female sexuality, promoting body positivity and empowering all women to embrace and fight for control over their bodies. Weil had her first solo exhibition, titled WomenTM, in 2021, and has participated in an assortment of group exhibitions. Her artwork has been featured in multiple short films, music videos, fashion partnerships and NFT collaborations.

@kdavisstudio
Greensboro, NC
she/her

Katie received her M.F.A. in painting at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is an Assistant Professor at Columbus College of Art & Design. Her work shows nationally, and she is represented by Sarah Gormley Gallery in Columbus, as well as K-Art Projects in Miami, Florida. Katie’s paintings have shown at venues such as The Painting Center in Chelsea, NY, SOFA Chicago, WomanMade Gallery in Chicago, and The Redline Contemporary Art Center in Denver, CO. She is the recipient of two Greater Columbus Arts Council Professional Artist Awards, and her work has been published in New American Paintings, Archer Magazine, IPNA 10, Archer Magazine, and was featured on a book cover published by Berghan Books.

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@katherineparkerart
Hoboken, NJ

Katherine Parker is a painter of large, layered abstract painting. Originally from NC ,Parker relocated to NYC to receive her MFA from Columbia University 30 years ago.

Her work has been shown at numerous galleries and museums in the NY, NJ area including Spanierman Modern, Heidi Cho, Carrie Haddad, Littlejohn Accola, Gary Snyder, PS1 MOMA,The Jersey City Museum, The Newark Museum, The Hunterdon Museum and more. She has received numerous grants and residencies.

In October she takes off for Paros ,Greece to attend the Cycladic arts residency and exhibit her work there. Her paintings were most recently seen at Spanierman Modern, Summer Show, NYC

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@keerimkim
NYC

Keerim Kim is a painter from Seoul, South Korea who lives and works in New York City. She earned her BA degree from Hunter College, NY., and her works have been included in Solo and Group exhibitions in Seoul and New York.

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@kileyames
Inglewood, CA

Kiley Ames lives and works in Los Angeles and Oakland, CA. She received her BA in History from UCLA, a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Ames has been awarded residencies in Beijing and Shanghai as well as Leipzig, Germany. She is the recipient of multiple grants and exhibited both nationally and internationally. In addition to her own studio practice, she was a freelancer at Annie Leibovitz Studio for almost ten years. Recent exhibitions include her first museum exhibition, Figures, at the American University Museum in Washington, D.C., In the Labyrinth, New York University Kimmel Galleries. Ames was recently selected to create a public work for the Los Angeles Metro, More People Than You Know. She recently published her first monograph, “Fighting the Good Fight: A Breast Cancer Journey.”

@kimdidonatoart
Washington, DC
she/her

Kim DiDonato is an abstract painter based in Washington, DC. Her work features landscape-inspired abstract and figurative imagery drawn from a wide range of influences. After a career in international development, she studied painting and sculpture in Washington, New York and London. She continues to find inspiration in travel; her most recent series of work explores the intense colors, shapes and textures of New Mexico’s desert landscapes. Here work is shown in several galleries in the Washington region and in Key West Florida.

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@kitporterstudios
Beaufort, SC

American artist Kit Porter has long been fascinated by the effects of time on the environment and the transformation of objects within it. She employs the language of abstraction in a painting practice that focuses on the relationship between time and change, and the seen and unseen. She is interested in the concept of diminution—the reduction in the size or extent of something—as it applies to the natural world, and was initially inspired by the unique way that the sea and weather softens and wears down the edges on objects like shells and plastics. Her paintings “fragment natural forms to act as a metaphor for the fragility of the physical world.”

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@veryfinaart
NYC

I was born and grew up in Hong Kong, and my formative years were spent in the territory of Guam, where I studied painting and photography at the University of Guam. Since arriving in New York City in 2012, I have been involved with the community by creating art workshops and participating in public art projects. The idea of reusing and recycling has shaped my socially conscious paintings. I create paintings on cardboard that share my vision of urban sensibility in times of climate change.

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@laureybennettlevy
NYC + LA

Laurey Bennett-Levy is an abstract artist practicing in both LA & NY working collaboratively with interior designers and art collectors.

She earned a BA in Fine Arts at S.U.N.Y Albany where she studied painting. Bennett-Levy has shown in an extensive juried gallery and museum shows and her work is collected in private homes and public spaces.

In addition to painting, Bennett-Levy is an art advocate and has served in multiple fellowships to support arts education for the underserved. Founder of "impART Council", she currently nurtures artpreneurs to assist with streamlining their careers in her free Sunday Zoom Speaker Series offering experts speakers and resources.

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@LeighBrooklynArt
Cleveland, OH

Leigh Brooklyn was born and raised outside of Cleveland, Ohio where she earned a degree in Biomedical Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2011. After working with several hospitals, museums, and research facilities throughout the area she traveled the country pursuing street photography. After switching her focus back to figurative art, Brooklyn later went on to understudy a nationally acclaimed sculptor and earn her welding certification for use in her sculptural work. After a personal upheaval in late 2019, Brooklyn narrowed her focus toward women and women empowerment. She has won countless national and international awards for her art since 2004 and her work has been displayed in galleries, museums, and art fairs around the country.

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@_lena_studio_
Bratislava / Prague

Lena is a visual artist with her primary practices being predominantly painting and drawing, however, these might be seen as dominant instruments for expanding into other formats and disciplines such as writing and text-based work, object, and installation. The majority of her work comes from the borderline between the process of destruction and creation. She investigates the correlation between these two actions, their similarities, differences, and everything that happens within the transformation of one to another. Lena's artwork has been exhibited in capitals all over Europe. After living in Lisbon she spends the majority of her time between Bratislava and Prague.

@liliaziamou
NYC
she/her

Lilia Ziamou is a Greek and American interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. Her work alludes to the female body transformed through technological intervention: physical or virtual, and spans sculpture, installation, lens-based works, and works on paper.

A professor at The City University of New York in the areas of innovation and technology, she chose to reenter the student world, obtaining her Master’s from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Her training at the nexus of art and technology, as well as her research, contribute to an idiosyncratic approach, whereby the body is seen as a site of invention.

@margerygosnellqua
Remsenburg, NY
she/her

Margery received an MFA in Painting and an MS in Art History from Pratt Institute in 1996, traveling abroad to study Painting in Tuscany and Art History in Venice, Italy. She begins each series by painting watercolor studies on location to immerse herself in her subject. She completes large oils in her studio using studies as springboards to her original experience. Much of her experience from an early age has been by the bays and ocean beaches on Eastern Long Island, NY.

Ms. Gosnell-Qua’s paintings are in private and public collections in the US and Europe. She is a recipient of an Andy Warhol Preserve Artists Fellowship (Montauk, NY 2021), The 2023 Estes Valley Plein Air 2023 Fellowship (Estes Park, CO), the NYFA Special Opportunity Stipend (2010) and is a NYFA Mark09 participant.

@marinachisty
NYC

Marina Chisty, a Russian-American artist based in NYC. Nurturing her artistic talent from a young age in a Russian children's art school, her roots influence her affinity for abstraction and symbolic use of color. With a background in economics, including an MA in the U.S., Marina infuses her art with a concrete purpose, aspiring to make a humanitarian impact, particularly in supporting women. Her commitment to women's rights is evident in her portraits, which transcend racial, socio-economic, and physical barriers, advocating for equal perspectives and mutual support. Currently pursuing an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she continues to refine her practice, experimenting with new techniques from her NYC studio, having honed her skills at the Art Students League of New York and through private tutelage in both the U.S. and Russia.

@marissaapstein
NYC

Marissa Apstein, born in 1992 and based in New York City, is an accomplished artist with a BA in Studio Art from the University of Richmond. Working primarily with oil paints, Marissa draws inspiration from the ordinary moments that shape our memories. Her work transcends the mundane, offering a unique perspective on everyday experiences. Marissa’s art has been showcased internationally and virtually, most recently at Galerie Tracanelli in Grenoble, France, and the Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City.

@marleekatz
Brooklyn, NY

Marlee Katz Snow is a gallerist and art collector from the Midwest. Her expertise lies in the emerging art market, and she founded the late Tchotchke Gallery in 2020. Marlee and her husband are building a figurative-focused painting collection in their cozy Brooklyn home. Relationship building with artists and supporting their growth is extremely important, as well as making the art world more accessible and transparent. Marlee, her husband, and their dog, Butter, love living in East Williamsburg, close to many artist studio buildings.

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@martaabbott
Rome, Italy

Marta Alexandra Abbott is a Czech-American artist in Rome. Her fascination with the natural world and our relationship with it today as well as throughout history, has always informed her work. Marta’s mediums and methods are interdisciplinary, but focus on water and oil based mediums as well as organic matter on paper and canvas. She often uses inks and pigments she makes herself from natural substances found and foraged from both wild and unexpected domestic spaces.

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@massimo.meo
Montreal, QC

Massimo Meo is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal, Quebec. His work centers on the relationship between the rigidity and delicate nature of the layered mediums. This balance is integral in his process, but more importantly, it reflects a clash of conflicting internal struggles. Most recently, he has been focused on the theme of control, and within this, a reminder of how untenable this is to achieve.

@weirdlittlelines
Brooklyn, NY
she/her

Marianna Phillips is an emerging artist based in New York City. She creates installation art and illustration under the alias WEIRD LITTLE LINES. She is currently drinking tea and working on projects in fashion, entertainment, and education.

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@maureencantara
NYC

Maureen Cantara is best known for her layered acrylic paintings that incorporate graphite, charcoal, soft pastel and oil stick, which have been blended, rubbed, and mixed together, guided by a quest for balance.

Maureen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Boston College and studied painting, collage and sculpture at The Art Students League in NYC. Recently, Maureen was in Skagaströnd, Iceland at NES Artist Residency focusing on her painting practice. Additionally, she was a resident at Pocoapoco in Oaxaca, Mexico, a residency which facilitated research, conversation and connection surrounding creative purpose, work, and process.

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@Meenals.Corner
New York City

Meenal is a visual artist based in New York. Working across mediums, her work seeks to portray and interpret the mystery, and beauty of life. Underpinning her art is the mantra Om Shanti (Om, peace)

@artbymegan
KensIngton, Maryland

Megan Elizabeth is an abstract painter inspired by fleeting moments, light and shadow. As a woman and an artist, Megan recognizes the power of nature. She has the opportunity to follow a creative path and, in doing so, honors the women in art history who laid the foundation for female artists. After all, her work explores the dichotomy within the feminine world.

@meredithwalkerstudio
Columbia, SC
she/her

Meredith Walker (b. 1990) is a self-taught painter based in Columbia, SC. She began painting in 2019 as a way of coping with and understanding her experience with postpartum depression. Since then, her practice has evolved into an expression of acceptance and celebration of her role as a mother, daughter, and granddaughter. Meredith incorporates elements of traditional female crafts and is inspired by folk art and textiles, travel, and her daughters’ uninhibited nature.

@meuffyart
Seattle, WA
she/her

Meuffy’s painterly language is characterized by her intuitive use of vibrant and ethereal color juxtapositions, dynamic brushstrokes, and soft textures, creating a sense of otherworldly beauty and mystery. Meuffy predominantly features the feminine figure, rendering her paintings with movement, emotion, and empowering compositions. Meuffy’s paintings both celebrate and explore the vulnerabilities of humanity, femininity, self-acceptance, and the interconnectedness of all things. Her recent work leans into raw, noncomformist femininity and sensuality. In rebellion against performative and aspirational femininity often imposed by the male gaze, Meuffy focuses on themes of connection to the inner child, intimacy and vulnerability, and surrender to Self.

@ratxchicks
Bushwick/Ridgewood, NY

Michelle Im is a Korean American artist working in Queens, New York. In her work, she explores ideological tensions that she has experienced growing up in both the United States and South Korea. Creating intricate patterns in her ceramics is in part, a way to marry two diametrically opposed systems of culture- individualism and collectivism.

@michaeljamescisarik
Houston, Texas

Michael James Cisarik is an emerging abstract artist based in Houston, Texas. After attending the University of Texas at Austin for his undergrad and master’s degrees, he currently works full time in the energy industry and began painting for the first time in 2020. Cisarik’s work tends to be large-scaled and hyper-minimalist, focusing on large color blocks paired with contrasting, meticulously placed colorful accents, gritty textures, and delicate scrawls to evoke a state of movement. His mediums typically include a combination of acrylic and oil paints, charcoal, pastel, and graphite. Cisarik is currently represented in Houston, Round Top, and Austin, Texas, Charleston, Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona, and Santa Fe. Description goes here

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@micheidi_studio
Boston, MA

Michelle Lander Feinberg Is an abstract artist from Massachusetts. Her bold and colorful paintings have been exhibited internationally in galleries, stores, restaurants, hospitals, libraries, and offices. Although not inherently brave, she has donated a kidney and walked on fire.

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@notanoenophile
NYC

Miley Sung is an eccentric artist originally from Taiwan, currently resides in Brooklyn. Her unique paintings express her emotional connection to the cocktails she indulges and the plants she tends. Miley uses vibrant colors and techniques to manifest her vision of marrying the two subjects in an unconventional way. As someone who is very in tune with her emotions she would like people to feel the same sensations through her art.

@miribuckland
NYC
she/her

Miri Buckland is the COO and co-founder of LANDING, Gen Z’s Pinterest. Landing is a social commerce platform with visual creativity and community at its heart. With over 1M app downloads, 10M images uploaded, and hundreds of thousands of collages created each month, Landing is paving the way for next-gen social apps built with and for their global communities. By trade, Miri is a marketer, community builder and consumer tech operator. She co-founded the Collective Media movement and has raised over $9M in venture financing for Landing.

Miri grew up in London, U.K. and began her career in Corporate Strategy at Sky TV, where she discovered her passion for consumer brands and her identity as a ‘creative’. In 2017, Miri moved to the U.S. to earn her MBA at Stanford University where she met her cofounder Ellie and embarked on a mission to empower everyone to be and feel creative. Miri also holds a B.A. in Economics from Oxford University and was a 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 recipient.

@monairhyman
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
she/her

Monair Hyman is an award winning contemporary painter whose practice encompasses painting, drawing and collage. She graduated with a BA 1st class honours in Fine Art Painting. Since then she has gone on to have solo shows at the American Academy in Rome (studio/ artist scholar programme), La Nau, Museu d'art de Sabadell, Barcelona amongst others. Group shows include V&A Museum Academy, London, Palazzo Albrizzi Capello, Venice and Arte Borgo Gallery, Rome. Hyman's research explores personal narratives and the complexities of love, historical archives and the vulnerability of bodies and the possibilities of tracing absence through the lens of pattern and decoration. Her work is in a number of private and public collections in Europe, USA and Australia.

@mrobidoux
Scaresdale, NY
she/her

After graduating with a BFA in Apparel Design from the Rhode Island School of Design Monique moved to New York City to start a career in fashion. She worked mainly in the women’s dress sector, at various price points from hi-end designer to moderate. At a certain juncture she realized that computer skills were becoming essential, and she returned to school for Web Design and New Media at the Academy of Art University receiving an MFA in 2013. Throughout her design career, she painted – landscapes, portraits of people, animals, and homes, mostly in watercolor. This became a business doing commissions alongside her career.

@bymelving
Florence, SC

Morgan Elvington Walker, holding a BFA from Clemson University, earned the nickname Melvin G. during her studies in Orvieto, Italy. It comes from her first initial and part of her maiden name. This became her signature on all her work. She lives in Florence, SC, with her husband Michael and their children, Liza and Ward.

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@natalia_petkov
NYC

Natalia Petkov explores concepts of interconnectivity through material collection and interventional processes. Beginning with long observational walks, she experiments with collected materials such as grass clippings, dead birds or dug up trash from the ocean. Using artistic methods such as photography, video, and installation, Petkov transforms the scavenged materials into art. Petkov earned her MFA from Pratt Institute in 2021 and continues to live and work in New York City.

@nataliya.fedun
The Netherlands
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Nataliya Fedun was born in Lviv, Ukraine. Nataliya went to Lviv National Academy of Arts where she has obtained her master’s degree in graphic art and design. Currently Nataliya is living in the Netherlands. Through art Nataliya is reflecting her inner feelings, moods, experiences, imagination. Her compositions are dynamic, balanced and expressive. Currently she is working on the serie of artworks where she simplify architectural elements visualized through a gradientual hues of the light play. She is inspired by the tones of sunrise and sunset. In her other project Nataliya is experimenting with the movement and the rhythm in a static artwork.

@dezannathalie_artist
Jersey City, NJ

Nathalie De Zan, a French photographer artist born in 1985 in Toulouse, France, shares a profound bond with her twin sister, a theme often reflected in her artwork. Introduced to art at a young age by her grandmother, she pursued her passion by attending a children’s art school. Graduating with a Master of Fine Art from Jaurès University of Toulouse in 2010, she delved into the world of French and German tales during her university years. Inspired by her internship at the Collège de France in Paris, where she learned photographic studio techniques under Patrick Imbert, Nathalie held her first exhibition in 2009, marking the beginning of her artistic journey. Exploring influences from her dreams, her works evolved to encompass autobiographical narratives intertwined with elements of feminism, pop art, and erotica. Following a transformative trip to Japan in 2016, Nathalie's artistic vision expanded, infusing her creations with perspectives and sharp shapes. Since moving to the United States in 2017, she's been sharing her colorful and surreal artwork in exhibitions across France, Italy, and the United States.

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@locuststreetstudios
Beverly, MA

Paula Borsetti’s work reflects her love of color and the natural environment of New England. She borrows colors, patterns, textures, forms and movement to express herself.

Her Coastal series is influenced by the environment and her PALS series is inspired by a dear friend living with ALS. While being an art educator for almost 3 decades fed her creativity, Paula is now painting full time. Paula’s work is exhibited locally, virtually and is in several private collections. goes here

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@pavlinavagioni
Houston, TX + Athens, Greece

Pavlina Vagioni is a multimedia artist interested in the contemporary interpretation and relevance of classical myths. She exhibits widely across the US and internationally, and her work has been featured in international art publications and books.

@phoebe_jamieson
New York City
she/her

Phoebe Jamieson is an Australian artist who has found her home in the vibrant city of New York. Her abstract expressionist works (in painting and ceramics) invite you on a transformative journey where abstract forms and expressive strokes evoke a sense of raw emotion, vulnerability, and humility. Drawing inspiration from the ideas of Carl Jung, these artworks invite introspection and self-discovery. The Inner Child, a symbol of innocence, curiosity, and untapped potential, becomes the focal point of exploration. Through a balance of vibrant and muted colors, each piece captures the essence of this internal world, revealing hidden layers of the self. The abstract nature of these artworks allows for individual interpretation and personal connection. Each brushstroke conveys a powerful emotion, inviting viewers to reflect on their own inner landscapes. The humble nature of the artwork reminds us of the importance of embracing our vulnerability and honoring our authentic selves.

@preetivarmastudio
NYC

Preeti Varma is a visual artist based in New York, whose practice encompasses painting, mixed media, and photography. Her experience as a global migrant deeply influences her exploration and understanding of identity, connection, memory, movement and belonging in her art. Drawing from her encounters with diverse urban landscapes across the East and West, Preeti's art speaks to the fluid nature of space and the profound impact of the physical and emotional interactions within these spaces. Varma's art celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the interconnectedness of our experiences, offering viewers a reflection on their own identities, connections and liminal experiences. Description goes here

@poonamthim / @maaliciousjewelry
NYC
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Poonam Thimmaiah is the visionary behind Maalicious Jewelry, a platform dedicated to empowering women artisans worldwide to create statement jewelry that's steeped in culture. Drawing inspiration from art, nature and the spirit of womanhood, Poonam is deeply passionate about ethically handcrafted products. With a background in engineering, she worked for financial giants like Barclays and JPM before embracing her true calling as a jewelry designer. Beyond her creative pursuits, Poonam finds joy in exploring new destinations and cherishing precious moments with her two toddler boys.

@realest_rach
Salem, Oregon
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Rachel Wood is an acrylic abstract painter located in Salem, Oregon and she began her full time art career in 2020. After obtaining her bachelor's degree in nursing, Rachel worked as a registered nurse but left the medical field to pursue painting. Her work is inspired by her most poignant memories and interactions with nature. Moments that range from scuba diving on pristine coral reefs in Fiji, all the way to her memories of the flowers in her grandmothers garden. Rachel seeks to offer the same experience of getting lost in the beauty and feeling of nature.

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@rodrigoveloso_art
Brooklyn, NY

Rodrigo Veloso is a Portuguese Artist based in Brooklyn, New York. With a Master's degree in Architecture, Rodrigo pays special attention to texture, where the oil pastel is the key element in his work. He's interested in different cultures, nature, humans and the relation between both. His practice is very much influenced by his travels to territories very different from his home, from South America (Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina) and Africa (Egypt, Mozambique) or even New York City. These experiences shape his body of work. Rodrigo has exhibited work in Lisbon, New York, Paris and Madrid.

@shawn_marshall_art
Kentucky
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Shawn Marshall is a Kentucky-based mixed media artist and visual arts educator. She teaches sculpture, ceramics, and architectural design in Louisville, KY. Her abstract work explores the connection between human presence and the environment. Using carefully selected and often discarded materials such as paper, wallpaper, cardboard, paper towels, and various types of paint, she creates intricate webs and imprints of our existence.

Marshall earned a Master of Architecture with a Minor in Fine Art from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. Her work has been published in Art Seen Magazine, Contemporary Collage Magazine, Thought Art Magazine, and others. She is represented by Viridian Artists in New York, NY, New Editions Gallery in Lexington, KY, Chauvet Arts in Nashville, TN, and her website is shawnmarshallart.com.

@simmisingh_
NYC

Simmi Singh is a self-taught artist who has dedicated several years to refining her craft, primarily working with watercolor, acrylic, textiles, and layered collages. Her artistic journey has seen exhibitions at venues across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Beyond showcasing her work, Simmi curates distinctive creative events aimed at inspiring others to explore their own artistic potential. Born in Pune, India, Simmi draws profound inspiration from her bicultural heritage. Her family's involvement in an artisan community crafting traditional Indian handicrafts deeply influences her artistic process. In homage to her roots, she infuses her pieces with vibrant colors and intricate patterns reminiscent of Indian textiles. Raised on the East Coast, Simmi navigates the complex intersection of her Indian and American identities, reflected in her art through themes of cultural duality.

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@spivakovasart
Southern California

Sofiia Spivakova is a contemporary artist from Ukraine who is currently based in Southern California. People, particularly women, serve as her primary source of inspiration, as Sofiia strives to convey their diverse range of emotions, feelings, and states through her artwork, ultimately emphasizing their worth and significance.

@sophunart
Montauk, NY
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Sophia is a mixed media artist who concentrates on the abstractions associated with the patterns in nature. Her work combines fabrics, technical drawings, and vivid colors that collage together a composition that highlights the rhythms within her subject. Her intention is to connect humans to nature in a positive way by showing the similarities in pattern and confirming our role in the world as contributors of positive change. Originally from the Sierra Nevadas, she has always been immersed in the raw aura of nature and furthermore inspired to replicate and highlight these beauties through art. Her work has been shown in galleries in Vermont and the east end of Long Island where she currently resides; creating art and teaching art classes to the local community.

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@shaun.epaints
Brooklyn, NY

Shaun Haugen was born in Austin, TX (1986). He is a summa cum laude graduate of Texas State University majoring in Studio Art with a minor in English Writing. He graduated with distinction from Pratt Institute with an MFA in 2023 in Painting and Drawing. He has also studied and conducted research at the experimental School of the Alternative in Black Mountain, NC. He has exhibited in NYC, London, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, Oklahoma, and throughout Texas and his art and writing have been published in multiple literary journals.

@stephanieradotaormina
NYC

Stephanie Rado Taormina is a fine artist who currently lives between New York City and Wyomissing, PA. She has a BA in Communications from Pennsylvania State University and a BA in Fashion from Parsons School of Design.

Over the past 30 years Stephanie has created several successful art & design related businesses; Rado Ltd was a Bedding & Loungewear Collection which supplied products to high end retail stores across the country. Stephanie Rado Taormina Interiors & Art was a design consulting business & Have Some Fun Today is a high-end lifestyle fashion brand worn by the likes of Halle Berry & Mila Kunis founded in 2014 to present. In 2023 Stephanie decided to move to NYC part time to further her pursuits in art. She travels between NYC & PA spending equal time in both cities to gather inspiration and to paint in her PA studio.

While her work is mainly abstract, delving into complex emotions expressed by her large canvases, she also loves to explore new methods to stretch her abilities as an artist.

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@teresacachoart
NYC

Teresa is a Spanish artist based in New York with a background that combines her passion for art and architecture. It led her to focus my career on creating 3D renderings and designs for architects and developers in New York City. Using computational graphic softwares such as 3ds Max and Vray, she creates built environments and bring designs to life by envisioning the finished product. She is pursuing her art career with a focus on capturing the essence of New York City landscapes and its people.

@teresastanleyart
Northern California

Teresa Stanley is a mixed -media abstract painter whose work explores the intersection of the natural with the man-made environment and is inspired by the landscape of the coastal Northern California area where she lives. Her most recent paintings take inspiration from the ability of plants to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, sheltered by the remnants of man- made structures.

Her work is represented by many corporate and private collections and has been shown at galleries and non-profit spaces across the United States, including Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, Blue Gallery in Kansas City, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, The Painting Center in NYC, and LaFontsee Gallery in Grand Rapids, among others.

@tiffanyjliang / @tiffanyliang_studio
New York City

Raised and residing in New York, Tiffany balances her day as a physician assistant and artist. She started painting in watercolors at a young age from the influence of her mother, who practices Chinese calligraphy. She continued her studies in the fine arts with a concentration in oil painting at Wesleyan University. Upon graduation, Tiffany brought her artistic background to Los Angeles and dived into the world of set design, working on productions for Netflix, Amazon Studios, and Facebook Watch. However, she strived to create a greater impact and later pursued a career in medicine. Today, Tiffany works to merge the worlds of medicine and the fine arts and continues to be an avid supporter of the arts community.

@tynathanclark
Waco, Texas

Ty Nathan Clark’s passion for the arts was impacted by his uncle, Conway “Jiggs” Pierson, the world-renowned Sculptor and Raku artist. He has studied under renowned artists, including American sculptor William Catling and renowned Japanese American abstract painter Makoto Fujimura. He has spearheaded collaborations with other artists, organizations, and communities around the world for the past two decades and has shown from the Goss Michael Gallery to The Delaware Contemporary Museum. His work is represented in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Austin, Las Vegas, and New York.

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@pencilroots
Brooklyn, NY

Varsha Suresh is a painter, illustrator, and photographer based in Brooklyn. The areas of convergence between the human and natural worlds deeply inspire her work. Her artworks often use mixed media and a colorful palette to draw attention to the wild subjects of her paintings and the stories behind them.

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@veronapenalba
Greenport, NY

Verona is a multidisciplinary artist from Nicargaua living in Greenport NY. Her abstract work speaks of the natural connection and the flow of energy in all its forms, the spirit; especially in the human experience.

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@vickigenberg
Switzerland / Malaysia

Vicki Genberg lives and works in both Switzerland and Malaysia. She completed her BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York, then went on to do an MFA in Hong Kong in a joint program of RMIT and the Hong Kong School of Art. Her work focuses on the exploration of power dynamics, and how these dynamics playout in personal relationships. How is it that an individual becomes dominant, and what behavior enables them to continue dominating? What are the consequences for those who are on the receiving end of this behavior? Her work tends to be spontaneous and intuitive, with free flowing mark making. Living in Hong Kong introduced her to Chinese ink painting with its expressive brushwork. This has carried over into other techniques and she feels at ease in just letting it roll.

@yanabeylinson
Holmdel, NJ
she/her

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Beylinson began a rigorous education in painting at the age of 10. She came to the United States as a refugee in 1995. Beylinson earned her BBA at Baruch College in New York City in 1999. From 2000 to 2002 she attended the School of Visual Arts. Beginning 2016, Beylinson began taking continuing education courses in fine arts at the New York Academy of art and continues to further her education through ongoing studies. Her paintings have been the subject on numerous exhibitions and belong to private collections internationally.

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@possumpress
Jersey City, NJ

Zhenyuan Shi is an artist originally from Shanghai, China, who currently resides and creates in New York. They earned a BFA in Film & TV production from Tisch School of the Arts in 2018, and later pursued an MFA in Design & Technology at Parsons School of Design. As a queer immigrant, Zhenyuan’s work often explores the poetic expression of pain and complex emotions experienced by bodies living under systems of oppression and exile. Their artwork has been exhibited in various galleries, including the Kunstraum, Usagi NY, Thames Art Center, and more.