Captainfettechini

Medium: Drawing

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Artist Bio:

Hi I’m sam I’m a traditional artist that draws pop culture/ anything that I like. Everything I do Is in pen other than the things I did in school

SNFFBX

Medium: Other

Link: https://www.instagram.com/snffbx/

Artist Statement:

SNFFBX continues to provide art in all forms of media. He continues to collaborate with other artists to further each other's vision. He continues to hop from one identity to the next, finding new meaning and challenges within.

Artist Bio:

SNFFBX is a conceptual artist. His work has been displayed at the Barnes-Franklin Gallery, Vulturetown Arts, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Gateway City Arts and the IN VIEW PROJECT. He has curated Behind the Lilac Bush, bundeleen, and The Pyramid Scheme. In 2019, his newest art book, COMMUNITY GARDENS, became available at Printed Matter.

MakeHaven

Medium: Sculpture

Link: https://www.makehaven.org

Artist Statement:

We invite you to observe the art produced at MakeHaven by many makers. We will be happy to show you the wide variety of work pieces produced and explain the process behind it.

Artist Bio:

MakeHaven is a community makerspace where artists gather to explore different medium and technology. The space produces a wide variety of art which will be on display alongside artists demonstrating the tools used in the process: laser cutter, printing press, woodshop, sewing machines and 3d printers.

bimshwel

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://www.bimshwel.com

Artist Statement:

I did it last year, I will probably do it next year. I do not know what anybody else does or why.

Artist Bio:

I am a living assortment of fascinating mistakes.

PenRod

Medium: Photography

Link: http://penrodphotographs.com/

Artist Statement:

PenRod's environmental portraits highlight the majestic, endangered African wildlife, which is disappearing due to overpopulation, poaching, global warming, and changing cultural customs. Their photographs of the Serengeti ecosystem in eastern and central Africa attempt to represent what they saw.

Artist Bio:

PenRod is a combination of names of two photographers, Penrhyn and Rod Cook who maintain PenRod Studios in Bridgeport, CT. Rod Cook worked as a commercial photographer in New York for 25 years. Penrhyn started making pictures after enrolling in a photographic workshop. Her photographs document the serendipitous moments that make life interesting.

Milburn_Art

Medium: Digital Art

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Artist Statement:

I have terrible insomnia that is like a gift and curse when it comes to artwork. One day I was tired to the point I wanted to redesign my insomnia demon that I made into a manifestation, I used a reference from a body builder on Instagram, and I had a new design. This is a mini-series of “Four Princes of Hell”, Insomina, Keres, DUI, and Xyon.

Artist Bio:

A former ECA Alumni from the class of 2015 that has been expanding his art style ever since his graduation. His teachers noticed that he has had an eye for making colors, using his imagination, and working with different mediums.

Binwanka

Medium: Installation

Link: https://binwanka.bandcamp.com/

Artist Statement:

Binwanka is a generalist experimenting with art, design, technology and sound.

Artist Bio:

Binwanka was an Artspace Artst-in-Residence and has shown at Hartford’s Real Art Ways, The Grove Gallery and other venues in the region.

ArtsWestCT

Medium: Installation

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Artist Statement:

We seek to transform the former Masonic Temple at 304 Center Street into a active arts center that will provide a forum for local, regional, and national talent.

Artist Bio:

Find out what’s in store for West Haven’s vibrant and diverse cultural community.

Pedro Lopez and Unidad Latina en Acción

Medium: Installation

Link: https://www.facebook.com/ULANewHaven/

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Artist Bio:

Day of the Dead installation, commissioned by Artspace (open Sun Oct 13 only)

Kwadwo Adae

Medium: Painting

Link: http://kwadwoadae.com

Artist Statement:

Adae is committed to contributing to the discourse of public art in the Greater New Haven by orchestrating collaborative mural projects. Encouraging our community to come together and create, regardless of one's art experience or level of visual fluency, to tell stories in visual language that are often ignored by traditional art institutions.

Artist Bio:

Kwadwo Adae is a visual artist and muralist. He founded the Adae Fine Art Academy; an independent drawing and painting and school for children, young adults, and adults in New Haven in 2005. Adae is also actively engaged in public art by designing and installing collaborative mural projects both locally and internationally.

Kevin Van Aelst

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.kevinvanaelst.com

Artist Statement:

My artwork is an attempt to reconcile my physical surroundings with the fears, fascinations, and daydreams occupying my mind. The images and constructions consist of printed photographs, common artifacts, and materials from everyday life, which have been rearranged and reassembled into various forms, patterns, and illustrations.

Artist Bio:

Kevin Van Aelst is a New Haven, Connecticut based artist. He received a B.A. in Psychology from Cornell University in 2002 and an M.F.A. in Photography from the Hartford Art School in 2005.  He currently teaches at Southern Connecticut State University and the ACES Educational Center for the Arts.

Greg Aimé

Medium: Collage

Link: https://www.instagram.com/gregaime_art/?hl=en

Artist Statement:

My aim is to provide a window showcasing an emotional and colorful internal and external view of who we are with elements of our history. My hope is to entangle you in a magical journey that provokes thought and conversation. Try on my lens and welcome to my world.

Artist Bio:

Greg Aimé is a Haitian-American CT based artist. His current focus is exploring the complexity and beauty of the modern day man and woman in all aspects. His work aims to bridge the present with the past and depict various ranges of emotions by his use of illustrations through watercolor and collages.

Aurelio Akbal

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http: //aurelioakbal.wixsite.com/fineart

Artist Statement:

I seek to stimulate in the viewer a sensation that leads him to question his thought and built knowledge, transcend his point of view, almost always very comfortable. I believe that the truth is defined by what is believed to be understood and believed to be comprehend. Build it, destroy it and rebuild it vrs build, destroy and rebuild.

Artist Bio:

Aurelio Akbal was born in Cuscatlán, submerged in a society convulsed by social phenomena. He studied Industrial Technical Bachelor’s in Architecture at the Walter Thilo Deininger National Institute of Cojutepeque, graduating and opting to study the Fine Arts Degree at the University of El Salvador. He has participated in group exhibitions.

Eduardo Alvarez

Medium: Painting

Link: http://eduardoalvarezart.blogspot.com/

Artist Statement:

I am a visual artist living in New Haven, Connecticut. My pieces are created using mainly acrylic paint and at times mixed media. The focus of each piece is to delve within oneself and let go of everything, much like if one were in a dream. The colors chosen represent an exhalation of a meditative journey through movement, music and emotion.

Artist Bio:

Eduardo Alvarez graduated from Southern CT State University in New Haven with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in 2006. After moving back to New Haven in 2013, the people, the sights and the sounds awakened the artist within, and he began painting and exploring art feverishly with different members of the community.

Christian Ammon

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

Color Theory Fanatic, Fascinated with form, shape and vibrant colors. Express the true meaning of Emotion and Reality, Observe the natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's experiences and created vision.

Artist Bio:

Welcome to Christian Ammon Art, Various styles of Oil Paintings on Canvas, Features Still Life and Expressionism. Christian Ammon has Studied Studio Arts, Art Education and Art Therapy.

Joseph Annino

Medium: Painting

Link: http://jovian.me

Artist Statement:

Working mainly from reference photos taken with camera phones, Joseph seeks to show the beauty in often overlooked moments, and to make compositions that express the passing of time and presence of light. Since each reference is a moment the artist has captured himself, he brings to each work an expression of the memory and emotion of that moment.

Artist Bio:

Joseph Vincent Annino, signing his work as JoViAn, has been exploring painting and drawing in a variety of mediums since 2015. Self taught, Joseph began painting as an escape from his work as a computer programmer, seeking the finality and physicality of a finished artwork as a counterpoint to the fluidity and compromises of software development.

Aspasia Anos

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.aspasiaanos.com

Artist Statement:

Impermanence, transience, the potential of change and the role of chance in its origin and outcome are central themes of my work. Myth oftentimes serves as subject and trace images from the landscape offer inspiration for my photographic mixed media and monotype prints.

Artist Bio:

Aspasia Anos earned a BFA from the University of Illinois and an MFA from the Yale School of Art. A lifelong artist and educator, she is a past recipient of a Connecticut Commission of Arts Fellowship. Her work has been shown nationally in both solo and group exhibitions and is held in corporate and private collections.

John Arabolos

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://arabolosart.com

Artist Statement:

My artwork is an investigation of “Chaotic” patterns found in nature. The images created utilize symmetry as a methodology to find and portray an existing underlying hidden order or universal aesthetic language of form that structures the way we perceive and understand our sense of being and environment, gain and process knowledge, and then create.

Artist Bio:

John is an “Assistant Professor” in Department of Art and Design at the University of New Haven. In 2006 he was appointed as a “Professional Designer and Artist in Residence”.
He received a BA at the Hartford Art School of the University of Hartford in Hartford, CT in 1974 and obtained a MFA at Pratt Institute of Design in 1980.

Anne Arnstein

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annearnstein/

Artist Statement:

My style is expressionistic: I use common objects, people, or landscapes to express bold color. I have been painting watercolor and acrylic paintings in larger and miniature formats.

Artist Bio:

Anne Arnstein has been a fine art painter for over 25 years and sells paintings to individuals. Anne won an honorable mention at a group exhibition and has won awards in the past. Her mediums are watercolor and acrylic.

West River Arts

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://westriverarts.wordpress.com/

Artist Statement:

The West River Arts Building consists of 13 studio spaces forming a community of engaging artists of different styles, backgrounds, and practices. The roster includes sculptors, mechanical engineers, product designers, handmade jewelers, painters, photographers and more. Our members each personalize their own space to fit their creative process an

Artist Bio:

The West River Arts Building consists of 13 studio spaces forming a community of engaging artists of different styles, backgrounds, and practices. The roster includes sculptors, engineers, product designers, handmade jewelers, painters, photographers and more. Our members each personalize their own space to fit their creative process an

Sideways & Askew

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://lizpaganoart.com/section/396321-artful-illumination.html

Artist Statement:

Every lamp combines many different materials, each calling for its own treatment and approach. This suits both artists, who find the collaborative process rewarding and different from the solo work each pursues in their studios. To agree on a mutually pleasing design transforms the interior creative monologue into a conversation out loud.

Artist Bio:

Sideways & Askew is a lamp-making collaboration between New Haven printmaker Liz Pagano and Ivoryton potter Hayne Bayless. The lamp structure is typically a brazed piano-wire frame anchored to a base of concrete, stone, wood, or ceramic. The shades are high-quality paper with one-of-a-kind decoration in ink, paint, and encaustic.

Lexi Axon

Medium: Painting

Link: http://lexiaxon.com

Artist Statement:

Image title: Moth, Seed, Cartoon, Embrace 47 x 45 inches. I work large and physically. I'm a colorist. I've been a visual artist since my youth. I am blessed by the generosity of collectors who support my work. The work fits snugly into three categories: Insignias, The Apocalyptic and Sublime, Lost Environments.

Artist Bio:

“Since the 1980s, Lexi Axon has worked between New York City and Paris under the pseudonym “Lady McCrady”. Her work consists of impulse sketches, etchings, paintings and sculptures of street life, dictated by the energy and chaos of construction zones.” MFA CUNY Hunter College Rosalind Krauss – Sara Fritchey, Artspace New Haven

Caryn Azoff

Medium: Painting

Link: http://carynazoff.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Lives and works in New Haven, CT.

Ebony B.

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.ebonybphotography.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Ebony B. is a visionary and photographer who blends art and life into her shooting style. With a background in psychology, Ebony has mastered seamlessly blending conscious and subconscious elements and experiences into her photography.

Lisa Barash-Rosario

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.instagram.com/lbrhomestaging/

Artist Statement:

Nature is my muse. The endless variety of color, texture and pattern continues to delight and amaze me. Using an assortment of mediums, I try to convey the essence of my subject and what makes it special to me. Working with a minimal plan frees me to use my intuition in the process. I hope the enthusiasm with which I create my work is evident.

Artist Bio:

Lisa Barash-Rosario is a graduate of Queens College with a BA in Fine Art and Theatre Design. Professionally, Lisa has worked as a photo stylist and visual merchandising designer in NYC and is now the owner of LBR Home Staging & Design in CT. Lisa has exhibited at the Westport Arts Center, Rowayton Arts Center, White Silo Winery and other venues.

Lori Barker

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.spiritcollage.com

Artist Statement:

Lori Barker’s mixed media work blends nature and spirituality into an exploration of the rhythms of life. Angels, in particular, inspire her and are Lori’s trusted muse. The work is about the poetry that lives beneath the surface of things where layers of paper, paint, wood, fabric, metal and images come alive creating an altered world.

Artist Bio:

Lori is a graduate of SCSU with further studies at SCAD and Omega Institute. Solo shows: Monastery Gallery, Unitarian Meeting, Miranda Winery, Underground Gallery and many more. She was awarded the Museum of Contemporary Impressionism’s award for excellence. She was an Artist in residence at Santarella Museum in Tyringham, MA.

Chris Barnard

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.chrisbarnard.com

Artist Statement:

My work reflects my discomfort knowing that art and educational institutions, such as ones that have welcomed me and inspired my creativity, also actively and passively alienate, discourage—even dehumanize—many others. Through painting I wrestle with relationships between canonical art and architecture, white supremacy, patriarchy, and violence.

Artist Bio:

Chris Barnard received his MFA from The University of Southern California (USC) and is currently associate professor of art at Connecticut College. He has exhibited in solo and group shows in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Istanbul and New Haven, among others. He and his partner live in New Haven.

Cate Barry

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.catebarryphotography.com

Artist Statement:

I seek to bring joy and authenticity to the realm of representation and documentation. I am especially interested in helping queer and non-conforming subjects reclaim their public imagery. This project created several layers of representation for LGBTQ subjects, who collaborated at each step of the process to craft their own multi-layered portrait.

Artist Bio:

Cate Barry is a queer wedding and portrait photographer living in New Haven with her partner and their Yorkie Poo, Memphis. She grew up outside of Chicago and lived in the Southwest and the Midwest before moving to Connecticut. She is fascinated with the inherently collaborative nature of photographing people.

Eric Epstein with Alex Epstein and Liz Barton

Medium: Design

Link: http://www.epsteindesign.net

Artist Statement:

Design of places and things: a collaboration of Epstein Design LLC and Iron & Walnut

Artist Bio:

Design of places and things: a collaborative space for Epstein Design + Iron & Walnut

Wyatt Baum

Medium: Ceramics

Link: https://wyattbaumpotteryblr.tumblr.com/

Artist Statement:

I strive to make pots with subtle, quiet forms and decorate them with simple, often monotone, glazes. I like to refine the forms so that they are straightforward, cohesive, and utilitarian. I admire and am informed by the pottery traditions of Japan and Iran as well as contemporary potters such as Randy and Jan McKeachie Johnston and Akira Satake.

Artist Bio:

Wyatt Baum studied ceramics at Indiana University as an undergraduate. He then moved back to his childhood home of East Haven, CT and began an apprenticeship with Maishe Dickman at George St. Studio in New Haven. His apprenticeship complete, Wyatt stayed on at George St., and continues to learn in this very creative and inspiring environment.

Hayne Bayless

Medium: Ceramics

Link: http://www.sidewaysstudio.com

Artist Statement:

I love what spawns in the friction between what I want the clay to do and what it might rather do. I'm intrigued by what happens when this remarkable material is rolled, bent, stretched, pressed, incised, inlayed, extruded, sliced and put back together. The unintended result, often misread as a mistake and dismissed, usually brims with new ideas.

Artist Bio:

Hayne is a studio potter in Ivoryton, CT. In school he managed to avoid any academic involvement with clay. In 1992 he quit a perfectly good job at a newspaper to make pots. A frequent workshop presenter, he’s shown work at the American Craft Museum and the Smithsonian Craft Show. A board member of Studio Potter journal and Pots on Wheels (POW!).

Robert Bienstock

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.robertbienstock.com

Artist Statement:

I use near-parallel lines to explore abstract spaces. My lines explore the intersection of order and disorder, and relationships between independently coherent spaces. They are spatial/mathematical models for a range of human endeavor, from emotional journeys to business plans.

Artist Bio:

Robert is a member of the Kehler Liddell Gallery in Westville, CT. He has also shown at River Street Gallery in Fair Haven CT; Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Red Hook Brooklyn (Certificate of Recognition); Catalyst Gallery in Beacon NY; City Lights Gallery in Bridgeport CT; and various professional offices in Connecticut.

Meg Bloom

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://megbloomartist.com/about

Artist Statement:

My work references nature and issues around imperfection and impermanence, including both deterioration and regeneration. I am also happy when I am able to integrate social, political and environmental concerns into my work.

Artist Bio:

In 1998, after being a social worker for 30 years, I left my job to attend the NY Studio School for a 3 year program in painting and sculpture, studying especially with Bruce Gagnier and Lee Tribe. While I continued to work figuratively and mostly in clay, it was at this point that I began to explore abstraction, and using a whole range of other materials.

Most recently I have been making paper and working with raw Kozo fiber, falling in love with its texture and seeing it as a vehicle for my own visual associations. I also use repurposed materials, and developed my own process for working with silk, paper and wax. Jen Davies taught me my first paper making, though I probably broke every rule in my own paper making process while trying to build sculptural forms. I also studied Joomchi with Jiyoung Chung.

Olivia Bonilla

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.oliviabonilla.net

Artist Statement:

My work explores personal nostalgia and indulgence through references to sweets, toy culture, and 80s/90s millennial color schemes. I’m interested in the idea of excess in today’s throwaway society. Using mediums such as sculpture and painting, I convey a “sugar coated” reality filled with over stimulation and re-appropriated associations.

Artist Bio:

Olivia Bonilla is an east coast painter and sculptor born in Vermont in 1992. Bonilla received her BFA in painting, with a minor in sculpture, from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. She has shown at the Affordable Art Fair NYC 2019 with current representation with Miller Gallery in Charleston South Carolina.

Michelle Bradford

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.michellebradfordart.com

Artist Statement:

Color is one of my great joys in life. I’m fascinated by how it makes us feel and the power color has to bring us into greater harmony when we are in resonance with it. Beauty is found in the organic curves and textures created by dripping paint. Through color and intuitive painting I am able to come into greater alignment with my authentic self.

Artist Bio:

Michelle holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In addition to custom abstracts, she paints commissioned oil portraits of people and pets from her home in New Haven. She loves collaborating with clients to create unique, personalized works of art for their living spaces.

Sarah Skribe Bratchell

Medium: Mixed Media

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Artist Statement:

Creating art means holding space for the sacred.   In painting and drawing I focus on the personal as the political, while texture and contrast emerge to dominant my compositions.   In jewelry design I transform discarded items into wearable aesthetic.  Revolution, Hip Hop, meditation, poetry, nature, grief, and love are sources of inspiration.

Artist Bio:

Sarah Bratchell is a certified Art Teacher, visual artist, spiritual seeker, womanist, feminist, jewelry design revolutionary, activist, and poet. The notion of transformation is ever present throughout her work and creating beauty without burden is the fierce underpinning of her creative brand Bella Rev.

Area Bridges

Medium: Film/Video

Link: http://facebook.com/areabridges

Artist Statement:

Currently remixing a lifetime of still images and loop-based music sketches into abstract audiovisual presentations.

Artist Bio:

Lifelong photographer into experimenting with analog and digital manipulation.

Janet Beth Brodie

Medium: Mixed Media

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Artist Statement:

I like to play with paper and make things. These things can be cards to send to others, paper dolls to make you laugh or pinwheels to blow around or necklaces to wear or things I haven’t even dreamt up yet.

Artist Bio:

I have been making things with paper since childhood. I use paper of all kinds, die cutting, rubber stamping and jewelry making techniques to create cards, paper dolls, calendars, pinwheels, necklaces, etc. I also share these techniques and tools with others in my work as a creative arts therapist

Amira Brown

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://amirahb.com

Artist Statement:

Amira Brown is an artist whose interest lies at the intersection between experience and document related art, comics, and the contemporary art canon. Through these interests they create work pushing the boundaries of how words, art and information can be processed. A graduate from Paier College of Art, Amira has exhibited through CT and New Haven

Artist Bio:

New Haven based Artist, Amira Brown has always had an interest in comics and art. After years of experimentation between creative fields , they have settled into making art within the bounds of contemporary art and sequential art, weaving fine art experimentation and alternative narrative together.

Janine Brown

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.janinebrownstudio.com

Artist Statement:

wall·flow·er noun /wôl-flou(-ə)r/  ‍‍‍‍2. A person who has no one to dance with or who feels shy, awkward, or excluded at a party The body of work entitled, “The Wallflower Project”, examines the social stigma of being a “wallflower” through the use of portraits created with various pinhole cameras.

Artist Bio:

Janine Brown is a multi-disciplinary artist. She has exhibited extensively in the United States, as well as in France and Italy. Her work resides in numerous private collections in California, New York, and Connecticut, as well as the permanent collection of the Museo Area Archeologica Arte Contemporanea in Cisternino, Italy.

Michael Brown

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.instagram.com/mick99y

Artist Statement:

Love form, color and texture. I'm not trying for photo realism in either photography or painting/drawing. It's more a feeling about the ephemera (like flowers & plants which are often my subjects) & certain remains of ephemera like day lilies & hibiscus.

Artist Bio:

Born in 1950s. Childhood in Pierce ID, Kamiah ID, Olympia WA. DC area, since 1980 New Haven CT.
4.0 in 5 courses college mathematics during HS.

Alexis Brown

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

multi-media artist

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Frank Bruckmann

Medium: Painting

Link: http://fbruckmann.com

Artist Statement:

Oil painting is what I do, how I communicate, how I relate: landscape, still life, portrait, the figure, interiors...all of it, it still compels me to pick up the brush. I have no idea who I would be without it...so I'll just keep painting.

Artist Bio:

I’ve painted in oil for over 30 years and will NEVER be done…Born in NJ, went to art school in NYC and NJ, spent nearly a decade in Paris and parts of Spain where I learned a ton from painting in the best museums, scraping by as a dog walker and a figure model. Just back from a year in France, lots of work to show in my studio, come visit!

Eoin Burke

Medium: Sculpture

Link: https://www.eoinburke.com

Artist Statement:

The goal of my work is to explore spiritual expressions in humanity through the body and color.

Artist Bio:

Lives and works in New Haven, CT

Colin Burke

Medium: Photography

Link: Http://colinburkestudio.com

Artist Statement:

Exploring the elasticity of time, plasticity of memory, and the consistent rhythm of nature, through historic photographic processes. I work with a variety of photography processes--some dating back to the early, primitive techniques used by the pioneers of the medium-- from analog, handbuilt pinhole cameras to digitally edited files.

Artist Bio:

… lives and works in Westville, CT, researching and investigating the limitations of photography to push beyond the notion of capturing a precise instant or singular moment in time.

Marc Burns

Medium: Installation

Link: http://marcburns.com

Artist Statement:

I'm Beauty's Beast

Artist Bio:

It’s a chance operation.

Cristina Cammarota

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.instagram.com/discocatsstudio

Artist Statement:

I’m an abstract artist who is inspired by nature and the aspects of my life that bring me happiness. Being in a positive and blissful state of mind, along with the sounds of my favorite energy filled music, I am able to pour my heart on to canvas using color.

Artist Bio:

Do what makes you happy.

Allen Camp

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.instagram.com/alfcamp/

Artist Statement:

I make drawings, paintings, sculptural objects, comics, and books. The objective of some of the work that I produce is to make unseen relations visible or manifest in some way or another.

Artist Bio:

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, I moved to New Haven six years ago via Brooklyn, New York. Since that time I’ve been an employee at Hull’s Art Supply + Framing. I have a BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art, as well as an MFA from Cornell University.

Scott Camphausen

Medium: Photography

Link:

Artist Statement:

Scott Camphausen: scientist, diver, photographer 
My education taught me to observe the world around me. I am constantly in awe of the dramatic colors nature provides from volcanoes flowing to crashing ocean waves. As a diver I enjoy sharing the wonders below the sea though as photographer I am still striving to achieve the perfect shot.

Artist Bio:

Scott Camphausen grew up in Rochester, NY and has lived in Milford CT for the last 20 years. He has developed a passion for photography and recently took 1st place in a photo competition.

Eileen Carey

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

Painting continues to be a process of inquiry and revelation.

Artist Bio:

A Painter presently working out of my Milford studio.

Leslie Carmin

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.lesliecarmin.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Leslie Carmin attended Indiana University for print making and art history. Her detailed drawings combine anthropomorphic illustration with surrealism and coded narrations about womanhood.

Bill Carpenter

Medium: Film/Video

Link: http://Milford-TV.com

Artist Statement:

What does it mean to hold the Means to Production? How many people do you have to employ to create a product that is worthy of mass-consumption? Welcome to Milford-TV.com

Artist Bio:

Bill has been producing television content for well over 30 years: really ever since he saw his first video tape recorder in 1967. Mr. Carpenter designs sets, lighting, scripting and more for each of his many productions for Milford-TV.com. Milford-TV.com is Bill’s mass-communication experiment watch us wherever you are!

Francisco Del Carpio

Medium: Drawing

Link: https://www.instagram.com/lonewolf08/

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Artist from New Haven.
Graphic Designer, Illustrator and fine arts.

Dennis Carroll

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://dennisccarroll.com

Artist Statement:

Dealing with issues of gender constructs, our unstable political climate/president, prejudice against LGBTQ, the patriarchy, entitlement, sexist men, pop culture, political correctness, how to be woke in 2019. Recent work is heading in a grimy toxic direction pushing aside happy go lucky fun times to make room for a violent punk rock aesthetic.

Artist Bio:

A very young latin artist trying to pay off his student loans. I like cheeseburgers. I sell watches, jewelry, video games, cameras & anything I can make money on that isn’t illegal. Right Swipe Me.. All that & a bag of chips. I don’t have an MFA. Constantly in fear of becoming a hype beast. Trying to be the only latin person in a lifetime movie.

Kaitlyn Casso

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.kaitlyncasso.com/

Artist Statement:

Kaitlyn Casso is a travel and brand photographer. She showcases her travel photography while also taking pictures for brands to help them market themselves in the best light. Her passion for inspiring others has taken her to create her own podcast "Inspired by HERstory" to share other women's amazing stories of getting out of their comfort zones.

Artist Bio:

Kaitlyn has taken her love for traveling, photography, and inspiring others to create Kaitlyn Casso Creations. She is always building her photography portfolio with travel, brand, and product photography. By being the host of the “Inspired by HERstory” podcast she inspires women to get out of their comfort zones and live their lives to the fullest.

Elisabeth Catasus

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

I create mixed media monotypes at the Creative Arts Workshop under the guidance of Liz Pagano. Sometimes the works remind me of something specific, but most of all I enjoy the act of making the art, working with colors and shapes, and currently I am focusing on using pencils to add patterns and dimension to my prints.

Artist Bio:

Elisabeth Catasus hails from Brooklyn, NY. She became interested in printmaking after attending a weekend class at the Yale Center for British Art. Since then, Liz Pagano has been her teacher and mentor. Favorites: Monet, classical music, farmer’s markets and her 2 baby guinea pigs. Ms. Catasus lives in New Haven with her husband, Michael.

Najila Chambers

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

Artist eyes are the best!

Artist Bio:

My name is Najila Chambers, I’m a up and coming Artist from New Haven, CT who has a love for Art since I was a small child. I have an aspiration to become a great Artist in the Art World but even if my is work is not recognized I’m satisfied of my work which is an extension of myself . If my work touched one person, I’m blessed.

Mariellen Chapdelaine

Medium: Collage

Link:

Artist Statement:

My recent work is collage: drawings overlaid with made & collected images, acrylic and watercolor paint & markers. Topics tend toward concepts found in Chinese fables. I’m also interested in broken, accidental forms which seem to relate; abstractions which tell stories about what we hold and entertain in our internal worlds: unconscious modality.

Artist Bio:

I have always been involved in the arts. In my late teen years, I started writing songs (music & lyrics) and performed through the years with a variety of bands, duos and as a solo artist. As an artist, I’ve compiled a body of work based in large part on Chinese Mythology, but also a series of computer generated art as well as ink drawings.

Kevin Chapin

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://chapinviolins.com

Artist Statement:

An object of Beauty is a joy for all

Artist Bio:

K.H. Chapin Fine Violins LLC is a full service violin shop. Founded in 2014, Kevin Chapin makes, deals and restores violins, violas, cellos, viola da gambas, basses and their bows.

McKenzie Chapman

Medium: Fiber Art

Link: https//www.mckenziechapman.com/

Artist Statement:

For centuries women have been crafting in social circles and forging friendships with needle and thread, making interesting art out of everyday objects. I hope that my work shines a light on this tradition to highlight the beauty and hard work that lie in the art of craft, and in doing so stresses the brilliance of female relationships.

Artist Bio:

McKenzie is a social media manager, podcast host and producer, and artist. She likes talking about movies and tv, drawing plants and hands, and stitching things together. She has a fondness for astrology memes and can often be found devoting her mind, body, and soul to whatever Korean drama she’s watching at the moment.

Isabel Chenoweth

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.isabelchenowethphotography.com/

Artist Statement:

My latest work explores the elements of landscape; light, color, and texture; form and shape; and patterns and lines. Different combinations of elements evoke a wide spectrum of moods and contradictions–tension and control, entropy and calm, chaos and order. My photographs include glaciers, geothermal fields, tidal pools, and a cotton harvest.

Artist Bio:

I have been a professional photographer for nearly 20 years, including 12 years as University photographer for Southern Connecticut State University. My recent project, Women in Black; The Changing Face of the Connecticut Judiciary, includes portraits of 119 women judges in Connecticut currently on display at UCONN and Quinnipiac Law Schools.

Annie Chittenden

Medium: Fiber Art

Link: http://www.anniechittenden.com

Artist Statement:

I created every piece with meticulous attention to form, structure and surface detail. My designs vary from bold and dramatic to bright and whimsical and serve as both decorative and functional works of art.

Artist Bio:

Annie Chittenden’s textile work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and is included in numerous public, private, liturgical and corporate collections. A former tapestry weaver, she now brings a contemporary twist to the ancient art of coiled basketry with her uniquely hand-crafted vessels made with premium, hand-dyed textiles.

David Chorney

Medium: Painting

Link: http://.www.davidchorney.com

Artist Statement:

David Chorney's art shoots out in all directions, shot from a very fertile mind. Of course, I'm writing this myself, so I might be biased. Still, my DPM (Dripped Paint Methodology) paintings, my Line Work paintings, Non-Representational Abstracts, photography, line of hand painted denim jackets, all point to someone who really needs an outlet.

Artist Bio:

David Chorney is a contemporary artist quickly gaining international fame due to the fact that they let him fill out his own biographies. While he says he’s self-taught, he also says he’s learned everything he knows from every person he’s ever been lucky enough to be exposed to. You’ll find Mr. Chorney’s work to represent his love of exploration

Wendy Chorney

Medium: jewelry

Link:

Artist Statement:

Jewelry making is my Zen. I gain a lot of pleasure in choosing my beats and metals to create one-of-a-kind pieces for others to enjoy.

Artist Bio:

Wendy Chorney is a self-taught artists, creating eclectic, one-of-a-kind beaded and metal jewelry.

Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill

Medium: Design

Link: http://www.wholecirclestudio.com

Artist Statement:

My mission is to enhance people’s everyday lives through beautiful, meaningful design. My work is inspired by my everyday life and experiences. As a trained graphic designer, I believe that design and content have a symbiotic relationship. All of my pieces start with a concept and design decisions that support the content help shape the work.

Artist Bio:

Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill is a licensed designer, award-winning quilter, educator and creative entrepreneur. Sheri’s work has been featured at art centers and galleries around the US as well as in numerous books and publications Her work is held in both corporate and private collections.

Jeanne Ciravolo

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.ciravolo.com

Artist Statement:

The women who raised me crowd into my work. Their stories, transformed, become works that speak of the body, pain and loss. Though initiated from personal histories, my work is also informed by art historical representations of women, and the relation of gender to power structures both within domestic relationships and in a larger societal context

Artist Bio:

Jeanne Ciravolo’s work explores selfhood, identity and and gender informed by art historical representations of women. In 2019 she exhibited at LMAK Gallery (NYC), ARC Gallery (Chicago) and ODETTA Gallery (Brooklyn). This spring she was awarded the Cole MFA Award from the University of CT and a Residency Fellowship from the Anderson Center (MN).

Susan Clinard

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.clinard.org

Artist Statement:

Award winning sculptor Susan Clinard has been a working artist for over twenty-six years. From large scale wood assemblages to delicate paper sculptures, her body of work is an exploration of nature’s forms, distorted and perfect, found and inspired. It tells stories,helps us connect and speaks to shared fears, beauty, and struggles.

Artist Bio:

Award winning sculptor Susan Clinard has been a working artist for over 27 years. She has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has exhibited nationally for the last 20 years. Her work can be found in public and private collections around the world.

Donna Collins

Medium: Painting

Link: http://donnacollinsart

Artist Statement:

I am an artist for the love of Nature and of painting. The forms of plants and flowers, the shapes of landscape, the sound of birds and the colors of light on water all have a part in my inspiration. I love to allow my imagination to flow and to give expression to this on canvas. My goal as an artist is to stir appreciation.

Artist Bio:

Donna grew up outside Philadelphia where her interest and passion for art began in her early teenage years. She received a BA in Art at Yale and an MLA from the University of Pennsylvania before settling in CT and raising four children. She is a founding member of The Concepts Group. Her work is shown locally and in many private collections.

Mom’s Open Studio Series & Women’s Art Connection

Medium: Collage

Link: www.briahluckey.com

Artist Statement:

As a woman, mother, artist, and art therapist I hold space for women to rise up through creative expression. Together we create, commune, and inspire, moving towards the truth of who we are now. We will be showing at Creative Arts Workshop and have a continual interactive art making offering during the event.

Artist Bio:

WE are a collective of women who are committed to being in community through art making.
Using the creative process to connect to our intuition is our practice for being present, present to the deep knowing within.
In community we witness and inspire each other, cultivating soil rich with possibility.

Carol Conze

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://carolconze.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Carol has many abstract paintings held in private collections including Colgate Palmolive headquarters. Juried shows include Art of the Northeast, New Haven Paint and Clay, and the NYC Catherine Lorillard Wolfe show. Her calligraphic art is published by the Directory Artists of the Bookplate. Her work is both unusual and energetic. #carolconzeart

Penrhyn Cook

Medium: Photography

Link: http://penrodphotographs.com/

Artist Statement:

There is an uncomplicated and peaceful world that I see through my camera that is in conflict with the evidence and reality of the fragile and uncertain world that I live in. My photography captures this world as an amalgamation of chance encounters and random accidents.

Artist Bio:

I began making pictures after taking a black-and-white workshop with my photographer husband, Rod Cook, rather than spending a vacation sitting on a beach. I have never looked back. PenRod Studio is based in Bridgeport, CT. I am also a member of the Kehler-Liddell Gallery in New Haven.

Rosemary Cotnoir

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.rosemarycotnoir.com

Artist Statement:

I work predominately in oils and acrylic painting. My secondary medium is carving stone. The subjects I paint focus on the organic elements in nature, mainly abstract patterns found in trees, stone, plants, reflections and animals.

Artist Bio:

I attended The New York/Phoenix School of Design in NY, NY. Life drawing and watercolor at Silvermine, Norwalk, CT and a summer school painting course at Yale University. I studied stone carving with Darrell Petit and Andrew Davis at the Guilford Art Center. I was educated as an interior designer at The NY School of Interior Design.

KC Councilor

Medium: Comics

Link: https://kccouncilor.com

Artist Statement:

I make comics about the joys and struggles of moving through the world as a trans* and transitioning person. I teach my non-art students at SCSU how to use drawing to own their stories rather than be owned by them. I’ll be displaying my own comics and my students’ work.

Artist Bio:

KC Councilor is a transgender cartoonist and a communication professor at Southern Connecticut State University.

Kevin W Cox

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.kevinwilmotcox.com

Artist Statement:

Since early 2017, I have been exploring the subject matter of social media and its effects on individuals. I play on the notion that people feel a need for instant gratification as they constantly expose themselves. Private and unflattering moments are now made public through mass consumed disposable images.

Artist Bio:

Born and raised in Memphis, TN, I studied art at the University of Memphis and moved to Connecticut in 2013. After living in a bubble for most of my life, I decided to branch out and see a new perspective of the country with a couple of friends. I prefer to paint people as a coping mechanism for my social anxiety disorder.

Megan Craig

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.megancraig.com

Artist Statement:

My recent work deals with social practice, memory, color, fabric, rules, touch, and protection. I am interested in creating ephemeral environments where people come into contact in loosely orchestrated ways, allowing for calibrated interaction and the incremental accumulation of gestures or marks over time.

Artist Bio:

Megan Craig is a multi-media artist, graphic designer, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University.

Phyllis Crowley

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.phylliscrowley.com

Artist Statement:

Much of my work addresses issues of perception and point of view. Changes in position, format, scale, and especially focusing, create the illusion of space in very different ways, and affect the emotional response. I am interested in working with multiple images, sometimes to expand space and time, other times to see how 1 plus 1 = 3.

Artist Bio:

I learned how to use a camera from my father at about age 11, and how to print shortly after that. I am self-taught with additional instruction from excellent workshops like Visual Studies and Maine Photographic. I have many years of professional and educational experience. Formerly at Norwalk Community College, I now teach at CAW in NH.

Atelier Cue

Medium: Installation

Link: http://ateliercue.com

Artist Statement:

We believe that places and public artworks are most beloved when they tell a story unearthed from within a community. We create work that creates a sense of belonging and ownership, and which encourages people to look up and interact with one another.

Artist Bio:

Cue was founded by Ioana Barac and Marissa Dionne Mead in 2017. The studio designs and fabricates architectural works of art. Each project is influenced by the unique community, site, and architectural background in which it will come to life.

Jan Cunningham

Medium: Painting

Link: http://jancunningham.net

Artist Statement:

The paintings, drawings, and photographs that make up my practice grow out of close attention to my surroundings. The materiality of color and light and the mysteries of proportion and scale drive my engagement. It is my hope to make present in the work the moments of equilibrium that I discover in the acts of looking and making.

Artist Bio:

Jan Cunningham is a painter and photographer who lives and works in New Haven. She studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and the Yale School of Art (MFA). Her paintings and drawings are represented by the Anita Rogers Gallery in New York.

Marina Daneva

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://www.instagram.com/marina_daneva/

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Marina Daneva is a painter and visual artist currently residing in Stamford, Connecticut. She has been creating monoprints and collages that play with form and color, challenging perception and creating room for new interpretation of the form.
Marina graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York earning a BFA in Illustration.

Robert Datum

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.robdatum.com

Artist Statement:

While painting nature before me, I find it best to let go of all concepts and thoughts about it, and how it might be depicted. Just a cloud of unkowing, a totality that is felt rather than discerned. Robert Datum

Artist Bio:

Robert James Datum is an American figurative painter who lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Datum focuses on portraits and landscapes in and around the area of southeastern Connecticut in which he lives. His work draws heavily upon the immediacy of painting directly from life, with an ambitious painterly style.

Jennifer Davies

Medium: Fiber Art

Link: http://jenniferdavieshmp.com

Artist Statement:

I am drawn to Handmade paper for its flexibility and physical presence. It can be made to mimic the surface of rocks or the transparent wings of insects. I manipulate sheets, sew them into collages, or dip weavings into the paper pulp. My approach is playful, relying on the combination of happy accident and intuition for unexpected results.

Artist Bio:

A graduate of RISD, she lived in Rome with the European Honors Program. Trained as a painter/illustrator, she now works with her handmade paper, derived from both Eastern and Western papermaking traditions. She uses diverse fiber techniques, such as dyeing, sewing, and wrapping to make textured pieces, exploring unconventional applications.

Angharad Davies

Medium: Performance

Link: https://angharaddavies.net/

Artist Statement:

Angharad's work embraces emotionality and blurs the line between the sincere and the synthetic. She collaborates with professional and non-professional dancers, and develops material using a diverse set of sources including movement, text, video, and music. Her ultimate goal is to create New Dance that mines the vibrant scope of human behavior.

Artist Bio:

Angharad Davies is an award-winning performer, choreographer, and dance educator. Her choreography for concert dance, galleries, theater, and opera stages has been presented at venues across the U.S. and abroad. She believes everyone dances.

Erich J Davis

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://ejdavisaesthetics.com

Artist Statement:

I consider myself a multidisciplinary artist/fabricator with an affinity for solving visual problems. My work largely aims to challenge the status quo and transcend various conditions of the human experience. I see the world and my environment in a constant state of change and therefore so is my art.

Artist Bio:

Erich Davis is a Connecticut based artist whose work ranges from private sculpture commissions to custom art fabrication and furniture making.

Erich’s commissioned work can be seen in restaurants and storefronts from New Haven to NYC with numerous private collections across the country.

Leila Daw

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.LeilaDaw.com

Artist Statement:

I develop imagery of cross-cultural myths of apocalyptic changes, working in mixed media with traditional Burmese tapestry techniques, here in New Haven and with craftswomen in Myanmar. My practice is rooted in environmental, geographical, and cartographic concepts. Recent works include shipwrecks, inundations, & disasters — metaphors of course.

Artist Bio:

Professor Emerita, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Works in collections: St. Louis Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, DeCordova Museum, Rose Art Museum at Brandeis, Boston Public Library, etc. Public projects: Bradley Airport, Hartford; New Haven Public Library Wilson Branch; NW CT Community College. Recent exhibitions: Mass MoCA, SUNY Suffol

Kathleen (Cathy) DeMeo

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://kathleendemeo.com

Artist Statement:

I straddle the worlds of abstract and representational imagery. My main focus is geometric abstraction, but I’m also inspired by the natural world, and conjure real and imagined places through the unique lens of monotype printmaking. I embrace the unpredictability and spontaneity inherent in the process, allowing the work to evolve organically.

Artist Bio:

Kathleen DeMeo is a printmaker, painter and mixed-media artist. Her work has been shown in major exhibitions including Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s FootPrint International and CT Academy of Fine Arts’ national juried shows. Her monotypes have merited numerous awards, and her installations for Florence Griswold Museum are widely recognized.

Southern Connecticut State University- Art Department

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/art

Artist Statement:

Southern Connecticut State University Art department studio concentrations in a variety of media will be represented by advanced level undergraduate students, including Lia Davido, Sami DeMarco, Evan Digiovanni, Chelsea King, Casey Potts.

Artist Bio:

Located in New Haven, the Art Department at Southern Connecticut State University offers programs in art education, art history, and studio art, with concentrations in ceramics, graphic design, jewelry / metals, painting / drawing, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Advanced level undergraduate students Lia Davido, Sami DeMarco, Evan Digiovanni, Chelsea King, and Casey Potts are showing at the Alternative Space.  Sami DeMarco (wall) and Casey Potts (pedestal) are in the hub exhibit.

HayHay DesignCo

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://www.facebook.com/HayHayDesign/

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Hand-improved Upcycled Clothes & Fine Art Prints. Proudly made in New Haven, CT.
HayHay Design Co.’s shirts are made one at a time, and no two are exactly alike. Founded in 2019 because we wanted a T. Rex shirt that didn’t exist, HayHay Design has rapidly expanded from the dining room and into the basement.

Geoffrey Detrani

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.geoffreydetrani.com

Artist Statement:

My imagery posits a collision between the natural and the anthropic worlds. Drawing upon references to botanical, cosmological and other natural forces. I express the fraught intersection of these disparate realms and explore the ideology of explosive (possibly retributive) disorder lying beyond the veil of order in our world.

Artist Bio:

Geoffrey Detrani is a visual artist and writer whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. His work is in museum, agency and foundation collections as well as in private and corporate collections. He is the recipient of numerous fellowships, awards and grants. He is a two-time recipient of the Connecticut Artists Fellowship. He wo

Anne Doris-Eisner

Medium: Painting

Link: http://annedoriseisner.com

Artist Statement:

I am captivated by the stories of resilience and transformation that nature reveals as I work on living deeply despite the challenges and losses to be endured. Working in black acrylic on large sheets of white Arches hot press watercolor paper and using a variety of marking-making tools, I create potent drawings to draw forth powerful feelings.

Artist Bio:

Anne Doris-Eisner has exhibited in the Providence Art Club, New Britain Museum of Art, Westport Arts Center and Mystic Arts Center (CT), Beverly Arts Center of Chicago (IL), American Jewish University (CA), and The Women’s Museum (TX). Ms. Doris-Eisner attended residencies at the Atlin Art Centre (British Columbia) and the Vermont Studio Center.

D. Douglas

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.selftaughtstyles.com

Artist Statement:

My collection of work explores women of color who are a part of the Natural Hair Movement. Experiencing my own personal natural hair journey allows me to further encourage those to love and celebrate their curls through my paintings. Flowers, glitter and all alike are used for global representation.

Artist Bio:

Demeree is a Jamaican-American artist born and raised in Connecticut. Graduating from Temple University with a Bachelors in Studio Art, Demeree wanted to find a way to make a breakthrough into the art industry. It wasn’t until Demeree’s own personal natural hair journey that led to her painting something worth exploring.

Ileana Dumitriu

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.floracolstudio.com

Artist Statement:

"Ars longa vita brevis" - Hippocrates

Artist Bio:

www.floracolstudio.com

André Eamiello

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://Eamiello.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Brooklyn based visual artist

Howard el-Yasin

Medium: Installation

Link: http://howard-elyasin.squarespace.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Harold Ellis

Medium: Furniture

Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqARaLKZUAG3hrWdalwXUnA

Artist Statement:

I hate writing Art Statements, I much rather my art speak for itself, and I hope it says, "Come touch me, play with me, enjoy me." That, and furniture should have a sense of adventure, romance, or intrigue.

Artist Bio:

It started in a basement workshop, making things I wanted as a child, mostly toys. But it was also a lab, where I learned new techniques and discovered new solutions. In college I learned wood turning and the basics of furniture making. My primary medium is wood, but anything that lets me achieve an end state or express creativity is on.

Dymin Ellis

Medium: Installation

Link:

Artist Statement:

I am a reason, not an excuse.

Artist Bio:

Artspace staff member and leader in its Student Apprentice Program, Dyme attended Southern CT State University. They are a visual and spoken word artist, as well as a curator and fashion designer.

Bill Enck

Medium: Sculpture

Link: https://www.instagram.com/bill_enck_art

Artist Statement:

I’m a very intuitive artist and see sculpture in some of the most unique things. One piece leads to the next, with tangents shouting to create other series. I incorporate found objects, handmade objects and all types of materials. There is never a want for ideas or direction. I've been creating sculpture for over 45 years and I'm not slowing down.

Artist Bio:

1951 Born, Gettysburg, PA
Attended Pratt Institute
Exhibitions:
1975 Lehman Coll. NY
1977 Kingsborough Comm Coll
1979 288 W. St NYC
1982 22 Wooster St NYC
1982-83-85-86-88 Art in General NYC
Grants:
1980 Nat’l Endowment for Sculpture
1983 Change Inc.
1992 Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Publications:
1983 Bomb, No. 6 Sculpture

Charlotte Epright

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.Lovecrafttattoo.com

Artist Statement:

I like to create fluid art that is one of a kind abstract painting hoping to speak to the creative child inside each of us

Artist Bio:

I am a tattoo artist working full time in Hamden CT at Lovecraft Tattoo LLC. I have been an artist my whole life, working with sculpture and the fine arts in college and have been a tattooist since 2011. I like to paint in my free time and will be displaying Abstract acrylic and oil paintings for this art show. I am truly inspired by nature.

Junko Falcone

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.facebook.com/childofjune/

Artist Statement:

I love to paint scenery and still life – especially fruit and ballet slippers as an homage to childhood dance lessons. I like to use oil paints for the texture and color.

Artist Bio:

Born and raised in Japan, I have been enjoying drawing, painting, and being inspired by art.
I have taught myself to paint, and I love to improve my skill as long as I can.
I have been living in the United States for 20 years, currently in a Connecticut shoreline town.

John T Fallon

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.facebook.com/John-Fallon-Art-300726357317411/

Artist Statement:

I have painted continuously for the last 45 years in a wide variety of styles and mediums. My primary focus has been abstract work of a constructiveness nature, exploring color, symmetries and spatial illusion. I am presently employing extensive patterning in multi-panel works, some flat other tilted also exploring mono-tone palettes

Artist Bio:

Artist: John T. Fallon III
Studio: 4 Kings Highway, North Haven, CT 06473 Phone: 203-996-4694
email: fallonco@gmail.com website:johnfallonart.com Facebook: john fallon art Instagram:
johnfallonart
Education:
B.F.A., Atlanta College of Art
M.F.A., Art Institute of Chicago

Cathy Farrell

Medium: Printmaking

Link:

Artist Statement:

I make art for fun and self-expression. My current interest is printmaking, but I also enjoy painting and collage.

Artist Bio:

Techie by day, artist by night

Joe Fekieta

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://addalinedesign.com

Artist Statement:

This year I will be premiering a new book of 150 drawings titled ‘My Balls, A Sacred Psalm About Manhood’. The images are composed of 9 colored balls as well as white, black and textured balls suspended on a biological structure. The balls and the structure interact to create a sweeping narrative portrait of contemporary American manhood.

Artist Bio:

Born 3.19.54, New Haven. Son of WWII Polish war refugees. Graduated Wilbur Cross, 1972. US Army, tour of duty 28 months. 8 months with the 101’st Airborne Division. 1 year tour in Korea with 2nd Infantry Division. BFA Syracuse University. Jr. Year abroad, St. Martin’s College. Moved back to New Haven in 1979. Turning art into books since 1995.

Ronald R Ferrucci

Medium: Photography

Link: http://nichilismoinfotografia.com

Artist Statement:

The artist photographs all things macabre, forlorn, ephemeral, and desolate, whether they be cemeteries, abandonment, or just decay. Recently, he has become interested in ghost towns, red rock landscapes, and old barns/farmhouses. Taking a fine arts approach, he uses luminosity masking to isolate areas of a photograph for exposure control.

Artist Bio:

Dr. Ferrucci is a former research scientist in genetics, currently making a living as a web developer, and avoiding any semblance of having a normal job. He got his start in photography in New Orleans, so even though his work has moved into other interests & subject matter much of his work still considers New Orleans as his muse.

Jamie Ficker

Medium: Design

Link: https://www.instagram.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

85 Willow St

There is an elevator available at the main entrance/lobby of Marlin Works, which is on the interior side of the archway. Take this to the 2nd floor, make a left and then a right and I’m at the end of the hallway. There will also be an entrance available on the corner of the building closest to Nash Street and the Shell gas station. Take the stairs to the second floor and make a right.

Kathi Fitzgerald

Medium: Fabric

Link:

Artist Statement:

My block is a smaller version of two of my favorite appliqué pieces. One is from a class I took from Linda Poole and the other from Karen K. Buckley. Even though I enjoy hand quilting, I decided to have some fun and free-motion quilt the piece. All the fabrics used were bits and pieces left over from other quilts.

Artist Bio:

I began making doll clothes on my Grandma’s treadle machine over 60 years ago. I progressed to sewing my own clothes and then to sewing for my 2 daughters. I made my first quilt in the early 80’s. I moved to Delaware 6 years ago and joined the Ocean Waves Quilt Guild in Lewes. I have several quilts in progress and a great “stash” to draw from.

Jane Fleischner

Medium: Painting

Link: https://janegilmanfleischner.com

Artist Statement:

Art is challenging, liberating, everywhere. I attempt to capture the feeling of life within all things, whether a portrait, nature, a cityscape or an abstract. I love light and color, contrast.

Artist Bio:

Jane studied Painting at the University of Bridgeport with a group of inspiring artists, including color- field painter Paul Vasquez and Gus Madrigal.
Jane shows locally, drawing on travels and things close to home.
She works in oils and acrylics, pen and ink, experimenting with different media including clay and gelee printing.

M Flower

Medium: Painting

Link: http://instagram.com/marthaligos

Artist Statement:

Color is my material of choice -the color of my inner world is intense, and conversely, sometimes intensely lacking in color. My paintings are meant to create discussion and can range from deeply philosophical subjects to the dreamily whimsical, and, occasionally, drift to include words. The depth of my mind is as infinite as I would make it.

Artist Bio:

B. F. A. , Pratt Institute, Fashion Design
B.A., University of Rhode Island, French
M.A., Boston University, French Literature
Costume Designer, French Teacher, Bookseller =Painter
Currently resides in Middletown, CT

Lily Forbush

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

Dutch painting, color, and stories have been influences, as has an interest in the mystery of what may lay ‘behind’ the images I choose to paint. I use my imagination to bring forward what i feel is there waiting to be brought forward.

Artist Bio:

Robert Fort

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.robertsdrawings.com

Artist Statement:

The pleasures and productive rewards of the arts nourishes my days and adds value to my life. I draw with oil sticks and rub with rags. it is an arduous activity, which creates paintings that say something. what? I don't know. But I like to look at them when they are complete. I love it when other people share my pleasure.

Artist Bio:

Robert Fort lives in an antique oysterman’s cottage on a rock high above the Farm River near New Haven, CT. He kayaks to open Sound in search of birds and beasts to photograph. He approaches travel and discovery with the same intensity. He translates these photos into oil drawings.

Xavier T. Fortes

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://www.artstation.com/x_t_f

Artist Statement:

Creating photograph like story telling artwork with a unique style using a tablet and sketch book.

Artist Bio:

Digital artist/illustrator from New haven, CT

Oi Fortin

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http: //oifortin.com

Artist Statement:

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time" Thomas Merton

Artist Bio:

I am a monotype printmaker, born in Thailand, but living and working in New Haven for 25 years. I am currently enjoying working with shapes, textures and bright, bold colors. My prints can be described as contemporary, abstract expressionist. Just for fun, I have been using my printmaker’s esthetic to make acrylic paintings.

Matthew Fowler

Medium: DrawingPainting

Link:

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

A self-taught artist, Matthew has developed his work in the program at Bridges CT.

Rebekah Fraser

Medium: Painting

Link: http://rebekahlfraser.com/art

Artist Statement:

Through writing and art, I explore parallels between the dismantling of Earth and the built environment through climate change; and the dismantling of our social fabric as seen through the dissolution of family, community, and societal structures. My latest body of work is an ongoing series of paintings called, “Control & Release.”

Artist Bio:

Rebekah Fraser is a multi-media artist, working in prose, trash fashion & painting. Author of the novel, The Orderly, and the nonfiction book, A Farmer’s Guide to Climate Disruption, she is also the founder and facilitator of Local Lit @ LOTTA, a bi-monthly reading & discussion series featuring published & unpublished works by New Haven authors.

Jennifer Fremd

Medium: Other

Link: http://www.instagram.com/judeinbloom/

Artist Statement:

I have a deep love for the natural world and sharing it with others, be it through the satisfying feel of wood grain under one's hands or from the sense of awe one gets looking at a river from above. In an ever urbanizing world, at a time when it's so common to be far from home, it's important to find little grounding things.

Artist Bio:

Fascination with nature and the mixing of media has resulted in a mixed portfolio ranging from bowls and vases to resin river tables and encapsulated branches. Drawing inspiration from the forests and coastlines of the Pacific Northwest, her pieces tend to be embellished with blues, greens, and rich forest tones. A still new and developing artist.

Jason Friedes

Medium:

Link: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/artspacethe_final_frontier/

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Jason Friedes studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhodes College. He has exhibited extensively, including an installation on the New Haven Green for the Artspace show, “Vagaries of the Commons.”

Ant Frosolone

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://antfrosolone.com

Artist Statement:

I like to use elements that tie the work I'm doing to the event. Sometimes it's a lyric or a song title, other times it's imagery that is specific to the location of the event. It makes the connection to the work that much more special when it's not just a random image, but something that has a very deliberate reason for being there.

Artist Bio:

Ant Frosolone http://antfrosolone.com is a digital artist residing in Northford, Connecticut. His art captures the themes and imagery from the artists he is representing with his work. His self-taught journey started in 2009 and he has done posters for such artists as Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Jason Isbell, and more.

Kathryn Frund

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.kathrynfrund.com

Artist Statement:

My lifelong focus on environmental issues results in work that repurposes discarded materials, post-consumer waste, and ephemera from contemporary life. Often incorporated in paintings, installations, and assemblages, these hybrid studies of flow and waste explore the notions of transcendence and restitution.

Artist Bio:

Kathryn was a fellow at the MacDowell Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has had numerous solo shows in Boston and Philadelphia. Her work has been reviewed in ARTnews, Art New England, The Boston Globe, and featured in New American Paintings Magazine. She received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

Tony Fusco

Medium: Performance

Link: http://www.tfuscomedia.com/poetry--books.html

Artist Statement:

My presentation will be a series of poetry readings by Connecticut State and Town Poet Laureates at scheduled times from 1 to 5 pm, Nov 2 and 3

Artist Bio:

Tony Fusco is the Poet Laureate of West Haven, Connecticut, Co-President of the Connecticut Poetry Society. He has a Master Degree in Creative Writing from Southern Connecticut State University. He has published four books of poetry and three chap books, Extinction 2018, Java Scripture 2014, Droplines 2010, and Jessie’s Garden 2003.

Howard Fussiner

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.facebook.com/howardfussinersart/

Artist Statement:

Howard Fussiner was primarily a landscape painter. His main subject was Maine, but he also painted in England, France, Italy, Israel and in many other countries as well as all over America.

Artist Bio:

Howard Fussiner taught Studio Art at SCSU for twenty-eight years. His paintings are in collections all over the world, including the National Gallery of Art, the Yale Art Gallery, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and the Slater Museum.

David Gagne

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.instagram.com/elmcityvintagedave/

Artist Statement:

David Gagné is a bicycle mechanic by trade and maker by night. After a lifetime of tinkering with all things mechanical, his love for metal and reclaimed materials is the inspiration of many of his creations. check out more of his work here https://www.youtube.com/user/elmcityvintage

Artist Bio:

David Gagné is a metal sculptor with a focus on reclaimed materials.

Maura Galante

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://www.mauragalante.com

Artist Statement:

Although I like to experiment with a variety of media, I consider myself first and foremost a printmaker. I am fascinated by the various tools, the smell of the inks, the machinery of the press. I continue to play with color, pattern and texture, and incorporate these elements into my explorations of the world around me.

Artist Bio:

Hooked by printmaking from the start, Maura Galante has been working in the medium for almost 30 years, and teaching for over 20 years in the New Haven area. She enjoys being part of the rich local arts community.

Molly Gambardella

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.mollygambardella.com

Artist Statement:

My work is about: patterns, round things, pops of bright color, symmetrical shapes, a sense of abundance and multiplicity. A feeling of lightness or elevation. Things that are lush, that are multi-textured, that have a sense of multicolor or multiplicity. I create things to battle shame with the intention of spreading joy.

Artist Bio:

Molly Gambardella is an up and coming American artist who works in 2D and 3D media. She graduated from Paier College of Art with a BFA in illustration in 2017. Molly continues to receive commissions and show work internationally. Molly currently works from her studio at West River Arts in New Haven, Connecticut.

Jeffrey L. Gangwisch

Medium: New Media

Link: http://jeffrey.gangwisch.us

Artist Statement:

With roots in traditional photography and cinematography, I explore the interaction of digital and physical media with a focus on the human figure. Using algorithmic, procedural kinetics and exploring novel imaging techniques, I search for new aesthetics in the digital artefacts resulting from these processes.

Artist Bio:

Jeffrey L. Gangwisch works with the interaction of digital and physical media focusing on the human figure, often collaborating with various cinema and performance groups for video installation, cinematic exhibition, and new media distribution. They are a co-founder strikeWare, a Baltimore-based New Media Arts Collective.

Peter Gardner

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

I work in abstract, freeform color symbolism, attempting to fuse the history of art, and transcend into a new, revolutionary vision of image and technique. I draw from the Romantic concept of art as pure beauty, seeing this, as well as an attempt at producing meaning, to be the primary foci of creation.

Artist Bio:

Graduated from Harvard University, working as a professional artist and writer the past few decades, have a passion for scuba diving, and have a book out, on amazon.com, called Pearl Diving – Haiku, Longer Poems and Short stories.

Gerardo Garduno

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.gerardogarduno.com/

Artist Statement:

I craft kaleidoscopic vignettes coupling the repetition of geometric shapes and patterns with surreal, kaleidoscopic visuals. Out of the stark polygons and their regular dimensions spring forth anatomical depictions of insects and birds, bones and remains among fruits and fungi; interspersed with sacred geometries and marvels architecture.

Artist Bio:

I’m self-taught artist from Mexico City, I primary media are graphite, pen & ink, acrylic paint, and watercolor on paper. Through a middle school art class I have found a sense of peace in the creative process, until today. I move to the U.S. in 2013 and currently resides in New Haven, CT.

Greg Garvey

Medium: New Media

Link: http://gregorypatrickgarvey.com

Artist Statement:

I create interactive experiences using new media that encourages the audience to activate the work using strategies of touch sensing, motion sensing or other mechanics of engagement. Recent work explores the power of game engines to create simulated virtual worlds that invite the viewer to playfully engage.

Artist Bio:

Greg Garvey creates interactive installations and has exhibited previously at Open Studios, the John Slade Ely House in New Haven; Odetta Gallery, Harvest Works and Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York; at the Landesmuseum in Linz, Austria; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; Tech Fest in Mumbai, India and elsewhere. He started in the games i

Heather Gendron

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.instagram.com/heather_hope_/

Artist Statement:

I love to draw and doodle and I use bright colors and a cartoonish style to invite the viewer into my world. My art typically depicts real world figures coexisting with fantastical ones. I’m inspired by gardens and the natural world, mythological symbols and figures, cartooning and comic art, and the work of self-taught and folk artists.

Artist Bio:

Heather grew up in southern New Mexico and has lived in New York, North Carolina, and Virginia. She currently lives in the artist-friendly village of Westville in New Haven, CT with her husband Ed Gendron, who is also an artist, and their cat Molly.

Edwin Gendron

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.edgendron.com

Artist Statement:

Tom Waits famously said "I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things". As an artist, I enjoy the same. Oddly, the most dangerous qualities of human beings and the most beautiful qualities of human beings both emanate from the same place. The women and men who reenact, assert that “history is a personal thing”. And for them, it may be true

Artist Bio:

Ed Gendron is an independent artist, photographer, and filmmaker who currently resides in New Haven, CT. He embarked on documentary film and photography as a way to connect with people and tell their stories. You can follow the Playing Soldier film at: http://www.playingsoldierthemovie.com/

Sergei Gerasimenko

Medium: DesignSculptureWoodworking

Link: https://www.smgwoodworking.com/

Artist Statement:

I bring the same meticulous craftsmanship and years of design and building experience to each of my projects.

Artist Bio:

Originally from Belarus, I completed my studies in Technical Design and Production at the Moscow Art Theater School. In 1991, I moved to the United States.

After building sets for Smith College, Yale School of Drama, Yale Repertory Theater, and other theater shops, I turned my skills to remodeling, finish carpentry, and custom cabinet work.

Craig Gilbert

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.thatcraigguy.com

Artist Statement:

All pieces are entitled “FLOW”. Whether they are simple ink on paper renderings or are incorporating color or are spilling over 3-D objects or are lilting around stacked canvases and bending around corners, they’re all FLOW. Even if the FLOW pattern is seen as a specific element or object, it’s all FLOW. It’s fun. It’s ease. Hey. It’s FLOW.

Artist Bio:

Craig is a local, New Haven artist who is a repeat displayer at CWOS.
He has had showings of his FLOW artwork in art galleries, bars, abandoned buildings, music venues, and coffee shops.
Craig spends his non-FLOW, artistic hours as the label creator/image generator for the New England Brewing Company.
He enjoys spicy food.

Jacquelyn Gleisner

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.jacquelyngleisner.com

Artist Statement:

I am interested in patterns, surface design, and decoration. The impulse to decorate and embellish is present in ancient textiles and other forms of handicraft. Yet throughout history, cultural perceptions of ornament, color, and decoration have varied. Patterns and color have the ability to conflate or open space, to entice or repel a viewer.

Artist Bio:

Jacquelyn Gleisner is an artist, writer, and educator. Her work as a visual artist has been exhibited throughout the United States, especially within New England, and internationally, in Italy, Finland, and Botswana. Gleisner is the founder of Connecticut Art Review and a Practitioner in Residence at the University of New Haven.

Rob Goldman

Medium: Photography

Link: http://imatterproject.org

Artist Statement:

My photographs and multimedia installations are designed to inspire and empower people toward positive personal and communal change. The work honors and celebrates the humanness and godliness that lies within us all. It is inspired by my personal quest to curb my fear-based judgement and assumptions, and courageously open my heart toward curiosity

Artist Bio:

I am a photographer, multimedia artist, educator and speaker. My work empowers personal and community growth through a combination of art, education and social action. My photography has been celebrated in gallery exhibitions and many national magazines. I am the author of Shooting From The Heart: Creating Passion and Purpose in Your Life and Work.

Greg K Grab

Medium: Photography

Link:

Artist Statement:

I fell in love with black and white photography and the creative process in the darkroom back in college. After 9 long years and after being inspired by my friend’s paintings, I finally got back to it. The subjects of my photographs varies from landscapes, people performing their jobs, people’s faces and eyes, to buildings and animals.

Artist Bio:

I was born and raised in Europe. I am a business professional by day and black & white photography is my passion and hobby. I take my photographs with a manual Nikon N6006, 35mm black & white film. I develop all of my films and print pictures by myself.

Amber Gratta

Medium: Painting

Link: https://instagram.com/agritzz_art?igshid=pch376drlxlj

Artist Statement:

My series of paintings demonstrates a backwards progression in life from older to younger. It is the concept of existence through my eyes featuring metaphors for life.

Artist Bio:

Amber Gratta is a Connecticut native who has been creating art all of her life. Her medium of choice is acrylic paint. She uses bold, bright colors to make the pieces pop. Amber has always had a passion for cartoons and monsters. Her work demonstrates that and really shows the viewer that all monsters aren’t as bad as people think.

Deborah Greco

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.dgrecoart.com

Artist Statement:

As a landscape artist, my intent is to share how I experience the landscape I live in. The shoreline is my muse; the intersection of land, sea and sky continually inspire me. The ephemeral quality of light on the salt marshes, the glow of sunset on sand, the seasonal changes in colors and textures are images I want to give life to on paper.

Artist Bio:

Painter in Oil and Pastel
Member of Guilford Art League, Lyme Art Association, Connecticut Pastel Society
BFA, Syracuse University, Art Students League, NYC, School of Visual Arts, NYC, Silvermine Art School,Guilford Art Center
Studied with nationally known landscape painter David Dunlop, Master Pastellists Chris Ivers & Liz Haywood Sullivan

Dr. Cheryl Green

Medium: Fabric

Link:

Artist Statement:

I enjoy creating images that reflect my environment and that can make others smile.

Artist Bio:

Dr. Cheryl Green is an Associate Professor of nursing at Southern Connecticut State University and an Off-Shift Nurse Leader at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She enjoys sewing, writing poetry, and crocheting.

Joshua Green

Medium: Fabric

Link:

Artist Statement:

My art is an inspiration from God. I love discovering the world around me and exploring through various mediums how to express it.

Artist Bio:

Joshua Green, a 23-year-old artist, showed some of his work at City Wide Open Studios (CWOS) 2018. He has also illustrated the book “I Hurt and I cry.” by Dr. Cheryl Ann Green on adults coping with illness and death, and has won a Yale Medical School t-shirt design contest. He is doing artwork throughout his life to glorify God.

Robin Green

Medium: Textile

Link: http://www.fernstitch.com

Artist Statement:

My work maintains a tension between structure and freedom, and accepts the fundamental components of quiltmaking -- pieced fabric atop layers that are held together by stitches -- to question relationships and perception.

Artist Bio:

Robin earned her BA from Oberlin College and an MA in Art History from Yale University. Her quilts have been published in contemporary quiltmaking books and she teaches textile workshops around the state. She currently serves as Gallery & Programs Manager at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven.

Robert S. Greenberg

Medium: Installation

Link: https://www.robertsgreenberg.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Eliška Mörsel Greenspoon

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://eliska-mg.com

Artist Statement:

I have been creating photograms by exposing out-dated black and white photo paper in room light and fixed to retain the image. These images become re-interpreted as they are scanned into vivid color and attached to triangular panels and onto square panels as they relate to organic elements. The resulting works take on a molecular investigation .

Artist Bio:

I was born in Chomutov, Czech Republic. I currently reside in Milford, CT and have lived in many places such as: Israel, Virginia, Boston, South Carolina, California and recently Omaha, NE. A B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University, graduate course work at The Massachusetts College of Art, and an M.F.A. from Clemson University.

Bob Gregson

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.bobgregson.com

Artist Statement:

My work is playful. Many of my pieces invite people to become part of the work. Recently I have been creating works on paper that are like games of Solitaire but without the cards. They start out with a random grid from which the image emerges. The pieces are spontaneous and retain the quality of play that has become the hallmark of my work.

Artist Bio:

BFA Hartford Art School and MFA Art Institute of Chicago. Was Creative Director for Connecticut Culture and Tourism for 22 years. My work is in several private and public collections including the New Britain Museum of American Art, The Housatonic Museum of Art, and the State of Connecticut.

Dan Gries

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://www.dangries.com

Artist Statement:

I craft algorithms with computer code to produce art, employing controlled randomness to extend my creative choices. I am particularly fascinated by imperfection and irregularity in shape, texture, color, and flow. In my most recent work I have focused on creating this kind of imperfection in minimalist line and circle images.

Artist Bio:

I write computer code to produce 2D prints, 3D-printed objects, and physical installations. I have a Ph.D. in mathematics from Ohio State, and have taught at both the college and secondary levels. I live and work in New Haven, CT, teaching mathematics and computer science at Hopkins School while creating art in my spare time.

Penelope Van Grinsven

Medium: Ceramics

Link: http://www.penelopevangrinsven.com

Artist Statement:

Tapping into the ceremonial power of ceramics, I make participatory pieces that resemble cultural rituals. I set up interactions that are egalitarian in their principles: all participants have the information needed to partake in an invented ceremony. Through participation, the objects and actions develop into communal expression and symbolism.

Artist Bio:

Penelope Van Grinsven is a potter with east coast roots who learned to love clay in the midwest. She is most interested in choreographing the use of ceramic objects and creating new rituals that focus on those invented actions.

Stephen Grossman

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.sgrossman.net

Artist Statement:

My work is largely architectural in its format and perspective but directly or obliquely addresses social and psychological concerns. Urbanism and structural systems are apt vehicles for me to try to understand how society functions and to unravel what it means to be a person.

Artist Bio:

Stephen Grossman is a visual artist working in drawing and painting. He has exhibited at The Drawing Center, Aldrich Museum, Real Art Ways, Artspace New Haven, Giampietro Gallery, Kenise Barnes Fine Arts and other venues. In 2006 he was a visiting artist at the Weir Farm Historic Trust. In 2002 he received an NEA grant for the project “Fencing”.

Haley Grunloh

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.haleygrunloh.com

Artist Statement:

I have never been able to choose between fantastical children's book art and carefully observed natural science illustration, so my work is equally informed by both. I aim to create fun, whimsical images that hint at a larger story, and that incorporate accurate depictions of the plants, animals, and insects I love.

Artist Bio:

Haley Grunloh graduated from Pratt Institute in 2013, after which she interned at IS183 Art School of the Berkshires and worked at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven. She currently plans art programs for children and families at the New Haven Free Public Library and moonlights as a children’s illustrator.

Mohamad Hafez

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.MohamadHafez.com

Artist Statement:

Architecture has the unique ability to illustrate the narrative of its occupants. Recording traces of the lives and memories that took place within, it captures a moment’s particular emotion into a physical presence. If art is a record of history, I aim to capture and record in my work the raw and pained spirit of that moment in history.

Artist Bio:

Mohamad Hafez is an interdisciplinary artist and architect .

Grace Hager

Medium: Painting

Link: http://gracehager.com

Artist Statement:

Through a traditional approach of observational drawing, I create vibrant compositions of color and pattern to build paintings with a fresh, contemporary perspective. My subjects include collected objects and textiles, as well as my various houseplants, creating a sense of the personal and domestic landscape.

Artist Bio:

Grace Hager is a practicing artist living and working in Branford, Connecticut. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting with a Minor in Art History at the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine.

Morrissa Hammie

Medium: Drawing

Link: https://www.instagram.com/blackmadonnathebuddist/

Artist Statement:

Hope to see you at Yale West Campus. When you support an Artist you help support and uplift the World.

Artist Bio:

My name is Black MaDonna the Buddist.
I am a freelance artist. I draw & create things that are connected to my spirit & the World. I believe Art is a form of Expression, Feelings, and Emotions.Demonstrating Art is a way of releasing your feelings & emotions into the Universe from your point of view. Every piece of feelings & emotions has a story.

Luke and Mistina Hanscom

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.lottastudio.com

Artist Statement:

Many years of a common vision for highly conceptualized imagery began to build. Together, through years, a symbiotic photographic relationship was formed allowing them to not only live and work together, but to enrich each others imagery. Each having unique skills that are used to collaborate on projects on the local and commercial platforms.

Artist Bio:

Mistina Hanscom & Luke Hanscom
Photographic imagery for commercial, editorial and personal projects.

Sonia Hansman

Medium: Fabric

Link: https//www.facebook.com/SoniaHansman

Artist Statement:

I create one of a kind soft sculptures out of felt, fabrics, and other materials. My art pushes the boundaries between weird, cute, and creepy. I really like making others happy with my art and enjoy when someone chooses a poppet that they can relate to or makes them smile.

Artist Bio:

Sonia Hansman studied fine art at Queens College in New York. She has since moved to Connecticut where she creates her art in the company of her husband, quirky dog, and curious cat. Besides art she enjoys reading and gaming.

Deborah Hare

Medium: Collage

Link:

Artist Statement:

I use my photographs and my journal entries to create visual memoirs. My newest creation, Mixed Messages, is a collage journal of my life in Brooklyn during the 1970s. It is an attempt to better understand myself, racial and gender identities, and the history of that decade.

Artist Bio:

I grew up on a farm in New Hampshire, and then spent the 1970’s in Brooklyn, where I studied art at The City College of New York. In 1980 I moved to New Haven, and worked for the New Haven Advocate. I went to Wesleyan in 1986 and got my teaching certificate and then taught English and theatre at The High School in the Community.

Sidney Harris

Medium: Drawing

Link: sciencecartoonsplus.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Paintings of NYC – drawings done on the spot, mostly in New Haven restaurants – prints of cartoons from many periodicals (New Yorker, Playboy, various science magazines…)

Andrew Haskell

Medium: Photography

Link:

Artist Statement:

My photographs are how I look in the world, more in detail and less generally. There is so much to see if we stop and look.

Artist Bio:

Andrew Haskell is a graphic designer, photographer and visual artist based in Hamden, Connecticut. His photographs explore details of the natural and built environments in Scotland and Costa Rica. Andrew is a graduate of Emmanuel College in Boston.

Michaela Hauser-Wagner

Medium: scuplture

Link: http://www.alexandertechniquect.com

Artist Statement:

I had little trust in my creative skills. 10 years ago, with the strong encouragement of my sculpting teacher David Millen, I joined his studio group, which has been my place for growth and exploration ever since. As an Alexander Technique teacher I have been mostly interested in ways I can represent the naturally poised human figure.

Artist Bio:

Coming to CT from Germany almost 30 years ago, my life took professional detours. As a voice and language clinician I discovered breath, thorough the Alexander Technique posture and movement, through Somatic Experiencing the possibility to regulate the nervous system. I am grateful for the many people who accompany me on my path.

UARTS Chapel Haven

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.UARTSCH.org

Artist Statement:

UARTS Chapel Haven Schleifer Center is an Artisan training program, providing creative vocational skills for adults with developmental and social disabilities. The UARTS Artisans create an array of unique art products. The materials used for these products are mostly up-cycled, donated and found objects.

Artist Bio:

Gathered Wood Wreath – Created using twine and painted found objects in nature.

Clymenza Hawkins

Medium: Collage

Link: http://clymenza.wordpress.com

Artist Statement:

My images continues the theme on women's spiritual transformations with in their souls.

Artist Bio:

Clymenza is self taught in mixed media collage and photomontage.

Rachel Hellerich

Medium: Painting

Link: https://rachelhellerich.com

Artist Statement:

My work challenges the dimensions of both a relative physical world and one that feels otherworldly. Deriving much of my inspiration from the sea, natural phenomena and geologic formations, I produce what can be interpreted as tangible dreamscapes.

Artist Bio:

Rachel Hellerich is a geometric abstraction painter based in Connecticut. She earned a Post-Baccalaureate certificate from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2004) and has exhibited extensively in the greater New York Area. Her paintings are included in many US and International Collections.

Stephen Henderson

Medium: Painting

Link: https://stephenbhenderson.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Professor of Fine Art at Quinnipiac University

Sarah Hendon

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Daffodilink

Artist Statement:

My artwork is based in nature and it is what I do to feel connected to my environment and myself. Making art brings me pleasure and teaches me much about seeing, feeling, and being in the world.

Artist Bio:

Sarah Hendon was raised in Madison, Wisconsin, and has lived in New Haven for almost 20 years. She is a fiction writer, printmaker, photographer, and collage artist, and she works at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England.

Emily Herberich

Medium: Painting

Link: https://eherberich.carbonmade.com/

Artist Statement:

In our overly mediated world, we are prompted to disconnect from our immediate needs and political stakes. Authoritative words create distance between artist and society. Art should be a means of connecting, making real what has been made specter. I work with direct attention to persisting authoritarianism.

Artist Bio:

Emily is a New-Haven based visual artist specializing in oil painting. She primarily works in figurative or narrative painting.

Mary P. Herron

Medium: Fabric

Link:

Artist Statement:

Mary Herron was inspired by the theme Older but Younger to spearhead this collaborative quilt with a diverse group of her friends and family including her 87 year old Aunt. A great admirer of Faith Ringgold, Mary included artists who don’t typically work in fabric by encouraging them to paint. Mary's humming bird block use both embroidery and paint

Artist Bio:

Mary first exhibited her art publicly at the Nasty Woman Art Show in 2017. Since then, Mary has shown her full array of multi medium paintings at New Haven’s 2018 City Wide Open Studios. Mary’s work varies in theme from nature to political, as well as in medium: encaustic wax, water color, acrylic, and textile.

Susan Higgins

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.shigginsphotography.com

Artist Statement:

My work explores the physical and cultural landscape. I photograph the familiar, often iconic, to reflect our common experiences and give us pause to consider our personal history and identity. Much of my work is built on nostalgia, Much of my work is built on nostalgia and entices us to reflect on who we are now and how that influences what we see

Artist Bio:

After a career in academe, I began doing fine art photography in 2007. I am largely self-taught, and studied at the Rayko Photography Center in SF, CA. I use a digital SLR and print my own work. My photographs are in a number of private collections from studio, exhibition, gallery sales, and auctions. My work is in the FlatFile at ArtSpace NH.

Graham Honaker

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

ART IS A LUXURY THAT WE ALL DESERVE TO EXPERIENCE. DON'T KEEP IT TO YOURSELF. LOAN ME YOUR FUNKY MIND

Artist Bio:

Artist based in Hamden, CT. Studied fine art at Eastern New Mexico University.

Maria Lara-Whelpley & Grace Hough

Medium: Installation

Link:

Artist Statement:

"See/Speak/Hear/Draw: Should we talk? Do we hear?" is a communications experiment.

Artist Bio:

Collaborating artists are 36 years apart in age. Their communication is a form of diplomacy, a compromise and a product of the worlds they each inhabit. It has been selected by Artspace for the Hall of Collaborations.

Ellen Hoverkamp

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.myneighborsgarden.com

Artist Statement:

The general mission of my work is to bring attention to the exquisite beauty present in our natural world.

Artist Bio:

Ellen Hoverkamp has been using a flatbed scanner as a camera to photograph souvenirs of the garden and of the day, since 1997. She collaborated on 2 gardening books and her work has appeared in magazines and has been commercially licensed. She has exhibited her award winning photography in solo and group shows and is a guest speaker to garden clubs.

Mary Adair Hubka

Medium: Fabric

Link:

Artist Statement:

I learned from mother that we learn from every person we meet. Wisdom is flexibily. If you’re smart- be willing to change your plans, to move to the side in an instant. This world is not made up of me, myself and mine, it is made up of others. The whole wide world is made of beauty and unexpected things. Small kindnesses are important.

Artist Bio:

Mary Adair Hubka was born Mary Herron in Capitan, New Mexico on December 1st, 1931. Mary’s BS in home economics was put to good use during her tenure as a teacher. Mary has quilted all her life and has won many awards over the past 30 years for her Amish-style quilts. Mary was thrilled to collaborate on this quilt with her niece.

Lisa Hunihan

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

I use painting and drawing as a meditation and a way to examine the natural world around me. Beginning to share my images with others has become a natural extension of my creative process.

Artist Bio:

I have been painting and drawing for most of my life. I’ve taken many amateur art classes over the years and mostly share my work with friends and family. Recently I have decided to broaden my audience by publicly sharing my artwork.

ERIC IANNUCCI

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://artbomb.com

Artist Statement:

When items are grouped in certain formations it can create disturbances and has even been known to temporarily create tears in the delicate fabric that shield this reality from other planes. It is important for artists to use care in juxtaposition of objects for all of the tediously placed molecules of our reality may be in dire peril. artbomb.com

Artist Bio:

I am an artist, brainstormer, craftsman, designer, entrepreneur, friend, gamer, helper, innovator, joker, keeper, lover, mover, napper, opportunist, pessimist, quack, recycler, student, teacher, upsetter, villain, waster, x-man, yeller, zebra. Now I know my ABC’s tell me what you think of me.

Dooley O Jackson

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.instagram.com/artbydooleyo/

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

As a youth I was raised on the Hip-Hop culture and adopted a graffiti aerosol abstract art style, painting public murals and canvases as a way to project positive energy to the world. I also felt it was important to explore other graffiti artists and produced a video series called GTV in the early 90’s to 2000 which can be viewed on instagram.

Joan Jacobsen-Zamore

Medium: Printmaking

Link: https://www.printmakersnetwork.org/joan-jacobson-zamore/

Artist Statement:

My work is as much about the art making process as it is about the subject matter which is the modern day landscape and its ephemeral nature. I express the yin and yang of painting and the elements of art and try to balance all these elements to create a dance of visual pleasure.

Artist Bio:

Joan Jacobson Zamore has been creating art all her life. While auditing a class at Yale University with Richard Claude Ziemann she discovered the happy surprise called the monotype. Ms Zamore attended Hunter College for her undergraduate and graduate degrees. She returned to her studies to obtain an MFA in printmaking from Pratt Institute from 1985-87. Ms Zamore’s work is included in public collections such as Yale University, Colgate University, the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport CT, Aetna corporation and a poetry publication called “Parnassus”. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work.

Noe Jimenez

Medium: Painting

Link: https://noejimenez.myportfolio.com/

Artist Statement:

The Scrolls of Heaven Under the Snail at the edge of time.

Artist Bio:

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Joseph R Gorneault Jr

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.joesartlive.com

Artist Statement:

Joseph R. Gorneault, Jr. approaches each canvas with his own custom colors that he skillfully creates. This way, his work is highly personal due to his unique palette. Observers will find his artwork accessible not only because of these specific colors, but because of the textures and the universal themes he addresses.

Artist Bio:

Joe, who is from an Italian and French background, was classically trained at both Tunxis Community College and Hartford Art School where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude.

Mark W. Potter, Jr.

Medium: Ceramics

Link: http://ravenofferings.blogspot.com/

Artist Statement:

Fire transforms everything . . . here is the mystery confronting all potters. The making of 'wares' or 'sculptures' with fired clay is the least part of the meditation. Where is the clay from? Is it a mixture . . what minerals, what size particles . . . all clays are different. Learning to make pots takes one into the geology of Planet Earth.

Artist Bio:

Majored in Art at Yale, graduated 1976.
Filmmaker in NYC, with Merchant Ivory Productions mostly as an editor.
Left filmmaking but filled the art void by sculpture making . . . which morphed into firing stuff made of clay.
Fascinated with kilns, fuels and methods of firing. Carbon trapping, Cone 10 high fire, wood . . . what a road.

Carly Julius

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.instagram.com/carlydoodles/

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Bridgeport artist, student at Sacred Heart University

Katie Jurkiewicz

Medium: Painting

Link: http://katiejurkiewicz.com

Artist Statement:

Katie paints big (really big) paintings on unstretched canvas. In really bright colors.

Artist Bio:

Katie Jurkiewicz is a painter from New Britain, CT. She is also the PR Coordinator for Artspace.

Sheila Kaczmarek

Medium: Ceramics

Link: http://www.sheilakaczmarek.com/

Artist Statement:

I find my inspiration from marine creatures and forms in nature as I explores the role that multiplicity and inter-dependency plays in their existence. I works with clay and other media . I am also intrigued by maps and sea charts and how they translate to a 2-dimensional painting.

Artist Bio:

Sheila Kaczmarek studied art at St. Martin’s School of Art, London, UCLA and the Academie de Boitsfort, Belgium. She apprenticed at Guilford Art Center Ceramic Studio, is President of the Guilford Art League and is a founder member of the City Gallery, New Haven.

Christina Kane

Medium: Installation

Link: https://www.studioinewhaven.com

Artist Statement:

A study in contrast, a decade of collecting varying ages of shell development from shorelines across the Northern hemisphere, I've created an immersive, paradoxical experience of one of the oldest teachers around us… the sea.

Artist Bio:

Artistic beginnings rooted in movement and dance, Christina expanded her voice in art while at Southern Connecticut State University, minoring in Fine Art and majoring in Psychology. She continues to bring her imagination to life through mixed media immersive experiences.

Nancy Karpel

Medium: jewelry

Link: http://www.nancykarpeljewelry.com

Artist Statement:

My precious metal jewelry designs express a connection to life's emotional twists and turns through organic and geometric nature forms, texture and color. New Photography: The Way I See It- Through light, color, and abstraction, my compositions illuminate details normally missed in everyday life.

Artist Bio:

Nancy Karpel-Bio

• Professional jewelry artist since 1976
• Exhibited extensively through numerous galleries national and international
• Work has been included in many publications, and has garnered awards and honors, is in permanent collections of the White House and the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Karen E Kassap

Medium: Collage

Link: http://www.karenkassap.com

Artist Statement:

I work in mixed media collage, using acrylic, paper and found objects. Collage lays apparent the dichotomy between the completed work, and the many layers of paint and paper that form the foundation of the piece. My work is a personal expression of my identity as a woman, a mother, a wife, a Jew, and ideas of female strength and independence.

Artist Bio:

Karen Kassap studied mixed media collage with Debi Pendell, and Debi remains an important mentor. She also studied photography in college and at the International Center for Photography, New York. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar and the Pennsylvania Bar. When she is not in her studio she volunteers at Apostle Immigrant Services.

Kyle Kearson

Medium: Sculpture

Link:

Artist Statement:

My practice revolves around the experience of human-object interaction. The sculptures I create highlight materiality and possess symbolic presence. Drawing inspiration from both historical topics and current events my work is meant to provoke thought. Using common industrial materials I respond to the world and prompt curiosity through tactility.

Artist Bio:

Kyle Kearson is an emerging artist born and raised in New Haven, CT. In 2016 he earned his BFA in sculpture/ceramics from the University of Connecticut. Currently, he works as a museum preparator at the Yale Center for British Art. As a Black sculptor, he investigates themes of racial histories and disparities, using his art to reflect on society.

Bob Keating

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.bobkeatingsculptor.com

Artist Statement:

I'm making my own Scholar Rocks. You will be able to be with them on a different level in space at the CWOS Alternative Space.

Artist Bio:

I was born in Providence R.I. to two graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design. I received a BFA from Swain School of Design in New Bedford, MA. I live and make sculpture in Southbury Connecticut.

Drew Keefer

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

This work is a testament to the courage of dead and dying friends, to the sheer graphic brutality of the Bay Area tech boom, and my present disinterest with other-than-subaltern generational narratives. Don't worry It's not really a polemic, I'm against discursive formations of any kind; I'm mostly just driven by Eros and stupidity.

Artist Bio:

Born and raised in New Haven, educated at California College of the arts, currently a working artist and Social Worker in training.

Michael Kellner

Medium: Digital Art

Link:

Artist Statement:

When I was at the Art Institute of Chicago, I spent many late nights waiting for the El train. In the stations there are advertisements intended for the people across the tracks. You could walk right up to them and see the images fall apart into halftone dots. I always wanted to emulate that look, and thanks to technology, now I can.

Artist Bio:

Attended school at California College of Arts and Crafts; Studio Art Centers International, Florence Italy; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I’ve been working with art and technology for 30 years.

Sean Kernan

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.seankernan.com

Artist Statement:

photographing, filming, and writing are all ways of loosening and challenging my stasis. Ultimately, though, it all takes me to other universes...that look at first like this one.

Artist Bio:

Photographer, film maker, writer, author of 2 monographs, The Secret Books (with Jorge Luis Borges) and Among Trees (with Anthony Doerr), and Looking Into the Light. Published in the New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian, New York, Harpers, Bloomberg, CA, Graphis. Exhibited at galleries and museums in the US and the world, Produced and directed docu

Afaf Khalil

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.afafkhalil.com

Artist Statement:

I apply abstract expressionism in my art. I consider it as an escape and a detachment from the materialistic world we live in. It also, activates our imagination. We all need to see different places, try different food, practice new skills, and mostly be inspired by different art styles, all of which gives us a new taste of life instead of living.

Artist Bio:

Life is a beautiful adventure. To me, Art is a mental and an emotional therapy. My greatest ambition is to contribute as much as I can to the community, and inspire individuals with hardships in their lives to overcome their struggle. I believe that as an artist I have a very precious gift to share with people and to connect with nature.

Constance Kiermaier

Medium: Collage

Link: http://constancekiermaier.com

Artist Statement:

Here in the my ninth decade, I still continue to think of art as magic, and myself as a kind of magician. One who through complex trickery can manipulate visual perceptions and create a dichotomy of the real and the unreal. As an artist I find I delight myself in the process of seeking to delight and surprise. This discovery is an enchantment.

Artist Bio:

Constance grew up on a farm in Virginia. A graduate of the School of Fine Arts, Yale University, she worked as a commercial artist, raised four children, and thereafter devoted herself to serious painting. She is a collagist, boxmaker, printmaker, teacher and mentor. She is the recipient of many awards and has shown throughout the east coast.

Earl Grenville Killeen

Medium: Watercolor

Link: http://earlgrenvillekilleenart.com

Artist Statement:

I sense a movement in my recent work toward intimacy and acceptance.The hulking construction machinery in Totemics gives way to the more human-scaled (still mostly-metal) gadgets of Mechanostalgia. Now, my whimsical composites of familiar and natural objects are less about doing (or incapacitation) and more about being (in harmony and tranquility).

Artist Bio:

Art Students’ League of NY (1970s). Founded Shoreline Arts Alliance’s Future Choices Annual Juried Show for regional HS students (1984) and recently established an Annual Founder’s Award. Recipient of two grants and numerous awards (incl. CWS, Arts-CT, NBMAA, Artist’s Magazine). Author of The North Light Book of Acrylic Painting Techniques (1995).

Esthea Kim

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://estheakim.com

Artist Statement:

What inspire me often are immersive and near. They are usually not tangible but abstract, whether visual or emotional or virtuous. I incline to recreate the immersiveness and nearness through the subject of my inspiration as I simply mimic their depicted quality or through repeating motifs.

Artist Bio:

A trained surface designer and painter who loves to bring the surroundings together, such as from light and place mat, or sky and air filter. After getting her BFA and working in NYC, Esthea resides in Connecticut with her husband and two children.

Katie Kindilien

Medium: Painting

Link: http://katiekindilienfineart.com

Artist Statement:

Creating a still life or a landscape allows me to spend actual time in communion with the worI hope that whenever anyone looks at my work the experience will not only give the viewer a unique glimpse of the world, but will also be a window into one of their own special memories of other times and places that have touched them in some way.

Artist Bio:

I earned my BFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. I received my art teaching certification as well as my Masters degree in Education at Southern CT State University. I taught art for 25 years in New Haven Public schools and am now a full time painter!

Sam Kirby

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.instagram.com/art.by.samkirby/

Artist Statement:

My interest is in investigating the connection/disconnection between personal language and common language; the connection between image and background; and the artist’s tentative control over these dichotomies. I want to pursue the playfulness of Alexander Calder and Red Grooms and the theoretical exactitude of Piet Mondrian and Al Held.

Artist Bio:

May 1984 – Yale BFA in painting.
September 1984 – moved to Brooklyn to become a starving artist.
October 1984 – didn’t starve, instead got a job as an editor at American Artist Magazine.
August 1986 – solo show at the Henry Hicks Gallery in Brooklyn.
September 1987 – returned to New Haven to study architecture.
September 2019 – still painting.

Lesley Koenig

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.lesleykoenigstudio.com

Artist Statement:

I paint abstracts to give people a refuge from the overload of everyday life. My work is a vehicle for meeting with oneself, a grounding place where individuals can experience a greater sense of appreciation, awareness and the expansiveness of joy within.  It's not about what one sees, but about what one feels.

Artist Bio:

Lesley Koenig is a self-taught abstract expressionist who has exhibited in over 75 juried group and solo shows since 2013. She received an Award of Merit in 2014 for one of her earliest paintings and is a juried member of The National Association of Women Artists.

Jenny Krauss

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.jennykraussstudio.com

Artist Statement:

Each painting is an investigation - a mixing of materials to see what happens. The imagery emerges as a result of the technique. This lack of control is exciting and the element of surprise moves me forward. Most of the time nothing interesting happens so I find myself remaking the entire painting over and over and over…

Artist Bio:

I have a BFA and an MFA. After years of working day jobs to support my painting, I founded a textile design business which ultimately took up all of my time. In the last year, I’ve been able to step back and return to the studio.
Before I started my company, I exhibited in over 50 group and solo shows and received 11 private or government grants.

Jo Kremer

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

My work so far has been painting with narrative in mind, with liberal use of color. Also have made lots of prints, primarily copperplate etchings. Right now my studio itself is the work: cleaning, organizing, thinking, and opening the doors for conversation.

Artist Bio:

I inhabit a liminal space between art and psyche, studio and hospital, having been trained in medicine/psychiatry and, much later, in painting and printmaking (yale school of art ‘special student’, class of ’05). Immersed recently in clinical practice, I’m determined to resume art activity; my studio is a place of possibility.

Gary Kriksciun

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Founder of the New Raw Art Movement

David Kuehler

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.davidkuehler.com

Artist Statement:

My work explores the act of Perspective Taking. I immerse myself in imagined dualities and observed ironies. I bring them to life through paintings, video/film installation and performance for the camera.

Artist Bio:

David Kuehler is an artist, innovator and storyteller. His interdisciplinary background in the arts and sciences shapes his practice. He served as lecturer at Art Center College of Design and Stanford’s, d.school. He holds a BFA from Lyme Academy, a BS in Engineering from UNC, Charlotte, and he is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School.

Abbie Kundishora

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.abbiekundishora.com

Artist Statement:

My miniature figurative paintings depict strangers that I see on the street. I explore the way that people subconsciously project their experience of the world. My newer still life paintings explore conversations that I have had with family members over dinner using objects to represent the complexities of our personal and intimate relationships.

Artist Bio:

Abbie Kundishora is a British painter who lives in New Haven. She works as an independent artist out of her rented studio space and as Conservation Assistant at the Yale Center for British Art. She has worked with Nasty Women CT and is now on the Board of Directors of the Ellen Frank Illuminated Arts Foundation for the Cities of Peace project.

Constance LaPalombara

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.constancelapalombara.com

Artist Statement:

My interest is in the natural world around me and all the emotions and sensations that can evoke

Artist Bio:

I am a landscape painter mostly of the city and coastal Maine. I also paint still life. The artists who have influenced me most are Hopper, Corot and Morandi. I am also very partial to the American Luminist painters–Kensett , Innes and others.

Sally Larrick

Medium: Fabric

Link:

Artist Statement:

I'm working with the play of color and pattern to create the illusion of three dimensions.

Artist Bio:

Sally Larrick was born in Ojai, CA and now lives in Decatur, GA. She received a BFA in Textile Design from RISD in 1986, and worked in product development and as a free lance textile designer for 15 years. She has an MS in Education, and taught as an art teacher for seven years. Now she weaves, mentors a refugee family and teaches meditation.

Scott Lawrence

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://scottlawrencestudio.com

Artist Statement:

In my work I try to set poetics at odds with the practical, at odds with the triple mantra of what we call progress: description, control, and prediction. I manipulate the everyday subject matter of my life, and through careful attention and experimentation I try to invest it with a winsome humor or with traces of a seemingly crushing burden.

Artist Bio:

Born in Alabama, Scott Lawrence lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. He received his MFA from New York’s School of Visual Arts and his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art. He has exhibited his work throughout the US as well as in Paris, Berlin, Seoul and Vancouver, and in solo shows at GRIN (Providence, RI) and NurtureArt (Brooklyn, NY).

Rick Lawson

Medium: Installation

Link: http://www.warep.com

Artist Statement:

The War Experience Project was created in 2008 as a way for Veterans to share stories about their military experiences without relying on language alone. This installation includes artworks created by Veterans and Active Duty service members from the greater New Haven area. The larger exhibit has over 100 pieces and travels internationally.

Artist Bio:

Rick Lawson served in the US Army National Guard during the Iraq War from 2004 to 2005 during a yearlong deployment. He was trained, and served primarily, as a medical laboratory technician. He was honorably discharged in 2006. Rick completed a Master in Public Health from Yale University in 2016. He is a self-taught artist and community artist.

Cate M. Leach

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://cateleach.com

Artist Statement:

Formerly a dancer with the New York City Ballet, I continue to draw inspiration from the stage. There is drama in the paintings, prints and assemblage I create. I am increasingly drawn to making three dimensional works from found objects. These pieces are often inspired by my dreams. I strive to create beauty in all my works.

Artist Bio:

Cate is a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists, and The Center for Contemporary Printmaking. She studied with Constance Kiermaier for over twenty years. She has had several solo shows at the Prince Street gallery in NY, as well as in Connecticut at Art Place Gallery in Fairfield. She maintains a studio at Firing Circuits in Norwalk, CT.

Della Leapman

Medium: Installation

Link: https://www.nestlspace.com

Artist Statement:

Nestl is shifting cultural norms around pumping to improve gender inclusivity in the workplace and quality of life among lactating individuals by building solutions that facilitate greater inclusion while advocating for workplaces built for human needs.

Artist Bio:

Nestl is a product line by architect Della Leapman that features modular prototypes for Lactation Rooms and Tranquil Wellness Spaces designed for the workplace.

Hannah Leckman

Medium: Ceramics

Link:

Artist Statement:

I love making functional pots: mugs, vases, plates, candlesticks, butter dishes, bowls. I want them to be beautiful and useful. I love every part of the process, working on the wheel or with slabs of clay and decorating with carving or painting or interesting glaze combinations.

Artist Bio:

My life BC (before clay) was busy: teaching French and Latin at a middle school, singing in various professional choirs, gardening and spending time with children and grandchildren. Pottery was hobby for a long time. Now it is my vocation.

Derek Leka

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.derekleka.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Derek Leka lives and works in New Haven CT. He has been painting for 15 years and teaching for 12 years. He has an MFA from Western CT. State in Painting, Drawing, and Color. He has a BFA from Purchase College in Painting, Drawing, and Color. In 2008 his painting Placid Motion was exhibited at the National Academy Museum’s annual invitational, wher

Nate Lerner

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.natelerner.com

Artist Statement:

My imagemaking begins with the refurbishment of older cameras and darkroom equipment; starting an artistic practice in this manner is an active protest against the fickle and often devastatingly wasteful nature of postmodern consumer culture. My work concerns human experiences of magic and trauma, especially moments where those phenomena intersect.

Artist Bio:

Nate Lerner is interested in place, culture, and time as reflected through natural and built environments – the spaces/ideas we create and the ways that we inhabit or abandon them. Most recently, his photographs have explored themes of historical violence, domesticity, and borders as abstractly constructed liminal spaces.

Mary Lesser

Medium: Painting

Link: http://marylesser.com

Artist Statement:

My work concerns the problematic issues of the global community including war, climate change, industrial pollution conspiracy theories and gun control. I work with bright colors and simple shapes to achieve a child-like yet sophisticated image,

Artist Bio:

I have been painting since i was a child. I studied for three years at the New York Studio School and received my diploma in painting. I have participated in open studios every year since its inception and look forward to greeting visitors this year.

Wendy Lewis

Medium: jewelry

Link: http://www.wendylewis.com

Artist Statement:

I work in mixed metals and mixed media, combining precious metals as well as less precious materials. My styles are elegant, organic, and superbly crafted. The weight and textures of lend a tactile pleasure to each piece...a touchstone for your day.

Artist Bio:

I have been making jewelry for more than 50 years and have established myself as a well known artist in my field. I have been a teacher, gallery owner and wholesale manufacturer. Currently I am focused on custom work and product development, working from my private studio. CWOS is one of the few venues where my work is available publicly in 2019.

Martha Willette Lewis

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://marthalewis.com

Artist Statement:

In my studio will be 'So Attracted' a unique edition of prints and other prints called 'CRUSH'. Both are a continuation of a body of work based on ideas in physics and mathematics involving forms and pathways created by crushing paper, and the transformation of something flat to dimensional and back again. A simple act yielding complex results.

Artist Bio:

Martha Lewis is a visual artist, curator, educator and radio presenter who has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her practice focuses on drawing, books, science, and history with an emphasis on diagrams and immersive experiences. She holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Pam Lindberg

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://firingcircuitsartists.com

Artist Statement:

To experiment, to learn , to enjoy the process and to convey a feeling

Artist Bio:

I am a former textile designer turned painter, printmaker and photographer. My work is based in Nature . I love using techniques, mediums and processes to capture a different or even surprising feeling to whatever I do.

Evie Lindemann

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://www.evielindemann.com

Artist Statement:

I make use of dream imagery, archetypes, and symbols in my work. Although I do not recognize the sources, I trust that they will guide my art making. Printmaking is my preferred medium, and may include copper pale etchings or monotype prints. Although I love the pure look of black and white, I also love color. I like to stay focused on the process.

Artist Bio:

I studied art at UC Berkeley, left art to pursue a career in psychotherapy, and then returned to art making when I studied art therapy. It has been my experience that the art I make reveals a future I am not aware of until later, that the images speak a truth that I eventually live into. The emergent symbolism reveals aspects of the deep psyche.

Linda Lindroth

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.lindalindroth.com

Artist Statement:

Large high-resolution digital photographs depict found boxes in various states of decay. Each image seems to trick the viewer into thinking the object is three-dimensional yet up close they are not. They evoke a kinship with my fellow artists in history like Klein, Rothko, Hodgkin, Kusama and Duchamp. The series is called Trickster in Flatland.

Artist Bio:

I am an artist/photographer, educator and writer with a BA and MFA in Art from Rutgers and work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the High Museum, the Princeton University Art Museum and MoMA. I have received Grants and prizes from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, the CT and NJ Arts Councils, the Architecture League of NY & NEA.

Inna Linov

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://inna.linov.net

Artist Statement:

The work presented is part of a series titled In-S. This project was conceived thanks to an accidental finding during a walk in the Old City of Jerusalem. In a pile of construction rubble I found a stone marked by carvings. The stone, which is perhaps hundreds years old, represents a splintered piece of physical history of the city .

Artist Bio:

I was born in Ukraine, Studied in Russia, moved to Israel and now I am working and living in USA. By reexamining my life through art I am able to find a balance, to refocus my values and to find the center of who I am.

Robert Lisak

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.robertlisak.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Robert Lisak is a photographer based in New Haven.

Rachel Liu

Medium: Photography

Link: https://rachelliuphoto.com

Artist Statement:

There is earth shaking power when a womxn comes home to herself and her body. My portraits are a declaration of our capacity for healing and liberation from systems of oppression that land with particular harm on womxns' bodies. I believe that the work of radical renewal for the collective begins in the reclamation of the body as our true home.

Artist Bio:

Rachel is a photographer, artist, and creator of Bloodroot Sessions. She curates healing photographic experiences for womxn on the path back to their bodies in the form of private sessions, retreat experiences and community events. Using the camera as her medium, Rachel co-creates images of healing and liberation with the womxn she photographs.

Carlos Lopez

Medium: DrawingMixed MediaPainting

Link: https://www.instagram.com/king_philipine/

Artist Statement:

You won't understand this painting if you haven't took the blue pill yet. What you see is a work-in-progress.

Artist Bio:

Professional tattoo artist and student of fine art residing in West Haven, CT

Karleen Loughran

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.karleenloughran.com/

Artist Statement:

When I am creating a work of art my primary source is the marks I add to the surface. All else evolves from there, the color and texture, the movement and depth. I don't always have something specific in mind, just a feeling or emotion. I love color and take great pleasure in manipulating it and intermingling it with the marks and texture.

Artist Bio:

I received a BFA, focus in printmaking, from MSU. I traveled to England and studied a bit with John Hoyland and Tony Wishaw. I received my MFA from the School of Visual Arts where I studied under Robert Mangold, Sandro Cia, Jackie Winsor and Elizabeth Murray, to name a few. In 2018 I worked with Dan Welden on solarplate printmaking.

Beth Lovell

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.bethlovell.com

Artist Statement:

The series of drawings exhibited are re-imagined fairy tales, configured in a variety of scales and formats, in search of a larger context for the everyday within the mythical.

Artist Bio:

Beth Lovell is a teaching artist who maintains a daily drawing practice which began as a New Years Resolution many years ago. She has an MFA in Painting from Yale and a BFA from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Jane R. Lubin

Medium: Collage

Link: http://www.LubinArt.com

Artist Statement:

My work consists of found images and acrylic painting assembled into collages that are at once surrealistic, spontaneous and usually fanciful. My fantasy creatures inhabit the gray area between cartoons and real life. Some of the figures bring up gender issues and androgyny, as well as societal concepts of beauty.

Artist Bio:

Jane Lubin is a mixed media artist who works mainly in acrylic and collage. An eye surgeon by training, she has always been fascinated by anatomical shapes, forming imaginary creatures. She is a member of Silvermine Guild of Artists, Board Member of Artspace, New Haven, and past president of the Womens Caucus for Art, Connecticut.

Rafael Rodriguez Lugo

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.instagram.com/rafael_visual_art/

Artist Statement:

Rafael’s work explores the complexities and varieties of expression. He takes different approaches for each work resulting in a proposition that is strongly expressive and one of great intensity. The work can more be described as unsettling, creative, expressive and emotional. He undertakes topics related to human nature.

Artist Bio:

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Rodriguez had a fascination for art from an early age. He began his artistic training in the late 90’s upon moving to the United States. Rodriguez attended University of Bridgeport where he studied Fine Art and Graphic Design.

Dan Makara

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

" Art " is talking without words.

Artist Bio:

Words escape me .

Sandra Malan-Bowles

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.kikulove.com/

Artist Statement:

Ever since I can remember I’ve always enjoyed creating in one form or another. My mission is to inspire and celebrate life through my art! My vision is for my creations to reach as many platforms as possible, and with that in mind I created KIKU. Stay tuned, and enjoy the journey with me.

Artist Bio:

Welcome to KIKU, various styles of Mixed Media. My creative journey started in Africa, with continuous inspiration from life, nature, and color.

Mary Manning

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://marycmanning.com

Artist Statement:

Mary Manning has been interested in creating materials her entire life. Be it from weaving and experimenting with textiles in order to design and sew clothes, making paper from old jeans, dying old linens for collages. She is presently working in encaustic painting and dying on encaustiflex backgrounds on which to print large scale monotypes.

Artist Bio:

Mary had an earlier career in art direction in the public televison world. For the last twenty five years she has been studying “Concepts of Art” with Constance Kiermaier in Westport, CT and Tenants Harbor, Maine.

Eric March

Medium: Painting

Link: http://ericmarch.com

Artist Statement:

Originally inspired by painting the “People’s Playground” at Coney Island, Eric’s current body of work uses the environment of the beach and the water to explore how the figure, and groups of figures, can create pictorial as well as conversational space about social and environmental issues.

Artist Bio:

Eric lives in New Haven with his wife and two boys where he enjoys gardening, biking, learning new things and continually exploring the joys and challenges of art-making. Eric also enjoys teaching at the 92nd Street Y and the Art Students League (in New York), at the Creative Arts Workshop (in New Haven), and privately in his studio.

Barbara Marks

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.barbarammarks.com/

Artist Statement:

“Inside Out” is an ongoing series of “upcycled” works on the inside of collapsed, disassembled packaging—formerly containing such ordinary consumables as bar soap, chocolate, tissues, crackers, personal care items, and so on—creatively reusing something meant to be disposed of by reëmploying it as the substrate for drawings and paintings.

Artist Bio:

A child of the 60s, Barbara Marks grew up in Westport, CT. She attended college, studied anthropology, and fell into graphic design. In 2001, she went to art school—Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts (BFA ’05); Brooklyn College CUNY (MFA ’08). Marks has had artist residencies in Europe and across the U.S. and shows her work throughout the Northeast.

Anatar Marmol-Gagné

Medium: Puppetry

Link: http://www.pinnedandsewtured.com

Artist Statement:

My strong background in art, dance, writing, fiber and fabrication all come together seamlessly with my love for puppetry.

Artist Bio:

Anatar Marmol-Gagné is originally from Caracas, Venezuela. She is a professional puppeteer. She has toured her productions across the country and is the new Artist-In-Residence at Artspace. She holds a MFA in Puppet Arts from the University of Connecticut, and a BA in English/ Creative Writing from Hunter College.

Mark K. St. Mary

Medium: Photography

Link: http://saintvisions.net

Artist Statement:

My main line if imagery consists of photos taken from less well-maintained areas of both urban and rural buildings. Removed from the visual static of the surroundings, these images take on the feeling of paintings or drawings.

Artist Bio:

A mostly self-taught artist, Mark uses a camera to create images not seen by the casual passerby. His work has been exhibited in many galleries in Connecticut and New York. He is currently a member of the Kehler Liddell Gallery in the Westville Village arts district in New Haven.

Kiara Matos

Medium: Ceramics

Link: https://www.kiaramatos.com

Artist Statement:

There are a few things that are key to my ceramics practice, the joy I draw from working with clay, my appreciation of the botanical world mainly tropical plants, which where an essential part of my life in Venezuela; the use of color which has led to developing a very characteristic color palette and a deep commitment to design and craftsmanship.

Artist Bio:

Matos has been doing ceramics for over 20 years. She started working by herself in a studio her mother owned at home, later she apprenticed ceramicists in Venezuela and the US. She moved to New Haven from Venezuela where she is from, 9 years ago. She has shown her work at important galleries and cultural institutions both in Venezuela and the US.

Susan McCaslin

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.susanmccaslin.com

Artist Statement:

Protective spaces, both physical and emotional, are an important part of my work; investigating protective layers that happen naturally or intentionally. I work with muted tones using water-based mediums, plaster, board and wood.

Artist Bio:

I have exhibited in California, New York, Connecticut and Ohio. Since 2010, twelve solo exhibitions,
an Artist Fellowship Grant from the State of Connecticut (DECD & COA) and Artist in Residence at Weir Farm. From southeastern PA, earned BFA from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY and MALS at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT

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Rosemary McClain

Medium: Ceramics

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Artist Statement:

I am fascinated with clay as a medium for expression. I am able to design and manipulate my ideas into the 3rd. dimension. The clay itself generates ideas. I love working with it.

Artist Bio:

Retired product designer now focusing on ceramic sculpture and pottery. Presently participating in juried shows and galleries in CT

Luciana McClure

Medium: Photography

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Artist Statement:

Her work fluctuates between grey moody landscapes that explores themes of solitude, escape, wonder and quietness. Her most recent body of work is about the fragmentation of the female body, representation and identity, while exploring themes of voyeurism, desire and objectification. The work is tapping into Lacan's Mirror Stage and subjectivity.

Artist Bio:

Luciana McClure is a fine art photographer, artist, educator, independent curator. She is also the founding organizer of the Nasty Women Movement in Connecticut and leads Nasty Women Connecticut. She is currently a faculty of photography at Creative Arts Workshop and a Museum educator and teaching artist at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.

Keith McDonald

Medium: Photography

Link: http://kblkice.zenfolio.com

Artist Statement:

Hi my name is Keith McDonald, I am a lifelong resident of New Haven. A 1968 Graduate of Hillhouse High. Coasting through life. Then came the Armed Forces "BOOM".... After a 3 year stint in the Army i discovered Photography and it became my passion which continues to grow every time i pick up my camera. Come visit ...https://kblkice.zenfolio.com

Artist Bio:

Hello friends, I am Keith McDonald .Photographer at large, Born in the Valley…. Raised in Newhallville ,educated in New Haven Public schools. No Degrees, No outstanding achievements. Self taught in photography with the help of a few .Still learning . Retired now, previously worked tirelessly for 42 years. Come visit kblkice.zenfolio.com

Amy McNamara

Medium: Watercolor

Link: http://amymcnamara.space

Artist Statement:

There’s no two ways about it, the impulse to make art is a delicate thing (at least in me). The single most truth about my art? Making, sharing & talking about art makes me happy. When I am not doing those things I am simply unhappy. It really is that simple. My art is making light of the birdsong. --chatty, giddy, joyful and totally engaged.

Artist Bio:

Amy McNamara is your local artist. Her watercolor drawings capture the beauty of the everyday in a playfully quaint style. Her favorite things to illustrate? Landmarks, pets, houses, every day objects, fruits & vegetables. She makes time-lapse videos of her art-making process to share on social media & finds this a joyful way to build community.

William Meddick

Medium: Painting

Link: http://meddickart.net

Artist Statement:

Every object has a balance, be it real or abstract. It forms a contrast. The job is to balance those contrasts onto your canvas. Colors are used initially to stake a place on the picture plane. Observe the nuisances between object and abstract space. Do you merge and blend those spaces or do they become a stark border?

Artist Bio:

Born: Olmsted, Ohio
Education: Pratt Institute
Painter living in New Haven, CT

barbra meleshkewich

Medium: Photography

Link: http://barbrameleshkewich.com

Artist Statement:

the nature of this project is a narrative on mental illness, and the faces of some who are challenged, Cracked but not Broken, fighting, some days, just to make it through. my work is personal, as i am one of the faces that struggle. and within this narrative, i demonstrate, that although many live with mental illness, we stand strong.

Artist Bio:

barbra meleshkewich was raised in new york and lincoln, england, spending time on both sides of the globe since the age of 3. a camera was placed into her hand at the age of 9 by her father as a gift, she has never stopped taking photographs. published in 2014, “Still, the Art of Living’ with other female photographers worldwide.

Miguel Angel Mendoza

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.facebook.com/xquendanu.arte

Artist Statement:

Iwork in diferent medium such as water color , oil , wood engraving, etc

Artist Bio:

My name is Miguel Angel Mendoza , I was born in Oaxaca Mexico. multifaceted painter my works reflects the love of my people, in differents medium such as gouache, oil on paper, coffee, I also work in sculptures, or any material that can be molded to do art.

Lori Michels

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://infinitedezignz.weebly.com

Artist Statement:

Since I was a child I have created art. At first, I used rocks, shells, leaves and flowers. As I got older I began to make my own jewelry, sculptures and paintings. My influences are from experiencing nature and emotion. My designs are made one at a time to insure they look like one of a kind.

Artist Bio:

Since I was a child I have created art. At first, I used rocks, shells, leaves and flowers. As I got older I began to make my own jewelry, sculptures and paintings. My influences are from experiencing nature and emotion. Today, I mix different mediums to create one of a kind art.

Christian Miller

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

The task of the artist is paradoxical by nature. He strives to create all at once the essence of an emotional moment to be recreated endlessly in the viewer's mind. In this sense the artist is defining the moment of the present to be recreated infinitely as far as the mind can imagine.

Artist Bio:

I studied art at Paier College of Art and Middlesex College.

Denise Miller

Medium: Collage

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Artist Statement:

My inspiration relates to the prismatic way we gather and store visual information in reference to the contextual reconstruction of images.

Artist Bio:

I assemble collages, paint furniture, and design clothing and accessories on a freelance basis. My work has been featured in area boutiques and in Liberty’s Project Style. I have a B.A. degree in Technical Theater Design from SCSU where my painting/collage style and clothing design began. Many of my projects incorporate repurposed materials.

Irene K. Miller

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://www.irenekmiller.com

Artist Statement:

Welcome to my studio in Building 8, which is a corridor off Building 6 East. I hope you can find me there. I wil be showing a group of recent prints which I have added to the series "Networks" and "Entanglements."

Artist Bio:

irene K. Miller has been showing her prints throughout the Northeast and California. She prints monotypes ( one of a kind prints) on which she draws, paints, adds collage items and then often prints some more. Before Irene worked on paper, she was a professional potter.

Jane Miller

Medium: Installation

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Artist Statement:

This installation is called "You're RIght/You're Wrong/Try Conversation" Young, old or in-between we all are right and wrong. Through the metaphor of a pillow the installation should provide conversation.

Artist Bio:

Born in Redding CT. Educated in mid west. Artist residencies, teaching, Critic at various universities and colleges for 15 years, owned business serving art and historical museums for 15 years, now work at Yale University Art Gallery in the Modern and Contemporary Department.

Carolyn Monastra

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.carolynmonastra.com/index

Artist Statement:

My project "The Witness Tree" focuses on the global impacts of climate change. My "Divergence of Birds” project revolves around the threat of species extinction and climate impacts on birds. Through exhibitions, presentations, and interactive workshops I engage the public in creating climate actions to help preserve our world.

Artist Bio:

Artist, activist and educator, Carolyn Monastra creates projects at the intersection of art and ecology. Her current work focuses on the impacts of the climate crisis. She has been awarded numerous artist residencies including at The Ucross Foundation, Caldera, The Djerassi Foundation, Blue Mountain Center, and The Saltonstall Foundation.

Michael Moore

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

The dynamic between rendering and interpretation is the core of my art making—exploring the narrative subtext of wishing associated with origami while focused on making marks for a viewer to interpret. My work sometimes uses cranes as a proxy for wishful millennials in the 21st century. I often paint on items removed from the waste stream.

Artist Bio:

Michael Moore is a New Haven based painter. He often finds himself engaging with a visual motif until he feels that he has exhausted its possibilities, building a body of work around a single concept or symbol. Michael received his BA in Studio Art from Clark University, where he was often known as “the guy who painted dead birds”.

Maria Morabito

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.morabitoart.com

Artist Statement:

My sculptures are driven by my interest in the expressive potentials of materials, the interplay of volumes and shapes.. Starting from an idea, I use materials as varied as industrial felt, metal, wood, papier-mâché, and polymer clay. The final form is the result of a continuous dialog with the the piece.

Artist Bio:

Maria Morabito was born in Italy and grew up in Rome where she developed her love for abstraction in painting and sculpture. She was awarded Honorable Mention by Robert Storr, Dean of the Yale School of Art. Maria has shown in NYC and nationally and is represented in several public collections in the US and private collections in the US and Europe.

Lindsay Morgan

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://lindsmorgan.myportfolio.com/

Artist Statement:

The best way to express myself is through artwork. I express my love for nature and its creatures through my art work. I think it is important to convey my message that we are only given one planet and we need to treat it with respect so we can sustain its beauty for future generations.

Artist Bio:

I am a painter, graphic designer and a photographer. Painting is my favorite form of art and second comes photography and digital art. Nature has become my main focus in most of my artwork where I create unique pieces that are vibrant and eye-catching.

The Tyler Morris

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.tylermorrisart.com

Artist Statement:

Black and white oil paintings with a brush and knife

Artist Bio:

Hatched from an egg. The rest is a blur.

Amber Morris

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.TheStarsSpilled.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Amber Morris is a writer, artist, & teacher & can be seen driving around New Haven, CT in her pink pickup. She creates mixed media portraits to highlight the beauty, light & dreaming people carry. She loves NYC, horses, Dr Pepper, & believes everything is better covered in glitter. Find her on Instagram @TheStarsSpilled & at www.TheStarsSpilled.com

Yvonne Gordon Moser

Medium: Printmaking

Link: https://yvonnegordonmoserart.com

Artist Statement:

My current work a cathartic undertaking, reflectin inspiration from the earth, its flora and recycled materials. I create one of a kind monotypes and collage, frequently incorporating organic elements, intaglio, acrylics, oils and gold leaf in her creations.

Artist Bio:

Artist, Art therapist and founder of the Branford Art Center and YMG Wellness LLC, Yvonne lives in Wallingford with her husband Kelley. She has worked as the Gallery Art Director, curator, teacher and Art Therapist. She received her BA in Fine Arts from Conn College 1998 and a Masters degree in Art Therapy 2015

Lenny Moskowitz

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.lennymoskowitzart.com

Artist Statement:

There is a lot of experimentation and trial and error during my process. I work in a richly colored palette to create a personal translation of my experience in the landscape. I often return to the same site to paint another image with an even deeper emotional affinity.

Artist Bio:

I received my B.F.A. from the Philadelphia College of Art and my M.F.A. from Michigan’s Cranbrook Academy. I teach at Quinnipiac University and the Rowayton Art Center as well as exhibiting widely. For the past seven years I have been going to Nantucket for the month of June. Most of the images on view are scenes from Nantucket.

Jeffrey T Mueller

Medium: Printmaking

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Artist Statement:

There is fire in your heart. In your chest there is powerful music. Keep it positive. No jive. Only love. All are welcome. You make light. Your secret code is not lost on me, I can hear your heart. Love always wins. Breathe. I'll hold you near me, and keep you warm in my chest.

Artist Bio:

I run Dexterity Press, a letterpress and design studio.

Liz Mullins

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.lizmullinsart.wix.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Liz Mullins is a third generation painter living and working in New Milford, CT.

Liz Mullins

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.facebook.com/Liz-Mullins-Art-170400773005335/

Artist Statement:

Fueled by music, my work is impulse and therapy. Color relationships and balance are negotiated with certain, indescribable finesse and the process of making them coexist with each other is the piece itself. My busy mind needs regular release and art, thank goodness this is what I happen to have in my arsenal. Plus, its fun.

Artist Bio:

Liz Mullins is a third-generation self-taught artist from the Northwest Connecticut area. She uses many different mediums and styles to convey what her mind may be churning out at the moment. Since the age of 13 she has been producing, showing and selling her art all over the area and beyond. She’s made to do this.

Noel Muse

Medium: Photography

Link: http://noelmuse.com/

Artist Statement:

What is a MÜSE ? a reflection of the artist's desires, anxieties, dreams, and needs. Though moment, color, and purpose.

Artist Bio:

NOEL MÜSE is a creative brand that believes in innovation and collaboration. I help build creative ideas with other brands though film, video production, photography to website and fashion designs. I enjoy helping others express their visions through avenues of creativity.

Karen Neems

Medium: Collage

Link: https://karenneems.com

Artist Statement:

In my artistic practice, I choose to use photography to explore the relationships of images I observe and record, rather than its documentary aspect. I often use translucent layers and collage to foster the illusion of space and the connections created. These constructions and deconstructions focus on another facet of my imagined reality.

Artist Bio:

An award-winning photo collage and mixed media artist based in Stamford, CT, Karen Neems has had solo shows at Silvermine Arts Center, Westport Arts Center, Mamaroneck Artists Guild, among others; and has been included in many selective exhibitions in the area and beyond. She is a guild and board member of the Silvermine Arts Center.

Joan Fitzsimmons & Alexis Neider

Medium: Installation

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Artist Statement:

Food and bodies are intimately entwined. One exists to fortify the other. Particularly in a woman’s world, the relationship can be complex and fraught.

Artist Bio:

In the performative aspect of our collaboration, we are hosts–inviting visitors as guests into a welcoming space, breaking down the porous boundary between life and art. We will share tea, cake, and conversation, inviting folks to tell their experiences with cake: favorite recipes, celebrations, cakes gone wrong, and any other stories they care to contribute.

Tim Nighswander

Medium: Photography

Link: http://TimNighswander.com

Artist Statement:

In a perfect bouquet one bloom is virtually indistinguishable from the next, but in fleeting moments of their deterioration each stem is transformed. To these images we ascribe meaning: some are melancholy, some vulnerable, some are proud. Through gesture and form they become compositionally intriguing and metaphorically rich.

Artist Bio:

Photography has been my career and passion my entire adult life. As a photographer whose business has been dedicated to the work of others my concentration has been on servicing the needs of my clients – not on promoting my personal work. It is only recently that I have begun to actively pursue showing my personal images to the broader public.

Margot Nimiroski

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.margotnimiroski.com

Artist Statement:

My paintings have always been my personal vision of the water but recently I have been exploring more abstract images with carved lines into thick layers of paint. I enjoy the process of exploration and using material in unconventional ways.

Artist Bio:

Please refer to my website for biography/CV

Hayden Nork

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

my paintings are pushed to their absolute limit.

Artist Bio:

i am a painter from new haven.

Susan O’Leary

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanoleary5632/

Artist Statement:

I have a passion for teaching art to both children and adolescents. My experience includes black and white photography, ceramics on the wheel as well as ceramic sculpture, and drawing and painting.

Artist Bio:

My undergraduate degree was in Art History which I also love to incorporate in art teaching. I do my own art, currently photo quilts and also photography. I live in a historical home in Fair Haven. It’s probably over 100 years old. Please come check us out! You will have the chance to see my newest large scale works as well as older pieces. All works will be fore sale.

Hilary Opperman

Medium: Collage

Link: www.hilaryopperman.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Hilary Opperman is a mixed media artist. She has participated in various peace, political and volunteer organizations. Hilary is interested in the healing capacity of art and using creativity as a means of conflict resistance. She loves art related to mysticism and magic. Hilary works at Site Projects and teaches at the Mystic Museum of Art.

Neil Daigle Orians

Medium: Installation

Link: http://www.neilmakesthings.com

Artist Statement:

The bulk of my work exists in a manic state between media, process, and aesthetic. I am fascinated with tensions that exist between binary structures. I credit this to my lifelong journey in exploring my queerness; an existence between spaces. I make things that make you laugh and make you sad at the same time.

Artist Bio:

Neil Daigle Orians was born outside of Chicago, raised in Nebraska, and currently living and working in Hartford, Connecticut. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Connecticut. He is a cofounder of Wherehouse, a DIY artist collective in Hartford.

Neil Daigle Orians

Medium: Installation

Link: https://www.neilmakesthings.com

Artist Statement:

The bulk of my work exists in a manic state between media, process, and aesthetic. I am fascinated with tensions that exist between binary structures. Gender, personal versus private, sexuality. How humans exist and express their corporeality in digital spaces. Domesticity and masculinity. I am obsessed with materials, colors, and process.

Artist Bio:

I’m an artist and curator born outside of Chicago, raised in Nebraska and now living and working in Connecticut. I received by BFA in Studio Art from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and MFA in Studio Art from the University of Connecticut. I’m a co-founder of the Wherehouse, an artist collective in Hartford.

David Ottenstein

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.davidottenstein.com

Artist Statement:

I consider myself an observer of the landscape – the natural, the built and the somewhere in between. My intent is not to judge – neither to condemn nor to celebrate – but to point out, to say, “hey, take a look at this.” I hope to impart to the viewer a sense of what I felt or experienced when I first perceived my subject.

Artist Bio:

David Ottenstein is a commercial photographer based in New Haven. His passion is fine-art/documentary photography, exploring the vanishing agrarian landscape of the Midwest and visual/cultural themes in the landscape of the American west where he pays particular attention to the intersection between the natural and the built environment.

Liz Pagano

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://lizpaganoart.com

Artist Statement:

Accidental beauty inspires me. My work is immediate and intuitive. Using layers to create a history. The parts I can't control keep me chasing/ searching/ moving. Always looking for fresh moments to explore.

Artist Bio:

A visual artist of many mediums living and creating in New Haven, CT.
Printmaking/mixed media/artful illumination/metal and mixed media jewelry.

Felice P Panagrosso

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.panagrosso.com

Artist Statement:

In previous series I’ve explored the concept of time and nostalgia, but from a collective point of view. In this series I focus on time and its passage as experienced by the individual. How at different stages of life we experience the opportunities and emotions of time passing in a different, more personal way.

Artist Bio:

Felice (Phil) Panagrosso is landscape painter. His work is featured in collections in both Europe and North America. He has lived in France since 2001, returning to the United States in 2018.

Roman Pawluk

Medium: Photography

Link: http://photos.rome.fastmail.net/

Artist Statement:

My black and white images emphasize natural forms and light-play in clouds. I was most influenced by the dramatic thunderheads that tower up over the ancient geologic formations in the high-desert of NM. Atmospheric forces clash and impact the earth producing elemental scenes of beauty and power, stirring in me thoughts of existence and nature.

Artist Bio:

Studied anthropology and soil science to document indigenous knowledge of farmers of oldest cultivated fields in N. America. Spent a decade managing natural resources for Southwest Tribes bridging between ancient cultural-ecological priorities and modern reality to protect sacred sites. It expanded my imagination and view of our place in creation.

Artists for World Peace

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.artistsforworldpeace.org

Artist Statement:

We are artists and activists who promote peace by feeding, housing, educating and providing health care to those in need, lifting communities to a place of hope throughout the world.

Artist Bio:

Esteban Ramón Pérez

Medium: Other

Link: http://estebanramonperez.com

Artist Statement:

My studio practice is concerned with the intersections of materiality and iconography within American cultures, their implications, and their relationship to subcultures, labor practices, social classes, and socio-political histories.

Artist Bio:

Esteban Ramón Pérez is a multidisciplinary artist based out of the greater Los Angeles area in CA, and is currently working out of New Haven, CT. He was born in Los Angeles, CA (1989), received his BFA in Art from The California Institute of the Arts (2017), and his MFA in Painting & Printmaking from Yale University School of Art (2019).

Trevor Youngberg & Yolanda Petrocelli

Medium: CeramicsPhotography

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Artist Statement:

Collaborating to document and demonstrate the age-old process of throwing pots and firing them in a wood-burning kiln.

Artist Bio:

This work – Interconnected Worlds of the Creative Human Condition – has been selected by Artspace for the Hall of Collaborations.

Ronald R. Ferrucci, PhD

Medium: Photography

Link: http://nichilismoinfotografia.com

Artist Statement:

My work tends to focus on the forlorn, ephemeral, desolate, and macabre. Be they cemeteries, abandoned places, ghost towns---though not necessarily abandoned---and old farmhouses (and cities). More recently, I have taken an interest in photographing The Land of Edward Abbey (i.e., the Southwest). Pretty much, I photograph what I want.

Artist Bio:

Ronald has undergraduate and graduate degrees in biology and genetics (currently a freelance web developer). He discovered photography while working as a tour guide in New Orleans. While his photography interests have expanded to cemeteries, abandoned places, and all things old and decaying, The Big Easy still remains a prominent muse.

Barbara Phoenix

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.barbaraphoenix.weebly.com

Artist Statement:

My goal is simply to create works to enrich a life somehow, even in a small way. If, through art, I can calm, uplift or encourage, provide a reminder of something important, evoke a wry grin, or maybe just soothe a tired soul, then I think there is something worthwhile in what I do.

Artist Bio:

I took a rather long hiatus from art, several years in fact, getting caught up in life’s demands. I’m happy to be painting again, after obtaining a degree in Fine Art in 2015. Since then, I’ve been showing in several Connecticut area galleries, and Long Island as well.

Craig and Phoenx Photo

Medium: Photography

Link: http://www.phoenxphoto.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Craig and Phoenx are a couple currently living in New Haven.

Pat Killoy Photography

Medium: Photography

Link: https://www.instagram.com/patkilloy/

Artist Statement:

Fusing photography and watercolor artistry

Artist Bio:

Based in Madison, CT and participating in CWOS for the first time

David Pilot

Medium: Photography

Link: Http://davidpilotart.com

Artist Statement:

A funny thing happened on the way to New Haven. And I’m glad.

Artist Bio:

David Pilot is a writer and director of theater and film and a photographer. He is a native New Havener, living once again in East Rock where he was born and raised.

Barbara Pochan

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.PochanART.com

Artist Statement:

Using bright oils, & large canvases, I seek to capture the rhythm, flow & poetry of the world around us.

Artist Bio:

An NYU graduate, Barbara Pochan is an Abstract Expressionist painter who works out of her Fair Haven studio.

Karen Ponzio

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.karenponzio.com/

Artist Statement:

The lines between poetry, art, and healing have become blurred in my life over the years as I began to focus on writing to heal, revisiting past subjects I felt I had not fully processed. Subsequently I began creating visual art that utilized words both in poetic form and as the subject. I have also re-purposed old art into new forms for this show.

Artist Bio:

Karen Ponzio has been involved in the healing arts for almost 30 years and has shared her poems, displayed her visual artwork, and hosted a variety of live shows throughout the New Haven area since 2014. She is also currently an arts journalist for the New Haven Independent and a radio host for CygnusRadio.com

Gwen Popolizio

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

My name is Gwen and I’ve been painting for just under a year. It’s a fantastic outlet for me, a way of coping with stress and anxiety. Currently I live in New Haven and this is my first time ever showing art. My style is more abstract modern impressionism, using mostly latex and acrylic paints.

Alice Prael

Medium: Fiber Art

Link: http://www.aprael.art

Artist Statement:

I work primarily in embroidery but also love drawing, painting and creating zines. I layer paint, beading and stitching in bright and textured abstract patterns. I play with themes around femininity and im/modesty, considering how being femme can be liberating. The feminized craft of embroidery feels like the perfect medium to present these ideas.

Artist Bio:

Alice is an artist, digital archivist, and roller derby skater based in New Haven. Her primary medium is embroidery although she also dabbles in illustration, painting and zines. She loves hiking and often draws on nature as inspiration for both drawings and abstract embroidery work.

Lunch Money Print

Medium: Printmaking

Link: http://lunchmoneyprint.com

Artist Statement:

We invite you to join our 2nd annual Print Exchange! Artists send in 11 prints and get 10 back from different artists from around the world. The 11th Print is put up for sale on our website with 100% of the sale going to the artist. The paper size is 14" x 18" inches, and any image, plate/block size is allowed. More info at LunchMoneyPrint.com

Artist Bio:

Lunch Money Print is an unconventional art gallery looking to make thought-provoking contemporary artwork accessible through print.

Michael Quirk

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.instagram.com/quirkmuseum/

Artist Statement:

Trying to shed a little light on things by painting dark figures…

Artist Bio:

Artist and collector, Quirk studied painting, sculpture and digital arts at the Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven and Silvermine School of Art in New Canaan, CT. His award winning work has been exhibited in various regional galleries and juried shows throughout the United States. His artwork can also be found in numerous private collections.

Jennifer Rae

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: Http://jenniferraedesign.com

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Using various mediums, Jennifer focuses on abstract portraiture, issues surrounding identity, human emotion and issues of justice. Her painting practice often includes collaboration with musicians, composers, as well as her own movement. Her formal education background is in digital design and multimedia. Jennifer is also a teaching artist locally.

Daniel Ramirez

Medium: Photography

Link: https://500px.com/morzatramp

Artist Statement:

Through my work, I have sought to show the heart, ruggedness and resiliency of the Venezuelan people and the land, and to demonstrate how we are all the same, looking to find happiness amidst adversity. Through my lens, I wish to bring humanity closer together, so that humanity may come closer to finding harmony.

Artist Bio:

Daniel Ramirez is a photojournalist, street photographer and documentarian. After having spent 8 years working in various professional roles as a photographer in his home state of Tachira, Venezuela, he has come to the United States to share his work for the first time. His work seeks to showcase the beauty of Venezuela and her people.

Althea Rao

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://altheamrao.myportfolio.com/

Artist Statement:

Humans exist in the physical realm but my art does not. Focusing on the politics of body and gender, I create situations of tension that provoke conscious interfacing between individuals and their cultural environment, through designing social engagement models like playful rituals, multimedia installations, or physical computing environment.

Artist Bio:

Interdisciplinary artist Mengxi “Althea” Rao creates social engagement models to facilitate open and playful conversations around topics that are traditionally associated with shame and negativity, such as inherited privilege, mental illness, gender and sexuality.

Shilo Ratner

Medium: Painting

Link: http://shiloratner.com

Artist Statement:

While I create a time-based visual context for my paintings with sunrises and sunsets in color choices and titles, my hyper-realistic execution of stillness through a tight complex network of lines and forms indicates an almost suffocating state of our present day reality.

Artist Bio:

Shilo Ratner’s work has been selected for exhibitions by jurors Theophilis Brown, Rita Gonzalez, Dore Ashton, Dean Sobel and Donna Seagar. Ratner has also exhibited in museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art and Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art. Ratner’s work is represented by the Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto and MIKA Gallery in Tel Aviv.

Betsy Ratner

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.betsyratner.com/

Artist Statement:

Attitude and gratitude are the essence of what I portray with my mixed media. Living joyously expressing my inner feelings spill over the canvas.

Artist Bio:

As an educator of Gifted and Talented students as well as an adjunct college professor always incorporating the arts for freedom of expression lead me to become a mixed media artist.

Susan C Regan

Medium: Textile

Link: http://www.scregandesigns.com

Artist Statement:

I fell in love with the simplicity of floor cloths 30 years ago. Currently, I moving through combining fluid art, custom stencils and other mediums to give the floor cloths a new look. I feel they are a healthy alternative to traditional carpets.

Artist Bio:

Susan is a Fair Haven Resident and has renovated/restored hundreds of kitchens in the shoreline area. She has applied unique decorative painting techniques and stencils to cabinetry, counter-tops and flooring. She is now applying fluid art (wet on wet) techniques to floor cloths, taking an old art form and applying more modern twist.

Thomas Reilly

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

Tom Reilly lives and maintains a studio in New Haven. Most of the work is oil painting done pleinaire. For the past couple years he has focused on Midwest landscape and figure with a Midwest narrative. His studio will have some of this work but also some ground work for new series.

Artist Bio:

Tom Reilly lives and maintains a studio in New Haven. Most of the work is oil painting done pleinaire. For the past couple years he has focused on Midwest landscape and figure with a Midwest narrative. His studio will have some of this work but also some ground work for new series.

Yuan Rhee

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.instagram.com/working.ooo/

Artist Statement:

I follow my interests of cosmos and imaginations of unknown life creature from universe, future creatures, and genetic mutated plants by radioactive waves. By employing mixed media and photography, I’m working on progress with my imagination and perception.

Artist Bio:

OOO was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1989. She participated in four group exhibitions in South Korea. After moving to New Haven, this is her first exhibition in U.S. She keeps working on various subjects and materials, following her interest and curiosity. In the room’ and ‘Malmijal in Fantasy’ are representative artworks, each is a series.

Valerie Richardson

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://valerierichardson.com

Artist Statement:

I spend many hours in downtown New Haven, and I'm curious about the people with whom I share space on the streets. I've taken thousands of photos over the years, and these have evolved into my current body of work. I try to spend time speaking with the people whose photos I take, so behind many images are memories of conversations.

Artist Bio:

Happy to be back at City-Wide Open Studios after a hiatus of several years.
College of William and Mary, B.A., Painting and Printmaking
Brooklyn College, M.F.A., Painting

Rod Richardson

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://radionothing.net

Artist Statement:

Creation is exploration and play. Fossilized records preserved for future transformation and viewing. Something interesting hopefully emerges. The next moment beckons. Another journey begins.

Artist Bio:

Host of Radio Nothing on WPKN 89.5 FM in Bridgeport. Studies in graphic design and illustration at the University of Bridgeport. 4 years as an adjunct lecturer in computer graphics at SUNY Purchase. Shuffling electrons in pursuit of interesting sounds and visions for decades.

Ave Rivera

Medium: Ceramics

Link: http://www.averivera.com

Artist Statement:

I believe in the power of positivity. By infusing functional objects with happiness, I hope to bring joy to the user’s daily life. I get ideas for my work through personal experiences and my love of fantasy. My work has been evolving into more sculptural pieces with bold textures, flowers, and other additions to fully realize a concept.

Artist Bio:

Avé Rivera is a ceramic artist and CT native. She received her bachelors in studio art from SCSU in 2014, where she focused on sculptural ceramics and continued her studies at UMass Dartmouth. Her latest works have welcomed in more fanciful, mystical inspirations while maintaining her colorful whimsical vibe.

Nick Robinson

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://www.slightlyawake.com

Artist Statement:

I harness the mediums of analog and digital art in order to explore themes of fragility, fleeting beauty, and destruction as means not to an end, but as a means for change. Through textures and landscapes, I attempt to describe moments. Moments are temporary, and also timeless. Instead of holding on to moments, we must continue to seek new ones.

Artist Bio:

Currently living in New Haven, I’m a visual artist, graphic designer and musician currently working towards an MFA in Web Design & New Media. I’m interested in and inspired by atmospherically abstract themes that relate to time, the human condition and other forms of psychadelia. I love sci-fi, comedy and horror, as well as music and cats.

Iggy Rodgers

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://etsy.com/shop/SweetGayPrince

Artist Statement:

With a love of tarot reading and astrology, Iggy Rodgers decided to combine these loves into one. Using different printmaking styles starting with monotype, lithography and relief printmaking methods they have completed a major arcana to their tarot deck. Continuing this project they will experiment with screenprinting, and new imagery and mediums.

Artist Bio:

Iggy Rodgers recently finished their Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art and Visual Culture Education with a focus on museum and community education from the University of Arizona where they also emphasized in mixed media printmaking. They have experience working with intaglio, relief (woodcut and linoleum), monotype, and lithography.

Susan Sara Rogol

Medium: Ceramics

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Artist Statement:

I continue to enjoy experimenting with new forms and new clay bodies. I hope the functional pottery I create brings pleasure to people. I am indebted to my teachers, primarily Anita Griffith and to my friend Judy who suggested taking a pottery course so many years ago. THANK YOU

Artist Bio:

I have enjoyed pottery for many years. I have studied primarily at CAW and now enjoy combining that with the independence of working in the studio at Erector Square.

Margaret Roleke

Medium: Installation

Link: http://www.margaretroleke.com

Artist Statement:

For the last few years my work has explored gun control. The current political situation has furthered pushed me into being an activist artist, this has led to creating work that speaks to the injustice in society. In my studio practice I have been exploring creating fences and cages which reference the current situation at the border.

Artist Bio:

Margaret Roleke donates a percentage of all work sold to gun control groups. Her work has been exhibited throughout the tri state area and reviewed in Hyperallergic, The Guardian, The New York Times and many other publications.

Dariush Rose

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.facebook.com/Dariush-Ceramic-designer-455341331652684/?modal=admin_todo_tour

Artist Statement:

already done

Artist Bio:

Anna Russell

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.stressdreams.com

Artist Statement:

In a room filled with journal pages, text art, illustrated therapy visits, metta in action, videos of drawing with her elderly cat, (and more) Anna wants you to come in and stay awhile. Bring your reading glasses, eat a meal, and have some coffee before you dive into twelve months of mostly walnut ink and nib drawings, made way past her bedtime.

Artist Bio:

Anna grew up in Southwest Ohio and went to school at Kent State University, earning a BFA in painting. She has lived in New Haven, Connecticut for 13 years, immersed in the rich art scene. In 2019, she earned an Artist Fellowship Emerging Recognition Grant from the Connecticut Office of the Arts. She draws dreams, comics, mountains and journals.

Tajh Rust

Medium: Painting

Link: http://tajhrust.com

Artist Statement:

Through figuration and abstraction, Tajh Rust explores the relationships between black identity and space. Rust collaborates with his subjects to determine how they are represented and also employs film and literary references to draw connections between portraiture, language, and modes of representation.

Artist Bio:

Born in Brooklyn, NY

Lives and works in New Haven, CT

2019 MFA, Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT

2011 BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY

Joseph Saccio

Medium: Sculpture

Link:

Artist Statement:

I work primarily with wood and found objects, joined together in a primitivistic, raw manner, expressing personal feelings associated with myth and ritual, loss and rebirth. For me this is analogous to the literary tradition of Magic Realism. Fragments of various materials and forms are brought together to express polarities and contradictions.

Artist Bio:

I am largely self taught with important early teaching and encouragement from Ann Lehman at the CAW and Stan Bliefeld in Westport, CT. I have made art through out my life and first career as a Child Psychiatrist. Since retirement in 2005 I have been a full time sculptor with many awards in local, area and national competitions.

Ruth Sack

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://ruthsackfineart.com

Artist Statement:

Made from toys, my new pieces are called zigs and zags. Fun on the surface, but not just the surface. The sculptures are about motion and place, and the knots that come of motion and place.

Artist Bio:

Studied art at the New York Studio School and received MFA from CUNY Queens College. Has taught art at the Creative Arts Workshop, Artsplace Cheshire CT and the New Britain Museum of American Art. Member New England Wax and New Haven Paint & Clay Club. Love art with whole heart.

Annie Sailer

Medium: Painting

Link: http://anniesailer.com

Artist Statement:

The intent of Annie Sailer's paintings, sculptural installations, and choreography is to create forms that resonate with her deeper self while connecting to the present. Her work is generated by process and physicality, and informed by the human condition, high and low culture, fashion, identity, racism, nature, and her life experience.

Artist Bio:

Annie Sailer is a visual artist, dancer, and director of Annie Sailer Dance Company. She has lived in Hamden, CT since 2012 when she relocated from Brooklyn, NY. Annie paints and creates sculptural installations in her Erector Square studio, teaches adult modern dance classes at Your Community Yoga Center and commutes to NYC to rehearse with ASDC.

Gerald Saladyga

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.geraldsaladyga.com

Artist Statement:

In 2020 I will turn 75 years of age. It is also the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Working on a series of mixed media works on paper remembering the incidents.

Artist Bio:

Born and raised in Connecticut. Education: Sacred Heart University. Southern CT. State University , Art Student’s League. Two Connecticut Commission Awards .Group and Individual Exhibits through out NYC and Ct. Work both on canvas and paper. Been an artist for the last 45years.

Robert Santin

Medium:

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Artist Statement:

Much of what you see in my drawing is self generated. Being open to what arrises from many hours of sketching that in turn gets selectively distilled, recomposed, edited, colored, and reimagined into the environment of the finished work. Whatever you pick out and name as to what you are seeing is up to you.

Artist Bio:

Martha Savage

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

Walking, last July, I see a cluster of pink thistles near a crosswalk. I draw them. I paint. A fluid, transparent layer of terre verte on canvas. Finger-paint thistles. Dry. Follow with color and texture in a manner studied and “careless,” light and heavy, real and invented. Pass thistles a few days later. They've exploded into white fluff.

Artist Bio:

same as last year

Niko Scharer

Medium: Ceramics

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Artist Statement:

Clay is limitless potential. I enjoy making those possibilities actual.

Artist Bio:

Niko Scharer is a potter who works and lives in New Haven. After being introduced to wheel throwing at CAW, she was happy to turn away from her former career in philosophy and get her hands muddy.

Maxim Schmidt

Medium: Other

Link: http://www.elycenter.org

Artist Statement:

The holiest objects we encounter are the ones we take most for granted; the things that we discard are simply being discredited in their power. My love of collecting has largely been forged from this belief, that all objects - simple and complex, functional or “useless” - hold their own personal histories, and each of those stories means something.

Artist Bio:

Max is Gallery Coordinator at The Ely Center of Contemporary Art, seeking to foster just, healthy agency representing New Haven’s diverse citizenry by instigating inclusionary opportunities to promote open-minded exchange, compassion, while deepening public dialogue and debate around contemporary culture.

Danielle Schmitt

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.storyartbydanielle.com

Artist Statement:

I have always been drawn to watercolor and other wet mediums. My first commissioned work was a children's Christmas book titled "Mistletoe". As I continued my exploration with wet mediums, I worked with ink and acrylic spray paint on rice paper. Now I am applying the Japanese ink painting technique to contemporary portraiture in my Women series.

Artist Bio:

Danielle Schmitt has been working with Japanese brush painting techniques and sumi ink for 14 years. She learned this technique when she studied abroad in Osaka, Japan during her undergraduate studies at CCSU. She uses this medium along with other wet mediums like watercolor or acrylic spray paint into realistic portraiture and abstract work.

Sarah Schneiderman

Medium: Other

Link: http://sarahschneiderman.com

Artist Statement:

Worldwide use of plastic increased 20-fold in the past 50 years. Plastic use is expected to double in the next 20. About one-third of all plastics produced wind up in the ocean. Post-consumer waste is my medium. My work investigates our relationship with the environment. It is a reminder of the human destruction of the earth and life therein.

Artist Bio:

I use found and recycled materials and everyday trash to create objects of beauty and horror. Current projects include “More Garbage than Fish” and “You’re Fired! I Quit!.” The former investigates pollution’s effect on fish and other sea life. The latter is a series of portraits of former and current members of the 45th president’s administration.

Scott Schuldt

Medium: Other

Link: http://scottschuldt.com

Artist Statement:

I am a self-taught interdisciplinary artist working in a wide variety of themes including nature and natural sciences, politics, history. . My work is strong in concept, content driven, and often narrative. Recently, I have been working with a process of environmental exploration creating artwork by documenting my discoveries.

Artist Bio:

Scott Schuldt is a self-taught artist who began his career using highly detailed bead embroidery. He also works in drawing, photography, video, mapmaking and installations. His work is in several public art collections and New York’s Museum of Art and Design.

Katherine Schurk

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://katieschurk.wixsite.com/katherineschurkart

Artist Statement:

Through a process of collecting found objects, assemblage, and painting, I explore objects reminiscent of my childhood while using color to compose both the objects and literal paint. The paint is utilized more atmospherically as a way to portray the mood of the memories, whereas the objects serve as real-world visual references.

Artist Bio:

Katie received her BFA in Studio Arts with her concentration in Painting/Drawing from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, NY, in May 2019. She is now located back home in Madison, CT and continues her creative works in mini studio spaces she created in her house. A few of her interests include psychology, social studies, and animal science.

Roberta Scott

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://robertascott.art

Artist Statement:

My work is really about nothing and everything, in particular nothing. Mainly figures. I’m working with terra-cotta, plaster and other mixed mediums.  I’ve combined past molds, and new molds I’ve made from sculpting and life casts as a commentary of 'Old but Young'. Also with help from my daughters we create a fun, lighthearted collaborations.

Artist Bio:

Roberta Scott was born in Farmington, New Mexico in 1980.  She grew up in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, on and off the Navajo reservation, and military bases. Served in the USDA Forest Service, and US Navy. Became a mother, now artist.

Jean Scott

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.instagram.com

Artist Statement:

I like the energetic part of making things best, when I'm focusing on the doing rather than on the result. I love being surprised when something turns out to be really intriguing or beautiful or heartbreaking to look at. That's when I stop, hopefully before I ruin it. I hope you feel a little startled when you see it; a tiny gasp of recognition.

Artist Bio:

MICA summa cum, day jobs, taught art classes, museum job, moved away, museum job, gallery interest, children, one special needs; careerus interruptus; moved to CT, CWOS and Artspace my only art venues for some years; met wonderful people at West Cove and elsewhere; day jobs; lost one of my beloved sons; grieving; studio refuge; hoping to connect.

Suzan Scott

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.suzanscott.com

Artist Statement:

I have created a way of art making that combines my keen interest in art, nature, and science. My language is line and color and shape, they are my tools; they are my voice made visible. Nature informs my work and my perception of light, color, & shifting relationships play an integral part in my art practice.

Artist Bio:

Suzan Scott is a painter living in the northwest hills of Connecticut. She holds regular Open Studios hours in her studio/gallery & also exhibits in regional galleries, universities, & private schools. Scott is a member of the Arts Alliance of Woodbury, Canton Artists Guild, Washington Art Association, & Artspace New Haven Artist Directory.

John Scully

Medium: Etching

Link: http://johndavidscullyart.com

Artist Statement:

My etchings developed from my earlier landscape drawings and watercolors. My prints are landscapes which sometimes include adobe churches, Greek Orthodox churches and Navaho-Hopi arbors. More recently, my imagery depicts scenes from photos taken on trips to New Hampshire, Greece, New Mexico, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Paris and Ireland.

Artist Bio:

After taking drawing and watercolor classes at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, CT, I turned to printmaking. I developed my etching skills to combine the fluidity of my wet-on-wet watercolors with the sharpness of my lines.

Semi Semi-Dikoko with David Sepulveda

Medium: Sculpture

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Artist Statement:

Our collaboration of disciplines shapes a practice exploring new ideas in mobile design utilizing upcycled commercial plastics and other materials. New Mobile designs are built on aesthetics considerations established by Alexander Calder while focusing on the environmental impact of ubiquitous, disposable plastics.

Artist Bio:

David Sepulveda, a 2016 Arts Council Award recipient, has been an arts reporter for New Haven Independent. He holds an MA in Studio Art from NYU and was an art instructor for 36 years. He currently designs sets for Collective Consciousness Theater.

Semi Semi-Dikoko explores Social Sculpture and Conceptual Art after a System Architecture Career.

Edgar Serrano

Medium: Painting

Link: https://edgarserrano.com

Artist Statement:

My quest—personal and artistic—is to unearth invisible states and identities. Fixed categories of identity can be used to marginalize, but they can also be used by the marginalized to gain visibility and political power. This paradox is the central focus of my practice.

Artist Bio:

Edgar Serrano is a painter whose work combines the metaphor of art as a window with the social realities of xenophobia in contemporary America. The window serves as an allegory for screen culture, cultural translation, the flattening of information, and limitless borders. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art.

Scott Shapleigh

Medium: Photography

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Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

Independent unknown

Suzan Shutan

Medium: Installation

Link: http://www.suzanshutan.com/string-1

Artist Statement:

While I come from a background of structure and formalism, I am not necessarily interested in rigid cohesion in my own work. I work from a non objective intuitive place that's less refined and austere, more rooted in experimentation and creating visual intrigue. I embrace the messy.

Artist Bio:

Suzan Shutan graduated with an MFA from Rutgers and BFA from Cal Arts. She is represented by ODETTA Gallery NYC and exhibits nationally and internationally, with commissioned work in collections including Log Me In and Sloan Kettering Hospital.

Ricky Silverspoon

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself Is life worth living should I blast myself? I'm tired of bein' poor and even worse I'm black My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch Cops give a damn about a negro Pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero Give the guns to the kids who the hell cares.

Artist Bio:

Artistically I’m Mario Andretti with a paint brush .

Deb Simon

Medium: Painting

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Artist Statement:

I am a "reluctant" artist. I work on pieces very slowly and infrequently. I am signing up for Open Studios to encourage myself to produce more paintings. I am looking forward to showing my work in November.

Artist Bio:

I am a “reluctant” artist. I work on pieces very slowly and infrequently. I am signing up for Open Studios to encourage myself to produce more paintings. I am looking forward to showing my work in November.

d’Ann de Simone

Medium: Collage

Link: http://danndesimone.com

Artist Statement:

Collage isn’t only a methodology but is a philosophical approach to making art. I like working in the spaces between things. In doing so, I discover meaning which no single thing itself can adequately convey. This is because everything in the world exists only in relation to something else.

Artist Bio:

From:   Westerly, Rhode Island, USA
Lives:    New Haven, CT and East Lansing, MI, USA

Anna Sincavage

Medium: Fabric

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Artist Statement:

Look at my “vintage reborn” clothing, try them on, and try to escape from the “flatness” of current fashion styles! Look at these images within the frames, and try to recognize yourself. I name them, but you may give your own title! In both of these experiences you will feel a unique exhilarating escape. Why? Because the real you desires to be!

Artist Bio:

A Story
My story, and the story of my emotions, began in Assisi, a small town in Umbria, in central Italy. There, nature speaks her own language, for beyond 2,000 years.
My fabric works are recollections of the past into my life of today. In addition, I transport these beliefs into vintage clothing, as there is no past for fabric.

Gordon Skinner

Medium: Performance

Link: https://www.instagram.com/paintdeez/

Artist Statement:

The Society Fuct Pop Up Shop consists of a performance and merch inspired by the Society Fuct performance, directly inspired by a “zine” of collages created by Skinner. Made in collaboration with Attallah Sheppard and Tenisi Davis, it touches on many issues from classism, poverty, race, capitalism, corporate greed and exploitation.

Artist Bio:

Gordon Skinner is a contemporary artist based in the Greater New Haven area. His work has been exhibited throughout Connecticut and New York including a solo exhibition at Yale University’s Afro-American Cultural Center. The listing to his first solo show was a featured listing in the New York Times.

David Smeraglino

Medium: Drawing

Link: https://www.instagram.com/davesmeraglino/

Artist Statement:

I’m a self taught artist and have been making magic with markers for the last 6 years. Pouring my inner self on paper, and more recently canvas, I create colorful images, and sometimes black and white images using lines, shapes, patterns and movement.

Artist Bio:

I enjoy experiencing the endless amount of many genres of music that exists whether at home while I relax or create, or out at a live show. I believe in being free to live your life the way you want without causing harm to other people while always keeping an open mind and constantly learning and growing throughout this life

Claudine Burns Smith

Medium: Ceramics

Link: http://www.claudineburnssmith.com

Artist Statement:

I make both functional ceramic work and sculpture. I prefer hand building to the wheel so as to create irregularities that add interesting effects. I like carving the surface of my pieces and I favor vibrant colors. My inspiration comes from nature and other cultures. I use mid-range stoneware and glazes and sometimes terracotta for sculpture.

Artist Bio:

Born in France and well-traveled, my work shows influences of many cultures ranging from the South Pacific to the American West. I have shown in Colorado, Connecticut, France, The Soviet Union and China. I now reside in Connecticut where I have taken part in many group shows and have had a number of solo shows in the Hartford and New Haven areas.

Hilda Speicher

Medium: Photography

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Artist Bio:

Hilda is on faculty in the Masters of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program at Albertus Magnus College.

Christina Spiesel

Medium: Collage

Link: https://artspacenewhaven.org/flatfiles/christina-spiesel/

Artist Statement:

I teach with digital media; video affects my work in a variety of ways. I identify as a painter but increasingly am engaged with a dialogue between painting and photography in my own art. So I take rather abstract pictures that relate to painting ideas; I do collages that combine elements of many different media made by me; I make paintings.

Artist Bio:

I am both a visual artist and a writer who has participated in numerous exhibitions and has work in both private and public collections. I teach Visual Persuasion to law students at QUSL. At Yale Law School, I am a Senior Research Scholar in Law and am attached to the Information Society Project. My published writing is mostly academic.

Thomas Stavovy

Medium: Sculpture

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Artist Bio:

The architecture of everyday objects inspires me to explore. The process of working guides me through the formation of the complete object. Materials include cardboard, clay, plaster, and wood. Plaster is of interest for its ability to record surface information and to impart mass and structure to the space between objects.

Alice Steinhardt

Medium: Drawing

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Artist Statement:

Standing in front of one of my drawings you see a singular botanical form, unsupported by a ground, and yet the form does not appear to be floating in space.   I see each drawing as a still point in time, revealing a form that is simultaneously both vulnerable and resilient.

Artist Bio:

Alice Steinhardt has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions. Her work has been included in prominent collections including: Corcoran Gallery of Art, LA County Museum of Art, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, ME., and Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, ME.

Kate Stephen

Medium: jewelry

Link: http://www.katestephenjewelry.com

Artist Statement:

Kate Stephen Jewelry is a line of bold, minimalist sculptural metal jewelry. The pieces are inspired by the designers connections to nature, the meditative creative process and her love of fashion + style. The designs embrace the beauty of negative space, playfulness of asymmetry and the organic uniqueness of natural crystals.

Artist Bio:

Kate Stephen is a full-time jewelry designer who runs her small artisanal business out of her studio in the Westville neighborhood of New Haven. Kate is from a long line of inventors and metal workers, as a young person she taught herself the art of jewelry design and has been creating ever since.

Matt Stevens

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://mattstevensart.com

Artist Statement:

Matt Stevens is an illustrator living in the New Haven area. His approach combines unique and memorable concepts with sophisticated drawing that rely heavily on line, color, and composition to tell a story. His work has been described as darkly whimsical, refined, and clever.

Artist Bio:

Matt Stevens is an illustrator living in the New Haven area. His approach combines unique and memorable concepts with sophisticated drawing that rely heavily on line, color, and composition to tell a story. His work has been described as darkly whimsical, refined, and clever.

Sarah Stewart

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.sarahstewartstudio.com

Artist Statement:

I engage a slow painting process, focusing on the capabilities of materials layered over time.

Artist Bio:

Sarah is a painter living and working in New Haven CT.

Willie Stewart

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.willie-stewart.com

Artist Statement:

Willie Stewart’s work images his understanding of how we regard and arrange time, where we place longing, and what reminiscence looks like. Overall, his imagery tends to evoke rather than describe an experience.

Artist Bio:

Willie Stewart (b. 1982, Gallatin, TN) lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut. He recently received an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University (2018), and his BFA from The Cooper Union (2016). Stewart completed residencies at Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY (2016), and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME (2014).

Blackunicorn Studios

Medium: Drawing

Link: https://www.blackunicornstudios.com/

Artist Statement:

As a child, my father left two books on the coffee table. One of psychedelic poster art, the other of circus and fairground art. I was so into them, and knew one day I would make art like that too.

Artist Bio:

Blackunicorn Studios is the art and Illustration of Andrew Perkowski. I’m an artist living and working in the New Haven area of Connecticut.

Marcus Surrealius

Medium: Sculpture

Link:

Artist Statement:

Predystopianism. The decaying remnants of futures that never were. A brighter future for darker times. Always balanced on the precipice of collapse. So far this view, this backwards-longing pessimism, has been false. Dystopia is always one generation away. Maybe we are about to finally change that.

Artist Bio:

Pre-dystopianism acknowledges that most generations in recorded history, but especially from the early Twentieth Century to the present have proffered the myth that the past was better and/or that the near future will be far worse for humanity; that we’re on the edge of a dystopian future. Up until now that has been false.

Gabriella Svenningsen

Medium: Watercolor

Link: http://www.gabriellasvenningsen.com/

Artist Statement:

Always searching for untold stories and seemingly insignificant details: I am equally moved by awkward situations and the trash in the street as by the evening sky and the early morning light. In my work, I aim to capture the small in the big and the big in the small. I live by Colson Whitehead’s words: “Be kind, make art, fight the power”.

Artist Bio:

Gabriella is a Swedish-born illustrator and children’s book author, living and working in New Haven, CT. Watercolor and colored pencils is her main mediums, but she also make occasional ink drawings, graphite drawings, and small sculptures in paper clay.

Tim Sway

Medium: Other

Link: http://www.newperspectivesmusic.com

Artist Statement:

I make worthless things priceless.

Artist Bio:

Musician turned maker and environmentalist, Tim Sway creates guitars ecoethically and responsibly. He turns waste into musical instruments (art) so other artists can continue to make art with it. www.newperspectivesmusic.com

John Sweeney

Medium: Painting

Link: http://jwsstudios.com

Artist Statement:

I practice portraiture, so of course I am interested in achieving a “likeness”. And the irony is that in portraiture, especially, coded marks stand for images available to the viewer. In a certain sense, the task for an artist is to learn to “speak” in this language.

Artist Bio:

I grew up in the Texas Hill Country and will turn 79 in November. I began to paint in 1986; been at it ever since.

Rashmi Talpade

Medium: Collage

Link: http://www.artofrashmi.net

Artist Statement:

I utilize a few hundred prints of my own photographs per collage. It is easy to perceive my work as seemingly homogenous pictures of real places that exist, however they all are fabricated fiction. Viewers should step back and reflect on what they see because each time they will observe something new and intriguing.

Artist Bio:

Rashmi is a receipient of the visual arts fellowship from the CT Office of the Arts, whose photo-collages are in the permanent collection at the Roopankar Museum of Art, India and the New Britain Museum of American Art, USA. She has created numerous, grantfunded collaborative public art projects statewide and in Mumbai, India.

Derek Taylor

Medium: Film/Video

Link: http://www.derektaylorfilms.com

Artist Statement:

Films about landscape, history, travel, time, space and the nuances of perception are the center of my work, with the overriding theme of "space" manifesting itself in several contexts: physical, geographical and transformative. The hybridization of experimental and documentary filmmaking, investigating the ephemeral and the permanent.

Artist Bio:

Derek Taylor’s moving image work focuses on the intersection of documentary and experimental filmmaking, particularly as it relates to history and landscape. He studied film, video and new media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently Associate Professor of Communication, Media & Screen Studies at SCSU in New Haven.

Jordan Taylor

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://www.LegallyBlack.org

Artist Statement:

I make art for lovers. Lovers of life, lovers of food, lovers of folk, lovers of God I believe colors heal. I make art to help contribute towards a better society. To create a new vision of what is possible for an improved world. I pray that these vibrations spread love, harmony, hope, validation, peace, and joy to you as witness.

Artist Bio:

Jordan Taylor is a Yale Divinity alumna ‘14-16 (non-degree holding) raised in Saint Matthews, SC (the same hometown as the great Viola Davis) In middle school, she studied under the Staleys’ in Orangeburg Consortium for the Arts program at South Carolina State. She has taken classes at the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven. This is her 2nd CWOS.

Paul Theriault

Medium: Digital Art

Link: http://www.paultheriault.net

Artist Statement:

I examine the ways in which technology has redefined society and the contemporary landscape. With the proliferation of affordable electronics, we live In an age where almost everything is viewed through lenses and on screens. We no longer view the original, but rather, curated simulacra through fleeting vessels.

Artist Bio:

Paul Theriault lives and works in New Haven Connecticut, close to his birthplace of Milford Connecticut in 1972. His practice lies primarily within the idiom of abstraction but produced using electronic media. Theriault has been exploring the possibilities of new media within the context of artistic production for the past two decades.

Robert Thomas

Medium: Photography

Link: https://rdthomas.smugmug.com

Artist Statement:

I enjoy the cameras ability to accurately capture the moment and reflect the vision of what I see. I have learned not just to document but to apply the creative aspects of composition and the freedom offered with digital image processing. Through this I work to create a more engaging representation of my field of view.

Artist Bio:

Robert Thomas is an artist whose themes are inspired by landscapes, be they urban or rural, and the imagery captured in reflective surfaces, weathered and worn structures, as well as the beauty and fragility found in nature. He has lived in Europe and Asia and has been inspired by the diversity he has been fortunate to define through his lens

Lisa Thoren

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://lisathoren.com

Artist Statement:

I try to leave enough unsaid so that the viewer can see something of their own. Rhythmic patterns are inspiring to me. So is artist Francis Bacon who said: “The best things just happen, when not anticipated. Believe in a deeply ordered chaos and the rules of chance."

Artist Bio:

Lisa is from Darien. She studied printmaking in Italy and graduated from Parsons School of Design. As an art director in NYC designing for ad agencies and Travel & Leisure Magazine, her art style became graphic, winning many awards. Lisa is a Silvermine Guild member and was president of the Darien Arts Center.

Jing Tong

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.facebook.com/littlefishscanvas/

Artist Statement:

I am inspired by the little things around me and love to capture life on miniature canvases. Please check out my work at https://www.facebook.com/littlefishscanvas/ Jing Tong - Little Fish's Canvas Acrylic on small-size canvas

Artist Bio:

Growing up in a rural area in Southern China, my parents didn’t have money to send me to art schools or summer camps, but it never stopped me from making art. After becoming a mom, I finally found my passion of painting with acrylic on small-size canvases because my children think they are adorable. I hope you will like my artwork too!

Lisa Toto

Medium: Photography

Link:

Artist Statement:

In my classes we talk about school shootings and how they affect the climate of education today. I thought this would be a great way to use imagery to speak for their fears, frustrations, nervousness, futility, and sadness. These images are digital alcohol transfers, xylene transfers, and collage. I call these images “Student Movement”.

Artist Bio:

Lisa Toto started her art career as a documentary photographer. She uses her experience and teaches high school photo classes in the public school system. While teaching she still creates. She has branched out to many different mediums assemblage, painting, drawing and photography. She now holds a membership at the Kehler Liddell Gallery.

Nicole Tower

Medium: Other

Link:

Artist Statement:

I have a keen eye for finding beauty in the obscure and exotic. My unique and ethically-sourced approach in honoring creatures and critters alike, long after death, brings a new light into their often short and unheeded lives. I enjoy capturing the overlooked and unappreciated magnificence that dwells in all living creatures in their rawest form.

Artist Bio:

New York born and raised artist, Nicole Tower, learned to find beauty through the art of photography. In her pursuit of honing her skills behind the lens, she graduated from School of Visual Arts. However; what shaped her unique perspective and documentary style art and photography was the time she spent leading a life in NYC’s underground.

City Lights & Company/Bridgeport Art Trail

Medium: Other

Link: https://www.citylightsgallery.org/

Artist Statement:

City Lights & Company is a nonprofit organization that serves the community through art, producing events like the Bridgeport Art Trail, Bridgeport PRIDE, an Artful Celebration, and arts enrichment programs for the community, including cultural arts integration in the schools.

Artist Bio:

City Lights will present a sampling of artists of the Bridgeport Art Trail, an annual city-wide arts venue open house celebration that takes place every November on Veteran’s Day weekend, 11/ 7-10,/2019. 200 artists open their doors at the American Fabrics Building, the Nest Arts Factory, 305 Knowlton St, Read’s Artspace and other locations.

Active Wellness Boutique Fitness & Personal Training

Medium: Painting

Link: http://activewellnessholisticfitness.com

Artist Statement:

Active Wellness Boutique Fitness & Personal Training curated this exhibit of paintings by Martha Savage for our Health & Well-Being Gallery. Her work illustrates the role of movement, nature, mindfulness, perspective and reflection throughout the lifespan.

Artist Bio:

As health coaches and personal trainers we partner with our clients to help them achieve their potential. Understanding behavioral, nutritional and exercise science principles we coach our clients to create a clear vision and plan for improved health. Free Meditation Sat. 4-4:30PM

16 Fountain St. New Haven

Leo Sorry Trang

Medium: Textile

Link:

Artist Statement:

My section of the quilt symbolizes the silence that I and people like me experience, whether it be due to culture or identity expression. Sometimes, trying to speak up is akin to bleeding out, but the stains leave an important mark on time if given the chance.

Artist Bio:

Leo is a 22-year-old agender artist local to New Haven, Connecicut. His family origins lead back into Southern China and Vietnam, and his family migrated to the United States decades ago during war time. He expresses a mix of both Asian and American culture that blends into a stew of compassion and respect for both the individual and the whole.

Kelly Triolo

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

Artist Bio:

I am a 22 year old native of Milford, CT. I first developed my love for art very early on in life. In high school, I took pottery and ceramics which of loved but after graduation I no longer had the means and that is how I found my way to painting. I have been a painted for 4 years now and find it to be a good way to cope with life.

Meg Tweedy

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: https://www.megtweedystudio.us

Artist Statement:

My work is very personal, relating to people, places and things I know -- often intimately. Many of my pieces are inspired by or incorporate heirlooms, antique dolls, poetry, nature, family members and my past. What moves me is the story behind a piece or the story a piece can help me tell.

Artist Bio:

A former journalist, I am a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists and work in encaustics, acrylics, mixed media, and assemblage. I have won awards at the Greenwich Art Society, Loft Artists Association in Stamford, Rowayton Arts Center and Darien Arts Center, and I have been in juried shows at the Silvermine Arts Center and Ridgefield Guild.

Laura Usowski

Medium: Other

Link: https://laurausowski.com

Artist Statement:

Laura Usowski has a BFA in Studio Art painting. She began tattooing in 1996 and is Co-Owner of Lovecraft Tattoo LLC., in Hamden CT est. 2004. For the past five years, Laura has been tattooing hyperrealistic Areola tattoos for breasts cancer patients and the transgender community. Laura dedicates her free time to her cats, snacks and painting.

Artist Bio:

45 CARMEL ST Hamden, CT

Eliza Shaw Valk

Medium: Installation

Link: http://www.elizashawvalk.com

Artist Statement:

Through massing and reordering mundane, often rejected, materials, Eliza's work explores structure and improvisation, the materials acting as registrations of mechanical processes and the mechanism for capturing transitory events. Works include large-scale installation, photography, drawing, movement, and performance.

Artist Bio:

Eliza grew up in New York City and Kansas City, immersed in dance, theatre and art. After returning to the Northeast, she trained in landscape architecture and city planning, and spent the past five years seeking to bring design excellence to New Haven’s public spaces. With the Mill River Trail newly implemented, she has returned to art full time.

Rita Valley

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.ritavalley.net

Artist Statement:

A self professed "political firebrand", I use my studio practice to explore issues of the current political mess, inequality, gun violence, and financial disparity. I trust- perhaps in vain- that my art will help to correct the wrongs so manifestly present in the world today, but I am not holding my breath.

Artist Bio:

I am an artist living and maintaining a studio in Connecticut; close enough to New York to dive frequently off the deep end into the vagaries of the art world, but distant enough to enable a life of bucolic scenery, complete with a Dog and Pony Show. My work has been shown by Odetta Gallery (NYC), Capsule Gallery (NYC) and Real Art Ways (Hartford).

Maya Vulinovic

Medium: Photography

Link:

Artist Statement:

I create black and white portraits. My work explores intersection of beauty and mysticism of human face. I allow you the freedom to create your own story. I go beyond the face as being just a crucial part of human identity.

Artist Bio:

I am a Croatian born photographer whose work explores intersection of beauty and mysticism of human face. I create black and white portraits and by stripping away all the colors I force you to look and think.

Amanda Walker

Medium: Drawing

Link: http://www.amandakatewalker.com

Artist Statement:

There is a moment of transformation between self and projected persona. An infinitesimal gap. This tiny pause interests and intrigues me. I use theater and archetype as a way to examine that moment of transition when the hidden self is replaced by outward artifice.

Artist Bio:

Amanda Walker was born and raised in Texas. In 2000 she moved to New York City to pursue costume design. In 2004, she graduated from the Yale School of Drama with an MFA in costume design. Within the last 10 years, a lifetime of doing art has combined with a career in theater. She is a member of the Kehler Liddell Gallery.

Martha Link Walsh

Medium: Collage

Link: http://www.marthalinkwalsh.net

Artist Statement:

I have been cutting paper for 45 years - my cutting and design skills evolving from the beginning. Having studied extensively the traditions of the long history of paper cutting, I am influenced by those varying traditions - whether it is the Japanese kirigami, German scherenschnitte or Matisse's paper-cuts.

Artist Bio:

188 North Main Street
I grew up in Branford and have owned a gallery here for 45 years after having taught middle school mathematics.

Alice Wang

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

Alice uses pipe-cleaners and food packaging (among other unconventional media) to explore themes concerning child development and family dynamics. Her work is also informed by sensory experience, displaced logic, and the concept of “familiarity.”

Artist Bio:

Alice recently graduated from Princeton University with degrees in psychology and visual arts; and is currently a research associate at Haskins Laboratories (where she studies how babies’ brains process visual patterns and language). She has a weakness for cats, warm beverages, and all things analog.

Amanda Ward

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.amandawarddesign.art

Artist Statement:

I believe that the art is in the doing, and not the end product. Through “the doing” we are able to find peace, solve life’s riddles, and quiet down the noise that makes life challenging. To make something beautiful is a blessing, but to make something-anything-at all, is what makes me feel whole.

Artist Bio:

Amanda Ward is a mixed media artist from Hamden, CT. She would like to believe she creates pieces that are whimsical, intricate, and playful. She uses art as therapy for depression and advocates for those struggling to do the same.

Justyn Warner

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.justynwarner.com

Artist Statement:

I am currently exploring what happens when you shift your perspective to see possibility in reality. My work is inspired by aerial perspectives, soaring flight, fluid movement, complex texture and surprising color combinations. My unique process involves layered bursts of energy and textural experiments with oils expressed on canvas and paper.

Artist Bio:

Justyn Warner is a Toronto-born artist living and working in New Haven, CT. After spending more than a decade training as a professional athlete, Warner retired as an Olympian and went full force into his passion for painting. He studied old masters techniques in drawing and painting at the Milan Art Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.

Hanifa Nayo Washington

Medium: Mixed MediaPerformance

Link: https://www.handsofhanifa.com

Artist Statement:

Kehler Liddell Gallery will host Hanifa's Literary Happy Hour, reading & performance series presented by ArtEcon Presents on 10/12 @ 5pm. KLG is one of New Haven's longest running retail galleries to date, currently representing 27 artists. Stop in to meet artists all weekend!

Artist Bio:

Hanifa Nayo Washington is an award winning cultural activist, storyteller, singer songwriter and performing artist who has had recent commissions from the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. In 2017 she released her 3rd album Mantras for the Revolution. In December 2018 Hanifa received a Phenomenal Women Arts Award from the Arts Council of Greater New Haven for her contributions and achievements in the arts. K

Gar Waterman

Medium: Sculpture

Link: http://www.garwaterman.com

Artist Statement:

My art work is a part of the oldest and longest running art movement around - Art inspired by nature. In response to the crisis of accelerating climate change, I have been developing an environmental voice for my sculpture through art/science exhibits where my work helps focus attention on specific examples of at-risk biodiversity.

Artist Bio:

Sculptor Gar Waterman has lived and worked in the Westville section of New Haven for 23 years.

Dale Weirdly

Medium: Sculpture

Link: https://www.instagram.com/daleweirdly/

Artist Statement:

I have always been an artist, but only realized it yesterday. My art is mostly sculpture, as that’s what the ideas knocking around my brain seem to want from me. I don’t concern myself with hiding tool marks or smoothing fingerprints. I work on a piece until it decides to be done. Once I love the weird little thing, that includes its imperfections.

Artist Bio:

Dale Messinger attended a local University a hundred years ago, but can’t recall learning anything. Life happened for a long while, until a voice in his head suggested that art is the real magic of the world, and he ought to set about making some. So Dale Weirdly was born in 2018. Ask him to share how he creates, what he loves, or who inspires him.

Brian Wendler

Medium: Painting

Link:

Artist Statement:

My recurring subject matter: sunsets, roads, paths, woods, fields and water I have learned over the years are symbols of transition and growth. This reenforces my notion that whether on site or in the studio painting is an act of discovery.

Artist Bio:

Brian Wendler lives and works in the oyster fishing neighborhood on the Qiunnipiac River in New Haven. He has shown extensively in New York and New England, has a BFA from Cooper Union and teaches painting at Silvermine School of Art. In 2006 he was awarded the Artist Fellowship Grant for painting from the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism.

Kim Weston

Medium: Photography

Link: http://kimestonimages.com

Artist Statement:

I was featured in The New York Times Lens blog for my 90-image photo series “Seen, Unseen.” My series “Layers of the Soul” is in the permanent collection at Yale University. My ancestry is very valuable to my identity and the work I create. While traveling the East coast I capture energy and movement at Native American Pow Wows.

Artist Bio:

I am a fine art photographer whose work defies the extraction of certainty from the visual world. Layering images into abstraction, exposing the tensions of division, and confronting what is often happily obscured, I use my photography to challenge the stagnant gaze. A graduate of Cooper Union (B.F.A. 1992) and ICP-Bard College (M.F.A. 2014)

Thomas Wexler

Medium: Photography

Link: https://onewaystreetphotography.wordpress.com

Artist Statement:

I try, by the use of ordinary, everyday materials to document and juxtapose some of the images that come into being along my journey as a poet, photographer and student of the mind. I am particularly interested in urban environments where danger lurks in decay and forgetfulness of the proud intentions of yesteryear. I see no lack of beauty.

Artist Bio:

Hello. My name is Thomas Wexler. I was born in New Haven, CT, and educated at Yale University. I have been a writer and a photographer all my life, and have been published several times in national and international venues. My photography concerns the life of the urban environment in New Haven, and has been used to help treat mental illness.

Mary H. Whalen

Medium: Mixed Media

Link:

Artist Statement:

I have no statement. I only know I paint and draw because I can. I don't know the psychological or psychiatric reasons behind my motivation and I don't think that at this point in my life I will delve into them.

Artist Bio:

I spent my entire career (and it was a long one – I am 92 ) as a writer – reporter, editor, corporate but art was never far away. I have drawn and painted since I was old enough to hold a crayon and a brush. I also managed to be a wife, mother, grand and great grandmother. Finding Constance Kiermier was one of the great rewards of my life.

Cynthia Whalen

Medium: Painting

Link: https://www.cynthiawhalenstudio.com

Artist Statement:

I don't think of 'art' as being separate from myself - it is and always has been a part of who I am. I've been thinking about, looking at, making, collecting, discussing art for as long as I can remember. Art enables me to lose myself & find myself again & again.

Artist Bio:

Making art in some form or another since 1960’s… can’t stop!

Holly Whiting

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.HollyWhitingArt.com

Artist Statement:

I strive to connect with the viewer in a way that is compelling and unforgettable. I want to bring you back to a place you’ve forgotten, and a place you’ve never been before

Artist Bio:

Award winning artist Holly Whiting creates abstract landscapes using acrylics and reactive metal paints. She has exhibited in many group and solo shows, and her work hangs in the homes of collectors throughout Connecticut, and beyond.

Christa Whitten

Medium: Painting

Link: http://christa-whitten.squarespace.com

Artist Statement:

My current series focuses on the partial or completely restricted access to powerful, spiritually-charged locations around the globe; with particular emphasis on the interdiction of women. It is a response to the tension that arises while attempting to reconcile respect for differing beliefs with the inequity of hindering access to a sacred space.

Artist Bio:

Christa’s passion is to create opportunity to access and explore our internal landscapes. She is classically trained in several modalities and graduated cum laude from Paier College of Art. She is an awarded member of the Silvermine Artists Guild and is expanding her skills with the Natural Science Illustration Program at the Yale Peabody Museum.

Miho Wichman

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.miho-wichman.com

Artist Statement:

Each work, be it sculpture, acrylic on canvas or collage, starts out with no preconceived end and grows organically and whimsically. The work is not titled until finished.

Artist Bio:

Miho Wichman is the artist name for Michael Wichman, PhD in Mathematics from Northwestern University and former Math Professor at DePaul University in Chicago.
Last art class was in seventh grade.
Miho was born Dec 15, 2016 after moving to New Haven in 2015.

M. Wilk

Medium: Mixed Media

Link: http://www.mwilkstudios.com

Artist Statement:

The emotional, social & physical development of children has a direct effect on their development & on the adult they will become. The "Life Before Margret" series addresses someone remembering events & situations in their childhood that were buried for a long time, but not completely forgotten.

Artist Bio:

I channel my creativity to produce unique artwork that sparks conversations within the viewer. My work is born out of a combination of formal training and life’s experiences on this journey so far. This has allowed my perspective as an artist to remain emotional and honest while hoping the viewer may have lost themselves in the story.

Glenn Williams

Medium: Drawing

Link:

Artist Statement:

I am just like everyone else except I paint.

Artist Bio:

I was an elementary art teacher for 35 years starting in 1970. Being retired for 15 years has allowed be to be a puppeteer, paint and travel.

Jonathan Wilner

Medium: Painting

Link: http://www.wilnersart.com