Art

Carolyn Kay Chema is a fine art photographer currently living in Miami, Florida. She graduated with a B.A. in Studio Arts from Georgetown University in 2010. Now she is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Miami, where she teaches Introduction to Photography. Her work examines the mysterious iconography of the subconscious mind, weaving dreams with lived experiences, to produce surreal images that challenge the perception of reality.

Cynthia Milionis earned an MFA in printmaking at San Francisco State University. Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions nationwide and internationally and is held in private and public collections. Cynthia resides in San Francisco and prints at historical Fort Mason. Cynthia's works have been described as “visual playgrounds.” Her prints begin on the printing press and, after multiple runs, take final form as collages and mixed-media monoprints.

Gray Lyons is a photographer and installation artist whose work addresses themes of memory, history, sexuality and self. She has received degrees from Bard College at Simon's Rock, Savannah College of Art and Design and Towson University. Her work has been exhibited and published nationally and internationally, and can be found in the permanent collection of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, the Siena Art Institute Library, and the Brauer Museum of Art. Ms. Lyons currently resides in Indiana, and teaches photography at Indiana University South Bend.

Kyle Petersen is an artist and educator based in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in Wheeling, Illinois and later attended Bradley University to study Studio Art. Kyle received his M.F.A. in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. Since then, he has taught at Southern Utah University, The Art Institute of Atlanta, and Gwinnett Technical College. Kyle has exhibited his work in solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally including Galerie Huit in Arles, France. His current work focuses on abstraction and construction within photographic portraiture.

Madeline Rile Smith is a flamework artist living and working in Philadelphia. Her work has been featured in New Glass Review Volume 35, Sculpture NOW! with the Washington Sculpture’s group, Craft Forms 2012 and 2013 at the Wayne Art Center, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, and InLiquid’s annual benefit show at the Crane Arts Center. Her work can be also be seen at the Gravers Lane Gallery in Philadelphia. Her work has been featured in Cred Magazine and Superstition Review. Madeline teaches flameworking and glassblowing part-time at the Crefeld School in Chestnut Hill and Mount Airy Learning Tree.

Mary Shindell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting from Northern Arizona University and her Master of Fine Arts degree in drawing from Arizona State University. Her detailed compositions create an illusion of texture, the cornerstone of her unique style. In addition to meticulously drafting drawings, Mary has produced several series of high quality, signed and numbered hand-pulled lithographs and serigraphs in limited editions. She has taught drawing and printmaking at the university level and has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Her most recent work involves integrating drawing into sculptural installation as well as public art.

In depicting life frankly and critically as visual surfaces and interior qualities, Matthew Felix Sun reaches toward historical and social commentary. Art ought to be both from life, and above life, revealing what is behind. Sun has exhibited in several national competitions and his work is collected in the US, Canada, and China. He has been building an Apocalypse Series of paintings and drawings since the US was poised to invade Iraq in 2003. Growing up in China's repressive culture and atmosphere formed the foundation of his world view and his work.

Paul Sisson is a bachelor of fine arts in photography student at the University of Colorado Denver. He is currently preparing for his BFA thesis show and graduation in the spring of 2013. His work has been exhibited at a variety of important venues over the past three years. Most recently he has been a part of shows at the Arvada Center for the Arts, MPLS Photo Center, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, and the Midwest Center for Photography. He also received a “Juror's Choice” award at the Masur Museum of Art's 50th Annual Juried Exhibition in March of 2013.

Rachel Stiff is a mixed media painter with an addiction to physical labor and an obsession with process. Growing up in a small ranching community in Central Montana, Rachel is strongly influenced by open spaces. Her large-scale paintings reflect the beauty found in growth and decay. Abstract painters such as Gerhard Richter and Joan Mitchell are great sources of inspiration to her.  Rachel is a recent MFA graduate from The University of Arizona and is currently an adjunct art instructor in Tucson. Being awarded an Artist Residency, Rachel will spend the upcoming summer working in Los Angeles with RAID Projects.

Rodney Rigby is a self-taught artist living and working in the UK. Following several group shows in the 1980s he began illustrating for such clients as GQ, Observer Magazine and Orchard Books. His first children's book, There's A Building On Sixth Avenue was published by Hyperion, New York and was followed by Hello, This Is Your Penguin Speaking and The Night The Moon Fell Asleep. He illustrated Paul Muldoon's The Last Thesaurus before deciding to concentrate more on his painting and assemblage pieces. Rodney's work has since featured in many galleries and collections in the UK and US.

Scott Greene studied at California College of Arts before receiving his BFA from San Francisco Art Institute, and his MFA from University of New Mexico. Adopting the language and finish of classical painting, Greene employs historical references as a tool to humorously examine the relationship between politics, nature, and culture. He has exhibited nationally and internationally at the Kulturtorvet Gallery, Copenhagen, Austin Museum of Art, Roswell Museum of Art, Albuquerque Museum, and Kohler Art Center. In 2013, his work will be included in a traveling group exhibition, Environmental Impact. Greene has exhibited with Catharine Clark Gallery since 2003. Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, California.