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Ana Brotas is a Portuguese multidisciplinary artist interested in material and aesthetic manipulation in order to tell stories, consistently embracing a playful discourse that connects art with her social and ecological context. She studied Fine Art at both Central Saint Martins and Goldsmiths University of London. Her work has been exhibited and published internationally. Selected works were awarded at Camberwell’s and Deptford’s Contemporary Visual Arts Festivals. Her recent commissions include a public interactive billboard for downtown Los Angeles and an interactive performance piece for the Sydney Opera House Summer Program.

Amanda Greive graduated with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2008 and has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally. She has exhibited her work at RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY, Arcadia Contemporary in Los Angeles, Abend Gallery in Denver, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, and the Rockford Art Museum in Rockford, IL. Most recently, she was a finalist in the 2017 Figurativas exhibit in Barcelona, and she was also a finalist in the 13th International ARC Salon, having been awarded a Rehs Contemporary award. She is represented by RJD Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY.

Christopher Jagmin graduated from of the School of Fine Arts at Indiana University. Last year he was granted a residency, Safe and Sound, exhibited at MCC Gallery, and had 3 solo shows. As a recipient of the 2017 Contemporary Forum Artist Grant, he will exhibit work at the Phoenix Art Museum this summer. Jagmin’s work was exhibited at Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, the Arizona Biennial, Eye Lounge Gallery in Phoenix and at the Phoenix mayor’s office. His work, Your Secret is Safe With Me, was presented at Scottsdale’s Canal Convergence, and was awarded an InFlux grant. Christopher’s work is in private and corporate collections across North America.

Emma Sywyj has been an artist for 14 years, 5 of those years based in London whilst studying photography at the Camberwell College of Arts at the UAL. From there she received a BA Honours in Photography and a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design. She has exhibited her artwork internationally in the US in New York, LA & San Francisco and Athens in Greece and Budapest in Hungary and exhibited nationally in the UK and London several times where she currently lives and works. She has been published in several independent art magazines in the UK and exhibited her video art work in international film festivals around the globe.

Gustav Deutsch is an Austrian filmmaker and artist. Trained as an architect, he moved to film and art in the late 80s and became one of the leading international filmmakers working with Found Footage. His trilogy FILM IST. has been shown widely at international film festivals, and in exhibitions in the form of installations. His feature SHIRLEY – Visions of Reality has been shown at numerous international festivals, and won several prizes. Retrospectives of his work have been organized by the Austrian Film Museum, the Cineteca Nacional Mexico and Film Archive Austria.

Kevin Kuenster received a BFA in graphic design from The Philadelphia College of Art. He is currently working with the “buon” fresco technique which involves applying pigments to wet plaster. Kevin has exhibited throughout the United States. Last year, his fresco Innocentes Discipulos was included in an international exhibition in Venice Italy. Kevin’s work tends to be narrative, the characters provocatively confronting the viewer with their gaze. His subjects can also appear isolated and struggling to make a connection. Religion, technology, and consumerism are frequent themes in his work.

Lorella Paleni is an Italian-born artist working in painting, drawing, and animation. Paleni earned a BFA from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia (Venice, Italy), and an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University SoA (New York). Recent exhibitions include a solo show at E.Tay Gallery, NYC (2017) and at MagicBeans Gallery, Berlin (2016). Her work has been featured internationally in solo and group exhibitions including New York, Long Island City, Berlin, Milan, London, and Venice.

Paula Izydorek (American) is an abstract painter who earned a BFA at San Francisco Art Institute. She looks to contemporary painting and the abundant perfection found in nature for continual inspiration. She paints homage to natures vast heterogeneity of textures, formations and all-encompassing palates. Izydorek has had solo exhibitions in Pomona, CA (2015); Cleveland, OH (2016); Columbus, OH (2017); Twentynine Palms, CA (2017); Kansas City, MO (2018); and Kettering, OH (2018 forthcoming). Earlier this year Izydorek was reviewed by CAN Journal. Her artwork is included in the Cleveland Art Association; and numerous private collections. She is based in Cleveland, Ohio.

Robert Canali graduated from York University in Toronto, Canada, with a BFA in photography. He is currently based in San Francisco, California. Canali’s work explores the mystery and beauty of the photographic medium, a study in themes like permanence, fragility, and individual perception. His work inspires questions more than it reveals answers, as he pushes the bounds of this medium. Canali’s concepts are realized as photographs, sculptures, installations, and books. Often disparate in appearance, ranging from the cosmic, the psychedelic, and the nostalgic, his work offers a complex query about time, recollection, and the rapid advancement of modern life.

Sunny Nestler is an American artist living in Vancouver BC. Sunny studied at ASU and later received an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where they currently teach drawing courses including Narrative Images and Collage. They have published work as an illustrator, and exhibited in the US and Canada. Sunny's work is based in drawing and studies mechanisms of biological life using a process that mimics DNA replication and mutation. Sunny is involved in small press publishing as a maker of art books and zines, and also works in video, painting, performance, and installation.

Sarah Jane is a visual artist whose sculptures, installations, and interactive works explore themes of human relationship and interdependence. Her most recent project, Mere Objects, is an ongoing participatory artwork honoring people who have experienced sexual violence. Sarah Jane received her BA from Asbury College (now University) and her MFA from the University of Kentucky. She has exhibited across the United States and in Canada. Since 2012, she has lived and worked at the Grünewald Guild, an intentional community of artists and spiritual seekers in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State.

Sarah Morejonn’s work is a language of delicacy and wonder. By making drawings with dots of ink she is beholden to time and patience. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and is in the permanent collection of Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY and The University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. Sarah earned a BFA from The University of Oregon in 2011. Living much of her life in Oregon, the artist now lives and works in New Jersey with her husband and their pet rabbit.