“Sofia Arev is a Toronto-based artist working primarily with airbrushed acrylic. Her work explores the fluctuating female identity in the post-internet era within virtual and superficial realms. Her work highlights the connection between the cyber-self and the self, fantasies of the self and online 'it girl' culture.”
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“Ben O'Neil is a Toronto-based illustrator, artist and screenwriter. He completed an undergraduate degree in Art Criticism and Curatorial Practice from OCAD University in 2016. Since then he has worked as a freelance designer and illustrator, self-publishing zines and comics, and working with brands and business including Sweet Jesus, Left Field Brewery, Rise Kombucha and Ryerson University. Ben's first full-length graphic novel, APOLOGETICA, was published by Popnoir Editions in Spring 2019.”
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“Diego Beyró is a mostly self-taught visual artist. He spent two years at the Fabrica art residency, the artistic foundation of the Benetton family, in Italy. Diego's work has been exhibited in individual and group exhibitions in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Lebanon, Israel, the United States, Mexico, Chile and Argentina.”
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“Adrian Landon Brooks (born 1983) studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute and currently lives and works in Austin, Texas. Brooks works predominantly in the mediums of painting and illustration, often utilizing found materials such as wood, metal, and antique photographs as his unique canvases. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and internationally, notably with Antonio Colombo Gallery and Andenken Gallery.”
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“ Tracy Klinesteker paints with pastels because of her love for pure color. Soft pastels blend beautifully and create that lovely, painterly brushstroke. Because pastels are an opaque medium, she layers color over color to create blends. Her subjects are eclectic and her abstracts are pure colour celebrations, using as many colours in her palette as she can.”
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“Michaela Smith is a Dallas-based visual content creator specializing in photography, styling and creative direction. Her work blends storytelling and strategy across fashion, lifestyle and editorial projects. From concept to final frame, Michaela crafts intentional, brand-focused visuals that resonate.”
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“Niki Ford (they/them) is an artist that lives and works in Los Angeles. Ford channels otherworldly narratives through pigmented stoneware sculpture, mixed-media paintings and works on paper. These pieces take us on a journey through the body, water, plants, landforms, poetry/prayer, histories/time and vortexes of many shapes and sizes. They lean into the corporeal, intuitive, reparative, devotional, and exemplary possibility expressed through queerness & gender otherness. ”
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“Cathy Braasch is an artist, architect, and educator. She is the principal of Braasch Architecture and was an associate teaching professor in Penn State’s Department of Architecture. She founded the Robert Reed Drawing Workshops, celebrating the pioneering educator and artist. Her architectural projects and drawings emphasize duration and accessibility. She received a Master of Architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts at Yale. She has just relocated to Seattle.”
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“Ali Gallagher is a set designer, painter and sculptor who has always felt a passion to create. She received a BFA in painting from the Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Program (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati where she studied painting, printmaking, and sculpture. After moving to NYC, she began working on window displays for Barneys NY, which eventually led to her career and passion for set design and fine arts. ”
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“Bennie Stenger is a visual development and compositing artist from Colorado, now living in Atlanta. They love bringing laughter and whimsy into any part of the animation pipeline they work in.”
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