photography
The goop of a freshly-peeled Polaroid gets on my hand. I look up at my subject and thank them for the time they're giving me...For allowing me to come into their life, for coming into mine. It's another story heard, a friend made, a collaboration felt. We're closer, we know each other. Our notions of each other prior to this moment are out the door. It's my hope that this is what will unify you and I, this world. That and a frosty Guinness ...Love you, folks.
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painting
I am interested in showing the difficulty and discomfort in fully understanding a person. I leave my subjects incomplete to highlight their limitations, as well as my own inability to see the subject beyond the influence of myself.
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mixed media
Katie Sokoler AKA Color Me Katie is a specialist at working with strangers. She promotes human interaction through her work and captures the results of humans in their natural habitat when mixed with fantasy or fun. In both her recent projects, the Brooklyn Thought Bubble Project and the Shadow Project, Katie stages creative traps and lies in wait to capture special moments on camera.
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painting
I am driven by an exploration of wordless inquiries with long tendrils. My paintings are an attempt at answering these pleading questions of the gut. I enjoy linking things that seem unrelated and employ relationships in form and a sense of fluidity in this expedition. I utilize undulatiation to convey the odd outgrowths and knotted dreams that convolute us. I'm inspired by the interaction between man and myth, biology and spirituality, function and meaning.
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drawing
Music, art, movies, fashion, or some visions I get while walking, can be my inspiration. I love doing figurative illustration. Compositions, colors, and nuanced face expressions are important to deliver the atmosphere of the person or the event.
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painting
In this work I re-imagine myself and my friends as characters in a two-dimensional world. Some of the portraits are on oval boards, or incorporate an ornate frame, suggesting a sentimentalized vision of the subject, much like a cameo or an old photograph. Each image does not so much represent a friend as recall her, envisioning her in a timeless, reverent space. Painting a portrait allows me to distill into a single image innumerable experiences, thoughts and emotions that relate to a particular person. In this way the paintings are totems or avatars, portraits of gods from a personal mythology.
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sculpture
I am an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of social history, scientific research and critical theory, which have greatly influenced my work. I often make use of sculpture, video, and lighting to create works that illuminate our notions of personal identity and community. I utilize my art as an agent for empowerment to involve viewers from all different backgrounds and communities. I was born in Lima. I live and work in New York City and Peru.
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photography
Exploring the possibilities of abstract in color as well as in black and white photography.
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illustration
formaldehyde in the medicine cabinet. preserving memories and memorabilia.that matchbook from last february. the hair from two years ago. the gravel from your street. most importantly the dreams. you wake up with. and also feathers for when you fly away. thus creating an image that smells like spilt ink and people who never forget.
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photography
Travis Dubreuil was born and raised in the light of De Luz, California. He spent his childhood and adolescence walking and exploring, which allowed for excessive amounts of creative thought. Travis left the middle of nowhere at 18 and moved to the coast. Traveling soon became a strong passion and led him to Europe, the Caribbean, and Central America. Brooklyn is now home and he spends his days photographing faces, spaces and places. Travis has degrees in digital imaging and graphic design as well as commercial photography. His work has been shown on both the West and East coasts.
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photography
Los Angeles native Carrie Villines received her BA from UCLA and her MFA from Parsons. Her work has been exhibited internationally, and has been published in "ARTnews," The Associated Press and "Graphis." She lives & works in Bushwick.
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illustrator
I am a comic artist and illustrator living and working in Brooklyn NY. I am interested in the importance of color and composition but also with the ability for a single drawing to entertain and make people laugh. I mostly work in single-cell gag format, but I also make mini comics. I think it is important to see the expanse of art and how different forms can affect and move people.
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painting
I am an artist who is thoroughly fascinated by the clashes in the visual culture of developing cities between urban/rural, and traditional/modern elements. My painting practice is focused on creating and reinterpreting snapshots of urban life such places, especially Istanbul, where I have grown up. I am interested in elements of my architectural practice into my paintings. This involves both focusing more on my "process"- something that was highly emphasized in my architecture education- and also bringing in perspective drawings and architectural collages into painting as a means of capturing the dynamics of city life that form my subject matter.
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painting
I explore some sort of human condition in contemporary culture and the relationship between the self and the world. The figures in my work are used as objects to illustrate my own relationship to the world or feelings I have.
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mixed media
My "Reflection" work is a reaction to a career of manipulating images and sounds. After struggling to find a way to create truly unique video art, I went to see a film by a director whose work I had previously found difficult to follow. I noticed sitting down the row was a painter I admired. At that moment I made a conscious choice to watch the film as a painting. It was an amazing experience, filled with meaning and metaphor. Realizing what an effect one's frame of mind has on how the human brain processes information. I ran home, pulled a painting out of a frame on my wall and mounted the monitor to the frame.
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photography
My pictures are about relationships. I am trying to fill the role of a muse. I invite women to sit for portraits because I find them attractive. Some characters appear once while others occur multiple times. Women become replaceable and interchangeable. Subjects have plump faces, flowing hair and big eyes. Some of them look as if they just fell out of a painting at the Met. The pictures place women on pedestals, glorifying yet objectifying them. The poses are awkward and elegant. Their gaze is inviting yet passive.
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painting
Fred came to New York after college at MassArt and Emerson in Boston. He is also the creator and illustrator of the comic book Johnny Hiro {half asian, all hero}. You can view his work on his website and buy his prints from
Charmingwall
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photography
Daniel + Travis exist in a hive where creativity generates a thought provoking, conceptual, sexual, and beautifully accessible realm. Their work continuously serves to inform their voices as individuals while setting the tonality for a broader piece-their relationship as lovers and
artists. Daniel was born and raised in Miami, Florida and has a Master of Architecture degree. Travis was born and raised in Southern California and has degrees in graphic design and digital imaging as well as commercial photography. Daniel + Travis live, work, and love in
Brooklyn, NY.
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painting
Originally from Madrid, Rocío Cañero is an illustrator and artist living in NY. After a long time working in advertising in Spain, Cañero becomes a freelancer. She has worked for diverse clients such as Toyota, Ann Summers, Kandoo, Minibabybell, International Amnisty, Sony, Tabasco and her work has been featured in a wide range of publications including Belio Magazine, Stafmagazine, Vanidad, Anunciantes and El mundo.
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painting
It's all about temperature, line seduction, the illusion of stability vs frailty, and the singing that takes place when select colors are placed next to each other.
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