Fahimeh Vahdat is an Iranian American mixed media installation and performance artist living in Columbia, Maryland. As an activist artist, Vahdat’s work focuses on human rights / women & children’s rights violation especially domestic violence in Iran and the United States. Vahdat’s work has been exhibited not only in the USA but also in Argentina, Italy, Poland, China, the United Arab Emirates, India, Turkyeh, and South Africa. Vahdat has received numerous grants, recently from Deutsch Foundation and the Maryland State Individual Artist Award.
A native of Denver, Colorado, Michelle La Perrière has been making art for decades. She has lived in Maryland since 1987, when she moved to Baltimore for graduate study with Grace Hartigan at the Maryland Institute College of Art’s Leroy E. Hoffberger School of Painting.
Luenna Kang (she/her) is a Baltimore-based visual artist. Born in Korea, Kang developed her global background studying in Philippines, Minnesota, Chicago, and Baltimore. The overarching theme of her practice is "Body, Proximity, and Discomfort." She is particularly interested in female aging and bodily experience. Through art, Kang confesses how her female body experiences her surroundings.
Alexis Irby is a visual artist and educator currently living in Columbia, Maryland. She is an Adjunct Professor and MFA Candidate at Towson University, pursuing a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in sculpture. Her art draws inspiration from both nature and post-consumer objects, with a focus on formal qualities such as shape and pattern. She has exhibited sculptural work in a variety of galleries and exhibitions in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. Alexis has two Bachelor’s degrees in Art Education and Art & Design, with a concentration in the Fine Arts.