Leah Cooper is a Baltimore based installation artist. She received her BA in Studio Art from the University of Maryland and her MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Through site responsive drawings she examines the liminal state that exists between what is noticed and what is overlooked and is interested in employing the contextually dependent nature of her work as a means to create a heuristic state that invites the viewer to complete the piece.
Michael Auger (last name pronounced: O-'zhA / rhymes with okay) is a full-time freelance artist based in Rockville, Maryland. In addition to the creating offbeat fine art he also works as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. For additional information please visit: www.Arty4ever.com
Shanthi Chandrasekar is a multimedia and multidisciplinary artist from Maryland who has an academic background in physics and psychology, and has been trained in the traditional Indian art forms of Kolam and Tanjore-style painting. While many of her works are influenced by her Indian heritage, her true inspiration comes from the mystery and majesty of the world around her; her muse lives where the scientific overlaps with the spiritual.
Hsin-Hsi Chen was born in Taipei, Taiwan and came to USA in 1994 to pursue graduate study in Fine Arts. Chen received her MFA from University of Maryland at College Park in USA, 1996 and BFA from Tunghai University in Taiwan, 1992. Chen was granted U.S. Permanent Residency based on “Extraordinary Ability in Art” in 2002, the grantee of 2013 Maryland State Arts Council Grant/Individual Artist Award and 2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.
It can be said that Sharon Wolpoff, who began her art training at age five, has always been an artist. She completed her formal education at American University (B.A., M.F.A. and J.D.), with additional coursework in Italy and Mexico. Counted amongst her honors are three Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards, an Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County Fellowship and a Kreeger Purchase Prize.
Kimmary I. MacLean is a Maryland artist specializing in nature and animals. She works in a variety of media including charcoal, drawing pencil, pastel, acrylic, and digital photography. Kimmary is also a ballet teacher at National Ballet Institute for the Arts with advanced teaching certification in the Cecchetti Method of Ballet
Kimmary published two books for Kindle, 'A Caterpillar Goes for a Walk' and 'One Squirrel in A Tree...'. 'A Caterpillar goes for a Walk' is also available in print, through Amazon. A book of poems accompanied by fantasy landscapes will soon be available.
Emily Conover received a BS degree from Purdue University, a BA degree in Studio Art from the University of Maryland College Park, and an MFA degree from the University of Maryland College Park. While at the University of Maryland, she was awarded a Graduate Fellowship, and she also received the David C. Driskell Award for outstanding visual thesis and excellence in teaching. She has been teaching painting and drawing at the University of Maryland in College Park since 1999. Ms.
Rice McKelvin is a mixed media portrait artist that lives in the Baltimore area. Their passion for art history and pop culture influences their work. Their unique experiences have left them with PTSD, that they choose to draw inspiration from. Art started as a way for Rice to cope with abuse and has grown to aid in their recovery from it. Their artwork has always represented personal hope for the future, and now helps them solidify and explore the progress they have made. Rice has also been using their art to help fully explore their identity, and relationships.
Courtnee S. Hawkins has been a practicing artist since 2003. He began studying art at Howard Community College in 2003 where he earned his associates in studio art. He then went on to continue his studies at Towson University focusing on painting under the guidance of Professors Nora Sturges and Seth Goodman. In 2008 he earned his bachelors degree in painting. Courtnee’s work is influenced by his religion and highly–developed sensitivity towards the social issues in the US and around the world. He grew up in a military family and spent most of his youth traveling.