Julia K. Burzon is an artist of traditional and digital media. Early published work includes pen and ink illustration for Iowa State University Extension publications, scientific illustrations in peer-reviewed journals, and and commissioned projects (ex. photography and creation of a wall calendar). Returning to art as a serious pursuit m in 2019, after a long hiatus working in natural resources administration and raising a family, Julia embarked on a quest to master digital painting from 2020–2021 by learning how to use all’s various capabilities via the framework of apple-themed artworks.
I am a self taught creator and much of my work is inspired by my experiences as a Registered Nurse in Baltimore. I work with paint, mixed media, and collage.
Mina Cheon (천민정) (b. 1973, Seoul, South Korea) is a global Korean new media artist, scholar, and educator who lives and works between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul and exhibits her political pop art known as “Polipop” internationally. Being a part of the Korean diaspora, Cheon’s art results from a life-time of working with a postcolonial and comparative cultural lens and making contemporary art that is in historic alignment to appropriation art and global activism art, while focusing on North Korean awareness, Korean unification, and global peace projects.