Sanzi Kermes is a binational progeny of immigrant grandparents (Bohemia and Italy), the fourth youngest of five. At age seven, she declared that she wanted to be an artist.
A native of Baltimore, Barbara Epstein Gruber's early career aspirations were brought to an abrupt halt at age six when Mr. and Mrs. Epstein discovered her going full Rembrandt on the wall behind the living room couch. This Crayola-on-plaster endeavor went largely unappreciated, and it would be 30 years before Ms. Gruber began to paint seriously again.
Benjamin Jancewicz is a Baltimore, Maryland based visual artist whose work is shown in galleries, cafes and homes around the United States and Canada. He joins a cadre of creatives pioneering the vector technique. Trained in several traditional art forms, including photography, screenprinting, sculpture and painting, Benjamin has found vector art to be a fulfilling and exciting new manifestation of his creative vision. As a vector artist, he uses the emerging form to create compelling pieces that share stories and inspire action.
Michele A. Steiger is a realist painter, who works primarily in oils and pastels. Her inspiration is drawn from the rural scenes of Southern Maryland, Virginia, and the beach and marsh areas of the New Jersey shore. Her travels are the main influence on her art. Michele often spends long hours camera in hand, photographing scenery. She wants to show the beauty of nature in the oft-overlooked, vibrant details of everyday scenes.
A 'late-in-life' painter, I took my first watercolor class in the early 2000s. My teacher told me that I could probably be good at this if I learned how to draw! A few drawing classes, more watercolor workshops, a portrait, figure, and pastel class here and there and I am loving it!
As an active member in the St Michaels Art League, I have exhibited in several venues on Maryland's Eastern Shore. In 2012 I received the 25th Annual Brittain Banghart Award for drawing, painting, etching or sculpture depicting the human figure at the Academy Art Museum's Member's Show in Easton, Maryland.
Originally from Boston, MA, Janet received her MFA and BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She is the recipient of an MSAC Individual Grant, the Henry Walters Traveling Fellowship, and a Marcella Brenner Grant for Faculty Research. She was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. Her recent projects include an installation at 355 Pod Space, VisArts in Rockville, MD and a solo exhibition at Martha Spak Gallery in Washington, DC. She has created site-specific installations for the Facebook AIR program in Washington DC and the MICA Juried Faulty Exhibition.
Artist Biography: Susannah Hartshorn Lynch
I was born in Alexandria VA on January 20, 1962. My family spent a few years in Venice California while my parents finished school, after which we moved to St. Mary’s County Maryland. I have lived here ever since.
René Treviño was born in Kingsville, Texas. He received his BFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in 2003 and his MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2005.
Suzy Kopf is a multidisciplinary artist who scrutinizes the paper ephemera of midcentury consumer culture to magnify the enduring mythos of the American Dream. Through watercolor paintings, collages, and mixed-media installations she excavates archival materials and inherited nostalgia for failed utopias. Suzy has received numerous residency fellowships including Kala and PLAYA. Projects have been funded most recently by the Hagley Museum and the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).