Being a person born and raised in Vietnam, who also studied in Russia and lived in the US, has given me the opportunity to live and travel through numerous countries and be exposed to multiple cultures. I started painting when I was a little girl. My passion for art truly came to life in 2001 when I moved to Moscow to study industrial design. Seven years in school with lessons in paintings, graphics, sculpture, photography… sowed in me a love for arts and rendered arts a part of my life. In 2010, my family and I moved to the US to settle down in Washington D.C.
Kelci Tillman is an artist and writer living in Baltimore, MD. Kelci Tillman studied Graphic Design at Academy of Art University from 2012-2015, but realized that she wanted to explore different mediums and the freedom of not being behind a computer. She graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree and began freelancing and honing in on more illustrative work. Since then, Tillman has explored drawing, painting, and writing as her main mediums. Tillman debuted her first paintings at a solo show, Freakbanana, at Wet City Brewing during Artscape in 2019.
Emelie A Glessner is a Sweden born, America made, fine art painter, and mother of three. She moved to the United States in her early twenties for college, and ended up spending close to a decade in Southern California. Introductory art classes at the school exposed her to different tools, mediums, and techniques, some of which she further explored, independently for years to come, while taking every opportunity to learn more, and to grow as an artist.
Artist Bio & Statement for PLATFORM
Melvin Nesbitt Jr.
Artist Bio
Multimedia Salvage Artist
As an artist, my work encapsulates a personal perspective of politics and poverty through a representational exploration in the psychological and anthropological human behaviors within impoverished communities in the United States. The narratives created through drawing and painting allow art to act as a space for progressive discussions. What I have concluded through research and personal experiences is that governments release primitive forces in human beings. It’s important to understand the power structure underlying the social order of the world we live in. bell hooks speaks about an
RJ Jackson is a Standup Comedian, Videographer & Graphic Designer. He's been using his talent in multiple mediums to support and promote Sketch & Standup Comedy ventures for over 20 years now. RJ has featured for many clubs and venues across Delmarva and beyond since 2007 after he ignited his Standup career in Philadelphia, PA. Now a full time Salisbury resident, RJ travels wherever he is needed to make people laugh often making the promotional art, flyers and videos that go along with it.
How to paint a sunrise
Medium: Watercolor
Year: 2023
I create unique abstract-realism watercolor paintings that capture the natural and surreal elements of our world. https://www.timothymgregory.com/