Maggie Gourlay works in screenprinting and papermaking to create both installation and two-dimensional work that explores the intersection of the natural world and domestic space. She is a recipient of DC Arts and Humanities Council art grants and other awards, and has had numerous solo and group shows with her work in several public and private collections. Gourlay is a current member of Sparkplug--sponsored by DC Arts Center--and Cultivate Projects, a platform for a contemporary redefinition of landscape.
Rebecca Clark is an American artist whose quietly detailed pencil drawings reflect the sacredness of nature and the interconnectedness of all living things. Growing up immersed in the natural world, her exploration of the woods and creeks along the Chesapeake Bay forged a bond with plants and animals and laid the foundation for a visual vocabulary she would tap into many years later. Rebecca received a BA in Art History from Swarthmore College and studied painting and drawing at the Maryland Institute College of Art and at the Corcoran College of Art + Design.
I earned an B.A. in music composition at Washington College and an M.F.A. in studio art at Towson University. My process begins with drawing and/or sound, and usually ends with animation.
Mars Tokyo is the nom des'artes of Sally Mericle who resides in Baltimore City.
Mars Tokyo is largely a self-taught art prodigy who began making art as a small child and has not stopped since. Since the 2000's her work has included the first series of Miniature Theaters 2001-2007, the Coastline series of gouache paintings of endangered coastlines around the world 2009-2017, and the second series of Miniature Theaters 2018-present. Mars Tokyo's Theaters have been shown several times at the American Visionary Art Museum. Her current series of ink flow paintings began with 2023.
Suzanne Coley is an independent Baltimore artist. Her style is characterized by radical fabric manipulation, needlework, embellishments, superposition of layers, and couture ergodicity. She has a Master of Humanities with concentrations in philosophy and classical literature.
The visionary artist Ariston Jacks creates a decisive swath through the art world with his multi-disciplinary practice. His work serves as social collage that combines ancient African, European and American social phenomena through 21st century sub-cultures. The early stages of his art practice developed in his hometown of Pine Bluff, AR.
Brent Taylor
Brent Taylor (°1982, Baltimore, United States) makes paintings, photos, media art and mixed media artworks. With a conceptual approach, Taylor touches on various overlapping themes and strategies. Several reoccurring subject matters can be recognized, such as the relation with popular culture and media, working with repetition, provocation, and the investigation of the process of expectations.
Joanna Barnum uses watercolor to express universal emotional states and the unique spirits of her portrait subjects, balancing experimental, abstract use of the media with sensitive realism and symbolism.
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.