Mel Jelacic is a ceramic artist that came back to Maryland after 20 years Brooklyn, NY. Her work celebrates the symbolic, sentimental value of objects that have no other worth than just being. It explores the ties between people and the material world, the transference of memory and emotions onto objects and the comfort they provide. For our love of this world goes beyond what has a beating heart.
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Keith W. Bentley’s sculptures are uncanny, strange classical statuettes through material
intervention. Bentley finds his inspiration somewhere in-between the canon of sculptural form
and materials drawn from his quotidian experience: rubber, household items, concrete, hair. The
resulting works force the viewer to question value hierarchies of art and materials. The identities
of Bentley’s forms never settle, giving rise to something different, something unrecognizable, a
new area of representation.
Bentley’s works have been exhibited throughout North America, including the Museum of and
Albert Schweitzer is a visionary artist who lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland. Although classically trained, his paintings are imbued with the naive, raw simplicity, and energy that one would associate with outsider art. As a student, Albert studied with Grace Hartigan. This association with Grace Hartigan has created a lasting influence on his work.
I'm a self-taught multimedia artist born and raised in Baltimore City. I've been drawing since I was 3. I've been selling art since high-school. I've done hundreds of commission pieces for various projects. Currently I host sip & paints with pre-sketched canvases in and nearby the city. My work goes into several area but as of late has been mostly focused on spiritual aspects.
The experience of living on three different continents, North America, Europe, and Australia, has had a profound effect on Lynn Silverman's practice as an artist. After graduating with a BFA in Photography, Lynn moved to Australia. She was drawn to Australia’s vast inland desert landscape, which was the subject of her first one-person exhibition, Horizons (1981), at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne.
Born in Connecticut in the 1980’s, Tim moved to Baltimore after high school to pursue his passion for art and studied sculpture at MICA. His love for the city has compelled him to stay for 20 years and counting, making Baltimore his permanent home. He’s a local fixture in the community, a stand out with his stature and a booming baritone voice.
After a successful career as a welder and furniture maker, his day job is building props for TV and movie sets. You can find him ambling around Greektown and Highlandtown with his spirited two-year-old daughter and partner of 7 years.
Despite being President of Goya Contemporary and Goyagirl Press which I founded in 1994, I have kept a studio practice for 50 years.
I graduated from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) in 1976, worked as a lithographer for PAFA projects 1976-1978 and graduated with an MFA in Painting and Art History from Washington University in 1980. In 1977, I studied art history at Tyler School of Art in Rome.
Matthew McCormack and Jenn Figg have been collaborating since 2009. Our backgrounds are rooted in the craft methodologies of textiles and glass, and we lean into the lush material experiences they provide. We maintain an active, experimental studio practice in tandem with our permanent public projects.
JP Robertson is a Baltimore based Visual Artist who specializes in Screen Printing, Painting, Graphics, and Installation Art as well as Clothing design. He has a long history in the Underground Art Scene from Owning and Operating the Shop C U L T and DEATH CULT STUDIOS to doing Art Shows and Underground Art events from Baltimore to New York.