• Read more about DAVID PAGE

Born in Cape Town, South Africa, David Page earned a National Diploma in Fine Arts from the Cape Tecnikon in 1986 and received an MFA from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2002. Recent solo shows include Security Theatre at the Creative Alliance (Baltimore),God and Lunchmeat at Old Dominion University and “Staan Nader, Staan Terug!” (come closer, get away!) at Stevenson University.

• Read more about ramsueno

Ram Brisueno is a Baltimore based, self taught artist with a degree in English from UMBC. Ram considers himself a collagist focusing on form, color, and stories within his paintings using mixed media in an intuitive collage style referencing textures, color, meaning and intent which brings layers, upon layers within revealing unique and hidden narratives. An almost surreal perspective between material and transformations that play in stories and dreams.

• Read more about MICHAEL KIRBY

Michael Kirby is the most famous artist nobody has ever heard of. He also goes by the name of Murals of Baltimore. Mr. Kirby was born in Baltimore and attended school in Baltimore City. As a teenager, he moved to Italy and lived abroad for over 10 years creating street art and murals. In the early 2000s, Mr. Kirby moved back to Baltimore and has been creating Public Art throughout the Mid-Atlantic. He has completed thousands of street art pieces around the world.

• Read more about DANIEL L. SCHLAPBACH

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Solo Exhibitions Highland Center For the arts, Greensboro, Vt  Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont  Gango Gallery, Portland, Oregon Knight Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland Limner Gallery, New York, New York Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado Steven Scott Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland Swanson Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky Vermont Arts Exchange, N. Bennington, Vermont Group Exhibitions “26th Annual NBOSS”, North Bennington, Vermont, Summer 2023 “25th Annual NBOSS”, North Bennington, Vermont, Summer 2022

• Read more about JESSICA DAMEN

Dubbed the “Lewis Carroll of Baltimore” by internationally renowned artist, Grace Hartigan, Jessica Damen’s paintings speak to universal themes revealed through fairy tales, Biblical stories, contemporary and ancient Greek myths. Hartigan said of Damen’s paintings, “like William James she has a gift for psychology in her depiction of children. Her use of paint is both sensual and tough.”  

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• Read more about NECHAMA REIZL TOPPER

Born in Lake Wales, Florida, Nechama Topper lived in Hollywood, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and she currently lives and works in Baltimore City. She attended Florida State University, earned her BFA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and her MA from Towson University. Having worked at the Aside Gallery Studios in the Station North Arts District, she now works in a private studio in northwest Baltimore City.

• Read more about Erin Fostel

Erin Fostel spent her early years copying characters out of her brother’s comic books, and writing dramatic soap operas on her grandmother’s typewriter. A love for drawing and storytelling led her to the Maryland Institute College of Art. After graduating in 2004, she continues to explore visual storytelling through the act of drawing. Even though she appreciates that the world is full of amazing colors she enjoys pushing the tonal boundaries of charcoal, which is her primary medium. Her work has been included in local and international publications about drawing.

• Read more about KATHLEEN HAYES

Exhibitions Pulp Function, curated by Lloyd E. Herman, Fuller Museum, Boston MA, May 2007–January 2008, traveled through 2010 Patterns of Seeing, 2-person show, ArtSpace, Raleigh NC March–April 2007