Currently studying interdisciplinary sculpture at M.I.C.A.
Currently studying interdisciplinary sculpture at M.I.C.A.
Greg Metcalf was born in Washington state, grew up in Asia and Minnesota and somehow ended up in Maryland where he has been making ritual objects for two decades.
Nadia Mohamed is a fiber artist living in Baltimore, MD. She completed her BFA at Pratt Institute in Fashion Design in 2011 and began work on her MFA at Towson University in 2016. Her work examines the intersection of humanity and nature. She has shown her work nationally and was awarded Juror’s Choice at the Maryland Federation of Arts Fiber Options show in 2016. Her interests include nature documentaries, audiobooks, cats and not washing dishes.
Born in New Mexico though raised in the midwest, the artworks of Laura Beth Konopinski are informed by this contradictory change of her surroundings. With a deep passion for the natural world, Laura Beth often incorporates organic materials into her works. Her expertise is sculpting glass while blending contemporary and traditional methods though she also uses other materials such as metal and photography.
Suzie Tuchman works in handmade paper, printmaking, book arts and sculpture. She started out as a biologist but after raising 4 kids, went back to school for 10 years to study art, first completing her BFA and then MFA. She has exhibited and presented her work in galleries, universities and museums. She became a Maryland resident in July 2018.
L.A. Crawford is a multidisciplinary artist currently based out of Baltimore Maryland, who employs painting, printmaking, and sculptural elements within their works. With a background in oil painting, their works range from casting multiples to large scale installations that explore Suburbia, gender roles, modernity and how we construct reality through the lens of architecture.
Jani Hileman is a multidisciplinary sculptor whose practice navigates ceramics, metal, wood, and photographic media. Her work is often made with intensive hands-on processes that allow the materials to influence the final aesthetic of each of her pieces.
She draws inspiration from intensive processes, her materials, landscapes, personal experiences, feminism, environmentalism and politics. Hileman explores the everyday, the body, craft, gender, and the nature of objects through her works.
P.Volker is a professional painter, illustrator, and sculptor originally from Ohio, now living in Snow Hill, MD where he has a storefront studio/gallery, the Green Pearl.
Over the last 50 years, Volker has created and sold more than 3,000 paintings to private collectors around the world. His paintings are colorful, the subject matter humorous, often poignant, and in a unique style that has been described as ‘cartoon expressionism’.
John Parkins is a Baltimore based artist. His experience buying and selling antique, vintage, and discarded objects educates his artistic practice. Rather than add to the existing material surplus that inundates our world, he recycles by mining metal from unwanted silver heirlooms, housewares, and cutlery. A background in fine art and painting evokes modern and minimalist forms with strong, understated compositions. John creates at the Baltimore Jewelry Center, a communal studio and education space for metalsmiths.