Katie Delaney (they/them) is a non-binary artist from Silver Spring, MD. Their work explores the relationships between surrealism and story telling through gendered materials and methods of making. Delaney received their BFA from Towson University in Sculpture ‘20 and is an MFA candidate at the University of Delaware. Their work has been selected in the NextFab 5.0 Juried Exhibition as well as the Delaplaine National Juried Exhibition 2019. They have exhibited solo at the John Fonda Gallery.
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Brooklyn, New York is where Cindy Renteria was born. Her interest in art started early. Renteria was drawn to the trees in her neighborhood that were filled with color and movement. In fact trees and landscapes are the focus of many of her paintings.
She attended the High School of Art and Design. While there she took classes at the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum.
Abstract-gestural painter and mixed medium artist Cortney Mohring is know for bright, bold and line centric based works. Cortney’s playful attitude brings the viewer in and keeps them engaged by familiar and sometime suggestive shape and movement. You can find her artworks on walls around DC, large format paintings and smaller more accessible pieces for every collector.
Caroline MacKinnon is an artist, writer and educator based in Takoma Park, MD.
Her hand-built ceramic sculptures and gouache paintings are inspired by humankind’s connection to the cosmos. The Canadian-American artist has exhibited her work at Rhizome DC, the Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, MD, the District of Columbia Arts Center (DCAC), GWU’s Luther W. Brady Gallery in the Corcoran Flagg building in downtown Washington, DC, the Brentwood Arts Exchange in the Gateway Arts District in Prince George’s County, MD, as well as in other regional galleries and art centers.
Megan Koeppel is a textile and fiber artist originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art where she studied painting and curatorial practices. She uses her background in painting and textile to create contemporary quilts that explore natural dye and traditional quilting.
Madam-ttu (a.k.a. BGM) is a visual artist. Solo exhibitions in galleries and museums include Stux Gallery in Chelsea, New York City, the Ilmin Museum of Art in Seoul and the American University Museum in Washington, DC.
Jacqui Crocetta works in painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her socially engaged practice has aimed to bring attention to both the human condition as well as the environmental crisis, while celebrating resilience and the capacity for healing. She has exhibited her work regionally in venues such as Arts in Foggy Bottom, Adah Rose Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, and Otis Street Arts Project, and received frequent recognition in the Washington Post and East City Art.
Sumita Kim, an artist and Professor of Art at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, was born in Gwang-ju, South Korea. Growing up in Seoul with artist and journalist parents, she developed a deep appreciation for the power of art and language at an early age.
In the late 1970’s she came to the United States to continue her education, and in 1982, she was awarded a Master’s degree in film-making from the American University in Washington, DC. Subsequently, she earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting at the University of Maryland
Christin Fanelli was born in Washington, DC in 1994. She received her BFA in Art and Design with a concentration in painting, drawing, and printmaking from Towson University in 2018. In 2022 she graduated from Ohio University with an MFA in printmaking. Fanelli’s work has been exhibited across the United States, as well as online. Fanelli lives and works in Athens, Ohio
David ‘DEZ’ Zambrano is an artist in the DMV area, originally from Los Angeles. DEZ has made his mark in the sneaker community as one of the best custom sneaker artists in the world. He does this for a living having worked with companies like Adidas, Under Armour, MLB, NFLPA, NBAPA, and professional athletes from almost every major sport. This does not take away that DEZ is also an incredibly diverse artist, specializing in canvas art, murals and more. His first love for art began at an early age, was cultivated at home, and exploded when he watched the classic hip hop movie Beat Street.