Antonio Puri was born in Chandigarh and raised in the Himalayas where he attended English and International boarding schools. He received his training from the Academy of Art in San Francisco and Coe College in Iowa for a bachelors degree in Art and later earned a JD degree from the University of Iowa. Antonio’s practice […]
Neil Anderson was a contemporary painter heavily inspired by the natural landscape surrounding his studio in rural central Pennsylvania. He described his work as non-representational rather than abstract and explained that after the initial drawing, the emerging colors, textures and shapes are all improvised. The meaning of the painting arises from the unexpected occurrences of […]
Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in her family of artists. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied Photography and Visual Communications from 1989-1993. There she met Gisèle Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995, her passion for photography drew her […]
Julie Goldstein (b. 1975, Hartford, CT) draws inspiration based on personal experiences that reside in storytelling, humor and whimsical interpretations around motherhood, marriage and everyday life. The stories told are often semi-autobiographical and are inspired by her personal relationships along with lively depictions of women throughout history and in a variety of societies that have […]
Ray Beldner is a mixed media artist whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in many public and private collections including the National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Oakland Museum of California, the San Jose Museum of Art, the di Rosa Preserve in Napa, […]
Dana Hargrove, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee University, Scotland with a Bachelor of Fine Art with Honors in Painting. She continued her education in the USA with a Master of Fine Art from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Hargrove is a Professor of Studio Art at Rollins College, […]
Kaoru Mansour is a native of Japan working as a painter in Los Angeles. She moved to California in 1986 and studied at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1987 to 1989. Her childhood experiences with the lush, natural environment of her hometown serve as the inspiration for much of her work. Mansour borrows […]
Originally from Israel, Dina Wind came to the United States in 1963. She earned her B.A. from the Hebrew University [Jerusalem, Israel], an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia, PA], and a certificate from the Barnes Foundation, where her teacher was the late Violette de Mazia. She exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions […]
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Sarah Helen More was raised in Portland, Oregon and Houston, Texas. She grew up surrounded by her mother’s handmade quilts and her father’s large collection of rocks and minerals, both facets of her upbringing that have greatly influenced her work. She holds an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art and […]
Jon Poblador is a Filipino American contemporary artist and art teacher who has been quietly making art for the past twenty years. He has an MFA degree in painting from the University of Pennsylvania and has modestly exhibited his work in Philadelphia, New York City, Phoenix, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong — where he currently resides […]
