Chester Hopkins-Bey is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative journey began in his childhood, making art since he was just five years old. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in nearby Cleveland Heights, his roots are deeply intertwined with the vibrant culture and…
Leah was born in Oberlin, Ohio and grew up surrounded by the arts. In 2016, she graduated from Oberlin College with majors in East Asian Studies and Cinema Studies and proceeded to freelance as an artist and filmmaker before receiving an Oberlin…
Kautenburger is a maker, beekeeper, self- trained naturalist, and dreamer of botanical life. The beauty and the poetry that he reacts to in the natural world have a temporality to them, like an ephemeral vernal pool, and this is informing the direction…
Donna Marchetti is a multimedia artist focusing primarily on fiber and painting. Her work has been featured in exhibits in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, and for many years appeared at the Cain Park Arts Festival. Now, as a retired person with the…
Laurie Garrett has worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, scenic painter, art teacher, and printmaker. Her primary focus now is on collage and printmaking, and she is a resident artist at Zygote Press.
Jeni Stovicek works in clay in Cleveland, Ohio. She is a graduate of the ceramics program at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Jeni enjoys throwing on the potters wheel, atmospheric firings, and glaze chemistry. She is highly influenced by the works of…
Sydney Givens is a sculptor of wearable art. Her jewelry career began when she was 15 and working for Diane Wilson, a porcelain jeweler living in Pittsburgh. Continuing her education, she enrolled in the Jewelry + Metals BFA program at the Cleveland…
Kylie Demkowicz was born in 1996 and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where she is an active visual artist. A recent graduate of Kent State University, her degree is in fine arts, with a focus of sculpture. So far in her early career,…
Ohio native Kimberly Chapman grew up with an artist father and a career-minded mother. She obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in marketing and spent three decades in the corporate arena. In 2012 she returned to college and four years later received a…
Davon Brantley (b.1995-07-09) is a Cleveland based artist who implements self-portraiture and psychology within his work. Inspired by the dissociative behaviors that happen as a result of traumatic experiences and the reputation involved with those experiences. Davon analyzes not only how these…
