The Next Generation

Audrey Gamponia – Contorted Melodies

Audrey Gamponia is an Alberta, Canada-based artist who explores representations of the human body. Gamponia’s paintings and drawing feature contortions of flesh and form which virtually allow the work to come alive. Find the spotlight here.


Shyamolie Madhavji – Tradition Through Textile

Shyamolie Madhavji weaves tradition, observation, and personal appreciation together in vibrant and expressive works which capture a history and culture of craftsmanship in the artist’s local Mumbai. Find the spotlight here.


Hayley Barker – The Craft of Fantasy

Hayley Barker creates worlds of fantasy and magic in artwork of all mediums. The Denver, Colorado-based artist embraces playfulness and exploration and mixes personal expression with community engagement. Find the spotlight here.


Silja Lenz- Face the Waste

Stuttgart-based artist Silja Lenz brings humor and emergency together in puzzling paintings which confront issues of waste and litter. Lenz’ work questions the scope and innumerability of the problems before us, and forces to face facts. Find the spotlight here.


Tetiana BelashchukTrapping Nature and Taming Time

Tetiana Belashchuk is a Ukranian mixed-media and watercolor painter. Belashchuk’s work captures fleeting moments in time and sensory experiences in sculpted and abstracted paintings. Find the spotlight here.


Greg Rick – History in the Raw

Oakland artist Greg Rick scrambles familiar parts of a recognizable shared history. Rick’s canvases leave questions to be answered and challenge viewers to reconsider what is assumed or once known. Find the spotlight here.


Diego Samanamud – Displaced and Abstract

Lima, Perú-based artist Diego Samanamud’s misleadingly simplistic photographic manipulations remind viewers of always possible changes in perspectives and frames of mind. Find the spotlight here.


Claire Weaver-Zeman – Dreams of the Divine

Painter Claire Weaver-Zeman’s lush canvases are flooded with mythological creatures of dreams and the imagination. Weaver-Zeman finds inspiration in real-world archeological issues and in transitional journeys. Find the spotlight here.


Angel Cotray – Bittersweet Sensations

New York artist Angel Cotray creates sparkling, sensory landscapes based on perceptive observations of the outside world. Cotray’s work brings bittersweet sensations to life. Find the spotlight here.


Lukas Moll – Nothing to be Afraid Of

Aachen, Germany- based artist Lukas Moll embraces uniqueness and difference through rich and compelling mixed-media portraits. The artist shows there’s nothing to be afraid of in accepting individuality. Find the spotlight here.