ABOUT THE ARTISTS
HEATHER ADAMS
Los Angeles
Heather began her love of mark making as a student by practicing her letters and adding her own characteristic designs.
GILBERTO ALFARO
Los Angeles
Gilberto is a multidisciplinary artist. Work ranges from drawing, painting, and textile weaving.
YASSIN BELMLIH
Los Angeles
Yassin positive personality shines through his creative processes in the form of repetitive symbols and numerical markings.
SHELBY BOSTON
Los Angeles
Shelby artwork incorporates an appreciation of nature and the vibrant world around her.
COBY BULNES
Los Angeles
Coby creates light and delicate abstraction.
NICHOLAS CANALES
Los Angeles
Nicholas spends his time writing poetry, researching South American wild life, and drawing and painting mythic illustrations.
SAYURI CHANG
Los Angeles
Sayuri specializes in abstract paintings. Her paintings are full of energy and emotion.
MICHAEL CREW
Los Angeles
Michael works representationally, often focusing on figures, landscapes, and scenes that tell a story.
SYLVIA DRZEWIECKI
Los Angeles
Sylvia is an artist and a curator at the Washington Reid Gallery at UCPLA.
PAUL HASSAN
Los Angeles
Paul is a multidisciplinary artist. He exerts a control force to create his powerful abstraction of drawing, painting, and digital media.
STEPHEN HOPKINS
Los Angeles
Stephen works in fine detail to create intricate images out of a collection of controlled lines.
OLIVIA LONG
Los Angeles
Olivia's artwork is a beautiful transference of her gentle spirit and unique loving energy. She works mainly in abstract mediums.
MARIA MEARS
Los Angeles
Maria creates work that is reflective of her relationships and personal memories.
CHUCK NAGLE
Los Angeles
Chuck is an accomplished artist with a wide array of art practices in a variety of media. A veteran of Creative Growth in Oakland, Nagle draws, paints, sculpts in ceramics, and designs intricate works of fiber art.
VANESSA ORTIZ
Los Angeles
Vanessa's abstract paintings reveal her deliberate paint marks through textured, vibrant, and bold strokes.
ERIC SANTAMARIA
Los Angeles
Eric’s kinetic artwork captures moments in time—sometimes as he rocks out to his favorite music and other times as he reacts and responds to those around him.
MARIANA SOTO
Los Angeles
Mariana creates intricate drawings that seem to embody the human forms of people, particularly those she is closest to.
DEVIN SYNAGOGUE
Los Angeles
Devin creates detailed abstract drawings that immerse the viewer immediately.
KAREN VERONICA TAYLOR
Los Angeles
Karen is a versatile visual artist whose point of view embraces history and nostalgia as much as it does pop culture.
BETZAIDA VELASQUEZ
Los Angeles
Betzaida's bubbly personality is conveyed in her large scale painting of animals and natures.
HASAAN ALEXANDER-FORTE
Los Angeles
Hasaan’s process is reflective of his measured study and consideration before taking action to generate unique, gestural marks.
SHANI AMAR
Los Angeles
Shani creates expressive, weblike compositions which dazzle the eye with their quiet complexity.
ADAM BERGER
Los Angeles
Adam creates his elaborate style of abstraction by rubbing Prisma sticks unto his working surface.
CHRIS BROWN
Los Angeles
Chris is a celebrated student of life, attributing his success as an artist to the lessons he continues to learn over the years.
BETH BURTON
Los Angeles
Beth is a passionate abstract artist, working with unique technique in graphite, colored pencils, and pens.
RENZO CENTENO
Los Angeles
Renzo is an energetic artist who carries the spirit of a superhero in every piece of work he creates.
SEONG CHON
Los Angeles
Seong is a prolific multidisciplinary artist. He creates elaborate narrative through painting, drawing, digital media, and photography.
JOYAND DAVIS
Los Angeles
Joyand “Jojo” is a figurative artist with a unique point of view and process. He brings an imaginative style to the rendering of his subjects.
DERRICK GORDON
Los Angeles
Derrick creates monochromatic abstraction by using controlled gestural movements.
LILY HERNANDEZ
Los Angeles
Lily loves to depict nature through her representation style. She works with bright colors in large scale, revealing her joyous personality.
JONNA KRALL WILKINS
Los Angeles
Jonna’s art espouses her concepts of beauty, hope, and freedom. Her vivid images convey hope and spirit.
GERMAN LOPEZ
Los Angeles
German loves to combine images and digital painting techniques to create dynamic artwork.
MYSTINE MURPHY
Los Angeles
Mystine infuses her artwork with great energy and enthusiasm. She is always in motion and makes short marks in quick succession.
BEATRICE OLEA
Los Angeles
Beatrice has indicated that moving paint on canvas allows her to process and unleash the emotions and ideas she would otherwise store up in her mind.
DALE RILEY
Los Angeles
Dale expresses that the inspiration of the energy he shares and receives from other people, “sends my thoughts into outer space.”
JOHN SMITH
Los Angeles
John’s vivid abstract paintings catch the eye and draw the viewer into a botanical world of his recreation.
REGINA SWIDERSKI
Los Angeles
Regina enjoys exploring human emotion through the exploration of various medium.
VERONICA TAMAYO
Los Angeles
Veronica is a multifaceted artist who works in several different mediums to convey ideas of spirituality, identity, and emotional resilience.
CARL TYLER
Los Angeles
Carl loves to works expansively with colors and create portraits of sports icons.