Current Artists
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She/Her
My painting is a means of communicating how the physical body feels at a specific point in time through an imagined visual anatomy. I developed this process by studying medical imagery and experimenting with ways to portray internal health. I am interested in how it feels to have a chronic illness or pain, or a very healthy body. How some bodies are visible and seen for their physicality and some are walking around in pain and no one knows. Illness and less than perfect health is viewed as a failing that must be hidden. And yet, physical health is an all-encompassing part of our lives. When the human figures are placed in environments visual narratives occur. This allows me to explore social impacts upon one’s health as well. This results in a combination of silhouetted expressionistic figures in slightly abstracted environments.
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He/Him
Duane Penske was a primitive artist working in Vesta, MN 1961 - 2014. His work explored daily rural life, spirituality and the farm crisis of the 1980s.
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He/Him
John Stumme is a Minneapolis mixed-media artist who paints on a variety of surfaces, most notably mulberry paper, archival tissue paper, and silk. Once the materials have dried he will either tear and compose them into abstract nature pieces or into backgrounds for his figurative work, like the ones for his Bodies of Resistance collection.
John finds wonder in the flowing together of diluted acrylic paints on various surfaces. He observes how colors blend and textures occur organically as the paints dry and decides when and where he needs to add additional paint. Intuition is an important part of this process. John enjoys working with face, body and nature images because of their tangible connection to life and living. John’s mother, who died two years, was an artist. He sees her hands when he looks at his own and feels her spirit when he views his finished work.
While John has no formal arts education he has sought out and benefited greatly from the guidance of some gifted Minneapolis artists including Susan Shields, Suzanne Beck and artist, mentor, and friend Deborah Foutch. John is forever grateful to his husband, Kyle, for buying him a class to Deborah’s Artist Way class for his 50th birthday. It awakened his artist soul and John has not stopped making art since.
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Stefanie Schmid is a multi-faceted and award-winning artist with a focus on fine art, design, and teaching. She draws inspiration from the outdoors, and from her senses. Schmid’s artistic approach is rooted in nature where she seeks solace in the woods of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Her paintings reflect her inner world. Overall, Schmid’s art is a testament to her versatility, creativity, and dedication to her craft. Two of her notable pieces “The Great Thaw” and “Failing Visibility” won a blue ribbon at the Maple Grove Arts Center in 2023 and 2024, and she has been interviewed for a segment on PBS.Follow her process and keep up with what’s new on Instagram: stefanie_schmid_artist
Website: etsy.com/shop/StefanieSchmid
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She/Her
Based in Isanti, MN, Samsonette is an artist whose work radiates diversity and stands out with a distinct style and character. Her versatility and eagerness to embrace various forms and mediums give rise to a vibrant spectrum of works. These pieces, drawing influence from lithography and graphic design, keenly observe both the natural world and human nature. Through her exploration of texture and materials, and her nuanced interplay between figure and abstraction, Samsonette exhibits a bold approach to both subject matter and artistic medium.
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She/Her
My work is deeply rooted in the exploration of personal experiences, memories and the human connection to nature. Through blend of analog photographic processes, mixed media techniques, and the transformative power of memory, I strive to create imagery that evokes the viewers own memories, feelings, and experiences.My creative process typically begins with finding an image associated with an emotionally charged personal memory on my old cell phones, cameras, or film and using that image to create an instant photo. To me, instant photos are not only a popular way of quickly capturing a moment in time, but they have a particular aesthetic in their imperfections that evokes a sense of nostalgia. Then I “touch” the memories and manipulate them through the emulsion lift process, and frequently integrate them with other media such as graphite or watercolor. The resulting pieces often become vague, distorted, and/or transformed during the process, often adding new sensations, feelings, or abstractions. What was originally an old memory associated with a particular situation in my life has become something new and taken on new meaning. Sometimes this is a way that I work through painful past events and can be a healing process for me.
Despite the personal beginnings of each piece, it is my goal that the viewer can find a piece of themselves in my work, and that the experiences I've embedded within the art become shared memories that foster a deeper understanding of our collective human experience.
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She/Her
Sue Cranston’s art is often about documenting details from her 1970's & 1980's childhood. Her paintings depict vegetables, florals, animals and most especially, sentimental items from childhood. Cranston is particularly fond of bikes, trikes, roller skates, vintage school chairs, Pyrex mixing bowls and all things related to Brownies and Girl Scouts! Sue Cranston lives in River Falls, WI and works full time as a high school art teacher in St. Paul, MN.My “School themed and Girl Scout themed” artwork started to develop when I learned about the extraordinary printmaking artist Kathe Kollwitz. I am in awe of the way Ms. Kollwitz captured emotion and a range of human experiences with her printing techniques and charcoal drawings. The honest imagery influenced my very first linoleum block print of a school girl wearing a plaid jumper uniform. After experimenting with mixing mediums, I learned how to digitize my artwork and transform photographs of my printmaking prints and my paintings.
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She/Her
Donna Budzinsky creates characters of people she has met using vibrant colors and abstracted features. Her work has a nostalgic factor that brings viewers in. The details she includes provide personality and depth, emphasizing the fun-loving quirkiness that exists in each of us but is often hidden. Donna takes her inspiration from the simple aspects of our personalities and amplifies them in wondrous ways. Donna lives and works in Minnesota.
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I specialize in whimsical art and advocacy that delights humans of all ages. Using a unique mixed-media style, I combine traditional watercolor technique with dynamic and expressive character design. Together, let's color our world into the just, equitable, and joyful place we always dreamed it could be.
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Raven Gizhibaayaanimad Mae of Whirlywind Artworks is a Mixed, Queer, Fat, genderfluid, Two Spirit, visual and mixed media artist. Born and raised in Minnesota they have dual citizenship with the US and Red Lake Nation of Ojibwe/Anishinaabe. Committed to community building and the healing power of art they held (pre-pandemic) weekly Art It Out events. These weekend events were meant to create social spaces and local community for creative dabblers and artists to gather together and create in a common supportive space. They work to weave emotive narratives of their experiences and local events into their work. Their favorite mediums are inktense pencils, water blendable oil pastels and acrylics
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Artist Shirlene Perrin's paintings reflect her fascination with outer space and science fiction. The space we can see from earth, from satellite images, images from Nasa, the imagination of creators of science fiction films old and new, galaxy and space related art all inspire her work. A love of the outdoors also inspires her work as well as the hope that other worlds as beautiful as Earth exist. The James Webb telescope imagery brought a new “look” to images of space we have become accustomed to viewing and are also an inspiration as you can see in her paintings “James” and “Webb”.
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She/They/Their
My mixed-media narrative paintings colorfully encourage reflection on our relationship to home. I am intrigued by the erosion of private and public spaces and how exploring our relationship to place and time through spatial disorientation can subvert normative ideas about gender, sexuality, and racialized subjects. Through painting “private” spaces and objects used in domestic settings I challenge how women’s expertise is often confined to the “Four F’s”— food, fashion, family, and furnishings— to expand our cultural attitudes for more expansive understandings. My work engages home and belonging, presence/absence, and what perpetually remains at the margins of societal focus; the evidence and social impact of women’s/femme labor inside and outside of the home. I draw on themes of Xicanx feminism, domesticity, intimacies, iconography, and historical erasures to teach viewers something new, while simultaneously providing visual pleasure.
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I was born and raised in Tasmania, the island state of Australia, and now dye, spin, and weave on the family farm in rural Buffalo, Minnesota.My wearable art is rooted in my love of color and texture and the joy of following where the fiber takes me.
I am intentional about minimizing textile waste, which has influenced the evolution of my weaving process, from reclaiming and dying cotton yarns, to techniques for eliminating loom waste, to saving every scrappy thread and yarn trimming to incorporate into future handspun yarns.
Dyeing yarns for weaving led me to explore fabric and clothing dyeing, including tie dye and shibori techniques.
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My art reflects insider dialogue, existential curiosities and pain, and human experiences. My inspiration comes from my travels, raising my children, my childhood, nature, local and Swedish lore, and observing and experiencing human behavior. Both photography and painting are the media I use to express myself. Although I have been a practicing artist since 1994, I have been reviving my passion for experimental processes since retiring as a professional photographer in 2009 and returning to graduate school for art psychotherapy.With a 1970’s Land Camera, the love for instant analog imagery was born. Tapping into the foundation of expressing soft imperfect memories, felt human experience, and personal wonder. My paintings often depict deeper, surreal, dreamlike imagery. Imagery that is visually complex and offers hidden meaning for those who wish to study and are inspired by the need to understand and contain observed or felt emotional pain.
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Robin Getsug, LMFT, ATR-BCI have been making art all of my life. I am a mixed media photo collage artist , and painter.
I have been involved with many community arts projects with a social justice lens.
Besides making art, my full time work is therapy and art therapy.
I am a licensed marriage and family therapist and a registered and board certified art therapist.
I love to travel and find beauty and inspiration wherever I may go.
I have three grown, highly creative children and a canine companion , Lucille.
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Marlo GrahamMarlo Graham is known for her strong passion for artwork and designs that incorporate bright colors and bold forms, and utilize a unique approach to methodology. She is also passionate about incorporating sustainable methods into her creative work. Applying composition, form, function, and flare, Marlo creates an immersive experience for her viewer while maintaining her distinctive style.
“I get excited when it comes to selecting specific color arrangements, content, and configuration to enhance the experience of my work. I love the stylistic choices and intention that take place behind the surface of artistry, and I strive to converge these components into my own creative work. I hope for my artwork to serve as an extension of myself, places I have been, and aspiration of where I dream to go.”
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I am a photographer based in White Bear Lake, MN. Although my subject matter is varied, I am
particularly interested in photographing old things and in finding abstractions. I am intrigued by the
various abstract compositions of shape, color, and texture that can be found in close-ups of
various walls, buildings, autos, reflections, buildings, autos, to name just a few. I enjoy finding
the unnoticed patterns in light and shadow and at times, create composite abstract images.
I participate regularly in several art shows and have exhibited locally (in Minnesota) and
nationally. I am represented at several galleries, including the Friedli Gallery in St. Paul, MN,
the House of HeArt in St. Paul, Mn, Ripple River Gallery in Aitkin, MN and Dock 6 in
Minneapolis, MN.
Recent Publications include:
Catalogue, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, 2025.
Blurb Book, New York Center 4 Photographic Arts, 2 jurors’ choices in Primary Colors
Competion, 2024
White Bear Lake Magazine, First Place, Abstraction, September/October 2024.
Blurb book Enhancing Your Ways of Seeing, compiled by Don Mendenhall, several images
with descriptions, 2024.
Blurb book, Traces, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, one image, 2024.
Blurb book, Capturing the Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, one image, 2023.
Self published Blurb book, Cars; Found Abstractions, 2022.
Fourth Annual Minimalist Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2022
Blurb book, New York Center 4 Photographic Arts, New York, Honorable mention in Primary
Colors competition, 2022.
White Bear Lake Magazine, First Place, City Landmarks, November/December 2022.
Blurb book, Resonance, compiled by Don Mendenhall, one photo and description, 2022.
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eHoltART is the studio name for the work done by Erin Holt (she/they).
Erin is a Minnesota based artist who has been making and teaching art in and around the Twin Cities metro area for the better part of fifteen years. They have worked both independently and alongside leading Twin Cities arts organizations to deliver programs, classes, exhibitions, trainings, and events at schools, community spaces, festivals, libraries, museums, galleries, public parks, busy street corners, emergency housing shelters and more. They are passionate about removing barriers to access the arts, introducing people to high quality materials and fine art techniques, and igniting a love of art and artistic practice in artists of all ages and ability levels. She believes art gives our lives color, art captures the ephemeral, art uplifts marginalized voices, art challenges us, and art heals.Artist’s Statement
My work is, first and foremost, personal. Sometimes I’m drawing the surreal shopping mall I see frequently in my dreams and other times I’m lovingly carving the blind eyes on an ancient Greenland shark. I’m as likely to spend 12 straight hours creating a tiny collage with precisely placed papers as I am to be up to my elbows in mud hunting for wild clay deposits. No matter where the creative compulsion of the day takes me, I maintain an internal conversation with myself, constantly exploring the edges of of my creative impulses, sussing out the the many spindly roots of my fascinations.
I am interested in the human body: How far back can we trace its ancient evolution? How can it pose with so many points of articulation? What are the ways that celebrate and revile our bodies?
I am interested in the utility of objects: How do we develop personal connections with mundane things? How can we welcome beauty into the everyday? Can a functional object be beautiful? Is beauty a function in and of itself?
I am interested in houses and homes: How do we live and where? Who gets to live securely and safely, and who can only dream of such a luxury? How does one build a home for themselves?
I am interested in lizards. I think they’re cool.
In everything that I do, I’m always hoping to trigger a moment of introspection in those who view and interact with my work. I want them to have a chance to be curious, to experience wonder, to be transported by a sliver of color or a hint of texture. I want those who come into contact with my work to develop personal fascinations of their own, and hopefully make art of their own someday that I can enjoy in turn.Resume
Education
Training from the Kennedy Center as a part of their Partners in Education program, Washington DC2020-2022
Coursework in the Minnesota Center for Bookarts Certificate program, Minneapolis MN2017-now
Graduate Apprenticeship with Professor Ruthann Godollei, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2013
BA in Studio Arts and Anthropology from Macalester College St. Paul MN 2013
Coursework in Art and Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (February-June) 2012
Selected Exhibitions
Moving Pictures - Juried Print Exchange and Exhibition - St. Ambrose University, Davenport IA2019
7 Deadly Sins - Juried Exhibition, NCECA Participating Show - Carleton College, Northfield MN 2019
Art of the Eye - Juried Exhibition - Kenosha Creative Space, Kenosha WI2018
Parts of a Whole, IV - Juried Exhibition - Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis MN2017
The Workshop - Collaborative Installation with Samantha Leopold Sullivan - Studio Payne, Minneapolis MN 2017
The Land Machinist - Collaborative Installation and Show for Sad Boys Pop Up Gallery - Hamline University, St. Paul MN 2016
Wondrous Transformations Print Exchange - Group Exhibition at SGCI conference -PNCA Commons, Portland OR2016
The River: Memory and Metaphor on the Mississippi - Juried Exhibition - Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis MN2016
Parts of a Whole, III - Juried Exhibition - Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis MN2016
Animalia International Print Exchange - Group Exhibition - The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW, Australia2016
Iowa State University Postcard Print Exchange 2014 - Iowa State University, Ames IA2014
Dirty Dozen: The 2014 Calendar - Group Exhibition - Living Proof Print Collective, Minneapolis MN2014
Only Natural - Solo Exhibition - The Ledge Gallery, Minneapolis MN2013
Quiet Nightmare - Juried Exhibition - The People’s Gallery, St. Paul, MN2013
Artists of the NCC - Group Exhibition - Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN2013
Animalia International Print Exchange - Group Exhibition 2013-2014
The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, NSW, Australia
Il Bisonte Gallery, the Oltrarno, Florence, Italy
Urbandale, Iowa Library, Iowa
Art for Shelter III - Benefit Sale and Exhibition - Burnet Gallery, Chambers Hotel, Minneapolis MN2013
Mock-Up: Senior Capstone Show - Group Exhibition - Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2013
Student Show - Juried Exhibition - Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2012
4th Biennial Undergraduate Showcase - Group Exhibition - Hopkins Art Center, Hopkins MN2011
Student Show - Juried Exhibition - Macalester College, St. Paul, MN2010
Les Farrington Best 100 Juried Art Exhibition - Juried Exhibition - A to Z Gallery, St. Paul MN2009
Selected Collections
MALL (Minneapolis Art Lending Library), Minneapolis MN 2019
Permanent Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia2014, 2016
Macalester College Permanent Collection, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2013
Publications
Godollei, Ruthann. How to Create your own Gig Posters, Band T-Shirts, Album Covers & Stickers: Screenprinting, Photocopy Art, Mixed Media Collage, and Other Guerilla Poster Styles. Voyageur Press, 2013.
Teaching and Related Experience
Artist Instructor, Rum River Arts Center, Anoka MN2023-now
Artist Instructor and Demonstrating Artist, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN 2019-now
Artist Instructor, Ceramics, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis MN2011- now
Community Programs Manager, Artistry MN, Bloomington MN2020-2023
Artist Instructor, Artistry MN, Bloomington MN2019-2023
Vice President of the Board, Friends of Highland Arts, St. Paul MN2018-2022
Youth and Community Artist Instructor, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis MN2015- 2021
Guest Lecturer, Plastic Plate Lithography, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2015, 2016
Departmental / Curatorial Assistant, Art & Art History Department, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2013
Ceramics Technician and Studio Assistant, Macalester College, St. Paul MN2010-2013
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She/Her
Kyle Renell brings a bold, intuitive energy to her work, often blending abstract forms with raw emotional texture. Her pieces are layered, expressive, and deeply personal—exploring themes of vulnerability, strength, and transformation. Kyle’s creative process is guided more by feeling than form, allowing her work to evolve organically and powerfully.
Kyle holds a Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Integrated Studio Arts from Iowa State University in Ames, IA, and studied under Hazel Belvo at the Grand Marais Art Colony for 20 years. Her artistic vision is deeply inspired by the work of Remedy Vara, Hilma af Klint, and Janet Sobel.
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Mixed media artist.
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I’m a mixed media artist and surface pattern designer influenced by the natural
world and organic shapes, fashion, the lives of women, history, and pop culture.
From simple pencil drawings to multi-step hand-drawn digital art and collage, I
explore mediums to offer a semi-abstract view of the world that is o
en complex
and never perfect, yet beautiful in sometimes inexplicable ways. A
er a long and
varied “career” in marketing communications roles in music, publishing, and
professional services, over the past eight years, I began to focus seriously again on
art. With the help of some amazing skilled artists and teachers over the past few
years I’ve started to rediscover drawing, painting, and collage. A native and current
resident of Saint Paul, Minn., I’ve traveled and lived in many different places,
including London for nearly 10 years. My art calls upon my memories of the
landscapes and faces I’ve encountered, as well as my current surroundings and
natural environment of the Upper Midwest, with all its seasons and variety of flora
and fauna. To check out my other art or to get in touch, please visit my website
https://www.marialarsondesign.com
The series that makes up The Heart of Saint Paul depicts imaginary women who lived
and worked in various Saint Paul neighborhoods roughly during the last half of the
20th century. It features mostly working women who contributed to the lifeblood of
the city within society's gendered expectations of that time. The concept is
influenced by the stories of my relatives and friends, historical photos of Saint Paul,
and my experience growing up in the ‘60s and ‘70s in Mounds Park on the East Side.
While the portraits are, for the most part, not based on actual people, their personas
are built from within the framework of real places and institutions, some of which
are long gone. Printed catalog of the series is available in addition to the prints.
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He/Him
I am a queer artist who sees the world as a colorful place, and I want to show that through my art. Spending time in nature inspires me to make more art. Nature is very beautiful and diverse. The forests and grasslands that are all around us blossom with an assortment of plants, fungus, and animals. Humans are part of nature, so it makes sense that we thrive in diversity. I enjoy using a lot of bright colors in my paintings to show the beautiful world that is all around us.
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Every person has an inner self waiting to emerge, longing to be discovered; I see the inner beauty of discarded objects and help them to realize their true identity. Working exclusively with cast off and recycled materials, the Haunting Trophies series combines organic elements and manufactured pop-culture items; objects whose superficial connection is nothing more than being left for landfill. Looking deeper, one sees the fabricated glamor of ornate vintage jewelry, opulent silk flowers, and the idyllic beauty of Barbie Heads, are not in contrast with, but rather compliment the organic elegance of antlers and animal furs. Fusing these seemingly unrelated materials, transforms the individual parts into one cohesive pop-culture totem whole; The result is Haunting Trophies - ghosts of their former selves, once living, once glamorous, always to be revered.Each totem offers its soul, its core, arising from an amalgamation of its individual parts. They radiate unadulterated beauty and serenity. These Haunting Trophies evoke an ethereal peace and calmness. The goal of this series is not to dwell on the past, but rather to be humbled by lessons learned, and aspire to a state of elegance and tranquility. The deer antlers do not honor the hunter, nor do the doll heads symbolize (at times) manic childhood, instead they are the culmination of each item’s former self to create a thing of beauty, of reverence. In doing so, Haunting Trophies invites viewers to transform the seemingly fragmented pieces of their pasts into a beautiful, strong whole.
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Sara Vidar was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, where she studied Fine Arts/Studio Arts at the University of Southern California. Prior to moving to the Twin Cities in 2010, Vidar has lived in Canterbury England and New York City, absorbing the art and culture of all her environments. Having traveled extensively, and an appreciator of all arts, she is forever drawn to the energy and reverence that is attracted to and projected by Religious Iconography and Folk Art/Self-Taught artists. Vidar brings this symbiotic relationship into all her pieces, inviting viewers to relate to her work at a visceral level rather than from a cerebral ivory tower.
Sara Vidar lives in West Saint Paul, MN with her triplet boys and three dogs.
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She/Her/They
A lot of my artwork is inspired by the relationships around me, the ups and downs of how they flow. I’ve used my art as a way to channel heartbreaks, love, happiness through surrealism and abstraction. I love to take aspects of nature and pair it with other things that may not naturally occur together but to create something unique and to give viewers a chance to look deep into it and think about the meaning of it.I am at my core a lover girl and there are a lot of times where my romantic relationships influence my art in positives and negatives. Painting what I feel in my relationships allows me to take a step back and paint what I feel in my life and those relationships. There are times where it has been more challenging to finish a piece but painting my love and my pain for myself and those around me has allowed me to heal from past hurt. Painting allows me to slow down and process what I feel and seeing it in a picture allows me to feel it in all of it’s essence. Those paintings are most often the ones I hold closest and then other times I will paint something on a whim and it will turn out amazing with no intended deeper meaning until I take a look at it later and I see the deeper meaning. I think that art can hold something special for everyone whether we realize it initially or not. Creating is simply us pouring our hearts and deepest thoughts into a everlasting piece of art.
To be vulnerable with ourselves and others can most often be the most beautiful but terrifying piece of art of all. There have been many times where it was easier to allow my art to speak for myself rather than actually saying it out loud. Emotions can be so complex and even hard to understand at times, which is why I love painting my emotions. We can’t always see our own emotions and by painting, it allows us to feel and see them. And as a result of me painting my emotions, I’ve created a gorgeous piece of art from it.
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They/Them
Ki is a biracial, queer, human-passionate artist who focuses primarily on creating content that: reflects what it’s like being these, dabbles in fantasy works, and/or revolves around anything relevant to being in the moment.
Also known as “Gawki” across the web, they work entirely as an independent artist. They paint, draw, design, kickstart, self-publish, run a bi-annual online store, and travel around to sell their ware like a traveling merchant. They currently reside in Minneapolis.
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She/Her
Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Lucy’s childhood travels spanned around South America, Canada, and Europe, offering her a broad perspective from a young age. Currently based in St. Paul, MN, she is studying architecture.
With her roots in Finnish ancestry and a family background in craftsmanship, Lucy developed a passion for hands-on form-making and painting. Inspired by the natural world and spirit, she seeks to capture their essence through distilled art forms.
Organic waves of light and shadows instill each application of form.
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She/Her
My work is a dance between calm and chaos communicated through bright, bold colors, energetic marks and uplifting compositions.
As a stay at home mom, my art practice is a necessary pillar in my life that helps me to maintain a sense of confidence and balance in each day. I find art to be transformative for the artist and the viewer.
Abstract work allows me the opportunity to express the contrast we experience in every day life with layers of gestural strokes, energetic mark making and bright colors balanced by expansive, hazy curtains of fog creating space for your eyes to rest. I hope that this shows the viewer that many diverse elements can exist together in harmony- a message I feel is much needed in our complicated world.
Landscape work is grounding in all senses with a never ending source of inspiration all around us I love to push the boundaries of what we see through unexpected, vivid palettes that evoke the glowing beauty and expansive healing of Mother Nature.
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Landscape and Sunset photographer.
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His work lives in the liminal space between grit and grace, neon and shadow, always pulsing with a quiet intensity. Whether capturing the haunting silence of midnight streets or the fractured beauty of forgotten places, his photography carries the weight of story. His writing, often echoing the cadence of Tom Waits, Nick Cave, and Dylan Thomas, adds another layer—equal parts confessional, street sermon, and cinematic whisper.
Based in St. Paul, Arvin is a co-owner of Calendula Gallery and a monthly columnist for The Downtown St. Paul Voice. His lens is loyal to the city’s undercurrent, revealing the moments that others miss.
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She/Her
Boldly going where I have not gone in a very long time! This is a new adventure for me in my recent retirement. Enjoying the hunt for thrifted denim clothing and trying every upcycled arting process that I can come up with. Delving back into my true love of wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery. Hoping you enjoy the journey as much as I am.
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He/Him
Published freelance Illustrator and comic book artist.
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I have had the good fortune to travel to some incredible places and witness breathtaking beauty. The goal of my photography is to share that beauty, whether it is the majesty of natural landscapes, the amazing animals that populate them, or the beautiful cities I have visited.
In a time when people are focusing on the things that separate us, I hope to help people take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the world that unites us.
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