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Ashely Peifer (b. 1986) is a St. Paul, Minnesota-based artist. Inspired by visions seen in her own dreams, and her parallel practice in meditation and energy work, Peifer’s paintings are intuitive and mystical musings on the connection between the conscious and unconscious mind. A recurring cast of symbols act as personal incantations, imbuing her paintings with sigils that connote transformation, strength, and rebirth. Deeper meanings are both unveiled and obscured through these symbols, a duality that the artist manipulates deliberately. Frequently, the title of each piece provides subtle hints that guide viewers toward the intended significance, yet the finished paintings are rich with illusions, energy, and a sense of magic.

Ben Skinner (b.1977) is a Canadian artist who explores the nature of language through the use of text and materiality. His works often combine mechanical production methods common in sign making with traditional materials and techniques, such as hand-applied gold leaf and silk marbling. The phrases within the works seamlessly weave together humor and pain to explore the incongruities of daily life. He graduated with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax in 2000, and with an MFA in Art and Technology from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003.

Britt Bass (b.1989) is an abstract painter living and working in Roswell, Georgia. Britt’s paintings value an economy of line with succinct and graphic marks interlaced among expressive washes. Her paintings nod to the natural world with enclosed shapes resembling both the botanical and the cosmic. She combines areas of small dense marks with large swaths of gestural color, creating a sense of movement and atmosphere. A mother to four young children, Britt creates paintings that nod to the playful forms of their world, as well as the landscapes and gardens she inhabits. Her work is driven by intuition and is a meditation on beauty and wonder found within our ordinary lives.

Dana Bechert (b. 1990) is a Conestoga, Pennsylvania-based ceramicist who creates functional art objects. Her hand-thrown pottery is often adorned with sgraffito pictographs etched into the object’s pigmented surface before firing to reveal a contrasting layer of white porcelain underneath. Dana's graphic patterns reference nature, Native American pottery, and Japanese textiles. The resulting designs range from geometrically complex patterns to playful, improvisational doodles.

Evan Venegas (b. 1975) is a Queens, New York-based artist channeling the complexities of his surroundings through painting. Evan deconstructs visual stimuli into luminescent orbs of translucent pigment that appear to be suspended in space. Meditative and transportive, Evan’s work offers simultaneous reflection and escape from the everyday.

Katrine Hildebrandt-Hussey (b. 1982) is a Boston-based visual artist whose work is inspired by sacred geometry and the metaphysical mapping of space and time. Katrine achieves the geometric patterns in her work by burning her paper surface, allowing for chance to influence her ordered forms. Marked with intentionality and meticulous detail, Katrine’s work investigates the correlation between chaos and order, permanence and transience, and the interconnectivity of the universe.

Matthew Ward (b.1976) approaches pottery through a multi-disciplinary lens. Trained as a painter, he brings techniques traditionally reserved for two dimensional work into the realm of ceramics, incorporating techniques such as stamping and incising, as well as art historical concepts from the mid-20th century and postwar art. Ward is based in Santa Fe, NM and has been featured in publications such as Metropolis and Dwell.

New York-based artist Rebeca Raney’s (b. 1980) illustrations, sculptures, and paintings on silk evoke a whimsical, unpretentious expressiveness that appeals to wide audiences. Drawing mostly from her own memories, the artist creates quirky characters, which seemingly belong in an eternally happy world. In addition to her fine art practice, Rebeca teaches art to women on the Autism spectrum through Felicity House – a constant source of joy and inspiration. She is also the founder of Ray's Beret, a creative endeavor that aims to inspire the world of children and their imaginations. Rebeca holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, NY. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in New York, Denmark, Switzerland, Japan, and Miami, and she has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Miami Art Guide, and Brooklyn Magazine.