Sound and Vision

Gwen O’Neil was born in New York, NY and lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design. Her solo exhibition, Wild Mountain Thyme opens May 13th at Anat Egbi follows recent presentations of her work by the gallery in group contexts including KIAF (Korea International Art Fair), Seoul, Korea; The Armory Show, New York NY; Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA; and If you forget my name, You will go astray—at the gallery’s new Fountain Avenue location. Gwen’s work is currently on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art in the group exhibition Color Fields.

Tracey Rose, born in South Africa, is best-known for her revolutionary performative practice which often translates to and is accompanied by photography, video, installation, and digital prints. Often described as absurd, anarchic, slapdash and carnivalesque, Rose’s work explores themes around post-coloniality, gender and sexuality, race and repatriation. Tracey was born in Durban, South Africa. In 1990 she joined the Johannesburg Art Foundation before obtaining a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1996. In 2004 Tracey attended The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance and later obtained her Master of Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK in 2007. Tracey currently lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. Tracey has taken part in several residencies including the WysingArts Centre, Cambridgeshire, UK (2014);  DAAD, Berlin, Germany (2012/13); Darb1718, Cairo, Egypt (2012); Cruzes, Montevideo, Uruguay (2011); KhojInternational Artists Workshop Vasind, India (2005); Africa 2005 Residency, The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK, (2004); Hollywood Hills Horrorhouse, Los Angeles, CA, USA (2001); Fresh, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa (2001) and OK Centrum, Linz, Austria (2000). Tracey has exhibited widely internationally, most notably, May You Live in Interesting Times South African National Pavilion, the 58th La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (2016); Body Talk -Feminism, Sexuality & Body, 49 Nord 6 Est -Frac Lorraine, Metz, France (2016); False Flag, Art Parcours, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland (2016); Toro Salvaje, Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016); Reina Sofi­a Museum, Madrid, Spain (2014); Waiting for God, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa and Bildmuseet, Sweden (2011); Rose O’Grady (with Lorraine O’Grady),Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (2011); Lubumbashi Biennial, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (2017); Performa 17, New York, USA (2017); Documenta14, Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany (2017); 11th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France (2011); Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (2010); StedelijkMuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands (2008); Africa Remix, The Haywood Gallery, London, UK and Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France(2005); and Africaine, The Studio Museum, New York, USA (2002) to name a few.

Sky Glabush is a painter born in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1970 and received his BFA from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and his MA from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. He’s had solo exhibitions at Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Clint Roenisch, Toronto, Ontario; Projet Pangée, Montreal, Québec and Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway. In 2020 his work was exhibited at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. He is an Associate Professor of Visual Art at the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.  In 2024, Sky will have a solo exhibition at Museum London, Ontario. His solo exhibition, ‘The Arrangement of Stars’, just opened at Stephen Friedman Gallery in London. Sky’s work has been included in group exhibitions at Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany; Acquavella, New York, Cordonhaus Städtische Galerie Museum in Germany; University of Western Ontario, ; Galerie de l’UQAM, in Montreal and Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario.

Lynne Flemons is an Australian artist currently based in Canberra.  She has a BA (Visual) from the Australian National University (ANU), a Postgrad Bachelor of Teaching, Western Sydney University, and a Master of Philosophy (Visual Art) ANU. She has exhibited her work widely through her involvement in residencies, solo and group exhibitions at both regional and commercial galleries in Australia and abroard. Her work is held in public and private collections in Australia and internationally including the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Ballinglen Art Foundation, Ireland and many others.   Lynne has been awarded numerous art residencies in Australia and Europe, including at the Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery in Tasmania, Ballinglen Art Foundation, Ireland and Serlachius Museum, Finland.   Lynne’s first US based solo show is at Zinc Contemporary in Seattle from 15 April – 15 May 2023.

Hayley Barker (b. 1973, Oregon) has had solo exhibitions at Night Gallery, and BozoMag Los Angeles; SHRINE, New York; and Charles A. Hartman Fine Art, Portland. She has participated in group shows at Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Harper’s, East Hampton; Acquavella, New York; Nicodim, Los Angeles; and SHRINE, New York, among others. Barker has been featured in several publications, including W,  Artforum, Forbes, Hyperallergic, BOMB Magazine, LA Weekly, and the Los Angeles Times. Her work belongs in the collections of the Columbus Museum of Art, OH; Oregon State University, Corvallis; and the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City. Barker lives and works in Los Angeles.

Dan Lam is a Dallas, Texas based sculptor who received her BFA from the University of North Texas and later completed a Masters of Fine Arts degree at Arizona State University. She’s had solo and two person exhibits ar Hashimoto Contemporary. Anya Tish, the ICA Boston, The Hole Gallery, Black Book in Denver amongst others. Her work has been covered in Juxtapoz, Beautiful Bizarre, Colossal, Texas Monthly, the Dallas Observer, Booooooom, Hi-Fructose and many more.

Bridget Mullen is a visual artist who grew up in Minnesota. She received her BAE from Drake University and her MFA from Massachusetts College of Art. She has been awarded many residencies including Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Fine Arts Work Center, The Jan Van Eyck Academie, The Lighthouse Works, The Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, and MacDowell. Bridget has exhibited in the US and abroad at Shulamit Nazarian, LA; Helena Anrather, NY; Nathalie Karg, NY; Annet Gelink, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Fahrenheit Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Anne Barrault, Paris, France; Wild Palms, Düsseldorf, Germany; and Bosse & Baum, London, UK. She is the 2022 recipient of the Chiaro Award from Headlands Center For the Arts and a 2021 recipient of a painting fellowship from The New York Foundation for the Arts. Reviews of her work can be found in Artforum, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, and The Brooklyn Rail. Upcoming projects include a book of her “Birthday Series” paintings, a print project with Avant Arte, and a solo presentation at The Armory Show, NY in the fall of 2023. Bridget lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and is represented by Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles, CA.

Didier William is originally from Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He earned an BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute College of Art and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited at the Bronx Museum of Art, The Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, The Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, The Carnegie Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and The Figge Museum Art Museum. He is represented by James Fuentes Gallery in New York and Altman Siegel Gallery in San Francisco. William was an artist-in-residence at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation in Brooklyn, NY, a 2018 recipient of the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a 2020 recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grants, a 2021 recipient of a Pew Fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, and a 2023 recipient of the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Grant. He has taught at several institutions including Yale School of Art, Vassar College, Columbia University, UPenn, and SUNY Purchase. He is currently Assistant Professor of Expanded Print at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. GET THE S&V BOOK HERE: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Make-Art-Contemporary-Artists/dp/1733622098

Celeste Rapone received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007 and her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2013 where she is an adjunct professor in painting and drawing. Celeste’s work has been exhibited widely across the U.S. and abroad at Josh Lilley Gallery, London; Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; Roberts Projects, Los Angeles; Julius Caesar, Chicago; The Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; Georgia Museum of Art; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Celeste was the 2018 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. Her upcoming solo exhibition House Sounds opens at Josh Lilley Gallery on March 23rd, 2023, and her work will be included in the Bemis Center’s upcoming exhibition Presence in the Pause: Interiority and its Radical Immanence, opening May 20, 2023. She lives and works in Chicago, IL and is represented by Corbett vs. Dempsey (Chicago), Marianne Boesky Gallery (New York), and Josh Lilley Gallery (London).

Anna Ortiz is a Mexican-American painter living in Brooklyn NY. She received her BA/BFA from Tufts University and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. She earned an MFA in Painting from The Tyler School of Art.  She recently concluded her solo exhibition Hacia Aztlán at Dinner Gallery in Chelsea. She has also had solo shows at Proto Gomez and Adelphi University. Her work has been included in group shows at Selenas Mountain, My Pet Ram, Front Room Gallery as well as a recent show at RISD's Painting Gallery curated by Angela Dufresne.  She has been an artist in residence at A.I.R. Byrdcliffe, Obras Residency in Portugal and the Netherlands as well as the Vermont Studio Center. While at The Tyler School of Art she was awarded the Future Faculty fellowship. Her work has been featured in I Like Your Work, Maake Magazine, El Diario and Artforum. She will also be included in the forthcoming Art Maze edouble edition.