Sound and Vision

Entirely self-taught, Jason REVOK is known for pushing creative boundaries that began in the street. Although his story begins with graffiti, the artist has spent the last decade focussing on his studio practice and the evolution of process and concept. Refusing to be limited by his early recognition, REVOK allows only certain elements from graffiti culture to transition to his contemporary work – modest materials and industrial tools, ingenuity, his name – but his proclivity towards minimalism and post-painterly abstraction has become the driving force behind his practice. Examining the question of authorship from start to finish, REVOK has developed systematic yet imperfect tools to carry out his vision and has created a number of unmistakable bodies of work. His bold, balanced, geometry is heightened by the personal and imperfect sleight of the human hand. Born in Riverside, CA in 1977 Lives and works in Detroit, MI

Christine Tien Wang is an artist born in Washington D.C based out of California. She received her BFA from The Cooper Union and her MFA in painting from UCLA. Christine completed residencies at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, VCUQatar, Chashama North, and Skowhegan. Her recent solo exhibition Coronavirus Memes was on view at Galerie Nagel Draxler in Cologne. Selected group exhibition venues include Frans Hals Museum, Rachel Uffner, Magenta Plains, and The Prince Street Gallery. Christine is in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Groeninghe Art Collection in Belgium. She is represented by Ever Gold [Projects] in San Francisco, Night Gallery in Los Angeles and Galerie Nagel Draxler in Cologne and Berlin. She is currently Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at California College of Art and lives and works in San Francisco.

Dennis Osadebe (born in 1991) is a Nigerian mixed-media artist wh o obtained a BSc in Business and Management from the Queen Mary University of London and a MSc from the University of Warwick, majoring in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Dennis’ art has been featured in numerous contemporary art exhibitions since relocating back to Lagos in 2013, and has coined a new cultural movement he calls ‘neo-africa’, which aims to deconstruct the notion of “African art” and escape the expectations often projected onto contemporary artists emanating from the African continent. He has shown his work worldwide from Paris to South Africa to Korea and beyond. He has an upcoming show at GR gallery in New York City called “When Power Plays.”

James Ulmer is an artist from outdside Philidelphia who lives and works in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from the Univeristy of the Arts in Philly in 2005. He has shown in New York, LA, Berlin, Copenhagen, Stockholm and many other places at venues like the Hole Gallery, Eeric Firestone, Marvin Gardens, The Pit, Carl Kostyal, and Salon 94. He has upcoming solo shows at the Hole and at Marvin Gardens, a book of his work coming out on Hassla Books and an upcoming residency at the Watermill Center. His work has been covered in the NY Times, Elephant, Booooooom, Juxtapoz and more.

Matt Hansel (b. 1977, West Virginia) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He earned an MFA from Yale University School of Art and a BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art. Hansel has had solo shows nationally and abroad at galleries including The Hole, New York (2019), Brand New Gallery, Milan (2018), PM/AM Gallery, London (2017), Wasserman Projects, Detroit (2015), and Yuka Contemporary, Tokyo (2010). Hansel received a grant from New York Foundation for the Arts in 2011 and has been included in the White Columns Artist Registry since 2017. Hansel’s work has been written about in publications including The New York Times, Blouin Artinfo, Vice, Time Out New York, and The Brooklyn Rail.

Max Pope, the young soulful singer born in Crystal Palace and raised in Brighton, creates music that stops you in your tracks. His songs, filled with colourful characters from his life and imagination, have always captured his unique perspective on the world and demonstrate a gift for storytelling that goes far beyond his years. Max studied at the BRIT school and has also spent time working as a gardener, work he cherishes for helping him feel connected to the world. Max’s distinctive sound is steeped in influences old and new, from the soul records his mother loved and the grittier punk and blues music his dad would play him as a child, to the recent psychedelic sounds of Nick Hakim and Unknown Mortal Orchestra ,as well as being infused with the south London jazz scene that surrounds him.

Lui Shtini (b. 1978 Kavaje, Albania) lives in Brooklyn, NY. He attended the Academy of Arts in Tirana, Albania from 1997 to 2000. He immigrated to the United States in the early 2000s and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. Shtini has held solo exhibitions at Lambdalambdalambda, Prishtina, Kosovo (2018); Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL (2017, 2014); Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY (2016, 2013); Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA (2015); and van de Weghe Fine Art, New York, NY (2013, 2009). His work has been included in group exhibitions at Grice Bench, Los Angeles, CA; James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY; Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden; Galerie Sultana, Paris, France; Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA; t293, Rome, Italy; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY; Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY; Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL; Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA; Bureau, New York, NY; Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY; Creon Gallery, New York, NY; Peter Fengesten Gallery, Pace University, New York, NY; and Know More Games, Brooklyn, NY. He was granted a NYFA painting fellowship in 2010 and was the 2014 artist resident at the Sharpe-Walentas studio program in Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY.

KATHRYN MACNAUGHTON (b. 1985, Toronto, Canada) lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. She graduated from Ontario College of Art and Design in 2007. Solo exhibitions include: ‘Heatwave’, BEERS London (2020); ‘Intervals’, BEERS London (2018); ‘Fixed State’, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto (2018); ‘Sprang’, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto (2016); and ‘Blue Note’, Huntclub Gallery, Toronto (2015). Group exhibitions include: ‘Organized Chaos’, Magma Gallery, Bologna, Italy (2019); ‘Pour’, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York (2019); ‘Your Favourite Artist’s Favourite Artist II’, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York (2019); ‘Dualities: A Bridge Between Two Worlds’, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto (2017); ‘SMASH’, Gardiner Museum, Toronto (2016); and ‘The One That Got Away’, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto (2015). Residencies include: Pada Studios, Lisbon (2019). Katheryn’s work has been featured in publications such as Elle Magazine, District-W Magazine, and The Coveteur.

Japeth Mennes is an artist and musician who lives in New York City. From 2012-2018 he was a member of the experimental rock group Dead Painters. He received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. Upcoming visual art shows include a solo exhibition at Ampersand Gallery in Portland, OR (opening August 7th), and a three person show at Stockton University Art Gallery in 2022. Golden Paints and Fulcrum Coffee help make it happen

Amie Cunat (b. 1986, McHenry, IL) is a Japanese American artist, who received her MFA from Cornell University, Post-Baccalaureate in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her BA in Visual Arts and Art History from Fordham University. She has exhibited at Peep Projects (PA), Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon, Victori + Mo, Knockdown Center, Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, ArtYard (NJ), DC Moore Gallery, and Crush Curatorial among others. She is the recipient of a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Work and a 2019 Regional Economic Development Council Grant by NYSCA in collaboration with Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon. Her work has been reviewed and featured by The New York Times, ARTnews, Artsy, Artnet News, Title Magazine, Vogue Italia, ArtMaze Mag, and Two Coats of Paint. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.