Sound and Vision

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.

Gao Hang (高航) is a Houston based Chinese artist. He recieved his Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting/Drawing from the University of Houston, and a Bachelors of Art degree in Oil Painting from the Capital Normal University, and is a 2020 Houston Artadia fellow. His artworks have been shown in major galleries and Netherlands, Spain, Korea, Germany, and England. He’s currently showing at the Hole Gallery at East Hampton, NY and at the Pulpo Gallery, Germany. His two upcoming solos will take place in Houston, US and London, UK later this year.

Sun You is a Seoul born, New York based artist. She has exhibited her work in galleries and museums internationally. Recent exhibitions include Geary, NY, The Pit, CA, Step Sister, NY, Queens Museum, NY, The Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Scotty Enterprise, Berlin, Virginia Commonwealth University , VA, and The Suburban, IL. Sun was an artist in residence at Hunter College, Ace Hotel, Marble House Project, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Triangle Arts Association, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral and the Sharpe and Walentas Studio Program.  She was also selected as  Artists to Watch in 2016 by WIDEWALLS and 18 Artists to Watch, by Modern Painters, 2015 and a recipient of  AHL Grant, Korean Art Foundation, 2018. Sun is currently teaching as a visiting professor at the University of Oregon. Sun’s artist book, ‘please enjoy!’ with Small Editions, was acquired by the Whitney Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University and the NY Public Library. Sun heads President Clinton Projects, a curatorial project and co-runs a non-profit gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid  New York. She is also a co-founder and core-member of An/other New York, a collective of  Asian and Asian American visual artists, writers and curators.

Emi Winter was born and grew up in Oaxaca, Mexico. She holds a BA in visual arts from Oberlin College and a MFA in painting from Bard College. Her work includes painting, printmaking and textiles which she makes in collaboration with master artisans in Mexico and the United States. She was an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas and Ateliers Hoeherweg in Dusseldorf. In 2011 she was awarded the acquisition prize for the XV edition of the Rufino Tamayo painting biennial in Mexico. Her work has been shown at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; LACMA; High Museum, Atlanta; Parker Gallery, Los Angeles; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen; Ulterior Gallery, New York; Maine College of Art, Portland; The Suburban, Milwaukee and is included in the collections of the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico; Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio and the Grunwald Center for Graphic Arts at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles. She currently lives in New Jersey and teaches bilingual art classes to Latino immigrants for the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Her exhibition “Afternoon Formations” is on view at Minus Space in Brooklyn through the end of July. Sound & Vision is sponsored by Fulcrum Coffee and Golden Artist Colors.