Jacob Gerard 

Jacob Gerard is a construction worker by day. Often working all spring and summer so he can paint during the winter. His humor and obsession with American pop culture is the framework for what he does best.

Yool Kim 

Seoul-based artist Yool Kim navigates ideas of identity and subconscious mind through mixe media artwork. Her paintings focus on figures expressing a form of disorder. This is seen not through just facial expressions, but extends throughout the painting to express dissatisfaction and dizziness that come from the human experience. Kim’s work often highlights self expression that have not yet matured, an expression stunted in growth. Her desire is to organize these emotions through her artwork. Kim was born in 1982 and graduated from Hongik University Graduate School of Industry in 2015 with a degree in Color Studies.

Jasper Stieve

Jasper Stieve is young, but often works with vintage found objects. For example, he often dismantles 1960's Fisher Price music boxes and changes out the scrolls. Turning them into graffiti lined streets of decay. The pieces are also interactive as viewers can turn the knobs and watch the landscapes go by. Its cultural interpretation shows the decline of the America of yesterday. Yet brings joy to all that see them.

Mary Limonade

Mary Limonade's work is littered with people and their thoughts. Word balloons show up like text messages. Today this is what we are accustomed to seeing. Our inner thoughts directly input into our phones. What remains is a modern twist on how technology keeps us less connected to each other, but closer to our own selves. If this is a good thing remains to be seen.

Mary Limonade

Mary Limonade's work is littered with people and their thoughts. Word balloons show up like text messages. Today this is what we are accustomed to seeing. Our inner thoughts directly input into our phones. What remains is a modern twist on how technology keeps us less connected to each other, but closer to our own selves. If this is a good thing remains to be seen.

Jiem

Walls and trains throughout Europe were once JIEM’s canvas. However, like many graffiti artists he has turned to more natural mediums. His travels and distinct relationships to culture dominate his work. He has an incredible attention to detail. Paintings such as his market series somehow show diversity in characters that could easily be in the children's video game Minecraft. The characters demonstrate a sense of 2D which harkens nostalgia. This influence is obvious, but the feelings he evokes provide comfort. Maybe because they outline that we are all the same, no matter our background.

Jiem

Walls and trains throughout Europe were once JIEM’s canvas. However, like many graffiti artists he has turned to more natural mediums. His travels and distinct relationships to culture dominate his work. He has an incredible attention to detail. Paintings such as his market series somehow show diversity in characters that could easily be in the children's video game Minecraft. The characters demonstrate a sense of 2D which harkens nostalgia. This influence is obvious, but the feelings he evokes provide comfort. Maybe because they outline that we are all the same, no matter our background.