Join us at the 10th celebratory edition of “Miami’s Best Art Fair”, SATELLITE ART SHOW! This year, we’re expanding to two prime locations on Lincoln Road MalL, just steps from Art Basel. SATELLITE will once again transcend the conventional boundaries of traditional art fair and provide a THRILLING art experience for all. Immerse yourself in a captivating lineup of over 50 free-standing art installations, cutting-edge gallery presentations, and vibrant performances.
HIGHLIGHTS BEING: a “Florida Man Man Cave” hosted by WWE superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin, Vaping Sculptures, KFC chicken bucket lanterns, a cash grab leaf booth, Durational performance art highlighting gun violence, an ice cream glory hole queer disco bathroom installation, clown art by serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a shrine to the metal gods made of boar bone, a Barbie surveillance system, a “PORN THEATER” honoring the disabled body, an installation in homage to the cocaine bathroom at the club, a presentation from the naked gallerist, virtual reality on excercise bicycles, a performance art den for wild outlandish acts…AND SO MUCH MORE.
AT SATELLITE, fine art presentations sit beside interactive works, inviting you to both collect and fully experience art in an unforgettable way. No other fair offers such a remarkable spectrum of talent and innovation—from high-brow to lowbrow, every form of art and expression will be on display at SATELLITE. Join us for an unforgettable celebration of creativity that promises to leave you deeply inspired.
PRESS QUESTIONS: info@satellite-show.com
DATES AND TIMES
Preview Day:
Wednesday, December 4: 5PM – 10PM
Public Hours:
Thursday, December 5: 12PM – 10PM
Friday, December 6: 12PM – 10PM
Saturday, December 7: 12PM – 10PM
Sunday, December 8: 12PM – 5PM
Fair Locations:
420 Lincoln Road Mall Suite 200, Miami Beach, FL 33139
700 Lincoln Road Mall, Miami Beach, FL 33139
After Party Nightly at 700 Lincoln Road location.
“FLORIDA MAN MAN CAVE” HOSTED BY WWE HALL OF FAMER STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN.
The Florida Man Man Cave is an interactive and immersive PARTY SHACK hosted by the legendary Stone Cold Steve Austin inside of SATELLITE ART SHOW! The structure of the shack is a wood paneled paper installation and inside exists everything your Florida Man needs to survive the apocalypse. Ice Cold Brewskis, Hunting Trophies, Paintings of the Ocean, KFC chicken “fuck- it bucket” lanterns, video art & artist made nudie mags. In the background the waves crash and Florida boy Tom Petty is blasting on the radio. Grab a cold beer with Stone Cold Steve Austin and remind yourself that Life’s a Beach.
Artists included: Holli Lynne Salazar, Nicholas Cueva, Steven Harwick, video installation by the Huxleys
“GOODBYE POGO” BY SERIAL KILLER JOHN WAYNE GACY (IL)
This singular work exhibited is entitled “Goodbye Pogo” was made just before notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s execution in 1993. The painting depicts his iconic character pogo (now in white) waving in the opposite direction indicating his imminent death.
“PRIVY PRIVY” BY ARTISTS DONNA OBLONGATA AND PATRICK COSTELLO (NY)
Privy Privy, is an immersive installation that simulates a public restroom in a queer nightclub. Each stall of the installation features a glory hole, through which comes an actual human hand holding an ice cream cone. Visitors may get on their knees and indulge in this anonymously proffered treat, or simply watch others enjoy themselves. For those who choose to indulge, it’s an unexpected encounter with a stranger, resulting in a moment of sweetness.
“VAPE KID” motorized scultpure by Quinn Girard. (CA)
This installation features a disembodied cube-head wearing clout goggles, blowing out large clouds of vaporous smoke. In front of the figure sits a hand holding an elf bar that continuously moves back and forth, creating an endless cycle of hitting the vape. Overhead a spiked wheel spins slowly, one side displaying a fairy-like creature, the other the logo of an oil company. Below this, the whole sculpture sits on a base of sand and cubes of soil resembling blocks from minecraft, as well as a display rack of different energy and libido enhancing supplements the artist has purchased from gas stations.
“SLEEPING UNDER THE WEIGHT” BY MELISSA HAIMS
Sleeping Under the Weight is a series of large scale quilts sewn from clothing that corresponds to the children (ages 0-17) who have been killed by guns in America during this year. The quilts are accompanied by the documentation of each child’s name, age, the date, city and state where they were murdered. During the fair, Haims will be sewing on a traditional quilt frame, choosing clothing from laundry baskets (full of laundry that no longer needs to be done), and making a quilt in real-time. One complete quilt will be hanging on one of the booth walls or placed on bed installations around the art fair. Participants will be invited to help transcribe the names of children who have died from gun violence.
“TWO HUNTERS” BY RICHIE MORENO
Two Hunters is a gigantic performative shrine/altar made from Boars skulls, smoked plexiglass, Florida wildflowers, resin cast of boars hooves, small screens filled with the eternal energy of burning flames, pairs of 10” & 12” speakers, resin cast of St Hubert (the patron saint of hunting) and frankincense. This monumental artwork works as both art object as well as amplifier for live performances.
“SURVEILLANCE CUTIE” BY FABIOLA LARIOS
This piece explores the intersection of childhood, faith, and the constant feeling of being watched. Three bedazzled pink Disney CRT TVs, each paired with a bedazzled surveillance camera, create a continuous loop of watching and being watched, symbolizing the constant presence of an unseen observer. At moments, the central TV played the Barbie Nutcracker movie adding a nostalgic layer to the exploration of constant surveillance.
“HEAT OF THE MOMENT” BY NITIN MUKUL (NY)
Mukul will be making a durational painting for Satellite that directly engages the atmospheric conditions in Miami as a catalyst in the piece. Durational paintings function both as an empirical reflection of the site on which it is made—recording light, temperatures, time of day, location, and our climate-at-large—while also positing new paradigms for how abstract painting might function as a durational, borderless experience.
“SPANKBOX PORN THEATRE” BY JESSICA BLINKHORN (GA)
SPANKBOX is a video installation that depicts individuals with physical disabilities in hypersexualized poses and situations. SPANKBOX puts the power back in the hands of those with physical disabilities by granting the audience permission to look, fantasize, and question disability and sexuality in a safe environment. It also allows people to see themselves for who they really are by answering the questions presented by those whose images hang in the SPANKBOX gallery. During the performance portion of the installation, audience members will have their words read back to them to assist the viewer with realizing their internalized prejudices and exclusionary practices.
”BAD SPORTS, Thank You For Being A Friend,”.. AMONG OTHER VIDEO PERFORMANCES TBA BY THE HUXLEYS Will Huxley (AUS/UK) and Garrett Huxley (Yorta/Gumbaynggir/AUS)
Will and Garrett Huxley are Melbourne-based collaborative performance and visual artists. They are lovers who joined forces and share a surname as a moniker in support of queer love.
The Huxleys are a dynamic duo of cataclysmic proportion who present camp commentary and spectacle across the visual art, performance and entertainment sectors. Their photography and performance art traverses the classifications of costume, film and recording. A visual assault of sparkle, surrealism and the absurd, The Huxleys saturate their practice and projects with a glamorous, androgynous freedom which sets out to bring some escapism and magic to everyday life.
Bad sports: reflects upon the ostracisation you can feel when growing up in a country that values sporting achievement above all else. It can be a real struggle especially for a creative, shy queer kid searching for kindred spirits. A love of music, art, fashion and the dark underworld is perceived to offer eventual artistic salvation.
Bad sports seeks to capture the alienation, humour and abstraction that the Huxleys experienced growing up in this sunburnt country, from the larrikins looking for a fair go, a guernsey and a winning streak. For the uncoordinated and uncooperative queer prisoner, the struggle is real.
Thrust into the ferocious floodlights of the playing field, Bad sports becomes a performative way for queer people at odds with sports to feel like they can ‘play’ figuratively, creatively and physically. To allow the ridiculous feats of fashions on the field to harmonise with The Huxleys' gloriously ‘bent’ vision of the world. The Dadaist notion in full athletic prowess; a giant sequinned ball lunges for the ball in play. Art imitating sport: finally at peace with one another.
Thank You For Being A Friend: Video Tribute to The Golden Girls, City of Yarra, 2020
“NUDE GALLERIST” BY ELSA MARIE KEEFE (CO)
Elsa Marie Keefe is an artist who explores body positivity through photography, mixed media collage, and book-making. Her complete immersion into the nudist lifestyle has shaped her creative practice. She integrates the figure into nature to comment on significant issues such as sexuality, societal oppression, spirituality, and the sublime. The motions and movement will embody the human experience from birth to death, also mirroring the evolution of man from fetus or cell to adult / death / apocalypse. There will also be sound / poetry / recollections being played over a speaker with a small digital projection of nude in nature video art. There will also be mixed media works and prints for sale.
“DREAM CATCHER (INFINITY LOOP)” BY DENISE TREIZMAN (FL) & JULIA ZURILLA (FL)
The installation DREAMCATCHER (infinity loop) is like a "spider's nest" made of wooden sticks, transparent tape, and silver shavings, creating a woven space that captures and holds. Inside this nest, monitors of different sizes and a projection endlessly loop the video Sea of Love. Colored spotlights and round mirrors add vibrant touches and distorted reflections, giving the feeling of a portal that catches and suspends fragments and moments in time. The idea is to create an immersive and slightly surreal environment, like a giant dreamcatcher where things float in space.
“THE CRITERION OF EMBARRASSMENT” BY WALKER SEYDELL (NY)
Scratch-graffitied mirrors are adorned with the visual detritus of dive bars, featuring bold homoerotic interpretations of martyrdom and Church-sanctioned suffering. At the back of the space, a trio of public urinals serves as a provocative reminder of the consumption intrinsic to this gritty everyday reality.
“PREPARED CASH GRAB BOOTH” BY BECKY SELLINGER (NY)
The “cash grab” booth is a clear acrylic box containing a high-powered fan blowing autumn leaves as the participant inside tries to collect as many as they can in a 30-second countdown. The sculpture invites viewers to participate in the spectacle of acquisition, while also inviting them to experience the child-like joy of jumping in autumn leaves. Based on her childhood memories of “cash grab” booths at carnivals, arcades, and children’s parties, the work is grounded in linguistic play-invoking the aphoristic refrain that “money doesn’t grow on trees.” The booth also has a specific association in the Mid-Hudson region, which draws visitors during leaf season each year in an ironic interplay between the loss of the value the leaves provide the trees through synthesizing chlorophyll, and the value the dead leaves bring to the local tourist economy.
“SHADOW FARMER” BY CAIT MCCORMICK (PA)
Cait’s work externalizes experiences with mental illness, dysmorphia, and assault, producing a taxonomy of emotive vessels. Exploring queerness, isolation, and existential dread through an uncanny, sometimes humorous lens, I contemplate societal reluctance to legitimize gendered craft and regard crochet as a behavioral response to apocalyptic conditions. Inspired by folkloric botanical motifs, institutional osteological displays, sci-fi/body horror cinema, and an abundance of time spent alone with an overactive imagination, each object is an unraveling relic of a thought, tethered to a surface and made viewable at a distance.
“ECOLOGIES OF CARE” BY INTELLIGENT MISCHIEF (NY)
Ecologies of Care: A sanctuary space that re-imagines art as care. Featuring collages by Ish Al-Hurra, and murals by Terry Marshall. Intelligent Mischief is a multi-disciplinary creative studio unleashing Black imagination to shape the future. Our work employs collaborative world building to craft multi-sensory story worlds immersing audiences in utopian futures in which Black people occupy an archipelago of liberated zones, where we are thriving, sovereign, and free. Using collage, illustration, installation, poetry, and guided meditation, we cultivate space and time for folks to imagine and co-create futures based on love, care, community and sanctuary.
“AS THEY TRULY ARE” BY TREVOR NATHAN (NY)
The time-honored reason for becoming a photographer is to show subjects or scenes “as they truly are.” It is naive to continue this claim when the advancement of camera and software technology raises photography to a level of power far beyond that of other fine art mediums. This mismatch of power and stated intention has enabled the mining of value from subjects under the guise of the benevolent photographer. I collage new portraits with found images from photographic and erotic magazines. Manipulated via editing software in a visually obvious way, the new portraits are avatars for the mass construction going on behind photography’s polished facade. Sometimes nude, sometimes dressed in green screen suits, these portraits bring a slipperiness to the honesty of other photographs they are paired with.
“DICK$_EXHIBITION” BY CAROLYN COLSANT (NY)
Our cultural obsession with sex has made dicks hot commodities. Of course, not all endowments are believed to yield the same value. To represent (more or less accurately) the wealth one may be holding, a form of currency was created–The Dick Pic.
“SKINS” by dariA ZHEST (NY)
Skins are explorations of the intersection of technology and humanity through a series of digital prints. We delve into the realm of the ambiguity of surfaces resembling human body, capturing its curvatures and ephemeral qualities of movement.
“HOW DOES THE ART WORLD WORK?” PODCAST HOSTED BY MATT NASER OF THE EMPTY CIRCLE GALLERY (NY)
This collaboration will bring a unique, behind-the-scenes look at Art Basel Miami’s vibrant ecosystem through daily interviews with artists, curators, and other art professionals. Hosted by artist Claudia Doring Baez, gallerist Matt Nasser (The Empty Circle), and Curator Bartholomew Bland (Lehman College Art Gallery), the *How Does the Art World Work?* podcast will delve into the inner workings of the contemporary art world, exploring the complexities that shape the art market, galleries, and creative practices. Tune in each day during the Satellite Show’s run to hear firsthand insights from some of the most innovative voices in the art world. This partnership promises to be an exciting and informative addition to the fair’s programming, bridging the gap between art professionals and the public in an accessible and engaging way.
“CURSED (DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE)” BY LINDA MASON (NY)
With this project I am sharing with you my lockdown discoveries. Courageous people * and a couple of villains, who have transformed my life and contributed to my awakening. I aim to interrogate the role of mainstream media and new-media personalities in spreading, ignoring, and expounding upon the complex nature of “conspiracy theories” regarding COVID-19 and its inevitable impact on our freedoms and civil liberties globally. Why is the general body politic so trustworthy of governments and corporations that have proven their ability to lie and breach civil liberties, from WMD’s to Orwellian NSA spy tactics? How complicit is mainstream media in upholding deeply entrenched power structures?
“FLIGHT OR ELEGANCE, ORDER, AND OTHER EXPECTATIONS” BY SYDNEY J. COHN (NY)
“Flight or Elegance, Order, and Other Expectations” is a body of work born out of my own experiences with mental health treatment in conversation with women’s place in the history of mental illness and the invention of hysteria. In a combination of research and self exploration, I use the act of self portraiture, archival imagery, and landscape studies to create my own archive of the performance of mental illness and the feminine experience as it exists through my perception.
“SATELLITE SALON” HOSTED BY SATELLITE ART SHOW- GALLERY (NY)
A French Salon style gallery with an array of contemporary works including mirrors, sculptures, photography, and paintings by some of our favorite artists! Featuring artists: Isabella Ronchetti, Kelly Boehmer, James Jaxxa, Brian Andrew Whiteley, Helena Calmfours, Britt Harrison, Meagan Jain, Clarisse Lo, Stephanie Silver, & Emma Enriquez.
“KFC FUCK IT BUCKETS” BY BRIAN ANDREW WHITELEY (NY)
Loosely inspired by the scene in the movie “The Whale” when Brendan Frasier loses control and hits the fridge hard - KFC FUCK IT BUCKETS are sculptural hanging lanterns featuring artistic interpretations of the iconic KFC Buckets with plastic chicken wings hanging off the rim in a decorative fashion. “When the world seems to be on fire, sometimes you need to say Fuck It and grab a chicken bucket”.
SCULPTURES BY THEA RAE (NY)
Thea Rae creates delicate tensile light sculptures that tell stories about how we're all connected - to each other, to our surroundings, and to our life experiences. Each one-of-a-kind piece is handcrafted - shaped, sanded, and woven - with intricate attention towards balance, emphasizing how each connection, no matter how small, is essential to the final form.
“WATER IS THE ESSENCE OF OUR LIFE” BY LILYA P. DEAR (NY/FR)
“Water is the essence of our life”, is a pictorial story develops the theme of water which, like a goddess, has multiple faces and appearances. I try to express myself by going beyond the physical image and capturing the essence of water. In this sense, I vary my expression from seascapes to acrylic/oil painting, wall hangings, videos, and installations in which I make multi-layered canvas constructions. The shapes are the reminiscence of water waves and the reflection of light on the water. My works are inspired by the fundamental element of nature and present ecological goals and questions for humanity and civilizations.
“INTO THE LAND OF EXTRAORDINARY WE GO..” BY HALEY VARACALLO (NY)
Haley’s work showcases a multitude of intriguing ideas, personas, textures and perspectives, all of which bring the viewer into her magical extraordinary world. She aims to give every muse of hers their grand moment in the spotlight! Haley Varacallo is a Brooklyn based photographer & art director who specializes in creating vibrantly colored and fantastically otherworldly portraiture. Her aesthetic is somewhere caught between a whimsical yet ferocious mood; a nightmare and a pleasant dream. Her vision, driven by her love of color and lighting, often celebrates her LGBTQIA community, and her love of playing dress up.
“ALIEN” & “EL CAMINO” BY KRISHNA VR (MX)
Krishna Valdez Ramírez (VR) is a visual artist recognized for her work in visual arts, describing her artworks as pictorial, dreamlike and ethereal, creating concepts through various tools such photography, digital retouching and animation. Her pieces are a combination of fine art portraiture with on iric scenes that tell stories through elements like nature, color and movement. Krishna has exhibited her works from the Louvre to China, Japan, Europe and Australia.
“ANALOG PHOTOS” BY GIGI GULDAS (NY)
Gigi Guldas presents a collection of analog photographs, complemented by new mixed-media originals, that explore the interplay between nature’s raw beauty and human emotion. Through film techniques and layered materials, Gigi creates evocative visuals that invite viewers into a reflective narrative, blending nostalgia with an intimate exploration of personal experience.
“BOUND LEATHER” BY STEVEN HARWICK (NY)
My lifelong, ongoing project, "Bound Leather", is centered around the act of unraveling the threads that weave through contemporary masculinities and fetishism, drawing inspiration from the roots embedded in mid-century Americana. His practice utilizes photography, video, installation, sculpture, and collage to highlight identity, obsession, subversions, and perversions.
CONTEMPORARY WORKS BY PAULA LIFSCHITZ (TX)
This artwork is thematically based on camping and festivals: In particular; the need to turn to nature as an escape from a modern world that is filled with rapidly advancing technology and the undeniable and still unfathomable rise of A.I. I hope my art evokes a return to primal roots to find our true spiritual and corporeal nature before the fall of humanity and the rise of the alien cyborg humanoid robot race!
“AFTER THE RAIN” BY MOLLY SYNDOR (NY)
After the Rain Part I harmonizes two previous concepts: the meditative weavings (“Cognitive Vibrations” and mirrors that symbolize self-reflection, dreams, and new beginnings. At its core, “After the Rain Part I” is designed to be inclusive and accessible to audiences of all backgrounds. While it embodies the literal phenomenon of a rainbow emerging after rainfall, its deeper meaning lies in the revelation of creativity and artistic rejuvenation following periods of personal struggle with depression and anxiety.
“BEYOND THE NOISE” BY ROGIER BOSSCHAART (FL)
at Beyond the Noise, participants are asked to wear a pair of hearing protectors and, following the artist's own working method using specially modified q-tips and pre-mixed paints, place coloured dots of on a background based on the artist's newest series of dot paintings. Even though many visitors of Miami Art Week's many fairs may feel a sense of anxiety if asked to paint or draw pictures in the presence of so many skilled artists, the simplicity of this task and the absence of too many choices serves as an equalizing force and helps them focus on what connects us rather than our difference
“FORCE OF NATURE” & “HEAT TRAP’ SERIES BY SUZANNE C. NAGY (NY)
"Force of Nature" reflects an optimistic vision, offering a "survival kit" that reinforces nature's resilience and strength, a reminder that nature can ultimately outlast us. The "Heat Trap" series (I, II, III, IV) speaks to our entrapment within a cycle of escalating heat—a pressing challenge from which we must find an escape. Nature’s complexity, as illustrated in works like the “Landscape” acrylic painting, reveals both the beauty and intricacies of the natural world, underscoring the urgency of our need to adapt and respect it.
“HANGING IN THE BALANCE” GROUP EXHIBITION BY BUSHWICK DARKROOM (NY)
More than just documenting moments, the artists reveal the intensity of these in-between states, inviting us to confront and linger in those spaces we often rush past. In this way, the exhibit becomes a mirror, offering a powerful resonance with our own experiences of limbo, and giving voice to the unspoken tension that defines so many pivotal moments of our lives. They ask you to pause, to sit in that suspended breath, and to feel the full weight of what it means to live in the undefined.
ANALOG FILM PHOTOGRAPHY ASSOCIATION HOSTS SERIES BY AJ SPRING (NY)
Artist AJ Spring focuses on innate concepts and curiosities such as duality in nature, sexuality, violence, and primordial reactions through a fragmentation of the figure. I'm interested in pushing the viewer into an awareness of the body and our ever-changing relationship with it by challenging them to process and internalize these ideas, confronting the complexities within the human condition.
“ROMAN RUINS” BY JOHN O’DONNELL (CT)
It’s 2090 you land on the roman ruins and find them occupied by a giant octopus. The inflatable palm trees sway in a smooth post apocalyptic breeze.
SIGNS: A LE FEELS ART COLLECTION” BY ALI RYBCZYK (CO)
Intuitively inspired by Astrology, primary colors, and producing something BOLD.
“THE FAIRY ORGAN REALM (RETURNS)” BY JULIA SINELNIKOVA / ORACLE (NY)
Julia Sinelnikova returns to Satellite with a booth exhibition filled with light-up “Fairy Organ” sculptures, hand-cut holographic resin wall collages, and new paintings featuring femme icons, fairies, and space travelers. burning.
“VR HUG, DIGITAL DIVINITIES & SMART SHOPPER” BY MOISES SANABRIA (FL)
SMART SHOPPER: A shopping cart overflowing with glowing, 3D-printed brains, Smart Shoppers explores intelligence as a commodity in the age of "neural capitalism." It raises questions about the commercialization of intellect and the implications for human worth in a world increasingly driven by data and cognitive assets.
DIGITAL DIVINITIES: Exploring the sacred in a digitized society, Digital Divinities presents deified figures within the realm of technology. This work reflects on how digital culture and algorithms have fostered new forms of worship, questioning the influence of these "divinities" on human values and behaviors.
VR HUG: This live performance delves into the concept of virtual empathy. By simulating a physical embrace through VR, VR Hug Performance reflects on human touch and emotional connection in increasingly mediated environments, inviting the audience to ponder the future of human relationships in a digitalized world.
“WELCOME HOME” BY OLIVIA COOPER (NY)
This series looks at the power dynamics within the household. Between the people in it, the appliances we use every day, and even the house itself. The pieces of this series take appliances of the home and put them in new circumstance, forcing the viewer to question the established order of power these appliances and tools hold as we know them every day.
“GENDER BENDER” BY UTA BRAUSER & EVA MULLER (NY)
Gender Blender examines the reality of gender choices, changes, transitions and many identities with a gender shop by Uta Brauser, created after Virtual reality shops in concept, a people puzzle (interactive gender puzzle) by Eva Mueller & “Wall of Emotions WOE”, queer reactions to the election outcome in 2024.
“ORGANISMS UTOPIA” BY YUHUI QI
“Organisms Utopia” challenges us to rethink our relationship with nature, inviting reflections on a future where mutual prosperity shapes life on Earth. It’s a call to imagine how symbiosis might be the key to a sustainable, flourishing world.
“AMIDST KINFAUXK” BY PAINT:LAB (CA)
Amidst Kinfauxk is a show of oil painting, mixed media photography and sculpture by artists Alexandra Mathieu and Brandon Brewer from Paint:lab in Los Angeles CA. Both artists engage with modern tools to express the journey of discovering one's truest self amidst the complexities of contemporary society. Their work reflects a deep engagement with how we navigate a world of abundance, cultural shifts, and the ever-present pull of instant gratification, offering a thoughtful reflection on the ways we reconnect with our authentic nature.
“BESTIARY” BY DASHA BAZANOVA (NY)
My paintings and sculptures capture the tension between conscious desires and collective human experience, questioning the impacts of human actions and what is considered right or wrong.
“Transcendence” BY LAUREN JANE CLANCY (FL)
My art embodies the spirit of transformation, channeling the resilience required to transcend challenges and illuminate the path from struggle to strength.
BUTTON STUDIOS GROUP SHOW (NY)
Together, the works of Oliver Ehmig, Jarid Blue, and Ryan Brown weave a powerful narrative of humanity, identity, and social consciousness. From Ehmig’s evocative photographs that transcend borders and reveal the shared essence of human experience, to Blue’s transformative exploration of the human body as a canvas and its connection to environment and identity, to Brown’s dynamic fusion of abstraction and realism that challenges perception while advocating for marginalized communities—these artists collectively invite us to see the world through new, empathetic lenses.
“LACK” BY NICHOLAUS CUEVA (NY)
The surfing paintings use pareidolia of faces to provide a numinous power. My work often uses visual tricks to involve viewers more. I read a lot about the workings of the eye and visual cortex and psychology (though my understanding is limited) and I hope to find secrets to the workings of the mind that I can use to further manipulate my public more easily into the positions I wish them to be.
“SKIN COLLAGES” NY ISABELLA RONCHETTI (NY)
This collage work is created exclusively using cut-outs of images of skin found in print magazines (primarily from makeup and jewelry ads). Repurposing these photographs has lead to a recontextualization of the shapes of the body: a cheekbone might become the highlight on a thigh, for example. No longer bound to the photograph, the paper fragments become the medium—shadow and highlight, form and contour—with which to generate a completely new image.
BY JAMES JAXXA (NY)
In my current mixed-media artworks, I create reliquaries that preserve moments of connection and joy, celebrating courage, desire, pleasure, and liberation. Through layered assemblages of hidden photographs, paint, and bedazzling materials, I invite viewers to experience a world where ecstatic communion is possible.
“QUEER ENOUGH” BY HELENA CALMFOURS (NY)
As a queer femme, I often feel dismissed in queer spaces and left questioning if I look “queer enough”. This struggle is embodied in my work through the juxtaposition of hyperfeminine aesthetics with elements of BDSM, underscoring the complexities of occupying femme space in queer communities. Through these portraits, I explore not only my own identity but also broader themes of acceptance, agency, and the transformative power of dress and performance in the queer experience.
“ECHO” BY CLARISSE LO (NY)
"Echo" is a photographic journey delving into my grandfather's intimate life. It is a narrative, peeling layers of his existence through his appearance, expressions, and spaces. Capturing his essence, I uncovered hidden dimensions and truths, challenging my memories. "Echoes" encapsulates these revelations, weaving a narrative echoing through time, connecting generations. Through familial bonds, it's a rediscovery exposing complexities and evolving dynamics.
“THE EVERYWOMEN, and VENUS DE MILO MIRRORS” BY MEAGAN JAIN (NY)
This collection of mirrors invites viewers to explore the feminine form not as an object to be gazed upon, but as a reflection of strength, resilience, and beauty. The Everywoman and Venus de Milo Mirrors honor, rather than objectify – offering a space where we can see ourselves whole, powerful, and infinite.
“GAIA SONGS: CLIMATE COMPLEXITIES: WHERE I FIND HOPE” BY FARIST BUTLER
The complexity of our world and of the changing climate are beyond our comprehension. Gaia, Earth Goddess, is a constantly changing organism, a synthesis of parts and subparts all in constant motion and concert. Harmonies. Dissonances. Order. Chaos. All are existing simultaneously, constantly influencing each other. That vast equilibrium of Gaia has been our gentle home. Now as the equilibrium shatters, we can hold in our whole beings the memory of the stable climate we have known for 10,000 years.
“DOG DAYS OF SUMMER” BRITT HARRISON (NY)
Brooklyn-based painter and installation artist. Her bold yet smooth aesthetic captures the expansive feeling the dog days of summer. She is interested in the moments when your mind relaxes to the point where your vision blurs and you allow your imagination to drift. Sun crinkling on your chest, while moisture slowly drips from your skin, your spirit floats from your body as your toes sink in the sand. Her work is graphic, ethereal, and bodily
“LIGHT BATHS” BY JARID BLUE (NY)
Jarid Blue’s Light Bath series is an outlet for people to shed insecurities and to feel comfortable in their own skin. The light aids participants in unlocking deeper emotions that I then try to capture and present in the photos. Sometimes the most minimal lines can speak volumes and accentuate the human form, or mask it completely and allow for the body take on another presence entirely.
