Dimensions: 14 x 11 x 1.5 Media: I created a three dimensional collage with the many mix tapes and cassettes that I have enjoyed throughout my life. This piece was exhibited in a show called The Matter of Memory in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. I was asked to create a print of the piece and after I photographed the art I realized that there was more potential and started to experiment with editing and painting the image with Adobe Photoshop. Artist Statement : I created this piece of art with the mix tape, the cassette, the medium we once used to record, keep, and preserve. These tapes are the vessels of the memories of my youth, of parties with friends, lost relationships, love found, and songs that conjure the happy and sad memories of a lifetime. Humans are always in the process of holding on and letting go. Sometimes, the small objects, a simple mix tape made long ago, may remind us of the first bloom of love and his smile.
Dimensions: 14 x 9 x 4 Media: 3D modeling/Resin 3D Print Artist Statement : A change in career, relationships, and location can shatter even the strongest of people. As a young woman and recent graduate, moving away from everything I know and starting fresh in a new state proved to be one of the biggest hurdles in my life so far, especially during this political climate. This "new start" that was promised after gaining a degree felt like an empty lie, losing access to materials and equipment while experiencing even more sexism and misogyny than ever before. Open studio space dwindled down to a 3D printer in a tiny apartment; helpful critiques became "smile more" comments from coworkers. I felt on display like a delicate porcelain good, ready to fall and break. With the lack of equipment, digital media provided invention and experimentation. Inspired by traditional fired clay, I mimicked the material with digital sculpting and resin printing, with painted state flowers representing the renewal and rebirth of this broken girl.
Dimensions: 28 x 40 Media: Archival digital print on canvas in found gilded frame Artist Statement : In A Third Act, Justice Apple and Mac Pierce explore the intersection of new technologies, art, and pornography, focusing on how image-making tools have historically served both purposes. From painting to photography, each advancement has provoked viewers in unique ways.
Today, AI-generated imagery allows for deepfakes, including non-consensual content through "nudifying" apps that map nude bodies onto clothed individuals.
Pierce and Apple integrate these tools into their process by photographing themselves in morph suits on period sets, anonymizing their bodies. The AI (Stable Diffusion) then overlays fabricated bodies onto their figures, erasing original features. The resulting images blur the line between reality and artifice, urging viewers to question what is real and what is constructed.
Dimensions: 31 x 23 Media: Archival digital print on canvas in found gilded frame Artist Statement : In A Third Act, Justice Apple and Mac Pierce explore the intersection of new technologies, art, and pornography, focusing on how image-making tools have historically served both purposes. From painting to photography, each advancement has provoked viewers in unique ways.
Today, AI-generated imagery allows for deepfakes, including non-consensual content through "nudifying" apps that map nude bodies onto clothed individuals.
Apple and Pierce integrate these tools into their process by photographing themselves in morph suits on period sets, anonymizing their bodies. The AI (Stable Diffusion) then overlays fabricated bodies onto their figures, erasing original features. The resulting images blur the line between reality and artifice, urging viewers to question what is real and what is constructed.
Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 1.5 Media: digital illustration on paper with ink, gouache, glitter, mica flakes and enamel, print 1/6 Artist Statement : digital portrait of Bay Area performer and philanthropist, Sister Roma
Dimensions: 12 x 16 Media: Pigment print Artist Statement : I use digital tools alongside timeless printmaking processes to create ethereal scenes and impossible subjects. My work explores the fragility and impermanence of life. Often we are impacted most by the things that did not get to stay long or never came to fruition. We cherish these events and occurrences because of their ephemerality despite the fact that they cause us great pain once departed. I reference these transient objects, and occurrences to capture a brief moment in time so as to immortalize their beauty.
Dimensions: 24 x 20 x 1.5 Media: Original Digital Painting/Archival Paper/Under Clear Acrylic Artist Statement : "Le Muse'e D'Art Du Togo Love is a grand adventure indeed for young and old! It is listed by many tour guides and travel agencies as one of their clients' favorite places to visit. Once visitors enter Le Muse'e they are instantly transported to another world that does not exist on Earth or anywhere else." (From the museum's tour guide.) A master of Psychological Realism, Togo uses 21st-century tools to produce his series "A DAY AT THE MUSEUM" which is a hybrid of various familiar, figurative styles and proven old-world techniques. As for his dialectical message, he insists that both his titles and ancillary texts are as much a part of the work as the pictures. Each may appear to be a dramatic or comic scene from the Theater Of The Absurd which mock our current "woke" or "politically correct" society, especially the pretentious end of the Art World. While the combination may bring a smile to a viewer, their true intention may cast a stinging damnation of the PC effect on our society.
Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 1.5 Media: Original Digital Painting/archival paper/u Artist Statement : "Le Muse'e D'Art Du Togo Love is a grand adventure indeed for young and old! It is listed by many tour guides and travel agencies as one of their clients' favorite places to visit. Once visitors enter Le Muse'e they are instantly transported to another world that does not exist on Earth or anywhere else." (From the museum's tour guide.) A master of Psychological Realism, Togo uses 21st-century tools to produce his series "A DAY AT THE MUSEUM" which is a hybrid of various familiar, figurative styles and proven old-world techniques. As for his dialectical message, he insists that both his titles and ancillary texts are as much a part of the work as the pictures. Each may appear to be a dramatic or comic scene from the Theater Of The Absurd which mock our current "woke" or "politically correct" society, especially the pretentious end of the Art World. While the combination may bring a smile to a viewer, their true intention may cast a stinging damnation of the PC effect on our society.
Dimensions: 48 x 16 Media: Digital, printed on canvas Artist Statement : "Peeking" is an invitation to rediscover the art we know through a fresh perspective.
The series reimagines how we interact with masterpieces by embedding renowned paintings within these digital pillows. The pillow, a symbol of rest and retreat, contrasts with the intensity of the art it holds. These portals offer a “peek” into worlds created by legendary artists, allowing a playful yet respectful interaction between the familiar, historical, and new digital.
Dimensions: 30 x 24 x 2 Media: Digital Collage / Archival Pigment Print on Paper Artist Statement : As an LGBTQIA+ visual artist and educator, I use self-portraiture to create images that blend digital media and traditional analog technologies to construct images that delve into a wide array of themes, such as current events, gender dynamics, political discourse, and the complexities of identity. My current creative interests lie in exploring AI technologies and their potential as a collaborative tool for artistic production. Can a balance be created between the maker and the machine?
The self-portrait collages submitted blend photographic imagery, appropriated images, and mundane objects created by Photoshop's AI-generated selection tool. This deliberate combination of digital elements evokes the grotesque and uncanny, offering the viewer a surreal perspective on the self-portrait genre that is simultaneously unfamiliar and familiar, engaging them in a new way of seeing.
Dimensions: 4 x 6.5 x 6.5 Media: Small sculptural artist book. Inkjet printed on fine art paper with archival inks. Uses images of buildings in Amsterdam, Netherlands Artist Statement : I’m fascinated by cities. Everywhere you go, there are stories to be found – and seen. Many factors go into determining the physical structure of any city and what people and events we see there. My work is about telling these stories using visual media.
A throughline in my work is portraying cities – most often Washington DC. Much of my photography has been representational art focusing on the built environment of Washington, historic change in the city,& its social & political life.
Recently, I’ve been using fractured versions of my architectural images in sculptural artist books & paper relief sculptures. My focus while making the pieces was on form and structure, and there is a certain amount of accident in my process. I can’t really predict exactly how a final piece will look until it is completed. Too much happens in the digital cutting and pasting of images and the folding and cutting of the paper. But ultimately they become an abstract portrayal of a time and place.
Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 9 Media: Layered accordion sculptural artist book. Inkjet printed on fine art paper with archival inks. Uses images of buildings in DC Wharf neighborhood. Dimensions are open for display. Artist Statement : I’m fascinated by cities. Everywhere you go, there are stories to be found – and seen. Many factors go into determining the physical structure of any city and what people and events we see there. My work is about telling these stories using visual media.
A throughline in my work is portraying cities – most often Washington DC. Much of my photography has been representational art focusing on the built environment of Washington, historic change in the city,& its social & political life.
Recently, I’ve been using fractured versions of my architectural images in sculptural artist books & paper relief sculptures. My focus while making the pieces was on form and structure, and there is a certain amount of accident in my process. I can’t really predict exactly how a final piece will look until it is completed. Too much happens in the digital cutting and pasting of images and the folding and cutting of the paper. But ultimately they become an abstract portrayal of a time and place.
Dimensions: 20 x 24 x 1.5 Media: Vector Digital Image on Metal Plate Artist Statement : here is a saying out there about beauty, contact lenses, and eye of the beholder. It’s not that simple. For me, producing images digitally became a necessity in the wake of impaired vision that rendered a loss of depth perception. Working with the inherent precision in digital tools, my interest in creating ambiguities that enhance image making was unleashed.
“Nocturne” is a musical term that infers a “night song”. A recurring impression I have of the night sky is of the moon and clouds. Everything is moving as if on a giant sea and the sound is silence and yet there is a sense that just beyond hearing, there is music. I can imagine Luna singing as she goes. I worked until I could catch a glimpse of the song.
Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 1.5 Media: Vector Digital Image on Metal Plate Artist Statement : There is a saying out there about beauty, contact lenses, and eye of the beholder. It’s not that simple. For me, producing images digitally became a necessity in the wake of impaired vision that rendered a loss of depth perception. Working with the inherent precision in digital tools, my interest in creating ambiguities that enhance image making was unleashed.
Light is universal, eternal, mysterious, magical. It was and is a primal fascination. Like sound, it is frequency and wave and more. Interference patterns only deepen the mystery. “How am I seeing those shadowy smudges, hearing those shimmery overtones? It is no wonder that liturgies abound in references to light. Lux is latin for light. I keep returning to that theme. This is one of an on-going series. I don’t like numbering my series works but the simplicity only makes the fascination I have more clear.
Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 1 Media: Digital painting, manipulated photography Artist Statement : "The Fall of Infamy" is the fifth portrait of the "Transhuman Series." It offers a poignant critique of the rise of a leader supported by extremist insurgencies. It reflects upon the dangers of charismatic authority and the potential for manipulation within the transhuman landscape.
The artwork raises questions about the consequences of placing too much power in the hands of a single individual and the potential erosion of democratic values in such a scenario.
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The "negative" image represents the fall of a strong leader supported by extremist insurgencies. The use of darker tones, somber expressions, and chaotic visual elements in this portrait reflects the negative repercussions of charismatic authority and the erosion of democratic values in the transhuman context.
Conversely, on the other side of the diptych, the "positive" depicts the aftermath of the fall, where there is an opportunity for growth, renewal, and change.
Dimensions: 20 x 30 x 0.5 Media: Digital painting Artist Statement : Human relationships are currently under stress due to political, religious and racial differences. Nonetheless, we are all linked to each other whether we like it or not. Our survival in this planet depends on our acceptance that our relationships, ideas, emotions and beliefs are interconnected and for better or worse, convoluted.
Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 0.5 Media: Digital painting Artist Statement : This piece is my attempt to represent the interlinking of networks, paths as well as traps afforded by social media. We are currently in a universe where crucial communications, information as well as conspiracy theories, influencer economies and ideas abound in the internet. And this world ends up being quite real rather than "virtual".
Dimensions: 15 x 22.5 x 1 Media: Dye Sublimation on ChromaLuxe aluminum Artist Statement : My image-making is fueled by an intense response to the forms and colors of the natural world.
I seek out organic, living forms because my eye is attracted to their shapes and structure and connects with them in a sensual way.
The Fall Line series explores what can be discovered when a shutter kept open reveals what the eye can’t fully comprehend: color and sinuous forms that only exist for the extended moment of capture.
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1 Media: Digital Collage Artist Statement : I draw from a wide range of my photographic subjects such as landscapes, botanicals, and wildlife as well as urban environments and people. I follow an intuitive yet somewhat ordered process of layering or merging portions of photos until an image that speaks to me emerges. Most often this is more likely a random bit of serendipity than deliberate intent. Images often suggest a sense of time and place, or reflect a rich and ethereal interplay of color, shape or form. Images may provoke an indefinable question that does not readily yield answers without further study and reflection. Ultimately, my collages provide a vehicle to stimulate both my imagination and that of the viewer, leaving one free to interpret and create an individual sense of meaning and value.
Dimensions: 16 x 20 x 1.5 Media: digital photo Artist Statement : Digital photo, 20 second exposure. The demo was lighting a sponge on fire and swinging it on a tether. The long exposure captures it's trajectory. Applied a Photoshop plugin that emulates a painting.
