In Conversation With...
An exhibit exploring women's ability to exist in multiple spaces, the ways in which we communicate, and our adaptability.
On View: March 1 - March 31, 2024
Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa
All for One, Oil on Canvas, 36x36 in, $3000
Anastasiia Novitskaya
Transparence, 50x60 cm, $800
Laura Marie P. Mudafort
Open Yourself to the Gentle Indifference of the World, Oil on Canvas, 48.5x52 in, $3000
Susan Grace
Reverberation, Oil on Canvas, 48x48 in
Sydney Guzman
Night Stand, 52x33 in, $2,200
Jing Kong
Ghost In The Shell, Gouache on Paper, 26.5x38 cm, $500
Kateryna Bortsova
Phenomenal Woman, Oil on Canvas, 55x65 cm, $550
Jax Mildner
State of Change, Acrylic on Canvas, 30x48 in, $2,400
Nerat Zion David
It’s just a phase, Charcoal, Ink and Acrylic on Pelican, 30.48x45.72 cm
Maria Haag
The dreamer, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 36x24 in, $1,500
Amalia Castoldi
Op. 7 n. 22, Oil on Canvas, 60x80 cm
Amy Vensel
Postut, Pigment and Acrylic Polymer on Canvas, 12.75x12.75 in, POR
Amalia Castoldi
Op. 5 n. 6, Oil on Canvas, 30x40 cm
Billie Mae
Boundaries, Analog Collage, 8x10 in, $30
MacKenzie Mercurio
Endurance, Photographic Print, 8x10 in, $50
Content Warning: Nudity
Yue Hua
Trace on My Body, Digital Video, Original on 16mm film
Cheryl Russell
Mad-Ness, 48x36 in, $2,500
Devyn Nickel
Does This Please You?, Acrylic Paint, 30x40 in, $125
In Conversation With... explores women's ability to exist in multiple spaces, the ways in which we communicate, and our adaptability. Featuring the work of over 15 artists, and representing 6 countries, we were given another opportunity to showcase female creators and artists during Women's History Month for the third year in a row. This exhibition presents 18 works from women around the world, curated to carve out space for women to express themselves and empower the women around them.
All inquiries will be directed to artists.
Press Release
Meet Our Featured Artists
Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa
Oniosun Victoria Erioluwa (b. 1998 Oyo, Nigeria) is a graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in fine and applied arts. Her creativity is expressed primarily through painting with a major focus on Oil on Canvas.
The figures in her paintings are depicted through simplification and abstraction; as exactness or realism is seen as being of lesser importance to the idea or inspiration behind each work. Her artworks are heavily influenced by her emotions which are brought about through her daily life and personal experiences as a woman navigating life alone and in the company of others, all these come alive on her canvas.
Her works show a remarkable level of artistic expression and have been presented in several exhibitions, both physically and virtually.
Laura Marie P. Mudafort
P. Mudafort is a contemporary Puerto Rican-Lebanese painter. She received a BA from the National School of Fine Arts in Mexico City. In her current series ‘Fantasy and Horror in the West,’ P. Mudafort exploits art history and the power of the icon in order to address aspects of American cultural identity. She currently lives and works in New York City, LES.
Anastasiia Novitskaya
I am an artist who marvels at the art of living. My name is Anastasiia Novitskaya, and I was born in Ukraine. I have had a passion for drawing since childhood. All the time I was in search of myself, I was not interested in listening to lectures, so I drew sketches in my notebooks. In 2014, I started studying oil painting at the Kyiv Art Gallery, where I created my first 20 paintings.
In 2015, I moved to Poland, where I devoted myself entirely to art. I studied contemporary art by meeting local artists and learned new painting techniques. During this period, I opened my own cafe in Krakow, where I held exhibitions of my works. In 2022, I moved to Genoa, Italy, where I was inspired by the sea and learned to convey the feeling of being near it. My sunsets have become more sensual and brighter.
I love to experiment, observe, and discover new aspects of familiar things. I am constantly searching for myself and my place in this world. Simple words cannot convey all the nuances of emotions and experiences. For me, art is a way to transfer feelings, connect us together, and take communication to the next level - the emotional level. I believe that art is an attempt to express the inexpressible and should invoke a sense of wonder.
Susan Grace
Susan Grace is a painter who lives and works in Lawrence, KS. Her work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums throughout the U.S. She has received numerous awards for her work, and her paintings are in many private and public collections. Although she studied painting informally in Athens, Greece, her academic background is primarily in literature and theater, and she taught at universities in the U.S. and at The American College of Greece in Athens, Greece. Her study of literature continues to inspire and influence her work. Her primary focus is on the figure, and she moves freely between representation and abstraction while using fragmentation and layering of separate images to create multiple possibilities for interpretation and experience.
Sydney Guzman
Sydney Guzman (b.1997, McAllen, TX) earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in the spring of 2023, following her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas State University in 2021. Sydney’s work has been showcased at venues such as The Peal Museum in Baltimore, MD, The Lazarus Gallery at The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD, Rockport Center of the Arts in Rockport, TX, Texas State Galleries in San Marcos, TX, and the Lyndon B. Johnson Gallery in San Marcos, TX. Currently, Guzman resides in Austin, TX where she serves as a lecturer in The School of Art and Design at Texas State University.
Jing Kong
I love life, nature and animals. I think painting is a way to explore human and animal souls. I like traditional painting, using gouache and ballpoint pen. I began to learn digital painting at the end of 2020. I get inspiration from interesting pet stories, literary works and movies. I try to discover the inner world of animals and humans from paintings.
Kateryna Bortsova
At present time Kateryna Bortsova is a painter and graphic artist with a BFA in graphic arts and a MFA. Works of Kateryna took part in many international exhibitions (Taiwan, Berlin, Munich, Spain, Italy, USA etc.). Also, she won a silver medal in the category “realism” in participation in “Factory of Visual Art”, New York, USA and 2015 Emirates Skywards Art of Travel competition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Jax Mildner
Jax Mildner's artistic journey has evolved from a 15-year career in professional dance, imprinting her work with a commitment to line, elegance, and precision. Transitioning into abstract painting, she channels the physicality of organic movement into visual art. Since 2016, Mildner pioneered an experimental technique using water, heat, and gravity to meld acrylic and enamels in an alchemic dance across the canvas’s surface.
Currently, Mildner is working on a new series that continues to be influenced by biomimicry, yet plays with contrasting elements of structure, defined brushwork, and absence. The resulting abstract works evoke ethereal expressions of flowing natural forms, and are layered to create depth and intricacy to invoke a moment of pause and reflection on ones relationship to the natural world. Mildner lives in Bellingham, WA with her family and owns a small art gallery, called SYNAPSE.
Nerat Zion David
Nerat Zion David is a Nigerian realistic and conceptual artist. She was born and raised in Lagos Nigeria, and hails from Plateau State. She attended federal government college and underwent a training after she graduated from high school. She started practicing art with Neyotopsy Multipurpose art studio (NEMAS) (2019 to 2020). As a conceptual and creative expressionist, she has always loved figurative and portraiture works. Nerat David has exhibited her works at posh and suits hotel Victoria Island (2022), an online exhibition with The Gallery by MUI (2023) and also an exhibition at Oriental Hotel (2023). Her works exhibit the expression of both male and female figures and portraiture depicting emotions and expressions of self discovery, and the psychological aspects of life.
Maria Haag
Maria Haag is an artist living and working in Dallas, Texas. She grew up between North Dakota, Idaho, and Kansas, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in drawing and painting from the University of North Texas. She earned the Charles and Margaret Pollack art purchase award from the Mulvane Museum in Topeka, Kansas, and in 2017, 2018, and 2019 she participated in Dallas in Prizzi, a community inspired mural project in Prizzi, Sicily. She has participated in group shows at the New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, Project Gallery V in New York, Austin College in Sherman, TX, Art Center of the Bluegrass in Danville, KY, and Kansas City Artists Coalition, among others. Solo exhibitions include the Cora Stafford Gallery in Denton, TX, Arts Fort Worth in Fort Worth, TX, and Pencil on Paper Gallery in Dallas, TX.
Amalia Castoldi
Amalia, born in 1997, is a graduated pianist and painter from Milano (Italy).
Amy Vensel
Merging gestural, geometric and process-based abstraction, Amy Vensel employs a system of invented rules to bridge elements of chance and control in her paintings. Her work has been shown internationally, with recent exhibitions at the Rothko Museum in Latvia, the Las Cruces Museum of Art in New Mexico, the U.S. Embassy in Slovakia, and The Painting Center in New York. A graduate of Syracuse University, she has been an artist in residence at Millay Arts, the Rothko Museum, and the Vermont Studio Center. Vensel’s work has been reviewed in Art New England, and featured in The New York Times.
Billie Mae
Billie Mae is a 25-year-old analog collage artist residing in Hartford, CT.
MacKenzie Mercurio
MacKenzie Mercurio (b. 1994, Houston, Texas) is an internationally exhibited photographer specializing in landscape and self-portraiture. As the youngest of four children and having left her native country in 2017, identity and memory have become key motifs in her work. She is currently focusing on shooting both 35mm and with her iPhone, but likes to experiment with all facets of the photographic medium including creating photo transfers on wood from her original images. MacKenzie is also the La Mob gallery Director at The Dora Maar House in southern France.
Yue Hua
Yue Hua/华越 is an award-winning filmmaker and multimedia artist born and raised in China, and based in Boston. Her expertise lies in film, expanded cinema, and digital media, including projection, performance, installation, and production design. Yue’s art explores themes like spirit-body relationships, searching for belonging, and exploring representations of Asian females.
Cheryl Russell
Cheryl Russell is a Houston, Texas based figurative expressionist painter. She’s passionate about social issues, painting and her family. She is semi-retired from owning a successful marketing firm which focused on web and graphic design. She’s shown her work in cities across the state and has won multiple awards, including the Clelie Ann Moore Scholarship. Her work has been featured in publications and she was President of the Student Art Club in Galveston, TX. She received her B.F.A., summa cum laude, in studio arts with a concentration in painting at Texas State University.
Devyn Nickel
As an artist, my work explores the relentless compulsion I have to represent the female form and all its facets. I work primarily as a sculptor with my interest being in the hollow maternal figure. I explore themes of religion, sexual prowess, motherhood, the womb space, and the self-importance of being a woman.
