VINCE CONTARINO
“Untitled (6)” print

“My work is concerned with exploring the possibilities of abstraction through drawing, collage, and painting. An important part of my studio practice involves searching for thrown away or discarded marks and pairing them with more deliberately constructed forms. While there is room for chance and discovery, I strive to operate in a middle ground that is neither restrictive or self indulgent, continually editing down the paintings to their most important elements.”
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LIMITED EDITION (#18 prints)
archival ink print on BFK Rives
8” x 10” (unframed)
11” x 14” (framed)

LISA IGLESIAS 
“Protectorate”(print)

“Rather than working in a linear path, the projects I make are based on constellations of association. Whether papier-mâché rifle, pencil drawing, or hand-made celebration banner, threads of renewal, re-historicization and futility weave throughout. 

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EDITION OF 20 
(original drawing: graphite on paper) 
11x10” (unframed) 
12x12” (framed)

NICHOLE VAN BEEK 
“shiftfloates”

These paintings were made as part of series called The Subjects, much of which was included in The Teak Obsessions, a book of poetry by Geoffrey Young. The paintings are not direct illustrations of the poems, but rather provide a visual counterpoint. In these works I was striving to reach a balance between continuity (most being meditations on letter-forms) and variation in color combination, composition, pattern, and painting technique

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archival ink print on BFK Rives 
8” x 10” (unframed) 
11” x 14” (framed)

NATALIA PORTER 
“Denture” 
Denture 
Digital drawing cut out 
archival ink 
Dim 4 1/2” X 3” (unframed) 
8” X 10 ” (framed)

”“My training is in the visual arts and industrial design. These disciplines purposefully inform my work. The sculptures, installations and drawings, along with the functional objects and places that I have created all come about through an exploration of ideas that include a balanced experimentation between technological processes and traditional craft. With this in mind, it is important to recognize that I work in response to my surroundings, by interacting with the people, places and objects I come across that I alter in order to assign them expanded meanings and/or additional readings. I create objects and experiences that hopefully lead to critical thought, suggest new ways to perceive reality, and help reduce the boundaries that exist between art and design.”