Lee Arnold
Who's Afraid of Red Yellow Blue and Green, 2009
Colored pencil on paper, 10” x 7” each
Courtesy of the artist

LEE ARNOLD (Brooklyn, NY) is an Assistant Professor at Drew University, Madison, NJ. He received his B.A. from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, and he completed his M.F.A. at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He has shown his work in group and solo exhibitions at a wide range of venues, including vertexList, Brooklyn, NY; Esther M. Klein Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany; Blue Seats, New York, NY; LiveBox, Miami, FL; NAB Gallery, Chicago, IL; and the Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL.


Steven Baris
Urban Compression D7, 2009
Acrylic and oil on mylar, 24” x 24”
Courtesy of Pentimenti Gallery

STEVEN BARIS (Bala Cynwyd, PA) received his B.A. from The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. He completed his M.F.A. at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. He has exhibited his work at solo and group shows at a variety of venues, including Pentimenti Gallery and Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA; Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MD; and Art Forum Ute Barth, Zurich, Switzerland.


Gretchen Batchellor
Father’s Day Route, 2009
Ink and acrylic on paper, 35” x 42”
Courtesy of the artist

GRETCHEN BATCHELLER (Granville, OH) is a Visiting Assistant Professor teaching Painting and Drawing at Denison University, Granville, OH. She received a B.F.A. in Painting and a B.A. in German Language and Literature from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. She completed her M.F.A. in Painting at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. She has exhibited her work in a variety of venues in Seattle, WA; Philadelphia, PA; and Washington, D.C.


Dennis Beach
Bump #2, 2008
Acrylic on plywood, 14” x 60”
Courtesy of Schmidt Dean Gallery

DENNIS BEACH (Wilmington, DE) is represented by Schmidt Dean Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. He received his M.F.A. at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. He has exhibited his work in various venues including the Schmidt Dean Gallery; the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD; and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY. His work is in the collections of Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, PA; and Dansko Inc., Jennersville, PA.


Emily Bowser
Radiation (detail), 2010
Fabric, poly-fil, and wood, 48” x 60” x 60”
Courtesy of the artist

EMILY BOWSER (Philadelphia, PA) received her B.F.A. at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. She completed her M.F.A. at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. She has exhibited her work at a variety of venues including the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Johnstown, PA; and Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL. She has received several awards, including the Merit Award for Sculpture from the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA.


Bruce Campbell
Folded Night Sky, 2008
Folded fabric and lacquered wood, 33 3/4” x 20”
Courtesy of the artist

BRUCE CAMPBELL (Philadelphia, PA) completed
his B.F.A. at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO. He received his M.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. He has shown his work in group and solo exhibitions at a variety of venues, including Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Studio Soto, Boston, MA; and Axiom Gallery, Boston, MA. He has received several awards, including the Leonard B. Belber Award for Best in Show at the Abington Art Center Annual Juried Show, Jenkintown, PA.


Melanie Carr
Concentric Bumps, 2008
Cheesecloth, golf shirt, remnants,
ink, fabric stiffener, and staples, 60” x 60” x 3”
Courtesy of the artist
Photograph by Jonathan Morales

MELANIE CARR (New Britain, CT) is a staff member at the New Britain Museum of American Art. She received her B.A. in painting from Central Connecticut State University, and she is an M.F.A. candidate at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. She has exhibited her work in solo and group shows at multiple venues, including Downtown Gallery, New Britain, CT; Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT; and New Britain City Hall, New Britain, CT.


Paul DeMuro
Space/Box Sculpture, 2009
Dried oil paint and wood, 4” x 4” x 4”
Courtesy of the artist

PAUL De MURO (New Brunswick, NJ) is an M.F.A. candidate in Painting at the Mason Gross School of Art, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. He received his B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. He has shown his work in group exhibitions at a variety of venues, including the Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA; Saint March Collective, Philadelphia, PA; and Padlock Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Andrew Graham
Bonanza, 2006
Oil on wood panel, 39 1/2” dia. x 1 3/8”
Courtesy of Larry Becker Contemporary Art

ANDREW GRAHAM (Rockford, IL) is represented by Larry Becker Contemporary Art. He received his B.F.A. from Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL. He completed his M.F.A. at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. His work has appeared in a variety of venues, including David Weinberg Gallery, Chicago, IL; and Madison- Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA.


EJ Heczyk
Leviathan II, 2009
Casein, resin, digital print on board, 7’7” x 7’4”
Courtesy of the artist

EJ HERCZYK (Philadelphia, PA) is an Associate Professor at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA. He received his B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, and he completed his M.F.A. at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions at such venues as Rural Research Laboratories, Elmira, NY; Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA; and Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.


Michael Kalmbach
Into Maroon, 2008
Acrylic on Dura-Lar, clear-wrapped over felt, 20” x 40”
Courtesy of the artist
Photograph by Eric Chang

MICHAEL KALMBACH (Newark, DE) is the Assistant Director of Admissions at the Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE. He received his B.A. at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, and he completed his M.F.A. at the University of Delaware, Newark, DE. He has taught art classes at the University of Delaware and Washington & Lee High School in Montross, VA. He received the 2009 Christi Award for Outstanding Arts Advocacy for founding and directing the New Wilmington Art Association.

Mike Nemire
Origin, 2009
Oil on canvas, 30” x 80”
Courtesy of the artist

MIKE NEMIRE (Brooklyn, NY) received his B.F.A. from Ohio Univeristy, Athens, OH. He completed his M.F.A. at the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. His work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions at a variety of venues, including Galeria Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY; Yvon Lambert, New York, NY; Steuben West Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY; and Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY.


Steven Pearson
Stray Thoughts of Heroism, 2009
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 46” x 36”
Courtesy of the artist

STEVEN PEARSON (Westminster, MD) is an Associate Professor of Art and Art History at McDaniel College in Westminster, MD. He received his B.S. in Studio Arts at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., and he completed his M.F.A. at the Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD. He has shown his work in solo and group exhibitions at a variety of venues, including the American Contemporary Gallery, Annapolis, MD; Sub- Basement Artist Studios, Baltimore, MD; and Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA.


Ellen Priest
Jazz: Edward Simon’s ‘Venezuelan Suite’ #2, 2006
Papers, oil, flashe, and MSA Gel, 42” x 42”
Courtesy of the artist
Photograph by Richard Echelmeyer

ELLEN PRIEST (Wilmington, DE) teaches at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. She received her B.A. from Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, and she completed her Master of Divinity at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT. She has shown her work in a variety of solo and group exhibitions at such venues as the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA; and ALVA Gallery, New London, CT. She has also received two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants.


Jonathan Schoff
Hallway, 2008
Oil on panel, 12” x 11”
Courtesy of the artist
Photograph by Carson Zullinger

JONATHAN SCHOFF (Wallingford, PA) is Head Preparator at the Delaware Art Museum. He received a B.F.A. in Painting at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. He has exhibited his work at a variety of venues, including the Media Arts Council, Media, PA; Stenton Guild, Philadelphia, PA; Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA; and the Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA. His work is included in private collections as well as the McGraw Hill Companies, New York, NY.


Bill Scott
A Brief Moment of Titillation, 2008
Oil on canvas, 39” x 43”
Courtesy of the artist and Hollis Taggart Galleries

BILL SCOTT (Philadelphia, PA) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. He has shown his work in group and solo exhibitions at many venues, including Albemarle Gallery, London; Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY; Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; and Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. His work is included in numerous public collections, including the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. He has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Pennysylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and his work received the Adolph & Clara Obrig Prize from the National Academy Museum, New York, NY.