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Alexander Scott Hughes was born at the Indian Hospital to Mary and Jim Hughes (Cherokee) and grew up in Phoenix with a variety of cultural and artistic influences. Although a mainly self-taught artist, Alexander received formal training at the Art Institute of Phoenix and Phoenix College. In addition to showing his artwork in Phoenix area galleries, he was a featured artist for the Young Collectors of the Phoenix Art Museums 2008 fundraiser at the Phoenix Art Museum, a contributor for the journals Bad Subjects vol. 61, "The Aesthetics of Violence" and Merge, and showed in juried exhibitions such as Artlink's 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibition and the Mark Woolley Gallery's Alien & Sedition show in Portland, Oregon. You can view more of his work at http://www.alexanderscotthughes.com/
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Cecilia Sandoval studied design abroad in Italy, Switzerland and Germany before receiving a BFA in painting from ASU in 2006 with honors. Her work explores social standards of beauty and acceptable forms of appearance through painting and drawing. She shows her work throughout Arizona, including donating work for funding youth art programs at the Herberger Theater Center, and to the "Art for Health" program through ASU's College of Nursing, as well as exhibiting during an Arizona Arts Chorale concert. Not only is she a new mother, she is also President of 515 Arts in Phoenix, and she is pursuing shows at a national level. |
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Colton Brock is a native Phoenician who spends his days painting, skating and taking the puppy swimming. With one grandfather born in Buckeye, AZ (c.1932), and the other born in Clifton , AZ (c.1921), he takes on a natural affinity for urban history and spirit, evident in his paintings. Although much of his visual work is directly or indirectly inspired by his native Southwest, Brock spends time traveling, documenting the various cities he visits, interpreting their more localized character and moods through his work by utilizing color, compositions and unusual vantage points set to better represent personal feelings, physical eyesight and/or memory. Brock's ultimate goal in his visual work is a combination of observing the distinctiveness of the landscape on an aesthetic level, while connecting with the viewer on a more nostalgic/cognitive level, and through that connection form a meaningful relationship. View more ofhis work at http://www.phoenixartspace.com/coltonjbrock |
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Ira Joel Haber was born and lives in Brooklyn New York. He is a sculptor, painter, book dealer and teacher. His work has been seen in numerous group shows both in USA and Europe and he has had 9 one man shows including several retrospectives of his sculpture. His work is in the collections of The Whitney Museum Of American Art, New York University, The Guggenheim Museum, The Hirshhorn Museum & The Albright-Knox Art Gallery. His paintings, drawings and collages have been published in many on line and print magazines. Over the years he has received three National Endowments For The Arts Fellowship, two Pollock-Krasner grants and most recently in 2004 received The Adolph Gottlieb Foundation grant. Currently he teaches art at the United Federation of Teachers Retiree Program in Brooklyn. You can view Ira's blog at http://wwwirajoelcinemagebooks.blogspot.com/ |
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JW Miller became interested in art through comic books. Music also plays an important roll in the creation of his paintings. His latest work focuses on portraits from people out and about in the city of dektown. He is attempting to find something that will be visually interesting to paint, and at the same time, finding something interesting in their past or in their character that will correlate with the painted portrait for an overall story. You can view more of his work at http://www.dektown.com/index.html |
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Kirk Hays received a bachelor's in philosophy from the University of Utah and a juris doctorate from the University of Virginia. He sketched a little until six years ago, when his wife signed him up for an oil painting class, and his life has never been the same since. Now he spends most nights holed up in his studio or at life drawing sessions. His work has been in seven art shows, including five one-man exhibitions, and it has appeared in publications such as the Arizona Republic, the Arizona Attorney and the Sun Devil. He is also a spotlighted artist at Phoenix Art Space. He is represented by the Art One Gallery in Scottsdale and his art is in private collections from Costa Rica to Canada. When he is not painting he practices law at Holm Wright Hyde & Hays. You can view more of his work at kirkhaysart.com |
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Steffi Eger is an art student who was born and raised in Maine. Now living near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband Tim and two cats, she is presently working on a masters degree focusing on photography. After earning a bachelors degree in commercial art in 1994, she started traveling and has taken every opportunity to make artwork from her experiences in travel. She has sold work privately since the age of twelve. |
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