Photographer, sculptor and video artist Anthony Goicolea acts as the main character in the fictitious settings of his work. In his early “Fairy Tales” series, the artist posed as 26 different characters each from a different fable. The artist states “I investigate social constructions of age and gender and I allude to taboos of gender role play, adult and childhood fantasies and conventional ideas of beauty…” Goicolea studied art history, drawing and painting at the University of Georgia, and completed his MFA in sculpture from Pratt Institute in NYC. In 2005 Goicolea exhibited recent photographs at the Arizona State University Museum of Art. Other solo exhibitions include works at the Postmasters Gallery in NYC, ArtSpace Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, and Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne, Germany. The artist was also a recipient of the 2005 BMW Photo Paris Award, and previously received grant support from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

Digital artist and painter Yoon Lee creates work that is a metaphor for the exponential growth of technology and information. The scale of these works are often 8 feet tall and 12 feet long and seem to reference the visual dynamism found in the modernist work of artist Jackson Pollock. The digital element employed allows the artist to achieve highly slick surfaces and a mechanical line quality which aids formally to her concept of technological growth. This is echoed by the shear visual magnitude which is forced onto the viewer by the scale and movement inherent in each piece. Lee received her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute (2005), and she was a featured artist in New American Paintings (2006). This year the artist had a solo exhibition with the Luggage Store Gallery in SF, and participated with Pulse Miami through DCKT Contemporary. Next year the artist will be featured in a group exhibition titled “Euphorion: Art from San Francisco” at Pierogi Gallery, Leipzig, Germany. Lee has also participated in residency programs at 18th Street Art Center, Santa Monica, and at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Saulsalito, CA.

The figures that occupy Carol K. Brown‘s paintings appear in isolation, removed from the surrounding environment. These individuals are shown in an ordinary moment and multiplied throughout the pictorial space. Brown begins these works by photographing the subjects and using them as source material. The images are digitally manipulated and then recreated in paint. Often the works are then rescanned and presented in their final state as a digital print. Last month the artist exhibited with the Nohra Haime Gallery NYC, and she has had past exhibits with the Ambrosino Gallery in Miami. In 2004 Brown had an exhibition review in Art in America.

The sculptures and installations of artist Diana Al-Hadid are “propositions for an imaginary world.” These ambiguous works often reference the general themes of self, place, and history. As of recent the artist has drawn upon imagery from her birth city of Syria, recreating the Aleppo citadel, a 10th century fortress and eventual Muslim holy site. Her new sculptures combine the materials of fiberglass and polystyrene to create ambitious structures that seem to be unearthed from some unfamiliar place. The artist was awarded a Sculpture Department Graduate Fellowship to attend Virginia Commonwealth University, where she received her MFA in Sculpture. This month the artist is exhibiting with Priska Juschka Gallery in Williamsburg, NY; she will exhibit their once again in 2007. In spring of this year the artist participated in the Bronx Museum‘s Aim 26 (Artist in the Marketplace) program and exhibition. Her participation was noted in an article in the Art in Review section of the NY Times (April 9, 2006).

Painter Adam Cvijanovic renders nature with peak force. The suburban landscape at chaos in the absence of gravity and hyper real images of glaciers and frozen waterfalls are frequent subject matter. The artist also references Renaissance fresco painting updating the process with contemporary materials such as latex applied directly to Tyvek (home construction materials). These panels are then fixed directly to the wall and ceiling surface engulfing the viewer a full panoramic view of the work. Cvijanovic recently exhibited a work titled “Glacier” with the UCLA Hammer Museum and the University of Buffalo Art Gallery. 2007 solo exhibitions will be held with Bellwether Gallery, NYC, and Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea. In 2005, the artist was featured at The Armory Show and with the Saatchi Gallery, London.

This fall artist Doze Green presented a series of new paintings titled “Left Hand Path” at Jonathan Levine Gallery in NYC. Doze was a pioneer of Hip-hop growing up in Manhattan in the late 70’s along side the Rock Steady Crew and fellow artists Lady Pink, Daze, and Mr. Wiggles. He appeared in classic movies such as Style Wars and Wild Style, and has remained an active force in street art through today. Doze Green’s current paintings explore physics and metaphysical concepts, often using fragmented elements to referece a non-fixed reality. Doze’ work has been featured in magazines such as Tokion, Juxtapoz, and Anthem, and he was also included in the new Upper PlayGround video “The Run Up“.

Photographer Bill Henson often portrays young figures shrouded in an ambiguous nightscape. The landscapes are usually non-descript, but seem to reference the abandonment that exists outside of most urban areas. The figures found in Henson’s photos are equally ambiguous often consisting of androgynous adolescent girls.

Henson is one of Australia’s most distinguished photographers and his career spans over three decades. In 2005 his career was celebrated in a retrospective exhibition with the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. This year the artist has exhibited with the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, the Robert Miller Gallery in NYC, and the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, along side artist Patricia Piccinini. The artist’s work was also reviewed by Pavement Magazine (2003), and Artforum in (2002).