Current Exhibition: Sum of Light
 

John Baber’s work is a visual diary of explanations for the mysterious and inexplicable, reflecting a reaction to our current condition. His paintings record histories, indicating particular events and happenings, intertwined in a realm of fictional characters in an imagined universe.  Baber has been exhibiting his work and curating shows in NYC since 2003. He is a co-founder of the original JAVA Studios in Brooklyn and has shown his work there and throughout the city.

​Carlos Arteaga is a NYC-based painter whose layered figures and charged compositions explore rupture, memory, and resistance. Drawing from gesture, raw texture, and visual dissonance, his paintings linger between disappearance and defiance. Arteaga’s tactile oil works are held in private collections across the U.S. and abroad. His practice resists easy resolution, inviting viewers to navigate discomfort, presence, and psychic residue. 

​Carlos Arteaga is a NYC-based painter whose layered figures and charged compositions explore rupture, memory, and resistance. Drawing from gesture, raw texture, and visual dissonance, his paintings linger between disappearance and defiance. Arteaga’s tactile oil works are held in private collections across the U.S. and abroad. His practice resists easy resolution, inviting viewers to navigate discomfort, presence, and psychic residue. 

Painting for over 25 years, José del Solar is drawn by a sustained fascination with shape, line, and color. Though his visual language is representational, his approach is rooted in abstract sensibilities. Del Solar uses the recognizable not to imitate life, but to interrogate it — to examine structure, composition, and emotion with clarity and restraint. Del Solar approaches his still lifes and landscapes with the precision of a formal experiment, creating meditations on visual balance that serve as subtle metaphors for tension, violence, and human contradiction. Every subject is treated as a kind of portrait: even the most static arrangement is a study in character and temperament, infused with quiet humor and a fascination with our foibles, longings, and blind spots. Del Solar strives for beauty — not as ornament, but as a formal discipline — inseparable from structure, tension, and restraint. For him, it is a way of seeing, and perhaps, a way of understanding.

Painting for over 25 years, José del Solar is drawn by a sustained fascination with shape, line, and color. Though his visual language is representational, his approach is rooted in abstract sensibilities. Del Solar uses the recognizable not to imitate life, but to interrogate it — to examine structure, composition, and emotion with clarity and restraint. Del Solar approaches his still lifes and landscapes with the precision of a formal experiment, creating meditations on visual balance that serve as subtle metaphors for tension, violence, and human contradiction. Every subject is treated as a kind of portrait: even the most static arrangement is a study in character and temperament, infused with quiet humor and a fascination with our foibles, longings, and blind spots. Del Solar strives for beauty — not as ornament, but as a formal discipline — inseparable from structure, tension, and restraint. For him, it is a way of seeing, and perhaps, a way of understanding.

Ed Giordano is an artist living and working in New York. He recently completed an artist residency at The Blue Mountain Center. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including two Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and residency in New Orleans, Delfina Studio Trust in London and The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation in New York City. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute, he has had two fellowships in theoretical and critical studies at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. His work has been in numerous exhibitions in USA and Canada.

Ed Giordano is an artist living and working in New York. He recently completed an artist residency at The Blue Mountain Center. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including two Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and residency in New Orleans, Delfina Studio Trust in London and The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation in New York City. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute, he has had two fellowships in theoretical and critical studies at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. His work has been in numerous exhibitions in USA and Canada.

Ed Giordano is an artist living and working in New York. He recently completed an artist residency at The Blue Mountain Center. He has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including two Pollock-Krasner Foundation grants, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant and residency in New Orleans, Delfina Studio Trust in London and The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation in New York City. A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute, he has had two fellowships in theoretical and critical studies at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia. His work has been in numerous exhibitions in USA and Canada.

Diana Jensen makes paintings and installations that reference found vernacular photography. Jensen was born on an American military base in Frankfurt, Germany. As a child she prowled through thrift stores, flea markets, and junk yards with her dad, looking for interesting items, ephemera, and relics of the past. After receiving her MFA from Northwestern and attending Skowhegan, she moved to NYC where she is currently based. Jensen has exhibited widely in the US and Germany. In 2022 she had a solo project at the Susquehanna Art Museum.

When she is not envisioning ways to get art in front of new audiences, Sharon Kendrick is painting portraits of the people she meets in New York. Bridging the space between realism and expressionism to reveal her subjects’ depth and individuality, her portraits are investigations into identity, vulnerability, myth-making, and cultural memory. Kendrick studied art at Boston University and in Peter Homitzky and Ronnie Landfield’s classes at the Art Students League. In the fall, she begins her MFA at Brooklyn College.

When she is not envisioning ways to get art in front of new audiences, Sharon Kendrick is painting portraits of the people she meets in New York. Bridging the space between realism and expressionism to reveal her subjects’ depth and individuality, her portraits are investigations into identity, vulnerability, myth-making, and cultural memory. Kendrick studied art at Boston University and in Peter Homitzky and Ronnie Landfield’s classes at the Art Students League. In the fall, she begins her MFA at Brooklyn College.

When she is not envisioning ways to get art in front of new audiences, Sharon Kendrick is painting portraits of the people she meets in New York. Bridging the space between realism and expressionism to reveal her subjects’ depth and individuality, her portraits are investigations into identity, vulnerability, myth-making, and cultural memory. Kendrick studied art at Boston University and in Peter Homitzky and Ronnie Landfield’s classes at the Art Students League. In the fall, she begins her MFA at Brooklyn College.

Katie Kuzin is a New York City abstract artist known for her innovative use of materials like alcohol, dish soap, sand, and plaster to create vibrant, biologically inspired paintings. Her work explores themes of change and growth, evoking bursts of energy and plant life. Drawing on her background at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Kuzin’s interdisciplinary approach blends scientific insight with visual storytelling. Her pieces have been exhibited in galleries across NYC and are part of collections in the U.S. and internationally.

Katie Kuzin is a New York City abstract artist known for her innovative use of materials like alcohol, dish soap, sand, and plaster to create vibrant, biologically inspired paintings. Her work explores themes of change and growth, evoking bursts of energy and plant life. Drawing on her background at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Kuzin’s interdisciplinary approach blends scientific insight with visual storytelling. Her pieces have been exhibited in galleries across NYC and are part of collections in the U.S. and internationally.

John Mandile is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn. He has taught painting and drawing in colleges and universities nationally and in NYC. His work is in both museums and private collections. 

As a first-generation Dominican artist growing up in New York City in the 1980s, Berto Reynoso channels memories and heritage into vibrant paintings and a mixed media practice. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts, he received his MFA from the Arts Academy of San Francisco, then returned to NYC where he continued his studies at the Art Students League of New York. Reynoso blends traditional painting techniques with mixed materials, layering textures, and found elements to speak to themes of visibility, identity, and belonging. Drawing on Dominican cultural legacies, Caribbean symbolism, and his lived experience in immigrant communities, his work, rooted in narrative abstraction and figuration, pays homage to underrepresented histories while expanding the dialogue between personal heritage and collective experiences. Reynoso has exhibited throughout New York, engaging audiences in both formal gallery spaces and community-centered venues that reflect his dedication to representing diasporic voices. 

Carol Rickey’s passion for art started at age seven with crayon still lifes of her favorite toys, and it carries through to her work today. Rickey studied art at SUNY Purchase and then received her MFA from UNC Greensboro. After receiving a Masters in Education from Hunter, Rickey taught at Newcomers High School in New York City while continuing to study painting at the Art Students League. Rickey has exhibited at various galleries in juried shows throughout NYC and currently teaches watercolor classes at the Queens UFT Learning Center.

Carol Rickey’s passion for art started at age seven with crayon still lifes of her favorite toys, and it carries through to her work today. Rickey studied art at SUNY Purchase and then received her MFA from UNC Greensboro. After receiving a Masters in Education from Hunter, Rickey taught at Newcomers High School in New York City while continuing to study painting at the Art Students League. Rickey has exhibited at various galleries in juried shows throughout NYC and currently teaches watercolor classes at the Queens UFT Learning Center.

Ellen Schroeter, now living in Park Slope, has been painting and drawing her whole life. Now 82, she has been taking classes at the Arts Students League since she was 15. After concentrating on oil pastel still lifes for years, she has moved on to working in oils.

Ellen Schroeter, now living in Park Slope, has been painting and drawing her whole life. Now 82, she has been taking classes at the Arts Students League since she was 15. After concentrating on oil pastel still lifes for years, she has moved on to working in oils.

Ellen Schroeter, now living in Park Slope, has been painting and drawing her whole life. Now 82, she has been taking classes at the Arts Students League since she was 15. After concentrating on oil pastel still lifes for years, she has moved on to working in oils.

Kate Sharkey’s paintings explore memory, place, and emotional resonance, drawing on personal history to reflect themes of loss, connection, and transformation. In 2003, she moved to New York to study at the Art Students League, earning several honors, including a residency in Paris. She completed her BFA at Brooklyn College in 2016 with distinction and received multiple scholarships. Sharkey regularly exhibits her work across NYC.

Ellen Schroeter, now living in Park Slope, has been painting and drawing her whole life. Now 82, she has been taking classes at the Arts Students League since she was 15. After concentrating on oil pastel still lifes for years, she has moved on to working in oils.