Antwan Horfee’s story begins in the northern suburbs of Paris, where restlessness pushed him away from the classroom and into the city’s hidden corners. He remembers dropping out of school at a young age and deciding he wanted to “be in the wild.” That meant spending hours outside, searching for places where creativity lived just […]
Vasco Del Rey’s journey as a painter began with a small, bright green and yellow sketchbook his mother bought him when he was six years old in Mexico. “She had a passing promise,” he recalls. “’I’ll buy it for you if you use every page.’ At the time I didn’t think I was going to
Logan T. Sibrel’s journey as an artist began in the quiet town of Santa Claus, Indiana, where the natural rhythms of rural life shaped his earliest interactions with the world. “I was always drawing and painting just kind of as a pastime,” he explains. “Because of where I grew up, which was quite rural and,
When Josie Girand talks about her early years, she remembers moving quietly through classrooms, feeling out of place in her own skin. Those years left her with a sense of introspection that would later shape her art. “I used to be really shy,” she says. “I felt like I was covered in grease… and I
When Holly Lampen looks back on her younger self, she remembers a girl who sometimes hesitated to share her work. “I don’t know, when I was younger I felt timid about sharing my work or thinking about what my friends were doing, what they were studying,” she says. “My advice to my younger self would
Aiden Lapp grew up in Los Angeles, performing Shakespeare from a young age and spending his early years on stage. “Kind of pretentious,” he jokes, but even then he understood that what drew him in was the chance to be with people, to study them, to shape something creative in their company. That early love
Yael Dresdner speaks with the same focus that appears in her work. When she describes painting, it isn’t with grand gestures or lofty words but with a simple truth: “It’s a necessity. Almost like eating and sleeping.” From Israel to the United States, from graphic design to painting her path has always circled back to
When asked what he does, Md Tokon doesn’t call himself an artist. He prefers something simpler: “I always say I’m a painter. I feel good about it.” To Tokon, painting is more than a profession—it’s an identity. The word “painter” holds a weight and clarity that no other label can carry. Tokon was born in
Meeting Zuriel Waters, you notice first his peace. An understanding of who he is and his works within the world. That same quiet focus runs through his art. Waters works across fabric sculpture, building forms that seem simple at first but reveal layers of rhythm, balance, and curiosity the longer you stay with them. Waters
Lydia Nobles has always needed to make art. Growing up in Bangor, Maine, she was creating from an early age. But it wasn’t until college that she realized art could be conceptual, something that could carry stories and experiences beyond representation. “I started working with my body and doing a lot of photography, video, like
