Featured Artists
Irina Tall Novikova is an artist, graphic artist, illustrator. She graduated from the State Academy of Slavic Cultures with a degree in art, and also has a bachelor's degree in design.
Her first personal exhibition, "My Soul is like a Wild Hawk," was held in 2002 at the Maxim Bagdanovich Museum. In this exhibition, she explores themes of ecology. In 2005, she devoted a series of works to the Chernobyl disaster, and frequently draws on anti-war themes. Her first big series, "The Red Book," was dedicated to rare and endangered species of animals and birds. She additionally writes fairy tales and poems, and illustrates short stories. She draws various fantastic creatures: unicorns, animals with human faces, and especially likes the image of a man - a bird - siren.
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Her first personal exhibition, "My Soul is like a Wild Hawk," was held in 2002 at the Maxim Bagdanovich Museum. In this exhibition, she explores themes of ecology. In 2005, she devoted a series of works to the Chernobyl disaster, and frequently draws on anti-war themes. Her first big series, "The Red Book," was dedicated to rare and endangered species of animals and birds. She additionally writes fairy tales and poems, and illustrates short stories. She draws various fantastic creatures: unicorns, animals with human faces, and especially likes the image of a man - a bird - siren.
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- Her Lips, Irina Tall Novikova, 2023. Ink, gel pen, collage, cardboard, colored paper. 40 x 30 cm.
- Hiding Your Face, Irina Tall Novikova, 2024. Foil, ink, gel pen, thread, collage, cardboard, colored paper. 40 x 30 cm.
- Girl. Disappointment, Irina Tall Novikova, 2023. Ink, gel pen, paper. 10 x 15 cm.
- Her Music, Irina Tall Novikova, 2023. Ink, gel pen, collage, cardboard, colored paper. 40 x 30 cm.
- Siren, Irina Tall Novikova, 2023. Ink, gel pen, paper. 10 x 15 cm.
- Water Dragon, Irina Tall Novikova, 2023. Ink, gel pen, collage, colored paper. 40 x 30 cm.
- Scarlet Sun, Irina Tall Novikova, 2023. Ink, gel pen, colored paper. 30 x 40 cm.
Jasper Glen is an artist and poet from Vancouver, Canada. He holds a BA in Philosophy and a JD. Poems appear in A Gathering of the Tribes, Posit, Rogue Agent, and elsewhere. Collages have appeared in BarBar, Liminal Spaces, and Streetlit, and paintings have appeared in The Field Guide Poetry Magazine.
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John Saponara received his Bachelor of Fine Art in photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and the Institute of European Design in Milan. He studied filmmaking at the New York Film Academy in Lower Manhattan.
He spent five years as the head archivist and printer to artist and photographer Joel Meyerowitz. In the years since, he has worked on a variety of personal projects. In 2009, he founded the crowd-sourced social documentary project, Picture Black Friday, which was featured in Aperture and the Humble Arts Foundation. John's photos have appeared on book cover both nationally and internationally, including on the New York Times bestseller Eat, Pray, Love. His work has been featured in Aperture, Oprah, and New York Magazine, among others.
Most recently, John has turned his focus to short documentary films. His most recent, "46mm," has appeared at six film festivals, both nationally and internationally. https://www.johnsaponara.com/
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He spent five years as the head archivist and printer to artist and photographer Joel Meyerowitz. In the years since, he has worked on a variety of personal projects. In 2009, he founded the crowd-sourced social documentary project, Picture Black Friday, which was featured in Aperture and the Humble Arts Foundation. John's photos have appeared on book cover both nationally and internationally, including on the New York Times bestseller Eat, Pray, Love. His work has been featured in Aperture, Oprah, and New York Magazine, among others.
Most recently, John has turned his focus to short documentary films. His most recent, "46mm," has appeared at six film festivals, both nationally and internationally. https://www.johnsaponara.com/
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Michael Moreth is a recovering Chicagoan living in the rural, micropolitan City of Sterling, the Paris of Northwest Illinois.
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