17th Annual Yonkers Artist Showcase
Yonkers Arts is proud to invite you to one of our most exciting exhibitions of the year!
Now in its 17th year, the Yonkers Artist Showcase continues its tradition of spotlighting the incredible depth, diversity, and passion of our local creative community.
Featuring artwork from over 50 featured Yonkers Artists, this showcase is a curated collection of works from contemporary painting and photography to sculpture and mixed media.
Visit the exhibition during our gallery hours beginning Thursday, April 9th 2026, until Saturday, May 17th, 2026
WEDNESDAYS TO FRIDAYS 3PM - 6PM | SATURDAYS 12PM - 4PM
Interested in purchasing artwork that you viewed at the exhibition? Have a look at the available artwork!
MEET THE ARTISTS
D.I.A.L.E.K.T.O. | UPTOWN JUNGLE | MARTIN MCELDUFF | JAX RIVERA | ELTON TUCKER
CAROLINA AMARILLO
Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Carolina Amarillo is a visual artist with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art. After moving to the United States, Amarillo experienced a profound shift in their understanding of home. The customs, language, and environment that once felt familiar became foreign, creating a sense of dislocation that permeated their body and spirit. Their art became a quest for belonging. Carolina Amarillo has exhibited their work in Albuquerque, New York City, and Bogotá, Colombia.
BECKIE ANDERSON
Beckie Anderson, (Becca_La_Art) who was born and raised in New York, is an emerging visual artist whose work explores black and brown identity focusing on primarily an Afrosentric/AfroPuerto Rican/ Puerto Rican vibes. Working primarily with colored pencils, acrylic markers, Pitt Pens, and mixed-media toned paper and, as well as Acrylic paint on canvas. Becca Anderson creates pieces that emphasize bold color, intricate detail, layered textures and shading trying to celebrate what she finds to be the beauty of her culture, ancestry, and lived experiences. Although at the beginning of her professional art career, Becca Anderson has dedicated significant time to developing a personal visual language that reflects her personal experiences, cultural influences, and a love of storytelling through imagery. Her recent body of work includes portrayals of the duality in being bi-racial, which highlights her love and pride of her heritage. Becca Anderson’s practice continues to evolve as she experiments with new techniques and mediums. With a growing presence on Social Media, she aims to share her work with a wide audience while building connections through exhibitions, collaborations, and commissions.
LEAH ANSELL
Leah Bella Ansell studied fine arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her work focuses on capturing mundane moments and transforming them into visual and memorable narratives. She currently teaches art to students in the South Bronx.
NICOLETTA BAROLINI
Nicoletta (Niki) Barolini is an artist whose cut and layered paper works investigate tension and containment within the flat surface. She has exhibited nationally and spent nearly two decades as Art Director and Science Visualizer at Columbia University, shaping visual communication for scientific research.
NORDIA BYFIELD
My name is Nordia Byfield and I am an aspiring artist who loves to capture nature by photography and occasionally interpret them into my acrylic paintings. I love to paint nature, land and seascapes along clouds and skies which are becoming my signature. My color palate is vibrant yet has a softness that evokes memories of my childhood home in Jamaica, West Indies. These colors are not just on a canvas, they are me; you can see them woven through my accessories, my attire and personality. I travel to the Caribbean annually to not only vacation but to create art through photography. I seriously started painting at the end of 2015 and it has been a magnificent journey. My works have been described as peaceful, transformative and story book. Creating art is no longer a hobby, it is becoming a passion.
JONAR CALANOG
Jonar Calanog, born and raised in Yonkers, NY, is a visual artist & designer with a solid strong foundation in drawing, painting and graphic design. His artworks explore themes of self-expression and healing, which serves as his emotional release in times of uncertainty. He earned his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree from CUNY Lehman College, specializing in Design. During his studies, he developed personal various graphic design projects, such as intuitive UI/UX Design and motion graphics. He aims to pursue a career in UI/UX Design, using his design skills to guide people in need. He continues on to gather everyday life as inspiration throughout his art & designs.
JOSHUA CALANOG
Joshua grew up in Yonkers and has loved making art for as long as he can remember. Drawing self-portraits early on taught him a lot about composition, and he used that in his graphic design work on magazines, posters, motion graphics, and CD covers. He finished with a BFA in Art at Lehman College and presented his work on NBA player magazines in his thesis exhibition in May 2025. He's optimistic that he can explore new ideas/techniques to help amplify his repertoire as an artist/designer.
JOE CORBALIS
Founder of Westchester Fashion Week. Upcycled and causal wear designer. Art is for everyone Artist. Collage, Construction, Clothing/accessories and more
SAMANTHA D’ACUNTO
Samantha D'Acunto is a self-taught artist whose practice centers on traditional collage. By rearranging fragments of found imagery, she constructs compositions that heighten and distort the human experience across time. Her work invites reflection on memory, identity, and the surreal in everyday visuals. D'Acunto values the slower rhythm of hand-cut collage as a counterpoint to digital speed. The act of searching for imagery through magazines, ephemera, and discarded print is both meditative and essential to her process. This ongoing hunt for materials fuels her creative momentum and deepens her connection to the physical world. More on the artist and her work can be found at Dacunto.co / IG: @collageeducated
DAVID DIXON
I work in a variety of mediums, using bright vibrant colors to create representational as well as abstract paintings, drawings, digital photo collages and mixed media reliefs. I love to travel internationally and upon my return incorporate my experiences into my work resulting in pieces inspired by everything from djembe players in Bronx parks to joyful dancers on the streets of Cape Town. My muse is jazz and the extraordinary artists who play this soul stirring music. I capture the images and impressions of jazz musicians in my portraiture work and the moods and vibes of their music in my abstract work. My representational work consists largely of portraits and full body paintings from life which typically take many weeks to months to complete. By contrast, in my abstract painting I use the same principles of balance, color, contrast, and movement used in my life paintings, but the creative process is quick and inspired rather than methodical and studied. When engaging with my abstract work I invite the viewer to interpret it through their own experience. Being a professional artist, I am fulfilling my heartfelt calling. My intent is to grow my practice and expand further into multi-media and larger scale works. I strive to create great art and to share my vision with the world. I cannot limit my artistic creativity to one style. Regardless of the medium or genre creating visual art is the passion that sustains me. dkDixonDesigns.com DKDesigns2021@gmail.com FB and IG @DKDixonDesigns
MARY DORAN
Mary Doran Photographer: Mary has been a resident of Yonkers for decades. She has lived near the Hudson River all of her life. She began taking photographs when there were still flash cubes on top of cameras lol. While she takes photos of family and friends she mainly focuses on landscapes as she was influenced by the bucolic themes of the Hudson River School of Painting when in high school. She visits Westchester Parks and Gardens every week as there is an abundance of everchanging beauty just waiting to be discovered within fifteen minutes of our doorstep in any direction we go. Mary loves taking photos of nature in all seasons and is inspired by rivers, ponds, oceans, beaches, and lakes as well as trees, flowers, birds, sunsets and the weather. There is a sunset everyday but each is its own work of art. Mary believes that landscape photos beckon the individual to become happily enveloped and daydream about the moment in time the photo evokes. Mary was an Assistant Principal and educator in the Bronx for 35 years and was an avid supporter of Arts and Wellness in the Schools. She has a B.A. in English from the College of Mount Saint Vincent, a Masters in Elementary Education from Lehman College and a Masters in Supervision and Administration from Manhattan College. Mary looks forward to travelling and seeing more landscapes that emotionally move her to photograph and create memories.
THERESA ELLIS
I’ve been sketching and taking photographic images since the tender age of 7. I went on to attend and graduate from the High School of Art & Design, majoring in Advertising Design. From there, I went on to receive my BFA in Communications Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. I’ve always been influenced by the melancholy paintings of Edward Hopper, and I pay homage to him by incorporating some aspects of his work into my photography. Exhibits: Delta Airlines Employee Service Center, LaGuardia Airport Christ Church Riverdale, Bronx, NY. Riverdale Temple, Bronx, NY. Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. The Covert Collection Gallery, Boonton, NJ.
KELLY FINLAW
Kelly Finlaw is an Art Teacher at Yonkers Middle High School that has lived in Washington Heights for almost 20 years and is proudly from Akron, Ohio - same hometown as LeBron James. Family means everything to Kelly, and right beneath that is a deep love for her students. She’s an avid swimmer, dedicated walker, constant doodler, and frequent traveler.
DAVID FISCHWEICHER
David Fischweicher has been a sculptor for the past twenty years. He has studied art at the University of Bridgeport, Cornell University, Westchester Community College, and the Westchester Art Workshop. There he studied with Leslie Dor, Carol Stone, Barbara Segal. He is an associate member of the Mamaroneck Artists Guild and a member of the Yoho Artist Group of Yonkers. Mr. Fischweicher has shown with the New York City Art Teachers Association at shows in Sotheby’s, The Levitan Gallery, and Flushing Meadows Theater. He has also participated in National Juried group shows at the Bethune Gallery and the Seagram’s Building. Mr. Fischweicher, under a grant from the Guggenheim Museum, helped students from P.S. 174 build a sculpture garden and a ceramic tile wall mural for the school. Lately, he has shown in Secrets Gallery (Hastings-on-Hudson), and Windham Fine Arts Gallery (Windham, NY).
CASSANDRA FLORES
Cassandra Flores is a Artist based in the Bronx, New York. She is a multidisciplinary artist and her work can be often seen in different mediums as acrylic, watercolor, color pencil, alcohol markers, oil pastels, and digital. She is often seen extending her knowledge and trying different art styles and techniques. Cassandra's artwork consists of fantasy-style work, which is often based on her own past, childhood stories she may have over the course of her life, with a touch of hidden symbolism. You just never know what she will work on next.
ADAM FUKS
Adam Fuks is a New York based sculptor known for his expressive sculptures that focus on abstract forms inspired by nature and relationships. Born in Poland, he received his masters degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. His innovative approach invites viewers to explore the intricate relationship between art and the natural world.
LESLIE GARCIA
Leslie Garcia is a first-generation artist from Yonkers, New York, whose interdisciplinary practice bridges art and environmental science. She holds a degree in Environmental Science with a minor in Studio Arts, a dual foundation that deeply informs her creative perspective. Working across a range of mediums—including watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal, and clay—Garcia draws inspiration from nature’s raw beauty, human anatomy, and the interconnectedness of the organic world. Her work reflects a sensitivity to both ecological systems and the human experience, merging observation with emotional resonance. Garcia’s passion for art began at an early age and continued to develop throughout her academic journey, where she actively participated in creative projects ranging from mural painting to design publication. Although her formal studies led her into the sciences, she remained deeply committed to artistic exploration, finding balance and renewed inspiration through sculpture and drawing. As she continues to refine her practice through advanced study, Garcia is dedicated to integrating art with ecological advocacy. Her work seeks to foster awareness, inspire environmental stewardship, and highlight the intrinsic beauty of the natural world. Whether working as an artist, scientist, or educator, she remains committed to using creative expression as a catalyst for connection and change.
GERALDO ‘THE KING OF TRANSIT’ GONZALEZ
Geraldo Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican American artist born in 1988 and based in Wilmington, Delaware. He is first and foremost a transit artist, known colloquially as “The King of Transit.” He sources material for his artwork from his trips on local transportation systems in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Geraldo is a prolific multimedia artist, working in colored pencil, acrylic paint, watercolor, digital photography and video. He has been a member of the Creative Vision Factory in Wilmington, Delaware since its opening in 2011, fostering a mutually beneficial, long lasting relationship with the organization. Geraldo has exhibited widely throughout Delaware, in solo shows at the Creative Vision Factory and MarketPlace Gallery, and group exhibitions at the Delaware Art Museum, the Delaware Contemporary, Chris White Gallery, the Biggs Museum of American Art, Johns Williams Gallery and the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has four artworks in the University of Delaware’s permanent collection and is represented by the Koelsch Gallery in Houston, Texas. Through his frequently updated social media (@thekingoftransit), we are invited to follow the artist’s process and ever-colorful evolution.
PAUL GRECO
Paul Greco has been creating artwork since his childhood in Ardsley, New York. He attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. His artistic output is primarily abstract, spanning various mediums including painting, sculpture, collage, and found objects. Greco is a long-time artist member of the Upstream Gallery in Hastings, New York. He has held a solo exhibition at the Hudson River Museum and participated in group exhibitions at institutions such as the Bronx Museum and the Katonah Museum. His work has also been exhibited internationally. Much of Greco's art explores themes related to the ancient world, outer space, and other mysteries.
EDWARD GRIGG
PIERRE GUILLET
Pierre Guillet is a former tugboat captain and an award-winning filmmaker from The Bronx. He was raised amongst the eccentric denizens of an inner-city marina, which gave him a deep understanding of people on the fringes of society. He is currently the Director of Media at the historic Andrew Freedman Home in the Bronx. The trans drama Bristol Fashion (2022), his feature directorial debut, won Best Indie LGBTQ+ at Film Threat's Award This. His second feature, The Book of Harth (2024), won Best Documentary Feature at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Festival of Cinema NYC and at the inaugural SMODcastle Film Festival. He most recently served as an Associate Producer on the horror comedy Screamboat and Abel Ferrara's Turn in the Wound.
GEORGE GUTIERREZ
GEORGE M. GUTIÉRREZ was a New York artist, photojournalist, and curator. Mr. Gutierrez won over a hundred awards including the Pulitzer Prize. In addition to painting, and photography, his work includes OpEd Art, illustration, album cover art, drawing, collage, and assemblage. He’s been published in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and other periodicals and publications. Mr. Gutiérrez was the curator for Gallery18 at The Riverdale Y from April 2022 until he passed away in March 2024. His studio is in Yonkers, in the YoHo Artists' Lofts in the historic Carpet Mills Art District. He lived in Riverdale with his wife, Dr. Romina Carrillo Gutiérrez. @gmg423
DAVID HATHAWAY
David Hathaway (b. 1957) is a contemporary painter whose raw, gestural abstractions channel the subconscious and embrace emotional immediacy. Each piece emerges through layered experimentation, capturing unfiltered impulses and fleeting moments of clarity. Originally trained in photography at Pratt Institute, Hathaway later earned his BFA with honors in Computer Arts and Design from Mercy University in 2012. His background in visual structure and digital aesthetics informs his dynamic approach to painting. Hathaway continues to challenge boundaries, creating work that speaks viscerally—before words even enter the conversation.
CARLA HEBSCHER
Carla C. Hebscher hasn’t been in art school since the last century. Now an observer and student of life and the human condition, she never really stopped drawing—and now has more time to do so.
NOEL HEFELE
Noel Hefele is a landscape painter based in the Bronx. He works in oils, both in the field and in the studio. Hefele holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MA in Arts and Ecology from Dartington College of Arts. He is a 2021 City Artist Corps grantee and has exhibited with Yonkers Arts.
MIRIAM HENDEL
Miriam received her BFA from the University of Maryland at College Park. Exclusively a figurative painter until the early 2000s, Miriam started to explore sculpture through figurative clay classes with instructor Leslie Dor at the Westchester Arts Workshop. This is where she met Yonkers artist David Fischweicher who graciously insisted on teaching Miriam to weld. She went to his studio in 2011, made her first weld, and has been hooked on metal sculpture since. David and Miriam continue to work together at Yoho Studios. Her sculptures are made almost exclusively from found/scrap metal and other collected objects from her travels.
Miriam's work is held in private collections across the United States. A permanent installation of her work can be found at the Ludlow MetroNorth Station, Abe Cohen Plaza in Yonkers.
MACKENZIE HESLIN-SCOTT
Mackenzie “Mac” Heslin-Scott is a contemporary artist based in Lower New York. Holding a B.A. in Visual Arts and an M.A. in Public Marketing from Fordham University, she integrates photography, graphic design, and fine arts into her work, drawing inspiration from her British-Jamaican and Bronx Irish heritage.
Initially self-taught in realistic graphite drawing and painting, Mac refined her skills through formal training in photography before expanding into digital art and acrylic painting. Her work explores the interplay of light and composition, celebrating the strength and resilience of the human experience.
Today, Mac continues to evolve as an artist, using painting and illustration to express her shifting perspectives on life.
JAYLIN HILL
Jaylin Hill is an artist whose work explores emotion, contrast, and perspective through visual storytelling. Using bold color choices and natural landscapes, Jaylin creates pieces that reflect both calm and tension, often existing at the same time.
In the work featured in the Artist Showcase, elements of nature, water, trees, and mountains are used to express balance between chaos and peace. The dark sky contrasts with the brightness of the waterfall, while the vivid red trees bring intensity and life into the scene. Jaylin’s work invites viewers to look beyond what is immediately seen and consider the deeper emotions within the environment.
VICTOR IGNACIO
Víctor Ignacio is a Puerto Rican visual artist, independent researcher, and public educator. Their paintings and experimental films explore the Caribbean’s colonial histories and contemporary sociopolitical struggles. As of Spring 2026, their work was most recently featured at Westbeth Gallery, Pelham Arts Center, and Yonkers Arts. Víctor is currently working on their ‘Coloquial’ series, offering a queer perspective on popular Puerto Rican adages.
KYLE INDORF
Kyle Indorf is a mixed media artist based in New York. His work focuses on composition, tension and personal connection. Images are alchemized through various elements described as visual sampling. This approach combines a multitude of different concepts within each work.
M.C. KEV
M.C. KEV is a New York based visual artist whose work explores the intersection of contemporary culture, identity and human experience through a district and evolving visual language. His practice is rooted in painting and extends into multidisciplinary expression, reflecting a deep engagement with both personal narrative and collective consciousness. Characterized by bold compositions and a nuanced command of form, color and texture, M.C. KEV's work captures moments of tension, ambition and transformation. Each piece operates as both a visual statement and a conceptual exploration, inviting viewers to engage beyond the surface and into layered meaning. His work exists within the continuum of contemporary urban art while maintaining a refined sensibility that resonates with collectors seeking authenticity, originality and long term cultural value. Through a growing body of original works and limited editions, M.C. KEV is establishing a practice defined by intentionality, ownership and artistic legacy. Based in New York, he continues to develop a catalog that bridges fine art and modern cultural expression, position his work within both private collections and broader contemporary disclosure.
JENNIFER LLANO
Jennifer is a self taught artist and Yonkers native. Her inherent creativity and skill primarily as a painter was passed down by her late grandmother Irene Llano, who surrounded herself with hand painted murals on the walls and holiday decorations on the windows of her home in the late 50s and 60s. Jennifer's love for art started at a young age studying the biographies of Van Gogh, Pollock and Basquiat to name a few by the age of 12. Knowing the stories of those who have come before, helps pave the way for us to create our own. It is in her vigorous studying of the masters, and countless hours of practicing with many genres and mediums that has turned her into a budding artist with a hunger to perfect her skillset. Her dream is to become more established in the art industry and her passion does not fall short on making this a reality. As a painter she has contiued to mature through out the years honing in on the use of acrylic and oil. Her artwork commands the use of color and her inspirations going into a new piece are derived from her deep sense of self awareness, leaving all her fears, desires and emotions on the canvas.
SUSAN MACMURDY
Susan MacMurdy is a Bronx-based collage artist, relief printmaker, and educator. Her work has been exhibited widely in solo, curated and juried exhibitions throughout the New York metropolitan area. She is a two-time Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Award winner in 2D Mixed Media Visual Art and a 2023 artist-in-residence at The David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center in Tarrytown, NY. Her collages, linoleum prints, and wood cuts have appeared on book covers and in poetry journals and publications focused on nonviolence, spirituality, social and earth justice. Her current work contemplates the complex
relationship between Nature and the urban environment.
LINDA MENDELSON
An artist for over a half a century with work in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and Others
NANCY MENDEZ
Nancy Mendez is a Westchester-based visual artist whose work explores heritage, mysticism, and desire through richly layered mixed media. Drawing from her Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican roots, she creates evocative compositions that invite introspection and emotional projection.
YOSHIKO MORI
Yoshiko Mori was born in a family of forests in Tokyo; her last name literally means “forest.” She has been taking photographs as long as she can remember, having been influenced by her father. Her first formal training was in college, with Black and White Photography courses supplementing her Political Science degree. She has taken classes at ICP while here in New York City. She exhibits local landscapes around the city and is an active member of the arts community in her neighborhood.motivated about sharing his art and artistic vision with the community.
YOOYEON NAM
Yooyeon Nam is a South Korean-born, New York-based oil painter and Pratt Institute graduate (BFA '23, Highest Honors). Her professional trajectory includes solo presentations supported by ChaShaMa and A Space Gallery, with an extensive group exhibition record at Hal Bromm Gallery, Caelum Gallery, and international fairs including The Other Art Fair by Saatchi Art, ArtExpo New York, and ASYAAF (Seoul). A First Grand Prize winner of the Arthouse.Z Art Prize, Nam completed residencies at Ma’s House & BIPOC Art Studio, AnkhLave, Woodstock Byrdcliffe, ChaNorth, and the School of Visual Arts (SVA). Beyond her studio, she served as a Lead Facilitator for workshops at Ma’s House, Yonkers Arts, and Governors Island, and currently holds a leadership role as Co-Director of Office Space Gallery.
JINAN NASEERA
Jinan Nasseera is a portrait artist working in oil pastel and oil paint. Beginning her practice in 2025, she entered the art world through instinct, curiosity, and a long-standing pull toward creative expression. Her work is rooted in the human face as a site of story, emotion, and memory. Through layered texture, depth, and expressive detail, Jinan explores the inner life of her subjects, capturing both likeness and emotional presence. As a self-taught artist, her practice is deeply tied to personal evolution, seeing art as both a process of witnessing others and discovering herself.
JESSICA OLIVIERA
Imitating the unreliable and fluctuating nature of her memory, Jessica Oliveira (b. 2000, Yonkers, NY) works to develop worlds that were once familiar to her, perhaps even familiarizing herself with her past once again, through her artistic process. Jessica is translating her lived experiences into a larger conversation related to the importance of our memories. In remembering, we can reflect and in reflection we can learn. Assessing what we think is true, is vital. Jessica is assessing how different people, places and objects are remembered and what happens to a memory over time. Jessica obtained her BFA Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts, is a practicing artist and is an art educator. Jessica greatest goal is to continue creating and sharing her work with others, with the goal to make others feel.
ERWIN ONG
Erwin Ong is a multidisciplinary artist based in White Plains, New York. He creates bright, joyful illustrations, murals, and mixed-media objects—from zines, to wood and cardboard sculptures, to ceramic figurines—shaped by memory and imagination. Through his studio, A Duck Amuck, Erwin develops both personal artwork and community-centered projects. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions across Westchester, Rockland, New York City, and Connecticut, including Queen City Art Gallery (Montefiore New Rochelle), Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Stamford Art Association, Yonkers Arts, and Grumpy Bert’s annual Red Envelope Show in Manhattan. He has created public murals in Yonkers, White Plains, and Wilton, CT, and collaborates with community partners on projects that celebrate creativity, connection, and belonging..
TATYANA POLYAK
Tatyana Polyak’s art depicts the world around her, from everyday items to faraway places. Once the idea sparks her imagination, she starts with a simple sketch and progresses with the layers of color. Her artworks are primarily landscapes and still life. One inspiration for her art comes from visiting the remote Italian countryside. Tatyana is mesmerized by walking around the centuries-old sites while taking in the explosion of natural colors and the play of light, the chaos of streets, structures, and people. Yet, with the pace of modernity pressing on, these serene and seemingly frozen-in-time towns and hills look vulnerable in their beauty. This fragile beauty moves her to show it in her artwork. Another source of inspiration for her art are objects created by nature. The peculiarity of texture, the stillness of form, and the mysteries of shadows are the high points that inspire her creativity. Tatyana lives in Northern Westchester, NY and is actively involved in the local art communities such as Peekskill Arts Alliance, Garrison Arts Center, Mamaroneck Artists Guild. She exhibits in the group shows and participates in the art workshops. Before becoming an artist, Tatyana was writing about the art scene in and around NYC. Art was her passion throughout her life. From museums, exhibitions, lectures to books and classes, art is a constant presence for her. At first, creating art was driven by a subconscious need to heal and calm. With time, it is becoming a way to observe and understand. ART=LIFE
AZEKIWE PROVIDENCE
Azekiwe Providence is a street photographer and Hip-Hop scholar documenting the everyday beauty and cultural resilience of New York City’s underserved and marginalized communities. His photographs chronicle the lived experience of these neighborhoods using visual and written language as tools for public education and collective memory. Trained in art history with a specialization in graffiti, Azekiwe integrates scholarship and practice across teaching and community programs. He also documents mural festivals and public art initiatives throughout the city, preserving the process and impact of large-scale community beautification. His work foregrounds cultural continuity and creative agency, positioning photography as both archive and classroom—an accessible medium for exploring identity, place, and social history.
JOHANA RAMIREZ
Johana Ramirez is a mixed-media artist from Yonkers, New York. Her work explores the intertwined nature of identity, upbringing, and environment. Ramirez uses nostalgic and discarded materials like crayons, markers, and cardboard. She creates colorful works on handmade surfaces that mirror the fluidity of memory and reflection.
ASHLEY ROMAGNO
Ashley is a self-taught artist based in Carmel, NY, specializing in fluid art. She’s drawn to the natural movement and flow of paint, letting each piece develop in its own way. Her work is inspired by color, motion, liveliness, and a bit of unpredictability, leaning into the balance between intention and chaos.
ATLAS ROSE
27 year old parent who likes to explore multiple digital medias like digital painting, cartoon illustration, and vector art.
LILA ROSE
Lila Rose is a multidisciplinary artist influenced by my artistic inspirations, which include music, spirituality, travel, and nature. Much of my work uses acrylic, the first paint I ever used, and I love that I can use my hand when needed to really add myself to my work. It’s very versatile, from the different ways I can add texture to backgrounds to the realism of a person’s skin. My work's influences are my culture, dreams, spirituality, music, nature, travel, and, of course, food! I create fun subjects, like my art piece “Everyone Loves Donuts!”, a 10x10 mixed-media piece featuring my family as different-flavor donuts. I created this piece in January 2024 to challenge myself by trying food realism and creating something relaxing yet fun. In 2023, I started a concept journal to give myself a space to brainstorm the concepts for my artworks, due to my vivid dreams, during the day and night, basically all the time—to ensure the messages I want to convey come through to the viewer and that the emotions are felt through the canvas. My artistic goal is to define what being a successful artist means to me and to work toward the art career I want for myself.
ERWIN ONG & DAVID ROSEN
In the Spring 2024, Erwin, illustrator, surface design artist, and muralist, and David, ceramic artist, met at an art fair in Cold Spring, N.Y. Together, they are working to produce one-of-a-kind, fun and functional ceramic art. We hope you find a way to enjoy them everyday! About Erwin Ong Erwin Ong is a multidisciplinary artist based in White Plains, New York. He creates bright, joyful illustrations, murals, and mixed-media objects—from zines, to wood and cardboard sculptures, to ceramic figurines—shaped by memory and imagination. About David Rosen & Mad Dog Ceramics David is a ceramic artist working out of his studio in Yonkers, N.Y. He began working with clay as a boy growing up in Tucson. He continued his love for ceramics in the 1980s and helped create the Chelsea Ceramics Guild in Manhattan in 1987. Some of his influences are old Max Fleischer cartoons, balsa wood model plane building, and playing in the mud as a boy in Tucson after a rare rainstorm. Mad Dog Ceramics and the work David creates in his studio are dedicated to his favorite ceramics teacher, Joy Jonsann.
DEBORAH RYAN
27 year old parent who likes to explore multiple digital medias like digital painting, cartoon illustration, and vector art.
WILFREDO SANTIAGO
Born to Puerto Rican parents and raised in the Bronx. I've been creating art since I was in fourth grade. I was accepted to the High School of Art and Design. After graduation, I attended a summer art program at Cooper Union. That fall season, I started my journey at the University of the Arts. I studied many art forms and graduated with a BFA in Illustration. I now work for the Board of Education and teach art to older adults at Brooklyn Public Library branches. I work with watercolor, ballpoint, color pencil, acrylic, scratchboard, and pyrography. I started doing pyrography eight years ago, when I purchased a beginner's tool for wood burning. I began doing research on other pyrographers and realized that there were more professional wood burning tools. After working with my first professional wood burning kit, I fell in love with the process of making art. On top of enjoying the process I noticed that pyrography is not seen as much in an urban environment. I wanted to bring that rare, raw, rustic, art form to modern culture. I have been lucky to have my own solo show at Boricua College and to have some of my pieces show at few galleries, including Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition {BWAC}, Greenpoint Gallery, the Islip Gallery and the D. Velez Gallery. I enjoy creating custom art for people. Knowing that they will forever have a piece of my art that I created with love, brings me a lot of pleasure. I also enjoy and love creating art that reminds me of my Hispanic Heritage. Wilfredo Santiago Brooklyn
MYA SEWARD
I am a mixed media artist. I experiment with oil paint, collage, printmaking, and photography. I earned my BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 2022. My practice focuses on incorporating these techniques to explore overlooked aspects of urban life. I am deeply interested in process, observation, and exploration. My work often begins with close attention to everyday environments, such as traces of graffiti, worn industrial surfaces, objects, and quiet, forgotten spaces. These elements become starting points for creative investigation, and I use this curiosity as part of the art making process. I see art as a way to document experience, to slow down and absorb details that might otherwise be missed. I love experimenting with various materials to reflect these discoveries, bringing together different moments and places into visual narratives.
DENNIS SHELTON
Dennis Shelton is a long-time Bronx resident. He attended and graduated from the High School of Art and Designs majoring in Package Design. Dennis completed his undergraduate and graduate studies in art, art education, and printmaking at Lehman College. Dennis taught art at John F. Kennedy High School for over 35 years He creates art using found objects, hand cut collages, wood assemblages and mixed media art. Dennis has had solo shows at Gallery 18, Riverdale Yonkers Ethical Culture Center, and the Riverdale Senior Services Center. He won first and second place ribbons in Mixed Media and Drawing at the Vintage Artists Show. Dennis has also exhibited in group shows at Blue Door Art Center, Riverfront Gallery, Riverdale Yonkers Ethical Culture Center, Metro Urgicare in Skyview Mall, Gallery 505, Beth El Temple in New Rochelle, Rye Art Center, the art gallery in the State Building in Harlem, NY and the Poe Art Center in the Bronx. Dennis Shelton is the former president of the Riverdale Art Association where he served for two years. He is passionate and extremely motivated about sharing his art and artistic vision with the community.
INEZ SIEBEN
Born in Belgium, Inez Sieben is a New York-based visual artist whose work is vibrant and colorful. Her work tells a story, makes a point, captures a feeling, and is often infused with humor. It is deeply influenced by the multiple cultures in which she was raised, including in South America, Europe, and the Far East. She mostly works in acrylic and gouache, but other media often make their way into her art. She studied art as a young adult in Strasbourg, France, but life pushed her on a path that culminated in a rewarding career in Public Health. Able to renew her artistic pursuits at last, she studies under Eleanor Grace Miller. She has had solo and group exhibits in France, New York City and Westchester County. Follow her on Instagram @inez7.art or visit her website at www.inez7.art.
HARAMRITJOT SINGH
Haramritjot Singh is a New York–based artist and creative director whose work is shaped by his Punjabi and Sikh identity, as well as his upbringing in New York City. Working primarily in acrylic on canvas, his practice explores themes of identity, labor, and cultural memory through a bold and expressive visual language. Singh often positions New York as both subject and symbol within his work. In an ongoing series, he translates lyrics about New York City from popular music into visual form, transforming familiar words into imagined landscapes and moments. His piece But for Now Heaven’s in New York embodies this approach, reimagining the Empire State Building through a dreamlike and monumental lens as a personal love letter to the city he calls home. A recurring focus in Singh’s practice is the depiction of hands as both symbolic and literal tools for engaging with the world. This motif pays homage to blue-collar labor and generational work, drawing from his grandfathers’ lives as farmers in India and his father’s work in the construction industry in New York City. Beyond his studio practice, Singh is the founder of Cash Cow NYC, where he extends his artistic vision into community-centered projects across the city, using design and storytelling to build identity, celebrate youth, and bring art into everyday life.
ARTHUR L. SYMES
Art earned the Bachelor of Art degree from Howard University and the Doctor of Architecture from University of Michigan. He spent most of his career as administrator of educational entities. Post retirement endeavors had been that of actor for TV commercials and print modeling. Art was also a gifted stone sculptor and carved the front entrance of the “Boys New Building” from a fallen keystone of that 1924 building. This was on the campus of the now closed boarding school he attended, at MTIS, Bordentown , NJ for junior and senior high school. Art’s passion for education, his art, his talent, his community advocacy and his being is a testament to his life.
EMLYN TAVERAS
Emlyn Taveras is a New York based artist and educator with over 25 years of experience creating multimedia works of art, and immersive art experiences. Emlyn Taveras has dedicated her career to expanding access to the arts through major projects spanning over two decades. Her work includes serving as creative director and installation artist, leading the transformation of a historic South Bronx gentlemen's club into an International Cultures and Arts school and, most recently, reimagining a famed piano factory as a dual-language creative arts high school. Her global practice includes immersive arts residencies in the South of France and Colombia, alongside impactful public art initiatives. Based in Mount Vernon, New York, where she maintains her studio and hosts community events, she is also the co-founder of the Village of Pelham Council of the Arts and contributes her leadership on several arts boards across the state. As an artist and educator with over 25 years of experience in multimedia art, public installations, and storytelling. Her work weaves together themes of identity and heritage, transforming buildings and spaces into powerful environments that foster dialogue and connection. She collaborates with communities, organizations, and institutions to create projects that honor cultural narratives while inspiring progress and unity.
TEDF
I have loved and explored a multitude of mediums and I am eager to test my artistic prowess in as many avenues as possible. Having predominantly practiced relief printmaking for ten years, I’ve developed an unorthodox method of implementing its key tenets; carving but not printing. I fancy the permanence felt through the weight and volume of a mounted linoleum block, I consider it the final artwork. It allows me to experiment with color more freely without destroying the block itself while also providing a more tangible sense of confidence as the block communicates assurance with every cut, scrape, or break. I am largely inspired by musicians and athletes. Moments of spontaneity in the development of melodies and the unpredictable nature of sport capture my attention. I employ this spontaneity in my artistic process by using creative energy to execute each piece directly, forgoing a sketch/proof of concept stage. I find the initial excitement felt at the inception of an idea wasted on any structured plan. A common throughline in most if not all my work is spectacle. I want to create an immense amount of movement and detail in each piece, dragging the viewer’s eyes across every inch of linoleum. I endeavor to do this by flooding each piece with striking colors or dynamic cuts. I also try to tell jokes with my pieces. I believe the fine art realm is often too self-serious and runs the risk of falling into pretentiousness. My artistic philosophy is amusement before statement; or amusement through statement. I fear a viewer’s scowl or indifference. My work typically centers around recollection. of late I have been seduced by the prospect of sharing little known Jamaican culture with the world. My work endeavors to introduce outside viewers to my Jamaican heritage and pride in a palatable and welcoming manner. I communicate this by presenting Jamaican cultural identity through subtlety; prompting viewers to investigate the choices made in each piece. My ultimate goal as an artist is to amuse a viewer through engaging introspection, humor and/or spectacle.
DOROTHY TRUJILLO
Dorothy Trujillo (b. 2004, Yonkers, New York) received her associates in Fine Arts in 2024 at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is currently attending FIT for her bachelors. Her main discipline is painting, using primarily acrylic. She also has interests in printmaking, focusing on linocut, woodblock, intaglio, monotype, and cyanotype. Currently she is working on her Senior Thesis, which centers around the complexities of the human identity. She currently resides in Yonkers with two parakeets.
MATTHEW TUROV
I was born in Oceanside, Long Island in 1952 and have lived in NYC since 1972, every borough except Staten Island. Since 2001 my wife Debbi and I have called Riverdale home. I began painting while in my late teens although I began drawing much earlier. I was exposed to art at a very young age when my dad would take us to museums. I fell in love with ancient Egyptian art at the Met and the Brooklyn Museum. At the Guggenheim and MoMa I embraced twentieth century modernism. I grew up in the suburbs but we had relatives who lived in NYC and upstate NY. I was thus exposed to different densities and proportions, of population and of nature. I studied at the Art Students League, drawing with Robert Beverly Hale, painting with Knox Martin, clay sculpture with Leonid Lerman, among others. At Hunter College I studied painting and color theory with Sanford Wurmfeld while attaining a BA in Studio Art. I’m very fond of traveling and have taken many domestic and international trips. Living near Van Cortlandt Park has enabled me to explore nature close to home. I’ve exhibited my paintings in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Yonkers, Peekskill, Cold Spring and Narrowsburg, NY. My paintings are in collections in NYC, Westchester, Sullivan County, New Jersey and Denmark. I explore the interaction between nature-based and system-based forms within a vibrant spectrum of colors. I delve into line, rhythm, hue, luminosity and harmony, seeking a balance between emotion and perception, joy and logic, the intuitive and the analytical. A central theme in my work is the continuity of line, serving as a foundation upon which shapes emerge as planes of color, intertwined with linear and curvilinear movement. My practice is marked by an enduring fascination with the contrast between the seemingly eternal forms of ancient Egyptian art and the perpetual dynamism depicted in Futurism. Lines & colors intertwine to create arrangements that perpetually interact, embodying both suspended motion and continuous movement. I'm in love with colors and the virtually endless ways they relate to each other. www.matthewturov.com
DEVON VALENTIN-DIXON
DEVON VALENTIN-DIXON was born and raised in the Bronx. Though primarily working with paint as a medium, she is no stranger to photography, print-making and mixed media, and enjoys blending techniques and materials. She draws inspiration heavily from pop culture, and life in New York City. She has shown her work at Gallery18, Yonkers Arts, the Bronx Social Center in collaboration with the Odiosas Collective, and at Lehman College in support of the Robin Hood Organization.
TASHA WILLIAMS
Tasha Williams is an artist, illustrator and multi-hyphenate creative whose work celebrates Black women through a vibrant, colorful lens. Using a playful, cartoon-inspired style, Williams creates worlds filled with bold palettes, expressive characters, and a sense of lighthearted imagination that feels both nostalgic and contemporary.
YONKERSTOMTHEARTIST
Yonkerstomtheartist turns nostalgia into living art. Born and raised in Yonkers, he transforms sports cards and pop culture into bold mixed-media creations, from his signature patch frame cards, where real team patches power players bursting off the card, to dynamic sports paintings and vibrant pop culture & retro series works. His art carries the raw, electric energy of the NY sports fans.