TRIENNIAL SCULPTURE REVIEW
Yonkers Arts is proud to present its inaugural Triennial Sculpture Review, a major, landmark exhibition celebrating the rich and diverse world of contemporary three-dimensional art.
This prestigious review showcases the innovative works of sculptors from all backgrounds and career stages, offering viewers a comprehensive look at the state of sculpture today.
The Yonkers Arts Triennial Sculpture Review is designed as a dynamic platform to celebrate the full breadth of modern sculptural practice. The works on display have been selected for their ability to challenge perceptions, deeply engage with space, and ignite a meaningful dialogue within our community and beyond.
This exhibition highlights the transformative power of sculpture—its unique capacity to reflect on, question, and ultimately reshape our understanding of the world. Join us to experience the vital energy and compelling vision of contemporary sculpture.
Visit the exhibition during our gallery hours beginning Friday, October 17th, 2025 until Saturday, December 27th, 2025:
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!
SHERWIN BANFIELD
Sherwin Banfield is a Queens, NY-based mixed-media artist whose recent work explores journeys of identity and ancestry. Sherwin's creative practice tends to deconstruct the imaginative and physical journey of identity within his preferred subject matter, the human experience. While exploring the journey of his subject, he would seek to draw a connection between their personal stories and established culture, frequently imposing mythological and imaginative ideas as accessories within his sculptures. Recent projects build upon experimental ideas of incorporating various mixed materials with traditional sculpture, as well as lighting, sound, and solar power, which he refers to as Sustainable Sonic Sculpture.
www.sherwinbanfield.com
SHANEQUA BENITEZ
My art is my heart, my pain, my love, my fears, my doubts, my beliefs, my traumas, and my purpose! My creative process stems from my emotions, current events, things I’ve witnessed and things I’ve experienced. “Never Conform” is a way of life for me and I include it in my work often.Working on art is my one true way of being true to who I am and what I stand for, never conforming to the norm.
When I start new work my first question to self is, “how do I feel?”. The process usually starts with some kind of reference materials. I like using books, magazines, tv, current events, and real life experiences. I consider my paintings neo-Impressionism. I reject the traditional standards of composition and design while conveying emotion and meaning rather than reality. Working with oil paint sticks gives me the freedom I need to really bring the details I’m feeling to life on the canvas. The materials I prefer are acrylic paint, oil paint sticks, Textiles and mixed media materials.
MADISON BERRY
Madison Berry is a Visual Artist and Art Teacher. Madison has dedicated her life to the process of creating art and teaching others the benefits of expression. After graduating from SUNY New Paltz with a Bachelor’s in Arts Education, she received her Master's in Arts & Cultural Management from Pratt Institute.
She is a High School Art Teacher in New Jersey and teaches her students to explore their creativity in Ceramics, Sculpture, and Photography. She teaches graduate courses at The Art of Education University and is a Ceramics Instructor at Mud Clay Studios in New Jersey. Madison's artistic inspiration comes from the beauty and whimsy of life.
KY BETHEIL
Ky holds a BA from SUNY Purchase in Media, Philosophy & The Arts. Ky has apprenticed with world-class kiln-forming artisans including Dorothy Hafner and Connor McGuinn. Ky has mastered a variety of mediums including paper, textiles, stagecraft, bronze, painting, ceramics & glass. Their body of work focuses on the intersection of craft, high art and science.
During their time at SUNY Purchase, Ky researched the divide (or lack thereof) between art and craft. Their work strives to bridge the gap between functional and art objects.
KRAIG BLUE
K. A. Blue is an award-winning visual artist, teacher, and musician.
BFA - Laguna College of Art & Design 2015
MFA - City University of New York (2019)
He was born and raised in The Bronx, New York, and now travels between New York and Los Angeles.
He has exhibited in New York, Washington DC, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Los Angeles for twenty-two years.
NOA BORNSTEIN
Painter and sculptor Noa Bornstein was born in San Rafael, California, and grew up in Los Angeles. She works in pursuit of a shape, a form, a feeling, inspired by human beings and our fellow creatures. Bornstein moved to NY from Europe in 1986 after studying for her 100’long mural Magritte in Los Angeles, toured Belgium, and traveled to Vienna, Austria. Another early mural is the 43’ high by 90’ long, Striving Together for the Harlem Rehabilitation Center in NY in 1987.
Group exhibitions since 2005 to the present include Sculpturesite Gallery in San Francisco; The Walter Randel Gallery in Manhattan; the Rotunda Gallery and Holland Tunnel Gallery in Brooklyn; the Atelier Fine Art Gallery and Toad Hall Gallery at Grounds For Sculpture in New Jersey and the Vital Arts Studios in Queens .
Public sculptures include Live Well! and the life-size bronze, Peace Gorilla, currently installed at Kingsland Wildflowers at Broadway Stages in Brooklyn, the sculpture’s third placement since its installation at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza across from the UN. The sculpture is mounted on a base with the word “friend” in 90 languages.
For many years, Bornstein’s daily life included TNR (trap, neuter, return) and caring for, taming , and homing “street” cats. Their physical presence, individual personalities, and the sense that they have an inner life has continued to inspire works. The multifarious shapes and presences of wild animals also continues to fascinate her, while their world of “survival of the fittest” is hard to bear witness to. So too is the agony of watching from the same screen the way human beings are capable of treating each other—another theme in Bornstein’s oeuvre.
Her public art has been featured in Art in America, Artnews, The Los Angeles Times,
The New York Times and Le Soir (Brussels).
MICHAEL CUOMO
Born in the Bronx in 1974, Michael Cuomo discovered his artistic talent in 2002. He transitioned from crayons to oil painting, exploring various techniques. Cuomo's art blends intuition and learning, reflecting his spiritual journey. His creative process involves channeling higher energies and expressing universal truths. Committed to sharing his passion, Cuomo teaches art to seniors and children, believing in the transformative power of art. His long-term goal is to establish a center for creative learning.
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).
MICHELLE FRICK
Michelle Frick was born in Queens, NY. She has exhibited in New York and internationally in cities such as Rome. She is a recipient of the Artist in the Marketplace fellowship from The Bronx Museum of the Arts (2008), the BRIO grant (2008 and 2024), the Rogalski Award (2022), the Howard C.H. Award (2022), and nominated for the Dedalus Fellowship (2023). Her video “Chatter” was screened at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club’s 2023 Puppet Slam in New York.
Frick has received multiple 4heads residencies on Governors Island (2013-2021) and the Critical Feedback Residency at Trestle Art Space (2020). Her work has been featured in Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities and written about in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Hyperallergic. Frick is an artist instructor at Studio in a School New York. She lives in the Bronx.
LISA LEE FREEMAN
Lisa Lee Freeman is a visual artist based in Westchester County, N.Y. She earned her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in 2022 after attending a residency at the school. Her art has appeared in numerous exhibitions and is featured in Wayfinding, an award-winning documentary film. Freeman is a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists and maintains a studio at ArtsWestchester's landmark building in White Plains, NY. The research, materials, and visual references Freeman uses in her art practice are inspired by her background in journalism and her research in the fields of cartography, geography, and data visualization.
LESLIE GARCIA
I am Leslie Garcia, a first-generation artist from Yonkers, New York, who graduated with a degree in Environmental Science and a minor in Studio Arts. My creative journey is fueled by a diverse array of mediums, including watercolor, acrylic, oil pastel, charcoal, and clay.
Nature's raw beauty, human anatomy, and the organic world serve as my muse, guiding my artistic expression. My fascination with art blossomed at an early age. Throughout my academic career, I actively engaged in various art endeavors, from painting murals to publishing designs. While my academic path initially led me to explore environmental science, my heart remained anchored in the world of art. Seeking balance amidst the rigors of scientific inquiry, I delved into sculpture and drawing classes, finding solace and inspiration in the tactile nature of creation.
As I continue to hone my craft through advanced courses, I am committed to bridging the realms of art and science, seamlessly intertwining creativity with ecological advocacy. Whether as a student, scientist, environmentalist, or educator, I remain steadfast in my dedication to harnessing the power of art to inspire change and illuminate the beauty of our world.
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.
HUI-YING TSAI & JONATHAN GROVER
Circuladium is a new media art duo based in Brooklyn. It was formed by Hui-Ying Tsai and Jonathan Grover in 2018. Both artists gained their MFA in New Genres and Design and Technology, respectively, from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2009. When not working as a duo, they work independently on diverse subjects and media and collaborate with other artists and professionals.
Hui-Ying Tsai is an internationally active Taiwanese American interdisciplinary artist. Her public collections include the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts and the Taitung Art Museum. She is a fellow of MacDowell Colony, Joan Mitchell Foundation, MASS MoCA, Sculpture Space, Yingge Ceramic Museum, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, The Vermont Studio Center, The Millay Arts, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Pier-2 Arts Center, Cheng Long Wetlands International Art Project, Red Bull Arts Detroit, Guandu International Nature Art Residency, the Antenna: Spillways Residency, and Fresh Winds Biennale, Art in Country of Tokyo to name a few.
Jonathan Grover is a burgeoning new media and sound artist renowned for interactive sculptures. Grover secured an MFA grant from the San Francisco Art Institute. His artistic contributions have been featured in Creative Quarterly and The San Francisco Chronicle, alongside appearances on NBC Bay Area Arts. Presently based in Brooklyn, New York, Jonathan is dedicated to crafting distinctive sculptures and installations tailored for public engagement, thereby contributing to the dynamic landscape of contemporary art.
Together, Circuladium received the Excellent Award of 2018 Austronesian International Arts Award and the 2021 Hualien Art Award. The Taitung Museum of Art in Taiwan acquired their work in 2018, and it is permanently on display in Taitung County Cultural Affairs Bureau Library in Taiwan.
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
STEFANIE HAINING
Stefanie Haining is a Brooklyn-based artist working predominantly in ceramics. She creates handbuilt sculptural objects that explore the stories and emotions embedded in keepsakes, souvenirs, and everyday objects. Playful and visually engaging, her work invites reflection on memory, identity, and the personal narratives we carry. With a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and over 20 years as a creative director in the fashion and beauty industries, Stefanie combines craftsmanship, narrative sophistication, and a distinctive illustrative style in her ceramic practice.
https://www.stefaniehaining.com
ELIZABETH HANSON
Elizabeth Hanson earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Studio Art with a Concentration in Ceramics from Queens College- CUNY. She currently works as a Hand-Building Instructor and Studio Technician at The Potters Wheel in Kew Gardens, NY. Her ceramics are playful and capture moments of humor and resilience. Her work can be seen on Instagram @elizabethsceramics or online at elizabethsceramics.com.
LINDA HELLER
In 2014, at the age of 70 I began making ceramics and found it to be the perfect medium for my storytelling.I spent a three-month ceramic residency at La Meridiana in Certaldo, Italy in 2019. I was awarded a one-month residency at the Faenza Art Center for Ceramics in Italy during June 2023 where I studied the art of majolica. I completed a three-month residency at FACC in mid-December, 2024 . At the end of my stay, I exhibited my work at a two-person show sponsored by Ente Ceramica Faenza with support from FACC.
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.
NOEL HENNELLY
I make freestanding and wall-mounted artworks of wood, metal, digital prints and steel fasteners. The pieces incorporate hand cut shapes, using traditional carpentry, assemblage and hand painted elements. Other pieces incorporate photographic images both original and collected, drawn from classical sculpture, NASA images and natural forms. The images are manipulated digitally using halftones and drawn elements, then hand painted. Metal supports and found objects feature as both structure and embellishment. There are three categories of interest in my practice: nature and the machine, celestial objects, and votives. I think of each work as a vessel for containing spiritual forces, bolts and washers representing oaths of protection and other elements referencing time, culture and our connection
to the planet.
JANE HOUSE
Artist Jane House’s life trajectory includes professional theatre and translation. She began sculpting in 2015. Her sculpture has been shown at the Blue Door Art Center, the Upstream Gallery, and the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery of the Art Students League. Her artwork in other media is also frequently exhibited with the Riverdale Art Association.
EVGENIYA KOROTCHENKO
Evgeniya Korotchenko (b. 1985) is a visual artist with a PhD in Psychology based in San Francisco.
Evgeniya grew up in Ukraine, studied research psychology and semantics of art in Russia. She moved to Mexico in 2021 and then this year again moved to live and work in San Francisco. She shifted her professional focus toward sculptural ceramics after working in research psychology and social studies, continuing to explore psychological phenomena through this medium and her own practice.
In Mexico, she had several collective and solo exhibitions and sculptural performances. Her abstract modular sculpture got 1st place in the competition “Science and Art” by SIIDETEY (Yucatan Science and Technology System) in the category "Sculpture" in 2023.
KRISTEN MARTIN-AARNIO
Kristen Martin-Aarnio (b. 1983, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA) is a mixed-media painter, sculptor and performance artist. She recently received the individual artist finalist award from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for her sculptural work. Kristen holds art degrees from Greenfield Community College in Massachusetts and the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is an active member of ProArts NJ and the National Association of Women Artists. Throughout her career, Kristen has participated in numerous exhibitions, including those at the Queens Museum of Art in New York, the New Jersey State Museum, the Venice Biennale in Italy, ICA Watershed in Boston, and the Monmouth Museum in New Jersey. Currently, she resides in Bayonne, New Jersey, and has an art studio at Project Studios in Jersey City, NJ.
NANCY MENDEZ
Westchester, New York based Visual Artist, Nancy Mendez, has been creating Art since childhood.
Drawing inspiration from her Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican heritage, her love for music, nature, and mysticism, Nancy’s work is distinguished by an ever-present current of Eros, the same passion that fuels her life.
A free spirited and eccentric being, Nancy’s work could only be partially understood through her unique approach of mixed media usage and raw emotions.
Her work embodies an elusive magical world, where she makes her works more personal to her viewers, forcing them to project their own feelings and emotions onto each character in her enchanting creations.
Nancy has also trained as a teacher, attaining an MA in Art ED from Lehman College, and is eager to continue sharing her passion for art with students, understanding that artistic creativity has the power to nurture and unite. It has been through art that she has been able to find the meaning of life.
NATALYA NYN
Natalya Nyn is a Russian-born, Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist whose work explores mindfulness, the interplay between technology and nature, and the resilience of the earth and body. Through sculptural forms in papier-mâché, painting, and textile art, she creates tactile, immersive experiences that invite a more vivid connection to the natural world and the human body.
She holds a BFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology and has exhibited with The Garment District Alliance, Image Gallery, Fem Factory, and FIT. She has curated Love Games & Barbie Does Puberty and received the Made in NY Women’s Fund. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue Italia, Glamour Germany, and on HBO’s GIRLS and High Maintenance.
natalyanyn.com
LUIS PERELMAN
Formally trained as an architect, he received a degree from Columbia University, and worked in architecture and city planning for many years. Luis has been director of The Blue Door Art Center, a not-for-profit art organization in Westchester County, New York since 2002, and has organized numerous exhibitions throughout the county. He has worked in a variety of media including watercolor, painting, assemblage, and sculpture. Perelman’s approach to art is the exploration of space and form. His most recent work uses layers of metal made into geometric shapes. Perelman’s work has been exhibited in museums in New York and the Northeast. His works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Neuberger Museum of Art, Honolulu Museum of Art, and others. His work has been exhibited in the Leo Castelli, O.K. Harris, and Allan Stone Galleries. In addition he is in many private collections including those of Roy Neuberger, Phillip Johnson and I. M. Pei.
SOLI PIERCE
Soli Pierce is an interdisciplinary artist known for her compelling work across sculpture, encaustics, installation, video, and photo-based works. Her practice is driven by a deep reverence for nature, exploring timeless themes of time, mystery, and spiritual introspection, often symbolized by the recurring circle motif. She is particularly acclaimed for her immersive sound and sculptural installations, which seek to bridge environmental and personal consciousness, offering moments of stillness in a fractured world. Pierce is continuing her work with prestigious placements as a 2025 artist-in-residence at Kino Saito in New York and at Jentel in Wyoming.
A highlight of her recent output is The Sound Forest installation series, a large-scale collaboration with sonic artist Bruce Odland. This tactile, nature-based project, which uses wood, encaustic, and beeswax to invite meditative interaction, was supported by multiple grants and presented at venues including the Hammond Museum, ArtsWestchester, and KinoSaito Arts Center (2024–2025). Pierce established her career in the early 1980s with acclaimed video and multimedia work, including the internationally exhibited Merrill & Pierce collaboration and her work as an adjunct professor of photography at NYU. Her current focus on nature-based installations builds directly upon this foundation of technological innovation and deep thematic exploration.
LIBRADO ROMERO
Librado “Lee” Romero spends his days painting the Hudson River from his window in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx, as well as scenes conjured by his imagination from his childhood in Calexico, California from his studio in Yonkers. “Everyone is born an artist,” he declares. He has been drawing and painting since childhood, exhibiting both photography and paintings in Europe, Mexico, and the United States, throughout his long and successful career as a photojournalist.
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!
Erwin is an illustrator, surface design artist, and muralist based in White Plains, New York. His bright and happy character-based illustrations are influenced by a love for nature, food, and city living.
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.
GWYNETH SCALLY
Gwyneth Scally was born and raised in Washington, D.C, and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Her work is deeply informed by the places of her childhood, referencing the Neoclassical architecture of Washington DC, the romantic English countryside where her extended family lives, and the great Western wildernesses where she spent her early adulthood. Born of an Italian-American mother and an English émigré father escaping the post WWII devastation of London, she is interested in how the idea of American wilderness attracts outsiders looking to pinpoint American identity through a romantic lens. The artist’s father was a journalist in the United States Senate, and as a little girl she played in the press gallery above senators in session and developed a fascination with the marble carvings and massive paintings housed in Capitol Hill. As a result, she developed an early interest in the links between art/ architecture and national identity. The artist received her MFA in painting from the University of Arizona and has exhibited internationally, receiving numerous fellowships, scholarships and awards. She has attended several artists’ residencies, including the Process-Space Festival Artists Residency in Balchik, Bulgaria (2008), the Pouch Cove Foundation Artists’ Residency in Newfoundland, Canada (2007), the Red Gate Gallery of Beijing Visual Artists’ Residency in Beijing, China (2004), and workshops at Anderson Ranch, Colorado (2023) and Byrdcliffe Artists Guild (2025). She currently teaches art and art history at Bronx Community College, and maintains a rigorous practice of painting and sculpting.
ERIKA SHALLCROSS
Erika Shallcross is an artist and photographer based in the Bronx
BRIANNA SKAI
Brianna Hernandez is an interdisciplinary artist and a rising junior in the Combined Degree Program at Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. She is based between NYC, where she was born and raised, Yonkers, NY, and Boston, MA. Her work is grounded in a multimedia practice driven by acquiring and strengthening skills that span from painting, sculpture, installation, printmaking, jewelry, video, textiles, and any other material she feels inspired by. Brianna primarily explores themes of identity, memory, nostalgia, and the nuances of growing up, pulling from personal stories and reflecting on the ways they intersect with broader cultural experiences.
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. Also, he was an Adjunct Professor in the Education Department at Lehman College, teaching early childhood and elementary school teachers.
He devoted himself to modeling the art process, through his artwork and his love of art. Dennis is responsible for multiple future artists and teachers. Officially retired from teaching in 2016, he has continued to produce artwork on a full-time basis.
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, 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.
MAYBELLINE UREÑA FELIZ
My name is Maybelline Ureña Feliz, and art has been part of my identity for as long as I can remember. I studied drawing, portraiture, and color theory at the Fine Arts Academy in Santo Domingo and the Guillo Pérez Art Academy.
Since moving to Westchester, I’ve found a vibrant and supportive community that continues to fuel my creativity. As an ArtsWestchester Art Ambassador, I contribute to events like ArtsMobile while developing my own business and website, where I’ll showcase handcrafted creations launching in 2026.
When I’m not making art, I’m practicing yoga or meditating by the Hudson River—always staying connected to the inspiration around me.
CHRIS WATTS
Watts, a New York-based artist, delves into the language of the spiritual; exploring the power of and the relationship we have with the unseen.
Having lived in San Francisco for nearly a decade, Watts has carved his own lane, initiating and organizing multi-dimensional experiences outside the confines of traditional galleries. Driven by a desire to enhance our connection to the mystical, he has created an alphabet and number system inspired by hieroglyphs, to cultivate our intuitive awareness. Watts’ work invites viewers on a mystical journey, beyond the spoken word and into the realm of the unseen; using creation and intuition as a vehicle to experience total consciousness.
ERIK X
Previously featured artist venturing into new mediums while transforming my style and projecting it into new dimensions