Ivana Mensah-Agyekum

Ivana is an artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. She works with image, movement, sound, and space. Recently, she has been making drawings and songs that express awe. She is interested in Akan mythology, religious iconography, symbolism, Truth, subtle bodies, language, dreams, inward/outward looking, and how parts come together to create wholes.

Chesney Warden

Chesney Warden is a fifth-year senior pursuing degrees in Studio Art and Marketing at the University of Pittsburgh. She calls wherever her mom is, home. Utilizing mediums of primarily collage and sculpture, she creates works on topics ranging from body standards to the stages of grief. Creating artwork as a mixed-race queer woman, her identity adds nuance to her work, which is further reflected in its physical layers through assemblage and three-dimensional forms.

Amelia Daffodilya

I am a 23 year old artist from Wheeling WV. I started working with markers, my pallets consist of honey, and neon. My art includes images of nature, sunsets, squiggles. I hope to connect people to deeper lessons, and thoughts with my art as I progress. 

J Rich

J Rich is an emerging African American multimedia artist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Currently enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Studio Arts in his fourth and final year, Rich utilizes his own unique cartoon style to comment on themes of everyday life, the Black community, interpersonal relationships, and personal experiences. These themes are presented in mediums including small and large scale acrylic paintings, digital photography, and videography.

Carly Pison

I use any pronouns and I’m from Lincoln Place. My whole life I’ve been creating art of many different mediums, from fabric to metal I’ve at least tried most visual art avenues, and the ones i haven’t are just yet to be learned! Nature, people, and their endless ways of sparking creativity have fueled my passion for art. I love to find new concepts, feelings, and visuals to inspire me to make art. I have a number of pieces I've worked on including "The Braids of Hope", a mural located in Hazelwood; and a piece that was presented in the MuseumLab Metal Arts Showcase, "Oh", a brass and copper enameled pendant depicting a duckling in the style of a Roman Catholic saint.

Tristan Mukherjee

Tristan Mukherjee is an artist who strives to depict the beauties and spiritual wonders of Eastern cultures. He likes to amalgamate music, art, literature, and culture as complementary elements to drive forward advocacy and destigmatization and accentuate the many beauties of marginalized communities. His visual art stems from intuition, autobiographies, stories about his immigrant roots, Bengali and greater South Asian history, and ancient South Asian art. He hopes to express the oneness of humanity's reigning importance above the divide that is unanimously present across the globe.