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Tatyana Ryevzina

Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

A collection of textile art on a white wall, including a mudcloth patterned white dress with a hooded scarf on a mannequin, a denim-style kimono with bright accents, and a framed artwork with a black woman figure in a colorful dress against a black and white African print background

Kimberly Antoinette

Fashion Designer; Fiber Artist; Mixed Media; Painter; Storyteller; Visual Artist

Joo Chase

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Sadiqeh Agah

Painter; Printmaker; Visual Artist

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Sadiqeh Agah

Painter; Printmaker; Visual Artist

I predominantly paint with watercolor and gouache. Recently, I have explored printmaking with rubber carvings and produced playing cards inspired by Persian miniatures and block printed textiles. My work is inspired by the delight and sometimes...

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lauren ari

Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Muralist; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist

Born: Buffalo NY Lives in: Richmond, CA Education : Masters in Art/U.C. Davis Artist/Educator/Dancer/Gardner/Mother/Cook and lots of other stuff too

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Teryn Brown

Fiber Artist; Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Painter; Printmaker; Visual Artist

Teryn Brown, a.k.a. Lorraine Goldenhar, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is inspired by deep ecology, women’s traditional craft and spirituality, and resonant neuro-aesthetics. She received her BFA from San Francisco State University in...

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Lawrence Buford

Ceramics; Illustrator; Painter

Lawrence H Buford was born in Arkansas and moved with his family to Northern California at an early age. He worked as a lithographer and master printer throughout the East Bay for over thirty years. After retirement he moved to the Napa Valley and...

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Joo Chase

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

About Joo Chase Joo Chase is a Korean-American artist and art educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through her active participation in local exhibitions and her work as an educator, she has become part of the Bay Area art community, sharing...

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Ellen Christensen

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Mixed Media; Painter; Photographer; Printmaker; Visual Artist

Ellen Christensen is a designer and artist who grew up in the unincorporated areas of Richmond. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design....

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Mark Coffey

Graphic Artist; Painter; Photographer

Mark Coffey has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area with a career in architecture, construction management and real estate development. Several years ago, he decided to try something a little different and began publishing an...

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Sherry Cummings

Painter

“Each painting is a new journey for me and I grow with each one. I began with photos of my garden which are mostly Irises. Their uniqueness and coloring inspired me. After a time I decided it was time to take up the brushes again and so my journey...

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Jessica de Jesus

Painter; Visual Artist

Art has always been a big part of my life. Growing up, creativity was encouraged at every turn—I attended an arts high school and started at UCLA as a Fine Art major (though I eventually graduated with a BA in Art History… life happens). For...

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Bill DiMichele

Composer; Instructor; Literary Arts; Musician; Painter; Singer/Songwriter; Visual Artist; Vocalist

Bill DiMichele’s career was marked by his versatility as an Abstract Painter, Sculptor, Visual Poet, Graffiti Artist, Poet, Writer, Musician, and Songwriter. He performed as a musician and songwriter with groups including Batang Frisco, Outpatients,...

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Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Muralist; Painter; Visual Artist

Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez is an award-winning visual artist and long-term resident of Richmond, CA. Her interest in the visual arts began early, at a magnet school for the arts and the Art Students League of San Juan. She earned a BFA at the University...

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Linda Geniesse

Illustrator; Mixed Media; Painter

I grew up in Pennsylvania and from an early age loved drawing. I received my BFA at Syracuse University, majoring in printmaking. After graduating I worked at several printing companies before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area. Here I joined the...

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lee gorton

Fiber Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Storyteller; Visual Artist

A childhood of drawing Batman and dragons led to art school of drawing slightly less Batman, but even more dragons had led to jobs as a store artist for Tower Records, illustrations for local bands, zines, comics, and now as an instructional aide...

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Bea Haase

Visual Artist

Bea Haase is a watercolor artist whose paintings celebrate the beauty of the natural world through luminous color, fluid movement, and expressive brushwork. Working with the spontaneity and transparency of watercolor, she creates evocative...

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Elizabeth Kennen

Illustrator; Painter; Visual Artist

Elizabeth Kennen, a Pleasant Hill-based artist, primarily works in watercolor. She’s been an artist since childhood, always encouraged in her artistic endeavors by her creative family, who were active in the arts themselves. Her love of nature and...

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Melchia Kutches

Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist; Papier Mache

I do come from an artistic family in picturesque Woodstock area, New York. My father dabbled in photography. My mother was an astrologer, created and painted her own decorative boxes, and made rock runes outlining astrological charts in the local...

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David Lew

Painter

I often combine abstract concept with naturalistic imagery to allow these two different genres to work together on a single canvas. I also blend in my work with the East brush work style that I learned from my early days’ training in China, before...

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Avery Liell-Kok

Animation; Illustrator

Avery Liell-Kok is a visual artist who describes herself in one word as eclectic! Inspired by independent comics and comix at a young age, Avery went on to work in animation and illustration. Her work is always evolving and playing, trying to fit...

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Lorna Lyle

Painter

Interested in art since that magical box of Crayolas and an easel with paints in kindergarten. And since retirement from a career in publishing and marketing, more of my time has been enjoyed in painting, being outdoors, and observing others’...

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Carlos Martínez

Director; Earthworks/Land Artist; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Storyteller; Interior Designer

Is an architecturally trained, intuitively led multi-disciplinary artist + interior designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. His works explores the relationship between space, material, and presence through a process of attunement: listening,...

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Erin McCluskey Wheeler

Instructor; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a painter, collagist, writer, curator, and teacher based in Richmond, CA. Erin works in many series at once and across disciplines in painting, collage, works on paper, prints, essays, and poetry. There is always a careful...

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Marina Omelianenko

Illustrator; Painter; Visual Artist

Marina Omelianenko is a Ukrainian-born watercolor artist based in San Ramon. Raised in Odesa by the Black Sea, she first began capturing the world around her through photography — drawn to light, texture, and quiet moments. Over time, watercolor...

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John Osgood

Illustrator; Muralist; Painter; Visual Artist

Artist Statement My work is about exploring the connections we share—with each other, with nature, and through the universal experiences that shape our lives. I draw inspiration from my own journey and the world around me, creating vibrant,...

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Leslie Ouyang

Graphic Artist; Painter

Born and raised in Shanghai (China), Leslie Ouyang began exploring Chinese brush painting at a very young age. She later attended Donghua University in Shanghai, Master of Fine Art program, majoring in Fashion Design. After immigrating to...

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