Gerald Lang
Horse Photogravures portfolio
Photogravure
Edition 3/25
15 x 19.25" each print
Series of seven (7) prints in clamshell portfolio

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Artist Statement

Gerald is interested in the vintage photographic process and explores, researches, and applies this to his photography. In this series of The Horse, his love of observing their horses at play in the pastures, the gestures of the foals they raised, and the social interactions between horses were the inspiration. Gerald chose photogravure for the limited edition of ink and archival papers to give an organic feel to the horses portrayed in the images.

Artist Bio

Gerald Lang is a Professor emeritus and the founder of the first digital photography curriculum for students enrolled in the College of Art and Architecture at Pennsylvania State University in the mid-1990s. His work, along with that of his wife, Jennifer Anne Tucker, spans six decades. Individually and together, they are collected globally and most recently in the permanent collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Kevin Broad
Vik, 2024
Monotype- oil on paper
36 x 30"

Artist Statement
Study of nature has brought an inherent organic quality to my work. My aesthetic focuses on capturing sensations of light and color along with the emotions these can inspire. My style gains strength from my exploration and direct handling of various mediums - paint that I have an intimacy with because I make it myself. Painting is this process of discovery without fear or repression with the potential of bringing forth new forms of expression.

Jennifer Baker
Jesus Saves, Truckers and Travelers Welcome, 2019
Monotype on okawara paper (triptych)
18 x 38"

Artist Statement
Jennifer Baker's paintings and monoprints explore a sense of place and the history and memory of its inhabitants. From Jennifer's 30-year project of documenting the changes in her Philadelphia neighborhood of Northern Liberties, to her images of a long-burning mine fire in Centralia, PA, and her recent explorations in western Pennsylvania made during an exhibition at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto, PA, she has chronicled the human effects of irrevocable change on landscape and streetscape. This triptych documents the Chickaree Union Church in Johnstown, PA. The title is from the neon sign in front of the church, which is situated in the small space between two highways, leading into the city of Johnstown.

Artist Bio

Jennifer Baker is a painter and sculptor working in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia since 1978. She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts) as well as the Art Students League in New York. Baker has exhibited at Art 101 and Pleiades Galleries in New York and Projects Gallery, Nexus Gallery, F.A.N. Gallery, the Crane Arts Building and The Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia. She has received a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship for Works on Paper and had a Challenge Exhibit at Fleisher Art Memorial. She has also been a finalist for a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. In 2018, Baker received a Leeway Foundation Window of Opportunity Grant and in 2010 she received a Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant. In 2014, Baker curated an exhibit about the history of Northern Liberties "From World's Workshop to Hipster Mecca and the People in Between" for the Philadelphia History Museum. She is the visual art consultant for "Supper, People on the Move," a multimedia performance piece by Silvana Cardell. Baker created "Portraits of People on the Move," a companion exhibit of stories and photographs of Philadelphia-area immigrants. After opening in Philadelphia, "Supper" and "Portraits" toured throughout the country as well as in the Dominican Republic. In 2019, Baker had her first solo museum exhibition at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto, PA. Her most recent solo exhibit was at Rosemont College's Patricia Nugent Gallery in November 2023. Baker has been a member of InLiquid since 2013.

Wendee Yudis
Male Gaze, 2024
Photo-silkscreen, acrylic and spray paint on wood panels
24" x 48"

Artist Statement

My art turns the definition of femininity on its head, challenging unconscious gender bias, sexuality, objectification, and body image. I question the roles imposed on women-both those assigned to us (child, wife, daughter) and those we embrace (boss, lover, vixen). Why must we be vixens or victims? Can we be both?

Through a playful yet provocative lens, my work explores power dynamics, featuring recurring female icons layered with nuance. I use typography to highlight gendered language-why is a bossy man a leader while a bossy woman is a bitch?

Influenced by Warhol and Pop Art, I merge feminist themes with a bold, retro aesthetic that critiques cultural norms while celebrating women's agency. Using photo-silkscreen, painting, and spray paint, I layer imagery to create new meanings. My silkscreen process mimics a paintbrush, producing originals that explore translucency, opacity, and pattern-revealing both seen and unseen relationships.

Artist Bio

Featured in Philly Style Magazine and CBS Philly online in April 2024, Wendee Yudis is a Printmaker/Painter whose mixed media paintings/photo-silkscreens have been exhibited in solo & group shows in NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia since the mid-1990's. Select solo exhibitions include James Oliver Gallery in Phila, HMVC Gallery New York-Times Square, Ceres Gallery in NYC and Gallery 1633 in Chicago. A selection of group shows include Women United Art Movement: I am Woman, The Albright/Knox Museum (NY), Manhattan Graphics Center, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Penn Medicine, CFEVA and The Trenton Museum. Select work was in a national competition in the Pheonix Gallery in NYC by juror Thelma Golden, then curator of Whitney Museum of American Art.

Wendee Yudis received an MFA in Printmaking & Painting from Pratt Institute and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to being a visual artist, Wendee has worked professionally as a Graphic Designer & Art Director for advertising agencies and non-profits in NYC and Philadelphia.

https://wendeeyudis.com/

Alfredo Travieso
Sense Extension 1, 2024
#1 Print, resin, bird spikes
31" x 22" x 2"

(Sharp Objects)

Artist Statement

With this series, I am exploring gender roles and identity. I have been interested for some time in how masculinity has become a central issue in today's discussion about politics, specifically considering the "Mano- sphere" and its role in the past presidential election. I am concerned in signifying universalities about the portrayal of men's identifying characteristics, it's portrayal in the media, and the contentious discussion about the control over women's discussion about the abhorrent male stance in women's reproductive rights. The work also explores sexuality, puberty in males and power, as it is related to the image.

Artist Bio

Born July 1, 1973 in Bogota, Colombia.
Alfredo was trained in film and arts in New York City. His studies include a Bachelor's degree in Communication Arts
from Marymount Manhattan College, film directing and production at Parsons New School University, and numerous production collaborations with New York
University's (NYU) TISCH School of the Arts film program. In Caracas, Venezuela, Alfredo premiered his short film
"Homeostasis" at the National Art Gallery, has been involved in (urban/street) art projects, made music videos and visuals for faculty and musicians at the Universidad Central de Venezuela's School of Architecture and worked
in production and installation for Periferico Caracas. He currently resides and works out of the city of Miami,
Florida, where he has curated and shown work. He has obtained his MFA at the School of Visual Arts: Art Practice
program in New York City in 2014.

Alexis Nutini
Clear View III, 2024
Woodcut monoprint mounted on panel
21 x 27"

Artist Statement
Woodcut monoprint mounted on archival birch panel. The intersecting spirals in the image were generated using a pendulum drawing tool. The analog sharpie drawings were digitized and then CNC(computer numerical control) milled into woodblocks. The plates were used to make the impression using traditional relief printing techniques.

Artist Bio
Alexis Nutini (b. Mexico City, Mexico; l. Philadelphia, PA) received a BA in fine art from St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's City and an MFA in printmaking from the Tyler School of Art & Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia. Nutini runs Dos Tres Press, where he publishes his own prints and develops collaborative projects with other artists. The focus of Dos Tres Press is experimentation with relief techniques through hand-carved, reduction woodblock printing combined with the digital technology of a CNC router. Nutini was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Barcelona, Spain and has exhibited his work at venues in Los Angeles, CA; Manhattan, KS; Nashville, TN; Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, both PA; Seattle, WA; and St. Mary's City; as well as in Barcelona, Spain; Brisbane and Melbourne, both Australia; Rome, Italy; and Veracruz, Mexico.

Diane Pieri
Moonlight Over Meru
9 color offset lithograph
15" x 18"

Artist Bio

Since 1969 Diane Pieri has had 34 solo exhibitions, 220 national and international group exhibitions. She has been the recipient of two Pollock- Krasner Grants (1999/1992), two Independence Foundation Fellowships in the Arts (2001/2011), a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant (1992). She was included in the 2005 Philadelphia Invitational Portfolio, Philagrafika. She has been a fellow at Yaddo (1991), The MacDowell Colony (1990). In 1990 Pieri was an Artist-in-Residence at Mark diSuvero's Socrates Sculpture Park where she created a 15 ft. sculpture, called Gateway.
In 2006 Pieri's public art project, "Manayunk Stoops: Heart and Home", a series of 9 seating elements fabricated in Italian tesserae, was installed along the Manayunk towpath through the Association for Public Art's New Land Marks Program. Working with Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program, Pieri has completed 12 murals since 2001. Since 2009 she has completed 7 murals in College Station, Texas. In 2005 Pieri founded the Cooke Museum of Art at the Jay Cooke Elementary School in North Philadelphia. This museum was the only established museum within a Philadelphia public school. In 2012 she was invited to collaborate with Anthropologie to design a robe and loungers based on her images. In 2024, an image from the Phases of the Sun series was chosen to be reproduced for a Philly Eyeworks/Innervisions lens cloths.

Kara Mshinda
Behind the back, 2022
Archival pigment print
12" x 12"

Artist Statement

This photo collage is one of several works from my ongoing project All Hands Hold. This collage and photography project began as an anthropological inquiry about human connectedness and developed into a body of work that explores the sensuous functions of touch and sexuality.

Artist Bio

Kara Mshinda (she/her) is a visual anthropologist who creates photo-based artworks about identity, memory, and embodiment in community contexts. Mshinda is best known for using collage, collaborative portraiture, and alternative photo processes to document urban landscapes, candid play, social encounters, and the material culture of daily life. Mshinda is a Principal Collaborator of GrioXArts, a studio-centered art space at Cherry Street Pier that focuses on building community via process-based art education.

Ciel Bernabei
Butterfly Dreams, 2024
Digital art print on pillow
18" x 18" x 6"

Artist Statement

Butterfly Dreams is a soft dreamy pillow to rest on and dream about love, happiness and youth.

Artist Bio

Hi Im Ciel, I love creating and dreaming new logos for my designs. Dreamy patterns and inspirations of love, happiness and youth.

Courtesy of Balance Gallery