Meet our 2021 Marathon and Auction Artists!
Juan Alonso-RodrÃguez
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
"My work is an exploration of abstraction
based on forms both found in nature
and those conceived by human ingenuity."
Instagram: @juan_alonso_studio
Sarah Banks
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"In these works, I was exploring
the connection between history,
place, and memory."
Instagram: @sebartista18
Joan Beard
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her/They)
"I take photos with love and respect."
Instagram: @joanbeardphoto
Susan J. Christensen
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"My images flow from intuition in response
to a random underpainting. Always, I want to offer
light and joy to a world often deficit of hope."
Instagram: @sus52
David C. Clay
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
Dave Clay's work portrays the human figure,
reaching for empathy and relying on
the emotional connections within the
viewer's own experiences.
Instagram: @daveclay_art
Sara Everett
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"I create found landscapes out of torn
paintings that are stitched together,
symbolizing environmental issues
of habitat restoration."
Instagram: @saraeverettart
Ray C. Freeman III
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
"I am a problem solver and a producer.
My media is whatever it takes.
Sometimes the result is art,
sometimes it is not."
Instagram: @raycfreemaniii
Steve Jensen
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
"The image of the boat in many cultures symbolizes
a voyage or journey, perhaps the voyage to
the "other side" or the journey to the "unknown."
Instagram: @stevejensen55
Karen Johanson
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
Karen Johanson is a photographer whose
work utilizes the alternative process of
cyanotypes to showcase urban imagery-
everything from graffiti to architectural elements.
Instagram: @karenjohansonart
Jody Joldersma
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her)
Jody layers distressed drawings, acrylic
and original photographs to create visual
narratives that explore the interplay of
gender, nature, culture, and the
boundaries surrounding them.
Instagram: @jjoldersma
Mindi Katzman
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"My current work looks at the abstract
geometry of skylights. They are not a Kodak
moment, but a transcendent view of the mundane."
Instagram: @mindikatzman
Carole Landisman
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"These works, from the series
"Through the Looking Glass", reference
the distortions and disorientation of our
current world of shifting sands
and shifting truths."
Instagram: @Carole.Landisman
Hugo Moro
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/They)
"My work exists in a multitude of forms,
and is transmitted across multiple media,
from hyperrealist drawings to
community interventions."
Lisa Myers Bulmash
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her)
Lisa Myers Bulmash makes collage and
altered books, using vintage images
to explore contemporary questions.
Her work is part of Seattle and
Shoreline's art collections.
Instagram: @_lisa_mb_
Flora Ramirez-Bustamante
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"I am a Spanish-born artist and a self-taught artist.
My works are metaphors of nostalgia and draw
an awkward beauty out of humble materials,
creating pieces that reflect the fragility of my world."
Instagram: @floraramirezbustamante
Judith Rayl
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"My photography presents the healing seen at
the confluence of Nature and the human-made.
My innovative single-capture abstractions
use no layering nor filtering."
Instagram: @judith_rayl_photography
Eddie Reed
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
The elements I combine together are intended to
raise awareness, evoke hope, and project
determination in the face of the demeaning
experiences faced by the poor, colored diaspora."
Instagram: @edreedart
Kyle Rees
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
"When times get tough or strange...
I can always grab my hammer & create!"
Instagram: @kinetic.kyle.design
Erika Rier
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
Erika Rier is an interdisciplinary artist
who creates work about the inner lives
of women in a folk surrealist style.
Instagram: @erika_rier
Nick Riesland
2021 Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
"Humanity tumbles, maybe downward, maybe upward,
though it's own confusion and ignorance, yet evolving,
devolving, learning, ignoring, through love, through hate,
indifference, yet searching."
Instagram: @nickrieslandart
ST Rivera
2021 Auction Artist
(She/They)
"I consider my "circlism" work a fine craft
conceived through obsessive repetition
and meditation. My doodles are brain vomit
-an uncontrollable reaction to the world."
Instagram: @shamiferngully
Nicole Robinson
2021 Auction Artist
(She/Her)
"I am the owner/designer of Niro Designs,
a Baltimore-based company specializing
in handcrafted jewelry with a focus
on sustainability."
Instagram: @niro_designs
Lisa Sheets
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(She/Her)
Lisa Sheets uses combinations of religious
and historical iconography and pop culture
images to create a lens to examine how
our past influences our present.
Instagram: @lisasheets_artspawn
Mikhail Siskoff
2021 Marathon and Auction Artist
(He/Him/His)
"BRING DEAD PAPER TO LIFE. Collage is like recycling.
I'm using the pages of discarded books and magazines
to tell a new story. I appreciate the aesthetics of vintage
advertising and style and rework it into surreal
landscapes or compound, didactic themes."
Instagram: @keysgoclick
Marissa Sohn
2021 Auction Artist
(She/They)
Marissa Sohn is an artist and general enthusiast currently
based on occupied Duwamish territory in the PNW.
Instagram: @marsminas