www.wendydeschene.ca

Canadian-born Wendy DesChene graduated with an MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and immediately incorporated materials to support activist-inspired works. Weary of limitations placed on art, she invited audiences to participate in installations. The outcome was a community collaboration titled WYSIWYG that toured to 11 different communities, including the Houston's Art League, Minnesota University, the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and The Henry Street Settlement, NY. Other collaborative-based projects exhibited at the Soap Factory, Tomio Koyama Gallery Japan, and The Drawing Center New York. Recent environmental educational outreach titled PlantBot Genetics, has been awarded NEA and Pulitzer Foundation Grants for programs at Bach Modern Austria, the New Gallery Canada, and Marfa Dialogues St. Louis. Recently the Boston Globe titled her a conceptual prankster for collaborative projects at HubWeek sponsored by Harvard and MIT. Due to racist laws in Canada, DesChene's family has only recently been able to reclaim their indigenous status in the Metis Nation. As a large part of being First Nations is finding a path back to one's ancestors, this artwork focuses on reclamation and reinvestigating what it means to be indigenous. Digital Paintings, allow First Nations Imagery to overtake and disintegrate classical European Landscapes.

www.laneycontemporary.com

www.willpenny.com

Will Penny is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice incorporates an assortment of media ranging from painting, video, sculpture, programming, and projection. His work aims to combine traditional art making tools with new technologies, to create space to explore themes such as embodiment, presence, fantasy, and the sublime. He was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1984, and lives and works in Savannah, Georgia. He received his MFA in Painting and BFA in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design, and a diploma in Fine Art from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. His work has been exhibited at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Francis Marion University, Florence; Telfair Museums, Savannah; the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon; Georgia Southern University, Statesboro; and HUBweek, Boston. He is the recipient of the SCAD Dean's Fellowship award, and his work has been acquired by collections such as Telfair Museums, Savannah; Google Ventures, New York; and the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta.