Life will crack us all open, allowing us to grow and expand. The works featured in this collection are faces of those fractures; the moments when our sense of stability, self, time, and purpose are all forced to shift and realign.
Twenty years ago, David Slivka took a Cord Camera photography class, and this ignited his passion for travel photography. David began taking road trips throughout the United States and Canada. What excited him most about his earliest photography adventures was having the opportunity to share powerful images and sharp color. In 2006, he traveled from…
Kayleigh Efird is a multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer with a special sensitivity towards color and performance. Her work is no stranger to the absurd and otherworldly, as she is inspired by the lovable cast of the Muppets and baroque painting. Growing up in North Carolina, Kayleigh began her artistic pursuits as a high school…
Nick Luther was born on September 3rd, 1993, as the second of four boys. Growing up with a father who loved comic books and horror movies was a huge factor in developing his favorite artistic subject matter and preferred styles. Nick has been drawing for as long as he can remember. His father was always…
Joseph Jesse Ovalle is a multi-media artist who investigates the meaning of an object through material use, process and symbolism. He graduated from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a minor in Art history. Joseph references historical and contemporary in his work to speak about topics such as: religion, race, politics,…
“To keep it short I knew that I wanted to be a photographer since I was 16. I didn’t do that well in high school and I dropped out of college after my first year, shortly before I was told by my photography professor that my photos weren’t up to par with a current project….
Haley Clancy Inyart is currently Co-Director of The In Art Gallery. Haley received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Art and Design with a focus in Drawing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She had a solo exhibition at The Governor French Gallery in Belleville, IL titled ‘Fridges and Freezers’. She has shown work in…
Karen S. Holtzclaw began painting in 1968 and continued in a realistic style until a couple of years ago, where she transformed into a fantasy style with an environmental context. She has also ventured out into book cover design and illustration. “These paintings represent my feelings in the manifestation and celebration of two souls finding…
Hi, I am Deng Yueyao! I created this hypertext story called “A Land Without Misery” which depicts an imaginary scenario- a young girl chatted with a stranger on an unknown website. The audience can figure out the development of the story by clicking around the picture. I set short audio that announces the end of…
Lydia Burris was born in Columbus, IN. She attended Indiana University in from 1998 -2002 where she received a double major in Fine Art and “Illustration of Mythology”. Lydia moved to England from 2004-2005 to pursue and receive her Masters of Art, Fine Art from the Norwich School of Art and Design (now called the…