CURRENT STUDIO ARTISTS
CURRENT STUDIO ARTISTS
Ainsley Kellar
Ainsley graduated from New York University in 1992. Following adventures acting in LA, she turned to a career producing TV commercials and Industrial videos in 1998 and opened her own company in 1999. Her company, ARK Productions, has been honored with 18 Telly Awards and 2 Aurora Awards. For more information go to ARKProductions.com. In 2009 she dove head first into still photography. Her work has been featured in 8 gallery exhibits and two of her photos won the Learning Through Art – 2010 Kroger Cincinnati Snaps competition. When she's not shooting artistic photos, she captures images for her clients to use on their websites including facility and staff pictures. In 2008 she began designing one-of-a-kind, genuine gemstone jewelry. A selection of her line can be found at Koop Diamond Cutters in Downtown Cincinnati and here in Barn Studio #1 by appointment. A video featuring her inventory can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4CDGcx-Os. Ainsley also enjoys painting abstract art incorporating iridescent and gloss mediums that evoke emotion through rich colors, textures and composition. An online gallery of her captures, art and writing (including poems and short stories) can be found at Redbubble.com keywords Ainsley Kellar Creations or directly at http://www.redbubble.com/people/ainsleyrk. Email Ainsley at ainsley@arkproductions.com or call 513.477.7735.
Blue Hell Studio & Thin Air Studio
Sculptor Christopher Daniel was born and raised in Maryland, and moved to Cincinnati 15 years ago to attend graduate school at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning. Since graduating with a Master of Fine Arts from DAAP in 1997 he has worked for a myriad of local art organizations including Artworks, The Cincinnati Art Museum, and The Mockbee, Inc. Ohio’s largest non-profit gallery. You can see their work at www.thinairstudio.net. In 2007 Christopher started his own metal fabrication shop, Blue Hell Studio. He is the owner, operator, designer and fabricator for Blue Hell Studio, where he also teaches blacksmithing and steel fabrication classes. For more information on the available classes, and to see works created by Christopher go to www.bluehellstudio.com.
Casey Riordan Millard
After receiving a BFA in painting from Ohio University in 1994, Casey Riordan Millard lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois for twelve years. She returned to her hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio in 2006 where she now lives with her husband and two small children. She is represented by the Packer Schopf Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. www.caseyriordanmillard.com www.packergallery.com
Cathy Cebulski Sacco
Cathy Cebulski Sacco was born and raised in the New York metropolitan area, and moved to Cincinnati in 1990. As a fine artist she works in oils and pastels to achieve luminosity in her work, and explores the metaphorical relationship between life and nature with writing. Her landscape and still life paintings vary in explosions of color, as well as in more subtle color and charcoal renderings. Her work can be found in many private collections. She has exhibited regionally, and has participated in collections at The Christ Hospital, The Cinergy Foundation, The YWCA, The Alliance For Integrative Medicine, Women Writing For a Change and Brazee Studios. She has studied art at Villa Nova University, The Cincinnati Art Academy, and with several private teachers. She holds a masters degree in Education from Xavier University, and a bachelor of arts in Communication and English, working both in journalism, and as a n Elementary Montessori teacher. Part of her work is in teaching teachers how to integrate the arts of all forms into the classroom so that children will grow up using the arts as a language for expression in daily life and learning, and to tap their inner voice using the contemplative tool of the arts. Inspired to be part of the creative, conscious community of artists at Brazee, she lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two daughters. Private viewings can be arranged by contacting the artist at cathysacco@gmail.com.
Diana Duncan Holmes
Diana Duncan Holmes is a photo based visual artist, has had numerous exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. She is in many prominent collections, and has received grants and artist residencies, most recently in Reykjavik, Iceland. She has also collaborated with poet Timothy Riordan on artist books and installations. Besides teaching in several universities, she has conducted workshops in both photography and the book arts. Holmes lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more www.dianaduncanholmes.com
Frank Satogata
Being of Japanese ancestry and raised in a Western culture, I am constantly searching for ways to integrate the best of both cultures into my personal identity as a painter. My search has focused on understanding the relationship between Zen Calligraphy and Abstract Expressionism. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Frank Satogata now lives in Cincinnati, Ohio where he worked as a graphic designer for more than 30 years. To contact Frank Satogata email: satdesign@fuse.net
HaloMiner
Pam Fellerhoff & Nicole Reblando
In our workshop at Brazee we are repurposing items most people look past into unique functional works of art. With backgrounds in fine art, design, marketing, and retail we are leveraging our talents into a vibrant, earth friendly new company. www.halominer.com
Joeliene MagotoI am drawn to archetypal forms I find in nature. Most of the objects I collect and paint have affinities to female anatomy, vessels, and containers with a distinct interior and exterior. I do not try and replicate the form but use it as a point of departure to create a painting that exploits a particular joint, crevice, nodule, thorn, spike, flesh or contrasting surface. I was born and raised Cincinnati and have an MFA from the University of Connecticut. Since graduating from UCONN in 1991, I have had a full-time career working for various non-profit art museums and cultural organizations in Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and in Ohio, Toledo and Cincinnati. My experiences with art, artists and art museums around the country have shaped who I am and how I approach my life and work. I recently returned to painting and drawing on a more regular basis and enjoy being part of a community of artists at Brazee Street Studios. For more information and images of current work, visit mjoeliene.wordpress.com. C: 513.305.4823, jmagoto@hotmail.com
Joyce Kaufman Bella Bella Mosaics
Joyce Kaufman is a mosaic artist and owner of Bella Bella Mosaics. Visit her website for more information at www.bellabellamosaics.com
Kate Kern
Kate Kern is a visual artist who makes drawings, artists’ books and installations. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she received a BFA from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio and an MFA in drawing from the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. Kern has been the recipient of grants from the City of Cincinnati, the Ohio Arts Council, Arts Midwest and Summerfair. She was a finalist in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s inaugural 4th Floor Biennial award for contemporary art. Her work will be included in the exhibition in print, International Drawing Annual 6, published by Manifest Drawing and Research Center. Solo exhibitions include: Small World , Aisle Gallery, Cincinnati, OH ; Always and Everywhere, Springfield (Oh) Museum of art; Attract Year Round Beauty, Weston Art Gallery of the Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH. She is a visual artist in the Ohio Arts Council’s artist-in-residence program. Her work can be found in collections including: The Akron Art Museum, The Getty Research Institute, Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Franklin Furnace /MOMA Artist Book Collection, MOMA library, and the Artists’ Book Collections of Carnegie Mellon University, University of Cincinnati, and Brown University. More info: www.katekern.com
Karen Trimble Shell
Metalsmith and jewelry designer, Karen Trimble Shell has worked in the art of adornment for over thirty years. Silver, being her favorite metal, has been combined with a multitude of materials such as stone, pearl, bone, glass, found objects, and now beautiful Japanese chiyogami paper. Her work is represented by local as well as national shops and galleries. For more info, please visit www.karisuejewelry.com
Leslie Daly LilyLoon
Leslie Daly studied Art at the University of Georgia and graduated with a BFA in design. After working for many years with design and architectural firms, Leslie took time off to raise a family. Eventually the need for self expression emerged once again into the abstract interpretation of natural and organic forms initially cast in concrete and finally forged in steel. A current artist at Brazee Street Studios in Cincinnati, Onio, Leslie participates in numerous art and sculpture shows regionally as well as nationally. View her body of work at www.leslieldaly.com
Russ Schnurr
Russ Schnurr still has a day job, but after spending enough time on the left side of the brain he is gradually moving next door. Artist statement- If I stick around Mary King long enough, I just might learn how to paint. In the meantime, I'm trying to keep my expression from flying onto her canvas.
Sandra Federman
"In order to teach art you must be able to create Art."- I am a high school art educator in Cincinnati. My current body of work expresses personal experiences and relationships through the interaction of color, light and space. I enjoy working in fibers, glass, and paint. I have earned a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Cincinnati: DAA (way before the P was added) and a Master's degree from the Art Academy of Cincinnati. My personal contact is slf03@fuse.net
Sara Pearce Sara Pearce is a paper hoarder (fallout from a Master's Degree in Library and Information Science?) focused on the early 20th and 19th centuries, with occasional detours into earlier times. Through her company, Paper With A Past, she creates collages, greeting cards and other paper products. These incorporate original antique and vintage papers from an ever-expanding collection, as well as imagery exclusive to her collection. She also recycles modern and contemporary papers, and found objects in mixed-media works of art. To reach Sara, e-mail paperwithapast@yahoo.com. To see more of her work, visit collage365.blogspot.com.
Sand Glass Studio Sandra Gross
Sand Glass Studio is a warm glass studio owned by artist Sandra Gross. Sand Glass Studio specializes in fused glass jewelry, dishes, coasters, custom tile and more. Sand Glass work is sold at the design shop at the Contemporary Art Center Cincinnati, at MiCA contemporary craft, and has participated in Hyde Park Art Show for years. Visit www.sandragross.net/sand for more info.