Rooted in romanticism, Yigal Ozeri portrays both sensual fantasy and hyper-detailed reality in his photorealistic paintings. His oeuvre is characterized by two distinct styles: ethereal portraiture of women existing in nature “without malice” and a realist perspective of America through a regional lens. Originally an abstract painter, Ozeri took on the helm of realism through early inspiration by Spanish Baroque painters like Diego Velázquez. Ozeri modernizes such traditional keystones of the art canon through technological mechanisms, shifting the visual aperture to that of a digitized depth of field.
New York based Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri has exhibited globally for decades, including solo exhibits in Bologna, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Toronto, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, France, Denmark, Peru, India, and Munich. His renderings number amongst the permanent collections of The Smithsonian, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Mc-Nay Art Museum in San Antonio, The Jewish Museum in New York and more. His work is featured on the cover and included in the book Photorealism and the Digital Age. He participated in a traveling show titled “50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting” that was showcased in a number of venues including Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, and Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao.

Rooted in romanticism, Yigal Ozeri portrays both sensual fantasy and hyper-detailed reality in his photorealistic paintings. His oeuvre is characterized by two distinct styles: ethereal portraiture of women existing in nature “without malice” and a realist perspective of America through a regional lens. Originally an abstract painter, Ozeri took on the helm of realism through early inspiration by Spanish Baroque painters like Diego Velázquez. Ozeri modernizes such traditional keystones of the art canon through technological mechanisms, shifting the visual aperture to that of a digitized depth of field.
New York based Israeli artist Yigal Ozeri has exhibited globally for decades, including solo exhibits in Bologna, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Toronto, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, France, Denmark, Peru, India, and Munich. His renderings number amongst the permanent collections of The Smithsonian, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Mc-Nay Art Museum in San Antonio, The Jewish Museum in New York and more. His work is featured on the cover and included in the book Photorealism and the Digital Age. He participated in a traveling show titled “50 Years of Hyperrealistic Painting” that was showcased in a number of venues including Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, and Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao.

Swoon, Caledonia Curry, is a New York-based contemporary artist and filmmaker recognized around the world for her pioneering vision of public artwork. She attended Pratt Institute where she studied traditional techniques of the old masters and simultaneously developed her site-specific practice, which she saw as becoming part of the city architecture. Swoon is best known as one of the first women street artists to gain international recognition in a male-dominated field, pushing the conceptual limits of the genre and paving the way for a generation of women street artists.
Her work unifies the concepts of studio artist, street artist, and public works activist. Through intimate portraits, immersive installations, and multi-year community-based projects, she has spent over 20 years exploring the depths of human complexity.
These pieces are usually made of intricately illustrated, hand-cut paper, inspired by printmaking techniques. Her work infuses everyday life with mythology, delving into metaphor through goddess figures like Thalassa and the Sphinx. Swoon branches into multiple mediums including animation, sculpture, large-scale installation pieces, and functional physical structures like rafts and buildings. Her emphasis on human rights is not only channeled through her art but also through her involvement in humanitarian projects. She actively participates in natural disaster relief, advocating for women’s rights, therapeutic workshops, and more. Swoon mobilizes her artwork to fundamentally re-envision the communities we live in toward a more just and equitable world. Swoon has participated in numerous major exhibitions around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Her work is held in public and private collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and MASS MoCA.

Walker Antonio (b. USA) is a Germany-based painter whose work removes the barriers between the real and surreal, the known and unknown, and the physical and the psychological. Working primarily on the large scale, his material process operates as both chaotic and controlled, being energetically messy and rough at the beginning and working slowly and meticulously in later stages. Antonio has exhibited his work nationally, with his most recent solo exhibition at the Richardson Family Art Gallery in South Carolina. He received the 2023 Whetsell Fellowship and completed his bachelor’s degree from Wofford College in Studio Art and Art History.

Walker Antonio (b. USA) is a Germany-based painter whose work removes the barriers between the real and surreal, the known and unknown, and the physical and the psychological. Working primarily on the large scale, his material process operates as both chaotic and controlled, being energetically messy and rough at the beginning and working slowly and meticulously in later stages. Antonio has exhibited his work nationally, with his most recent solo exhibition at the Richardson Family Art Gallery in South Carolina. He received the 2023 Whetsell Fellowship and completed his bachelor’s degree from Wofford College in Studio Art and Art History.