Dan Nguyen is a multi-disciplinary creative, exploring the relationship between inner harmony and contemporary reality, through an urban / ethnic lens. Drawing and painting since an early age, Dan continues to create work in various industries, in the commercial and personal realms. As a Vietnamese American artist, Dan Nguyen extracts influences that emerge from the […]
My illustrations are inspired by my culture and interest in improving accessibility for and representation of womxn, queer, and persxns of color. I promote self love and care while dealing with anxieties. I’m able to make these topics more accessible turning them into zines or wearable that one can take home with them.
Whether it be murals or gallery pieces, I’d love to describe my artwork as a vessel or a time machine that takes the viewers backwards and forwards in time with me. Nostalgia is a heavy underlying theme from my childhood – contrasting socio-economic lifestyles of people I witnessed growing up in Tondo, Manila, vivid colors […]
I am a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is influenced by the community. My work visualizes and engages. Drawing and painting are the foundations of my work, yet each project is unique in medium and message. While living and working in Atlanta I specialized in sculpture and installation “Blind Video”, a video and braille Installation, and […]
Originally born in the former Soviet Union, Ilya Barannikov is a designer and artist currently residing in Long Beach, California. His vision is to bring the ethereal and tangible worlds together through art. For over 15 years, he has developed his skills in multiple disciplines, working in traditional processes as well as the experimental to […]
Filmmaker, Painter, Writer and Educator Yeltsin Penado (b. 1990, Los Angeles, CA) studied Painting and Community Arts Engagement at Otis College of art and design (BFA, 2018). He lives and works in Long Beach, CA. He is inspired by philosophical narratives and their connection to historical events; Yeltsin explores their meaning in a contemporary setting […]
Growth & continuity; forever expanding beyond surfaces. Waves of color that release visuals born from a multitude of emotion. Organic visions that offer familiarity with life, that invite further examination of the motion and flow of the lines. Inspired by the living world we inhabit, both the massive and microscopic, our bodies, cells, trees, flowers, […]
I found out I was an artist just last year around November 2017, this November 2018 is my year deadline. Living 6 years with pain and depression led me to figure out what makes me happy and that is succulent art sculptures. I have two ideas I have made business plans for each. 1. Second […]
*Multi-hyphenate artist. I am a new genres artist working through multiple mediums, from performance and sculpture to media, literary writings, and project-based channels. My work functions at once as critique and analysis of various institutional systems within my grasp, and derives from an interest in the potential findings and methodology of psychoanalysis through artistic practice. […]
Recent graduate from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking. Current working and living artist in Long Beach. May Roded mainly works in printmaking and photography mediums and experimental practices. She is a teaching assistant at Loyola Marymount University where she teaches printmaking courses and is also a part […]
Fresh out the jungle emerges new hieroglyphs. Graffiti, abstraction, and patterns swirl around to the beat of a tropical surrealist fantasy become reality, worldwide from the streets of Long Beach. Coming to a jungle near you…
Throughout my career I have translated my ideas into a variety of media — photography, books, montage, installation, video, sculpture and public artwork. The common thread has been a kind of visual archaeology, exploring the world through research and scientific observation and challenging the viewer to find meaning by delving deeply into my work. I […]