DEZ’MON OMEGA FAIR is the 2019 Film and Video Poetry Symposium Poet in Residence. He is a practicing interdisciplinary artist and poet living in Long Beach, California. Fair’s work explores self-reflection, behavioral observation, and the cathartic, achieved through brushless ink on traditional Japanese paper, collaborative film projects, as well as experimental forms of poetry. He […]
Nick Zegel is an artist a designer pursuing all things creative. He studied fine arts & design at Boston University, graduating with a BFA, before moving to Philadelphia to pursue entrepreneurial projects and humble beginnings as a freelance designer & artist. Nick spent seven years as the primary creative drive behind the New Jersey based, […]
Radical Dreamers Mission Statment – We are a group of dreamers saving the past, present and future through musical art and visual performance. Bio- A four-piece from Long Beach, California with driving Indie-Pop songs that overflow with philosophic playfulness against down to earth punk beats and psychedelic over-tones. Musically Spontaneous and visually outrageous Indie-Rock revivalists […]
I am a multidisciplinary visual artist, following in the footsteps of contemporary sculpture and feminist art aesthetics. I have developed my practice to include sculptural fabrication techniques, performance, and video. My inspiration comes from my lived experiences as a woman and artist. I am in a constant state of unlearning and relearning. Due to the […]
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 […]