Jennifer Eli Inderland
"Jennifer Eli Indreland was born in Denver, Colorado, and moved frequently while growing up. After attending high school in England, she earned a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and settled on the East Coast. Every summer throughout her nomadic childhood, she returned to a ranch in Montana that has been in her family for four generations. After many years away, she moved back to Billings where she currently lives with her twin sons. Indreland's work is influenced by folk tales, medieval art, Victorian lithographs, the Western landscapes of her childhood, and the strange beauty she finds in the darker corners of history." -from the Stapleton Gallery
Kelsey J. Bowen
"Kelsey Bowen grew up in the rural California foothills, spending summers making up stories and picking thistles from her socks. Her figurative sculptures serve as vessels for her self-reflection and storytelling in clay; inspired by memories from her youth and interactions with her peers as an adult. While often dark in concept, her pieces build an unsettling and surreal landscape where the viewer is both comforted and disturbed; encouraging closer inspection through friendly colors and playful characters before delivering an unsettling detail. She received her BFA in Ceramics from the California College of the Arts, going on to continue creating work as a Long-term artist in residence at the Red Lodge Clay Center in Montana. Kelsey is currently working as a professional artist and part-time educator in Montana." -from Kelsey J Bowens About
Faunwood aka Miranda Zimmerman
"Miranda uses inspiration from nature and her background in science to create intricate and dreamlike creatures. Her work invites the viewer to explore a world where the lines between science and fiction are blurred.
Miranda graduated from California State University–Monterey Bay with a bachelor's degree in Evolutionary Biology. She then went on to acquire her graduate certificate in Science Illustration, and spent three months working on paleontological reconstruction at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. She now resides in the Pacific Northwest, taking on freelance work and creating creatures to fill her fictional universe." from Faunwood About
Jake Messing
"Jake Messing was born in northern California in 1982 . He graduated from Parsons School of Design with a degree in Illustration in 2006. He has been invited to multiple International Artist residencies including Camac Centre d' Arte (Paris, Fance) and the Banff Center (BC, Canada). Messing has had several solo shows in New York and France and has been invited to join numerous group exhibitions around North America. He was hired to manage the art department for Tiffany & Company's Global Visual Merchandising team from 2010-2015 before deciding to pursue his own artwork. He taught drawing and painting as an adjunct professor at New York University Tisch graduate department from 2012-2016. Mr Messing has recently completed a large 20'x125' mural for the new Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA. The artist presently resides and works in Healdsburg, California and continues to paint daily and do freelance art, design and consultation for Luxury brand companies including: Harry Winston, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, Nike, and Bergdorf Goodman, among others." -from Jake Messing Bio
Matthew Forsythe
"I write and illustrate picture books and animated films. I live in Los Angeles. My latest book, MINA, about a family of mice that gets a pet cat and it was a Marilyn Baillie Award winner and a Governor General’s Award finalist. My first picture book, Pokko and the Drum, was a Publisher’s Weekly and NPR Book of the Year and won a Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor and Charlotte Zolotow Honor. I was the Lead Designer on the animated show, Adventure Time and also the Oscar-nominated film, Robin Robin." from Matthew Forsythe About