Mixed Media

“[Every] child has character and agency to find their own way amidst the complicated narratives of American, African American, and art history,” writes Deborah Roberts in her artist statement. Deborah Roberts: I’m, a solo exhibition co-presented by Art + Practice and the California African American Museum (CAAM), includes a captivating…

Donnamaria Bruton (1954–2012) was a painter and faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design, known for her mixed media paintings and collages. Bruton’s style, described by The Providence Journal as “a loose free-flowing style…. but with a strong realistic streak,” makes use of her drawing, painting and collage skills.Many…

Chaveli Sifre was born in Germany to Puerto Rican parents. After starting a program extolling the regenerative power of nightlife, she co-founded Scent Club Berlin, a community devoted to olfaction as a creative medium. …

Mixed-media artist Kelly Bjork creates snug, homey spaces where half-nude figures hide out from the modern world. Created with a combination of paint, pastel, and pencil, the artist’s illustrative figure work focuses on vulnerability, privacy, and small moments of hard-won contentment. Bjork’s recent series Anima Rising is a visual journal…

The Four-Part Art Series by Jymi Cliche

Inspired by the classic comic strip, Daniel Marin creates pop art-inspired compositions that parody tropes in Western media. Working under the pseudonym Department M, Marin combines a melange of styles and mediums to produce his wildly inventive works. “I started out doodling,” he confesses in his artist statement, “trying to…

Gravity can’t tether Elena Soterakis’ eco-conscious artworks to Earth. As an artist and founding member of Beyond Earth, “a woman-led transdisciplinary artist collective that explores the frontiers of art, space, and biology,” Soterakis creates and sends multiple pieces of her artwork into space. Bon Voyage! Using a blend of scientific…

I don’t know how I ended up in the forest. I remember, just moments ago, that I was tiredly staring at the pulsating marker on the empty document, judgmental like a tapping finger waiting for me to write the next thing. I suppose I could not take the maddening silence…

Brad Bianchi started repurposing found objects when he was growing up in Pittsburgh. After helping his mother salvage furniture from the curb, he continued to hone his skills as an adult. Bianchi roams the streets of his hometown in search of discarded treasures while his father supplies him with cast-off…