I was born in Somerset, Ky, and raised in McCreary County, KY. Which is about as south Kentucky as you can get. I became interested in art in the 6th grade, when I was complimented on a drawing I did for an assignment. Everyone loved it, and all I knew was that I wanted to make a lot more stuff that people loved. Right now I’ve only just graduated high school, but I’ve taken several advanced art classes, and passed my AP Art class. My artwork has been in several local shows, most recently The McCreary County Fair, where one of my still lifes won first place. It’s hard being an artist with a unique style in a place where all the artwork is landscapes and folk art. Right now I find that I’m struggling to make any impact where I live,(One of my pieces wasn’t even allowed to be entered into the local fair.) and I hope to branch away from it.

Website: ErikArt
Contact email: air.rika@gmail.com

Joy Garnett studied painting at L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris and received her MFA from The City College of New York. She appropriates newsworthy and documentary photographs from the Internet and re-invents them as paintings. Her subject is both the content of these found images and the photograph itself as cultural artifact. Each painting is performed and completed within a single session. Sources for the works include documentation of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the recurring California brushfires, among other newsworthy disasters.

Website: Joy Garnett
Contact email: joy.garnett@gmail.com

AWARDS AND PRIZES:

2004 - VIII Bienal Internacional de Grabado 2004 CAIXANOVA, Ourense,Espa�a.

2005 - Exposici�n Colectiva Itinerante de la VIII Bienal Internacional de Grabado en Vigo, Ferrol, Lugo, Estrada; Espa�a.

2005 - Acc�sit en el VI Premio de Gravado Ciudad de Lleida, Espa�a.

2006 - Primer Lugar Concurso Croqueras de Artel, Grabado �Placa Mental� seleccionado para ser impreso en las tapas de las croqueras Artel.

2006 - Menci�n Especial en el 3� Concurso de Artes Visuales �Grabado: impresi�n gr�fica�, realizado por la Universidad Cat�lica de Chile y Canson, Santiago, Chile.

2006 - Exposici�n Colectiva �Grabado: impresi�n gr�fica� en la Sala Blanca del Centro de Extensi�n Universidad Cat�lica de Chile y en la Sala de Exposiciones S19 del Campus San Joaqu�n.

2006 - IX Bienal Internacional de Grabado 2006 CAIXANOVA, Ourense, Espa�a.

2007 - International Small Engraving Salon 2007, Muzeul Florean, Maramures,Rumania.

2007 - Exposici�n Colectiva �International Small Engraving Salon 2007�, en el City Hall de Sibiu, Capital Europea de la Cultura 2007, Transilvania,Rumania.

STUDIES:

2005 � 2007 Titulo Profesional de Grabador, Universidad de Chile.

2000 � 2004 Licenciatura en Artes Pl�sticas con Menci�n en Grabado,Universidad de Chile.

Website: Ignacia Mesa
Contact email: ignaciames@hotmail.com