Artists

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Oliver's work ranges from site specific installations that brings the viewer into a new sense of engagement, to small delicate paintings that intimately explores a conjunction of philosophic/scientific/spiritual themes.

Inspired by memories, myths and dazzling landscapes, Benjamin Britton paints with playful, beguiling force. Expansive environments of bold colors and rich texture immerse the viewer with color and movement.

Pediconi uses water and pigment to compose images of movement and transition. The use of water as prime medium and ink and tempera as additives merge harmoniously with her long-term study of light and space.

Didier Hess, a collaborative led by Oliver Hess and Jenna Didier, creates interactive artwork for public places. We discover the invisible but powerful forces influencing a site and make them tangible. Often we find inspiration in air quality, solar paths, persistent weather patterns, native and invasive plants, infrastructure and even the flow of people. Close observation of a region's resource and waste streams inform our material selections. In this way, the creation of a consistent language in our work grows from the existing fabric of the location and minimizes the carbon footprint of each project.

Jay Nelson’s drawings, paintings and sculptures are created as part of his quest for individual autonomy within the modern American landscape. His work pays homage to the long history of the Western frontier as a destination for a romantic solitary experience.

My fascination with fame has now evolved into documenting the famous and their surroundings. Because the U.S. has no royal family, I’ve created my own; a blend of Hollywood, fame and old money. In the same way that Jean-Etienne Liotard created portraits of the Habsburg-Lorraine family, I am drawing portraits of our queens and princesses. Or to be more honest, drawing women that are worth the title to me. I’m interested in the world of old time class. People that carry a large personality and can show off decadence with a smile or handbag. And people who are drawn to grand items like chandeliers, flocking, pearl necklaces and very big rooms. I want to draw a world like William Randolph Hearst did when he built Hearst Castle. I want to draw the people I imagine would be hanging out inside these big fabulous places.

Through these works I am physically recreating packaging while addressing the packaging of concepts such as nature and wilderness.

I am both interested in how the materials I use move through the consumer economy and how words and concepts like ‘sustainability’, ‘ecological’, ‘recyclable’ , wilderness and ‘nature’ are passed through the information economy.

Through my art, I attempt to undo the alienating junk mail cycle on a micro-level and create a space to explore aspects of our lives that sometimes get buried by the overwhelming consumer cycle.