Aaron Nagel was born in 1980 in San Francisco, CA. He is a figurative oil painter who resides in Oakland, CA. Having received no formal training, he is entirely self-taught; a fact at odds with his classical approach to surrealism. In his current work, he explores specific themes of guilt and power, always associated with his views on the perils of organized religion and theism.

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Artist’s Website: http://www.aaronnagel.com/

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Casey Weldon was born in southern California, where he spent the majority of his life up to his graduation from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. After a brief time running his own studio in Las Vegas, Nevada, He relocated to Brooklyn, New York, where he now lives and works as an illustrator and fine artist.

By using to the iconography of today and yesterday’s popular culture, his work aims to awaken a feelings of nostalgia within the viewer, though often along with a sense humor, melancholy, and longing for times lost.

Born in Philadelphia, but raised in Fresno, Luke Chueh (pronounced CHU) studied graphic design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obipso where he earned a BS in Art & Design (Graphic Design concentration). He was employed by the Ernie Ball Company, working in-house as designer/illustrator where he created several award winning designs and was featured in the design annuals of Communication Arts and Print Magazine. In 2003, Chueh moved to Los Angeles to further pursue a career in design. However, a lack of employment opportunities left him resorting to painting as a way to keep busy (a hobby he picked up while attending Cal Poly). He got his start when the Los Angeles underground art show, Cannibal Flower, invited him to show at their monthly events. Since then Chueh has quickly worked his way up the ranks of the LA art scene, establishing himself as an artist not to be ignored. Employing minimal color schemes, simple animal characters, and a seemingly endless list of ill-fated situations, Chueh stylistically balances cute with brute, walking the fine line between comedy and tragedy. Chueh’s work has been featured in galleries around the world, and some of his paitnings have also been reinterpreted into vinyl toys.

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Artist’s Website: http://www.lukechueh.com/

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Doubleparlour is an art collaboration between Ernie and Cassandra Velasco. Both are artists who like to explore a variety of subject matters with different mediums. Some works are done as a joint effort and others are solo works. Current work includes drawings, prints, paintings and polymer clay sculptures.

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Artist’s Website: http://www.doubleparlour.com/

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Xiau-Fong Wee is really three different artists stuck in one body. Her work branches into three different categories each with a distinct style that covers different ideas and subjects. The images are an alternate dimension, a new world that tells a story, hints at an underlying message, and provides a small adventure for people looking in from the outside. She finds inspiration in the bizarre, and strange, as well as the beauty of what the urban environment and nature has to offer; the challenge is to connect what is unknown with what is familiar and create an altered view of aesthetics.

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Artist’s Website: http://xiaufong.com/

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Chicago-based painter Steve Seeley may have a Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University in printmaking, but it’s his firm grasp of painting and pop culture that have made us fall in love with his art.
Steve’s wide-ranging tastes in comic books, superheroes and Japanese monsters (kaiju) along with his ability to combine those with an array of floral and natural elements results in a disparate, though pleasing, amalgamation that never gets boring.

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Artist’s Website: http://thedelicatematter.com/

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Rich Pellegrino is an illustrator and artist currently working in Providence, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School for Design and has been exhibiting nationally since 2006.

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Artist’s Website: http://www.richpellegrino.com/

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Nicole Gustafsson was born and raised in Norfolk, Nebraska. Much of her youth was spent playing in the park across the street from her family home. These outdoor adventures helped form Nicole’s love of nature and fueled her imagination. It is this spirit of discovery and adventure that she conveys in her artwork. Nicole currently lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband and pet family.

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Artist’s Website: http://nimasprout.com/

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Michael Ramstead was born in 1988. He earned his BA at UC Davis in 2010, majoring in Art Studio and minoring in Art History. He currently lives and works in Long Beach, California.

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Artist’s Website: http://michaelramstead.com/

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For Megan Wolfe, dry media has always felt more natural. “It’s easier to fall into,” she says, “while painting has always felt like more of a process.” A San Francisco-based artist known for her avian subject matter, Megan has long worked on hyperrealist, graphite drawings inspired by her own migration from Mississippi to sunny California. “There’s something to be said for dwelling in a medium for a long time,” Megan says, “but when you reach that place where you have so much control, it’s time to go discover something else.” – Warholian