Past Resident Artists

  • Paulie!

  • Cecilia Beavers

  • Emma Brittain

  • Emma Stanton

  • Mojo Banjo

  • Robert Rusch

    I am an artist working in Buffalo, New York. I received my BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2016. I am part of the first cohort of…

  • Wavy

    I prefer not to restrict myself to any certain set of rules when it comes to creation. By proclaiming that I am an artist who does this and works in…

  • Angela Guest

    My process for my body of work is motivated by a contemplation of what my own life is and what it will become. The choice to use thread and fabric in my artistic…

  • Bree Gilliam

    Bree Gilliam is a painter and entrepreneur from Buffalo, NY. Her work primarily focuses on social issues and experiences that people face daily. She uses…

  • Harrison Aponte

    I'm obsessed with entendres. As an avid rap music listener, I most admire a rapper that can carefully place a word where it can have different dimensions…

  • Mickey Harmon

    Mickey Harmon is a Buffalo-based illustrator and graphic designer, co-owner of the Pine Apple Company gallery on Allen Street, and the chair of Allentown First Friday Gallery Walk…

  • Brandon Watson

    Brandon Watson is a photographer based in Buffalo, NY. His works focus on the obscure, yet dynamic, subcultures of society. Brandon’s work is not only a first-person view of “the process,”…

  • Darmelle Esterlin

    Painting oil on canvas portraits is my passion and making pictures has been the core of my existence for many years. It's always thrilling to experience the moment a painting takes on a life…

  • W.T. Joshua

    W.T. Joshua is a poet, writer, and photographer from Buffalo, NY. I always feel called to create work that stems from a question. If I were to trace my thoughts backward from a…

  • Conner Chadderdon

    Conner Chadderdon grew up in Orchard Park and then after high-school attended Buffalo State College. He was awarded the Fine Arts Award in 2019 and in 2020 he received the…

  • Kayleah Aldrich

    Kayleah Aldrich was born in Buffalo, New York and graduated in 2021 with her BFA from Alfred University’s School of Art and Design in The New York State College of Ceramics with minors in…

  • Jalen Law

    Jalen has been an artist since the age of four. He’s always been interested in different forms of creation, including painting, drawing, and sculpting. In his sophomore year of college, he…

  • Andy Krystek

    Native to the Buffalo/Niagara region. A graduate of the University at Buffalo with a BFA in printmaking in 2011. Much of his twenties was spent working…

  • Chango

    As an omni-disciplinary artist my practice tends to feed on the world around me. Energy leaves impressions on me that I have to reckon with through my work…

  • Kevin Burzynski

    MIXED MEDIA ARTIST

    Kevin Burzynski is a visual artist from Buffalo, NY who works in photography and mixed media painting. His paintings experiment with detail and tactile…

  • DJ Carr

    Derrick Carr is a self-taught artist from Buffalo, NY specializing in portraiture, documentary and street photography. Derrick started…

  • Alison Cortes

    BIO Alison Cortes is a working artist residing in Buffalo, New York. She graduated from The University at Buffalo in 2021 with a BA in Art History. She has…

  • Elizabeth D’Amore

    ARCHITECTURAL ARTIST

    Elizabeth D’Amore explores the relationship between art and documentation through the creation of hand drafted, watercolor renderings and..

  • Avanna Duff

    Avanna Duff is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. She has learned the art of painting since the tender age of 6. Avanna attended Martha Ellen Stilwell school of the arts majoring in…

  • Nick Mass

    Nick Mass is a multimedia artist from Buffalo, NY. Self described as a “Rapper, Painter, Creative, dude”, he tries to express himself in any way he can. Some hats he…

  • Phil McAndrew

    Phil McAndrew is an illustrator, a cartoonist, and a writer. His work has been published by The New Yorker, MAD Magazine, The Nib, Popula, and many…

  • Jeannine Mullan

    MIXED MEDIA ARTIST

    Jeannine Mullan is a visual artist from Buffalo, NY who is exploring excessive texture and using layers to build up the surface of her paintings. Painting with

  • Peter Olonade

    FASHION AND MIXED MEDIA ARTIST

    Peter Olonade is a fashion designer from Brooklyn, New York. During his childhood he studied in Lagos, Nigeria and returned to the states to complete..

  • Cassandra Ott

    An eternal optimist and quiet observer, artist Cassandra Ott's lighthearted and bright artistic explorations take shape across a variety of fine art, public art, and surface pattern design. She…

  • Danielle Saeva

    PAINTER

    Danielle Saeva is a painter and art educator based in Buffalo, NY who works for Locust Street Art, a nonprofit which provides free art lessons for the...

  • Kelly Schnurr

    Kelly Schnurr is a multidisciplinary artist and mother of two living in Buffalo, NY. She merges her design background with fine art practices…

  • Eugene Sims

    Eugene Sims is a painter and freelance artist based in Buffalo, New York. With a focus on portrait and figure, his artwork invites you to witness a story…

  • Laura Valkwitch

    Laura is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on pyrography and oil painting. She is a WNY native and studied fine art at Niagara County Community College. Currently, Laura…

  • Jesse Lee Vargas-Colucci

    PHOTOGRAPHER

    Jesse Lee Vargas is a photographer who has spent the past 10 years photographing immigrant communities in California. After 15 years, she…

  • Nicholas Wheeler

    Nicholas Wheeler is an artist, tradesperson, and designer. He works primarily through woodworking and carpentry, and is often oscillating between…