INDIANA BEACH

reminding Miami that there's more than corn in Indiana.

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Kassie Woodworth

Indianapolis, IN

Roll the Dice 2022 acrylic yarn, felted wool, 7 x 7 x 7 in each $100

Kassie investigates the relationship of human / nature through sculptural and print media. She currently works out of her studio in Indianapolis, Indiana and lives in a van full-time with her partner, traveling when she can in search of new and exciting inspiration. Kassie is the Director of Operations at 900 North Studios, an art and design fabrication shop. My work explores the delicacy of nature and its details. The rhythmic flow of a river, the rush of the wind, the movement of tall grass; it all inspires me to reflect upon the energy that flows in everything around us. Movement is integrated into my process and forms. The impulsive and intuitive style of my studio practice has a fluid energy that constantly keeps me motivated to explore.

www.kassiewoodworth.com @kassiewoodworth.art

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Jacob Mullins

Indianapolis, IN

Pull the Plug 2022 Acrylic, gesso, India ink, marker and colored pencil on paper, 17 x 15 in $300

Jacob Mullins (b.1993) comes from the flat unassuming suburbs north-west of Indianapolis, IN. He received his BFA in painting from Herron School of Art + Design in 2017. A recipient of the 2016 Robert B. Berkshire award and the Leroy Neiman Foundation Summer Fellowship award at Oxbow School of Art in Saugatuck, MI.

@extrahairypeople

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Ben Woolford

Indianapolis, IN

Longing for Corn 2022 corn, plywood, and glass $75

@benmajean

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Stephen Creech

Indianapolis, IN

Nerifoami Beer Koozie 2021 ceramic glaze, 6 x 6 x 6 in $400

Nerifoami Beer Koozie 2021 ceramic glaze, 7 x 7 x 8 in $550

Nerifoami Jibbitz 2021 sponge, 1 x 1 x 1 in $25 each

Stephen Creech (the USA, b. 1983) received a BA (2006) from the University of Morehead, Kentucky. He has worked in Los Angeles as a studio assistant for Peter Gernz and managed four ceramic studios. In 2012, he began working at American Art Clay, a ceramic materials manufacturer, where he currently holds the title of Director of Marketing and Development. Among other accomplishments, Stephen co-founded Clay Week, an organization that celebrates ceramics globally, and Indy Clay Coop, a ceramics gallery in Indianapolis, Indiana. In addition to leading these organizations, Stephen maintains a home studio in Indianapolis, where he lives with his wife, daughter, and cat.

Stephen Creech is an artist working to create joyful experiences that celebrate what is possible. Each artwork explores the concepts of multiple dimensions and worlds. The surfaces and landscapes are teeming with life, which becomes the focus and the setting for his pieces. The pieces come to life as a collaboration using materials, heat, time, and other physical properties. The heat and energy of the kiln allow for the creation of metaphors that encompass the intersection of science, metaphysics, and the human condition. The goal is to create works of joy, interest, and beauty accessible to anyone, each driven by process and discovery. At a deeper level, each piece reveals a story and connection to previous works weaving an extensive narrative of a universe where all of these parts collide.

www.StephenCreech.com @creechoftheeast

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Maura Jasper

Troy, NY

Jackie Kennedy Inauguration Hat (drawn to scale) 2022 Graphite on cotton rag paper 16 x 22 x .25 in, drawing only 14.5 x 14 in $1750

Maura Jasper is a visual artist who works primarily with time-based media, and participatory projects. Her work has been exhibited and screened at venues such as Artist's Space, Vox Populi, Electronic Arts Intermix, and the Institute for Contemporary Art in Boston. She is probably best known for her work as a co-founder of Punk Rock Aerobics and her visual collaborations with the band Dinosaur Jr. Originally from Worcester, Massachusetts, she has lived and worked in New York City, Boston, Muncie (IN), and most recently Troy (NY). Working primarily with video, performance and participatory projects, my work explores the intersections of history, pop culture and mass media as influences that inform our individual and collective sense of self. Most of my work functions as a bridge between art and non-art experiences by inviting participation and bringing regular people back into the process of cultural production. By taking on the trappings of mass media forms not normally considered art–such as, karaoke, aerobics instruction, or weather reports, these forms become vehicles for empowerment that function as backdrops in which each individual’s stories, dreams, and expectations can unfold.

www.maurajasper.com @maurajasper

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Danielle Joy Graves

Orlando, FL

Gum 1 2022 mixed media, 36 x 18 in $30 gum earrings a piece $800 towel

Danielle Joy Graves is an illustration and installation artist. Her work revolves around developing characters and building worlds for them to live in, seeing the interconnectedness of fantasy and reality, her characters, and herself. 

www.daniellejoygraves.com @daniellejoygraves

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J. Beaver

Indianapolis, IN

Untitled (Various Cigareets, Packages) 2018-presen rope & acrylic paint/found object, 2 x 4 in - 3.5 x 5 in NFS Untitled (Various Cigareets, Singles) 2018-present rope & acrylic paint/found object, 2.75 - 3 in NFS

J. Beaver is an artist who has lived and painted in Indianapolis since 2011. He primarily focuses on achromatic acrylic paintings. On occasion his work includes sculptural elements such as painted rope, wooden yardsticks, & toys. His studio (S59) is located in the Circle City Industrial Complex. He has no pets.In my work I am trying to capture the feeling of how thoughts and images actually exist versus how I remember them to exist. I view my paintings as documents and the sculptural/object elements as memories (or how memory tends to abstract actual thoughts/objects). I don't feel like my work is particularly expressional in the artistic sense, but I do view it as a record of expression.

@jahwz

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Mailinh Hồ

Indianapolis, IN

Sunbathing 2020 oil on paper, 18 x 12 in $250

Mailinh Hồ is a Vietnamese-American artist currently residing in Indianapolis. She is interested in figurative and portrait painting.

Although issues surrounding the portrayal of Asians and Asian-Americans in the media has come a long way since the 1920s, there continues to be a lack of representation and a lingering problem with the tropes of the “Model Minority” and “Forever Foreigner.” The Vietnamese diaspora has resulted in an influx of first generation Vietnamese-Americans who face the struggle of maintaining their cultural heritage while seeking acceptance as a fellow American. Mailinh Ho’s work explores the complexities of contemporary identity through playful iconography and self-portraiture. Through self-portraiture she encourages the viewer to examine the contemporary dynamics of race and gender as a result of diaspora through her experience as a first generation Vietnamese-American. Her work confronts the topic of modern-day micro-aggressions with a cheeky attitude, forcefully rejecting stereotypical notions of Asian Americans while reconciling her Vietnamese heritage and American upbringing.

@mickiesen

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Rachel Leah Cohn

Indianapolis, IN

Garlic Sky Amulet 2022 fabric, wood dowels, 112 x 40 in $1200

Rachel Leah Cohn is an interdisciplinary artist working with painting, sculpture, video and performance. She exhibits her work internationally, including recent exhibitions in collaboration with the Qatar Museums, the Istanbul Design Biennial and Aterlierhaus Salzamt in Linz, Austria. She has attended many international artist residency programs, recently including ACRE Projects, Signal Culture, and the Fire Station in Doha, Qatar. She holds an MFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. Rachel is currently the Foundations Coordinator for the School of Art at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, specializing in 4D Foundations.

Rachel’s work is concerned with themes of communication as well as mythology, rituals, group dynamics and structures of reality. Projects often attempt to give a physical form to something that is ephemeral, through painting, sculpture and installation. Recently, she lived in the desert where she was building lamps simulating mirages as an analog for memory and loss. Lately, her research has been focused on Jewish mysticism and protective magic, including amulets and strategies for connection.

@rachelleahcohn

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Brent Lehker

Indianapolis, IN

I’ve got to go, I’ve got a business meeting to get to 2022 found suitcase, wood, paint $1,100

I’ve done some things. I’m doing some things. I plan to do more things. I build things.

@storagespaceindy

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Becky Entrican

Camby, IN

Keep On Suckin' 2022 oil on canvas $1250

Squirt Can 2021 oil on MDF, 16 x 8 in $200

beckyentrican.com @flourescendence

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Tillman Reyes

Indianapolis, IN

Bathroom Landscapes oil on canvas NFS

tillmanreyes.com @ballparkhotdogs

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Nick Witten

Orlando, FL

Untitled 2022 wood, epoxy NFS

b.1991-? www.nickwitten.com @nick.witten

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Emily Freese

Indianapolis, IN

Untitled 2022 resin, vinyl, silicone, graphite $6,000

Emily Freese is from Indianapolis, Indiana where she graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Herron School of Art and Design. In 2018 Freese graduated with her Master in Fine Arts in Sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Emfreese.com

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William and Sons

Indianapolis, IN

When I Go To Hell My Sins Will Burn Hot, So That Up In Heaven The Angels Can Cook Brats 2022 felt, plastic, copper, polymer clay, and paint $1,200

William and Sons have been partnered for almost ten years. Themes in their work frequently inundate around anxiety-fueled fears and self-destruction. Works range from live interactive performances, to larger than life scaled puppet shows.

@grif_williams @thomaswilliamsoniv

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Jennifer Delgadillo

Indianapolis, IN

Cookie Jar Money 2022 papier-mâché, 7.5 x 5 x 5 in $150

Jennifer Delgadillo is a Mexican-American writer and artist living in the Near Eastside of Indianapolis. Storytelling and community are at the heart of all of Delgadillo's work, which is why in 2016 she organized a community film festival for first-time filmmakers in the Near Eastside. Delgadillo also organized film screenings of public domain art films and for independent filmmakers, including the award-winning short documentary Un Buen Carnicero by Victoria Boulobasis, and Taxi Libre by Viviana Cavazos and Itziar Garaluce, with the purpose of building cultural awareness and promoting Latinx culture in Indiana. She has a BFA in painting from Herron School of Art + Design and is currently pursuing her MFA in Creative Fiction at Butler University.

Through visual arts and in writing, my work veers toward nostalgia and curiosity. As a Mexican-American, born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico and then living in Indiana for half my life, I find comfort in symbols as language for larger ideas and feelings. In the dualities of my life, I’ve learned that it takes having only one thing in common with another person to build community. And so, through my work, I seek to sublimate experiences and objects that get me in conversation with kindred spirits. With “Cookie Jar Money'', I thought about the scene in the movie My Girl, where Vada steals Shelly’s money, hidden in the cookie jar in the camper, to pay for the adult poetry class. I love that movie and I love the thought of a little girl wanting something so bad, she’s willing to scheme like that. I give "Indiana Beach" curators and Satellite Art Fair permission to use this information to promote me and my work as part of "Indiana Beach".

@jengadillo

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Gnat Bowden

Milwaukee, WI

KLEANER - BLACK RAGE

Gnat Bowden is a black, queer, trans artist living in Milwaukee, WI.

GNAT BOWDEN'S WORK FOCUSES ON THE INTERSECTIONS AND REENACTMENTS OF PUNK CULTURE, REPRESSION, VIOLENCE, AND STATE/GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE. KLEANER IS BOWDEN'S PRACTICE OF INVESTIGATING THROUGH PERSONA THE WAY THESE POWERS INFLUENCE AND ENACT HISTORICAL RAGE UNTO BLACK, BROWN, QUEER, AND TRANS PEOPLE IN THE MIDWEST.

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