Laurie Alan Browne

Bio By utilizing wildly uncontrollable colors as negative space, mixed media artist and painter Laurie Alan Browne challenges the viewer to confront social injustices and personal struggles as hopeful opportunities…

Andrea Brown

Bio Andrea Brown is a passionate and prolific mixed media artist. She is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design (Textiles and Glass), and studied abroad in the south…

Lily Brooks

Bio Lily Brooks received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art + Design in 2006 and an MFA from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. Her ongoing…

Michele Blevins

Bio Michele Blevins is a retired, life long self-taught artist, who is at a period in her life to fully immerse herself in passion for art. She works in a…

Aron Belka

Bio New Orleans-based artist Aron Belka is best known for his large format portraits that are surprisingly intimate despite their scale. His work has been included in exhibitions at the…

Peter Barnitz

Bio Peter Barnitz received his MFA from the University of New Orleans in 2011 and his BFA from Loyola University of New Orleans in 2004. In 2012 he established the…

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Traviesa & Molina

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Bio – Jonathan Traviesa

Jonathan Traviesa is a photographer and artist living in New Orleans since the late 1990s, and is currently serving as a Visiting Artist Professor in photography at Tulane University. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in New Orleans, Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Tokyo. Traviesa is a founding member of The Front gallery and released his first book, “Portraits” with a concurrent exhibition at The Front during October and November of 2009. As part of Photonola, Traviesa received the New Orleans Photo Alliance’s inaugural Michael P. Smith Grant Award, and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art exhibited a selection of his portraits from the book. His work is collected publicly at the Ogden and at The New Orleans museum of Art and privately at the Jimmy Club, The Saratoga Collection, and The Paramount Building. His show in collaboration with Cristina Molina, “Sad Tropics”, just finished its exhibition run in New Orleans.

Bio – Cristina Molina

Cristina Molina is a visual artist who creates video installations that include still imagery and sculptural forms. With a background in the study of psychology, and an interest in human relationships, Molina’s non linear, hypnotic narratives highlight interpersonal dynamics between family members, lovers, and friends. Her work has won national awards for its immersive quality and inventive use of technology. Molina has exhibited her artwork regionally, nationally, and internationally. She is currently an artist member of The Front in New Orleans (an artist run gallery) and is Assistant Professor of New Media + Animation at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Image credit: Jonathan Traviesa & Cristina Molina, Beach, from Sad Tropics, Archival pigment print

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