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street-driven. It incorporates punk and
grunge silhouettes and line in an innovative way.
My designs are sophisticated but have a younger and fresh take on fashion, stemming from
the idea of youthful rebellionstaying out all
night and disobeying parents. My designs have
the essence and proportions of a male garment.
They are a rebellion against something that was
defined as socially sought-after and socially the
norm. They are a retaliation against authority
and all that it stands for. I want people to think
not only of what my work is saying about gender
stereotypes but also what it says about culture
as a whole. Why are we so confined by rules and
laws? Where is there room for invention and
originality? In a society where material objects
and technology regulate our lives, what is left for
us free-thinking individuals?

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Mixed media

12x 22

Tiffani Kuhn

Her work has a focus on

community and attention on
important public issues such
as gentrification and the socialization currently happening not only in the area she
teaches in but also lives.

iffani Kuhn was born and raised in

Chicago. Her inspiration stems from
other artists, her father, and mannequins.
Tiffani uses art to create an alternate reality.
Tiffani first started studying photography
in high school in order to connect with her
father, who passed when she was young. She
frequently modeled her photographs after
his, using still life and nature as her muse.
Photography provided insight into who he
was and his passion. Currently, her work
is about community and focuses on public
issues such as the gentrification occurring
in the neighborhood where she teaches and
lives.
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Archival inkjet

5x7

Elise Paluszak

lise Paluszaks work attests to the value,

documentation, and preservation of
individual lived experiences, through ruminating on and manifesting her condition.
Her practice is a meditation on repetition
and time. The incessant energy present in the
body and the mind simultaneously suggests
anxiety and compulsiveness and acts as a
method for releasing those feelings.

onstant motion is represented by her

hands marks on paper, which resembles a series of tally marks. She focuses on
the tally mark as a record of time, as well as a
unique signature of the hand and the presence of labor. The result is an accumulation
of marks that serves as a testimony to effort,
time, collection, and obsession.

If You Cant Keep Up

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Brandon Perl

randon Perls meditative process is his

art form. His artistic practice is a ritual and a way of life, which begins with the
folding of the paper and continues with the
marks he makes on the paper. He makes
this work daily, and while the materials remain the same, each image is a fingerprint
that is individual and unique. The drawings
become cages in which the emotions and
experiences of the moment are encased.
Brandon uses his work to navigate the
world and to continue to create, expand his
worldview, and survive.
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Ink on paper

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Jen Plumridge

lothing is our outer layer, our shell. These

garments were meticulously hand-knit
using industrial materials such as Kevlar and
stainless steel, juxtaposed with natural fibers--merino wool, alpaca, and silk. The cloak is knit with
Kevlar fiber; however, it is not bulletproof. It
represents the idea of wanting to feel safe in what
often feels like a chaotic world.

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lumridge plays with the notion of feeling vulnerable and wanting to feel safe through her
knit works. Her process began by looking at a broken seashell and thinking about which creatures
use shells as protection. Then she thought about
what the human shell is, as well as what makes us
feel protected emotionally and physically.

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Kevlar fiber

Sylvia Prokopowics Luchez

This body of work emerges from a

place of inner conflict about cultural
identity and documents the feeling
of being pulled by opposing cultural
forces.

quilibrium is a visual collection of thoughts

that occupy Sylvias mind at this moment
in her life, as well as representations of cultural
knowledge that she draws upon as she makes decisions in her daily life. This body of work emerges
from a place of inner conflict about cultural identity and documents the feeling of being pulled
by opposing cultural forces. At the same time, it
represents the fulfillment of a place where seemingly conflicting sets of cultural knowledge come
together harmoniously.

ylvias artistic practice is an extension of the

experience of ordering spaces and organizing
objects. She constructed this body of work using
collected objects from her environment that represent thoughts that exist and linger in her mind.
She reordered the objects, just as we reorder the
thoughts and ideas that we collect in our physical
and social environments to make sense of them.

Brain Space
Lithographic print on paper
6.25x 6.25

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Yanessa has always felt drawn to
nature and its pure beauty. Her art focuses
on nature and is inspired by a deep need
to preserve it. Working with and keeping
something beautiful makes Yanessa and
the viewers of her art aware of the loss
of nature around us, especially in urban
settings. These pieces of wood once stood
for decades. Yanessa feels safe and content
preserving the wood and ensuring that a
sliver of its memory is forever encased.

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Mick Schoon

n image can be deconstructed differently to deduce meaning by the

viewer. Images convey a message and often that message is reflective of a socially
agreed-upon idea. For example, an image of
a gun can elicit different meanings for each
viewer. When we see a gun, it reminds us of
a culturally agreed-upon idea and there may
not be an actual link between the image of
the gun or its meaning that is interpreted by
the viewer. The use of the image is the only
actual link to its meaning. Art is based on
images and images are constructed through
language; therefore, art is dependent on the
institutions in which it operates.
Not So Native
Printed oxide on porcelain
12 in diameter

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arlier in the year Kat Stuit struggled

with her mental health, which affected how she lived her daily life. She was not
sure how to pick herself back up. Art has
always been a coping mechanism for her, so
she used her current work to reflect the state
of her mental health, using color to express
her emotions. Kat used small pieces of paper to create scenes that reflected the many
thoughts and ideas she had during this moment in her life. There is no linear narrative
in these works; however, there is a multitude
of stories which are left to the viewer to construct and interpret.
Do you?
Paper on wood
20x20

Natalya Sturlis

he giant atomic blast is a bright cotton-candy entity

of fear, anxiety, and powerlessness. It is an image
so recognized in our culture and ingrained in the American psyche. This seduction of drama and the excitement
of fear are never changing. We created an explosion of
jubilation and apprehension, a wreck we cant take our
eyes off. We did drop the bombs, and now we know what
we are capable of doing. We are told we are safe, but to
always be aware of some impending doom, when will it
happen to us? The fear of destruction and loss of control
is part of Americana, yet it not only scares us but also
puts us in awe. We are obsessed with destruction only
when viewing it from a safe space.

We are obsessed with destruction only

when viewing it from a safe space.

estructive repetition moves the gaze along like a

story to be read. The suspension between dread
and reflection, a moment of hung eternity. These images
are done in chalk, ready to be wiped away from existence,
much like our own presence.

Welcome
Acrylic on canvas

36x60