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Catherine Falco
Catherine Falco is a visual artist born and raised in New York. She obtained her BFA in studio art at Adelphi University in 2021, where she developed a passion for painting, sculpting and mixed media. In her work, she explores personal experiences and themes surrounding relationships, memories, and how they linger in day to day life. Falco has been featured in several group exhibitions, publications and private collections. She currently lives and works in New Jersey.
Katelyn Bensen-Crawford
Katelyn Bensen-Crawford received a BFA in Studio Art and a minor in Art History from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. She is an abstract painter exploring the interaction of color, line, shape and value. Her paintings are a metaphor about the different stages of life, and the power one has to define and redefine it [for] themselves.
Bensen-Crawford has exhibited in group shows at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY and The Manes Art and Education Center in Roslyn, NY. She holds the ESKFF Foundation Residency Award and Conger Goodyear Art History Award from Adelphi University. She has given multiple artist lectures highlighting her artwork. Bensen-Crawford has published works in David Hornung’s, Color Third Edition: A workshop for artists and designers.
Bensen-Crawford currently lives and works in NY.
DalilaPasotti
Born and raised in Turin, Italy, Dalila Pasotti is a sculptor and painter, with a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Turin. She moved to New York to follow her passion for the arts. She chose sculpture as her main medium, initially worked as a jeweler, then perfected her formation in sculpture at the National Academy School of Fine Arts in New York, along with working with renowned sculptors. She possesses a passion for the unknown and nature, the incomprehensible, uncanny universe, astrophysics and any form of art that amplifies these elements, making it into the core of her work and manifesto. She continues to study physics and astrophysics, attending lectures and being invited by researchers and professors in prestigious research institutions such as CERN in Geneva and at IAS Institute of Advanced Studies in Princeton. She currently lives and works in New York.
Brian Gustafson
Brian Gustafson is an artist living and working in NY metro area. He enjoys the activity of making objects and fabricates works that he refers to as devices that heighten human awareness and sensitize viewers to the experience of empathy. He often utilizes simple natural phenomena such as wind, water, and light. His work consists of interactive and kinetic devices, sculpture, and installation, and his fondness of glass and metal is found throughout his work.
Brian Gustafson received his MFA from Illinois State University and his BFA from Tulane University. He has exhibited nationally and received numerous awards, including the New Jersey Council of the Arts Fellowship. He is currently Associate Professor of Sculpture at New Jersey City University.