Hailing from the planet Saturn, Neyva is a multidisciplinary alien artist from outer space here to save the human race. Their music is vulnerable, futuristic, eclectic, experimental, and otherworldly, alongside their engaging stage presence. In this lifetime, they’re self taught as well as in music programs since middle school. They were in and out of […]
Ashton S. Phillips (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, California, working directly with the earth, water, pollution, and more-than-human agents of (dis)repair as primary materials and collaborators. He is interested in the transness of material, the plasticity of bodies (human and nonhuman), and the promise of queer/trans ecological praxis, including interspecies collaboration, […]
Heidi Ross is a chef and multidisciplinary artist who uses food as visceral communication through communion—exploring sentience and interspecies connection through sound, touch, taste, and new media. Her conceptual, somatic, and artistic approach to cooking comes through in immersive performances that connect people around a shared experience. Her work centers curiosity and patience, delight in nature […]
Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Bea Lamar‘s candlelit sketching sessions with her father ignited a lifelong exploration of art’s mystical dimensions.Now rooted in Pasadena on the ancestral land of the Hahamog’na Tongva people, her practice blends environmentalism, ancestral wisdom, and quantum interconnectedness.Drawing from Levantine heritage—ancient divination, celestial rhythms, and herbal lore—she creates immersive installations merging energy […]
From Burbank, craft Hollywood, The Artist Monte Thrasher does the physical labor of movie making, building costumes, painting sets, running cables. He collects skills instead of possessions, sketching, sculpting and building, though he’s developing into a storyteller. He wrote for the now-legendary 90s sound sculpture zine Experimental Musical Instrument (Tom Waits’ favorite magazine) about his […]
Michael Mersereau (b. 1977) is a media and sound artist based in Oakland, California and Montreal, Canada. Mersereau’s work has been exhibited at institutions and galleries both nationally and internationally such as Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca in Ciudad de Oaxaca, The Diego Rivera Anahuacali Museum in Mexico City, and Maison de la Culture Claude […]
Wes Nelson, a touring bassist/guitarist based in LA, has performed with acclaimed artists like Mike Stern, Ny Oh, Zzzahara, LP Giobbi, DJ Tennis, Bonzie, and Randy Brecker. He’s toured globally and recorded at East West and Capitol Records. Wes is also part of Indie Rock bands Lozenge and The Brainstorm. In 2023, he launched solo […]
Nguyen Ly is a multimedia artist and art educator with expertise in numerous printmaking techniques (including drypoint, collagraph, and monoprint), as well as drawing, sculpture and collage. His prints, drawings, sculpture and other work have been exhibited throughout California and in locales as diverse as Springfield, Missouri, and Guadalajara, Mexico. Nguyen was born in Saigon […]
Thomas Miley studied with Anthony Braxton, David Rosenboom and Larry Polanski; Elizabeth Mills Strothers award for Excellence in Composition at Mills College (MA); American Conservatory of Music (BM); additional studies were at Chicago Musical college, Berkeley Jazz School; Director of Audio Technology, SEGA of America, Inc.; Adjunct Professor, California State University, East Bay, Adjunct Professor, […]
Brian Black, Lily Yates, Dom Cooper, and Zane Alexander S. B. are collaborators on “Is It a Person, Place, or Thing?” They are interested in how people connect to the world and how this data might be translated into a visual and audio format. Brian Black is a multimedia artist with a focus on installation […]