Ana Claudia Almeida

is a Brooklyn-based artist whose work spans painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Through material explorations with paper, fabric, plastic, oil pastels, and paint, Almeida investigates the tension between functionality and abstraction, interior and exterior, and the individual and the environment. Artsy notes she (like Suzanne and Teresa) is having a good moment.

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Yuji Agematsu

Back in May, Debra at Hyperallergic drew our attention to the unexpected beauty of detritus. Specifically, how, through his art, Yuji brings reverence and discipline to the job of living, and acknowledges each human’s durational condition. They are abstract in the sense that compositional decisions are driven by formalist prerogative (they are clearly recognizable materials also).

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John Jurayj

born in Chicago to a Lebanese father and American mother, John studied architecture at Washington University, St. Louis (BA 1990) and fine art at Bard College, New York (MFA 2005). Taught at School of Visual Arts (2008-11) and as visiting professor at Cornell University (2010-11). Manifold group exhibitions, mostly in U.S.A. (predominantly New York and California), but also in Lebanon and Canada. Prolific lecturer/panel member for Lebanese and Middle Eastern art. Based in Brooklyn, New York.Also shows with Walter Maciel.
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