Artists
sakurako reed
May 2023 - August 2023
Here is my bio
But it’s a different bio
This is a haiku.
Sakurako Reed is a multimedia artist residing in Cleveland, OH. Her work examines the intersection of being something, not being something, and how those somethings are defined. Through the use of various mediums and reoccurring motifs, her work is characterized by humor, play, language, and some potentially sad scenarios. Ultimately, she seeks to create work that resonates with audiences on a visceral level, evoking emotions and sparking conversations about what it means to exist as a human. She received her BFA in both Painting and Drawing from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2021, alongside a concentration in Creative Writing. In 2023, she received her MFA in Print Media from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Her work has been exhibited at Parsons School of Design in New York (NY), the Rhodes Tower in Columbus, OH, the Cranbrook Museum of Art, as well as the Osaka University of Arts in Osaka, Japan, where she spent a semester studying traditional Japanese painting. Reed’s honors include the George Clements Memorial Scholarship for Study Abroad, as well as a National Silver Portfolio with Distinction from the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
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elizabeth lax
January 2023 - March 2023
We rush to our death
A feeling of emptiness
It is darker still
Cleveland artist Elizabeth Lax focuses primarily on painting the human form. After being raised in a restrictive environment, painting has become a way for her to express what has been silenced. Her subjects typically have obscured identities and are presented without clothing. She aims to expose the subjects while keeping them hidden. The content of these paintings are a way of rebelling against the puritanical beliefs she was indoctrinated with. She believes that in order to break cycles of generational trauma we must quiet our hearts and raise our voices. In 2019 she received her BA in Studio Arts from Kent State University with a primary focus on painting. Her most recent work explores the relationships between addiction, consciousness, epigenetics, cults and religions.
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Resident from August - October 2022
nolan meyer
An Infinite room
Walls, floor, and ceiling unclear
This place is unknown
Nolan Meyer (1998) is an artist from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He lives and works in Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art’s painting program in 2020. He mainly works in various forms of painting but also works in digital video and digital photography. His work revolves around painting’s history and the creation of paintings through cultural and art historical references. Most of these cultural references are bound to the internet and other forms of digital culture such as video games.
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