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Vision(ary) Online Artist Panel II
August 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
The Griffin Museum of Photography is pleased to present a series of artist panels celebrating artists of this year’s Vision(ary). Artists featured in the second panel are Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Dana Stirling, Marco Castelli, Ric Pontes, Marky Kauffmann, Vicky Stromee, Andrea Alkalay, Sungchul Lee, Kevin Hoth.
Hillerbrand+Magsamen are a collaborative artist duo creating video, photography, and installation works that blend humor, tension, and domestic life. Their experimental practice explores the boundaries of family and culture, with work shown internationally and supported by grants, residencies, and institutions including the Ann Arbor Film Festival and Grand Rapids Art Museum.
Dana Stirling: Why Am I Sad
Dana Stirling is a fine art photographer and Co-Founder & Editor of Float Photo Magazine. Based in Queens, NY, she holds an MFA from SVA (2016) and a BA from Hadassah College (2013).
Her work has been exhibited internationally at Candela Books + Gallery, Panopticon Gallery, and Saatchi Gallery, among others. Featured in publications like Hyperallergic, LensCulture, and Buzzfeed, Dana’s work explores memory, identity, and personal narratives.
Marky Kauffmann: The Celestial Project
Marky Kauffmann is a graduate of Boston University and the New England School of Photography. She has been working as a fine art photographer, educator, and curator for more than thirty years. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including two Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship Finalist grants. Most recently, she won First Place in Soho Photo Gallery’s National Alternative Processes Competition, and was a finalist in the 7th Edition Julia Margaret Cameron Worldwide Gala Awards in three categories, including fine art, portraiture, and landscapes photography. Last summer, Kauffmann garnered an Honorable Mention in the Danforth Museum’s Art Annual Competition, juried by curator Jessica Roscio, and was part of Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 200.
Andrea Alkalay: Unearth
Andrea Alkalay is an Argentine visual artist and Industrial Designer, trained in art photography with a focus on experimental processes. In 2024, exhibitions include Bienal Sur, Recoleta and CCK Cultural Centers, the Museum of San Juan, and The Larreta Museum. Internationally, their work has been featured at Hafez Gallery in Riyadh, the RAK Art Festival in the UAE, the Kranj Festival and Park Pecno Gallery in Slovenia (2023/24), and the DongGang Museum of Photography.
Recipient of a 2022 grant from the Saudi Ministry of Culture and winner of The Kingdom Photography Award. Other accolades include 1st place in the Latin American Professional Award (2021 WPO), finalist at the Head On Photo Festival, and winner of the Light Festival Portfolio Award in Argentina.
Publications include Aesthetica Magazine, Lenscratch, Fresh Eyes, and PHMuseum.
Kevin Hoth: The Fifth Channel
Kevin Hoth is an artist, father, and educator based in Boulder, Colorado. He has taught university courses in photography, digital media and graphic design at numerous universities for over twenty years and has taught at the University of Colorado Boulder since 2011. Hoth’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at The Houston Center for Photography, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, The Center for Fine Art Photography, The Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia in Barcelona, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, The Photographic Center Northwest, The Center for Creative Photography, and The Rhode Island Center for Photography. Recent awards include Top 200 Critical Mass 2019, Center For Fine Art Photography Center Forward 2024, and top ten finalist for the 2018 Clarence John Laughlin Award. Hoth received his Masters of Fine Art in Photography at the University of Washington, Seattle with a focus in Video Installation. He lives on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado and regularly gets woken up by coyote howls, owl hoots and horse whinnies.
Kevin is represented by Walker Fine Art in Denver, Colorado.
Vicky Stromee
I am fortunate to call the Southwest – a place of incredible natural beauty – my home. I have lived in Tucson, AZ since 1975 when I moved here to pursue a master’s degree in Counseling
at the University of Arizona. When I retired from a long career in mental health, I turned my attention full time to photography, ultimately finding my niche in photographing natural subjects. More recently I have begun to create photomontages incorporating these natural objects into both abstract images and scenes of imaginary realism.
My work hangs in galleries, hospitals, and private and corporate collections throughout the US. It has been featured at the Griffin Museum of Photography, Boston; Waxlander Gallery, Santa
Fe; PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont; A Smith Gallery, Texas; Fotonostrum, Barcelona; and Afterimage Gallery in Dallas. Selected images have representation through Cynthia Byrnes Contemporary Art in New York.
Ric Pontes
After attending the New England School of
Photography, I began a career as a commercial
studio photographer, working with advertising
and editorial clients in the greater Boston area.
My personal work is characterized by an
Impressionist aesthetic—utilizing a distinctive
technique that I have been exploring and
perfecting over the years. My images are imbued with a dreamlike quality, blurring the boundaries
between reality and imagination.
My primary focus is, but not limited to, capturing a unique perspective on land and seascapes.
Through my photographs, I seek to evoke a sense of tranquility and introspection, inviting the viewers to appreciate the inherent beauty of their surroundings.
My work has been exhibited in local and national galleries and I continue to develop and redefine my process.
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