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SotR (State of the R)

Visual Arts: Functional and/or Decorative, Illustration, Murals, Painting, Works on paper

As SotR, I create art to facilitate people embracing their emotions, rather than fear them. Actually, I believe that emotions can empower you to be who you want to be if you take the time to understand them.

Abdul-Shaheed Aaron

Ethnic Art; Media; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Architectural Illustration, Constructions/Collage, Graphic Arts, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, Photography

My life is a very diverse book of many pages. For this, we shall begin, when my Artistic Me, began. In Dec of 2009 I became a victim of a violent crime. I had to undergo numerous surgeries, one of which was to save fingers on both hands. After months of therapy and searching for ways to get me to want to use my hands properly, I was given a camera. A light turned on in my soul. I started seeing and noticing things I never took the time to see before. Through all the hardships I have endured, the one blessing I hold onto is the chance to meet all the great and amazing clients, artists and supporters I have gotten to meet. Before, had I died, I would have been thought of as a good father, productive member of society and so on. Now, i get to help people leave their mark, their legacy, upon the World through my photography. Learn more about my personal story here: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/indianapolis-man-finds-healing-through-photography-after-traumatic-attack/531-f2f13cf0-a3f2-43c4-b46c-24f3c3d9bdff

Jenny Ambroise

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Visual Arts Instructor

Select Recent Exhibitions The College Football Playoffs Exhibition, The Indianapolis Artsgarden & The Indianapolis International Airport KIND Gallery, Indianapolis, IN Free on the Inside, Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, Florida Honorable Mention; Still Life 2017, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery, Online Small Works, The Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY Collections Private Collection, New York, NY Private Collection, Lexington, KY Private Collection, Indianapolis, IN Private Collection, Chicago, IL Private Collection, Dallas, TX Permanent Collection, Rose Hulman University, Terre Haute, IN Permanent Collection, Marian University, Indianapolis, IN

Kerri Ammirata

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Printmaking, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper

Marc Anderson

Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Works on paper

I’ve always enjoyed drawing, painting, & making things. I am particularly fond of outdoor/public art projects. Always looking forward to my next project, big or small, and finding clever design solutions.

Don Artamas

Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Works on paper; Public Art

Don Artamas is a Contemporary Abstract Artist, with an international upbringing, he is currently based in Marion, Indiana, USA and his works has been exhibited in various museums and galleries in Asia and USA. A student of the arts at an early age, Don Artamas has been painting professionally since 90’s. He does not limit himself by a particular style . . . He is a versatile artist who is inventive, searching and daring. His works are interesting and enlightening characterized distinctively by spontaneity, impulse, depth, improvisation and chance. His abstract works are emotionally charged infused with mystery and tension, expressing a wide range of human desire and yearnings. The power and fascinating quality of Don Artamas’ works stem from the feeling that they strike deep into subconscious reserves of energy and imagination.

Kaila Austin

Artist of Color; Black/African American; Literary Arts; Portrait; Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Portrait, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper

Kaila Austin is a painter and mixed media artist based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. She has been a participant in Murals for Racial Justice with the Arts Council of Indianapolis and has been interviewed for several magazines emphasizing Black arts and culture across the United States. Currently, she has a painting studio located at 201 Studios, where she also works as a bookbinder and printmaker. Austin works primarily in mixed media portraiture, focusing on the ways in which the arts can humanize Blackness after centuries of visual culture that has been subversive and noxious. Working traditionally in oil portraits, she has spent the last year expanding her work into mixed media loosen the rigidity tied to classical notions of what art is supposed to be. She primarily uses community members from around Indianapolis as the subject of her work, seeking to elevate everyday people and common people to the grandeur of historical narrative paintings.

Drew Avery Wagner

Graphic Arts; Media; Visual Arts: Ceramics, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Photography

Drew Avery Wagner is a designer working with product design & development in Indianapolis’ IT sector. Drew recently graduated from the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing with a B.S. in informatics where he specialized in human computer interaction. Underlying Drew’s goal of creating successful designs is a commitment to deliver accessible, useful, usable, and inclusive artifacts. Drew’s artistic products range from illustration to ceramics, as well as web development to interactive arts and experience design.

Slim Avre

Artist of Color; Visual Arts: Earthworks, Murals, Painting

As an Environmental Artist whose life’s goal is to create Health & Pollution consciousness, visual art is her tool used to help the vision & build communities. Recognizing Art as an intellect for education & development is the key to creating a better world of our own. Focusing only on what beings need to live & love life.

Stephen Sherian Barnes

Graphic Arts; Media; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Functional and/or Decorative, Graphic Arts, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting

Stephen & Sherian Barnes are a husband and wife creative duo, whose passion for painting and art spurned them to start iSM2 Custom Design. iSM2 stands for “In Stephen & Sherian’s Mind”. Stephen & Sherian (iSM2) have been painting since 2007 together in Indianapolis, Indiana. We have been featured artists for serveral shows including RAW: natural born artist, 2016 Meet The Artist, 12×12 Athenaeum ArtSpace, JUSWILL: B.Yound Music, and many other shows. Stephen & Sherian are also a part of an artist group of aspiring black Indianapolis innovators called “WE ARE”. Lastly, we (iSM2 Custom Design) provide the highest quality of services and many useful types of art mediums which include but not limited to garment printing (t-shirts, hats and shoes, computer graphics & logo designs, and canvas-signs/banners!

Alex Baumgartner

Visual Arts: Illustration, Murals, Painting, Photography, Printmaking

Just a lowly painter making commentary on philosophical issues of the human condition and society alike.

Tasha Beckwith

Artist of Color; Black/African American; Ethnic Art; Graphic Arts; Portrait; Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting

Tasha Beckwith is an Indianapolis-based visual artist. She studied painting and drawing at the Herron School of Art & Design, IUPUI, but honed her skills in graphic design and digital art on her own. Her portrait-based work combines expressionism, realism, and surrealism and she cites science fiction, fantasy, and Afrocentric themes as her inspirations. Recent work includes billboards encouraging participation in the 2020 census, participation in an artistic campaign encouraging people to #MaskUpIndy, and the neighborhood history mural inside the brand-new Martindale-Brightwood branch of the Indianapolis Public Library. Beckwith works in a variety of media including digital design, oil painting, and resin.

Jillian Beyke

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Works on paper

Julie M. Biddle

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting

Kelsey Bigelow

Visual Arts: Illustration, Murals, Painting, Works on paper

I have a fine arts background but I mostly draw cartoons for a living.

JD Bills

Graphic Arts; Media; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Architectural Illustration, Constructions/Collage, Functional and/or Decorative, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Printmaking, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper

Mural and commission based painter Residential and Commercial B.A. from Herron School of Art & Design

Keith Blanton

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper

Keith Monroe Blanton, born in 1951 to a farming family whose roots can be found in their 1832 homestead farm located on the northeast side of Indianapolis. My earliest memories are of the beautiful people and images associated with the family farms. Beginning with the ability to hold a pencil, I have always sketched and painted the beauty that God has placed around me. It is where I find my peace and my calling. Like most people, my interests over the years have been divided. I received my education in Engineering from Purdue University. The skills that I possess in Art are gifts from God. I have had no formal educational training in Art. My early and middle adult years were spent on the pursuit of an engineering career in the design and construction supervision of roads and bridges throughout Indiana. But, my love has always been in the art of oil painting. To capture on canvas the moment in time, the sparkle in the eye, and yes the very spirit and soul of the person, object, or scene that I am painting. I have always loved the work and passion found in the paintings of the old masters. My years of work as an engineer has aided in the further development of an eye for finite details and an absolute desire to create an heirloom that will be loved and will be cherished for generations. The paintings of Keith Blanton have been on display at Mayor Ballard’s office, the Mayor of Indianapolis and have been at galleries in Indianapolis, Zionsville, Fishers, Greenwood, South Bend, Goshen, and Plymouth, all in Indiana. Keith has also received awards at shows and exhibits throughout Indiana; the following are a list of a few: The Indiana State Fair: over the past 30 years, numerous ribbons have been received ranging from “Third Place” to “Honorable Mention” DeFries Gardens: In the 2010 Garden Art Show received the following two awards: “Best of Show” and “Honorable Mention” Heartland Regional Art Exhibition in 2009 received the “Popular Choice Award” Spencer Gallery, 2012 NIA Exhibit, received the “Judges Award”

Linette Bledsoe

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Murals, Painting; Faux Painting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Stutz Artist Studio, Indianapolis, Indiana Prolific Artist (July 2011 – Present) Create and sell original, fine art pieces. Current bodies of work include newest series, Plasterworks, and existing series, Leafless and Something Old, Something New. Linette’s Painting & Fine Art LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana Owner and Artist (January 2009 – Present) Design and produce custom murals, decorative painting, and commissioned art pieces for commercial and residential clients in studio and on site. Continuously develop and create new techniques in mural painting and faux painting, and provide color consulting services to clients. Most recently collaborated with Chatham Home on the 2013 Indianapolis Decorator’s Showhouse for the third floor playroom to produce the large scale, landscape mural for the space. Custom Muralist, Decorative Painter and Fine Artist (July 2003 – Present) Received hundreds of commissions from both residential and commercial clients for projects ranging from nursery murals to faux finishes to commissioned reproductions. Collaborated with interior decorator Anita McClellan of Nita Designs LLC from 2003 to 2007 to fulfill all decorative painting needs of Davis Homes LLC, and for KB Homes in 2007. REPRESENTATION White Key Gallery, Valparaiso, Indiana 2015 EXHIBITIONS Plainfield Arts Gala, Plainfield Public Library, Plainfield, Indiana, juried group show First Peek, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show Common Ground: Breaking Out of Tradition, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, two-person show Cold. Dark. Unsecurity. Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show 2014 EXHIBITIONS First Jingle Stop, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show Art on the Avenue: New Work by Linette Bledsoe, Madame Walker Theatre, Indianpolis, Indiana, solo show Harvest Soul, Healing Arts Indy, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show Raymond James Corporate Office, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show 1st Look, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show IDADA’s Sneak Peek for the Stutz, Cole Noble Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show 2013 EXHIBITIONS Splendid Menagerie, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show 1st Look, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show 2012 EXHIBITIONS Splendor, Mirth and Good Cheer, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show One Peek Show, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show April Featured Artist Show, Chatham Home, Indianapolis, Indiana, solo show Put a Bird On It, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show Ten Yards, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show 2011 EXHIBITIONS Small Treasures, Stutz Art Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, group show OPEN HOUSES Stutz Artists Open House, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2012 through 2015 Stutz Artists Holiday Show, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2011 through 2014 PUBLIC WORK 2014 Decorator’s Showhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana Teen Study, collaboration with Chatham Home 2013 Decorator’s Showhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana Children’s Playroom, collaboration with Chatham Home 1st Place Key Award and 1st Place People’s Choice Award EDUCATION Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with minor in Art History May 2003 with High Distinction ORGANIZATIONS Stutz Artists Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 2011 – Present IDADA, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 2011 – Present PUBLICATIONS Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, Indiana “Linette Bledsoe Paints Her Pain” Published February 2015 Southside Times, Indianapolis, Indiana “Art: A Risky Business” Published July 2012 Indianapolis Woman, Indianapolis, Indiana “Five Questions For: Linette Bledsoe, painter” Published April 2012

Stanley J. Blevins

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Works on paper

My work is an exploration of the visual texts that exist in the conscious and unconscious mind-texts that speak to the personal experience of this artist, but connect too with the larger social, political, cultural milieu in which the personal is lived. I paint primarily figurative work with a strong conceptual sensibility in the traditional medium of oil on canvas, but my work is informed by the way current technologies like the Internet combine the audio/visual, written expression, commercial graphics, and even film to explore human experience.

Christopher Blice

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting

Blice Edwards Studios was founded in 1993 by Christopher Blice and Jon Edwards. Our Company was established in Indianapolis, Indiana and began its first commisions in residential and Corporate environments. We bring the talents of a wide range of artistic expression and style. Projects are created as a team, incorporating the various talents of our artists under the direction of Blice Edwards. Extensive research, samples and renderings are presented to each client for approval before the work is created. We are known as “Masters of Illusion.” The scope of our projects varies from residential to commercial with a wide range of services. We strive consistently to refine our work and welcome the opportunity and challenge to create new techniques and perfect the use of new materials. Interior Designers, Architects, Builders, Marketing Specialists and Art Directors commision our work; together we achieve a customized look for our client’s specific space.

Pamela F. Bliss

Visual Arts: Illustration, Murals, Painting, Visual Arts Instructor

I paint large interior and exterior murals. My subject matter is figurative, landscape, architecture, representational, portrait and many other subjects. I use oil, acrylic or house paint. I use boom lifts and scaffolding to reach heights. I also paint smaller canvas paintings. I have painted many historical, diverse, ethnic murals.

Anne Bond

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Textiles, Works on paper

Licensed artist, Anne Bond combines good color sense with design inspiration from ancient textiles, quilts, folk art, vintage prints and nature. Her collection features custom floor cloths, paintings on canvas, paper & wood.

Stephen Bordner

Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Murals, Painting, Works on paper

Bordner has been creating artwork for over twenty years. He specializes in airbrush, murals, family portraits and animation. His works in many different narrative styles, but often pursues Native American themes within his work.

Anthony Bowers

Visual Arts: Murals, Painting, Works on paper

“My work is a process of addition by subtraction. I am always thinking of ways to describe an object or picture by showing what it is not. I also enjoy experimenting with different media when ever possible.” Anthony Bowers

Phyllis Viola Boyd

Artist of Color; Black/African American; Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Murals, Painting

Interdisciplinary and mixed-media artist exploring connectedness and healing from the scale of the community to that of the individual.

Tyeesha Bradley

Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Illustration, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Works on paper

I am a freelance artist living in Indianapolis my coloring book is now on sale on Amazon! Au Naturale!: An Adult Coloring Book https://www.amazon.com/www.etsy.com/shop/TyeeshaBradleyStudio?ref=s2-header-shopname

Jacquelyn Brice

Multiracial; Performing Arts: Dance, Music; Portrait; Visual Arts: Architectural Illustration, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Murals, Painting, Photography, Portrait, Visual Arts Instructor

Performing arts: Dance Ballet Modern Contemporary Jazz Music Oboe Marimba Visual Arts: Painting: Oil Acrylic India Ink Watercolor Drawing Colored Pencil Charcoal Photography Action Shots Portrait Landscape

Nichol Brinkman

Visual Arts: Murals, Printmaking, Textiles, Works on paper

My work deals with loss and memory. The work relates to the passing of my parents and how I cope with memories that I can not trust, but I simultaneously cherish.

Angie Brooks

Visual Arts: Constructions/Collage, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Visual Arts Instructor

Michael Brown

Visual Arts: Illustration, Murals, Painting, Sculpture

Brown’s work focuses on the kinetics of the figure as slow motion events captured in time with blurs of the micro-second. His work explores the lines within the movement of multiple light defining “gray areas” that are, in fact, full of color.

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