Artists' Biographies & Statements  

   Jeremy Bond- was born in Norwalk, CT June 17, 1975. His introduction to art began at an early age. In grammar school he was placed into the artistically talented program where he was exposed to new mediums and techniques. At age 15 he began to study sculpture under the guidance of Greg Wyatt, sculptor in residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan, NY. In 1993 he was given the opportunity to study full-time as an apprentice to Greg Wyatt. He later continued his studies independently at the Newington Crpsey Foundation in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. It was there he received a travel study scholarship to Italy where he attended the British Institute of Florence and the Florence Academy of Art. In 1996 Jeremy went on to study illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2000 and is now working as a freelance illustrator and sculptor.

Freya Grand-  has worked in the Washington, DC area as an oil painter and muralist since 1989. Her degree is in Painting, from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (1969), with additional studies in printmaking. While living in the Midwest, she exhibited her work in galleries and regional museums in Chicago, Illinois; Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin. Since moving to DC she has exhibited at Gallery K, Foundry Gallery, the Greater Reston Art Center, Rockville Arts Place, Arlington Art Center, Washington Design Collaborative, and with the WPA/Corcoran. Her studio is located in the DuPont Circle neighborhood in Washington, DC.

"In landscape painting, just as in abstraction, forms transmit a mysterious secret life, exert a presence. That presence is seen in mountains obscured by fog, the roll and swell of hills, the conversation between blunt stumps or leaning peaks, the tangle of vegetation.

The features of the natural world and the ways in which they press on each other, speak for my own interior landscape, the landscape of emotion. They illuminate longing, dreaming and awe.

Our sense of a place is altered by memory and emotion. Things are always much more than they seem. They are forces operating behind the surface of what we take for reality, and there are moments when we catch a glimpse of them. It is the role and privilege of the painter to illuminate these forces."

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Lance Rautzhan - Uninhibited by the status quo, Lance Rautzhan’s work defends the unruly spirit that has defined American painting. His paintings are bold comments on the human condition formed from elements of screen-printing, drip painting, collage, figuration and text. A diverse palette and keen emotional intelligence offer the viewer the opportunity to experience a range of sensation from sadness to ecstasy and back.

Lance Rautzhan was born in Pottsville, PA on August 15, 1974. At an early age, he was influenced by the fantastic imagery of the comic book and album cover art of the 1970’s. Forgoing art school to study social theory at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, he continued to create and study art under his own conditions and on his own terms. After
relocating to Baltimore from New York in 1999, Rautzhan began painting prolifically and exhibiting heavily in Baltimore and eventually in New York. His work is included in the collections of individuals, businesses and galleries throughout the US and in Europe. At Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, 5 of his pieces from the series, "album covers for
your criminal record" were exhibited along with work by Warhol factory photographer Nat Finkelstein. He is represented in the Washington/Baltimore region by Gallery 211. Currently, he works in his Bushwick, Brooklyn studio.

www.lancerautzhan.info

Derek Weisberg-graduated 2005 with a BFA in ceramics from the California College of Arts and Crafts located in Oakland, California. Mr. Weisberg has exhibited widely on the West Coast and in Utah and Guadalajara, Mexico.  Mr. Weisberg also exhibited at the American Craft Show in Baltimore, Maryland in 2007.  His works are part of the permanent collection at the Oakland Museum of California and the Glasshoff Sculpture Ranch.  He is also the winner of the Marjorie Benedict Scholarship and Clayforlk West Coast Regional Scholarship.

The main theme of his work deals with human emotions and conditions. "I have found that these issues are the most powerful phenomenon of life. The way we live our lives is dictated by our emotions. They are a universal, a constant in life, innate in every human being. My goal is to create work, which causes an immediate, powerful, and deep relationship with the viewer. I look to my gut, heart, and intuition to create my work; depicting personal feelings based on my life experiences. My pieces are psychological and emotional self -portraits. However it is not important that the viewer knows my specifics, instead, find their own meanings within my work," notes Mr. Weisberg.

Two other major concerns that Mr. Weisberg includes in his work "is that of making work that comments on and reflects today’s environment, emotions, and states of mind as a collective. The other main element included is my interest and love for the Hip-Hop culture. This influence strongly affects my aesthetics, which is superficial, but it also deals with issues of life, culture, and the contemporary. Hip Hop artists give a great deal of insight into the present circumstances and situations around them as well as insight into themselves. The Hip-Hop culture parallels and accomplishes what I do with my work. It is through my personal interests, experiences, emotions, intuition, and life that I create my art." www.derekweisberg.com