Artist spotlight

Alex Gardner

LA-based Alex Gardner is an Afro-Japanese artist making glossy artworks depicting faceless human figures rendered in deep black. Alex’s primary source of inspiration is real-life based. It all comes from everyday conversations, situations, and routines.

Gherdai Hassell

Gherdai Hassell seems to be growing on a global scale. Born in Bermuda, Gherdai studied in North Carolina at Greensboro and is currently an MFA candidate at the China Academy of Art in China. She has exhibited around the US as well as China and Bermuda at Bermuda Biennial 2020.

In a world of copycats there will always be an original gem waiting to be discovered and for the art world, there are emerging artists of color exploding into the scene of self-expressionism, here are a couple of artists that I would like to highlight in this week’s artist spotlight. Let’s explore!