Artists in Solidarity Gallery: This Is Me

Welcome! 60 artists in solidarity have contributed over 75 pieces of art to the show! Each have their own page which you can access by clicking on the individual images below the slide show. Not all pieces are for sale.

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Gallery guide
  • A dress made up of loosely woven, cream colored panels, mimicking an insects wings hanging down to the sides. Oval shaped markings are felted into the cloth, black with red centers.
    Katrina Darms – Larva
  • Abstract painting featuring a series of colorful, rectangular blocks in shades of red, green, blue, and yellow, placed within a textured, muted background. The blocks form a loose U shape across the canvas.
    Diane Kuthy – Untitled
  • A pair of earrings depicting brass envelopes with a copper heart set in a pair of silver wings on the flap. The flap opens to reveal/hold snippets of small writings. The earhook has a small silver stamp with a copper heart.
    Leslie Stem – To the Moon and Back
  • A wreath made from dried flowers forming a crescent shape on a gold hoop.
    Michelle Soto-Wreath
  • Top and bottom are framed by the image of a Native American headband created by and gifted to me by Running River Banks. Sides are framed by multiple photocopies of a Let's Get Free T-shirt design created by Running River, LGF is the top of a key going into a keyhole, Let's Get Free is written on a green flag wrapping the shaft of the key. windows form one side of the key. on the other side a heart stands between 3 chain links and a rainbow peace sign. An AIM logo appears among these LGF designs. Body of the work has words stitched over an abstract background reading: Free To Believe Anything, Free To Think Any Thought, Free To Dismiss Imprisonment To Inertia, Free To Grow Beyond Yesterday's Understanding ((How) and (Are We) are crossed out on either side of the final Free). The box from a Remo drumhead peeks out below.
    Anita Fix and Marvin Running River Banks – This Is Me
  • Abstract painting of a face with swirling blue, yellow, and orange colors. The face has exaggerated features and appears on a dark background with a hint of yellow at the top right. The artwork is framed in a black border.
    Carolyn Harper – Shattered (self portrait)
  • A blue crocheted shawl with curved triangular border and intricate needle work.
    Jane Hein – Blue Collar
  • Illustration of three people standing together with raised fists in front of a street scene. They wear green shirts and are surrounded by buildings, with a crowd in the background and a large pyramid-like structure behind them. The sky has a geometric pattern.
    Fernando Marti – Futuros Fugaces: Mission – Temple of the Moon
  • A print of a cloud with rays of sunshine below with "Prisons are not feminist" in the ray. The quote is by Mariame Kaba.
    Sara Ross – Prison Is Not Feminist
  • A photographic "poster" of the alphabet, in the style of a sampler, but all the letters are made from speculums.
    Sue Abramson – Speculum Alphabet
  • A scene made of tissue paper on a painted background. It shows a pink sky, gray clouds, and blue raindrops falling on green grass at the bottom.
    Free – Pink Sky Blue Rain
  • A lone figure stands in front of a pile of bodies, each body having the imagery of gun shot holes in them. On top of the pile is a robotic figure, reminiscent of Boston Dynamic’s humanoid robot, who is holding a handgun with an extended bullet clip. Under the seen is a text box that reads: The ground is perfectly smooth, there is no wind. Everything smells of PFAS chemicals. Everything is covered in microplastics. You hear gun shots fire in Morse code: “I know your confused, but you’ll understand when you’re older”. Under the text there are “action options” that read, left to right, Attack and Next. Attack is selected.
    Brent Pheto – Climate Disaster, Stage 3
  • A brown skin mama with long black hair wearing a blue star cape and bright pink shirt has their eyes closed and lovingly holds a small child in their arms. A golden halo with stars stretches over the mothers head with sun beams radiating out.
    Melanie Cervantes- Sunshine Of My Life
  • This piece is assembled in an old wooden letter press drawer, a thin box with tiny square shelves at the top, each with a mirror inside. plastic flowers adorn the edges. A tiny giraffe, plastic chair and seeds fill some of the boxes at the top. The top center has a fabric pocket that says "We" in big letters and "free" in small letters under. there are sequins florouish that look like wings jutting out. black and white feathers poke out from the fabric pocket. Belwo this is rubberstamped "No one grows alone says the forest" with trees stamped all around it. Tiny pine cones adorn the corners.
    etta cetera – Solidarity 2: We Are Nature
  • A bulletin board with a cardboard presentation trifold covered with scaps from school rulebooks, doodles, post-it notes, brochure outtakes, puzzle pieces, Andy Warhol bananas, gold stars, and product certificates titled ""Certificate of Conformity"", all covered in blue and red crayon wax drippings. A white beast mask with red teeth approximating blood hangs on the corner of the bulletin board.
    Frances and Ashley Peralta – Remember Back Then, When I Was Alive?
  • A risograph print of a Virgin Mary statue draped in a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf. The Virgin Mary statue stands in a graveyard and is illuminated by light. The entire image is printed in red ink against olive green paper.
    Julie Lee – Would You Protect This Palestinian
  • A small handmade book covered with a light aqua paper with black and white paint platters on it. Book made out of folded paper, with a pocket to hold each page. Front of book has a pen drawing of a basket with the words "THIS IS ME" printed below the curve of the basket.
    Devon Cohen – This Is Me
  • Black and white linocut image of Hawaiian endangered I’iwi bird at the top, upside-down extinct Mamo bird on the bottom, and at the center an image of Hawaiian researcher Ku’ulei Wong working in a forest.
    Fernando Marti – I’iwi Mamo
  • A lone figure stands in front of of a pile of cut down trees. A figure stands on top of the pile. This figure is aggressively standing, holding a machete, and is wearing the head of a wolf like creature as a mask. Under this seen there is a text box that reads: Wind blows the smell of tree sap everywhere, burning your sense of smell and your eyes. You’ve been following the howls and barks of, “ I know you’re confused, but you’ll understand when you’re older”, to its source. Under the text there are “action options” that read, left to right, Talk, Item, Attack, Next. Talk is selected.
    Brent Pheto – Climate Disaster, Stage 2
  • A patchwork quilt made from cyanotype prints of hair. The cyanotype prints have a blue background and the hair is white. In this blue and white format, the hair looks like lightning, water, or plantlife.
    Hannah Brancato – Dreamscape #3
  • A thin piece of mulberry paper with a light brown woodblock print that looks a little bit like tree markings, with text interspersed.
    Lindsey French – Untitled (after Cash and Carson)
  • A screenprint illustrating a cartoon head repeated six times in a grid. Beneath each head are the words "no eyes", "no ears", "no nose", "no tongue", "no body", "no mind."
    Brent Nakamoto – Heart Sutra Dream Drawing
  • A pink lizzard with long gills that look like wings appears to be flying over top of tall, wavy black fern-like plants
    Sanya Hyland – Axolotl
  • The words hard n soft are written in cursive in a shiny chain of roofing nails. They are pressed into and protruding out from a background of a fluffy, rippling, white sweater. The words are framed by a cascade of paper hearts alternating green, red, and blue with golden spray painted splashes.
    Peach Cardinal – Hard N Soft
  • An eerie landscape with a grinning skull in the foreground, with bright green lush foliage growing out of it. In the distance is a geometric box shape with a large purple vase next to it, the proportions of these objects are surreal but give them the sense of being buildings. Part of the ground has been cut out and replaced, forming a mysterious blob that's only partially camouflaged. In the upper right corner, the sky turns into a window opening into an unknown space.
    Tricia Burmeister – Stop Fighting Start Building
  • The words "You Belong Here and Everything You Feel Is Alright" are stamped in rough letters on top of a very bright and colorful neon field of shapes and symbols, including eyes, stars, squiggles, triangles, and kids scrawl.
    Monica Johnson – You Belong Here
  • Two figures in camoflage clothing and masks are pictured in front of a line of trees, between which a flag is suspended that reads "No Forest No Peace".
    Zola-No Forest No Peace
  • A painting of a desert rock rose is surrounded by geometric forms. The colors are florescent and the overall composure is both chaotic and has a sense of organization. The rock rose grows through the geometric forms and they seem connected. The rose stands in contrast to the shapes- and represents a struggle between findings structure and accepting the unknown natural world around us.
    Ally Shah – Desert Rose Visions
  • A rectangular black satin backdrop holds lacey letters that are trimmed with olive lime green sequence. The letters spell out solidarity and are suspended from black ribbon hanging from driftwood
    etta cetera – Solidarity 1: Bling it
  • A relief and linoleum block print with an excerpt from Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights declaring peoples right to have their nationality. The text surrounds an image of two people wearing a kaffiyeh and a shirt that says Free Palestine
    Meredith Stern – Article 15 UDHR
  • A drawing of a white person with pink hair and scars on their arms. there are birds perched on her head and she is wearing a shirt that says "BIRDS NEST." there is a rubber stamp image of the full moon on the left. stamped in the background it says "i am a writer artist therapist and abolitionist. i believe in change. i am a middle aged white woman often perceived as a man. i am trying to face my future with strength and courage."
    Ocean Capewell – untitled
  • A linoleum block print of a pensive cat rendered with detailed fur and piercing eyes, on a backdrop of dalia flowers in purple and blue
    Meredith Stern – Dalia Cat
  • An abstract painting comprised of a grayish blue color that covers layers of splattered paint. Darker shades of the grayish blue along the right side of the canvas blend into lighter shades on the left side. The delicacy of the paint contrasts the speed and harsh splatters that create a three dimensional surface. Speckles of yellow and pink peak through the surface, revealing what is beneath the grayish blue paint
    Abreale Hopkins – Earl Grey
  • Silhouette of a face against a backdrop of space/star photos, geodesic dome on left and organic gradient shapes emerging from desert foreground.
    Alison Corrie – Terra Incognita
  • A drawing of head with upper body coming off of a red frame in a dark background.
    Omid Shekari – Step Out
  • A bronze figure seated with their head tilted back and their lips gentle parted. Their right leg is crossed over their left. Their left leg curls under the base they are seated on. Their arms are behind their back but their hands are peeking our from behind the right side. They are tied together at the wrist with a thin little pink ribbon that is long and draping.
    Leah Yancoskie – Bask
  • A man's head is sculpted with an agonizing expression with mouth agape. the head is encaged in a black metal grate.
    Alexander Suthic – Incarceration II
  • In bronze ink, a hand in the left corner lights, a match that engulfing the words: “burned the patriarchy down” in flames on a black background.
    Fiona Avocado – Burn Down the Patriarchy
  • A colorful quilted tote bag hangs on a textured tree trunk. The bag features a rainbow design with small star patterns and a zipper. It is adorned with the quote: "Nobody's free until everybody's free. - Fannie Lou Hamer.
    Tronda Roselius – Til We All Are Free Bag
  • In a maroon arched frame, An elaborately winged, brunette angel in a flowing pink gown reaches up to hold a beveled six pointed star.
    Jane Hein – Reach for the Stars
  • Accidental double Exposure (Roll of film went through camera twice..) Midtown Manhattan Subway station underneath reflections of my two hand in a dented chrome fire extinguisher.....So it has "ME" all over it..... 1987
    David Harris – ELEVATORS
  • In watercolor, a small girl appears to the left, as if she's on the edge of the globe. Her hand out stretched seeds spilling, and her hair is blowing in the wind. She's standing on an island. Across the globe from her seeds, falling to an outline of the North American continent, there is fire, burning house structures and trees. The fire is whipping up into the sky and fades into a black cloud.
    Jess X Snow – Return The Empire to the Wind
  • This image has a bright pink design as the back drop with the words general strike in English at the bottom. The pink design kind of looks like an hourglass. Across the middle is the Arabic in black calligraphy for "general strike"
    Sarah Farahat General Strike
  • 10" circular mirror framed by purple, blue, yellow and green beads and glass.
    Jane Hein – The Color Purple
  • A digital painting of a tree planted on a small circular piece of soil with its roots exposed.
    AlejandroJimenez – Lift
  • Three ceramic bells glazed in a variety of colors and hanging from gold ribbon.
    Lizzie Hurst – Ring A Bell for Freedom 3
  • A group of 50 police officers in riot gear from the 70s are pictured here with bright red word abolish across the center of the graphic.
    Nicole Marroquin – Abolish
  • a collage on a black canvas. a cobra snake is standing tall in the middle, facing left. to the left of the cobra is a close up of purple and white flowers. to the right is an orange, billowing smoke cloud. below and to the right is half of a pink/magenta flower with a yellow center. a vintage-like texture is on top of the collage. this texture is folded in four spots on the collage, towards the top, right, left, and bottom. a single word is stamped in black on each fold: “i” at the top, over the cobra. “am” to the right, over the cloud. “of” to the bottom, over the pink flower. and “many” to the left, over the purple flowers.
    malakai of many – i am of many
  • The slogan “Trans Dream matter" is printed boldly in the center surrounded by plants, flowers, stars and seeds. It looks as if they're blowing around the words.
    Andrea Narno – Trans Dreams Matter
  • This black-and-white photo of the Mexican/US border, depicts the tall barriers of the border wall with one hand reaching out among the bars, grasping at another hand. There is a man with a straw hat, about to pass something through the bars. The word ¡solidaridad! are written in bold across the top.
    Chip Thomas – Solidaridad
  • A painting of a person meditating. The body of the person has become transparent. Abstract forms representing the senses of sight, taste and sound extend beyond the body. Their hands are held at chest level, palms facing. In the background the landscape is minimal. The focus of the painting is on the meditator and the extension of their sense- their senses reach into the surrounding space.
    Ally Shah – Meditation 1
  • A pair of very puffy shorts made of red satin fabric, covered in a thin black mesh creating a mottled look on the surface of the fabric. An accompanying oval piece that rests on the shoulders (or wherever you would like to wear it!)
    Katrina Darms – Pupa
  • A sculpture of a reconstructed 1800’s ceramic bottle which remains broken in half with its two pieces set in vertical orientation without touching, standing at 12” tall and floating on a black oval wall mount. The bottle’s exterior surface is a high gloss glaze finish of variable earthen tones, the interior has is matte, shades of beige with signs of dirt still evident. The bottle’s broken edges are painted an ultramarine blue, separating the exterior and interior surfaces of the bottle.
    Brick Brickman – Untitled
  • A painting of a devil with red skin, white horns, and a pointed beard. The background is fiery, and the figure's eyes glow orange. The border is decorated with black and red squares and white stars.
    Michael Pons – This is me
  • A wooden sculpture featuring a light bulb hangs on the wall. The sculpture hangs from an oak piece screwed to the wall, and can be lifted off the wall by hand from it's perch. The light bulb sits at the top of the sculpture on a ceramic light bulb base, which sits on a circular piece of walnut, which sits atop an approximately 5" piece of pecan limb with the bark still on it. The lower end of the pecan piece is carved into a ball joint, which connects it to a cedar shere about 5" round that dangles and can rotate around the ball joint at the bottom of the sculpture. An electrical cord with an on/off switch comes out the bottom of the cedar sphere and plugs into the wall.
    Rachael Shannon – ready & waiting
  • A black, curvy, robust snake with detailed scales is centered with open mouth beginning to engulf an egg in the top left corner. Bright yellow, orange and pale yellow rays stretch out from behind the egg.
    Roger Peet – Old Hungers
  • This image is comprised of many lines and shows a scene in the ocean. There are many clouds and sunrise coming from behind the clouds and it looks like a nuclear bomb cloud or mushroom cloud is over the ocean. You can see deep below the ocean. Above and below the waterline is a mirror image. There is the cloud and birds on top and below is, the impact of the bomb below sharks swimming on the outer edges.
    Roger Peet-Halocline
  • A simplified cutout of a bird in flight, in muted reddish purple tones, flies in the middle of the page. It takes up about 1/3 of the page. Under the bird is a simplified cutout silhouette of a cage.
    Valeska Populoh -Let’s Get Free
  • Printed with brown photo chemistry on red paper, a silhouette image of seaweed takes on a flame-like appearance in fiery red against a dark background. The overall effect is abstract and eerie, with a shape resembling tendrils of fire or smoke rising from an unseen source. In this cameraless photo process, the seaweed served as a mask that blocked light in certain areas and allowed it to pass through in others. The result is a contact print that directly represents the original seaweed.
    Fereshteh Toosi – macroalgae
  • An oversized mosaic crocheted blanket in silver-gray (background) and medium purple depicting a lone wolf's head in the center adorned with aztec style marking. Aztec style symbols border the left and right sides. Pattern is by designer Anke Wiintermans.
    Lynn Randall – Lone Wolf
  • On black fabric, 5 rows of leaves on vines are painted in green. The leaves and vines are outlined with green yellow green embroidery thread. In each leaf is one of the following words: chaos, shadow, love, light, chaos, calm, rage, sadness, courage, joy, and fear.
    An Hale – this is me
  • A screenprint of dark blueish black ink on cream colored paper, depicting a flower-like geometric shape within which appear the words "In dark times we grow towards the light"
    Meredith Stern – In Dark Times
  • A vulture sits in a black color field. The vulture's feathers are detailed in many shades of blue. Under the image are the words "Winter In America"
    Josh MacPhee – Winter In America
  • A stuffed animal of a hyena named Kai.He has a light beige body with dark brown patches, one of which is heart shaped. The toy features a rounded brown snout, black bead-like eyes with long, decorative eyelashes, and small rounded ears. A tuft of fur runs along its head and back, adding texture. The soft, stuffed legs are positioned to give the toy a standing appearance. The overall lighting gives it a warm, neutral tone. He has a purple leather vest, and satin underwear, a detachable penis, and purple dildo
    Chaco Iwase and Zhi Kai Vanderford – Kai the Hyena
  • A whimsical watercolor painting features a large teardrop with people and animals inside, a smiling cloud above, a sun, rainbow, and a large red hand below. Text reads: "big waves of emotion kind of day.
    Tender Tierney – Big Waves of Emotion Kind of Day
  • A watercolor illustration of a nude woman standing against a black background. She has very long brown hair that trails on the ground. Her left arm is tucked behind her back. Extra fingers sprout from each of her knees. She is bending slightly, extending her right hand's fingers to her right knee's fingers. A face is growing out of her chest, beneath her breasts. Only a nose and mouth are visible on this hidden face, in addition to short yellow hair.
    devan murphy – Hidden Face
  • This painting is depicts my personal experience of a sort of inner heat and fire that is generated by conflict and uncertainty. My experience is that facing my fears and assumptions about the world is akin to an intense internal battle. My challenges in life at times lead to a sort of suffering that immensely unpleasant. To find peace with that and be able to face it is something that has been very important to me in life. I have come to appreciate my own intense struggles to find peace as a sort of beauty. The person in this image is not in pain, but at peace, even as they struggle
    Ally Shah – Meditation 2
  • Three ceramic bells glazed in a variety of colors and hanging from gold ribbon.
    Lizzie Hurst – Ring A Bell for Freedom 1
  • Print Portfolio of each of the 30 articles from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    Carving Out Rights – Artists from Stateville Prison
  • Two textured cards painted with simple watercolor rendering of hands. The left card features a yellow handprint with the words "all hands on deck." The right card displays a red handprint with the same words. Both cards have a rough, artistic texture.
    Tender Tierney – All Hands On Deck
  • An embroidery hoop with a beaded landscape on fabric, with beaded text that reads: “the future is queer”
    Nora Smith – The Future Is Queer
  • Black and white photograph of used typewriter correction tape
    Christine Lorenz Unsaid (Ruby)
  • A multilayer (blue, red, yellow, green) silkscreen print with many lines of white text, including "The difference is all around us and we must embrace difference is only possible because of the things that are normative."
    Quaishawn Whitlock – Buffering 018
  • Three ceramic bells glazed in a variety of colors and hanging from gold ribbon.
    Lizzie Hurst – Ring A Bell for Freedom 2
  • A lone figure stands in front of a pile of large bird heads. Each bird head is made to look like they have been cut off from a body. On top of this pile is a figure, who is kneeling, holding a large hunting rifle, and then a wearing a head of a boar like beast as a mask. Under this seen is a text box that reads: While the pre-death meat smell hits you first, the silence of the forest lingers inside you. As you approach the pile, it squeals, “ I know you’re confused, but you’ll understand when you’re older”. Under that text there are “action options” that read, left to right, Talk, Item, Attack and Next. Next is selected.
    Brent Pheto – Climate Disaster, Stage 1
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