‘23 Snapping Gallery Artists
J. Sar
J.Sar is a self-taught artist from Fort Plain, New York who largely takes inspiration from the organic lines of the human form. J.Sar has experimented with a wide variety of mediums ranging from watercolor, inks, and acrylic paints to linocuts and screen printing. Over time, he has developed a distinct style of line-work reminiscent of the topography often seen on maps delineating the curves of hills and mountains. These abstract illustrations of erotic shape and movement seamlessy draw attention to the interconnectedness between our bodies and nature.
@jsarstudio
Reece T. Williams
Reece Taylor Williams is an image-and-audio-based storyteller from Greenburgh, New York. He is interested in telling stories about culture as expressed through traditions, rituals, and art forms.
@williams.reecet
Brian Jones
Brian Jones is an Albany-based painter and sculptor, whose passion for creating art has been evident since he could first wield a paintbrush. Raised in a home that embraced the beauty of art, Jones was encouraged by parents who understood the transformative power of creativity. This early encouragement laid the foundation for his artistic venture, leading him to explore the abstracted realms of dynamic tension, stability, and vibrant expression of color.
Jones's artistic vision is an interplay of vivid colors, bold linear forms, and fractured geometric collisions. Jones draws inspiration from artistic giants such as Andy Goldsworthy, Alexander Calder, Stewart Davis, as well as the captivating movements of early 20th-century abstraction, Italian Futurism, and Cubism.
For Jones, each piece he crafts becomes a compelling puzzle that demands to be solved, with choices that stem from a balance of rationality and visceral instinct. Jones captures ephemeral moments found in nature, often focusing on the enigmatic beauty of geological faults and fissures.
Jones encourages viewers to explore the harmonious convergence of nature's fleeting beauty and the eternal expressions of human creativity. With every color palette and crafted form, he bridges the gap between the tangible and the intangible, sparking a sense of wonder and imagination. His art speaks of the profound connection between humanity and the natural world, reminding us of the delicate balance we share with our environment, and the enduring power of art to inspire and transform.
Jones studied at Pratt Institute, receiving his BID from Pratt in 2015.
@brian.jones_
Peter Leone
Peter Leone is a visual artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. His work dances between art brut and abstract expressionism all whilst defining its own line and voice with broad gestures married to a devout attention to detail. His work is bold and nuanced.
“I work in cast metals because of their permanence: they challenge you to make something worth lasting. Sculpting, for me, is a testament to the lives of my ancestors and what I surely inherited from them and their infinite collective mind. I cherish and revere a medium that reminds me of my mortality. Whether I'm charging the furnace or 'dropping the bed' it all reverberates in my blood.”
@ptslart
Mallory Zondag
Mallory Zondag is a Mixed Media Fiber artist and artist educator. Her work explores our tenuous relationship with the continuous growth and decay of the natural world and humanity’s place within those cycles using felted wool, wax, fibers, fabrics and objects both found and recycled. Our collective fascination and repulsion towards natural processes, from blooming flowers to blooming molds, pushes her to sculpt moments of grotesque beauty, investigating this duality through the meditative and hands-on practices of wet felting, weaving, sculpting and stitching.
Her work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows nationally and internationally. She was an Artist In Residence at The Allentown Art Museum, The Wassaic Project and many schools and community organizations. During many of these residencies she has led community art programs where felted wool living walls are collaboratively created with students of all ages and abilities. She was commissioned to create the sensory space for Artsquest's Accessible Arts program and was recently commissioned to recreate a component of one of Amalia Mesa-Bains's installations for her retrospective at the Berkeley Art Museum.
@malloryzondag