is an award winning British filmmaker and photographer. Her directorial work marries a raw, intimate style with a focus on global youth culture and marginalised communities. Graduating from Central St Martins with 1st class honours, Jess subsequently undertook a master’s degree at Goldsmiths University. She quickly carved a niche in the industry, creating strong emotional narratives that tell the stories of those existing on the fringes of society. Whether documenting the UK queer Jewish underground scene in her film ‘Buttmitzvah’, following a group of rebel Filipino punks living under president Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ in her film ‘Anarchy in the Philippines’, or highlighting the contrast between Indian and western queerness in her candid and beautifully shot ‘Nirvana’, Jess’ work shows a clear talent for crafting films that document those searching for acceptance in their communities, religions, races and culture’s.western queerness in her candid and beautifully shot ‘Nirvana’, Jess’ work shows a clear talent for crafting films that document those searching for acceptance in their communities, religions, races and culture’s.

Milner’s sprawling and idiosyncratic practice includes sculptures, drawings, texts, and interventions which draw from deeply personal experiences but point toward a broader ethics around how we engage with the things around us. Collecting, archiving, and hoarding are considered for what these practices can reveal about value, power, desire, and care. Milner, who is suspicious of trendy tidying philosophies and how systems of organization exist in hierarchies, has created a practice which attempts to deal with things through conflicting gestures of documenting, collecting, purging, containing, and releasing. Approaching materials and spaces that are often off limits, the works reveal boundaries and often involve a process of negotiation and exchange; Milner has performed aboard a cruise ship hosted by the app Grindr, collaborated with material engineers at NASA to use rare lunar concrete technology, intervened in the archives of Andy Warhol, and routinely drawn the blood of loved ones. Exhibitions include the Mattress Factory, The Warhol, Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Aspen Art Museum, Casa Maauad, Galería Mascota, Flux Factory, Florian Christopher Zurich, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Gildar Gallery, and David B. Smith Gallery. Milner received an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University (2017), is a recent participant of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2018), and is currently a fellow with Black Cube Nomadic Museum. Milner was born in Denver and lives in Brooklyn.

is an artist living and working in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Originally a realistic oil painter, Schroeder’s practice has shifted into primarily text-based works in two-dimensional formats that mimic painting’s sensibilities often found on canvas. Through the meditative processes of hand-stitching sequins, glass beads, and bedazzling textiles, Schroeder uses the aesthetic qualities of socio-politically charged objects to expose internalconflicts queer men experience. His use of text within these pieces highlight the urgency of addressing the mental health needs of himself - as a queer man diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses - and the those of the members of the LGBTQIA+ community. These newest works were created as a means of self-investigation and catharsis. Schroeder received his BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and has exhibited his work throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Schroeder was the 2018 fiscal year recipient of the Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, which concluded with his first solo show in early 2019 at the Minneapolis gallery Public Functionary.

is interested in the history of queer sexual performance and the way that queer people have found love and community. His colored pencil drawings on paper seek to visualize future sexual utopic landscapes and celebrate queer bodies. He has exhibited nationally and international-ly, and recently had a solo exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art titled the Flowers. Sinness holds a BA in studio art and English literature from St. John’s University in Minnesota and a MFA from Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2005). Sinness was a recipient 2013 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship and is a current McKnight Fellow. He works as a concept illustrator and lives in St. Paul.

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is a wildlife artist. In their work, Martin subverts the commonly heteronormative visual language of wildlife art to emphasize queerness and flamboyance within rural spaces. Conversely, in generating wildlife art, they extend an invitation to those who may feel excluded by the elitist nature of the art world and its institutions. Martin is interested in generating conversation over critique; between the queer community and rural America, between the fine art world and the commodified wildlife arts, across income brackets and beyond a gender binary. This interest in generating conversation and fostering community carries into Martin’s curatorial endeavors. They work to highlight commonalities amongst work - artist - viewer.

Martin earned their BFA in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Stout (2017), and is a current MFA candidate in Studio Practices at the University of Colorado-Boulder. They have exhibited at GOCA in Colorado Springs, Sierra Arts Gallery in Reno, IDS Tower in Minneapolis, and locally around Boulder. They are a 2019 NEST (Nature, Environment, Science & Technology) Grant recipient