(they/them) is a graduate candidate in Painting & Drawing at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. They received their BA in studio art and philosophy from Hastings College in rural Nebraska. Ismaiel’s practice examines desire, longing, and emotional safety through processes of self-portraiture and composite imagery; staging moments of intimacy through self-provided partnership. They have been an artist-in-residence at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, New York, and MakeRoom in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was part of the inaugural cohort for the Kansas Field Arts Forum in Pratt, Kansas. Ismaiel was a recipient of the 2021-22 Iowa Arts Fellowship at the University of Iowa.

(they/them) is an experimental filmmaker and artist. They create diaristic, autobiographical works with the intention of fostering connections between audience and maker or perhaps within an audience.

(he/him) was born and raised in Puerto Rico and later lived in South Florida as an adolescent. He is currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. He earned a Bachelor of Design in Architecture from the University of Central Florida in 2019 and a Master of Architecture from the University of South Florida in 2021. Having practiced both art and architecture simultaneously throughout his life, he has always questioned the ways in which the intersectional qualities of his life shape his work and experience of the world.

earned their BFA in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Stout (Drawing and Sculpture, 2017), and their MFA in Studio Practices at the University of Colorado-Boulder (Painting & Drawing, 2021). They have exhibited works at Bermudez Projects in Los Angeles, 1969 Gallery in New York, GOCA in Colorado Springs, Sierra Arts Gallery in Reno, IDS Tower in Minneapolis, the Valley in Taos, and along Colorado’s Front Range. They were a 2020 Rough Gems Curator at Union Hall in Denver, a 2019 NEST Grant recipient at CU-Boulder, and their work was featured in UW-Stout’s 2017 Journal of Student Research. Most recently, in the Fall of 2021, Martin was awarded the New American Paintings Emerging Artist Grant, and was a featured artist in the Denver Art Museum’s 2022 Untitled series this June. Martin currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.