Keltie Ferris (b. 1977) forges a unique approach to abstraction, mapping the catalytic qualities of medium and technique onto expressions of physicality, energy, and change. By deconstructing his own process of painting into its most fundamental actions and materials, Ferris creates a site of formal experimentation and conceptual ingenuity. Keltie Ferris received his BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2004 and his MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2006. His work has recently been shown in solo exhibitions at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY; Morán Morán, Mexico City, Mexico; Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf, Germany; and Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; among others. He has received awards and honors including the Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for excellence in painting at the Yale School of Art, the Rema Hart Mann Foundation Grant Artist Pension Trust, and the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award in Painting from the Academy of Arts and Letters. His work is included in the public collections of the Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX; and Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY; among others.   

Sojourner Truth Parsons (b. 1984) uses paint to indicate moments of intensity and intimacy, amplifying sensation, texture, and tone. In the artist’s compositions, flashes of saturated color, flattened space and familiar motifs come into relation, fraying the border between interior and exterior worlds. Through her use of rich, vibratory tone, Parsons locates and elaborates the subtlety of brief details and moments that might otherwise go unnoticed in fleeting interactions of light, sound and provoked memory. Parsons lives and works between the southern Catskill Mountains and Brooklyn, NY. Her work has been a part of group exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA; Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany; Bortolami, New York, NY; and Galerie Sultana, Paris, France; among others. Her recent solo exhibitions include Blue goes away, Pilar Corrias, London, UK; If nobody wants you you’re free, Esther Schipper, Berlin, Germany; My name is not Susan., Foxy Production, New York, NY; and Holding Your Dog At Night, Oakville Galleries, Ontario, Canada; among others. Parsons work is included in the public collections of Long Museum, Shanghai, China; Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Canada; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR; Vanharents Arts Collection, Brussels, Belgium; and more.   

Julia Rommel’s (b. 1980) surfaces are intensely wrought through processes of layering and erasure. Defined by subtle variations in colors and differences in facture and texture, her finished compositions contain a sense of the history of their own making. Rommel has presented solo exhibitions at MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris, France; Bureau, New York, NY; Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway; and The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT; among others. Her work has been highlighted in group exhibitions at Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY; and Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; and more. She was a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artist-in-Residence in 2018. Her work is in the public collections of Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY; Kadist Foundation, Paris, France; Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and more.