Artist Statement
My work demonstrates a fascination with the collision of the natural and built environments, and it brings attention to Western civilization’s attempts to dominate and manipulate nature. By incorporating photo-collage with decorative papers and colored pencil onto rag paper or panel, I construct landscapes that refer to marking the wild landscape with infrastructure such as mines, oil wells, cell phone towers disguised as trees, and buildings for habitation. The work is a commentary on humanity’s direct impact on the environment, as well as Earth’s interminable shapeshifting over the long history of its existence.
Artist Statement
Robin Repp's work is included in the newly released books, "Signs of Resistance" by Bonnie Siegler, "Posters for Peace" by Thomas W. Benson, and "4973: Berkeley Protest Posters" by Barry Miles. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the Laguna Art Museum, the Oakland Art Museum, the Berkeley Art Museum, Museum of Art & History, Lancaster, The Shapero Modern, London, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Griffin Museum of Photography, MA, The San Francisco Civic Center, and various galleries such as the LA Artcore Gallery, Huntington Beach Art Center, Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, N.Y.C, The Studios Inc. Gallery, Kansas City, Square I Gallery, Claremont, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, The Brea Gallery, CSUF, CSULB & CSUH Galleries, Worth Ryder Gallery Berkeley, The Blue Line Sacramento, Sanchez Art Center, The Billboard Creative, and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art.
B.A., Art, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Sculpture Program, University of California, Berkeley
Artist Statement
Southern Californian artist, Kelly Hartigan Goldstein, works in rumination and daily newspaper headlines. In 2018 distressed by incessant and politically divided news cycle, and pulled by demands of family life, she turned to meticulous hand-cut newspaper collage to reconcile larger debates with compositions from life’s individual moments.
Artist Statement
Kathryn Pitt is a UK born artist that now lives and works in Los Angeles.
A figurative and non-representational, mostly 2D artist, Kathryn has been involved with and featured in many exhibitions in California, throughout the US and overseas, whilst teaching art to children within her studio and as a docent at the Getty Museum.
Her work is known for its color and vibrancy, movement and depth as she delves to find meaningful connection with the subject she is capturing in paint, being an inanimate object, a person , or a feeling.
Kathryn has had many solo shows over the past seven years, the last in 2026 at TAG gallery in Los Angeles and has curated several shows, the last being in 2025 entitled 'Layers of Self’ in Orange County CA. Kathryn had an honorable mention for her painting ‘Red View’ at the juried show ‘Bold Expressions’ at Northern California Arts, Sacramento and best ‘In Printing’ for her artwork, Red, White and Blue in the show Made in the USA juried by Edward Goldman in 2024.
Andrew Hosner
Thinkspace Projects
Artist Statement
Andrew Hosner is a Los Angeles-based curator, gallerist, and advocate for the New Contemporary Art Movement. In 2005, he co-founded Thinkspace Projects, a gallery dedicated to supporting emerging and established artists working across contemporary figurative painting, surrealism, street art, and popular culture.
Over the past two decades, Hosner has helped develop Thinkspace into an internationally recognized gallery, organizing exhibitions and collaborations with galleries, museums, and cultural organizations throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. His curatorial work emphasizes artistic individuality, experimentation, and the intersection of contemporary art with popular and underground cultural movements.
Beyond his work at Thinkspace, Hosner has participated in international curatorial initiatives, including projects with Berlin's URBAN NATION, and has served as a juror for exhibitions such as Brea Gallery's 2026 Made in Californiaexhibition. He is also the founder of Sour Harvest, an online publication devoted to the Los Angeles contemporary art scene.
Artist Statement
I make art because it is the one place I don’t feel trapped. My mind goes in every direction at once. Ideas contradict each other. I change course constantly. I wake up some days feeling held in place by my history, my anxiety, a world moving faster than I can process. So I shred the history. I build new worlds. I take up space. I make things. Because making is the one reliable way out of the feeling of being stuck.
John Doe Gallery
Eduardo Medrano Jr. - I was born in 1991 in Los Angeles, specifically in the San Gabriel Valley, La Puente. From a young age, I found joy in being creative, whether it was drawing cartoons or playing music, anything to keep myself occupied rather than passively watching TV or playing video games. Around the ages of 13-14, I developed an interest in graffiti and skateboarding, marking the first time I felt a strong inclination towards becoming an artist or working within the arts. As I progressed through high school, I began taking art classes, where I had the opportunity to connect with other creatives, many of whom I still collaborate with today.
Upon graduating from high school, I was certain that I wanted to pursue further studies in either design or photography. I eventually chose to attend the Art Center College in Pasadena, opting for photography because I envisioned myself being out in the world rather than confined to an office environment. After completing my studies, I began showcasing my portfolio to friends and colleagues, eventually landing opportunities to assist established photographers. It has been a gratifying experience to work with brands that I have admired since childhood, feeling a sense of organic connection from the days of creating microsoft paint mock-ups on a Windows computer in 2004 to collaborating with these same brands 15 years later.
Most recently, I have embarked on a new venture by founding a gallery in Downtown Los Angeles named John Doe Gallery. In essence, it embodies everything I have learned and been passionate about throughout my life. It provides me with the opportunity to leverage my expertise in photography, design, marketing, and business to create something that transcends individuality and is deeply rooted in community engagement.
A Legacy of African American Art Galleries
Founded in 1988 by Eric Hanks, M. Hanks Gallery has spent decades promoting Black artists and preserving their contributions to American art. Inspired by pioneering galleries such as Barnett-Aden and Brockman, Hanks opened with an exhibition of works by Elizabeth Catlett, whom he met through artist and scholar David Driskell.
The gallery later presented works by artists including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, Noah Purifoy, and Meta Warrick Fuller. Hanks also developed art appreciation classes and began offering appraisals in response to growing interest in African American art. Certified in the field by the Appraisers Association of America, he has completed hundreds of appraisals and has been an appraiser on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow since 2021.
Through his podcast, Eric’s Perspective, Hanks continues to bring together artists, collectors, scholars, and other cultural leaders. His commitment to sharing and celebrating African American art remains as strong as when he opened the gallery.