INTEGRATIVE STUDIO III
A Team of Student Artists
ALEX BARAZANI
Junior
I am a student at Montclair State University majoring in art education. I am strongly influenced by politics and current world events, and my art is often a reaction to that. Politics is the expression of humans' inherent desire for control. It demands a hierarchical structure and top-down governance. I like to explore tearing down that hierarchy and the revolution that could bring when everyone shares power equally.
ANTHONY VERGARA
Senior
Anthony Vergara: Image your dreams and what you want to accomplish, now imagine that in a story or a picture. Imagine showing your dreams on a canvas, that’s the artist I am. An artist who illustrates my ideas and makes them come to life. Being a designer and a person who creates art digitally is the person I am, now see my vision engulf your world.
ARINN SHULMAN
Senior
I am studying Visual Arts and hope to hone my skills in order to do something influential with them. Some big inspirations for me are mental health and the LGBT community. This piece that I have made for this exhibition focuses on Stigma against the LGBT community. This piece was a way for me to explore the words used against the LGBT community and come to terms with their inability to affect my life the way they are meant to. I hope you enjoy the exhibition and everyone’s art!
BIANCA ANGLERO
Senior
I am a visual artist who works with alternative photographic processes and techniques. I have become increasingly interested in analog processes and the image as a physical object. My work explores themes such as ephemera, memory, communication, corporeality, and identity; it aims to make tactile and permanent, that which can only be felt or understood. Inspired by art movements such as Post-Minimalism and Dada, I construct pieces that involve repetition, fragmentation, and layering of forms and concepts. I draw inspiration from artists such as Eva Hesse, Ellen Gallagher, and El Anatsui. Often using photography as a base, I fuse my understanding of organic and inorganic subjects and processes to create whimsical artwork with a slightly dark edge.
CHRISTOPHER VARGAS
Senior
With a specialty in matching colors and delicate touches, Morgan James is an expert teacher and a talented artist. We’re so lucky to have such a wonderful Lead Instructor!
DANIELLE DEL RUSSO
Senior
Reese Whiteman has a mind made for art — and is always working on a new project! Let our Pottery Teacher help you start creating your own art.
EMILY VERNOSKI
Senior
A longtime professional artist in the Montclair area, let Jamie Lane guide you through all the basics in mixed media art. There really couldn’t be a more dedicated Oil Painting Guide.
JACK ZHANG
Senior
With a specialty in matching colors and delicate touches, Drew Carlyle is an expert teacher and a talented artist. We’re so lucky to have such a wonderful Lead Instructor!
JAHSON CLARKE
Senior
Ash Marcus has a mind made for art — and is always working on a new project! Let our Pottery Teacher help you start creating your own art.
JUSTIN HARRIS
Senior
A longtime professional artist in the Montclair area, let Charlie McMann guide you through all the basics in mixed media art. There really couldn’t be a more dedicated Oil Painting Guide.
KEANU LEE
Senior
My name is Keanu Lee. I am a Digital artist attending Montclair State University working towards my Bachelor of Visual Arts. The inspiration for my works of art is related to digital art and pop art. My exhibition pieces are a series that focuses on the noir detective as each image aligns together into a narrative. The images consist of a detective, a crime, the inside of a building that has been raided, and a police lineup.
LAUREN KORNMANN
Senior
Taylor Quill has a mind made for art — and is always working on a new project! Let our Pottery Teacher help you start creating your own art.
LAUREN VIVIRITO
Junior
I’m studying to hopefully become a high school art teacher. Recently, much of the art I create has been influenced by mental health, and the piece I made for this exhibition was a way for me to do some self-reflection and explore what I’ve been experiencing throughout my life. Mostly focusing on the depression and anxiety that’s been taking over my day-to-day living, I wanted to create an expressive portrait piece that shows what it feels like to be plagued by these psychological illnesses. The piece shows the metaphorical and and literal feeling of entrapment. And the deadpan expression is a reflection of the incredible amount of emotions being felt constantly, while still being forced to live life in a “normal” way.
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MARILU VALENCIA
Senior
I am a Visual Art Student at Montclair University majoring in Visual Arts. I like to create artwork with different mediums. I like to work with oil paint, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, and digital. This composition for the exhibition focuses on ethnicity, I recently received my ethnicity estimate and it inspired me to create this piece of national flowers of the different nationalities I belong to.
MORIAH GOMEZ
Senior
Max Johnson has a mind made for art — and is always working on a new project! Let our Pottery Teacher help you start creating your own art.
RAVEN GEORGE
Senior
A longtime professional artist in the Montclair area, let River Watts guide you through all the basics in mixed media art. There really couldn’t be a more dedicated Oil Painting Guide.
SANDRO JANIASHVILI
Senior
With a specialty in matching colors and delicate touches, Jesse Neimus is an expert teacher and a talented artist. We’re so lucky to have such a wonderful Lead Instructor!
SEAN MCGINNIS
Senior
Morgan James has a mind made for art — and is always working on a new project! Let our Pottery Teacher help you start creating your own art.
SHAYNA DAVIS-ALBERT
Junior
Hello! I'm Shayna. I'm a Visual Art Major at Montclair State University. The medium I'm most comfortable in is digital but, you can also catch me working traditionally. I typically base my art around family and my emotions at that current moment. I hope you all enjoy the work I am producing.
TADA SORHAINDO
Senior
Drew Carlyle has a mind made for art — and is always working on a new project! Let our Pottery Teacher help you start creating your own art.
YAMIL LABOY
Senior
A longtime professional artist in the Montclair area, let Ash Marcus guide you through all the basics in mixed media art. There really couldn’t be a more dedicated Oil Painting Guide.