ADMIRATION is a celebration of resilience that has empowered the past, present, and future. It pays homage to and extols the achievements, history, and ancestors of Black and Brown People worldwide. Each artist featured reveals a unique narrative about the Black and Brown experience that can be admired and cherished. Their works proudly honor THE ECO SYSTEM and uphold the commitment of being a beacon of light
to CULTURAL CARETAKING beyond the confines of their environment.
SERRON GREEN | DANIELLE SCOTT | ANTHONY BOONE | JONTE DREW | NEIL ANTHONY EDWARDS
CANDICE TAVARES | GREGORY SAINT AMAND | JEROME CHINA | GUY STANLEY PHILOCHE
Raised in Newark, New Jersey at the height of the Black Power Movement, Serron Green aka xplorefreedom, is a self-taught artist that began experimenting with graffiti during the eighties and nineties. He incorporated different mediums such as markers, watercolor, and even house paint—with spray paint always remaining a constant. Since that time, he has broadened his scope of work to now include materials such as, reclaimed wood, rich textiles, and many other unconventional items. His home in Newark along with his travels across Europe, The Caribbean, North and South America, have greatly impacted the way he sees the world around him, and with each discovery of a new locale, its traditions, and culture, it strengthens his belief that art truly has the power to invoke change in the world.
Danielle Scott is a mixed-media assemblage artist who grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. Her work expresses politically and socially charged messaging. She recently received the 2021 Artist of the Year from ESKFF, which is the Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Artist Residency Program in Mana Contemporary, Jersey City. Danielle Scott was featured in the 2021 Essence Magazine as one of the top LGBTQ artists to look out for. Her works was acquired by The Newark Museum of Art 2021, By NYC Times best-selling Author, Roxanne Gay and The Weissman Family Collection.
Anthony Boone is a self-taught artist and a spirited thinker and visualizer in addition to being an apparel graphic designer. He specializes in several forms of art including mixed media, sculpting, and fashion design. As an original in his own niche, Boone believes in playing by his own rules, and making use of different kinds of materials to create his painting instead of the conventional brushes. His focus is on creating art inspired by the flow of energy and free movement, entwined with emotions and
internal guidance.
Jonte' is a visual artist from Paterson, New Jersey. His style utilizes humor to investigate the shared experiences of African Americans in America, the commodification of urban culture and the conversations surrounding mental health. His paintings and drawings often feature himself and other Black individuals in the midst of colorful and
Jonte' is a visual artist from Paterson, New Jersey. His style utilizes humor to investigate the shared experiences of African Americans in America, the commodification of urban culture and the conversations surrounding mental health. His paintings and drawings often feature himself and other Black individuals in the midst of colorful and idealized environments. In addition, he places an emphasis on the humanity of his subjects by placing them in various scenes of leisure and domesticity in their plight of finding serenity and joy, while challenging the critical portrayal of masculinity and physicality as it relates to the perception of Black men and women.
Born in America to Caribbean parents, New York Based artist, Neil Anthony Edward’s creates riveting pieces using canvas, oil, acrylic, godless, metallic silver, and interior paint. He is a visionary who unequivocally evokes emotion through his use of translucent color and unorthodox expression which exudes his love for fashion luxury and
Born in America to Caribbean parents, New York Based artist, Neil Anthony Edward’s creates riveting pieces using canvas, oil, acrylic, godless, metallic silver, and interior paint. He is a visionary who unequivocally evokes emotion through his use of translucent color and unorthodox expression which exudes his love for fashion luxury and seeing his artistic imagination illuminating residential vestibules globally. Encapsulating the brand's motto that “luxury begins with art”, Neil Anthony Edward’s artwork encompasses the astral and physical dimension bridging a galactic subconscious touch on the esoteric and religious aspects of the human psyche.
Candice Tavares is a self-taught illustrator and wood artist born and raised just outside of Philadelphia, PA. Her art is a celebration of Black beauty, love and culture that highlights the rich history and diversity of black hair and skin complexion. She sees her art as an opportunity to challenge the negative narratives about blackness
Candice Tavares is a self-taught illustrator and wood artist born and raised just outside of Philadelphia, PA. Her art is a celebration of Black beauty, love and culture that highlights the rich history and diversity of black hair and skin complexion. She sees her art as an opportunity to challenge the negative narratives about blackness that are so prevalent within the healthcare system and mainstream media. Her art is intended to remind Black people of their inherent beauty and value and remind non-black viewers of their shared humanity with black and brown people through the common bonds of love,
joy and longing.
Gregory Saint Amand also known as (GOGO) is a contemporary and figurative, American, and Haitian artist. He was born in New York, but spent a good amount of his early formative years growing up in Haiti. His perspective about what speaks to the human consciousness and understanding, the visual lexicons that influence our communication and
Gregory Saint Amand also known as (GOGO) is a contemporary and figurative, American, and Haitian artist. He was born in New York, but spent a good amount of his early formative years growing up in Haiti. His perspective about what speaks to the human consciousness and understanding, the visual lexicons that influence our communication and culture is gentle but observantly powerful in its nature. He displays his conversation with art, loving to paint in layers to open the canvas and its limits, as it brings about a never-ending exploration. Using bright colors, inks and other interesting mediums and details, his mark vision is evident in the work.
New Jersey based sculptor Jerome China was born in Richmond, Virginia and is best known for his abstract metal sculptures made from rusted and discarded scrap metal, automobile gears and other industrial detritus. The pieces are a fusion of found metal, impulsive ideation and life context. He started his career in 2012 and received his ea
New Jersey based sculptor Jerome China was born in Richmond, Virginia and is best known for his abstract metal sculptures made from rusted and discarded scrap metal, automobile gears and other industrial detritus. The pieces are a fusion of found metal, impulsive ideation and life context. He started his career in 2012 and received his early training as the first artist in residence at All Iron Works commercial welding and fabrication shop currently located in Hoboken, NJ. In addition, he studied with blacksmith Paul Januz at Gravity Line Forge. These residence experiences provided a balanced foundation in welding, Blacksmithing and metallurgy.
Haitian-born modern artist Guy Stanley Philoche immigrated to Connecticut when he was three years old. As the middle child of three boys and coming from a family of sports enthusiasts whose passion he didn’t share, Philoche turned to art as his calling. For the past 15 years, Guy Stanley Philoche has been attracting international attentio
Haitian-born modern artist Guy Stanley Philoche immigrated to Connecticut when he was three years old. As the middle child of three boys and coming from a family of sports enthusiasts whose passion he didn’t share, Philoche turned to art as his calling. For the past 15 years, Guy Stanley Philoche has been attracting international attention with his work and his impressive roster of solo shows. As an artist, Guy’s palette is strong and sophisticated. His layering technique has created a body of works so richly textured that one can hardly hold back from reaching out and touching them. It is the artist’s intent and wish that the viewer will follow their desire to reach out and feel the different textured in his works.
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