Portfolios – Makowski Gallery

Kamran Fallahpour

Rusa Makowski — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:38:52 +0000

Kamran Fallahpour

Biography:

Kamran Fallahpour, PhD, is a neuroscientist, sculptor, composer, and musician based in New York City. He works in various artistic media with a special focus on sculpture. His multidisciplinary background inspires him to create artwork that offers immersive, cross-modal experiences for the viewer. His most recent work, Arrival: Consciousness at the Edge of Chaos (2023), exemplifies this artistry. To accompany the large bronze sculpture, Fallahpour composed original music that extend the sculpture’s narrative into the realm of sound and invites the audience to experience the piece on multiple sensory levels.

Fallahpour’s work has been exhibited in several venues and is part of private collections across the United States and Europe.

Medium & Process

Fallahpour frequently works with plaster and applies it to steel rods and frames. This method introduces an element of spontaneity and a sense of urgency to his creative process as he must shape the piece quickly before the plaster dries. Fallahpour draws inspiration in the moment from this dynamic process and the tactile sensation of the plaster, allowing the work to organically evolve in real-time and give rise to stylized sculpted figures. Reduced to their most basic and minimal form, his sculptures convey subtle but powerful expressions that evoke depth beneath their simplicity.

Neuroscience

Fallahpour’s interest and professional training in neuroscience and psychology add an additional layer to his work as he utilizes art as a medium for exploring themes related to the fragility of human nature, resilience, stillness, transcendance, and plasticity of perception. His work also explores the boundaries between opposing forces—order and chaos, music and noise, form and formlessness—and how meaning can be found from their interplay.

Central to his artistic vision is this recursive idea of mutual transformation: the artist changes their medium to create art and in turn, the finished work changes both the artist and the viewer.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

Plasticity of Perception

September 8 – October 23, 2016

Opening reception:
September 15

The exhibition – Plasticity of Perception – is his first public show with Capture Gallery in NYC.

555 WEST 25th STREET GROUND FL WEST
NEW YORK, NY 10001

L’artists muses at 13 space

October 1, 2017: 1-11 pm

13 Greenpoint Ave Brooklyn, NY 11222

Statement:

“My artistic practice emerges from a lifelong fascination with transformation—how matter becomes form, how perception becomes meaning, and how moments of stillness can reveal something essential about the human experience.

Working primarily in sculpture, I am drawn to the tension between opposing forces: order and chaos, structure and spontaneity, permanence and impermanence. Many of my pieces begin with simple materials—plaster, steel, bronze—yet the creative process itself is often unpredictable. The immediacy of working with plaster requires rapid decisions and an openness to discovery. Rather than imposing a fixed outcome, I allow the material to participate in the evolution of the work, revealing forms that emerge through gesture, intuition, and chance.

My background in neuroscience has deeply influenced this approach. Both science and art seek to understand how we construct reality from incomplete information. As a neuroscientist, I study the remarkable plasticity of the human brain; as an artist, I explore the plasticity of perception itself. I am interested in the spaces between certainty and ambiguity, where the mind actively participates in creating meaning.

The human figure appears frequently in my work, often reduced to its most essential elements. These simplified forms are not portraits of specific individuals but reflections of universal human states: vulnerability, resilience, longing, contemplation, connection, and transcendence. By stripping away unnecessary detail, I hope to create space for viewers to encounter their own experiences within the work.

Increasingly, my practice has expanded beyond sculpture into multisensory experiences that combine visual form, music, and sound. I am interested in how different sensory modalities interact and how art can become a meeting place between what we see, hear, feel, and imagine. Works such as Arrival: Consciousness at the Edge of Chaos extend sculptural narratives into sound, inviting viewers to engage with the work through multiple dimensions of perception.

Ultimately, my work is an exploration of mutual transformation. The artist changes the material, the material changes the artist, and the completed work continues its journey by transforming those who encounter it. In this sense, art is not an object but a relationship—a living dialogue between form, perception, and consciousness”.

Dalia Nosratabadi

Rusa Makowski — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:23:09 +0000

Dalia Nosratabadi

Biography:

Dalia Nosratabadi, born in Teheran, has chosen a very changing and indiscernible subject: water. Not the sea or canals and rivers which are much loved in photography, but its most unpredictable, fleeting and insignificant – even impure – form: puddles of rainwater, neglected and avoided by the rush of passers-by. Emotions are of prime importance and, apart from certain well-known urban symbols, it is often difficult to identify what is being presented. Although New York, Paris, Brussels and Tokyo are easily recognized, there are many indications which upset our certitudes, forcing us to accept the unexpected. After all, snow may transform itself into clouds and mud may reinvent the Eiffel Tower.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

2025
Galerie Seed Factory, Brussels – Belgium
Red Dot Art fair, Miami USA
Caroussel du Louvre, Paris – France
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium

2024
Galerie Seed Factory, Brussels – Belgium
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium

2023

Galerie Seed Factory, Brussels – Belgium

Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium

2022
Galerie Johanne Riss collaboration with Alice on the Roof, Brussels – Belgium
Renting Art, Paris – France
Uccle Centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium

2021
Galerie du Bihotza, Saint -Jean De Luz – France
Renting Art, Paris – France
What Galerie, Waterloo – Belgium
Balthasar, Brussels Belgium
Uccle centre d’art, Brussels – Belgium

2020
Gallery Bihotza, Saint -Jean De Luz – France
Partnership with Pulmann hotel Roissy – France

2019
Gallery Arnaud Roger, Brussels – Belgium
Gallery Bihotza, Saint – Jean De Luz – France

2018
Degroof Petercam Bank, Gosselies – Belgium
Gaudi Art gallery, Madrid – Spain
Art 3f Paris, Contemporary Art Fair with Gaudi Art Gallery, Paris – France

2017
Degroof Petercam Bank Namur – Belgium
Ten Gallery, Knokke – Belgium

2016
AAF at Jewish Museum of Belgium, Brussels – Belgium
Gallery Rivoli, Brussels – Belgium
Jeux d’hiver, Brussels – Belgium

Bart Brussels, Brussels – Belgium
Emile Dujard Gallery, Brussels – Belgium
Art Under Construction, Brugge – Belgium

2015
Gallery Rivoli Brussels
Quai 26, Lille – France
Galerie Büchi Bjornsen, Monaco
L’Art pour l’Accueil, Brussels – Belgium

2014
Gallery Bortone, Paris – France
Off Art Fair / Brussels – Belgium
Galerie Borato Bortonne / Paris – France

2013
Financière de Courcelles / Paris – France
Winston & Strawn / Paris – France

2012
Jewish Museum of Belgium, Selected by Bozar in the bienal “Summer of
photography” / Brussels – Belgium
OFF Art Fair / Brussels – Belgium
AAF NY / New York – USA

2011
Gallery Lierhmann / Liège – Belgium
SF Fine Art Fair / San Fransisco – USA
Gallery Collection Privé / Cannes – France
BACC Bangkok Art Cultural Center / Bangkok – Thailand
Truc Troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium

2010
Gallery Antonio Nardonne / Brussels – Belgium
The Joan McLoughlin Gallery / San Fransisco – USA

Selected for the national art show « Canvas collectie / La Collection RTBF »
Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Truc Troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Lineart, Flanders / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)

2009
Gallery Antonio Nardonne / Brussels – Belgium
Gallery Pierre Mahaux / Megève – France
Absolute Art Gallery / Knokke – Belgium
Women art show / Brussels – Belgium
Truc troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Fthegallery / Amsterdam – Hollande
Galerie Berkowitsch / Sain Paul de Vence – France
Lineart, Flanders / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)

2008
Sibony Art Gallery / Paris – France
Absolute Art Gallery / Knokke & Bruges – Belgium
Art London Fair / London – United Kingdom
Leonhard’s Gallery / Antwerp – Belgium
Truc troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Lineart, Flanders Expo / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)
Lille Art Fair / Lille – France (with Absolute Art Gallery)

2007
Toast Gallery / Paris – France
Truc troc Bozar / Brussels – Belgium
Boycott Art Gallery / Brussels – Belgium
Lineart, Flanders Expo / Gand – Belgium (with Absolute Art Gallery)

2006
Public auction – Embassy of Luxembourg / Brussels – Belgium
ARTEspace – Brussels / Bruxelles
MUBI Museum / Sao Paulo – Brasil
Toast Gallery / Paris – France
Boycott Art Gallery / Brussels – Belgium

2005
Contemporary Art Fair Tour&Taxi / Brussels – Belgium
Appartement Gallery / New York – USA
Boycott Art Gallery / Brussels – Belgium
Subway Rogier & Schuman / Brussels – Belgium

Statement:

“After my studies on painting I’ve traveled, and I’ve started taking pictures first in NY. The camera became a tool like the pencil on a canvas. I focus on the colors, the textures and the graphics without thinking about representation. I’ve wanted to find a new way of showing a city. With a big place of hazard (weather, wind, scene of life…) I’ve started playing with.
In contrast to photography which immortalizes a second of life, I want to give the feeling of movement and sort of timelessness.
My subject is water vibration. The cities’ s reflections under the rain. I like the idea of fugitive, evasive and uncontrollable. I have a very short moment to take the picture, after the rain, before the water goes out. When the picture is done I frame it upside down (that’s why the title of my
book, Tectum edition) to question my interlocutor.
I think as much as the picture is large, as much is interesting because we can see all details of texture and graphical better: A piece of snow become a cloud, a walker take place and a leave become monumental!
I enjoy to arrive in a city and to get lost, I want to give a new vision of the places as it’s new for me. My inspiration come from the discovery of culture
and urban scene”.

Dangdai Beijing

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Carousel du Louvre – Art Shopping

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Scottsdale Art Week

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Noa Ry

Rusa Makowski — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:20:48 +0000

Noa Ry

Biography:

Born in 1979, Noa Ry grew up in a small town in the Swiss canton of Aargau, in a commune woven from the lives of her extended family. Today, she lives in Zurich. It was her stepfather’s work with computers in the 1980s that quietly opened a path—one that would lead her to explore the fragile, shifting relationship between humans and technology.

At sixteen, she entered art school in Zurich. By twenty, Noa Ry had completed her Bachelor of Arts, and by twenty-seven, a Master’s degree in Cultural and Gender Studies at ZHdK Zurich. This period of study left a deep imprint on her perception of the world—her inspiration rooted not outside, but within the architecture of her own mind.

Living with schizoaffective disorder, Noa Ry moves through realities layered beyond the visible. She hears voices, sees what others do not, and experiences the world as distortion—colliding, splintering, dissolving into a thousand fragments, much like identity itself. What may appear as rupture holds, at the same time, a hidden potential. Through persistence, she has come to recognize this multiplicity as a source—both fragile and powerful—of artistic creation.

For over three decades, Noa Ry has explored the unstable threshold where the human and the technological converge. Her concept of the “DIVORG”—a dividing organism—extends Donna Haraway’s „Cyborg Manifesto“, reflecting the fractured, fluid condition of the digital age.

And so at the core of Noa Ry’s work lies a question: how do humans and technology shape one another?

Her practice spans robotic art, sculptures, sculptural paintings, digitally drawn works, animations, videos, and installations. Moving fluidly between analogue and digital forms of expression, she experiments with combining and transforming different media. In doing so, her work dissolves the boundaries between the physical and the virtual. Through this approach, Noa Ry strives to question and transcend the divisions between formats, media, individuals, and society—ultimately surrendering to the creative process itself.

She does not approach technology with fear, but with curiosity. For her, art is a way of facing the future—of entering it, questioning it, and shaping it.

Again and again, she returns to a constellation of questions:

Who created whom?

Where will this merging lead us?

Is technology becoming a new form of belief?

Are we drowning in machines—or being remade through them?

What, now, does “nature” mean?

Noa Ry’s work does not offer answers. Instead, it reflects—like a fractured mirror—the condition of the 21st century, where humanity and technology are no longer separate, but entangled in a continuous process of becoming.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

2026

Context Art Miami, with Gallery Makowski, USA
Tokyo Art Fair, Japan
Representation at Gallery Makowski, New York, USA (6 months)
Exhibition at General Assembly Gallery, London, UK
Exhibition at Chaos Gallery, London, UK
“Art House Show,” DNA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Group Exhibition, Holy Art Gallery, New York, USA
Group Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Barcelona, Spain
Group Exhibition, Espazio Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Gallery Azur, Miami, USA (1 month)
Publication: Top Investable Artists 2026 Hardcover Edition

2025

Group Exhibition, Boomer Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Bizart at Gallery Art & Business, Zurich, Switzerland
Award Winner: El Greco Fine Arts Award (ICM Gestora Cultural Board, Spain)
Award Winner: Collectors Art Prize: Art Legends of Our Time
Group Exhibition, Gallery Azur, RED DOT Miami Art Basel, USA
Group Exhibition, Gallery Artifact2, LA Art Show, USA
Publication: Tagblatt Zurich City Newspaper
Group Exhibition, Photobastei / Gallery Bizart, Zurich, Switzerland

2024

Publication: AATONAU Magazine
Group Exhibition, Artavita Gallery, RED DOT Miami Art Basel, USA
Group Exhibition, MEMA Barcelona, Spain
Group Exhibition, Art International Zurich, Switzerland
Group Exhibition, Art Expo New York, USA
Publication: World Art Guide 2023

2023

“Underneath” & “Underneath Animated,” Monaco Art Fair, Monaco
“Underneath” (Print), Times Square, New York, USA
“Animalis, Golden Age and Web,” Times Square, New York, USA
LA Art Show / Miami / New York (digital), Gallery Artifact, USA
Publication: World Art Guide 2023

2022

Focus Art Fair, Carousel du Louvre, Paris, France
DIVORG Animation, Capital Culture House, Monaco
Publication: Art Vue Prize Summer Magazine
Award Winner: Most Original Idea (Bruxelles Art Vue)
“Holding Together,” MADS Art Gallery, Milan, Italy
Canvas International Art Fair, Venice, Italy
Group Exhibition, Madrid, Spain
Artscloud Digital Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
VR Exhibition “Clash,” Holy Art Gallery, London, UK

2021

Publication: NNC Gallery VWorld Art Magazine
“Locked In,” Artfield, Paris, France
VR Exhibition, Capital Culture House, Madrid, Spain
Video Art “The Wall” — 3rd Prize, TMF Gallery, Switzerland
“Golden Age,” Haarwerkstatt, Zurich, Switzerland

2020

FAT Art Fair, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Artbox Project Zurich 2.0, Swiss Art Expo

2017

Exhibition, Neuzeit Ruinen, Zurich, Switzerland

Statement:

“In my works, if you encounter what you call “mistakes,” it is only the inability to see the possibility within them. Take another angle. Think further, differently— and an entirely new perspective begins to unfold. For these “errors” are the very soul of storytelling”.

Ildiko Sopronfalvi

Rusa Makowski — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:05:14 +0000

Ildiko Sopronfalvi

Biography:

Ildiko Sopronfalvi (b. 1976, Hungary) is a Hungarian fashion, beauty, and portrait photographer recognized for her emotionally resonant and visually striking imagery. Originally trained in civil engineering at the Technical University of Budapest, she pursued her passion for photography at the Academy Deutsche Pop in Stuttgart, Germany, graduating as a photo designer in 2017. Since then, she has worked on international fashion campaigns for designers such as Babe yond Vintage Couture New York, Nagea Eco-Fashion Hungary, Viola Ballin Berlin, and Aurora Folk Glamour Hungary, as well as beauty and cosmetics campaigns featured in European and

American publications. An AFIAP photographer (2023), Sopronfalvi has earned multiple awards in FIAP and PSA competitions, including a PSA Gold Medal. She also leads workshops and masterclasses,

mentoring emerging photographers in both technical skills and creative vision.

Her work emphasizes color, contrast, texture, and form, blending aesthetic elegance with socially relevant narratives. “I shoot with heart and soul, shaping concepts weeks before pressing the shutter, striving for perfection in every frame.”

Professional Overview:

Editorial & Commercial Campaigns

Over the past decade, Sopronfalvi has collaborated with international brands and designers, producing fashion, beauty, and lifestyle imagery that blends editorial storytelling with fine art. Notable campaigns include Babeyond Vintage Couture New York, Nagea Eco-Fashion Hungary and Aurora FolkGlamour Hungary, Viola Ballin Berlin, Aden Cosmetics, with her work featured in leading magazines across New York, Paris, and Berlin.

Awards & Recognition

Her photography has received international acclaim in FIAP and PSA competitions, including multiple special awards, a PSA Gold Medal, and selection for juried exhibitions and curated showcases throughout Europe.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

Exhibitions & Conceptual Projects

In 2020, she curated the socially engaged installation “Plastic or Fashion?” in Budapest, exploring sustainability through creative fashion and performance art. In 2025, her Wounded World series was exhibited at Hotel Bristol, Budapest, reflecting on war, environmental crises, and humanity’s resilience. Both projects highlight her commitment to concept-driven photography and her ability to engage audiences with socially relevant narratives.

Education, Workshops & Mentorship

Sopronfalvi regularly leads fashion photography workshops, masterclasses, and portfolio intensives in Berlin, Budapest, and Vienna, mentoring emerging photographers in technical skills, visual concept development, and creative confidence.

Professional Philosophy

As an AFIAP photographer (2023), she approaches photography with the belief that it is “made with the eye, the heart, and the mind.” Her work merges beauty, narrative depth, and cultural relevance, evolving at the intersection of fashion, portraiture, and concept-driven photography.

PHOTO AWARDS:

PSA Gold medal Altius circuit:

Architecture romance (2020)

Gold medal Hungarian Mafosz photo award:

Tears for mankind (2022)

Jury silver choice certificate, Altius circuit 2021: African vision (2017)

Certificate of Merit, Fiap Limelight Photosalon, India: Balett dancer (2020)

HM Salon Medal – Focal Point circuit 2021, Portugal: Golden Tourban (2017)

HM Salon Medal, Focal Point circuit 2021, Portugal: African woman (2017)

Salon Bronze Medal, NSAPK Circuit 2021, Podgorica, Serbia : African dreams (2017)

HM Bronze Medal, Portugal 2022, 4th International Exhibition for Photography: Black or pink (2017)

Salon Bronze Medal, NSAPK circuit 2021, Serbia: African dreams (2017)

IPAS PRAISE MEDAL Portrait 2022, Haifa Awards: Red circulation (2021)

EXHIBITIONS

2025: Wounded World Budapest Hotel Bristol

2023: Artbox New York, „Black or pink”

2023: Artbox Basel, „Tears and faces”, „Girl with birds”

2022: Group photo exhibition, Berlin Indie heads Gallery

2021: & quot; Plastic world & quot; Photo Exhibition, Agora, Budapest

2020: & quot; Plastic world & quot; Photo exhibition and fashion show, Budapest H13 Gallery

2020: GURUSHOTS Ljubjana “Black or pink”

Statement:

“My work explores the intersection of fashion, beauty, and humanity, reflecting on emotion, narrative, and social issues through photography”.

Yasmine Musallam

Rusa Makowski — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:47:08 +0000

Yasmine Musallam

Biography:

Yasmine Musallam (b. 1976) is a Lebanese – American senior interior architect and photographer. She graduated from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts (ALBA) in 2001 with a Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures (DES) en Architecture d’Intérieur.

Since 2009, she has worked with Y000 Design and Photographic Art and as Senior Interior Architect with Indigo DSPP. From 2003 to 2009, she worked at Dar Al-Handasah in the Interior Architecture Unit, contributing to major international projects including Dubai International Airport, Hurghada International Airport, the American University of Iraq at Sulaimani, and the American University of Beirut Hospital. Earlier, she worked with Malek Mahmassani Architectural Practice in Lebanon and completed an internship in textile design at the French Cultural Centre in Lebanon with Claude Mabélé. Her photographic work has been nominated for the 2025 Photographer of the Year Contest (Exposure One Awards), the 2025 World Photo Annual (Refocus Awards), and the 2026 One Shot Photo Contest (Exposure One Awards).

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

2009 – Present | Y000 Design and Photographic Art

2009 – Present | Indigo DSPP

Senior Interior Architect

2003 – 2009 | Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners)

Architecture Department – Interior Architecture Unit

Responsibilities

In charge of interior architecture design, detailing, and coordination for the following projects:

Bones and Joints Hospital — Saudi Arabia
The Pearl – Giardino Villas — Qatar
Horizonte Hotel — Angola
American University of Iraq at Sulaimani — Iraq
Concourse 2, Dubai International Airport — United Arab Emirates
Transit and Vehicle National Directorate — Luanda, Angola
Dubai Exhibition City at Dubai World Central – Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC) Exhibition Facility — United Arab Emirates
New Terminal Building at Sharm El-Sheikh Airport — Egypt
Dubai World Central – Dubai Logistics City (DLC) Headquarters and Office Park — United Arab Emirates
Hurghada International Airport – Terminal Building and Landside Facilities — Egypt
President Al-Saleh Commercial Complex — Yemen
Terminal 3, Dubai International Airport — United Arab Emirates
National Library — Luanda, Angola
Dubai International Airport Expansion (Phase 2) – Concourse 3 — United Arab Emirates
Sana’a International Airport Development Project – International Terminal Building — Yemen
Medical Design Services at the American University of Beirut Hospital (AUH) — Lebanon
- Established standard finishes for all facility areas
Paediatric Hospital and Emergency Department at King Hussein Medical Centre (KHMC) — Amman, Jordan
Royal Airwing at Dubai International Airport — United Arab Emirates
Development of King Abdul Aziz Endowment for the Two Holy Mosques — Saudi Arabia
South Oil Headquarters Project — Basra, Iraq
Ahmad Baha’addine Cultural Centre Project — Egypt

2002 – 2003 | Malek Mahmassani Architectural Practice, Lebanon

Interior Designer

Selected Projects

HRH Prince Saud Bin Fahad Bin Abdul Aziz Apartment — Beirut Central District, Lebanon
Lebanese Stock Market — Beirut Central District, Lebanon
Adel Hamieh Roof Apartment — Chimlan, Lebanon
Bishr Al-Haffar’s Apartment — Beirut Central District, Lebanon
Elie Semaan Villa — Adma, Lebanon
Fadlo Touma’s Building — Ashrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
Mahmassani’s Apartment — Verdun, Beirut, Lebanon
Sheikh Abdallah Al-Athel’s Duplex — Lebanon

2001 – 2002 | French Cultural Centre, Lebanon

Internship with Claude Mabélé – Textile Design

Awards Nominations in photographic art:

Award-nominated for the 2025 Photographer of the Year Contest, Exposure One Awards. Black and White photography, abstract.
Award-nominated for the World Photo Annual, Refocus Awards, 2025.
Award-nominated for the One Shot Photo Contest, Exposure One Awards, 2026.

Statement:

“I believe that revealing the beauty of nature is essential to inspiring the protection and conservation of all living species. As a designer, I began photographing project models to create realistic visualizations of building skins and interior spaces.

Nature has always been my source of inspiration; a place where I draw and paint, photograph, and learn to see the world differently”.

L.U.N.A K.A.I

Rusa Makowski — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:47:05 +0000

L.U.N.A K.A.I

Biography:

Luna Kai is a multidisciplinary artist working across performance-based painting and film. Kai holds a Bachelor’s degree in Musical Theater and has a background in the entertainment industry as a writer, actor, and producer.

Kai’s practice engages questions of authorship, commodification, and embodied labor through performative processes that position the body as both instrument and site of inscription. Using direct bodily imprint as medium, the work investigates how identity, visibility, and value are constructed within contemporary visual and cultural economies. Kai’s work operates at the intersection of performance and painting, exploring tension between concealment and exposure, agency and objectification, and the systems through which meaning is assigned to both bodies and images. Lived experience, including surviving serious illness, informs an ongoing inquiry into impermanence, perception, and the fragility of physical form.

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

Collaborated with various contemporary art galleries and platforms internationally. Currently represented by Makowski Gallery NYC.

Statement:

“Working under the pseudonym Luna Kai, I create body-based paintings that explore commodification, sexuality, labor, authorship, and the cultural valuation of both women and art. My submitted collection consists of ten 11 × 14-inch paintings on paper made using washable paint and the direct imprint of my own body: hands, feet, breasts, and rear, transforming the body from object into instruments. At first glance, the work appears playful, childlike, and reminiscent of finger painting. Yet beneath its bright palette and seemingly simple execution lies a deeper confrontation with the systems that assign value: to art, to labor, and to the female body. After more than two decades working in the entertainment industry as a writer, actress, and producer, I repeatedly encountered industries in which women’s bodies were treated as currency. Though offered opportunities tied to sexual compliance and physical commodification, I refused to use my body for advancement. This body of work emerges from that history. By finally employing my body as the medium, but only on my own terms, I reclaim agency over the very commodity I long refused to exploit.

The use of washable children’s paint symbolizes the fleeting nature of beauty, youth, desirability, and the temporary market value society places on physical appearance, contrasted against the permanence of imagination and creative spirit. By working in washable paint, the pieces remain materially delicate, demanding protection and preservation. In this way, the physical vulnerability of the artwork mirrors the vulnerability of the female body: desired, scrutinized, and perpetually subject to both admiration and harm. These works ask: If provocation, sexuality, novelty, or simplicity increase desirability, what does that reveal about our culture? Can a “simple” body print be valued as highly as technically masterful traditional painting? Where is the line between conceptual art, empowerment, commodification, and spectacle in an era where self-image itself has become monetized?

Through anonymity, bodily imprint, and performance, my work invites viewers to question not only what they consider art, but why”.

William Wolf

Rusa Makowski — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 09:23:26 +0000

William Wolf

Biography:

William Wolf was born in Phoenixville, PA. He graduated with his BFA in Painting form Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and his MFA in Painting from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. After graduate school Wolf worked with at risk children. Wolf has exhibited his work nationally and in Asia. He currently lives and maintains his studio practice in Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions & Art Fairs:

2026

Affordable Art Fair NYC, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
100 Mile Radius Biennial, Chesapeake Gallery Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD
15th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Marshall University Gallery, Huntington, WV

2025

Affordable Art Fair Boston, SoWa, Power Station, Boston, MA
Works on Paper, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA (Solo Show)
Off Main Art Fair, Jedidah Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Art Fair 14C, 14C Jersey City, NJ
GRWM, Funhouse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA With Tim Macfarlane, Nicolo Gentile and Angela Rio
One for All, “Authenticity” Coatesville, PA

2024

Loy Lou Space, “Yellow”. New York, NY
Main Line Art Center, “Little Luxuries” Haverford, PA, Juror Susana Gold
Ozone Art Gallery, “Enigmatic Genius”, New Foundland, PA
IceBox Projects, “Now, One with Everyone” Philadelphia, PA
Colo Colo Gallery, “New Territories” New Bedford, MA (Solo Show)
One For All Arts, “19335” Thorndale, PA

2023

Oxford Arts Alliance, “9th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Oxford, PA Juror Stuart Shils
Pilot Projects, “Epilogue”, Philadelphia, PA
Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, “19th Annual Juried Exhibition”, Gettysburg, PA
Juror Lauren Nye
Pink Noise Projects, “Doppelgänger”, Philadelphia, PA
Colo Colo Gallery, “New Fruits” New Bedford, MA (Solo Show) Curated by Luis Villanueva
One For All Arts, “Small Works”, Thorndale, PA
East Village Art Collective, “Exploring the Unconventional”, New York, NY

2022

Holy Family University Art Gallery, “Underlands” Philadelphia, PA (Solo Show) Curated By Pamela Flynn
Macon Arts Alliance, “Abstract”, Macon GA
One For All Arts Thorndale, “Inaugural Exhibition” Thorndale, PA
One For All Arts Philadelphia, “Spring Exhibition:” Philadelphia, PA
Ketchup City Creative, “Out of Shape” Pittsburg, PA
The Exchange, “In 3D” Bloomsburg, PA

2021

The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, “Off the Wall” South Yarmouth, MA
One For All, “Memories”, Philadelphia, PA.
Up Arts Incubator, “Locally Grown”, Landsdale, PA.
Floyd Center for the Arts, “2021 Juried Exhibition, Floyd, VA. Juried by Z.L. Feng.
Gallery 311, “All Abstract”, Raleigh, NC.
AOY Art Center, “Instructors Show”, Yardley, PA.
Howard County Arts Council, “Traces”, Ellicott City, MD. With Jeremy Siedt.

2020

D’art Gallery, “Spot On”, Denver, CO. Juror Michael Paglia.
Las Laguna Gallery, “Open Theme”, Laguna Beach, CA.
Arts Center Gallery, “Mixed Media” Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. Juror Ted Lott.
Main Street Arts, “Sprawling Visions” Clifton Springs, NY.

2019

Jones Gallery, “December Group Exhibition, Kansas City, MO
Limner Gallery, “Holiday Small Works Exhibition” Hudson, NY.
Lemonade Stand Gallery, “Small Works 2019 Exhibition” Key West, FL.
Moody Jones Gallery, “Philosophical Underpinnings”, With Felix Osiemi, Ruslan Khias, Theodore Harris,
Glenside, PA.
Attic Rehab, “Edinboro University Drawing and Painting Club Alumni Show”, Erie, PA
Starkville Arts Council, “Under 40”, Starkville, MS. (Best in Show)

2018

Da Vinci Art Alliance, “Perennial Visions” Philadelphia, PA.
Abington Art Center, “Annual Juried Show”, Abington, PA. Juror Martha Gyllenhaal
Papermill Community of the Arts, “Papermill and Friends”, Philadelphia, PA.
Practice, “Best of the Worse”, Philadelphia, PA.
Colo Colo Gallery, “Organic Decay,” New Bedford, MA. (Solo Show) Curated by Luis Villanueva
Elaina’s Fine Art Gallery, “Will Wolf” Collegeville, PA. (Solo Show)

2017

CICA Museum, “Concept 2017: Third Annual Exhibition on Conceptual Art,” Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
Groundworks,” Other Worlds,” with Zach White and Bruce Bailey, New Bedford, MA.
Verum Ultimum, “Abstract Catalyst 4,” Portland, OR.
Warwick Center for the Arts, “SNAC at Warwick,” Warwick, RI.
True Grit Gallery, “SNAC Group Exhibit,” Middleboro, MA
Enso Gallery, “Annual SNAC Invitational,” Brockton, MA.

2016

Attleboro Art Museum, “Member’s Show,” Attleboro, MA.
TL6 Gallery, “New Works,” New Bedford, MA. (Solo Show)
Arts at the Amory, “Non- 2DPainting,” Somerville, MA. (Solo Show)
Gallery X, “Black and White Exhibition,” New Bedford, MA.
Bromfield Gallery, “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” Boston, MA.
University Gallery, “MFA Thesis Exhibition,” University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA. Curated by Viera Levitt

2015

New Bedford Ferry Terminal “Nautical Nuances,” New Bedford, MA
Gallery 244, “Shapes and Space,” with Lauren Savoia, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA.
Gallery 263 “Chroma,” Juror Lynda Schlosberg, Cambridge, MA.

2014

Crapo Gallery “Musical Chairs,” University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
Gallery 224, “Pentimenti,” Curated by Andrea Abra-Coutts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New
Bedford, MA.
Gallery 244, “Glimpse,” Curated by Vierra Levitt. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA.
Studio- B, “Untitled,” Boyertown, PA.
Phonix Village Art Center, “Above and Below,” Phoenixville, PA. (Solo Show)
Phonix Village Art Center “Member Show,” Phoenixville, PA.
Hazelton Art League, “Artist Exchange,” Hazelton, PA.

2013

Start-up Incubator Biggers House, “Homecoming Exhibition,” Edinboro, PA.
Phonix Village Art Center, “August Upstairs Artist of the Month,” Phoenixville, PA. (Solo Show)
Start-up Incubator, “Nature of the line,” Edinboro, PA. (Solo Show)
Hamilton Hall Gallery, “Contemporary Abstraction,” Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA,
Juror Rachael Burke.

2012

Imperium Gallery, “Abstraction show,” Edinboro, PA.
Start-up Incubator,” Continuing Thoughts,” Edinboro, PA.
Hamilton Hall Gallery, “Accreditation Exhibition,” Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
Baron-Fornes, Library, “Figure it Out,” Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
Baron-Fornes Library, “Figure, Fur, Fantasy,” Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.

2011

Bates Gallery, “Annual Drawing and Painting Club Show,” Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.

Statement:

“In my visual research, I am motivated by the life pulsating in the undercarriage of our environment. On the surface of the painting, it is the footprint of mankind. It serves as a fossil of a species of life that burnt itself out and left behind a trail of detritus from man’s bad stewardship. The underlayers of the painting serve as the dwelling of the life that survived mankind. It is mutated and healing itself as it was pushed deeper into the surface of the Earth but has still fights to emerge from the surface. Formally, these pieces are both spatial and topographical cross section of space.

In my process I utilize both ancient and contemporary media. I start my process utilizing wood and 3D resin printing. I am drawn to the malleability and physicality of wood. I am also drawing to the process and infinite possibilities of 3D printing. I further modify the form with encaustics. Encaustics allow me to add and subtract to modify the form above and below the surface.”