Artist Features

As a Charlotte-based painter, educator, and illustrator, Bryan Wilson’s creative life is tightly woven into his role as a documentarian of Black identity.

Portrait by Cortland Hunter One of my favorite scenes in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is when the teens silently wander the Art Institute of...

In a quiet studio on her South Carolina family farm, printmaker Jenn Garrison carves her way through woodblocks like pages in a visual diary. Each line requires intention. Each shape is a conversation between pattern, texture, and memory.

Portrait by Melissa Key A few years ago, I wrote a memory on a slip of paper and hung it from the Memory Tree. It was placed as an...

Lee Ko's art work is simultaneously small and large, fully harnessing the power of liminal space and the complexities of connection. She embraces multitudes, acknowledging that the individual elements of her creation can combine to form something much more significant. Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1976. Exploring themes of transformation and renewal, she works primarily with metal, clay, wood, and recycled materials. "After finishing my [MFA] degree in Seoul, I jum

Shot by @b_two_times There’s something about light that draws us in. It makes us feel safe. It allows us to see more clearly. And without light, we cannot survive. For Charlotte-based artist Rebecca Lipps, light is also an artistic medium, and an opportunity to enter a higher vibrational state. She believes that "movement, especially through repetition, can evoke meditative qualities.” Rebecca is a multifaceted artist and educator who centers her practice around cultivating i

A few years ago, I wandered into the calm corner of an immersive pop-up group exhibition, brought to life in a previously empty space. There, artist Ori Jai recreated a grandparent’s living room. The space was a tribute to Black and African diasporic history, woven together from the voices of elders. Every detail, from the worn furniture to the heirlooms atop each surface, hummed with warmth, memory, and history. A collage made tangible, waiting for us to listen. Ori Jai, als

Captured by Michael Maxwell . Tiya Caniel Maynard moves through the world as a creator, curator, healer, and community builder. She carries with her an infectious energy of warmth and openness, the same energy that radiates from her art. Her work is an offering, building a bridge between the seen and the unseen, the ancestral and the present. " I aspire to incite feelings of joy, curiosity, intrigue, self-expression, and liberation," she explains. Tiya's practice combines mix

Cheeks McGee is a Charlotte-based muralist and creative chameleon with deep roots in the streets. Welcomed into a street artist...

Editor's Note: I am saddened to share that Hnin Nie, the subject of this feature article, passed away on August 26, 2025 . She was an...

Portrait captured by @tas_visuals . Natalie Daratony is a Charlotte-based artist whose murals and paintings tend to reflect the quiet...