Join us for a night of fierce artistic competition as skilled painters go head-to-head in three high-intensity rounds.
Be there as the paint flies and help decide the ultimate winner. Then, browse the amazing artwork that will be up for auction and take home your own piece of the creative action. It’s a night of community, creation, and pure artistic energy.
Don’t miss out on the excitement – see you there!
Be a part of the fun as a spectator, or participate as one of the featured artists by applying online at artbattle.com/artists!
Art Battle Pawtucket is an All Ages event.
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ARTISTS
Artists can apply to compete. Also, most events have a ‘Wildcard’ easel, where artists leave their names at the door and we draw at random to pick the Wildcard Artist. To be a potential wildcard artist, just buy a ticket and show up!
Confirmed Competitors
Art Battle Pawtucket
📍 The Industrial
10 confirmed artists
Chad Wheeler
Chad graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. He has been a licensed tattoo artist for the past 13 years and continues to make, create, repurpose, and sell art in many forms. His background includes graphic design, printmaking, sculpture, painting, and figure drawing. Outside of tattooing, you’ll find him with family, skateboarding, reading, gaming, hiking with his dog, or geeking out over art, good food, and Dungeons & Dragons.
Defne is a Boston-based artist and computational biologist who loves blending the serious with the silly. Their paintings often feature skeletons, animals, and odd little scenes that mix humor, curiosity, and emotion — like a possum trotting along holiday lights, a skeleton lost in thought, a cat mid-yawn. Much of their work plays with color and gesture to explore how something strange can still feel familiar or tender. Their background in science shows up too — in the way they experiment, observe, and let each painting evolve in its own direction.
Diana is an emerging artist. She paints with traditional media and draws pencil portraits in a hyperrealist style.
Erik Giorgi
Erik is an artist from Rhode Island that creates in many different styles and uses many different mediums that emphasizes bright contrasting colors. He is a graduate from the University of Rhode Island. When not creating art, he enjoys local music and films.
Dilán, inspired by impressionists, punk aesthetics, and interdisciplinary mediums across poetry and film, creates art that blends their cultures within the Puerto Rican diaspora. An award-winning writer and filmmaker from Connecticut, they split time between their hometown and Boston. A Sarah Lawrence graduate, Dilán is a Stowe Story Lab and Tin House alum whose work spans film, poetry, and illustration. Their debut chapbook War Birds is a finalist for the 2026 Prima Materia First Chapbook Award.
Miles aspires to learn, create, and grow—nurturing self-development while celebrating what he cultivates. His work reflects both personal growth and the hope of sharing and inspiring others.
Molly chaifetz
Molly’s art is driven by improvisation, shaped by the flow of ideas in the moment. Blending external influences with inner emotions, she experiments with diverse styles, allowing the unexpected to unfold. Her work often explores shared humanity through difficult emotions, reflecting her New England roots and a deep connection to place and experience.
Renee is a passionate creator who enjoys painting, drawing, photography, and gardening. She aims to convey mood in her work while allowing the art to develop its own essence. Her pieces often feature detailed botanicals, portraits, and landscapes, with a growing abstract influence.
Summer’s story is expressed through art, where experimentation and new techniques fuel her creativity. Working mostly in abstract forms, her work is different and outside the box, inspiring others along the way. She paints, dabbles in photography, and creates across mediums. Originally from Florida and now based in North Carolina, Summer’s paintings can be found in a local coffee shop as she continues to expand and network.
