Bernie is a multidisciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, known for his abstract work across various media. In addition to his artistic practice, he is also a trained Art Therapist, integrating creativity with emotional and mental well-being.

Bob is an award-winning American artist from Pittsburgh, PA. His work draws on childhood memories and insecurities, reimagined through his subjects. Inspired by his two young children, he often paints with them, embracing joy and play. His art is deeply personal, serving as a release and a way to express his memories, thoughts, and secrets.

Chloverfeld creates his “fantasyscapes” intuitively, without sketches or plans—just colors, a sense of adventure, and his imagination guiding the brush. He enjoys working with acrylics on canvas, often mixing in spray paint or markers. Previously, he spent years drawing detailed mandalas with permanent markers, finding the process therapeutic. He also finds satisfaction in building intricate collages, carefully collecting and arranging each element over time.

DRVLE is a Lancaster, PA–based digital illustrator, photographer, and filmmaker. Specializing in monster, furry, and creature art, he often works in Procreate and occasionally paints. He also illustrates anthropomorphic characters and has professional experience as a video editor, videographer, assistant camera, director of photography, grip, and motion graphics animator.

Elizabeth is a hobby artist whose work focuses on landscapes and portraits inspired by her memories and meaningful people and places. Using color, light, and shape, she captures simple moments and settings that feel familiar and personal, reflecting on where she’s been and those who have influenced her.

Emily Paige Armstrong is a Pittsburgh-based muralist, visual artist, and advocate whose work bridges fine art, community storytelling, and social justice. Working primarily in large-scale murals, mixed-media illustration, and digital art, Emily Paige uses color, symbolism, and expressive mark-making to explore identity, embodiment, and the interconnectedness of people and place. Their creative practice is deeply rooted in a feminist lens, investigating personal and societal narratives while reclaiming and reimagining the power held within the female form.

Erica returns to Art Battle! She is a painter and event specialist with experience in candles, flowers, and balloons.

Likha Oasis is a multimedia artist whose work is created with the intention of expanding consciousness, fostering ancestral communication, ritual, healing, gratitude, and loving vibrations. Their artistic journey with the self, the spirit, and the world sparks curiosity and exploration. Drawing on Divine Nature, the elements, music, and culture, Likha produces colorful, vibrant works in many forms, offering an oasis for all beings.

MacKayla is a hobbyist artist who works across many mediums, most often acrylic. Inspired by nature and drawn to fantasy themes, her art blends real-world influence with imaginative creations.

Madeleine’s art embraces the uncanny, humorous, and self-reflective. She plays with the provocative and unsettling to spark emotion, often beginning with experiments or questions answered through the process. After a tumultuous journey, she now creates purely for pleasure—stress-free, expressive, and open to wherever her creative expedition leads.

Rae is a Pittsburgh-based artist and college student earning a bachelor's in fine arts. Self-taught and working mainly in inks, Rae explores all mediums while seeking to inspire growth and self-discovery through art. A First-Place winner in the 2-D section of the Carnegie Library Teen Media Awards, Rae is currently an intern at Bunker Projects Art Residency and Gallery on Penn Ave.

Suzanne is a Pittsburgh-based artist and educator whose work explores the silly, the sacred, and the sublime. She transforms overlooked materials and uplifts marginalized voices through portraiture and installation. As founder of the Busnegie Museum of Art—a gallery in a bus shelter—she showcases local artists and reimagines public space as a platform for connection and visibility.