I focus on "Lived Experience" artwork. My creations are based in the raw, emotional aspects of my life, and I utilize them as a method of communicating my story when words simply won't do.

When there are no words to express yourself...
When your mind is thick with thoughts that you can't untangle...
When all you need is for someone to understand you and nothing comes out right...
When your limits are breached and the floods of emotion overwhelm you...
When there seems to be nothing else to do...
It's time to get creative.

Alaina Joy is a multidisciplinary artist whose work centers on reclaiming the female body as a site of power, autonomy, and resistance. Through bold, provocative imagery and saturated color, she challenges the systems that shame, censor, control, and commodify women’s bodies, transforming them instead into symbols of agency, defiance, and self-ownership. Her practice draws from pop and street art influences, blending mixed media, found materials, and graphic elements to celebrate the female form in all its complexity—sexual, vulnerable, furious, soft, political, and unapologetic.

Emmanuel Gray, otherwise known as Worldsgraytest Art, is an artist from Philadelphia known for his abstract creations. Emmanuel creates vibrant works that touch on various aspects of mental health, often through the portrayal of emotions. Emmanuel, taught as a special education teacher for two years and also has experience in behavior health as well. With this experience, he seeks to create beautiful works of art for business and residential areas to promote positive mental health for customers and families.

Artist Bio
Geraldo Gonzalez is a Puerto Rican American artist born in 1988 and based in Wilmington, Delaware. He is first and foremost a transit artist, known colloquially as “The King of Transit.” He sources material for his artwork from his trips on local transportation systems in Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Geraldo is a prolific multimedia artist, working in colored pencil, acrylic paint, watercolor, digital photography and video. He has been a member of the Creative Vision Factory in Wilmington, Delaware since its opening in 2011, fostering a mutually beneficial, long lasting relationship with the organization. Geraldo has exhibited widely throughout Delaware, in solo shows at the Creative Vision Factory and MarketPlace Gallery, and group exhibitions at the Delaware Art Museum, the Delaware Contemporary, Chris White Gallery, the Biggs Museum of American Art, Johns Williams Gallery and the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has four artworks in the University of Delaware’s permanent collection and is represented by the Koelsch Gallery in Houston, Texas. Through his frequently updated social media (@thekingoftransit), we are invited to follow the artist’s process and ever-colorful evolution.

Jared Jackson is a surreal landscape artist working in acrylic, oil, and blacklight fluorescent mediums. His work explores the space between inner experience and the external world, translating emotion, reflection, and consciousness into immersive visual environments. Drawing inspiration from spirituality, self‑care, and futuristic design, he creates pieces that feel both calming and otherworldly, offering viewers a moment to pause and connect more deeply. As the founder of JacksonGemstones, he blends art with a refined, modern aesthetic, treating each piece as both an experience and an expression of personal evolution.

K.O. Simms is an impressionist artist who works mainly in acrylics with palette knives, backed by decades of experience in watercolor, pen and ink, and pastels. He’s spent over 20 years painting landscapes, cityscapes, and figures along the Atlantic Coast. With a background in graphic communication and media, he’s also a natural teacher, known for making art feel easy and approachable for any age.

Lindsey is a freelance designer, event organizer, and sign painter living in Philadelphia, PA. She publishes and hosts events for Collide, a Philly-based art and poetry zine, with her friend Katie Dempsey. She occasionally vends her personal work at art markets, which are inspired by her passion for people, nature, and yogic philosophy.

Sharazar has loved creating art since she was three years old, finding joy in making anything with just pens and notebooks. Pursuing art as a career has been one of her biggest goals, and she enjoys working with alcohol markers, pens, and colored pencils while experimenting with various media. Inspired by fantasy and Japanese culture, Sharazar also enjoys baking and playing video games, especially RPGs, fighting, racing, and party games.

HI! I am an acrylic painter who has been working in the paint and sip industry for 7 years. I am an art instructor as well, so my style revolves around the community I work in and the people I serve. I host paint classes and other workshops to a wide range of audiences. My personal style is comedic and references my own internal ironies. I am super extroverted in general, and love being around people.

Taniel is an experienced designer, illustrator, marketing artist, painter, and now author! She creates assets, visual collateral, and packaging that help bring digital and physical content to life. She’s passionate about using digital illustration to help people grow and learn.

Tiffany Horne, aka Jewel z Artist has been creating vibrant and expressive artwork for over 10 years. Tiffany is an accomplished artist with awards stretching back to a congressional art competition in 2014. She was also featured in the book "Unpublished: The Visual Writing and Art Collaborative 2015" as well as being featured in the recent "Stay Woke" art show in Philadelphia. With no Allegiance to any one medium or style, she is dedicated to allowing every work to come to fruition in the form that that she feels best suits the piece.

Veronica is a Chilean artist who has been living in Philadelphia for the past five years. Nine years ago, she took her first oil painting class, and that moment sparked a new version of herself—the artist. She now works in both oil and acrylic, creating expressive paintings and hand‑painting clothing, accessories, and just about anything that can hold color.

Xyare Patrick (Indigo) is a mixed-media and ceramic artist whose work is deeply rooted in African American culture. She is known for depicting voluptuous figures and vibrant, richly colored compositions that center powerful female subjects and evoke intense emotion. Through her art, Xyare explores themes of identity, strength, and presence.