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AB4010 – Philadelphia
February 27 @ 6:00 pm EST
Art Battle Philadelphia – February 27, 2026
Doors @ 6:00pm / Painting @ 6:30pm
Spin Philly – 211 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Art in motion. You choose the winner!
Be a part of the electrifying energy as skilled artists engage in a high-speed showdown, flinging paint with every stroke.
Cast your vote and crown the champion in three pulse-pounding rounds. And as the night unfolds, snag a one-of-a-kind masterpiece as every piece created goes up for auction. Don’t miss this unforgettable evening of live art!
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 Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia
11 confirmed artists
Alex Torch
Alex Torch, who goes by Torch, has been creating art across various mediums throughout his life, with a particular focus on illustration and jewelry. His work often explores themes of movement, fluidity, and the scientific presence found in nature. Since June 2025, he has served as the secretary of the board for the Philadelphia Sketch Club, America’s oldest arts club. Torch enjoys planning and hosting events for artists and values connecting with his community.
Anna BOGH
Anna BOGH is a contemporary visual artist whose work blends surrealism, symbolism, and abstract expression. While acrylic painting remains central to her practice, she also actively explores the expressive potential of oil pastel, digital drawing, and sculptural modeling. Her evolving visual language—ThrowPillowScape—uses recurring soft forms like floating pillows to evoke themes of transformation, memory, and emotional transition. Working intuitively with color and texture, Anna creates works that serve as portals between inner states and imagined realities.
Ava Emery
Ava is an artist and makeup enthusiast who’s been creating in all kinds of mediums since elementary school. She recently graduated and is now pursuing her passion as a makeup artist while continuing her art journey, blending creativity across both fields.
Brianne Valentino
Brianne Valentino is a New Jersey-based contemporary artist known for vibrant, expressive abstract paintings. Originally from Vernon, NJ, she studied photography at Montclair State University but turned to painting in 2017 as a creative escape. Her work features bold colors, neon hues, and layered textures, capturing emotion and energy. Brianne has exhibited in NYC galleries, created murals including at RAM Gallery and Chick-fil-A, and continues bringing color and inspiration to collectors worldwide.
carly
Carly creates colorful, psychedelic, and surreal artwork, often using bright, glowing acrylics and painting under UV lights—her favorite way to work. With eight years of painting experience, she’s recently begun exploring sketching as well. She’s super excited to be competing in Art Battle–Philadelphia again, eager to share her passion and creativity alongside the city’s other talented artists.
DRVLE
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.
Jazmine Thomas
Jay Ark, a New Jersey-based artist, started showcasing her work in Houston, Texas. Inspired by Frida Kahlo, Basquiat, and Anime, her art focuses on deep emotions and the empowerment of women. Self-taught, she has been drawing since childhood and studied Digital Arts and Design at Full Sail University.
Kayla Kulla
Kayla has been creative her whole life, but in the past few years she’s learned to play by her own rules. She makes expressive, nature-inspired paintings, often finishing them with metallics for a pop of gold or shimmer. Off the canvas, she’s just as lively—performing music, comedy, and more. She’s part of the pirate band The Cardinal Sins and the pun-focused group PUNnic Wars, bringing creativity to every corner of her life.
Kristin Witbeck Lee
Award-winning Plein air painter and portraitist, Kristin explores the nature of observation and transformation in traditional drawing and oil and watercolor painting as well as abstract explorations in healing in ink. Her Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) name is Ganä:gah:is, One Who Splashes Water, and her Native heritage informs how she views the world and tells its stories. Her work has been exhibited or lives in appreciative galleries, homes, museums and literary magazines in the US and internationally. She studied art at Connecticut College and at the Bridgeview School in NYC and is a resident artist at the Lancaster Art Vault.
Kyla Yager
Kyla is a Toronto-based, New Orleans bred full-time artist with a passion for utilizing her ADHD and Mental health to intuitively guide her paintbrush. Her process is playful, colorful, and maximalist, so every viewer will see something different, depending on their perspective. With a background in both realism and abstraction, her work embodies hyper detailed psychedelic abstractions with a cubist touch (mostly facial organs) that represent emotional states and the energy of the room.
Michael Anthony
Michael has been an artist for over 30 years, creating work that explores science fiction, human subjects, and social commentary through a painterly lens. Some describe his style as grotesque, while others find it cool and compelling. He believes that beauty is a broader and more nuanced concept—one that expands when we allow it to. Based in the Tristate area, he is both a painter and illustrator, as well as an art educator.
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