Claire Sammut

Claire Sammut is an independent curator and writer based in New York City. She has previously contributed curatorial research and assisted in the production of exhibitions at the Dia Foundation, the 57th and 58th Carnegie International, ArtistsSpace, LUMA Arles, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Palais de Tokyo, Lubov Gallery, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, and Gladstone Gallery, among others. Sammut has curated exhibitions at the Hessel Museum of Art and Maxwell Graham Gallery. She holds an M.A. in Curatorial Studies from Bard College and is a Director at Maxwell Graham Gallery in New York.

Beatriz Jaramillo

b. 1964, Medellín, Colombia. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

"Beatriz Jaramillo’s work explores the interface between natural landscapes and industrialization, informed by her personal experiences. Her works, crafted with porcelain and paraffin, skillfully convey a profound sense of layered histories. Through excavating embedded memory, Jaramillo contemplates the enduring influences of urbanism and globalization on historical and contemporary landscapes. By employing different strategies ranging from the photographic assemblage and gradation of materials cast and mold, the artist meticulously constructs works that approach foundational questions of stewardship, preservation, erasure, and mnemonic cartography—Jaramillo mines environment and industry as a means of subversion, a new heartbeat with a prescient cadence."

Artwork Image: In-Between: Los Angeles Wetlands, 2020. Porcelain, laser engraved aluminum and metal rods. 90 x 72 x 48 in.

Meghan Murphy

b. 1990, Chicago, IL. Lives and works in London, UK. 2022 MA, Royal College of Art, London, UK.

"Meghan Murphy's work is anchored by her commitment to narrative legacy. Through incorporating talismans, familial textiles, archival footage, resin, paint, and fabric, Murphy considers the interplay between consumption and memory as these concepts evolve from unity to fragmentation. Through an exchange of images, form, and subversion, she addresses the effects of decay while interweaving themes of mythology and narrative storytelling. In doing so, she examines the ripple effects of generational memory in the context of consumerism, particularly concerning idealized concepts like the "American Dream"—the belief that hard work and determination lead to prosperity and success."

Artwork Image: Building Castles, 2022. Oil & acrylic paint, original print on Somerset paper. 11 x 8 in.

Anna Ridderstad

b. 1976, Stockholm, Sweden. Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. 2006 MFA, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden.

"Anna Ridderstad's practice begins with the body and its surroundings. Using natural materials like dried nettles, stones, wood, and sand, Ridderstad's works are as flexible and subtle as they are bold, addressing the inherently complex relationship between architecture and the corporeal form. In departing from a long history of land art and minimalism, Ridderstad reimagines how materials come together and function against the grain of the environment. Methods of molding, impression, color, locale, and stillness join to produce a kind of topological contradiction, situated in the natural landscape or inverted, bringing the land inside the space of the white-bound room."

Artwork Image: Horizon, 2021. Wood, stones, egg oil tempera. 67 x 165 x 9 3/4 in.