St. Louis native Michelle Johnson is a visual artist that takes an innovative approach to mixed media collage. Influenced by her passion for Black American art and her interest in the artistic rhythms created by the sampling technique used in hip hop, Michelle aims to combine her artistic talents with her love for music to create a visual platform for discussing ideas surrounding history and identity. Michelle is a graduate of Ball State University and currently lives in Indianapolis where she is often inspired by the local music community that she has grown to love.
Michelle Johnson
@splittingartworksIndianapolis, INQuick LookSt. Louis native Michelle Johnson is a visual artist that takes an innovative approach to mixed media collage.
Shaunt’e Lewis
@shauntelewisartVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookShaunt’e Lewis is a Visual Artist and Illustrator born and raised in Springfield Massachusetts.
Seed Lynn
@seedlynnChicago, ILQuick LookImagist, Seed Lynn, submits deep listening as a liberation practice. Whether sensually, technically, or artfully applied, Lynn greets the lens as an altered state through which listening and witnessing make voice necessary.
Nathasa Rae
@nathasaraeartVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookNathasa Rae is a hand-drawn neo pop realism ink illustrator and watercolorist. She creates mighty fierce warrior women who embrace their inner strength and beauty.
Justin Brown
@blacklipbasquiatbillhicksVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookJustin Brown is a multidisciplinary artist and curator from Indianapolis, IN. He is the founder and director of Hoy Polloy art gallery, located at 3125 e. 10th street, Indianapolis, IN. Justin’s work is research based; ranging from public- private experiments, to government and corporate surveillance programs to archival photographs.
Amiah Mims
@worksbymimsyIndianapolis INQuick LookAmiah Mims is an ever-growing designer and painter. Residing in Indianapolis, the 28-year-old is a 2015 graduate of Kent State University where she majored in Visual Communication Design and minored in Photo Illustration. She is also a retired KSU collegiate level gymnast and MAC Champion.
Mechi Shakur
@mechishakurIndianapolis INQuick LookA 90s baby, Mechi Shakur is an Indianapolis raised and based. He has displayed art at the Indiana State Museum and made countless murals around the city of Indiana.
Treseme Bryant
@MindOverartIndianapolis INQuick LookTreseme Bryant, a native of fort brag NC, was raised in Indianapolis, Ind. She is a self-taught artist who loves portrait realism, abstract, and acrylic painting.
Beatriz Vasquez
@beatrizvasquezartIndianapolis, INQuick LookBeatriz Vasquez is a visual ARTIVIST, whose work experiments with the conceptual use of Papel Picado, a Mexican Folk Art.
Gail Mallory
@gailpdesignsVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookGail Patrice Mallory is an American artist and graphic designer from Indianapolis, Indiana.
Dr. Jarrod Dortch
@jarroddortchIndianapolis, INQuick LookLargely underrepresented in museums and galleries, “Snuggy Bear”, Dr. Jarrod Nicholas Dortch is part of a movement of Black artists and curators who are hosting exhibits and creating work that shines a light on Black culture.
Pope Gaskine
@PopeGaskineVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookPope Gaskine, an Indianapolis native, is a dynamic artist specializing in acrylic and oil canvas artist.
Brochevski
@brochevskiVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookBrochevski (Amai Rawls Jr.) b.2000 is an American artist who creates collages using hand-cut U.S. currency to place a monetary value on the emotional rollercoaster that is life.
Dana Powell-Smith
@georgettesgranddaughterVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookDana Powell-Smith is a multi-faceted artist. She works with Acrylics on Canvas, Multi-Media Art, and Digital Art. Dana honors her family and lineage through her process.
FITZ
@artbyfitzVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookFITZ is an artist from Indianapolis, specializing in cartoon, acrylic, oil, character design, digital design, and more. He is also is a member of The Eighteen Arts Collective.
Mirvia Sol Eckert
@mirviasolpainterVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookMirvia Sol Eckert is a Puerto Rican acrylic artist working in Indianapolis.
V.Knox
@v.knox_artVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookArria (V. Knox) is a multifaceted and accomplished artist, renowned for her exceptional talent and creative vision as a director, set designer, portrait and fashion photographer.
Yeabsera Tabb
@yeab_artVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookYeabsera Tabb is an interdisciplinary visual artist with a focus on printmaking and textiles. Her work explores intersectionality and liminal space contained within one's personal identity.
Demetrius Green
@mechishakurIndianapolis INQuick LookA 90's baby, Demetrius Green (aka- Mechi Shakur) is an Indianapolis born and raised artist that has displayed art all around the city. He has been painting for five years now and is completely self taught.
Donyá Collins
@artbyyayVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookDonyá Collins, Indianapolis born and raised is a multidisciplinary published poet, illustrator, journalist, artist, and activist specializing in illustration and design.
Eric Agyemang-Dua
@rhymes_with_ricIndianapolis INQuick LookEric Agyemang-Dua Jr. is a Ghanaian visual artist specializing in Conceptual-Minimalist Storytelling, mainly around Afrocentrism.
Courtland Blade
@courtlandbladeVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookCourtland Blade is an American artist. Born in 1985 in Terre Haute, IN. Blade attended Vincennes University, University of Indianapolis, and Indiana State University for his undergraduate work, where he studied art.
Ashley Nora
@ashleynora_artVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookAshley captures real moments of human interaction through portraiture using multiple mediums to express different ideas.
B Box
@boxxtheartistVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookBoxx the artist synthesizes interactive art through paintings, digital art, and installations.
Michael Graves
Visit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookContemporary American artist Mike Graves has been producing art and music in Indianapolis for the last 29 years.
Rebecca Robinson
@psnobVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookAward-winning mixed media artist, Rebecca Robinson studied fashion design in Atlanta, Ga., and continued her education at North Carolina Central University where she majored in Art/ Visual Communications and graduated with high honors.
Kevin James Wilson
@artistkevinjameswilsonVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookKevin James Wilson loves to create fine art. He hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design. Kevin's services as an artist have included illustration, graphic design, art direction, murals, portraits, and more.
Kierra Ready
@freemind.kiVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookKierra Ready is an Indianapolis-based visual artist and art educator. After attending Indiana University and obtaining a degree in Health Sciences, she unexpectedly found a passion for painting- finding artmaking to be a form of mindfulness.
Andy Fear
@andyfear4Indianapolis, INQuick LookAndrea is an artist and has been professionally producing art for around 20 years. She creates public artwork in response to the community, environment and history of the art's proposed location.
Kevin West
@ArtbykwestVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookKevin Nance West is a professional fine artist, art entrepreneur (and art instructor) in the Indianapolis area, specializing in contemporary abstract paintings and portrait art.
Harriet Watson
@harrietmakesartVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookHarriet Watson is a visual and tie-dye artist.
Derek Tuder
@derektudorVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookDerek Tuder is a Multi-disciplinary Artist, Author, Photographer, and Instructor.
Diante Thomas
@myartyoureyesVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookDiante Thomas (aka-Myartyoureyes) brings a unique approach to photography & art. Self-taught in art-photographer/videographer & now as a producer of music has twelve years of experience behind the lens. Although his career started as a digital artist, he's slowly mastered his craft as a photographer! Diante primarily shoots with studio lighting, outdoors, or indoors and his only goal is to blow you away with beautiful imagery.
SIK-REEJECT
@sik_reejectIndianapolis, INQuick LookDavid Conner, known professionally as SIK-REEJECT, is an illustrator and writer from Gary, Indiana. SIK-REEJECT writes dark comedy and about lessons in self-love. His work is inspired by Adult Swim, a programming block broadcast by Cartoon Network.
India Hines
@inijartIndianapolis, INQuick LookIndia Hines is a painter who juxtaposes elements of intuitive painting and imagination to visually narrate non-physical spiritual and subconscious states.
IDK Kori
@idkk0riIndianapolis, INQuick LookKori is an Indy-based digital and traditional artist. She aims to create artwork that curb-stomps tolerable, confining, unimaginative, shallow, and/or submissive depictions of Black American women in mainstream media. Less intense yet just as relevant, Kori also finds joy in creating ethereal, otherworldly art inspired by her earthly thoughts and feelings.
Miss Jaws
@themissjawsVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookMiss Jaws (aka- Jessica Garcia) is a fine artist, illustrator, zinemaker and animator currently living in Indianapolis. Since earning her BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2016, she has continued to work professionally in the art field with a variety of clients.
Wavy Blayne
@wavyblayneVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookHailing from Indianapolis, “Wavy” Blayne (Blayne McCrary) is a mid-career artist focused on mixed-media and music production.
Deonna Craig
@deonna_heartbeatVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookDeonna Craig is an Indianapolis based visual artist and the owner of Art by Deonna. She graduated from Cathedral High School and DePauw University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and Sociology.
Robert Bentley
@counter_culture_collectiveVisit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookRobert Bentley is employed as a full-time printmaker. Robert Bentley is also a part-time self-employed muralist and fine artist, who also accepts commissions for graphic design work and apparel printing.
Cierra Johnson
@cjcrtvVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookBorn and raised in Indianapolis, and a proud Eastside resident, Cierra Johnson’s art focuses on identity and the ethereal nature of human existence.
Damon LeStat
@real_dlestatIndianapolis INQuick LookDamon LeStat (born Jayden Baskin) is a spoken word artist and painter from Indianapolis. He refers to himself and his artistry as a "snot-nosed, ghetto Picasso".
Teresa Vazquez
@dreamingwokeVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookTeresa Vazquez is an artist, writer, dream midwife, and educator of Afro Cuban heritage whose art practice is integrally linked to her dream work.
dai.
@dai.gallerieVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookDai (pronounced like “Day”) was born Dailyn Eades is a painter based in Indianapolis. She stumbled into painting in February of 2022 as a therapeutic tool. Very quickly an activity turned into a hobby and then took on a life of its own.
Tashema Davis
@ expressiveexpressionsVisit WebsiteIndianapolis, INQuick LookTashema Davis is a professional artist, specializing in portraits.
Faith Blackwell
Visit WebsiteIndianapolis INQuick LookFaith Blackwell has been a full-time photographer since 2011. While working in marketing for the International Masonry Institute, she picked up a camera and discovered her passion for photography.
Erika Smith
@indigo_compassIndianapolis INQuick LookErika Smith is a self-taught multimedia artist from South Bend, IN.
Taylor Cappelleri
@taylorcappelleri_artVisit WebsiteLafayette, INQuick LookTaylor Cappelleri is an artist based out of West Lafayette, IN. As a child, she loved to create art and even attended the Fashion Institute of Technology and received a degree in fashion design.