"I Split the Dream" Exhibition

Matt Coombs (b.1988, he/him) is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, PA. He earned his MFA at Tyler School of Art in 2016 and a BFA in 2013 from Ringling School of Art and Design. Coombs is a landscape painter infused with chemicals. He creates oil paintings and drawings that depict a fluidity between the figurative, synthetic, and the natural environment. Coombs combines abstraction and invented imagery with naturalistic light, creating images that feel familiar but unnamed. He often references marine life, mechanical devices, or landscapes to interrogate his own emotional adaptability, and the desire to find the sublime in an augmented nature.

Anna Gregor, a New York City-based painter, explores the history of painting materials and spatial representation. By blending diverse historical elements and techniques, she creates multi-dimensional spaces that challenge viewers to construct new perceptions. Gregor earned her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2019 and is pursuing her MFA in Painting at CUNY Hunter College. She has exhibited in three solo shows, including "Double Space" at D.D.D.D. (2024), and various group exhibitions.

Annie Grossinger is a documentary photographer and visual storyteller in Brooklyn, NY. Her work focuses on long-term visual projects surrounding the carceral system, global health, and the effects of government policy on communities. She’s particularly interested in humanizing complex systems in order to drive a deeper connection. Much of her work combines photo with text, archival imagery and ephemera in an effort to collaborate with the people she is photographing and create historical context. She graduated from Lehigh University with a B.A. in Journalism and History and was awarded a “Director’s Scholarship” to attend the Documentary Practice & Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography (ICP). In 2016, she taught the "Ethics of Photojournalism" course at Rush University's Global Health Summer Institute. During the pandemic lockdown, she was the Communications Director and Photo Editor for Fotodemic, an online platform that explored new visual strategies during a changing time.

In collaboration with Daylight Books, we are pleased to feature work by Annie Grossinger, from her recently published photo book, Serpent Tongue. Founded in 2003, Daylight seeks out emerging and mid-career photographic artists and showcases them to a global audience via both print and digital publishing programs. By exploring the documentary mode alongside conceptual photographic work, Daylight raises awareness about important issues of the day while revitalizing the relationship between art, photography, and the world at large.

Petros Lales is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York City. His latest work investigates how mythology and personality influence cultural realities. He received his MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and his BFA from the Athens School of Fine Arts, Greece. He is the recipient of the Gerondelis Foundation scholarship and the School of Visual Arts Paula Rhodes Memorial Award. His work has been shown internationally, including in New York, Greece, Indonesia, and Poland. His art practice addresses social, political, and cultural topics. He often reflects on the complexities of the human experience, and investigates the varying relationships between contemporary cultures, their by-products, and mythologies. His methodology includes various materials and practices determined by each project's unique nature

Nicole Mouriño (b. 1987, MIA) is a Cuban-American artist based in BK, NY. She received an M.F.A. in Social Practice from Queens College ('16) and B.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute ('11). Her practice involves photographing windows (eg. Bodegas, Botanicas, Florerias, Peluquerias) throughout NYC. These images become the compositional source for large-scale paintings depicting crashing/merging understandings of identity, desire, and beauty.

Mouriño's work has been exhibited at Untitled Miami, Pulse Miami, BRIC, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts - among others. Most recently, Nicole presented Mama Dukes at Peep in Philadelphia (2024).

Supermrin makes sculptures and installations from foraged trees and grasses. Her practice draws from fields including biophilosophy, architecture, postcolonial theory, material science, and speculative fiction. Recent exhibitions include “Rodin Response: FIELD family secrets”, a reply to the sculptor Auguste Rodin through her bioart practice “FIELD”, curated by Dr. Peter Bell at the Cincinnati Art Museum, 2024; and “Aliens: Colonial Narratives through Plant Migration and Bioart” curated by Isabella Indolfi at PS122 Gallery, NYC, 2024. Her work is featured in Lund Humphries recent publication, “Towards Another Architecture: New Visions for the 21st Century”, edited by Owen Hopkins, a critical rethinking of Le Corbusier’s legacy in the global south in the face of climate change. Supermrin lives and works between Ohio and Massachusetts.

Dave Walsh is a painter based in Brooklyn. His work investigates the facilitation of American landscapes mythologies through infrastructrue and architecture. He received his B.F.A from Tyler School of Art and his M.F.A from Yale School of Art. He was a 2105-16 Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts.