Emil Baumann - oil crayon on sketchpad paper, 14X17 inches

Emil Baumann is a prolific visual artist based in Powelton Village. He developed as an artist while
residing in Africa as a teenager in the early 1990s and had his first exhibitions in Kenya; the
works in this show come from that period. His largest commission is the mural at 36th St.
and Lancaster Ave. that is now partially obscured by the terrace of Madis Coffee.

Tom Goodman, "Raining Jewels," archival inkjet on Canson Edition Etching paper, 13x19 inches

Tom Goodman was born in Baltimore in 1948. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1969 with
honors in Art and received an MFA from the University of New Mexico in 1973. In 1975 he was hired
by the University of Texas at San Antonio to develop the photography program. Three years later he
moved to Philadelphia to teach at the University of the Arts (then PCA). He also taught history of Art
at the Curtis Institute of Music. During this period he began Tom Goodman Inc., an agency
representing photographers and digital illustrators for commercial assignments. In 2008 Goodman
began photographing again for the first time in nearly twenty-five years and in 2009 he dissolved
his corporation to re-devote himself full-time to art.
website: tomgoodman.com

 

Virginia Maksymowicz, “Kardashian/Bernini,” graphite and charcoal drawing on rag paper, 2019,
two panels hung together, each 60x36 inches

Virginia Maksymowicz is a mixed-media artist whose work incorporates sculpture, photography and drawing.
Her imagery follows a complex journey through architecture and figurative elements. She is especially
interested in the metaphorical implications of the female body, especially when tied to place: buildings,
fountains and other structures. She is a professor emerita of sculpture at Franklin & Marshall College.
website: maks-arts.com

 

Mark Stockton, "A Head is A Head is A Head" (Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk),
graphite on white Arches paper, 30x20.5 inches each

Mark Stockton's drawings have been shown both nationally and internationally with exhibitions in
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York, London, and Beijing. In 2022, he showed his series "100 People"
at the Annenberg Center, finishing the last portraits on site during the exhibition. His work is in many
private and public collections, including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the West Collection.
He currently teaches design and drawing, and directs the Pearlstein Gallery, at Drexel University.
website:mtstockton.com

 

Blaise Tobia, "Dancing the Giglio, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1999"
archival inkjet print, 38x32 inches

Blaise Tobia works with documentary photographic imagery which he presents in a variety
of formal structures including collage, image pairing, and image sequencing. Beside showing
these works in exhibitions, he also presents them in book format. He is a professor emeritus
at Drexel University. where he taught photography, digital media and design.
website: blaisetobia.com

 

Dennis Will, Prismacolor on paper, 20X30 inches

Dennis Will works with visual time, space and light in his drawings, paintings, and three dimensional installations.
He is a professor emeritus at Drexel University, where he taught color, two and three dimensional design, and multimedia,
and was a recipient of the prestigious Lindback teaching award. 

Mark Willie, untitled, lithography and mixed-media collage on paper, 8x8 inches on 13x16 sheet

Mark Willie’s work is primarily derived from plein air landscape studies: the drawing, painting,
collaging, mark-making process emerges through the experience (contemplative or spontaneous)
of the environment of which it is engaged. Mark's esthetic and fine-art process are distinct from,
but influenecd by, his work as a practitioner and teacher of graphic design. He recently
retired as a Taeching Professor at Drexel to dedicate himself more fully to his art practice.
Instagram: @mwilllie97