Open Studio Artists

Karin Batten
Karin Batten is an International and national award winning multimedia artist. She lives and works in New York City at Westbeth Artist Housing community. June Kelly Gallery in NYC represents her with many solo shows, last one in April 2020. She has a BFA from Central St.Martins College, London, MFA from Hunter College NYC.
https://www.karinbatten.com/

Elena Borstein
Elena Borstein’s urban landscapes are abstract conceptions that imply rather than describe.They are conceived digitally then painted with pastel or acrylic paint to crate luminous surfaces awash with light and color. The chaos and tumult of the urban landscape can be seen through
references to many modern architects.
http://www.elenaborstein.com/

Robert Bunkin
Robert Bunkin is a figurative painter, mostly concerned with portraiture as a formal and emotional investigation. At times he also works with sculpture and aspects of nature, treating these as portraits.
https://personaland.com/hut/artist/robert-bunkin

Valérie Hallier
Valérie Hallier early multimedia work received prizes at ACM Siggraph, SCAN Arts Symposium (PA), Ars Electronica in the US and Anima Mundi in Brazil. Her art has been shown internationally. Residencies include LMCC Swing Space, Pioneer Works, NARS Foundation, Trestle Art Space in Brooklyn, Harvestworks, West Harlem Art Fund, 4Heads on Governors Island and ESKK Foundation in New Jersey. Hallier is the recipient of a Contemporary Art Foundation grant and a MAAF (NYSCA & WaveFarm) grant.
https://www.valeriehallier.com
Instagram: @mutliplemedia_artist

Jayne Holsinger
Jayne Holsinger’s paintings have been exhibited throughout the UnitedStates, and internationally in New York, Berlin, Zurich, Istanbul and most recently, Kuala Lumpur at the United States Embassy. Among her honors she’s received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New
York Foundation for the Arts (Lily Auchincloss Fellow), and the Joan Mitchell Foundation (emergency grant). Holsinger’s exhibitions have been
reviewed by the New York Times (Barry Schwabsky), ArtCritical (David Cohen), and FlashArt Magazine (Amalia Piccinini).
https://www.jayneholsinger.com/

Debra Jenks
Debra Jenks is an interdisciplinary artist and writer working in drawing, photography, sculpture, video, artists’ books, and ephemeral public projects. Her work has been included in exhibitions at Stux Gallery, White Columns, The New Museum, The Bronx Museum, The Print Center New York, The Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art, and in Nayland Blake’s project, “Got An Art Problem,” at the Whitney Museum. She has been the recipient of awards from The New York Foundation for the Arts, Yaddo, Blue Mountain Center, Montalvo Arts Center and The Edward Albee Foundation.
debrajenks.com
https://www.instagram.com/a.k.a._i.m.schur/
https://www.instagram.com/debra_jenks/

William Kennon
William Kennon is a representational painter and printmaker specializing in oil and aquatint. Recent subject matter focuses on realistic interiors of his immediate environment – primarily his studio. As an artist he is formally rigorous and endeavors to depict the interplay of light and shadow at various times of day and evening.
https://westbeth.org/artist-page/william-kennon/

Paul Muranyi
Paul Muranyi artist/ teacher will be presenting WW II dioramas and oil paintings of dramatic stormy weather!
https://westbeth.org/artist-page/paul-muranyi/

Karen Santry
Professor Karen Santry will be debuting the final nineteen 8 foot tall oil painted Kabuki wooden cutouts as well as Fashion Drawings!
https://www.karensantry.com/

Louisa Weber
John Mendelsohn wrote in d’Art International Magazine this year:
“Waber evokes a psychic realm to which the visual is an opened portal…. This work is part of a heritage that has many strands…with its faith in painterly physicality. …What makes these paintings and drawings original is how this particular artist grants us access, through a kind of direct transmission, to the drenched landscape of her inner world.”
https://www.louisawaber.com/