Meet The Artists

Belle Sirét Artist

Belle Sirét Artist is Liberian born artist Nyemady Wright. A contemporary figurative artist based in Philadelphia whose work explores identity, resilience, spirituality, and transformation. Working in oil, acrylic, and mixed media, she creates expressive portraits that blend realism, symbolism, and rich textures to honor the beauty and complexity of Black life.

Inspired by African diasporic aesthetics, classical portraiture, and spiritual themes, Wright’s paintings weave together emotion, faith, ancestry, and healing through luminous color, layered surfaces, and symbolic storytelling. Each work invites reflection while celebrating the strength, dignity, and sacredness found within the human experience.

Through her art, Wright aims to create timeless visual narratives that resonate deeply with collectors and preserve stories for generations to come.

Eboné Ganney

New Jersey based visual artist, Eboné (Eb•a•nae) Ganney, (also known as Custom Queen) is a self taught artist who discovered her passion at an early age. She is now 24 years old. Her creative visuals can be described as energetic and full of color. Eboné uses acrylic paint to capture beautiful scenes of black woman and flowers. Eboné has also ventured off to become a tattoo artist .Her ability to combine visual arts and tattoos has created plenty of success for her. She is going on 4 years of being self employed. Her goal is to give back to the youth and show them how to live freely through their artistic abilities. 

Instagram: @customqueen_

Business number: +1 (609) 769-0031

Shaldeara Bailey

Shaldeara is a Philadelphia-based abstract epoxy resin artist whose work is rooted in creating connections that transcend words. Through fluid movement, layered depth, and vibrant color, I explore the ways art can speak directly to the heart. Resin allows me to capture both permanence and transformation — surfaces that shift with light, reflections that change with perspective — much like the emotional landscapes we move through in life.

My work is less about representation and more about experience. Each piece is meant to draw the viewer into a moment of pause, a reminder that connection often happens in ways unseen yet deeply felt. I want people to stand before my art and recognize something beyond themselves — an emotion, a memory, a spark of resonance that bridges the distance between artist and viewer.

Living and creating in Philadelphia inspires me daily. The city’s energy, resilience, and rhythm echo through my work, grounding abstract expression in a place filled with history and community. My goal is to create spaces where art becomes a universal language — one that cannot always be explained, but can always be felt.

Shari Jones

Founder & Artist

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Shari Jones (she/her) is a visual artist born in New Jersey and currently residing in West Philadelphia. She expresses her narrative across multiple mediums and would like to partner with other creators who do the same. Shari's artwork includes locally sourced natural materials. She sees nature as a symbol of strength, unity, and resilience. As a Black person, Shari recognizes these symbols represented in herself and her community.

Jazmine Black

Jazmine Black(She/They) a self taught multidisciplinary artist native Washingtonian. Jazmine Black is the founder of Treasure Yourself In Creation Everyday LLC where she serves her community as a Health & Wellness Educator/Facilitator via Yoga , Guided Meditation, Spoken Word & Education.  Jazmine utilizes each medium as a form of self expression and as a reflection for those who seek direction, growth and knowledge of self. 

Skye simpson

Skye Simpson is a 17 year old artist from Philadelphia that specializes in creating digital artworks using the platform procreate. Skye enjoys creating art related to music, movies & tv or current interests.

Ladie Ovila of Mūt'Sun Artistry

Ovila Lemon, (Ladie Ovila) is half of Mut'Sun Artistry.  Mut'Sun 
(moot-son) the signature name to describe the tag team efforts in painting collectively with 
Ladie Ovila’s then, 8yr old son Cleson,now 17 created the signature name.  In Medu Neter language, "Mut" means mother.   The "Sun" , is how Ladie refers to Cleson (brilliant as the Sun) 
  Ladie,  began painting with Cleson as therapy after a traumatic experience. Footage of  Mut’Sun painting murals still catches the interest of many street art enthusiast.  Besides, creating commissioned canvas's, murals &  wearable art,
she also has a traveling Summer art  camp, Art So Brooklyn.   ASB, has expanded  to a year round  art program for young artists.  Mentoring youth became a passion.   Adults can book “Sip Paint Net Vibe”, to Sip & Paint.

The thing that sets Mut’Sun apart from others is use of color.   
As a F.I.T.  Alumni and 30 yrs in the Fashion Industry,
she's not afraid to use color.  In her eyes there's no color rules.

Rim the Artist

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Marla/Mo

Marla, or Mo, is a photographer based in New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Marla’s work has mainly focused on nature and architecture, however, she has been expanding her craft into other areas such as shooting portraits, graduation photos, engagement photos, events and videography. Although she’s experienced in shooting different subjects, her favorite is nature. To her, nature is grounding and mesmerizing, and she enjoys capturing the beauty in what’s already been created by the Universe. 

Reebecca Black

May of 2021, I started working with clay, making Afrocentric Masks. These masks I'd like to think made their way through my fingertips on their own. I never took a class or even watched a youtube channel on how clay works. With this clay, my fingers started forming noses first, then eyes, then mouths, and so on. My masks have their own Series called the "Unseen." What this name meant for me started out very political. People of color in America are present but never actually being seen for the greatness, amazing talents, and overall powerful movement and effect we have in this world. Then my ideas started structuring and creating more tribal-like features, like gauged lips and ears, piercings, and tribal markings combining the two concepts. Each mask is made once with no duplication, making them so special and unique. You can check out in my online store and at local events.

Assata Naeemah

Assata Naeemah (b.2004) is an interdisciplinary artist from Philadelphia, PA exploring
collage, photography, and fiber mediums, with a BFA in General Fine Art from Maryland
Institute College of Art. They're work focuses on themes of connection exploring and
expanding on personal thoughts and day-to-day habits, sexual and spiritual identity and
experiences, and family relationships. Following their lifelong interest in photography
inspired by their mother’s use of the medium during their childhood, in 2022 Assata began
studying photography and art history at University of The Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia for two
years before switching to Interdisciplinary Fine Art by the end of their sophomore year,
immediately following an unexpected school closure in spring 2024 that led to them
transferring to Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) as a General Fine Arts major and
Photography minor. While image making slowed down as an individual part of their practice
since starting school, they developed a style of art making where they produce fiber collages
combining mediums and exploring assemblage, including photographic detailing in their
collages using self-portrait imagery from various times in life, too currently using video stills
to reflect on and converse with their younger self in tandem with their present self.
Throughout their academic career they’ve received accolades such as The Julie Jenson
Bryan + Robert Bryan Photography Scholarship (2024), and recognition on the Uarts School
of Art Dean’s List (2023). They’ve also exhibited work in many academic and professional
group shows including but not limited to Here Comes the Sun: Selected works from Senior
Thesis, MICA 2026, Collage of Creativity at The Roots Art Show, Philadelphia 2025, House
Warming: Intro to GFA Exhibition, MICA 2024, Photographs in Sequence, UArts 2023, and
Audacious Spaces, UArts 2023. In addition to Assata’s creative practice, they’ve worked
professionally with community centered art organization Mural Arts Philadelphia assisting
with events and murals around the city, and in pursuing their interest in curatorial practice
and exhibition administration they participated in an internship at InLiquid Gallery in
Philadelphia.

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Bree

Breanna “Bree” Mercado is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and community builder based in Northern Virginia. A multicultural woman of Hispanic and Filipino heritage, Mercado’s practice explores identity, belonging, vulnerability, and the complexities of navigating multiple cultures and identities.

Working primarily in painting, mixed media, and immersive experiences, her work explores womanhood, queer identity, self-perception, healing, and becoming. Mercado is particularly interested in the space between the identities we inherit, the identities placed upon us, and the identities we choose to reclaim.

Community is central to Mercado’s creative practice. She is a co-founder of Creative Dreamers Network (CDN), a DMV-based creative collective fostering connection, collaboration, healing, and self-expression, and Vibrate DC, an immersive nightlife experience centered on marginalized communities that brings together art, music, and performance. Through both organizations, Mercado works to create spaces where people can connect, express themselves, and experience the transformative power of community.

Her work ultimately asks: How do we create space for ourselves—and for one another—to belong?