Simons Building / MAPSpace

Acrylic, Encaustic, Clay
Unit 400G
Nearest street entrance: 168-A Irving Avenue
https://www.idilbarkan.com

Idil Barkan is an Istanbul born artist who lives and works in New York. She holds an AAS degree in Graphic Design from Parsons School of Design in New York. She works mainly on sculptures and dimensional paintings using natural substrates, clay, encaustic, acrylic and mixed media. Material metamorphosis plays an important role in her art. In the act of carving, burning, painting and adorning, she transforms something that already existed in nature into an unidentifiable and an enduring object. Barkan’s work has been in various group and member shows throughout Westchester and Manhattan.

Oil painting and drawing
Unit 408F
Nearest street entrance: 181 Westchester Ave
https://www.lisieorjuela.com/

Lisie S. Orjuela intentionally slows down her creative practice, to be present, to be open, and to allow for the subtle relationships of shapes and nuanced variations of colors to lead the way.  Thinking, feeling, sensing, and processing along with the fleshy physicality of oil paint, the lusciousness of the colors, the crunchiness of the charcoal, and the awkward relationships of the shapes, each drawing, each painting begins to take shape. In her Port Chester studio she attentively works on each piece.

Painting, Graphics, Collage
Unit 300D
Nearest street entrance: 168-A Irving Avenue
www.visokyart.com

Mitchell Visoky is a White Plains, New York based, multidisciplinary artist working with a variety of media and processes to create abstract and representational images. His work develops through a dialog between the intentional and unplanned. His work in acrylic and encaustic painting, collage, printmaking, and fused glass emphasizes composition, color, and spacial tension. His award-winning images have been exhibited at regional solo and group venues in the tri-sate area. A long time supporter of the arts and educational outreach, Visoky has shared his talents with many organizations. He is a certified art educator with over 30 years teaching experience in both public and higher educational institutions.

Acrylic, ink, graphite, oil and resin
Unit 404E
Nearest street entrance 6 N Pearl Street
https://www.maureenmeehan.art 

Maureen Meehan received her BFA from The School of Visual Arts in 1986, and then attended LIU Southampton Summer Masters Program to study with April Gornik and Eric Fischl. She held her first solo exhibit in 1987 at the East End Council of the Arts in Riverhead, Long Island. Her paintings have graced the walls of Lutece, Church Street School of Music and Art, The Society of Illustrators, and SVA Gallery in New York City; BizG87 and One River in Larchmont, NY; and Open Door Medical Center in Port Chester, NY. Her award-winning illustrations have been featured by Ms. Magazine, Playboy, Viking Penguin, Berkley Publishing, St. Martin’s Press, etc. They have also appeared atop NYC cabs as part of a public service advertising campaign. Maureen lives, paints and teaches in Larchmont, New York.
“35 years ago I was an illustrator, telling stories through pictures and feeling out of place. I knew the paintings needed to go somewhere else but where? The years moved on and I slowly started to listen to the painting instead of demanding anything from it. I began trying to get out of the way. Listening is a quiet act. My work is to go into the quiet by stilling the chatter in my head. When I can get there something internal rises up. It’s a messy battle but worth it. My paintings document that process; where things retreat, what needs to be exposed, what rushes forward, what insists on shining bright. They’re visual and energetic shifts that take you somewhere and through things. Acrylic, ink, graphite, oils and epoxy resin are incorporated. The paint is poured, thrown, burnt, blown, removed and replaced on the long road it takes to stand on its own.”

Reclaimed + Repurposed Materials
Unit 404E
Nearest street entrance 6 N Pearl Street
www.artbynatalya.com

For nearly 20 years, Natalya Khorover has reclaimed and repurposed materials in her art, guided by a thrifty upbringing in Leningrad, USSR, and New York City. She creates site-specific installations from single-use plastic waste, including Arcadia Lost (The Social Fabric, ArtsWestchester) and Hothouse (Collaborative Concepts, Tilly Foster Farm Museum).
A Pratt Institute BFA graduate, Natalya transitioned from careers in fashion and film to focus on studio art. Her work has been exhibited in Quilt National (Dairy Barn) and Quilts=Art=Quilts (Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center). She shares her expertise through teaching, lectures, and workshops, including at the Hudson River Museum as a 2023 Teaching Artist in Residence.
Natalya founded REPURPOSER COLLECTIVE, a community for artists exploring sustainable materials, and hosts SALVAGE, a podcast featuring artists working with repurposed materials. Her work has been featured in Surface Design Magazine, Fiber Art Now, SAQA Journal, and more. She is a member of SAQA, SDA, KMAA, and the Silvermine Guild of Artists.