Bertrand Productions

About the artist

Mike Rea is a sculptor and educator whose work blends cinematic references with personal narratives. Based in Chicago, his large-scale, multifaceted wooden sculptures explore themes of humor, violence, vulgarity, and sensitivity, merging elements of science fiction, horror, comedy, and drama. Rea transforms everyday objects into uncanny, interactive installations, challenging and surprising viewers.

Rea earned his MFA in Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and currently teaches at Northern Illinois University. His work reflects a culture that critiques and celebrates the extremes of human experience, often using exaggerated forms to provoke thought and engagement. Through his dynamic sculptures, Rea examines the intersection of personal history and the collective imagination, offering a playful yet critical perspective on contemporary life.

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About the artist

Stacey Lee Webber (b. 1982 Indianapolis, IN) has lived and worked in Philadelphia, PA since 2011 where she currently resides. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison (2008) and her BFA from Ball State University (2005). Her artwork has been acquired by the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 21C Chicago and the Fuller Craft Museum. Webber’s work has been privately collected nationally and internationally. She has exhibited in numerous galleries and art fairs including Untitled Art Fair in Miami and Art On Paper Fair in New York. She previously taught at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, University of the Arts - Philadelphia, Temple University- Philadelphia, and Rowan University - New Jersey. She worked for a period of time as a bench jeweler in Philadelphia and currently works full time in her studio in the Globe Dye Works building on the northeast side of Philadelphia. Her work is represented by the Philadelphia gallery Bertrand Productions and TW Fine Art based in Palm Beach and Montauk.

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About the artist

Galen Gibson-Cornell sources his materials from the streets of New York, Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, and other global centers. He slices and weaves found posters into mesmerizing symphonies of color and texture that evoke the dynamism of urban life.

“To me, street-posters compose the figurative skin of these cities; and by collecting, deconstructing, and weaving them back into new forms, I’m sort of filtering it through my own unique algorithm. It’s my way of interacting with a new place, and so these weavings are like site-specific memories of my experience in the world.”

The Missouri native holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a specialization in printmaking and is a Fulbright Scholar after his fellowship to Hungary in 2013-2014. Gibson-Cornell’s work has exhibited at the Poster House Museum in New York, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art, and is in the permanent collections of Microsoft, Vea Newport Beach, Montefiore Hospital System NYC, and QUAD Austin TX, and numerous other private collections

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