Our Artists & Exhibitions

Finger's work is inlayed mixed media and explores variations of color and texture within repeated forms. Every painting in this body is composed of inlayed elements pieced together in a puzzle-like style. The finished work is layered in resin with a glassy, tile-like feel.

Artist, educator, and textile designer Rhonda Fargnoli:  Rhonda’s impact as an art educator spans generations. It is not uncommon for her to meet former students and find herself now teaching their children. That type of legacy in arts education is rare, and it speaks to the kind of creative spark and confidence she nurtures in the classroom.

Anthony Salemme's solo exhibition at Erase "Earthly Forms" showcases the abstract paintings by the artist - inspired by both food and nature. 

Brendon Lee's  solo exhibition at Erase was an 'aquarium' full of Lee's incredible wire sculptures. 

Jeremy Schilling and Adrienne Wooster had the first dual-exhibition at Erase. Jeremy being an oil painter, and Adrienne working in a variety of mediums creating mixed media work.

Bryce is a full time fine artist, exhibiting throughout New England in  many galleries and festivals, loved by collectors of Rhode Island nostalgia and sunflowers alike. For fourteen years, Bryce was a professor of fine art, illustration and design, teaching  at Massachusettes College of Art and the Art Institute of Boston.

Love, Art featured the work of over 25 artists across the US. 

Jaclyn is a photographer and painter. All paintings are made of acrylic, while some feature gold leaf. She has many series, among them, "The Girls."

Malin's process to mix leaves, earth, flower petals - natural materials - into his paints in an attempt to capture their hues unmediated by environmental conditions in his abstract landscapes that are  normally present in painting from observation. ​

Yeraz Kortun, an emerging designer whose practice lives at the intersection of poetry, structure, and spatial storytelling.

Currently in her third year of the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design BA at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK), Kortun is spending the semester at RISD, immersing herself in the worlds of Furniture Design and Interior Architecture. Her work is grounded in the belief that objects and spaces carry an emotional, almost lyrical presence. Every piece she creates is the result of deep material experimentation, intuitive play, and an ongoing inquiry into how form emerges through process.

Providence Painter, Arthur Cayo is known for his selfies and portraits of friends, family, and icons alike. In this 2 week pop-up exhibit, Cayo debuts, "ChatART" a series of selfies and portraits. 

Valerie Ottaviano's solo exhibition at Erase "Scratch the Surface" demonstrates the wide range of mixed media talent in her work.

Through sculpture, textiles, performance and installation, Ccopacatty’s work uses traditional weaving techniques that speak to indigenous knowledge and environmental activism. In addition to his artistic practice, Ccopacatty consults with art institutions, such as the Smithsonian Institution, on collection care.

Bryan’s focus is to bring light and life to Black and brown people through her art, which spans from the funny and thoughtful to the serious and restrained. Born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Providence, RI. Bryan earned a BA in Studio Art from Rhode Island College in 2009.

Since childhood Bryan has been surrounded by artists: from the stunning poetry of her father to the textiles and designs made by her mother and grandmother.

Giles is a fine art and commercial photographer based between Rhode Island and Vermont, inspired by the beauty of the natural world and our "innate desire to connect with it."

Ava's work is primarily done in watercolor and colored pencil, and focuses on depicting hyperrealistic plant and animal specimens drawn from direct observation, most of which are found in New England. Her favorite subjects are insects, beetles in particular. When not working on her own art, Varszegi is teaching art to youth across the state of RI.