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Nicholas Kantarelis

Performing Arts: Creative Writing, Music, Vocal; Visual Arts: Fine Art, Graphic Design, Media & Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Sculpture, Woodcraft

Nicholas Kantarelis, born in 1988, is a Greek American artist creating a diverse array of media. As a visual artist he has artworks in displayed in in museums, galleries, and public spaces all around the world. His unique creations include large free-standing sculptures, wall-hanging, and suspended installations. He crafts plush upholstered shaped canvas paintings, organic wooden sculptures, and intricate programmed light sculptures. His works vary in size from large-scale outdoor sculptures to small tabletop pieces and framed works on paper. Since 2002, he has been releasing music as a studio musician and producer, touring globally across fifteen countries with various musical artists. His studio is currently located outside of Los Angeles, in the Santa Monica mountains. It was previously in Oakham, Massachusetts.

BJ Krivanek

Visual Arts: Media & Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Other, Sculpture, Site-specific; public art, inscription

BJ Krivanek is a professor emeritus of visual communication at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, principal of Krivanek+Breaux/ Art+Design, and founding artistic director of Community Architexts. He has an MFA in Art+Design from the University of Illinois/ Urbana-Champaign and a BA in Applied Arts from Iowa State University. During the past 25+ years, he has completed over 25 public art projects throughout the country, including activated structures for the CTA Brown Line Chicago station, an interactive artwork at the University of Florida, and a commission for the Oklahoma City Municipal Courthouse. Most recently, he has completed an activated plaza for the Municipal Courts Building in Oklahoma City and has received a commission with the Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, IL. BJ’s work has been honored/ published in many design annuals, including the American Center for Design100 Show, American Institute of Graphic Arts, Society for Environmental Graphic Design, ID and Graphis, and included in the inaugural National Design Triennial at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum/ New York. A feature article about his work appeared in Graphis 310/ Zurich. His work has received an NEA Federal Design Achievement Award and the Art Directors Club of New York Gold Medal as well as numerous SEGD honor/ merit awards, Illinois Arts Council fellowships, and grants from the Chicago and Los Angeles cultural affairs departments.

John Melvin

Architectural; Visual Arts: Sculpture, Site-specific

John Kenneth Melvin (MFA-SFAI), is a multi-disciplinary Eco-Artist inspiring cultural exchange via commissions and exhibitions internationally. A born & raised Bay Area native, he divides his off-project time between the USA and France, where he holds an ‘artist visa’ granted by the French government. He taught graduate level Art for 5 years and worked 10 years in the corporate world. He achieved over 20 funded ‘artist in residencies’ at institutions internationally from Cambodia to Colorado, 15 years of consecutive professional exhibitions including over 22 solo exhibitions and collaborates with both non-profits and ultra-luxury hotels, from Missouri to Maldives.

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