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Jacq Garcia (they/them) is a queer, nonbinary, Latine multi-disciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of community, fatness, food, and sexuality. They received their BFA from the University of Houston and they are currently pursuing their MFA at Ohio University. Their work has been shown both nationally and internationally, including in ELLIO Fine Art in Houston, Texas, Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio, and the University of Sharjah in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. They organize Fat Print- a yearly print exchange portfolio with a varying theme exclusively for fat artists by fat artists.

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Eriko Hattori (they/them) is an artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Deeply influenced by their experiences as a queer and non-binary Japanese American, Hattori’s work reflects on perceptions of Japanese femininity and the commodification of bodies and cultures. Hattori attended the Rhode Island School of Design and graduated in 2013. Their work has been exhibited in numerous duo and group shows across the country in cities including New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Occidental, CA; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; and New Orleans, LA; and they recently had their work featured at the Pittsburgh International Airport. They've also been involved in numerous artist-run projects, including the Drawing Exchange, GIFC Velvet Ropes, and Paperview Auctions. They were a resident artist at the Brewhouse Association from 2020-2021 and have participated in residency programs at Eureka Mindspace in Kingston, NY, and Misfeed Press’s virtual Artist-in-Residence program.

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G.V. Kelley (they/them) is a nonbinary artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. They received dual baccalaureate degrees in Ceramics and Earth Science from San Francisco State University in 2012. They worked as a studio assistant in the Ceramics Department at SFSU for three years before pursuing post-baccalaureate studies at the University of Florida in 2015. G.V. received a Master of Fine Arts degree in ceramics from U.F. in 2019 and is currently a resident artist at Studio 740 in Helena, MT. They make figurative ceramic work that explores ideas about non-binary gender through the hybridized animal/human as a metaphor, with references to fantasy and science fiction.

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Lonesome Bill Walker (he/him) is a Queer, Trans multidisciplinary artist with a focus on painting and woodworking. He is a self-taught artist, having learned painting and woodworking through farm work, skill sharing with creative contemporaries, and trial-and-error. Walker's professional background is in landscaping and disability advocacy, with a Bachelors in sociocultural linguistics from UC Santa Barbara. His artist accomplishments include his solo show Playhouse at The Compound Gallery in Oakland, CA comprised of over 50 wooden puppets depicting Queer coded pop culture figures of the 1980s, and his short horror film Hell By Any Other Named featured at the Queer Horror Showcase film festival at the Musicbox Theater in Chicago, IL. In his free time, he works providing equity consulting to local and national organizations to improve conditions, resources, and paths to liberation for creative Trans communities. He currently resides in Milwaukee, WI, where he is a studio artist at Var Gallery during the winters and a gardener and handyman during the summers.