2010 - 2011 FELLOWS

Maya Brodsky

Born in Belarus and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, Maya received Bachelors degrees in painting and philosophy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2008 before attending the Academy. Her paintings are inspired by notions concerning the connection between past and present and how one’s memory of the past is formed and changed visually. She hopes to allow viewers a glimpse into her personal vision and depict that which she considers ephemeral and therefore precious. By depicting the specific form of her personal experience, she hopes to protect it from the obscuring effects of time, as well as to imply the existence of something that transcends the particular forms of her subjective reality.

John O'Reilly

From Columbus, OH, O’Reilly received a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design. After a year of attending New York Academy of Art, he was awarded the Leipzig International Program in 2009 and exhibited internationally there. John has exhibited in group shows at galleries including Danese in Chelsea NYC. O’Reilly’s work focuses on universal parallels. His work explores a wide range of issues from comparative vertebrate anatomy to sociology, psychology, genealogy and familial development.  Through the manifestation of drawing and sculpture, his work asks theviewer questions of perception in how we as human beings relate to one another.

Austin Park  

Austin Park grew up in Ft. Pierce, Florida and received his BFA from the University of Florida in 2003.  He has always been interested in how we adapt to society over time and  the modern rituals we create for ourselves   His recent work is influenced from his time spent living and working in the Miami area , enamored by the collision of nature and the modern artificial world.  He prefers the use of acrylics  and mediums for the sense of immediacy and constructs images  in plastic that reflect this dual reality.  During the course of his fellowship he intends to continue using environment and figure as symbols in dialogue with each other, while still exploring the vast technical possibilities acrylics and mixed media can offer.