Roy Okano is a watercolor artist and his paintings have been the work of many different era! He was born in Hiroshima city, Japan, and moved to the U.S. to study watercolor. During the Vietnam conflict, he was stationed in Germany as a U.S. solider, which made him able to travel to many countries across Europe. Upon return to the U.S., he landed an art director’s position at Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc in San Francisco.

Irwin Lewis is a photographer who focuses on people, culture, and art. His exhibition at our San Francisco store consists of photos taken in Fukushima and Tokyo, Japan.

All prints are on genuine silver gelatin fine art darkroom paper.

Naksit is an 2D animation student at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. A lot of his work is inspired by Studio Ghibli films. He hopes he can follow his passion and create artwork that can inspire other too

Naomi Hayashi is an oil painter who taught herself how to paint at the age of 9. After moving to the United States, she became a disciple of renowned painter, Gary Bergren in 2006. By combining her self-taught painting skills and Western Painting skills by Bergren, she has brought her techniques and style to a new level.
 

LES is a street artist and graphic designer. You can find her art in different places like France, Spain, Columbia, and Brazil. She spends most of her time sketching and doing stop motion projects for brands like Shimmer Skate Co. in Argentina. And she is also the co-founder of Em Type Market, a startup inspired by typography in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She supports all kinds of women talent and she has participated in different women events.

Aiko Kobayashi is a textile artist, making tapestries, shawls, and knit sweaters with materials like natural fiber, cotton, linen, wool, and silk. Using her simple wooden loom, she weaves emotion and reflections from a certain time and place: desert winds from Andalucía, riotous colors from Guatemala and playful images of children and animals closer to home.

Michael La Rocco is a multi-media artist, photographer and filmmaker. His work as a photographer and installation artist examines the intersection between photo-realism and pop art. Borrowing from photo-realism and the language of advertising, La Rocco’s work emphasizes the ironic crossroads between subject and technique.

Temarius Walker is a recent graduate from the Academy of Art University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Game Development. While in school, Temarius has produced numerous conceptual sketches for unreleased science fiction films, and also corporate logos. He is currently a freelance concept artist and illustrator.

Patrick O'Malley is a self-taught photographer specializing in night and street photography. Follow him on Instagram at @pattriicckk.

Yu Ji is an Anime and art lover from Beijing, China. He currently works as a graphic designer while studying Web Design & New Media at the Academy of Art.

Heidi Black is an illustrator and comic artist. She works as a full-time resident artist for the online stationery company JetPens.com as well as freelancing as both a comic artist and illustrator. Her diverse body of work often focuses around the beauty and bravery of lady knights and other empowered women.

Thuy Le is a visual designer, sculptor, and fine art painter. Le's exhibition consisted of abstract oil paintings, which represent meditation, yoga, reiki, and the harmony of ying yang.