Ryan Crawley is a resident of Grand Rapids, MI, located in the Creston neighborhood. Ryan graduated from Western Michigan Universities Gwen Frostic School of Arts in 2010 with a Bachelors in Fine Art emphasis in painting. His work maintained a very stylized approach painting, and this has become the sort of signature to his work. Movement and color have played a large part in the pieces he creates, and that stems from trips from Wisconsin to Michigan. Light is the past, present, future. The only thing that changes is our perception upon the moment we first noticed it.

Kevin Forest Wolfrom is a painter working out of Grand Rapids, MI. Graphite being his first love, Kevin eventually gravitated towards painting. Having a great appreciation for the intricacy of the stars and what lies amongst them, a good portion of Kevins's work is inspired by it. Having the ability and freedom of painting aspects of space is an amazing feeling.

Kyle Brand is a freelance illustrator, photographer, and designer living and working in Grand Rapids, MI. He has been drawing before he could even write, inspired by comics, video games, and other media of the time. He spent his childhood creating long and short-form narratives and comics both original and inspired. Currently, he is using these past narrative experiences to inspire his large paintings along with both traditional and digital illustrations and designs.

Katie Moore is an artist, project manager, and Senior Exhibitions Manager at ArtPrize. She is passionate about the Grand Rapids art community and bringing challenging contemporary art to West Michigan. Moore has a long history of working with artists, engineers, municipalities, and contractors to install a wide range of ambitious public artwork. Prior to ArtPrize, Moore was Director of Community Engagement at Kendall College of Art & Design, and Exhibitions Coordinator at Open Concept Gallery.

Guillermo 'ASMA SPEEKS' Sotelo is a Grand Rapids native artist and graffiti writer. Practicing the craft for over a decade, he has taught himself how to 'SPEEK' through art and graffiti showing homage to his love for hip hop, science fiction, comic books and other notable nerd-isms. Through graffiti — a uniquely urban language understood by few and spoken by fewer — Guillermo seeks to use his passion for the art form to expand people’s understanding and remove the stigma surrounding the history and culture while simultaneously championing for more public spaces for artists to express themselves.

Bryan Kosciolek is an artist living and practicing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was born in Macomb, Michigan in 1994. Growing up Kosciolek was influenced by the manufacturing industry and street culture. Being engaged in the traditional media of drawing and painting from a young age, Kosciolek developed a colorful, figurative aesthetic. In 2017, he received his Bachelor of Fine Art degree in Illustration from Kendall College of Art and Design. Since 2017, Kosciolek has been working in Dinderbeck Studio, on the Westside of Grand Rapids.