SHE CARRIES THE SKY
Curated by Ekaterina Popova
Alicia Puig
Marina Press Granger
Liza Zhurkovskaya
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
She Carries the Sky is a virtual exhibition and print catalog dedicated to highlighting the dynamic talents of contemporary women artists from around the world. Juried by a distinguished juried panel of art world professionals including Ekaterina Popova, Alicia Puig, Marina Press Granger, and Liza Zhurkovskaya, we aim to create a vibrant and inclusive show that honors and amplifies the voices of women artists.
Cover artwork by Annette Chan Grace of God, oil on canvas, 40x36in
ABOUT VISIONARY ART COLLECTIVE
Visionary Art Collective, founded by artist, curator, mentor, and gallery director Victoria J. Fry, is a platform dedicated to uplifting and uniting contemporary artists around the world. Through its expanding ecosystem, which includes New Visionary Magazine, the New Visionary Podcast, and Warnes Contemporary Gallery in Brooklyn, Visionary Art Collective provides artists with spaces to share their work, connect with a supportive community, and grow professionally.
Victoria J. Fry
ABOUT THE CURATORS
Ekaterina Popova is the founder of Create! Magazine, The Art Queens Society, host of the Art & Cocktails Podcast and co-author of The Complete Smartist Guide and The Creative Business Handbook. Popova is an artist who believes that our entire life is a canvas and we have the power to create anything we desire. Her mission is to empower artists and give them the tools to take responsibility for their own career and find validation and success from within. Popova spent the past decade growing her painting practice and focusing on depicting the interior in a series of lush and colorful paintings. These works helped her explore and heal her relationship with the idea of “home,” which carries a wide array of emotions for humans, especially immigrants. The works have been recognized, exhibited, and published internationally.
Alicia Puig is the curator & co-founder of PxP Contemporary, Director of Business Operations for Create! Magazine, an arts writer, frequent guest host of The Create! Podcast, and co-author of The Complete Smartist Guide and The Creative Business Handbook. She has worked in the arts industry for galleries, museums, art fairs, private collectors, art publications, and an auction house for over ten years both in the US and abroad. You can find Alicia’s writing featured in magazines and on blogs including Create! Magazine, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, All She Makes, CandyFloss Magazine, Art She Says, and Artspiel, among others. Additionally, Alicia has served as a guest curator for Hastings College, All She Makes, Create! Magazine, Rise Art, and SHOWFIELDS.
Marina Press Granger is the founder of The Artist Advisory, a New York City consulting firm that offers career guidance to visual artists, galleries, and art-minded businesses. Granger worked in the NYC galleries and museums for nearly 15 years before starting her company. She curated numerous gallery exhibitions and art fair booths during that time. In addition to using analytical business acumen acquired through years of experience and a BA & MA in Art History, Granger also uses the Principles of Classical Chinese Feng Shui to enhance the success of the artists and businesses she works with. You may read about Marina Granger and The Artist Advisory in Forbes, The Art Gorgeous, The Art Zealous, Time Out New York, and more. Granger was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, and has lived in New York since 1991.
Liza Zhurkovskaya , aka Curator on the Go, is a Toronto-based curator & art advisor. For more than eight years, Liza worked directly with artists helping them make a living through their creative work. In 2020, Liza founded Kefi Art Gallery to support her artists and assist her corporate and private clients with acquiring original art and curating their collections. Liza is known as a community leader who has brought hundreds of artworks to the public eye. Her goal is to support artists while reminding everyone that art is part of a healthy community - and a healthy mind, body and soul.
Katia Azuela
Magpie’s Gaze, acrylic on canvas, 20x24in
Stitch in Time, mixed media: vintage photograph, thread, ink, 4x6in kimberleabass.com kimberleabassstudio
Kimberlea Bass
lauren bergman
Hana Jungova Lost Her Skate Key But Found a Kitten, oil on panel, 40x30in
Lynn Marie Budny
Storm Breaking, oil on canvas, 30x30in
Billie Rae Busby Midafternoon, acrylic on canvas, 36x30in
Annette Chan
Grace of God, oil on canvas, 40x36in
Debra Cook Shapiro
Lombardia, collage, 16x12in
Fragmented Memory, oil on panel, 16x16in
Sarah Dillon
Vacillation, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 16x12in
Kimberly Engel
Alana Evans
Over the Hill and Thru the Vines, oil on birch panel, 36x60in
Qiu Chen Fan
Susan Feldman
Every Nook and Cranny, mixed media with found wood on panels, 26x20x4in
Karen Christie Fisher
Dript, acrylic on cradled panel, 32x46x2in
Sarah Fishbein
She’s Lightning, glass mosaic 30x47in
Nancy Grace Gesimondo
Seeing, archival photograph on enhanced matte paper in vintage convex glass frame, 14x21in nancygesimondo
Nykie Gibbs
Seeing Red, acrylic on cork canvas, 24x26in
Finding Balance, fiber (cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton and polyester threads, mounted on stretched canvas), 24x24x1.75in
Christine Hager-Braun
Dawn Howell
Moths and Moonflowers, acrylic and selenite on canvas, 16x16in
Of Ice, medium format film photograph, 30x30n
Seneca Kristjonsdottir
Christina Kwan
Chu Stella LIU
Cosmic Waltz III, oil on canvas, 15.7x19.7x0.6in
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Megan Lui What the Mirror Holds, mixed media on canvas, 24x24x1.5n
KARLA MARCHESI
Playpen, 2025, Oil on Linen,64.9x55.1in
Poppies in October (Ode to Sylvia), proginal cyanotype paper-cut collage, handmade paper 24in frame diameter x 1.2in depth
chloe_mccarrick_fine_art
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Chloe McCarrick
I Am Not Who I Was Before, mixed media sculpture, 25x12x9in
angie_kilcullen_art
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Angie Meche Kilcullen
Autumn Skye Morrison
Continuum, acrylic on canvas, 60x36in
Grace Moon
Two Girls Brand, oil on canvas, 52x68in
Olena Nabilsky
Golden Hour, oil on canvas, 18x24in
Cumulus, mixed media painting on paper, 15x27in
alison_pasquini
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Alison Pasquini
Laura Jane Petelko
Untether, photography 30x42in
Dante M. Pirouz
Everlasting, acrylic on canvas, 16x20in
Soli Pierce Drifted Light, photography, 16x24in
HIgh Noon, oil on canvas, 43x60in
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Diane Pribojan
Janne Reuss
Opening I, photocollage, 26x30in
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Sara Roberts
Someday, oil on canvas, 51.2x51.2in
Susan Rollins
Megan Schaugaard Aligning
Lena Sin
And. . .Exhale, acrylic and gouache on canvas, 48x36in
To Remember, Knowing
Kim Tateo
I Came Here
I’d Often Forget, acrylic paint, fabric dye, spray paint, and oil paint on canvas, 24x20in
Natalia Titova Dame Daphne du Maurier, digital collage, 2500 x1600px
Vesselina Traptcheva
Thrive, egg tempera on paper, 18x24in
Our Home On Native Land, oil on canvas, 20x60in
Emily Wilson Gillespie
Ravine Hike #2, Watercolor on paper, 6x9in
Yahel Yan My Girl Girl Crush, oil on canvas, 24x24in
Suzanne Yoon
Imprinting, ink on paper, 5x8.25in
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