The Devil’s Bathtub
Ben Quinn, Hyun Jung, Paul Simmons, Ross Caliendo, Tyler Macko, Jenna Beasley, Martin Hugo, Nicholas Sullivan, Chloe West, and Benjamin Willis
You can hear it before it’s seen
after a heavy rain’s
quiet rhythmic lapping grows
toward the corridor, its echoing
Water follows, elucidating
with its arrival of spring
ephemerals, remembering
and filling the basin beneath
inward turning and chasing the tail
an unending procession
descending the devil’s bathtub
Text by Emma Levesque
Jenna Beasley (b. 1987, Terre Haute, IN) is a visual artist living and working in Queens, NY. She holds a BFA in Painting from Indiana University and recently completed her MFA in Studio Art from Hunter College. Beasley has exhibited at 205 Hudson Gallery, New York; NO Foundation, Toronto; Winston Wachter Gallery, New York; 3434 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; and Always Fresh, New York.
Ross Caliendo (b. 1988) Pittsburgh, PA, is a visual artist living and working in Los Angeles, CA. Caliendo has recently exhibited at Penske Projects, Montecito, CA; Phil Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Fisher Parrish Gallery, New York, NY; Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA; and Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Caliendo has an upcoming show at GrifterSpace in New York, NY. His press includes:Wall Street International, Arazi Club Magazine, andNew American Paintings
Hyun Jung (b. 1989) is a Korean artist whose installations are measures and meditations which take up more time than they do space. Working with commonplace commodities such as candles, bread, wooden structures, sewn and painted wearables, Jun’s work borrows from familiar, domestic language to describe and search the ornate identities of our individuality and culture. Jun received her BFA at School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University. Her recent exhibitions include LVL3, the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelly Foundation, No Place Gallery, Hans Gallery, The Drawing Room at Arts Club of Chicago, Good Naked, and Everybody. Her work has recently been featured in the New York Times and Newcity Magazine. Jun is one of Newcity’s breakout artists for 2021 (Chicago).
Tyler Macko (b. 1989) Is a Visual Artist born in Dayton, OH where he Currently Lives and Works. Macko has exhibited in Los Angeles, CA with The Pit (2018), Phill Gallery (2017), and Robert Louis Gallery, Dayton, OH (2017). @tmtylertm
Ben Quinn (b.1991)Dayton, OH, is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design, and MFA from California College of the Arts in 2016. Recent solo exhibitions include Fused Space in San Francisco, Littman Gallery at Portland State University, and Pt.2 in Oakland. Quinn has also collaborated with Acne Studios in the 2020 and in 2021 released a series of painted garments, bags, and an installation in their Hollywood Los Angeles location.
Paul Simmons (b. 1976, Naperville, IL) is a visual artist living and working in Chicago, IL. Simmons has been shown recently at Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY, Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ, Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA, and Sluice Art Fair in London, UK with The Dorado Project. In 2021 he began working on Xero_Index, an ongoing xerographic based image project that rebuilds the pedagogical structures of art history to incorporate the low tech visual language of the photocopy with his own personal histories. Simmons received his BFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from The Ohio State University. Currently he lives and works in Washington, DC where he is a Professorial Lecturer in The Department of Art at American University.
Nicholas Sullivan (b. 1987) is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Sullivan earned his M.F.A. in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, and his B.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA. Recent exhibitions include;Domino, Shoot The Lobster, New York, NY;Comfort Animal, A-L Gallery, Seoul SK;The Pit Presents: Step Sister, The Pit, Los Angeles CA,Neu, No Place Gallery, Columbus OH,;The World Without Us, Brennan & Griffin, New York NY;Gist & Gesture, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL;Foster Prize Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Chloe West (b. 1993) Cheyenne, WY, is a visual artist currently living in St. Louis, MO. West earned her MFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017 and her BFA from the University of Wyoming in 2015. West’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows at Projects+Gallery (St. Louis), Monaco (St. Louis), Practise (Oak Park, IL), GCADD (Granite City, IL), and Millitzer Gallery (St. Louis). West is the recipient of the Director’s Fellowship at Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University (2017-18) and has been featured in Booooooom.
Benjamin Willis (b. 1991) Columbus, OH, is an artist living and working in Columbus, Ohio. Willis’ work consists of primarily lens-based material that interweave sociology, philosophy, and anthropology. He aims to show the deep love and interconnectedness of life in the city he is from, as a black photographer he believes it is imperative to participate in making the work about his community from his perspective. Willis is a graduate of Otterbein University where he received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Painting and Drawing, as well as a Bachelor’s of Arts in Philosophy. He was recently named a GCAC Art Unites “Cbus” award recipient, and is a featured artist for the Apple Inc. Hometown Series.
Jon Young (b. 1981) Winston Salem, NC, is a visual artist currently living and working in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended the University of Wyoming (BFA, 2014) and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis (MFA, 2018) where he completed a Directors Fellowship (Fellow, 2019) Young has recently exhibited at the University of Missouri, Saint Louis; Martha’s Contemporary, Austin; LCCC, Cheyenne WY; and GCADD, Granit City IL. He received a Lighton International Artist Exchange Program grant for his first international solo exhibition with J. Hammond Projects in London (2020) and has work in upcoming exhibitions including The Hole in New York, NY and Carl Kostyál in Stockholm, Sweden.
Martin Hugo (b. 1982) Bexley, OH, is a visual artist and designer currently living and working in Los angeles, CA. He attended the Columbus College of Art and Design (BFA in advertising and graphic design, 2004) Hugo has recently exhibited at the Art Acadmey of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio and No place Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. Hugo’s Client recent client list includes Marc Jacobs, Camp high, Anine Bing,R13,Abercrombie and Fitch, And American Eagle