The Pfister Hotel - Artist in Residence

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Anthony Suminski In high school Anthony won first place in the Journal Calendar Contest which kindled his passion for painting. During the last thirty years he used his artistic abilities to create architectural renderings, and has now redirected his efforts to fine art painting. Anthony Suminski	Jeremy Plunkett Jeremy Plunkett’s work explores the illuminating and illusionary qualities of light within his photo-realist paintings, intaglio-based prints, and monumentally scaled charcoal drawings. He received his MFA in painting from Ohio University in 2008 and received his BFA in printmaking from Bowling Green State University in 2005. Jeremy has participated in many national and international juried exhibitions and publications. In 2009, he participated in the 32nd Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition as well as taking first prize in Manifest Gallery’s International Drawing Annual. Jeremy has recently become a part-time instructor in drawing and other 2D central art courses at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. Jeremy currently resides in Milwaukee, WI where he continues to make works for future exhibitions and printmaking exchanges. Jeremy Plunkett
Shelby Keefe Shelby Keefe is a contemporary impressionistic painter, teacher and performance artist. Born in Whitewater, WI, she graduated in 1981 with a BFA from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. After retiring from a career in graphic design in 2005, she operates her own art studio and exhibition space in Bay View. Her award-winning urban landscape paintings have earned her participation in prestigious national juried shows, plein air painting competitions, and arts festivals as well as garnering commission work for a variety of corporate clients and private collectors. Her oil paintings are found in collections such as The Bradley Foundation, Acuity, Northwestern Mutual, Ozaukee Country Club, WE Energies, and other businesses around Milwaukee, and in private collections in Wisconsin and around the country. Shelby Keefe	Kate Pfeiffer Kate Pfeiffer received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2008. She is a fine artist who works primarily in graphite, oils and acrylics, and is very interested in how amassed possessions can reflect people’s values and identities. Kate was born and raised in New Berlin, Wisconsin, where she has lived most of her life. She recently moved to Chicago, where she has been studying Art Therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. When she’s not painting, Kate enjoys coaching, playing volleyball, and eating tomatoes. Kate also likes striped clothing, has an affinity for dry humor, and falls asleep almost instantly on planes. Kate Pfeiffer
Stephen Ohlrich Steve Ohlrich is a classically trained artist who comes from an artistic heritage including painters and wood workers. He explores imaginative and metaphysical narratives through surrealistic imagery. Stephen Ohlrich	James Zwadlo My life has been divided between rural and urban, in Wisconsin and in New York. I try to combine the sense of space from my rural background with the social, crowded experiences of New York City and, currently, Milwaukee. The aerial point of view of crowded streets provides an ideal abstract element in the geometry of pictorial perspective. But I find it also to be a human standpoint, that shows my attitude to the world that unrolls a maplike panorama, of ordinary people in an ongoing daily movement without episodes, and which places me in an ideal position within a populated space. James Zwadlo
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