2026-27 Resident Artists

jewelarae

Fall 2026 Resident Artist

Jewelarae (b. 2001) is a fourth-generation Coloradan growing mutant objects that play with gender and sexuality. They are an artist, jeweler, and designer exploring queer theory and industrial spirituality, with work that lives in, on, and around the body.

Rae’s practice treats information and knowledge systems as material—something to cut, solder, splice, and reconfigure. Through these objects, they examine how bodies and technologies shape one another, and how making can open new ways of being within—and against, beyond, and underneath—these systems.

Rae holds a BS in industrial design with minors in sexualities and jewelry. They have exhibited their work across the US, the EU, and Colombia, at Munich jewelry week, NYC jewelry week, ARTBO, and in print media. They were a finalist in the third cycle of current obsession’s GEMZ talent acceleration program and are currently an organizer of DUNG30Ndwellercult—a curatorial project pushing boundaries and building community across art and craft disciplines.

website: https://jewelarae.com

Instagram: @jewelarae

Exhibition Opening

November 6, 2026 6pm - 8pm

Ruth Álvarez Luna

Spring 2027 Resident Artist

Ruth Álvarez Luna (she/her/ella) is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist born in Durango, México. At the age of fourteen, she immigrated to the United States with her family in pursuit of the so-called "American Dream." Living between cultures has deeply influenced her artistic practice, leading her to examine migration, identity, memory, and belonging through both personal and collective narratives.

Ruth earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2025. Alongside her studio practice, she has dedicated much of her career to mentoring and supporting immigrant and first-generation youth, experiences that continue to shape the way she approaches art. For Ruth, creating and caring for community are inseparable practices.

Working across installation, ceramics, printmaking, painting, performance, and mixed media, Ruth allows each concept to determine its material form. She is interested in how everyday objects, cultural symbols, and personal archives become vessels for storytelling. Through material experimentation, she transforms intimate narratives into spaces for reflection, dialogue, and collective recognition.

Rather than offering definitive answers, Ruth's work invites viewers to question systems of power while recognizing the resilience, complexity, and humanity embedded within immigrant experiences.

Instagram: @ruthlesssilence

Exhibition Opening

May 14, 2027 6pm - 8pm

Eun Mi Lam

Summer 2027 Resident Artist

Eun Mi Lam is a Korean American interdisciplinary artist who explores light, memory, and emotional perception through layered, atmospheric imagery, often informed by subtle references to Korean visual symbolism and cultural traditions.

Inspired by her experience navigating life between Korea and the United States, she creates contemplative landscapes that inhabit an in-between space where identity remains fluid and unfolding. Through poured acrylic washes and luminous layers of oil paint, Eun Mi constructs dreamlike environments that evoke nostalgia, stillness, and quiet reflection.

In recent years, she has expanded her practice to include printmaking and sculptural artist books alongside paintings in oil, acrylic, encaustic, and traditional Korean pigments. Working across diverse media, she investigates the shifting relationships between perception, place, memory, and belonging, inviting viewers into spaces where the undefined can be felt rather than explained.

Eun Mi worked as a visual merchandiser and interior textile designer in Korea. She is also an active educator who has taught art for more than nine years at the Korean Academy of Colorado and the Art Students League of Denver where she fosters creativity, cultural connection, and artistic confidence through community engagement.

Website: https://www.eunmilam.com

Instagram: @eunmilam