Stoneboat 11.2 — Fall 2021

“Topography 1” by Kathryn Waller

visual Artist Bios

Kristen Baker is an award-winning published artist living in Texas. She uses her experiences with mental health to create unique one-of-a-kind pieces that show what it’s like living with her mental disorders such as schizoaffective disorder and OCD. She likes using line work, organic shapes, color theory, and psychology terms in her pieces.

Reporter, photographer, and visual artist Guilherme Bergamini is Brazilian and graduated with a degree in journalism. For more than two decades, he has developed projects with photography and the various narrative possibilities that art offers. The works of the artist dialogue between memory and social political criticism. He believes in photography as the aesthetic potential and transforming agent of society. Awarded in national and international competitions, Guilherme Bergamini participated in collective exhibitions in 48 countries. http://guilhermebergamini.com/autor/

Nimisha Doongarwal is a mixed media artist. Her conceptually layered portraits combine acrylic paint, fabric, and digital prints which explore varying relationships between past and popular culture by referencing social issues such as racism, immigration, and gender inequality. Through her work, she wants to give a voice to social issues faced by women and people of color to encourage viewers to embrace cultural diversity and step up for equality for all. Nimisha has been featured in publications such as Forbes and has exhibited in museums and galleries including the De Young Museum in San Francisco.

Kathryn Waller's writing and visual art has appeared in the Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, multiple issues of Kakalak, a past cover of Stoneboat, and in local galleries and ekphrastic shows. As a printmaker, painter, writer, and synesthete, she strives to capture literal metaphor in challenging yet accessible ways. She is also the founder & designer of Novalunosis Literary Journal.

“Avalanche” by Kristen Baker

“Engineer Dolabella 1” by Guilherme Bergamini

“Hybrid Identity” by Nimisha Doongarwal