June 2025
student artists
Some of the best art colleges in the country can be found in our region along with many exceptional art departments within universities. RSFAA reaches out to art programs in PA, DE, NJ, and NY to invite full-time art students to apply for both of our annual shows. Learn More
“Rittenhouse has been creating space for young artists for nearly 100 years, and their work has been powerful for both the art community and also the community at large.”
- Frances Donnelly Wolf
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June 2025 Student Artists

Michael Ballezzi
Studio Incamminati
Oil/Acrylic
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My work represents my journey as a student of figurative and portrait painting.

Stephanie Brown
Studio Incamminati
Drawing/Pastel
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I'm a pastel painter striving to capture my experience of light and color, whether in the landscape, in a rose garden, or with two simple lemons on a plate. I paint realism, mediated by emotion.

James Cochrane
Studio Incamminati
Oil/Acrylic
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I'm seeking a vocation in the arts to capture Truth, Beauty, and Goodness. My oil paintings are primarily still life or landscape, and possibly some school figurative work.

Claire Fukuchi
Univ of Pittsburgh
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I use a graphic style with gouache to create vibrant, detailed pieces that reflect and emphasize the beauty in everyday life as well as creating fictional landscapes to escape into another world.

Jay Harris
Studio Incamminati
Oil/Acrylic
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My paintings strive to create an understanding of the experiences nonbinary and transgender people have with narrative storytelling and symbolism, as well as color relationships and composition.

Serafina Harris
Studio Incamminati
Oil/Acrylic
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My work is a combination of a learned skill and an applied theoretical approach of substatial, or meaningful art.

River Hennick
Univ of Pennsylvania
Oil/Acrylic
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I study Greco-roman Archetypes and repurpose them to tell contemporary stories. My work begs the question of how feminine power shapes the commonwealth and how that power has morphed over the years.

Olivia Hiester
Penn Academy of Fine Art
Printmaking
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My painting practice enables me to engage more deeply with the many channels of my visual experience, including but not limited to the external world, my memory of it, and my interest in art history.

Trevor Jennings
Montclair
Oil/Acrylic
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I am a USAF veteran, & my work explores PTSD, anxiety and depression, as well as my relationship with my son and fatherhood. The body of work I have produced is largely based on Graffiti and dadaism.

Adrianne Johnson
Studio Incamminati
Oil/Acrylic
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I am a second year student enrolled in the Advanced Fine Art program at Studio Incamminati. These studies exhibit exploration of color relationships and the human form.

Mercy Lindell
Penn Academy of Fine Art
Oil/Acrylic
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My body of work is made up of representational portraits, figures, still lives, and landscapes done from direct observation or imagination.

Sean Mosley
Communitity College of Phil
Watercolor
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I create concept-driven pieces that reflect themes deeply personal to me, often inspired by photo observation, memories and lived experiences that shape idenity.

Anaelle Press
Studio Incamminati
Oil/Acrylic
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My work has always been about observation, for me nothing compares to painting from life. My body of work includes, still lives , portraits and nude figures all depicting specific moments in time.

Anna Romaniuk
Lyme Academy
Oil/Acrylic
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I am a student currently attending The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in CT. The figure drawings were made in class. The paintings were made in an open studio or on my own.

Hana Rusi
Penn Academy of Fine Art
Oil/Acrylic
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My work represents the relationship I have between painting and the locations/people in these paintings. Observing the world around me and painting what portrays the things I love.

Nathan Vasko
Penn College of Art and Design
Oil/Acrylic
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My body of work consists of pieces that symbolize a large change in my life that has also changed my art.