Giorgio is a Houston-based Italian American mixed media artist whose work centers on the integration of technology with organic forms. His installations—featuring TVs, electrical components, and animatronic sculptures—examine the dynamic interaction between digital and natural systems, focusing on how technological mechanisms can simulate or enhance organic processes. Villani frequently collaborates with artists like Bailey Ryherd, Omar Ochoa, Betirri, and Daniel Calderon, merging disciplines to craft innovative, thought-provoking works that challenge conventional boundaries in art and technology.
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Shelley, born in Houston, Texas, began her artistic journey in Europe, where her family moved to support her mother's opera career. Living in Paris and Milan for eleven years, she was inspired by Italian sculptor Ernesto Ornati to pursue sculpture. Townsend honed her craft at Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado, earning BFA degrees in both Sculpture and Painting. Her career flourished in New York City and later in Connecticut, where she studied under Peter Rubino. Now back in Houston, Townsend has produced a significant body of work and enjoys teaching sculpture, sharing her passion for creating beauty in its most natural form.
Peter is a two-dimensional artist born and raised in Houston, Texas. Peter attended The High School for Performing and Visual Arts and graduated from University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Painting. He has over 7 years of experience teaching art for several organizations including, including HISD, Art League Houston, The Woods Project and Meive Studio. He has been a resident artist of Box13 ArtSpace since 2020. Peter is also currently represented by Catapult Gallery in Richmond Texas. His most recent work is focused on the sensory aspect of experiencing nature, as well as the primal and instinctual aspects of human nature. Figurative elements, as well as natural and biological references are utilized to suggest a narrative between humans and nature.
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Marnie Shick graduated with a B.F.A. in Animation from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2023. She's currently a resident artist at <a href='https://www.instagram.com/jerseyhousestudio/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' class='text-customButton hover:underline'>Jersey House Studio</a>, where she's worked on concept art, character designs, storyboards, graphics, voice acting, and more. Marnie creates art primarily in Photoshop and Blender, but also uses traditional media. She's passionate about combining meaningful storytelling with quirky, experimental animation.
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Kieran Skelly graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in UAV Engineering, where his entrepreneurial journey began in a garage filled with custom-built drones powered by Pixhawk flight controllers. That garage, and the growing drone collection, was lost to a winter space heater fire, but the setback only fueled his determination. By the following semester, he was filming campus events, co-founding the university\'s AIAA chapter, and serving as its vice president. After college, he put his engineering background to work at a wind turbine inspection company, pioneering the use of heavy Sony A7R cameras on drones to capture and transmit high-resolution imagery. He went on to develop one of the first long-distance drone video links, a breakthrough that led him to Skycatch, a VC-backed drone surveying startup. There, as Lead Customer Success Manager, he trained a global team on UAV standards, led onboarding and testing programs, and traveled to hundreds of sites across 18 countries. In the process, he became a translator of sorts: bridging the gap between Silicon Valley design thinking and the realities of rural mining operations. When the pandemic hit, his inventive streak resurfaced, this time in the world of lighting. Starting again with a Pixhawk controller and the same hands-on curiosity that launched his drone career, he began experimenting with light as both an engineer and an artist. Today, as founder and entrepreneur, he's driven by a mission larger than hardware: to illuminate hidden truths and teach his fellow fish about the water they swim in.
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Anne Billingsley is a highly accomplished professional with a background in geosciences, climate research, and environmental analysis. She holds a Ph.D. in Geosciences from the University of Arizona, specializing in paleoclimate and hominin evolution. Dr. Billingsley has developed expertise across interdisciplinary fields, focusing on environmental and geoscience applications. Her research spans locations such as Kenya, Ethiopia, and the Bahamas, where she analyzed sediment cores, environmental proxies, and used advanced statistical modeling to better understand climate change patterns and their impact on human evolution. In addition to her scientific work, Dr. Billingsley is an avid artist and writer. She earned a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Houston and founded the Heinrich Lagerburger Society in 2002, a community that fosters diverse voices in writing. She blends her scientific research with creative expression, exploring how humans interact with their environment through technology and art.
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Daniel is an Mexican-born artist and educator from Houston, Texas. Daniel teaches courses on coding and digital processes at the K. G. McGovern College of the Arts and also has his own studio art practice. He currently writes generative art algorithms designed for the blockchain and has been exploring code-base creativity since 2016.
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