For We Are Many by Harry Malesovas
August 9th - Sept 13th
For We Are Many, a solo exhibition by sculptor and illustrator Harry Malesovas (aka CHUM), invites viewers into a surreal world where grotesque whimsy meets raw vulnerability. Through his vividly expressive figures—like the flame-wielding blue creature standing triumphantly atop a devilish red head—Malesovas externalizes the chaos of depression, anxiety, and self-doubt. His sculptures are not only reflections of emotional states, but tools of catharsis—ways of navigating and transforming his mental health struggles into something tangible, humorous, and, ultimately, connective.
For years, Malesovas battled silently, believing his suffering was uniquely his own. It wasn’t until entering therapy as a young adult that he began to feel seen. That moment of validation—of realizing he was not alone—became a turning point. Through this body of work, he channels that discovery, using humor and horror to strip away stigma and show how creativity can transmute pain into presence, and isolation into shared experience.
Harry Malesovas is a sculpture and painter born in California and raised in North Carolina. Malesovas received his BFA with a focus in ceramics from the University of North Carolina, Asheville, during which he was recognized by NCECA with an Undergraduate Award for Excellence . After he graduated he pursued a Post-Bach with his Alma Mater. Following this he moved to Minneapolis to complete a residency with the Northern Clay Center where he continues to live and work.
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GHOSTS IN THE GARDEN: JUNE 14th - July 19th 2025
Katy Martin and Bill Brand
GHOSTS IN THE GARDEN: The Enduring Edge of Bill Brand and Katy Martin
In an art world that often idolizes the new and now, two veteran artists — Bill Brand and Katy Martin — stand as vibrant exceptions. With five decades of creative practice behind them, they continue to evolve, innovate, and inspire. Their work, rooted in deep expertise, remains as relevant and cutting-edge today as ever.
Bill Brand: Animation as Experiment and Inquiry
Bill Brand is a filmmaker and animator whose career bridges experimental cinema, media installation, and public art. Known for pushing the limits of motion, time, and narrative, Brand’s films are not just seen — they are experienced. His signature work MASSTRANSISCOPE, a zoetrope installed in a New York City subway tunnel, turns urban commuting into a flickering, surreal ride through animated space.
In 2016, Brand began painting with ink and xuan paper, traditional Chinese materials, at an artist residency in Shanghai. Eventually applying these techniques to watercolor and acrylic paintings.
What keeps Brand’s work so fresh is his ability to remain curious. Even after decades, he continues to engage audiences. Whether through analog film or digital media, Brand maintains a poetic and inquisitive sensibility that resonates across generations.
Katy Martin: Painting in the Digital Era
Katy Martin is a mixed media artist whose work blends the tactile intimacy of painting with the immediacy of photography. Her process is physical, performative, and open to chance — paint becomes a language, and the body becomes a brush. She often photographs herself in motion, interacting with paint-covered surfaces, creating layered images that challenge the boundaries between gesture and image, subject and object.
Martin’s engagement with contemporary visual culture — especially its hybrid forms — keeps her work compelling. She embraces both physical materials and digital tools, reflecting a sensibility that speaks to younger artists while remaining rooted in an embodied, painterly tradition.
Fresh by Nature, Not by Trend
What makes Brand and Martin remarkable is not just their longevity — it’s their refusal to settle. Their work remains fresh not because they chase trends, but because they stay attuned to their own evolving curiosities. They collaborate, experiment, and take risks. And in doing so, they demonstrate that staying “hip” isn’t about age — it’s about engagement.
Together and separately, they embody what it means to be lifelong artists: open to change, driven by passion, and committed to making work that matters.
“Pink Soldiers”
Isolina Minjeong’s debut solo exhibtion
Exhibition runs from May 3rd - June 7th, 2015Court Tree Collective is proud to present “Pink Soldiers”, a solo exhibition by ceramic artist Isolina Minjeong. Electric fusions of ancient funerary sculptures, Minjeong’s ceramic world examines cultural hybridity through craft. Life-size figures are adorned with weapons and talismans, accompanied by wild beasts guiding both her soldiers and the living through the unknown. Shameless in scale and rich in symbolism, these figures honor the ancient lineage of Korean and Peruvian stone carving. Dancing between clays, pop art, manga, and bootleg toy design, her army embodies the courageous spirit of the past and present.
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30 one of a kind ceramic toys to choose from!
Isolina Minjeong (b. 1997, Chicago, IL) lives and works inBrooklyn, NY. Isolina’s practice redefines pop culture through craft. Fueled by the ancient lineage of Korean and Peruvian stone carving, her ceramic figures interweave the past with manga imagery and lore. Shameless in scale and response, her surreal world juxtaposes history through honoring past and future makers.
COURT TREE COLLECTIVE AT OUTSIDER ART FAIR 2025
Proudly Featuring:
Jacob Gerard, Yool Kim, Jasper Stieve, Mary Limonade, and JIEM
Public Days:
Friday, February 28 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Saturday, March 1st: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Sunday, March 2nd: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
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JACOB GERARD is a true outsider artist with no formal training. His work is powerful, brilliant in creativity, and rich in humor. His colors, brightness, attention to details, emphasize a scale of production usually found in a well seasoned educated artist. In less than 2 years of painting exclusively he has amassed a small arsenal of paintings that would be considered a full career for many. Whether this is an attempt to never go back to construction or years of pent up creativity the current results will last a lifetime. At this moment in time all signs point to this being the beginning of a flourishing artistic career.
YOOL KIM, a Seoul-based artist, navigates ideas of identity and subconscious mind through mixed media artwork. Her paintings focus on figures expressing a form of disorder. This is seen not through just facial expressions, but extends throughout the painting to express dissatisfaction and dizziness that come from the human experience. Kim’s work often highlights self expression that have not yet matured, an expression stunted in growth. Her desire is to organize these emotions through her artwork.
Kim was born in 1982 and graduated from Hongik University Graduate School of Industry in 2015 with a degree in Color Studies.
JASPER STIEVE is a self taught mixed media artist who is heavily influenced by industrious settings and admires the fluent chaos found in city scapes. Primarily working with found objects and in airbrush, his work often encourages interaction, pushing away the common “do not touch” principle. He is a household name in the NYC skateboarding community and recently created his own niche fashion brand. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
MARY LIMONADE is a Belgian self-taught artist. Her work features a strong spirit of independence, through a great freedom of action and a wide range of practices. In addition to graphic and illustrative concepts in her paintings, she is also a prolific street artist and muralist. Her paintings are nostalgic and ebullient in memories, overflowing with anecdotes and bittersweet feelings. All of her works have a freshness to them, free of academic rules and the standards of representation.
JIEM lives in Lille in Northern France. He paints there in his studio and all over European streets and walls. He has a long and wild history with graffiti. His work is greatly influenced by his explorations and travels. He is a self-taught artist working in a “faux naïf” style. He enjoys the freedom of this expression and his work benefits from this lifestyle. Subcultures, social interactions, diverse cultures often dominate the subjects in his work.
“Tipa Tipa, N’ap Avanse” exhibition
Exhibition runs from Feb 22 - Mar 23, 2025Court Tree Collective is proud to present “Tipa Tipa, N’ap Avanse” an exhibition celebrating the resilience and creativity of Haitian artist Charles Art Jerry, alongside the evocative works of mepaintsme and Michael McGrath, and art by the talented students of Art School Jerry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The title, Tipa Tipa, N’ap Avanse (Step by Step, We Move Forward), reflects both the steady journey of artistic growth and Haiti's enduring strength amidst ongoing social and political conflicts. This show highlights the transformative power of art in preserving culture and fostering hope in the face of adversity.
Charles Art Jerry’s vibrant works honor Haiti’s Vodou heritage, while his students’ creations offer fresh perspectives shaped by the realities of their lives and their community’s spirit. mepaintsme and Michael McGrath, dedicated supporters of Art School Jerry, are honored to present their own works alongside this remarkable collective in a celebration of progress and connection.
This exhibition invites us to reflect on the struggles and aspirations of communities both in Haiti and the U.S., celebrating art as a universal tool for fostering connection, cultural preservation, and forward momentum.
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Charles Art Jerry is a Haiti-based painter whose work delves into the rich traditions of Haitian Voodoo and the natural world. His passion for art was ignited after participating in the "Ghetto Biennial," an artistic festival celebrating Haitian Voodoo and black magic culture. His paintings feature Veve symbols—sacred religious and spiritual motifs—which he believes can bring success to those who have faith in their power. His artwork has been showcased at his art school in Haiti and exhibited in galleries worldwide.
Since 2016, Charles Jerry has been providing free art lessons to children in his community of Port au Prince, where students learn to paint as well as learn about Haitian history and culture. He sells not only his own work, but also helps his students sell their paintings. The money his students make selling their art helps them pay school fees and buy food and clothing.
mepaintsme (pseudonym) is an artist and curator who lives and works in the United States. He received a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and attended artist residencies at AICAD, New York Studio Residency Program (New York, NY) and the Santa Fe Masters Program (Santa Fe, NM). For the past 30 years, he has worked as an illustrator and painter. He currently runs the online gallery MEPAINTSME with his partner, and is the sole curator behind the @mepaintsme Instagram account.
Michael McGrath lives and works in Rhinebeck, in New York's Hudson Valley. His recent work is inspired by his current upstate NY environment and its history, and also in his curiosity in the cults of mysticism, mythology and religion through the lens of naivety. He is interested in religion, magic and mythology, and also more mundane aspects of daily life. His ghosts and skulls symbolize death and afterlife, with a measure of happiness and hope. His faces are often gods, deities or the deceased, and he imagines that “…if there were gods, ghosts or magic, they would exist in nature and in the landscape; not just beings in the sky, but also in the ground, in the trees, in the flowers and in the animals.”
Michael’s work has bee exhibited in Rhinebeck, New York, Germany, Belgium, and a solo show at Fir Gallery in Beijing, China.
