Meet The Artists
For
Pentridge garden

Shari Jones

Founder & Artist

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Shari Jones (she/her) is a visual artist born in New Jersey and currently residing in West Philadelphia. She expresses her narrative across multiple mediums and would like to partner with other creators who do the same. Shari's artwork includes locally sourced natural materials. She sees nature as a symbol of strength, unity, and resilience. As a Black person, Shari recognizes these symbols represented in herself and her community.

Ariana Groce:Instagram @wannabeartiiist.

Ariana Groce was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. She currently lives in Philadelphia, PA where she is further exploring her artistic side. Ariana seriously started painting in 2018, though she has loved the arts since she was a child.

The artist is self taught and has been working to improve her craft. Her main medium started out as acrylic paint, but in the recent years has gotten into the digital art scene. Ariana has participated in a few group exhibitions here in Philadelphia. Her art can be seen on Instagram @wannabeartiiist.

Artist Next door

My Name is Dana, I go by Artist Next door. I am a 27 year old self taught artist from philadelphia. My journey with art began in 2020 during a period where my mental health wasn’t doing so great. Art gave my mind an escape from the darkness. I found that taking that sadness and frustration and turning it into something beautiful created a safe space for me. My preferred medium is painting, but I also have a passion for designing clothes and makeup. When people see my art, I want them to feel a sense of euphoria, acceptance and an immediate connection with their inner child. I’m looking forward to networking and gaining some connections while also sharing my passion for creating with you guys!

Christina Bowers IG: TwinTina

Christina Bowers, who goes byTwinTina on social media, is a young artist born and raised in Pennsylvania, US. She goes by TwinTina to reflect the countless times her family, friends, and classmates would call her “twin” as opposed to her real name, because they could not tell the difference between her and her twin sister. For years she worked with graphite pencils, creating gray-scale portraits, and would frequently shy away from color. Now, she works mainly in color and tries to explore new ways to incorporate color in her pieces, slowly trying to make each piece as colorful or even more colorful than the last. Christina works mostly with acrylic paints and occasionally colored pencils but loves to explore new mediums. Christina loves to do anything creative and gives glory and praise to God for the continuous ideas that pops in her head and the gift to create. 

Hermosa Rosa: Beautiful rose in Spanish.

Artist: 

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I am the rose with many pedals, presenting Art that captures whatever is going on in todays media, society or culture and embodying women empowerment, along with incorporating roses to embrace femininity and all it comes with