Anat Ronen

Anat Ronen is a self-taught artist, focusing on mural and street painting. Born and raised in the State of Israel, Anat's professional artistic phase started in 2009 when she did her first large scale project, four murals on the Galvestion Causeway, each 90 feet long. She paints with brushes, using latex (house paint), and acrylics. In a smaller scale, Anat draws illustrates and paints in several different mediums. 

More than 400 murals under her belt only in the last 5 years, she paints mostly throughout the vast Houston area, including public spaces like interstate highways, bridges, building, chruches, schools, and more. Her work is shown at museums and select shows, such as her mural "if only", that was a part of the exhibit "Call it Street art, Call it Fine Art, Call it what you want" at the Station Museum of Contemporary Art in 2013, her series "ageism" at the "One Degree of Seperation" pop-up show in Houston, in 2014 and "outcast", that was selected as a finalist for The 2014 Hunting Prize. 

In addition to her mural work, Anat was the featured artist for the Hosuton Via Colori Stret Painting Festival in 2011 and 2013. She participates in international street painting and street art festivals nationwide and around the world. 

Since discovering her gift, Anat made use of it to pay her bills, but also to deliver messages. The cliché of "one picture is worth a thousand words" gets the full definition when it comes to her work. Her dream is to keep on doing just that. 

Anat also organizes workshops for large and small groups where she teaches street art and street painting at the Houston Art League: "It's always fun, networking event where everybody is creating something and learning how to street paint. A one day workship can be an awesome way to connect with each other and create something truly unforgettable." 

Anat Ronen lives and works in Houston, TX.

 

 

 

Sanah Brown-Bowers

Sanah Brown-Bowers is a self-taught artist whose work focuses primarily on portraits of the Black American experience. Sanah centers her nuclear family to tell stories of Black joy and nostalgic experiences from the 80’s that bind together pop art, fantasy and her whimsical mind. Her intricately detailed acrylic and oil paintings are often displayed within family altars she builds which function as shadowboxes and include found artifacts related to her subjects. Her paintings honor living relatives and legacies that have been lost through the stripping away of identity due to enslavement. Sanah Brown-Bowers uses symbolism to restore hope to a race of people whose history has been forgotten and needs restoration and affirmation.  

Sanah Brown-Bowers is a self-taught artist whose work focuses primarily on portraits of the Black American experience. Sanah centers her nuclear family to tell stories of Black joy and nostalgic experiences from the 80’s that bind together pop art, fantasy and her whimsical mind. Her intricately detailed acrylic and oil paintings are often displayed within family altars she builds which function as shadowboxes and include found artifacts related to her subjects. Her paintings honor living relatives and legacies that have been lost through the stripping away of identity due to enslavement. Sanah Brown-Bowers uses symbolism to restore hope to a race of people whose history has been forgotten and needs restoration and affirmation. 

A proud native of Queens, New York, Sanah Brown-Bowers has been residing in Fort Worth,Texas for the past 20 years where she recently received her BA in Fine Arts from the University of North Texas. She is currently working on her MFA at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.