GRACEY LANE CURATES & HOSTS - WILDCOAST’S FIRST ART EXHIBIT

INTERNATIONAL FINE ART EVENT FUNDRAISER FEATURES OCEAN BEACH MURALIS

SD NEWS

“An event of this kind is very unique to this San Diego-Tijuana region as, despite the border, we stand shoulder to shoulder here, sharing the ocean and air and the responsibility to protect our natural resources,” says Tijuana-based Laura Araujo, a WILDCOAST board member. “It’s about the community coming together on both sides of the border and these incredible artists aligning for an important cause.”

U.S. art ambassadors include internationally renowned, contemporary painter, Eric Zener; fine art photographers Drasko Bogdanovich, Troy Brajkovich, Aaron Chang, Catherine Girard, Ralph Lee Hopkins, and Doug Gastélum; muralists Byers, and Taylor Gallegos; multi-media artists Virginie Le Boursicaud Mazueau and Hannah Vanveen, fluid artist Briar West; visual watercolor artist Marian Howard; and talented, emerging and established painters and illustrators Viralboa, Edwin Vasquez, Jeremy Romero, Taylor Coryn, Karissa Kaye, India McHale, Merrie Okie, Robin Piper, Marissa Quinn, Clare Salisbury, Rachel Dejohn, and Becky Berreth.

Photorealist painter and internationally acclaimed San Francisco-based artist Zener shares why he joined the virtual exhibit and fundraiser, “The connection between the inspiration of my work and the mission of WILDCOAST could not be more clear. Without the preservation of our marine ecosystems, we will lose the refuge and renewal that are at the heart of what I am connecting to in my work.” 

Mexican art ambassadors include internationally known Enrique Ciapara, up and coming abstract artist Silvestre Miranda, sculptor and designer Ricardo Alvarez, muralist and illustrator Luis Garzón Masabo, artist and curator Mariza Sanchez, and photographers Claudio Contreras Koob and Miguel Angel de la Cueva.