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Scott Angelucci
angeluccigallery@aol.com
I began woodworking in 1987 after a bad year of work-related accidents as a lineman, and two car accidents left me debilitated and spending a great deal of time with a chiropractor. You could call it serendipity or fate, but a chance meeting with my best friend’s in-laws set me on a path discovering woodworking in their barn between doctor’s visits that ultimately turned into a career almost forty years long. It has been a long and interesting journey, working as a conservator for museums, building reproduction furniture, starting a corporation, and hiring five full-time employees specializing in humidors and cigar-centered furniture. Along the way, carving and marquetry ( using natural veneers to create images in wood) found it’s way in to my repertoire. In 2016, I moved to Knoxville, eventually joining the Art Market Gallery. In 2024 | began showing at The Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, N.C. That same year, I joined Able Trade in the Old City and became part of the maker community. Today, I make one-of-a-kind pieces, mostly in a modern version of the Arts & Crafts style, incorporating unique details, including sculpted features that take the designs in a unique direction.
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Jennifer Kirkpatrick
kirkpatrickjen@yahoo.com
Jennifer Kirkpatrick is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily with installation, digital fabrication, and ceramics. Her work has been exhibited both regionally and nationally, including at Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Union Projects (Pittsburgh, PA), The Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX), Pewabic Pottery (Detroit, MI), and Crane Arts Gallery (Philadelphia, PA). Jennifer received her M.F.A from Penn State University(2015), and both her B.F.A and Art Education undergraduate degrees from Northwest Missouri State(2010). She currently lives in Knoxville, TN, where she is the 3D Technician for the University of Tennessee School of Art.
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Steven Varga
svarga@email.com
Steven Varga was born in Portugal in 1985 but spent his formative years in Paraguay until 2005. He then moved to the United States to continue his studies. Originally, he intended to be a singer-songwriter, a path in which he had limited success. Due to unforeseen circumstances and heartbreak, he was unable to continue in that field. His love for the arts and creative expression, however, remained strong, and he decided to pursue other outlets such as 3D printing, woodworking, and welding.
After working for Knox County 911 for nine years (2012–2021), Varga enrolled at Pellissippi State Community College to study welding technologies, earning his associate degree in the spring of 2022. From the moment he laid down his first weld bead, he was hooked. His early pieces were created by scavenging old tools and using MIG welding techniques to make large spiders and other creatures, one of which is still used by the welding department at Pellissippi as part of its recruitment efforts.
Upon being hired at Advanced Catalyst Systems in Maryville in 2022, Varga was reintroduced to the beauty and finesse of TIG welding. Over countless hours, he practiced manipulating stainless steel through careful application of heat and timely removal of shielding argon gas to achieve the desired coloration of the metal. TIG welding also allowed him to work with finer materials and give more attention to detail. He has recently begun practicing welding dissimilar materials, which he now incorporates into his art.
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J. Taylor Wallace
johntaylorwallace@gmail.com
J. Taylor Wallace is a 3D mixed-media artist with a BFA from the University of Tennessee and an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. He is the owner of Metal Magic Interiors Inc., a metal design and fabrication studio, with more than 10 years of experience providing durable, quality, handmade products. With combined art and design experience, he is well-versed in projects of any scale.
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Jason Brown
jasonsheridanbrown@gmail.com
Jason Sheridan Brown is a professor of art who has taught sculpture at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the School of Art since 2001. He earned his M.F.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1999, and his artwork has been exhibited nationally, including solo and group exhibitions in 28 states, and internationally in Canada, Germany and New Zealand. Brown has participated in numerous artist residencies, including the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity in Alberta, Canada, and Ucross in Wyoming. His research and artwork explore mountainous landscapes and rural cultures through projects that examine the controversial practice of mountaintop removal coal mining throughout Southern Appalachia. Brown creates art projects that engage viewers in conversations about the environmental cost of energy extraction. Through a combination of art and activism, he practices an art of resistance.
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Lindsay Skvarek
Lynskvarek@gmail.com
Lindsay Skvarek is an interdisciplinary artist currently residing in Knoxville, Tennessee, who creates sculptures from ceramics, metal, wood, and fibers, as well as performance/video work. She draws on her lived experience as a trans woman to create brutally honest and raw work about dysphoria, survival, masochism, and the mental/physical experience of transitioning. She’s from Michigan and received a BFA in studio art as well as a BA in art history from Wayne State University in Detroit. Lindsay is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Marisa Mitchell
marisa@mars-fabrication.com
Marisa Mitchell is a mixed-media sculptor in Knoxville, Tennessee, and a UTK alum known for her representational works built from metal, glass, concrete, and wood. Her practice centers on material exploration and precise craftsmanship, using fabrication techniques to create forms that bridge the industrial and the expressive. mars-fabrication.com
Working primarily in steel, she draws on welding, forging, and fabrication processes to construct sculptures with strong architectural presence and refined detail. Mitchell’s work often reflects themes of resilience, structure, and movement, highlighting how material strength can be shaped into delicate or emotive forms. She continues to produce both large-scale commissions and personal studio works, each rooted in her commitment to process, craft, and storytelling through material.
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Wilson Browning
(865) 242-4729
Wilson Browning, a Knoxville native, discovered darkroom photography early and studied commercial studio photography at Pellissippi Community College. After briefly working at The Maryville Daily Times, he found his passion in photographing live events and local bands. Under Christian Lange’s guidance, he documented Knoxville musicians while apprenticing in industrial product photography. In 2014, he left Knoxville to work as a rafting guide, eventually settling in Chattanooga. There, he helped establish the Safelight District darkroom and learned timber frame restoration. Returning home in 2018, he mastered welding and fabrication, eventually building a backyard forge for artistic metalwork and furniture making. Browning experiments with various forgings and fabricates works of metal for himself and other artists and artisan furniture makers.
SoKno Sculpt Puts Public Art in the People’s Hands – Inside of Knoxville, June 11, 2025
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Bill Cook Jr.
billcookjr@gmail.com
Cook grew up in the foothills of East Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1995. It was there that he discovered sculpting. In the late 1990’s, he started using marble as a sculptural medium and he was hooked! He relishes the tremendous physical, mental and spiritual effort that is necessary to coax beauty from material that has such inherent resistance to change. With each piece of sculpture that he breathes life into, he aspires to learn something new and increase his ability to express himself using the magical medium of marble.
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Maggie Connolly
mail@caoyustudio.com
Maggie Connolly is a classically trained ceramicist in high craft. In 2013, she became the first American graduate to earn a MFA in Ceramics from Tsinghua University in Beijing. In 2017, she became the second American to earn a Ph. D. from the Tokyo University of the Arts for studio ceramics. From 2019 to 2020, she spent a year as an Artist-in-Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Currently, she is a full-time professional artist at Mighty Mud Studios in Knoxville.
Maggie Connolly