Hobbes Ginsberg (b. 1994 in the United States) is a lesbian photographer and filmmaker based in New Haven, making vulnerable, hyper-saturated work exploring queer domesticity and the evolution of self. Her formal, yet candid, tableaux offer a non-confrontational view of queerness that position queer love as iconic and quintessential.

Natalie Ivis (b. 1990 in Ormond Beach, Florida) is an artist living in New Haven, CT. Her work engages with moments of intimacy and human connection. Natalie is interested in creating images to understand complex relationships in a way that often pulls from personal narratives. Her work aims to create quiet moments of contemplation from chaotic environments. Natalie received a BFA and a BA from the University of South Florida and an MFA from Yale University.

Adrian Martinez Chavez (b. 1992 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an artist and DJ working in photography, audio, video, and filmmaking. He received a BFA in Photography from the University of Hartford’s, Hartford Art School, and an MFA in Photography from Yale University, School of Art. His work has been exhibited regionally and nationally and can be found in public and private collections such as the Goldfarb Memorial Collection at the University of Hartford. He has been the recipient of grants and awards from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Houston Center for Photography, Real Art Ways, and Yale University.

Sydney Mieko King (b. 1995 in San Francisco, California) is an artist working in photography and sculpture. Her work has been shown at the International Center of Photography Museum (NYC), Huxley-Parlour Gallery (London, UK), the Broodthaers Society of America (NYC), the Dean Collection (Miami, FL), Chashama (NYC), the Lewis Center for the Arts (Princeton, NJ), and others. She has held residencies at the Yale Norfolk School of Art (Norfolk, CT), Virginia Center for Creative Arts (Amherst, VA), Recess Art (Brooklyn, NY), and BRIC (Brooklyn, NY). She is a 2021 En Foco Fellow and 2021 Creator Labs Photo Fund recipient.

Sophie Schwartz (b. 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio) graduated from the Modern Culture + Media program at Brown University. Their work has been featured in publications including Vogue, BOOOOOOOM, WÜL Magazine, and Architectural Digest. Schwartz received the Harvey Geiger Travel Fellowship from Yale University and was selected as a finalist for the Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize, Critical Mass, and the Palm Photo Prize.

About Yale School of Art
Yale School of Art provides students with intellectually informed, hands-on instruction in the practice of an array of visual arts media within the context of a liberal arts university. As a part of the first institution of higher learning to successfully integrate a studio-based education into such a broad pedagogical framework, the Yale School of Art has a long and distinguished history of training artists of the highest caliber. A full-time faculty of working artists in conjunction with a diverse cross-section of accomplished visiting artists collaborate to design a program and foster an environment where the unique talents and perspectives of individual students can emerge and flourish.