ArtRat Gallery announces its ArtPrize 2024 lineup

'Lucky 13' welcomes 13 guest artists in a variety of media.

Grand Rapids, MI, September 9, 2024 — ArtRat Gallery today introduced the 13 artists it will host during ArtPrize 2024: Emma Bandos, Isabel Dowell, Trinja Henrickson, Missy Hines, Renee Kuharchuk, Wendy Liang, Emily Moores, Lux Pax, Maxwell Pearce, Tammy, Michael Thorensen, Zachary Trebellas and Robyn Wall. ArtRat co-owner and resident artist Nancy Tobin completes the lineup — the largest group show the gallery has presented to date.

“We feel very lucky to share our walls with all these amazing guests!” Tobin said. “While each work is utterly distinct, the artists in our 'Lucky 13' share a commitment to image-making that harmonizes beautifully in this show.”

Renee Kuharchuk’s (VOTE ID 55120) work captures close-up portraiture that experiments with dynamic brushwork and abstract colors. Through painting the human form, she explores themes of feminism and the human experience. As a woman battling anxiety and depression, her practice not only brings these issues to light, but creates a space for self-healing and, on a broader scope, awareness of our inner battles.

Her work has been recently on display at Vibrant Cast Gallery in Chicago, Illinois and at Side Street Studios in Elgin, Illinois. Her solo show "Emotionally Heightened" has been featured in Chicagoland's paper: The Daily Herald & in Gita Joshi's London-based curators' platform The Curator's Salon.