Paul Rouphail (b. 1987; lives and works in Philadelphia) received his BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, and his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. His recent solo and exhibitions include Future Machine, Jack Barrett, New York; The Passenger, Stems Gallery, Brussels. Recent group exhibitions include Galerie Sultana, Paris; Smart Objects, Los Angeles, CA; Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Fisher Parrish Gallery, George Adams Gallery, Nancy Margolis Gallery, and Microscope Gallery, New York, NY; Fjord Gallery and Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA; The Miller ICA at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; and White Columns online. Rouphail's work has been reviewed online and in print, including the Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Artspace, New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, and Gestalten Press' Imagine Architecture, among others. His practice is represented by Smart Objects in Los Angeles, Stems Gallery in Brussels and Jack Barrett in New York.

Dylan Vandenhoeck (b. 1990; lives and works in New York) is a painter and musician living in Brooklyn. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union in 2012 and MFA in visual art from Columbia University in 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Reality Show at Matthew Brown Los Angeles, 2021 and What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes and Nod Yes? at Jack Barrett, 2020. Recent group exhibitions include High Art (Paris), Downs & Ross (New York), Office Baroque at Art Brussels (Brussels), The FLAG Art Foundation (New York), and Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery (New York). He was a recipient of the 2017 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant and most recently was a fellow in Shandaken Projects' "Paint School", a color discussion group. His work is in the collection of the X Museum, Beijing.