about the artist

Carl E. Moore is originally from Canton, Mississippi. He currently lives and works in Memphis as an artist and designer. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and received his BFA and MFA degrees from the Memphis College of Art. Moore’s work has been exhibited in regional and national exhibitions, and he was the recipient of the 2017 Emmett O’Ryan Award for Artistic Inspiration from ArtsMemphis.

Emily C. Thomas was born and raised in Memphis, TN. Thomas is an interdisciplinary, project-based artist who has also lived and worked in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Amsterdam. She received a BFA from NYU in 2009 and a MFA from UC Santa Barbara in 2015. Thomas’ practice is a holistic response to the fragmentation of consciousness resulting from the institutionalized segregation of knowledge and the classification of individuals into cultural, social, gender, and human vs. nonhuman roles. Acting as a medium, she conjures visions of trans-rational and transpersonal realms that dissolve divisions within consciousness.

Khara Woods is a graphic designer and artist from Memphis. Her work is largely inspired by geometric abstraction and pop art. Since 2015, she has created and collaborated on a number of murals and public art projects around the city.