Andrea McKenna is an interdisciplinary artist, decorative painter, curator, and gallery director whose work bridges the worlds of visual art, design, and community arts programming.
A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, McKenna earned a BFA in Illustration before expanding her practice into painting and scenic design. In 1999, she began working as an interior faux finisher and founded her own decorative arts company, Videre Decorative Arts. The business quickly developed a strong client base throughout New Jersey.
McKenna’s curatorial career began in 2011 and has been deeply rooted in community arts. From March 2014 to September 2017 she co-founded and operated The Raven Gallery and Boutique in downtown Jersey City; curating a continuous program of exhibitions, presenting the work of local, and emerging artists.
In 2018, McKenna curated exhibitions for Art House Productions’ gallery. She currently serves as Gallery Director, where she has developed and produced a monthly exhibition program featuring both solo and group shows, continuing her commitment to supporting diverse artists and fostering a vibrant creative community.
In 2025, she became a member of the non-profit Fort Lee Artists Guild, where she serves on the board and has become their sole curator for all member and affiliate exhibitions.
Cheryl Minden is the Art Director and Curator for The Bravitas Group, Inc., a firm based in Montclair, NJ, dedicated to creating and supporting positive impacts within the community. Bravitas realizes its vision primarily through real estate, entrepreneurial projects, and philanthropy. In her role, Cheryl engages the local community by activating spaces within Bravitas properties for cultural development, with a particular focus on art exhibitions.
As a curator, Cheryl strives to tell a story within each exhibition, creating a thoughtful path for visitors to explore. “Every exhibit needs to wake something up in us. Each piece should have a beautiful sightline and room to breathe, while remaining in relationship with its surroundings. Providing local artists with opportunities to present their work, while creating a meaningful art presence for our tenants, brings me great joy.”
Katelyn Halpern (she/they) is a multidisciplinary artist from Austin, Texas living in Jersey City, New Jersey. Trained as a dancer and writer and self-taught in other media, she works in installations, performance, multimedia visual art, and the written word on subjects of peace/not peace, intimate relationship, space dust, and possibility-freedom-futures, and always the experience of moving through the world in a feminine body. Hailed as a “compelling conceptual artist,” “mischief maker,” and “born searcher,” (Jersey City Times), she is the founding artistic director of SMUSH Gallery, an art space dedicated to creative and community work in Jersey City. When she’s not making art or tending to SMUSH, she works as a freelance grant writer and art-life consultant, does people’s taxes, and digs in the garden with her family. See more at katelynhalpern.com | @katelynhalperndotcom
Kristin J. DeAngelis is an artist, curator, and arts professional based in Jersey City. With over 15 years of experience spanning arts leadership, sales, and education, her work bridges creative practice and institutional strategy. In 2016, she founded 107 Bowers Gallery & ArtSpace, where she produced 25 exhibitions featuring both local and international artists, fostering dialogue and visibility across diverse creative communities.
Kristin has collaborated with organizations including SILVERMAN Buildings and Art Fair 14C, where she served as Deputy Director, supporting large-scale exhibition production and regional arts advocacy. Her curatorial approach centers on thoughtful artist development, community engagement, and sustainable growth within the cultural sector.
She currently serves as Senior Director of Strategies and Operations at Mana Contemporary, where she leads institutional growth initiatives, strengthens operational frameworks, and supports curatorial strategy. Across her roles, Kristin focuses on expanding artist visibility, building collaborative partnerships, and creating platforms that connect contemporary art to broader audiences.
Meghan Roghanchi is the Founder and Curator of RAM Gallery in Summit, NJ. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, where she studied under influential professors like Lauren Ewing, John Yau and Rudy Serra; exploring materials, presentation, and the vital artist-patron relationship. Art has been a constant thread throughout Meghan’s life, from childhood experiments with found objects which sparked an early love for sculpture, to immersive college years filled with creative collaboration and gallery visits that opened her eyes to diverse artistic voices. In her mid-twenties, she began collecting, drawn to street-level encounters with artists in New York City’s parks. Meghan channeled her lifelong passion for art and collecting into founding RAM Gallery in 2023. She created a space that bridges creative practice and collecting, offering artists a supportive space with lively opening receptions, curated events and intimate studio visits for select collectors. At RAM, the focus is on fostering genuine connections—turning strangers into collectors and collectors into friends—while making art approachable and enjoyable for everyone. Meghan believes art should inspire confidence, spark conversations, and encourage creative experimentation.
Parker Daley is the Art Director and Co-Curator for Pen + Brush. She believes in the power of art and, at the end of the day, she believes in living a life that makes an impact, that changes some small part of the world for the better. She views New York City as a religion, rather than a place. For more than a decade, Daley Garcia has studied art, specifically modern and contemporary art, and its role in shaping our world. At Pen + Brush, she curates exhibitions, mentor, and work with artists, who she believes are creating work that is so important that our society, and indeed the general public, would be lesser if they do not see it. Daley Garcia has worked in Manhattan and abroad as a curator and art historian for ten years, working on more than fifty exhibitions and contributing to publications and artist catalogues to create recognition for artists worldwide.
PE Pinkman: Curator & Creative Strategist
With over three decades of experience at the Watchung Arts Center, PE Pinkman brings a wealth of curatorial expertise to the contemporary art scene. Having served as the Director of Visual Arts Programming for the last six years, Pinkman has a proven track record of elevating artists and managing complex exhibitions with a keen professional eye.
Recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area, Pinkman’s career is deeply rooted in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan art circuits. As a practicing artist specializing in oil painting, Pinkman understands the technical and emotional nuances of the creative process, offering a perspective that is both practical and deeply informed by art history.
These one-on-one sessions provide a dedicated space to discuss your work from a professional curator’s viewpoint. Whether you are looking to refine a specific series or navigate the logistics of exhibition programming, Pinkman offers grounded, actionable insights to help advance your artistic practice.
Explore a selection of their recent work at pepinkman.com.
Zsolt Bátori is a curator, photographer, photography theorist, philosopher of art, and educator. He is the founder, director, and curator of PH21 Gallery Barcelona (formerly Budapest), which has presented international group and solo exhibitions for over a decade in Barcelona and Budapest, and has also organised exhibitions in collaboration with partner galleries in Rome and Jersey City. Zsolt has nurtured the careers of many photographers who received further exhibition and career opportunities after exhibiting at PH21 Gallery. After earning his PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers University, Zsolt has taught and conducted research at universities in Hungary, the USA, Argentina, and Spain, and his own photographic work has been exhibited internationally. Since 2023, he has served as a juror for Photolucida Critical Mass, and in 2026 he was invited to join Photolucida’s Board of Directors. Zsolt’s website: www.zsoltbatori.com
Borbála Jász is a curator, art historian, philosopher of art, and educator. She has served as the vice-director and curator of PH21 Gallery for many years, providing international exhibition and career opportunities for photographers worldwide. Borbála earned her first doctoral degree in Philosophy and Art History from Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and is currently pursuing a second PhD in Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. As an art historian, Borbála is especially perceptive to the cultural and historical context, significance, and interconnectedness of photographic images. She also has first-hand experience with the artistic, legal, and practical aspects of collections, having worked extensively with collectors. Since 2025, Borbála has served as a juror for Photolucida Critical Mass, and in 2026 she was invited to join Photolucida’s Board of Directors.