RESILIENCE 2020
Artist Biographies

Danica Adler
Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, studied Computer engineering and work as a programmer in Airline Reservation system for many years. I love traveling and capturing images in any situation. Photography and gardening are also my life long passions. I live with my husband in Tomkins Cove, NY.

Gina K. Callaghan
Gina K. Callaghan is a former journalist whose stops included Fox News Channel, Fox5NY.com, The New York Post, WINS and The Jersey Journal. The lifelong New Yorker discovered a connection with photography by accident, counting a journalist's perspective and classic Hollywood film noir among her myriad influences. For a deeper appreciation of the art -- and craft -- of making pictures she credits the generous encouragement of photographer K.C. Wilsey.

Christian Henninger
Christian is a Viennese artist working in the field of Multimedia Art for more then 10 years. Whether moving images, audio, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture or a mixture of these arts, they become visual instruments for his statements. He received his master´s degree in photography at FAMU Prague, in 2019. Photography, usually works as a cornerstone for his compositions, from where the image is expanded through an intervention, creating a new context and a new dimension of perception. In doing so, Christian looks for the intersections between reality and illusion, between truth and falsity, between the existing and the non-existing and between the past and the present. The mixture of different media represents the necessary expansion of his artistic space in which he tries to get closer to those intersections and resolve them.

Jessica Margo
Jessica Margo is an amateur photographer from New Jersey who’s interest in the medium began in her teenage years. She graduated from The Center for the Media Arts, Germain School of Photography, New York, NY. She starting working in a commercial still life studio, went onto a successful career in Advertising and Media before becoming a full-time Household CEO. In the past few years she has reignited her passion for photography, studying with local NJ artists including Award-Winning photographer Danielle Austen. Her work was part of a group exhibit in 2019 through the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. In the fall of 2020, the Studio Montclair Viewpoints exhibit will include one of her images. Most recently she received 4 Honorable Mentions in the international 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award.

“As a photographer I am captivated by the unique individuals and scenes I encounter. Anonymously observing life’s occurrences, remarkable subjects and random characters is what fuels my enthusiasm. Through my lens, I attempt to capture the independent soul at moments of introspective reflection.”

Lorella Schoales
I am an art teacher for over 20 years/ currently at North Rockland Central School District NRHS/FMS with a love for photography.

My goal is to get people to see things from a unique perspective, to find the beauty in the ordinary and make it extraordinary. I recently won grand prize in a black and white photo competition. Also another image won 2nd place out of 25,000 entries for the 46th annual photo competition in the National Wildlife Magazine. The photo was not only published in their magazine but chosen to be displayed in the halls of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in downtown Washington D.C. The photo was 1 out of 50 chosen from thousands of photos from around the world to be on display to represent wildlife conservation as well as to celebrate wildlife photography and the role it can play in inspiring wildlife and habitat conservation.

Hao Zhang
My name is Hao Zhang, currently working and living in Boise, Idaho, US. I received my BFA from Washington State University in 2017 and I’m pursuing my MFA degree at Boise State University. My photographs had been shown in multiple different art museums and galleries in New York, Portland, Kansas City, etc.