Jody Fausett was born in 1973 in Tate, Georgia. He studied photography in Atlanta, Georgia at the Art Institute of Atlanta and later moved to New York where he found work in fashion and portrait photography. In 2004, he returned to Georgia to focus on his personal art. Fausett’s photographs have been in various group shows in New York, New Orleans, Oregon and Washington, and he mounted his first solo show at the University of Southern Illinois, Department of Motion Picture and Film in Chicago. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Surface, Real Simple, Oxford American and Photo District News. His first book, Second Place, was released in 2007 through GHava Press and, that same year, Creative Loafing chose him for Critic’s Pick as Atlanta’s Best Photographer. He was chosen by Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles as one of Atlanta’s top ten tastemakers of 2009. Fausett’s photograph “Baby Powder” was the cover of Contemporary Annual, a British journal surveying photography around the world, and his multimedia piece “Suddenly, Last Summer” appeared on the cover of Art Papers. His work was also included in a lecture, “Out of the Ordinary: A Survey of Photographic Work by Atlanta-based Artists” at the High Museum of Art in 2000. In early 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia recognized Jody Fausett as an up-and-coming local talent, and his work was shown in the corresponding Movers & Shakers: MOCA GA Salutes the Rising Stars of the Georgia Arts Scene at MOCA GA. Possible Futures also selected Fausett’s work for Atlanta Art Now’s first book, NoPlaceness: Art in a Post-Urban Landscape, which explores the ways in which local Atlanta-based artists are tackling ideas of place in a complex world. His work is on the cover of the literary journal The Chattachoochee Review, and Oxford American has picked him for one of the top “New Superstars of Southern Art.” In 2023 Oxford American put his photograph “Wet Driveway” on the cover of the summer issue. In 2014 he was shortlisted for the Artadia Prize and Jody served on the steering committee for Idea Capital Grants, which rewards experimental art projects in Atlanta. His solo exhibition “Crush Velvet” was shown at the Morean Art Center in St. Petersburg, Florida and recently received a fellowship to VCCA. 

Sharon Shapiro is a Virginia-based artist with a versatile painting practice. She views painting
as a potent vessel for the tension and insatiable longing that lurk beneath the surface. Working
in diverse media and sizes, Shapiro portrays opposing forces in her figurative-based work:
fantastic and natural, utopian and dystopian subject matter. Shapiro has shown throughout the
United States, including one and two-person exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC; the
Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA; {Poem 88} Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Garvey
Simon Projects, NYC; and the Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL. Her group exhibitions
include the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME;
the McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA; and the Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. She
has been in residence at Ucross, Jentel, Ragdale, The Hambidge Center, and the Virginia Center
for the Creative Arts. Her practice has received grant support, including two awards from the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and she was the recipient of the Atelier Focus Fellowship at AIR
SFI in Georgia. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Whitewall, Art Spiel, Studio Visit, The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Kolaj Magazine. Shapiro holds an MFA from the Maine College of Art and a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art. She currently lives and works in Charlottesville, VA.

Founded in 2024, The Pollinator Art Space is a new experimental exhibition space in Atlanta fostering art beyond boundaries. The Pollinator Art Space strives to showcase the best and most diverse art from both established and emerging artists. Their mission is to provide a platform for artists to share their unique perspectives and for art lovers to discover new and exciting pieces.