PETER GREGORIO

CEO

A New York City based artist, he holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts and has exhibited his work internationally over the last 20 years.

Gregorio is also an independent curator of interdisciplinary projects that have been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. He worked closely with many well-known galleries, museums, artists, and curators from around the world.

GREGORY CONNORS

CTO

Gregory Connors, has more than 20 years of tech management experience, leading financial software implementation for Wall Street software firms including Fidessa and Royalblue. Then starting a consulting and software development company in Vermont, where he is currently the CTO of a nonprofit, which serves 21 towns and 20k people. Mr. Connors began with a degree in computer science from Brooklyn College.

CHRISTINA PAPANICOLAOU

BOARD MEMBER

A first generation American with parents from Greece and Hong Kong. Before joining the master’s degree program, she earned an MFA in painting and critical theory from Central Saint Martins in London. In addition to being an artist, Papanicolaou lived in New York City for most of her life where she founded E.TAY Gallery, a contemporary art space for recent graduate students. She is currently the Executive Director of the Arlington Artists Alliance in Washington DC

JAVIER BARRIOS

BOARD MEMBER

He received his diploma from Statens Kunst Akademi in Oslo and from School of Visual Arts in New York. His work has been subject of several exhibitions in Europe and the US, including Kunstnernes Hus, Trafo Kunsthall, LYNX Gallery, Outlet Gallery, Muskegon Museum of Art, Triumph and Disaster Gallery, Schaufenster Gallery, Rod Bianco Gallery and Galleri K. Barrios has also recently finished residencies at ISCP in New York and Galeria MARSO in Mexico City.

MARELIZE ROETS

WRITER

Born and raised in South Africa, Marelize is an accomplished writer, lecturer, editor, and a dynamic member of the literary community. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Full Sail University and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Central Florida. Marelize is the Vice President of the Kerouac Project Residency Program, and has written the multi-award winning script, "Table" as well as the feature film, "Unsheltered".