Nature has long served as a source of observation, but Wild Order: Studies in Natural Form looks beyond representation to explore the systems, rhythms, and material intelligence that shape the living world. Bringing together five contemporary artists working across printmaking, mixed media, drawing, and painting study, the exhibition examines how organic forms are translated, reconstructed, and reimagined through distinct artistic practices.

Rather than depicting nature directly, the works engage with its underlying logic growth, repetition, adaptation, and balance. Botanical studies, layered compositions, relief surfaces, and three-dimensional painted forms reveal how natural structures can become visual languages, where observation gives way to interpretation.

Moving between order and unpredictability, the exhibition embraces the tension between careful construction and organic evolution. Nature emerges not simply as subject matter, but as a catalyst for making, shaping process, material, and imagination. Wild Order invites viewers to slow down and consider how the patterns of the natural world continue to influence the ways artists see, build, and transform their surroundings.

Yasmeen Kwan was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work utilizes painting and ceramic sculpture intersecting orientalism and appropriation of Black and East Asian culture, cross-referencing history, racial hierarchy, and aesthetics that have shaped harmful perceptions. Her current work brings awareness to negative interminority exchanges conditioned under oppressions. Kwan’s work has been exhibited in “Blooming Tides” at the Waterloo Arts gallery, 2026 BFA Summer Showcase at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and at the Transformer Station in Cleveland, Ohio and produced the group show “Cherished Impressions” at the Cleveland Hopkins Airport. She has also been awarded the Eastman (1912)-Bolton Memorial Prize in recognition of a promising Junior majoring in Painting. Kwan recently graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2026 earning her BFA degree. Instagram

Pavla Margo / Rita Pavlova (b. 1962, Russia) is a self-taught artist based in Euclid, Ohio. Trained professionally as an electrical engineer, she has lived in the United States since 1996 and has devoted more than fifteen years to developing a unique artistic practice working with cold porcelain. Pavlova creates sculptural compositions on canvas that merge relief sculpture and painting. Her works primarily floral arrangements, still lifes, and ikebana-inspired forms appear as three-dimensional paintings, combining intricate hand-modeled elements with layered mixed-media backgrounds. Her creative process begins with imagining a composition and color palette before translating the vision into sculptural form. Recent works are inspired by the expressive color language and paintings of Vincent van Gogh, exploring the emotional power of color and movement. Her work has been exhibited in regional exhibitions and art fairs throughout the Greater Cleveland area and is held in private collections.

Juliette Thimmig (b. 1994) is a multidisciplinary painter and printmaker living in Northeast, OH. Working in both mixed media and woodcut her work explores folklore, environmental disturbances, human error, and the pleasures of being alive. Thimmig received her BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2016. Instagram  

Yana Mikho-Misho is a Cleveland-based curator, art director, and artist working across photography, printmaking, and mixed media. With more than a decade of experience in nonprofit arts organizations, her practice bridges curatorial vision, exhibition production, and artist support across local, national, and international contexts. She served for over five years as Art Director at Future Ink Graphics (FIG), where she shaped the organization’s visual identity and led exhibition and community-centered programming. Earlier, she worked with Zygote Press, supporting exhibitions, arts administration, and internationally recognized residency programs.