Studio Show, Part 1
Exhibition • June 14–July 5, 2025
Gallery Hours
Saturday June 14, 11am-3pm
Saturday June 21, 11am-3pm
Saturday June 28, 11am-3pm
Closing Reception Friday, July 4, 6-9pm
Saturday July 5, 11am-3pm
Every year we put on two exhibitions showcasing the artists who practice and work at Spellerberg Projects. The Studio Shows are an opportunity for visitors to see the work produced behind the front gallery and connect the ways this community of artists influences each other working within a shared space..
Artists participating in Part I of Studio Show 2025:
Jordan Berry is a Sculptural artist based in Central Texas, currently a Senior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art with a Minor in Art History at Texas State University. Primarily working with candle wax, they explore mediums that are focused on developing a body of work centered around the ephemeral and short term. Their creative process blends deliberate planning with moments of spontaneity, allowing the works to evolve organically without limiting the works integrity. As a recipient of the Assured Recurring Academic Scholarship, Berry continues training in preparatory work, refining their skills and expanding their artistic practice through art handling.
Ryan Thayer Davis received his BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2006. He lives and works in Lockhart, TX, working as an architectural interior photographer to support his painting practice. He has attended residencies in Tennessee, Texas, Wyoming, and Iceland.
Ryan works with printmaker-style layers to create sonorous, formal paintings that revel in structure. He’s interested in compositions that push and pull the eyeball brain, juxtaposing and alternating elements that recede and advance relative to the viewer. Seeking paradoxical relationships in space and color, his work allows many avenues of interpretation, from the feeling of landscape and dreamscape, to the pleasures of structural richness and texture, to the melodious nature of line. Generous up front, but deep enough to stay a while.
Maya Endsley is an emerging artist whose works explore themes of femininity, art therapy, and self-narrative. A recent graduate of Texas State University, where she earned her BFA with a minor in Psychology, Endsley is just beginning her journey as a professional artist.
Born in Dallas, Texas, and currently residing in the Austin area. Endsley draws inspiration from her experiences growing up as a Hispanic woman in the Southern United States. Her work celebrates the beauty and complexity of femininity, using mixed media techniques to create striking compositions that speak to the diversity of women’s experiences.
Endsley’s work is deeply informed by her interest in art therapy and the therapeutic benefits of artistic expression. She believes that art can be a powerful tool for self-exploration and healing, and her pieces often incorporate personal symbols, handwriting, and other elements that reflect her own journey of growth and transformation.
Through her mixed media works, paintings, and drawings, Endsley invites viewers to connect with their own inner worlds and explore the transformative power of art. Her art has been exhibited in local galleries and shows, and she is quickly gaining recognition as a talented emerging artist.
As she embarks on her professional journey, Endsley is committed to using her art to create positive social change and promote mental health awareness. With her talent, vision, and passion for making a difference, Maya Endsley is a rising star in the world of contemporary art.
Amelie Esquivel is a Hispanic artist born, raised, and based in central-Texas. Amelie combines their background in art history with technical painting skills to create a new wave of contemporary paintings that explore themes such as modern nostalgia and representational objects. Esquivel has shown in exhibitions throughout central Texas, with the most recents being their Leave The Bones U-Haul group show, the Mothership Studios San Marcos Tour, and their own BFA thesis show. They also have experience in working in galleries and installation.
Amelie’s compositions consist of contemporary, everyday subjects juxtaposed alongside relics and trinkets from our past. Nintendo games, dead pixels, Littlest Pet Shops, grandma’s Tchotchkes, Pinterest boards, and EBay listings are amongst the subjects that litter their canvases. Meticulously choosing these objects and compositions, Amelie aims to tell narratives through environmental storytelling– mostly representing the people in their life and their stories– and how it connects to Amelie’s own experiences.
In their free time, Amelie cherishes spending time with their friends, as well as playing video games and listening to music, all of which feed directly into their art. They are currently aiming to attend graduate school for painting and are applying to more exhibitions, which they greatly look forward to.
Jennifer Moore is an artist living and working in Lockhart, Texas. Before starting an art practice, she toured as a musician across North America, Europe and Australia, playing anywhere from traditional venues, community art spaces, generator shows underneath freeway overpasses, and museums like the Fort Worth Modern and Whitney Museum of American Art. During this extended time spent away from home she discovered the generosity and ingenuity of people trying to make art and music within a variety of ecosystems and was inspired by the DIY culture which influenced the development of venues, homes, handmade instruments, and playing styles. Her preferred materials are household objects, thrifted textiles, broken electronics and papier-mâché which she applies to her work centering around themes of body and home.
Moore has shown her work at ICOSA (Austin, TX), Spellerberg Projects (Lockhart, TX), MotherShip Studios (San Marcos, TX), and other art spaces around Central Texas. She received her BFA from Texas State University and her MFA from Maharishi International University.