Join us Friday, July 10, 2026 6:00-8:00 PM for the Opening Reception of LAB^4 Team 4's art exhibitions, featuring the art of Liubóv Szwako // Triangulador, Tome Jones, Jennifer White Eagle, Teejop Tatreez Community, Women In Hebron: A Cooperative, Tomato Soup // Maile Lloyd, Mysterious Mouse // Katrina Koppa, Dodo // Noa Rickey, National Velvet // Oliver Grubel, Claudia Gonson // Vincent Mollina, and Citizen Christensen // GG Christensen.
Opening Reception for LAB^4 Team 4 Art Exhibitions
Liubóv was born and raised in Mexico City. Navigating life, always following his curiosity, he found himself in Madison, Wisconsin, a place he has called home over the last decade. A self-taught artist with no artistic background nor academic knowledge, Liubóv has been pursuing the excitement of experimenting with paints and mediums often following a "go with the flow" approach.
Tom Jones (Professor of Photography, University of Wisconsin-Madison) is an artist, curator and educator. He graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and a Master of Arts in Museum Studies from Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois. Jones’ artwork is a commentary on identity, culture appropriation, experience and perception of Native America. He continues to work on an ongoing photographic essay on the contemporary life of his tribe, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Jones co-authored the book “People of the Big Voice, Photographs of Ho-Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaick, 1879-1943.” He is the co-curator for the exhibition and contributing author to the book, “For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw” for the National Museum of the American Indian. He recently curated a show on Ho-Chunk baskets for the Museum of Wisconsin Art. His artwork is in numerous private and public collections, most notably: National Gallery of Art, National Museum of the... Read More
Maile Lloyd is a painter and photographer from Madison Wisconsin. She creates whimsical works which mainly focus on the human form and identity. Maile Lloyd studied at the university of Wisconsin Madison where she received a bachelors degree in fine art in 2025. Maile has exhibited artworks throughout Madison and as far away as Havana Cuba. She is a cofounder of the Figurative collective, a community lead group of artists passionate about drawing form and creating shared spaces. Maile is a current Bridge work artist and will soon be presenting her first solo show at Arts and Literature Laboratory this fall.
Katrina Koppa is an interdisciplinary artist moving between furniture, sculpture, and drawing. She received her BFA and certificate in Arts & Teaching from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2025. Her work has been featured in numerous UW-Madison exhibitions and publications and has most recently been exhibited at the Madison Children’s Museum. She is a recipient of scholarships from Peter's Valley School of Craft, Penland School of Craft, and the Chairmaker’s Toolbox.
Noa Rickey is an artist, performer, and educator. Born and raised in Minnesota to a family of artists, they grew up with a deep appreciation of craft and fine art making. Noa received a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a minor in Irish Studies. As a graduate student at UW-Madison, they worked as a research assistant for the Design Studies Hemp Lab, a production assistant for Marianne Fairbanks and Mary Hark, and have taught an array of textile practices to undergraduate and graduate students at UW and in the community. In the summer of 2024, they received a fellowship and funding to research lace and culture in Ireland. They returned to Ireland in summer of 2025 with funding from the US Government and UW-Madison to learn Gaeilge and continue their research into Irish culture and textiles. Noa just received their MFA in Design Studies from UW-Madison after a successful thesis exhibition. With an interdisciplinary approach, Noa explores the stories people keep... Read More
National Velvet (they/them) is an artist and teacher who makes objects, books and alternative comics and runs Zip Zap Press. They are interested in solving silly problems and enjoy creating magical spaces for people to make art in. If you are interested in projects or collaborations, you can send a message to zipzappress@gmail.com.
Vincent Mollica is an artist and Student Processing Specialist living in Madison, originally from Chicago. He has been drawing his whole life, but started doing it in earnest after taking Making Comics with Lynda Barry in 2017/2018. He now makes comics, large scale drawings, and short movies.
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