“Stephen Romano has been in the Gallery world since 1989 when he began working for the late legendary Canadian art dealer Walter Moos in Toronto. Shortly afterwards, Stephen Romano was hired as assistant director of the 49th Parallel Gallery in New York City, then followed a series of engagements with prominent galleries such as Marlyn Pearl Gallery, Miriam Shiell Gallery, The Ricco Maresco Gallery in New York, where Stephen served as Gallery Manager for 8 years. For the next ten years from 2004 through 2014, Stephen dealt privately and played a pivotal role in building some of the most significant collections of Self Taught and Outsider Art, particularly sourcing masterworks by Henry Darger, Charles Dellschau, Adolph Wolfli, Martin Ramirez and many others.”

“Lisa Derrick began her curatorial career in 2014 at Coagula Curatorial with “Two Johns and a Whore,” which included John Fleck, John Roecker, Anthony Ausgang, and Leafar Seyer. She has since curated or co-curated over a dozen shows, including “Dark Progressivism: The Built Environment” at the Museum of Art & History (MOAH) in Lancaster. Her most recent curation, “CoutureMash” at Mash Gallery in the DTLA Arts District, was the first fine art show featured on the cover of California Apparel News. She co-produced the award-winning documentary, Dark Progressivism, and is a journalist whose work has appeared in the LA Weekly, the Huffington Post, and other national magazines.”

“Rodrigo Ribera d’Ebre is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post blog and his work has been featured in Dual Coast Magazine and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is an award-winning filmmaker for his narrative and direction in the documentary film, Dark Progressivism. He is the author of the political treatise on street gangs, Urban Politics: The Political Culture of Sur 13 Gangs.”