The visionaries behind the walls
Featured
Artists
Nine creators. Nine voices. One alley transformed into a living gallery.
The Creators
At Union Art Alley, we're proud to showcase the incredible talent of a diverse group of local artists who bring our walls to life.
From established names to up-and-coming talents, each artist has their own story to tell and their own unique way of expressing themselves.
9
Artists
Murals & Fine Art
Deneena Hughes
Has done mural work in the past as both commissions for private homes and commissions for public places. The largest scale being a 20'x8' mural on brick. Deneena is a professional working artist and also the owner of two art galleries, one of which is newly opened in Stillwater's Grand Garage.
Printmaking & Aerosol
Taylor Berman
First involved in a public art project while attending high school in New Richmond, WI. He went on to study Art Education and Printmaking at the University of Wisconsin–River Falls. He enjoys the patterned, repetitious, and concentric mark-making that's an innate part of the relief process when carving woodcuts, linoleum blocks, and engravings, which translates well to utilizing aerosol paint on walls. Taylor has created large-scale public art with Oliphant Brewing in Somerset, WI as well as Envision Festival in Costa Rica, Ashland Folk Festival (WI), the LynLake Street Art Series in Minneapolis, and the ChromaZone Mural Festival in Saint Paul. An art teacher, Taylor developed a Public Art curriculum that he teaches to 9th–12th graders.
Design, Illustration & Murals
Adam Turner
Designer/illustrator and has been for 30+ years. As such, the concepts and compositions of his pieces come naturally. While he is not known for murals, he has completed more than 10. Adam's most recent murals were for Lupine Brewery in Delano. Adam has also worked as a set designer for a large church for 8 years where he directed and constructed multiple large scale set designs, including painting/murals and other large 3D projects. He paints regularly — acrylic and now oil. A competitor in the first two World Snow Sculpting events in Stillwater, Adam was inspired to create a piece about embracing winter.
Woodcut Wall Art
Joseph Taylor
Milwaukee, WI-born fine artist with a sharpened focus on woodcut wall art. While creating a piece, Joseph draws upon many backgrounds, including sculpture, painting, drawing, carpentry, intarsia, and wood carving. The result is a dreamlike, dimensional landscape made from recycled skateboards and other found wood. His backgrounds are an elaborate example of an acrylic wash on selected birch veneer. In addition to this focus, Taylor is a musician, gardener, father, and children's book author and illustrator.
Graffiti & Lettering
JoJo of Murals by EROS
JoJo of Murals by EROS graffiti art is all about style. JoJo's pieces primarily focus on stylized letters and using that style to tell more of a story than the words can on their own. Over 30 years, the iterations of his signature "EROS One73" have become his self-portrait, pseudonym and alter-ego — "It has become me and I have become it." The Union Art Alley mural shows a new interest in bold geometric shapes that speak for themselves. The shapes are simple in their complexity and the colors exude joy. Murals by EROS allows JoJo to share his passion for graffiti art as a medium of beauty, strength, freedom and positive energy.
Murals & Graphic Design
Kada & Liina
Liina is the owner and creative director of Liina & Co., with over 23 years of experience in graphic design. Raised in a small mining town in northern Minnesota, she found her creative home in Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Kada, a professional muralist and founder of KADA CREATIVE, LTD., has over 20 years of experience creating vibrant and dynamic art. Together, they have successfully merged their skills to create murals that not only beautify spaces but also tell compelling stories, fostering a sense of community and shared identity through art.
Indigenous Art & Digital Design
Caitlin Newago
Caitlin Newago is a mother, artist, and tribal member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. Founded in 2016, Caitlin Newago started Bizaanide'ewin at only 21 years old. Currently, she is focusing on modernizing traditional Ojibwe designs in digital art. She also uses wiigwaas (birchbark) and porcupine quills as a way to reconnect with her Anishinaabe culture. Bizaanide'ewin is an Ojibwe word, meaning peace of heart — illustrating the purpose and mission of her work.
Tattooing, Illustration & Traditional Art
Nipinet Landsem
Nipinet Landsem is an Anishinaabe, Michif, and mixed-european two-spirit artist, tattooer, and muralist. A first degree descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa and a citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation, with family roots in Belcourt, North Dakota and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The rivers and urban Indigenous communities of the Twin Cities inform their approach to art, community, and their tattooing practice. Nipinet is familiar with ledger art, parfleche painting, hide tanning, and beadwork styles, and began illustrating professionally in 2012.
Custom Hand-Painted Murals
Dena Young
Dena Young of Dena June Creations is on a mission to build a more beautiful community one brushstroke at a time. Offering customized hand-painted murals to businesses, residents and communities, her goal as an artist isn't to master any specific style or signature, but rather she loves working with her clients to make their vision come to life. "I want to make everything around me beautiful, and that will be my life. Whether it's through a bright smile and friendly 'hello' or using a paintbrush to create something unique for the community."