The Artists of Salon XIII
Yiseul LeMieux (she/it)
2025 Visual Artist-in-Residence
“Think you'd like to try something different?“
I am not sweet. You may be confused by my voice and how cutified I am, but I am not sweet. I am sweet and bitter. I can be funny when I don’t mean to. I am It. That’s what gives me a piece of peace, a hope to be anything or become anything, anywhere, anytime—like saving the world.
Yiseul LeMieux is a Korean-born artist based in New York City. Her work spans multiple media, blending vivid narratives and alternative realities. She emphasizes audience engagement and community feedback, rejecting traditional boundaries between media, artist, and audience. Her creative vision explores a global network of interchangeability—where the artist, human, animal, or object holds equal value. This ethos allows her to explore limitless potential in herself and the world.
TBD
2025 Performance Artists-in-Residence
“Old Friends New Tracks”
When TBD first started playing, it was casual but also clear that, at the very least, it was a lot of fun to make music together. As TBD grows and looks for more collaborators, the core is the same: two close friends finding fun sounds and making songs that make you feel and make you dance.
Josh Fulton (he/him) is a 2018 graduate of the Fordham Theater program and primarily an actor & screenwriter based in NYC, but he has always had a connection to music. He started the group TBD with his homie Jamie a little over a year ago. They've been making what they're calling "indie jazz" inspired by the likes of everything between Tune-Yards and SZA. Jamie brings an other-worldly keyboard-based indie production style to Josh's smooth & sexy, brown liquor-esque jazzy melodies.
Jamie Wygle (he/him) grew up in the city before moving to Idaho, growing a love for nature, and returning for college to study theatre. While he loves acting, the piano has always felt like a safe place to express and release outside of expectations.
Cult Goddess
“Psych Baroque Pop”
Cult Goddess emerges as a psych pop group with compelling elements of psych, pop and baroque. Anchored in the dark heart of NYC, their sound is a trip of ear candy songwriting and opulent string arrangements that cut through the noise.
McKinley Danielle (she/her)
“Create by any means necessary”
McKinley Danielle Willis is a proud dancer, choreographer, and poet out of Dallas, Texas. She received her dance training from Dallas Black Dance Academy, Ozsoy’s School of Ballet, and Booker T. Washington HSPVA. In 2010, she received the TACA Young Masters Scholarship and is a 2011 recipient of the Dance Council of North Texas Tom Adams Scholarship, which allowed her to train at The Ailey School’s Summer Intensive and the American Dance Festival. In 2015, she received her BFA in Modern Dance Performance with a minor in Health and Exercise Science from the University of Oklahoma. She made her debut with the Bruce Wood Dance Project in 2011 as an apprentice and again as a company member in 2015. Ms. Willis completed 8 beautiful seasons with Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT), where she performed works by notable choreographers such as Matthew Rushing, Christopher Huggins, and Tommie Waheed-Evans. In 2023, she had her choreographic debut at DBDT with a work entitled “Smile.” She has since choreographed work for Houston Contemporary Dance, Mutual Dance Theater, and Ballet North Texas. With blessings and gratitude, McKinley currently resides in New York City as a freelance dancer and choreographer.
_Film.Roll_
“We roll dice to make films!”
_Film.Roll_ is a laboratory – a space to practice, learn, and play in the art of filmmaking. Run entirely by volunteers, each film is produced with little to no budget and is under 3 minutes. Film.Roll's professionally scrappy films aim to foster community, challenge creativity, and inspire everyone with a sense of accomplishment through a finished product.
Graham Helfrick (he/they)
“a small shifty spot on the wrong side of it all still sometimes brushed my brow like the wing of a bat”
Graham is a painter and printmaker based in Brooklyn. They graduated from Northwestern University in 2020, and, after a brief stint as an actor in Chicago, transitioned into visual art. Graham has exhibited at the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, worked previously at The Kentler International Drawing Space in Red Hook, and is currently at Questroyal Fine Art. Graham is very excited to participate in their first salon!
Annabel Hope (she/her)
“I am trying to catch the in-between feelings”
Annabel Hope is a multidisciplinary artist from San Francisco based in Washington Heights. Her photography and paintings have been shown in Worthless Studios' "One Square Mile" Project (2024), Gallery Aferro’s Tell Me More About Yourself (Self-Portraits and Other Autobiographical Endeavors) (2022), The Salon (2021, 2024), Wicked Cake (2022), and she has directed, edited, and filmed music videos for Mary Esther Carter (2022), Mermaid the G.O.D! (2022), MC Pauze (2024), and the amazing Lorenzo Landini (2024). She curated Quarantitty (2020-2021), a pandemic-era zine, and self-publishes The Beach Is Calling My Name, an annual project focusing on the beaches of NYC. In 2020 she received the Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights.
Eric Magalhães (he/him)
“My art centers on everyday intimacy and the warmth of mundane moments”
I’m a queer, Brazilian-American artist returning to physical mediums after years in digital art. Guided by my mother and grandmother, I’ve reconnected with ceramics, glazing pottery with graphic portraits drawn from my digital style. I’ve also returned to painting, a practice I loved before college. My work captures warm, mundane moments and the people who fill them.
Moira McAuliffe (she/her)
“I do my best thinking upside down, so I’m perpetually on the verge of a somersault”
Moira McAuliffe is a New York based actor, writer, singer, and theatremaker. Originally from New Jersey, Moira began her theatrical career doing as many musicals as humanly possible. In college, she turned to drama, graduating with a BA in Theatre Performance from Fordham University. Post-grad she worked professionally as an actor in New York, particularly passionate about developing new plays and musicals. She then vamoosed to London to attend grad school at LAMDA, earning an MA in Classical Acting. There she developed To Whom Should I Complain, a one-woman show that riffs on Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure through stand-up comedy, which garnered such an enthusiastic audience response, it inspired her to take it further. Follow @towhomshouldicomplain on Instagram for all upcoming performances. Currently, Moira performs and auditions continuously, while writing and devising her own work and working as a freelance theatrical carpenter. In everything she does, she is known for her zany spirit and her tireless work ethic.
Paula Maria Persiani (she/her)
“I am a Nuyorican artist passionate about sharing my experiences through paint, drawing, and sculpture”
I am a proud New Yorker from The Heights, channeling my passion into expressionist paintings, fabric tapestries, ceramic and wooden sculptures, and curated art installations. My work sheds light on sexism, gender identity, systemic racism, and neocolonialism, exploring these themes within the constructs of identity and gender. Inspired by my vibrant community, urban landscapes, and rich Nuyorican heritage, I weave a tapestry of vivid colors that celebrates the spirituality and vision that guide my art.
Adriana Lea Plaza (she/her)
“Raw stories where ancestors whisper, grief lingers, and rage dances”
Adriana Lea Plaza Dorado is a Bolivian writer, theatre director, and performer. She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from New York University. She has taught at NYU’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese and worked as Editor in Chief of Temporales magazine. Her work includes the Bolivian opera Matilde: en las ojeras de la noche, and she served as casting director for the feature film 98 segundos sin sombra, starring Geraldine Chaplin. Adriana has also organized literary and cultural events at the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center and worked in production at NYU Tisch.
Elly Rodgers (she/her)
“What if you could have everything you ever wanted?”
Elly Rodgers is a Brooklyn-based digital illustrator, textile artist, and occasional animator. In her illustrative work, Elly explores consumerism, world-building, and the relational aesthetics of platonic and romantic love. Select clients include The New York Times, ACLU, Google, The Washington Post, and HarperCollins. Elly's textile work either serves as a love letter to her family and friends or explores the attempts to achieve bodily perfection and its ensuing ramifications. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from Columbia University and will begin pursuing her MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay at the School of Visual Arts in the fall of 2025.
Samson Shonobi Shofoluwe (he/him)
“making allegory sexy again”
Samson Shofoluwe (Shonobi) is a Nigerian-British artist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and transformation. Raised between Lagos, London, and now based in New York, his practice spans painting, drawing, and world-building. Known for his use of layered textures and unconventional materials like cardboard, Shonobi’s work bridges fine art and storytelling, often pulling from his diasporic experience and character-driven narratives.
Lauryn Williams (she/her)
“Music Junkie”
Lauryn was born and raised in Long Island, NY. Music has always been more than just sound to her. It's a powerful force that shapes culture, connects people, and tells stories that words alone cannot. As a soon-to-be graduate of Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, where she is earning a B.S. in Information Systems, Lauryn has combined her analytical academic background with her deep passion for music and artist development to build a career in entertainment and has fun DJing on the side as another reason to just enjoy music and the positive affects it has on people and spaces. Beyond her course load, she truly loves working with people—mentoring, building relationships, and helping others grow. Lauryn grew up a trained ballet dancer and continues to foster her love for the art form through performance, instruction, and mentorship to children in her community.
Our Team
Caroline Potter Shriver, Co-Founder & Salon Director
Marc David Wright, Co-Founder & Artistic Director
Dana Seach, Managing Director
David Kahawaii, Director of New Play Development
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Riva Dhamala, Creative Consultant & UX Designer
Annabel Hope, Creative Consultant
James Kenna, Creative Consultant
Kristine Feng, Marketing Intern
Special Thanks
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