The new 2024 Elisa Contemporary Art exhibit is a Group show featuring Dimensional Artwork at the Elisa Contemporary Art Gallery in Riverdale NY. It will open on Wednesday, September 25. It will run until December 4, 2024.

The show includes layered plexiglass sculptures by New York Artist, Neva Setlow, a hanging tea set sculpture by Connecticut artist, Nina Bentley, Debossed paper artwork and a drilled Aluminum Globe by DC Sculptor, Michael Enn Sirvet. It also features hand-cut Botanical Collage by Deborah Weiss. The exhibit will also showcase mosaic tile artworks by new Gallery artist, Dean Moore and a layered birch wood figurative piece by Texas Pop Artist, Mitch McGee.

According to Westport artist, Nina Bentley, "Many events have influenced me as an artist, growing up in Brooklyn, having a father who was an Italian anarchist, a mother who worked; being a cheerleader in the 1950's, a history major at college, a writer of advertising copy, a designer of department store window displays, a mother, a corporate wife; living fifteen years in Europe, becoming a grandmother - now many times over. All of these experiences have left their mark and occasioned reflection...The result of my introspection and insights are in my art. I hope this work speaks to some of its viewers".

In 1962 she graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in English, later studying art at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Chelsea Art School, London. Married young, she moved around the world with her husband, then an international banker, living in Bologna, Frankfurt, London, Zurich, Santiago, and Caracas.

Bentley began exhibiting in 1965 and has enjoyed sixteen solo exhibitions, here and abroad, since 1978. An inveterate collector of ”stuff,” Bentley makes art from anything and everything. She deliberately juxtaposes objects whose scale, textures, or categories of use combine to make statements, at once biting and humorous, about the human condition. Her work is in collections throughout the world.

American structuralist artist, designer, and engineer Michael Enn Sirvet strives to capture the primitive beauty within familiar forms. Sirvet builds structures that recreate the ocean’s waves in steel tangent lines; the decaying of leaves in thousands of perfectly drilled holes; and the ephemeral wind captured in billowing metal. The artist explains: “My hope is that the simple intricacies of my abstracted, purified forms will invoke recognition and impart the wonder that I feel for nature".

Sirvet lives and keeps a full-time studio practice in Washington D.C. Many of his pieces can be found in private collections and at several US embassies.

The influences for Texas artist Mitch McGee came from the style of Pop Art legend, Roy Lichtenstein. According to McGee, "Lichtenstein with a Red Bow was the first piece that started me down this rabbit hole. In an almost tongue-in-cheek fashion I wondered how I could take one of his pieces and recreate it in another medium". From that start, McGee began to create his own style and establish his unique voice.

Today, his creativity exists in that space between painting and sculpture. In his Birch series, McGee uses pieces of wood, each illustrated, hand cut and stained or painted to create dimensional pieces. Each painting is filled with thick layers and subtle shadows. There is a warmth created by the imperfection of the birch and its grain that creates an emotional connection. Each painting is a labor of love, taking 40 to 50 hours or more to complete.

His work is public and private collections throughout the world including TV journalist Serena Altschul, and the Feld Family (Ringling Bros) and actress Carice Van Houton (game of thrones).

Dean Moore is a New York City based emerging artist. Being self-taught, Dean has experimented with various mediums and finds deconstruction to be a consistent theme in his work.

Currently focusing on mosaics, Moore meticulously hand cuts ceramic tile, porcelain tile and glass into thousands of fragments—shaping and filing each piece precisely before thoughtfully positioning them together to create impactful mosaics. In the past, he used cereal boxes to create collages of popular sneakers. He has undertaken personal commissions for NBA clients including Payton Pritchard (Boston Celtics) and Ty Jerome (Cleveland Cavaliers).

Neva Setlow has a background in art and science. She received her art degree from Empire State College. She worked in science for more than 20 years, and as an artist for more than 50 years! She lives and works on Long Island.

According to Setlow, "Color and light have long been my areas of interest. Creating abstract sculpture - using Plexiglas offers a significant ability to produce work with unique colors. The sculptures are sensitive and meditative. They are celebratory and joyful". Her artwork has been exhibited in solo and juried exhibitions in galleries and museums across the country and included in the permanent collection of the Islip Museum.

Deborah Weiss is a visual artist creating both works on panel and paper. She has exhibited throughout the United States and has been included in several international exhibitions taking place in China, Sweden, Italy, England and Denmark.

According to Weiss, "My work has always been nature based. Blooms is a celebration of the contemporary botanical image. I have used my own dyed and painted papers for these hand cut collages. Choosing to interpret the textures and organic shapes in blue and white is in reverence to the rich history of this color pairing. First in China and later in Europe, blue and white wares were treasured. Taking the bloom formations a step further, I am also pursing multiple color palettes and the inclusion of vintage papers". Weiss’ works are also included in numerous private and corporate collections.