Rogues Gallery - Resident Rogues

Erika Koivunen

Erika is a UW-Madison graduate and was an apprentice to Wisconsin Artist Tom Every, AKA Dr. Evermor.

She has been a professional artist since 2003 and is currently Owner and Operator of Rogues Gallery at 9 North Ingersoll Street in Madison, Wisconsin.

Her roots range from as far north as Copper Harbor, U.P. Michigan to her home base in Madison Wi.

You can see her metal sculpture at Madison Children’s Museum, Dr. Evermor’s Sculpture Garden, and local businesses around Madison like Barriques coffee shops.

To contact Erika, text (608) 239-9022. or email Erika.acmeiron@gmail.com

With "Gorrigan" in the Museum of Wisconsin Art

C Murphy

My overall theme is the persistence of organic design in history. While my work is entirely decorative, my aesthetic as an artist is firmly rooted in the technology of my trade as an electrician.

Some of my work uses a base of figurative fiberglass body casts with appendages and surface decoration in styles consistent with the Norse and Celtic civilizations of my European background. These figures highlight geometric and stylistic motifs from historical texts, runes, and tattoos married with modern technological industrial design such as circuit diagrams.

Many of the obsolete mechanisms incorporated echo the designs of these past civilizations. Incorporating electronic components imbedded in polyurethane form, my mosaic “Portrait” series deals with individuals instrumental in the development of changing technology who were often overlooked or forgotten to history.

More recently, “Hard-Wired Nature” includes animals, sea creatures, and insects, modeled in three dimensions with copper wire and electrical elements, while “The Body Electric” explores the vulnerable human body in the context of changing technologies.

See Murphy's art at myowndevices.art

Cathy Lybarger

Cathy Lybarger is a life-long resident of Madison, WI, who has been working with glass for 35 years. She is known for her use of vibrant color and whimsical themes in lampwork beads, fused dichroic jewelry and stained glass windows. In 1995, Cathy opened Aardvark Art Glass, a retail and gallery space showcasing her work and the work of local artists. Though Aardvark closed in 2013, she continues to create artwork for art fairs and events at Rogues Gallery.

Email Cathy at AardvarkArtGlass@gmail.com