2025 Live Art Demos & Artist Alley
Live Art Demonstrations put on by our LOCAL ARTISTS!
Make sure to visit their booths to watch these amazing artists create their masterpieces onsite at the festival!
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Check out all the amazing designs submitted for this year’s design contest!
Meet Our Artists!
Ratha Sok- Objective: As an artist my objective is to provide high quality public and commercial arts through creativity, teamwork and leadership.
Skills: Creative problem solver, leadership, entrepreneurship, time management, marketing, project management, organizational skills and creative art director.
Casey Kawaguchi is a Japanese American artist, based in Denver, Colorado. Born and raised in Utah, Kawaguchi’s practice began in graffiti, where his dedication to precision met the chaos of the spray-can.
On a lifelong pursuit of mastery, Kawaguchi's artistic practice revolves around a recurring character that reflects his identity as an Asian American artist while representing the power of the creative that he feels resides within each of us. Drawing from his earliest inspirations of comic books, illustration, and his Japanese heritage, his work conveys a simplicity and balance, where the contemporary meets tradition in a powerful display.
Gaby Oshiro
Gaby is a painter/musician was born in Buenos Aires Argentina to Edvige Bresolin, a photographer and pianist, and Oscar Takashi Oshiro, a political activist and lawyer, who was desaparecido (kidnapped and murdered) for opposing the military dictatorship in Argentina. When it became clear her father would not return alive, Gaby emigrated to Italy along with her mother and brother, where she studied for 5 years at the Liceo Artistico Statale di Treviso. After fine arts school in Italy, she attended Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes Ernesto de la Cárcova in Argentina where she studied with Guggenheim fellow Carlos Gorriarena. In 2016 Gaby collaborated with writer/journalist Andrés Asato on his book about the 17 Desaparecidos of Japanese descent (Nikkei), helping him write the chapter about her father entitled "Con Alma Tanguera.” Following the publication of the book, she was invited to do an art installation called Kintsugi about the 17 desaparecidos Nikkei at the Espacio Cultural of the National Library of Congress in Argentina. Kintsugi, the Presence of your Absence-Part II, was presented at the Galleria dell'Artistico in Treviso Italy, and at the CMA Centro Municipal de Arte in Buenos Aires. Gaby has received multiple awards and accolades for her work to include being a finalist for the prestigious Bienal Sur 2017 and the Artisan Series Bombay Sapphire Prize. After working on portraiture for many years, Gaby’s current work is exploring the use of Oracle Bone script (Japanese/Chinese ancient characters) as modules inspired by the Art Informel and Abstract Expressionism guided by Robert Motherwell, Giuseppe Capogrossi and Carla Accardi.
Her latest art installations can be seen at the Denver Art Museum.
Jamie Harrington
Jaime Harrington (She/They) is a bonsai artist and content creator dedicated to making the art of bonsai more approachable and inclusive. Through their YouTube series Ranni Bonsai, Jaime documents her journey as a student of the art, sharing techniques, stories, and interviews from across the bonsai community. Their training has had a particular focus on Colorado native species, with an emphasis on understanding their character and adapting traditional techniques to suit them. Jaime’s growth as an artist has been deeply shaped by the support and inspiration of the Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society and the Purple Pot Society. This is Jaime's first public demonstration.
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-I express my fight with mental health through Calligraphy
-Commissions open
-Looking for mural opportunities
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ARTIST ALLEY!
Come see all the amazing Poster Designs that were submitted for this year’s CDBF! Start planning for YOUR design submission for next year’s CDBF celebrating our 25th Anniversary and the year of the FIRE SNAKE!