The Artists We Proudly Feature on Our Labels
2022 Ozymandias Wines Scholarship recipient:
Ozymandias Wines announces our sixth recipient of the Ozymandias Wines Scholarship with the New York Academy of Art in 2022, with Michela Roma, for her sculpture, “Balancing Marbles.,” Roman intuitively sculpts the body in unnatural poses to explore our psychological realities through our physical bodies. Utilizing formal manipulation, e.g., a sculpture’s arm melting into its leg, Roman creates psychological atmospheres where the body is pushed past biological limitations allowing it to exist in physical form while exploring an unconscious narrative.
2021 Ozymandias Wines Scholarship recipient: Amy Liu
Ozymandias Wines announces our fifth recipient of the Ozymandias Wines Scholarship with the New York Academy of Art in 2021, withAmy Liu for her painting "Metamorphosis.” Her work explores the profound human yearning for a post-traumatic oasis and represents the psychological battle between a grateful sense of survival and the haunting echoes from the past. Searching for inner peace despite a wounded heart, her visual storytelling begins with the chapter where the wounded wanderer found a reason to go on.
2020 Ozymandias Wines Scholarship recipient: Irina Lakshin
Ozymandias Wines announces our fourth recipient of the Ozymandias Wines Scholarship with the New York Academy of Art in 2020, with Irina Lakshin’s piece: Warrior (seen below).
Irina Lakshin sculpture, “Warrior” especially stood out to us because of the detail that’s clearly put into this composition. This label is extra special for us because it marks the first time a sculptor will be featured on our wine bottles.
Lakshin let us in on her creative process for this piece saying,
“Awhile back, I read a work of fiction where the main character was a warrior who possessed ancient secret combat techniques. It was a fascinating novel that painted a story of duty to country, personal growth, military triumphs, and, of course, love.
A few months later I began making this sculpture without knowing exactly what I was going to create. My work moved slowly, and the final image was born during the creative process.
When the sculpture was finished, I realized that I’d sculpted the image of that same warrior who was born in my head after I’d finished reading that book.”
2019 Ozymandias Wines Scholarship recipient: Young Lim Lee
Ozymandias Wines announces our third recipient of the Ozymandias Wines Scholarship with the New York Academy of Art in 2019, with Young Lim Lee’s piece: Pigeon (seen below).
Young, for this painting, explored the idea that her inner sensations and the aura generated by them can be captured and expressed through the visual elements. “I often encounter complex moments that bring me into sensations that cannot be fully articulated with words, yet urge me to explain. They are primal and visceral; the sense of hearing, smell, touch, sometimes disarmingly ecstatic, sometimes chaotic. I attempt to bring out the incorporeal feelings physically with my painting.”
2018 Ozymandias Wines Scholarship recipient: Jay Miriam
Ozymandias Wines announced our second recipient of the Ozymandias Wines Scholarship with the New York Academy of Art in 2018.
Jay Miriam’s “Mozzarella Spread,” was selected as the new label for Ozymandias Wines in 2018. Miriam’s paintings weave tales from dreams, imagined narratives, old lore and even the daily, often ordinary, lives of mysterious women. A constant in many of her works is the visceral pleasure in food and drink. In “Mozzarella Spread,” the subject stretches her limbs, imbibing on a plate of earthly delights, shielding her viewer from the deeper secrets lying on her tongue. Needless to say, her work pairs amazingly well with our Ozymandias Wines.
2017 Ozymandias Wines Scholarship recipient: Mary Ball
2017 marked the beginning of a partnership between Ozymandias Wines and the New York Academy of Art with Ozymandias Wines awarding a scholarship for students at NYAA. The first recipient of this annual scholarship was Mary Ball.
Influenced by a coastal environment and the southern role models who raised her, Mary utilizes forms and figures to display strength in femininity. She uses body language, color, and patterns to express individuality within figures and create harmonious compositions. Through her imagined scenes, Mary fashions a world that allows her to question society as well as find her place within it.
Mary’s personally chosen piece,”Folly,” is featured on the front label (pictured to the right) of the 2017 release of Ozymandias Wines’ Chardonnay blend. We think the emotion evoked in the imagery perfectly captures a description of the luscious white wine inside the bottle: it’s like drinking summertime in a glass.
Mary is interested in depicting women who display strength in their natural state and environment, which is something we strive to achieve with the growing of our grapes and their expression through the natural terroir of Long Island. Mary captures strength through truth in her paintings, as we attempt to embody the truth of the sandy loam soils only found in the North Fork of Long Island.
Mary Ball was born and raised in Mobile, Alabama. She currently lives and works in New York City.
You can see more of Mary’s work here.
2016 Artist
Sophy Holland
Sophy Holland is a British-born Photographer, Director and Creative Director. She studied at Central St. Martins in London and started her career as a painter before transitioning to Art Direction for both editorial and advertising clients in New York City and London. After being selected as the inaugural featured artist on the front label of the 2016 release of Ozymandias Wines, Sophy agreed to help the Ozymandias Wines team by being part of the selection committee of future benefiting artists. Sophy also helped design the Ozymandias Wines logo. For more information about Sophy and her work visit her website.
"I've always been a fan of Sophy's work, so when I heard she was exploring shooting a documentary film in '16 I knew the timing would be perfect for Ozymandias' planned launch. Thankfully Sophy shared my enthusiasm for being a part of the wine project and welcomed support for her film. I love the way Sophy incorporated the Ozymandias logo into the wine label which almost represents the premise of her documentary on the patterns and disorders of sleep rhythms. The placement of the logo on the third eye, and the her decision to display grapevine roots (which lurk below the fruits and vines, but play such a vital role in the taste of wine) on the bottom half of the label, to me are symbolic of the unseen yet vital role sleep plays in all of our lives. Whether that is actually the case, you'll have to ask Sophy. Nonetheless, we are so proud and excited to have Sophy's work featured on our inaugural wine label and are equally excited to see Sophy's film."
- Rafe D'Amico, Founder, Ozymandias Wines
2017 Artist
Briana Navarro
Briana Navarro, Burning River, is Ozymandias Wines' featured artist for 2017. As an artist and environmental activist, Briana intends to raise awareness for the necessity to transform to safe, responsible methods of energy production. Funding from sales of her featured wine will help her make large scale paintings expanding on this theme.
