Explore the stories behind the 70+ artists of ART 4 HOPE, a Los Angeles wildfire relief exhibition combining visual storytelling with real-world impact.
ART 4 HOPE emerges as a powerful response to the devastation caused by the Los Angeles wildfires. This exhibition, hosted at AP Space Gallery in New York, unites more than 70 artists in a shared mission to bring relief, healing, and renewal through the transformative power of art.
Running from February 19 to February 22, 2025, the exhibition features an in-person preview from February 19 to 21, followed by an opening on February 21 and a public reception on February 22. Simultaneously, the Artsy online auction begins February 10, making this effort accessible to a global audience.
Each artwork has been generously donated, with all proceeds supporting the LA Firefighters Foundation and World Central Kitchen, two organizations offering immediate aid and long-term recovery for wildfire victims.
ART 4 HOPE brings together an extraordinary group of artists whose personal visions reflect resilience, compassion, and transformation. The list includes Almond Zigmund, Amanda McCauley, Anna Zaia, Antonio Pio Saracino, Ara Kim, Blair Seagram, Bon Koo, Bridgette Duran, Cabell Molina, Carole Feuerman, Colette Lumiere, Enzo Barracco, Erika Ehrman, Hak Kyun Kim, Hillary Hava, Hobong Kim, Hyojin Jeon, HyongNam Ahn, Inyoung, Iris Kufert-Rivo, Jason Naylor, Jihye Sage Baek, Joini McKown, Joni McKown, Kara Maria, Libby Klein, Luisa Lopez Celada, Machine Dazzle, Maryam Eisler, Matthew Langley, Matthew Ree, Melinda Hackett, Micael Magalhaes, Michael De Feo, Miljan Suknovic, Nina McMenamin, Peter Dayton, Philippe Cheng, Randy Polumbo, Richard Iwanski, Roderick Hidalgo, Ross Pino, Sang Joon Park, Sara di Orazio, Sedef Gali, Serena Bocchino, Seth Howe, Stanley Casselman, Stephanie Dillon, Steve Miller, Suntae Kim, Susan Washington, TC Chou, Toni Ross, Tony Pharo, Tony Seker, Victoria de Lesseps, Vodium Pugin, Wiley Ross, William Rand, Zhanna Mezhenska, Maria Pavlovska, and Kristofer Dan Bergman.
These artists span disciplines - sculpture, photography, street art, painting, installation - and continents, yet they converge in one message: that art can mobilize compassion into real-world impact.
Whether it's Peter Dayton’s floral iconography, Jason Naylor’s explosive color and optimism, or Susan Washington’s layered textures of memory, each piece resonates with personal and collective meaning. Some artists, like Carole Feuerman, bring hyperrealism to themes of vulnerability, while others, like Machine Dazzle, use theatricality to spark dialogue around resilience.
The wildfires that inspired this show are more than a backdrop—they are the context that shaped the creative response. Through abstraction, realism, and symbolism, the artists mirror the urgency of our environmental crisis. Whether through the haunting calm of Enzo Barracco’s polar imagery or the chaotic textures of Seth Howe, ART 4 HOPE paints a portrait of a world in flux—and a community’s determination to rise from it.
What sets ART 4 HOPE apart is its accessibility. With support from partners like Artsy, Mana Contemporary, ACA Galleries, and Adler, the show lives both in physical space and online, allowing viewers from around the world to engage. Adler’s cutting-edge 3D web technology allows audiences to step virtually into the exhibition, with no app required.
The dual presence—AP Space Gallery in person, Artsy online—ensures that this story of collective care reaches beyond borders and into homes, hearts, and communities.
More than an exhibition, ART 4 HOPE is a movement. It transforms the act of viewing into an act of giving. Every bid placed is a vote for recovery. Every viewer becomes a participant in rebuilding.
Whether you find yourself drawn to the mythic intensity of Victoria de Lesseps, the quiet lyricism of Hyojin Jeon, or the bold vibrancy of Wiley Ross, you’ll find in each work a fragment of hope and in the collective, a full picture of what art can truly do.
