Audrey Vardanega

Praised as a “[musically] eloquent” (San Francisco Classical Voice) player “with the kind of freedom, authority, and strength…that one expects from the world’s finest pianists” and a “bewitching musical presence,” American pianist and arts entrepreneur Audrey Vardanega has performed as a solo and collaborative pianist across Europe, China, and the United States.

In response to her passion for bringing artists together for opportunities for performance, the creation of new work, and interdisciplinary collaboration, Audrey founded Musaics of the Bay in 2019.

Christos Vayenas

Impresario, pianist and curator Christos Vayenas' musical language draws inspiration from the Romantic and Symbolist eras of the past, as well as the improvising traditions of the world. A strong advocate for creative programming and cross-disciplinary collaboration, Christos is committed to transforming the way in which we create, perform and experience the arts. In addition to his work as the Director of Curation at Musaics, he is the founder of the NYC-based arts organization The Autumn Salon.

Celia Liberace

Celia Liberace (b. 2000) is a DMV and NYC-based painter and graduate of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan, and École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Much of her work represents an amalgamation of both classical representation and the modern interpretations of contemporary life, using human anatomy to reflect upon complex systems woven within nature and to communicate topics regarding sexuality, identity, social and environmental consciousness, and self-actualization.

She is deeply fascinated by the body’s potential to convey evolving psychological, spiritual, and physical states, and the simultaneous deterioration or evolution of the body and one’s natural environment.  

Ava Liberace

Ava Liberace is an artist based in Virginia and Connecticut, and is completing her bachelors for studio art and biology at Wesleyan University. Most of her works take particular interest in the human form, capturing motion, and merging these points of observation with fabricated worlds and mental states.

She uses formal techniques in drawing to explore close observation and to express different emotional and neurological states and their interactions with the environment through abstract experimentation. Her main medium is pencil and pen, and she has shown work in Sarasota, Florida; Alexandria, Virginia; and New York City, New York.