Dedicated studio space for artists building their practice inside the Haus.
The Medina Residency
Our Resident Artist Program offers dedicated studio space within Medina Art Studios for artists looking to deepen their practice while working in close proximity to a creative community.
Residents become part of the daily life of the Haus, with access to shared spaces, member gatherings, exhibitions, workshops, and opportunities to connect their work with a wider audience. More than a place to make, the residency is designed to support consistency, experimentation, and meaningful creative exchange.
Private and shared studios become available seasonally and are offered through an application-based process. The best way to be considered for an upcoming opening is to submit an application and join the residency waitlist; applicants will be notified as spaces become available.
Meet Our Artists,
Deanna Imfeld
Deanna Imfeld is a multimedia artist whose work explores the relationship between human identity, nature, and personal autonomy. Working primarily in acrylic painting and influenced by Romanticism, she dissolves boundaries between figure and landscape, revealing identities that feel both rooted and untethered.
Logan Brantley
“In contrast my acrylic and collage based works seem to reject the very idea of being contained as something palatable. They seem to scream a shadowed variety of powerfully embodied emotions, exclaiming, ‘Look at me! Feel me! I am angry! I am powerful! I am playful!’ I often find myself smirking at the visuals I allow myself to pour into and onto the canvas. It is in my fluid mediums that I live, and in my mixed media that I heal.”
Sarah Chase Designs
Sarah Chase is a digital product strategist and designer working at the intersection of beauty, luxury ecommerce, and emerging technology. She builds thoughtful digital experiences and the systems that support them. In her studio, she is creating Unrefined, a conscious skincare and candle brand centered on ingredient integrity, community, and the belief that imperfection is the entire point.
Finnigen Rynehart
Finnigen Rynehart is an oil painter, musician, and engineer, though painting is where he is most honest.
His work is rooted in feeling more than explanation—built from memory, instinct, and moments that are difficult to put into words. Drawing from Baroque intensity, surrealism, and the natural world, his paintings exist somewhere between reality and something more internal. They are not meant to explain, but to be felt.
Recurring symbols move through his work—tigers as protectors, faceless figures as a sense of being lost, birds as chaos, and oranges as something small but sacred to hold onto. These elements are less about narrative and more about emotional truth.
A key part of his process is synesthesia, where sound, emotion, and thought take on color. This shapes the way he paints—color isn’t chosen, it’s experienced.
At its core, his work is an attempt to hold onto something fleeting—to take a feeling and make it visible. Not to define it, but to share it.
Camilla Guerraa
Buya Designs
Camila is the designer, creator, and artist behind Buya — a handmade jewelry brand born in 2020 in Brazil and now based in San Diego at Meraki Spaces. Buya brings bold, boho-chic style through unique, handmade, custom, small-batch pieces crafted with natural gemstones — all designed to be meaningful, waterproof, and made to shine every day.
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Taru Kala Plants
At Taru Kala, plants are treated as living architecture. Each installation is designed to shape space, guide movement, and introduce a sense of quiet vitality.We work at the intersection of design and horticulture, creating plant compositions that feel intentional, grounded, and enduring. From intimate residences to commercial spaces and event installations, every piece is thoughtfully composed for visual balance, material harmony, and longevity.
Nadeen Ali
Nadeen Ali is a San Diego-based artist and certified 500-hour yoga teacher with over a decade of experience. Known for her large-scale acrylic flows, custom nude series, and intentional commissions, she layers each canvas with hidden words and storytelling that transform it into a living narrative. Nadeen creates art and experiences that invite others to reclaim their power, embody self-love, and connect more deeply with themselves through creativity, movement, and love.
Mariel Vandeloo
Mariel Vandeloo is a multidisciplinary artist and designer inspired by the ocean, nature, and the rhythm of coastal life. Her work blends expressive painting, illustration, and storytelling, exploring themes of movement, connection, and the beauty of the natural world. Deeply influenced by surf culture and time spent near the sea, Mariel captures the energy, freedom, and quiet moments of reflection that only the ocean provides.
Christine Clark
Perspective Art Studio
I’m Christine, the lead artist and founder of Perspective Art Studio, based in San Diego. My work is rooted in creating one of a kind, live illustrations that transform wedding guests into elevated, fashion inspired pieces of art, blending the energy of the moment with the elegance of fine art.
I strive to create artwork that feels expressive and deeply personal, capturing not just how someone looks, but how they felt in that moment. Each piece is designed to be a keepsake guests are excited to take home, something that lives far beyond the event itself. What began as a passion nearly two decades ago has evolved into a full time career centered around live events, creativity, and human connection.
With over 20 years of painting experience and the past 3 years dedicated to live events, I’ve had the privilege of capturing thousands of guests in real time. Through watercolor and marker, I focus on accurately representing skin tones, features, and personal style, while adding an editorial, elevated touch.
It’s incredibly important to me that guests leave with something they truly want to keep. As more events move away from mass produced favors and toward intentional gifting, my work creates pieces that feel personal, meaningful, and lasting.
At the core of my work is the belief that everyone deserves to feel seen, celebrated, and beautiful, creating an experience where guests feel special, included, and truly part of the art.
Keith Van Der Walde
British-American artist Keith van der Walde is a California-based painter specializing in patterned mark-making. Leveraging his training in the engineering sciences, Keith invokes analytical frameworks and iterative empirical methodologies in the creation of his works. Celebrating and building upon the work of Keith Haring, and drawing inspiration from such luminaries as Jean Dubuffet, Joan Miro, and Yayoi Kusama, Keith combines the familiar with the new as he sets forth his own aesthetic language.
Evelyn Pineda - Mendez
Evelyn P Atelier
Evelyn is a self-taught abstract artist born and raised in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, CA, now based in San Diego. Her work functions as a bridge between inner emotional landscapes and the external world, translating experience into a visceral visual language. Working across several mediums: oils, acrylics, pastels, and watercolor, Evelyn approaches painting as a necessity rather than a practice—an intuitive act driven by the urgency to capture singular, authentic emotion. Dynamic movement, layered textures, and an intentional embrace of imperfection define her large-scale canvases.
Through bold color fields and fluid transitions, her work invites quiet introspection and personal reflection. Each piece offers a space where the viewer may recognize their own emotional terrain within the nuance of the paint.
Giuliana Leone
Studio Giugiu
Giuliana Leone is a San Diego-based fine line doodlist creating intricate artwork inspired by the emotions that shape our lives. Every piece begins with a feeling—whether rooted in joy, grief, curiosity, or healing—then flows through the meditative process of doodling, becoming a visual reflection of that experience. Her work invites viewers to slow down, explore the details, and find moments of connection, peace, and wonder within each piece.
Asantae Haanstad
Asantae Photography
I’m Asantae, the photographer behind Asantae Photography. Based in San Diego and working throughout Southern California and beyond, I specialize in weddings, portraits, and branding with an approach that blends editorial imagery with genuine, documentary moments. My love for photography began in high school and has since grown into a full-time career spanning more than six years. My work is centered around creating imagery that feels intentional, elevated, and personal, whether I’m documenting a wedding weekend, photographing a portrait session, or helping a brand bring its vision to life. I work across both digital and 35mm film, drawing inspiration from movement, thoughtful details, connection, and the individuality of the people I photograph. I’m especially drawn to imagery that feels polished without losing the character and emotion of the moment. At 25, I’m proud to run a queer-owned business where all people and stories are welcomed and celebrated. Creating an inclusive, comfortable experience is just as important to me as the photographs themselves. Currently creating out of this shared studio space in Pacific Beach, I’m always excited to connect with new clients, brands, and fellow creatives.
Natalie Borton
Late August Studio
I’m Natalie, a photographer, fine artist and the owner and founder of Late August Photo, established in 2023 as an extension of a lifelong passion for photography and visual storytelling. I’ve had a camera in my hands for as long as I can remember, always drawn to the beauty found in the natural world and the fleeting moments that make a place or experience feel unforgettable. Rooted in my Kansas upbringing, my work is inspired by dreamy destinations, changing light, organic textures and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Through photography, I capture the people, places and moments that move me, from brands and editorial campaigns to couples, weddings and meaningful celebrations. My fine art practice grows from this same perspective, transforming the landscapes, details and fleeting beauty I encounter into dreamlike photographic works and prints that evoke nostalgia, emotion and a sense of wonder. Across both my commissioned and fine art work, I’m drawn to imagery that feels timeless, artful and deeply connected to the beauty of the world around us.
Mikayla Leier
The Aesthetic Edit
Driven by a passion for helping people feel truly seen and confident, Mikayla specializes in personal color analysis that transforms how everyday people dress, shop, and move through the world.
She believes that discovering your personal palette isn’t about following strict rules—it’s about clarity. By unlocking the undertones and hues that make a person naturally glow, Mikayla helps her clients shop with intention, build effortless wardrobes, and eliminate the overwhelm of a closet full of clothes with nothing to wear.
For female founders and entrepreneurs, Mikayla takes this transformation a step further by bridging personal color into strategic brand and website design. She crafts digital spaces that mirror her clients' natural palettes, creating a seamless visual identity where who they are offline matches how they show up online—deeply on-brand, perfectly in-palette, and radiantly confident.
Jonathan Edzant JEDZANT Photography
San Diego-based queer headshot and portrait photographer with over a decade of experience. He has worked with actors, artists, musicians, business professionals, content creators with audiences of more than one million, theatre groups, school districts, law firms, nonprofits, and other organizations. Jonathan also hosts “Pop-Up Headshots” events, making professional headshots more accessible to the broader community. His background in musical theatre has given him a strong understanding of physicality, body language, and the subtle adjustments that can transform how someone presents on camera. His goal is to create images that feel authentic to the person in front of the camera while helping them make a strong, genuine connection with the people they want to reach.
Melissa Medina
Melissa Medina is a multidisciplinary artist creating sculptural works with Venetian plaster, crystals, and natural elements. Her practice explores themes of healing, embodiment, and transformation.
She is also the founder of Medina Art Studios and The Medina Art Foundation, where she cultivates spaces for artists to develop both their craft and creative careers.