Founder

Sebastiano Varoli founded Art Bastion Gallery in Paris in 2012. In 2016, Art Bastion Gallery opened in Miami, Florida and since then has hosted exhibitions in various international locations, including London and São Paulo. The mission of the gallery is to introduce artists to a wider audience and to bring innovative and exciting talent to the art scene emphasizing the importance of social consciousness and sustainability. 

Sebastiano received a BA in Art History and Business Management from New York University, and while in Miami, completed his MBA at University of Miami, with an emphasis on behavioral finance and entrepreneurship. He is currently based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Artistic Director, Co-Founder

Regan Rosburg is an interdisciplinary artist who weaves together science, psychology, history, and social engagement. With a passion for studying various ecosystems and biota, her work investigates not only the exquisite intelligence of ecology, but also the causes and ramifications of over-consumption. Her research on ecopsychology and art was published in the IGI International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social Change (2017).

Regan firmly believes that artists are a crucial ally when dealing with pressing global issues. She has partnered with Human Rights Watch (Chicago IL), the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (with Weinberg Newton Gallery, Chicago IL), and the Center for Local Prosperity/Thinker’s Lodge Conference (Pugwash, Nova Scotia). Regan’s work has been featured in BBC News (Culture), the New Art Examiner, CPR News, and Yale University’s Order of Multitudes. Regan holds an MFA from LUCAD and is an Associate Professor at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (Colorado).

Director of Operations, Co-Founder

Darya was born in the Ukraine and moved to Brooklyn in 2001. She works at the intersection of art and science  - encapsulating  the complexity of nature and global environmental consciousness. Living organisms are the major part of her ideas. Darya explores the many possibilities of collaboration with living matter through bio-processing by using modern technologies such as CNC machines. She creates interactive installations, visual displays and sculptures to help the viewer become more aware of the world around him/her – potentially pushing her viewers to rethink their place as a "Sapiens" part of Earth’s Superorganism. As a part of Darya’s art practice, she uses microscopes with the primary purpose of merging scales. By colliding the visible and invisible worlds at the point of human perception, she is one step closer to understanding the interconnections between the two. Recently, Darya has been exploring  the idea of various systems of intelligence and possibility of communicative collaboration between human and nonhuman in the form of living sculpture. She is currently pursuing her MFA at University at Buffalo as part of art and science program in conjunction with Coalesce Biological Lab.