Wild Goose Creative is proud to present September's 2026 Wild Gallery exhibition, featuring Imara January, Brittant Rogers, and Ulysses Secrest.
Born in Columbus, Imara January specializes in oil and acrylic painting, using bold colors and surreal imagery to explore themes of Afrofuturism and identity. Initially drawn to fashion design during early childhood, she developed a deep love for sketching before discovering painting at 15, which has been her main practice ever since. With her degree from The Ohio State University in Arts Management, Imara is dedicated to expanding both her artistic career and community impact. Through her work, she strives to inspire the next generation of artists and challenge the narratives surrounding Black representation in art.
Brittany Rogers is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and lifelong Detroiter. Her work has been published widely, including the Academy of American Poets, Lit Hub, The Hopkins Review, Lambda Literary, and Oprah Daily. She is Editor-in-Chief of Muzzle Magazine, co-host of VS Podcast, and the author of the poetry collection Good Dress, a Michigan Notable Book for 2025, and finalist for both the NAACP Image Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Poetry (Tin House, 2024). In addition to being a finalist for Detroit Narrative Agency’s Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship in 2024, she was a 2024 resident of POWERHOUSE and a 2024 WOMXNHOUSE artist. In 2025, Brittany was awarded the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award and a Kresge Arts in Detroit Fellowship.
Ulysses Secrest is an independent artist based in the Short North Arts District of Columbus. They have been a practicing artist since childhood, growing up in the PM Gallery, one of the first galleries in the Short North, opened by their parents. Ulysses is a graduate of CCAD, earning their BFA in December of 2020, before utilizing social media to gain recognition as an artist on the global scene. In recent years they have been working on restoring their childhood home, while balancing commissions, personal projects, and extreme material experimentations.