artspace 3232
Artspace 3232 is an artist studio featuring works by Sonja Schenk,
Stephanie Han, Christo Brock, and Lucas Gordon in Signal Hill.
Sonja Schenk
Sonja Schenk is a multi-disciplinary artist who...
STEPHANIE HAN
Stephanie was born in 1971 in Seoul, S. Korea...
Christo Brock
Christo Brock is a filmmaker and fine art photographer who...
LUCAS GORDON
Lucas Gordon is a photographer, arts educator, and...
Sonja Schenk
Sonja Schenk is a multi-disciplinary artist from Los Angeles. She began with video installations and has since turned to other types of installation, painting, and sculpture. Her work explores the intersection of humankind and the natural world through traditional, technological, and transformative processes. She exhibits both locally and internationally and has created several large, site-specific installations. She has been artist-in-residence at Cerritos College in California, the Thomas McKeon Center for Creativity in Tulsa, and the U.S. National Park system. Influenced by early mentors Allan Kaprow, DeeDee Halleck, and Manny Farber, her work relies on a strong grounding in conceptual thought that is then translated to various media.
STEPHANIE HAN
Stephanie was born in 1971 in Seoul, S. Korea, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1978. She obtained a BFA degree in Illustration from the Laguna College of Art & Design in 1995 and earned her MFA degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1999. She returned to California after graduation to pursue a career in painting, illustration, and graphic design. She is currently an adjunct professor at Long Beach City College and Irvine Valley College, teaching graphic design.
Christo Brock
Christo Brock is a filmmaker and fine art photographer who grew up on a farm outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, received his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College, and his Master’s Degree from USC School of Cinematic Arts. Christo’s films include the documentaries “Brewmance”, a film about home brewing and craft beer, and “Touch the Wall”, a film about female Olympic swimmers. While his films feature intricately woven personal stories, Christo’s photography focuses on the abstract and minimalist, and, though the evidence of humankind is always present, there are rarely people in his images. His work shows the influence of abstract painters Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, and Frank Stella, and the photographers Man Ray, Cole Thompson, and Andreas Gursky. Christo now lives in Long Beach, California with his family and cats. More on Christo’s work at christobrock.com
Lucas Gordon
Lucas Gordon is a photographer, arts educator, and multidisciplinary artist whose photography portfolio includes portrait, editorial, fine art, commercial, event, tourism, & documentary photography, & also collage, painting, and installation art. Lucas’ work focuses primarily on capturing, preserving, and uplifting the LGBTQIA+ experience through his photography and art. Lucas served as Artist in Residence for Long Beach Pride 2025, providing photography services, creating multiple large art exhibitions, & leading community art making events in partnership with the LGBTQ Center of Long Beach and Arts Council for Long Beach. In 2023, Lucas received the Creative Corps Grant from the California Arts Council & Arts Council for Long Beach & a $25,000 operating budget to create a yearlong art project to help bring the power of art to marginalized communities. Ongoing collections include Pretty, Manly, a narrative on gender, sex, and nature, Portraits of Pride, a collection of portraits captured at pride parades since 2018, Sanctuary-A Testament of Pride, mixed media works that juxtapose religious & queer imagery, & The Child Within a photographic narrative on the art of connecting & healing our inner child.