Cabada Contemporary Gallery is excited to announce its upcoming participation in the Spring Edition of the New York Affordable Art Fair, taking place March 18–22, 2026, at the Starrett-Lehigh Building – 601 W 26th St, 3rd floor. Known for its warm, accessible atmosphere and wide range of contemporary artworks, the Affordable Art Fair (AAF) continues to be a must-attend event for both seasoned collectors and first-time buyers.

Cabada Contemporary is proud to feature artists: Sabrina Cabada, Xenia Gray, Heather Jones, Scott Troxel and Hazy Mae

SCOTT TROXEL - Scott Troxel draws on the aesthetics of bygone technology and the forward-looking designs of the Atomic Age and mid-century modernism to make dynamic, retrofuturist wooden sculptures that evoke nostalgia for the past as much as they look to the future. Fascinated by the way pieces of technology, culture, and design reveal their age, Scott aims to make works that cannot be pinned to a specific era.My work is about the extraordinary in the ordinary. Fleeting moments that struggle to conform to coherent memories never to be relived. Split seconds that make up memories that make up a life. As the years pass each painting becomes a greater expression of introspection and a contemplation of the time lived.

As a purely abstract artist, I explore form, line, color, shape, texture and mass. Since I am usually not relying on a recognizable object in my work, I create through the process itself. I start out with a sketch or design and work through the creative process, hands on. My pieces always take several weeks to finish as I constantly change them, until they just feel right. I really like to give my pieces a feeling of juxtaposition and a balance of opposites, in terms of textures and materials. For example, I will combine a recycled 60 year old cherry table top with a piece of modern manufactured Azek decking. The ideas of young/old, past and future, modern versus outdated, technology, nostalgia and futurism all seem to find a place in my work. I also believe this ties into a distinctly human theme.

HAZY MAE - One day a package was delivered to Hazy Mae, and when she opened it she found a boy bear Cookie Jar with a love letter inside it. She was instantly smitten- the size, the character, the functionality- and one cookie jar turned into a collection of almost 100.

 Then one day, looking at all of the Cookie Jar characters around her, she decided that she wanted to make her own, where she could keep the playful, curious style that she loved about the cookie jars from the 30's-60's- and take a fresh approach with monochromatic color palette and fashionable and charming character design.

 Now she hand sculpts and hand paints each historically, culturally, and imagination-inspired Cookie Jar and Hazy Vasie for beautiful shops and boutiques, Interior Designers, Collectors and Interior Design showrooms all over the country.

SABRINA CABADA - Sabrina Cabada is a contemporary figurative artist based in Washington, DC whose work blends vintage aesthetics with modern sensibilities to explore themes of femininity, identity, and emotional expression. Raised by artists and gallery owners she was surrounded by abstract and unconventional home.

Cabada’s paintings are characterized by their vibrant color palettes, bold compositions, and a playful yet introspective portrayal of women. Influenced by her upbringing in a creative household during the 1960s and 1970s, she draws inspiration from pop culture, societal trends, and her own experiences. Her subjects often exude a blend of confidence, strength, beauty, and vulnerability, capturing the multifaceted nature of womanhood.

XENIA GRAY - Xenia Gray is a contemporary figurative artist who primarily works in mixed media, including oil, acrylic, and charcoal. Fascinated by unexpressed feelings and things left unsaid, Xenia explores emotions through paintings of the human body.
Xenia grew up in Siberia in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse, and her sense of color and aesthetics is heavily influenced by the industrial environment of her hometown. Xenia enrolled in a local art school at nine and continued her art education in Saint Petersburg, where she achieved an MA in advertisement design from Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design. She moved to the United States in 2010.
"Art is a channel for me, through which I can express my emotions, be seen and understood by an observer."

HEATHER JONES - Dealing with trauma is hard. I use painting to confront and contain depression and anxiety from my past. This body of work reduces uncomfortable memories to physical abstractions, metaphorically trapping these moments inside self-contained, playful environments on canvas. The childlike shapes and colors in the paintings recall childhood nostalgia and the fantasied state of innocence.