Active Founding Team

Shannon Riley

Co-Founder, Executive Director & Curator
Shannon Riley is a Bay Area social entrepreneur, artist, and producer whose projects include public art installations, as well as interior design and brand experiences. She is the founder and CEO of Building 180, a women-run art agency, that produces and builds large-scale, public art with incredible visual artists. Most recently, Shannon co-founded a new initiative, Paint the Void, a non-profit arts collective born out of the coronavirus pandemic. Shannon loves working within her community and believes in building confidence through creative efforts. Shannon previously worked in Business Development and Sales for Fortune 500 companies and a handful of small tech start-ups. In 2015 Shannon embarked on a new adventure to start Building 180 and follow her passion as an entrepreneur, artist, and designer.

Meredith Winner

Co-Founder, Managing Director & Curator
Meredith Winner is a San Francisco-based art curator and producer. She is the co-Founder of Building 180, an agency whose mission is to inspire change through art and to help artists maintain sustainable careers. In addition to producing public art installations and interiors across the globe, she is the Program Director for two Bay Area Artist-in-Residence Programs. Meredith has spent the past 12 years dedicated to the arts working in a wide array of positions, deeply engrossed in her community. Most recently she co-founded Paint The Void, a partnership project with Art For Civil Discourse, coordinating the painting of over 100 murals on boarded storefronts in the wake of COVID-19. Meredith is both an artist and arts facilitator; she holds a BFA in sculpture from Cornell University.

Lisa Vortman

Co-Founder, Fundraising & Director of Media
Lisa Vortman is a Bay Area native who lives for nurturing creative expression and experience through movement and photography. She often looks inward to see how we communicate who we are and what we have to offer through visual arts. She loves focusing on themes surrounding Self Expression. She is the vice-chair of the San Francisco chapter of American Photographic Artists. This nonprofit organization is determined to bring professional and emerging photographers together to thrive and support the growth of our industry. We lead workshops, provide business resources, and host year round events including portfolio reviews, photo festivals, and competitions.

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Paint the Void Team Members

Atlix Martinez

Community Manager
Growing up in the arts can show you how to be passionate about your craft.
Atlix first started as a fourth-generation performer at the historical theater, El Teatro Campesino (United Farm Workers Theater). It was through this upbringing that he knew art was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. In his early teens, he was introduced to street art and absolutely fell in love with the craft. His life quickly became a beautiful world filled with expressive colors for everyone to see. 
Now, he finds himself still making art for the public eye by painting murals all around San Francisco! He aims to continue a path of art and share it with as many people as possible. His job is to paint it where it ain't! 

Inga Bard, Co-Founder
Veronica Pheils, Co-Founder
Andrew Ward, Mural Logistics Manager
Morgaine Breimayer, Graphic Designer
​Camila Bianchi, Social Media Manager
Louisa Belk, Administrative Assistant &
​Community Coordinator 
Heather Whitmore Jain, Curator for Pier 70 Exhibit
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​​Su Quek, Map Design & Development
Danny Yadegar, Fundraising and DesignIrene H Feiks, Contributing Exhibition and Curation
Oliver Hamilton, Contributing Videographer
​Mike Kukreja, Contributing Photographer
​Maximillian Rainey, Contributing Photographer
Kyle Meshna, Contributing Videographer & Photographer
Alonso Orellana, Contributing Videographer