Xinyi Qin is a Chinese artist currently based in Hong Kong. In Xinyi's paintings, she relies on her intuition to select different types of plants as her subjects - they are tiny, peculiar, faded, blooming, or rotten. She focuses more on their temperament, allowing the diversity of plants to unfold naturally without limitations or definitions.
INTERVIEW | Yulun Liu
Yulun Liu is an architect and digital artist based in Chicago whose work explores the intricate relationship between nature, architecture, and human well-being. Inspired by the resilience of abandoned landscapes and the therapeutic potential of natural environments, her practice focuses on creating immersive experiences that blur the boundaries between art and architecture.
INTERVIEW | Evelyne Chevallier
Evelyne Chevallier's photo collages started with graffiti. As the amount of graffiti in the collages was reduced, more and more photos of exceptional Argentinian and Chilean landscapes appeared, and most of the time, they were also manipulated. A resume of this work could be described as a permanent juxtaposition of two extremes: full and empty, talkative and silent, urban and nature.
INTERVIEW | Bonan Li
Bonan Li is an artist and designer whose work transcends conventional fashion, exploring the profound connections between nature, human consciousness, and the fleeting beauty of existence. Viewing clothing as a contemplative and immersive experience, she creates wearable art that bridges the natural world and the human body, delving into themes of transience, emptiness, and unseen patterns of life.
INTERVIEW | Shouhui Lu
Shouhui Lu is a Chinese self-taught artist. He believes that the best teacher is nature. He has been committed to the exploration and innovation of paper painting language, creating works with a contemporary spirit on traditional rice paper. He tries to express the problems that tiny individuals are experiencing and encountering in the current society through his works.
INTERVIEW | Patrick Walsh
Patrick Walsh is an American artist. He lives in Portland, Maine, and works out of his studio in the old textile mill in Biddeford, Maine. His paintings seek to explore the subtle yet profound differences within natural environments, reflecting how these variations mirror the individuality of human beings. The work aims to challenge viewers to appreciate the nuances of the natural world.
INTERVIEW | Naoual Peleau
Naoual Peleau is a French artist working with photography. Her practice is largely experimental, with a focus on manipulating, transforming, and even destroying the image and its support. As a self-professed clumsy person, she embraces accidents and mistakes as an integral part of her creative process. Her research aims to strike a balance between accidental creation and successful experience.
INTERVIEW | Robin Dru Germany
Robin Dru Germany is a Professor in Photography at Texas Tech University in Lubbock Texas. Her research investigates the tenuous border between the human and the natural worlds, looking simultaneously at the capitalist-driven human world and the undisclosed activity of nature with emphasis on the undefined area between the two, pointing to the asynchrony between these two environments.
INTERVIEW | Sára Kasanová Bown
Sára Kasanová Bown is a visual artist specializing in photography, video, and installation media. Her work explores themes, including the non-linear perception of time, vulnerability, and human connection, reflecting a deep engagement with the human experience. Her latest series was created in the spring of 2023 and 2024 after moving from the city of Prague to the suburbs.
INTERVIEW | Omar Zaki
Born in Italy and raised in Cairo, Omar Zaki is a sculptor currently based between Cairo and Barcelona. He is constantly inspired by the human form and the beauty of nature. Through the use of various materials and techniques, he aims to create sculptures that evoke a sense of wonder and introspection in the viewer. Omar's art celebrates the human spirit and the power of creativity.
INTERVIEW | Lily D'Olce
Lily D’Olce (b. 1993) is a French artist and photographer who studied at the University of the Arts of London. With a background in classical music and modern dance, her reflections on emotional states and body performance developed into a sculptural photographic process. Her latest series features a continuum of figures in extension, soaring through both remote and industrialized settings.
INTERVIEW | Nataliya Lemesheva
Nataliya Lemesheva is a Russian artist, currently living in Barcelona. Her artistic practice revolves around the concept of non-duality — the understanding that all phenomena are ultimately interconnected and indivisible. In her works, she strives to show the blurring of boundaries between opposites, such as light and dark, internal and external, familiar and foreign, abstraction and realism.
INTERVIEW | Gís Marí
Born in the Netherlands and based in Portugal, Gís Marí paints large-scale, abstract, expressionistic oil paintings. Gís Marí believes in old-world values. He works on a painting for many months and up to years. After constant conversation with the painting, he only puts his signature under his best work and destroys the rest.
INTERVIEW | Fernando Gimeno
INTERVIEW | Qibai Ting
Qibai Ting is an artist currently based in Beijing and London. Her practice mainly focuses on narrative objects and sculptural installations. Qibai is interested in stargazing activities, and she considers her works as “constellations”. Living very close to forests and mountains, she identifies with the philosophy of nature and practices within landscape.
INTERVIEW | Rosie Zirou Zhang
Rosie Zirou Zhang is a fashion and textile designer based in New York City, with a strong focus on womenswear and weaving. Central to her creative process is the harmonious interplay of textures and colors, a signature element evident throughout her work. Her unique approach involves crafting her own fabrics and exploring the communication between fashion and fine art.
INTERVIEW | Xiaohan Jiang
Jiang Xiaohan is a painter and poet from China, currently based in Chicago. Drawing inspiration from memories of the past and visions of imagination, Xiaohan paints the nostalgic bonds between her homeland's landscapes and nature; through her personal experiences, she explores the pursuit of faith and self-redemption against the backdrop of East Asian cultural and political contexts.
INTERVIEW | Chris Arnold
Chris Arnold is a Chicago-based contemporary artist and illustrator. Currently, his work is focused on environmental expressionism, with notable collections featuring animals, botanicals, and landscapes. He is inspired by the beauty of nature and champions its conservation. Influenced by the vivid aesthetics of comic art from his youth, his paintings embody bold colors and dynamic linework characteristics.
INTERVIEW | Sean Fedelman
Sean Fedelman is a multidisciplinary artist who pushes the boundaries of minimalist contemporary art. His work centers around the unexpected juxtaposition of urban elements and organic forms, utilizing a diverse palette of materials, including concrete, plaster, resin, and even plants. His latest series, "City of Gardens," arose from the profound recognition that nature predates humanity.
INTERVIEW | Susan Sitko
Susan Sitko is a Polish multidisciplinary artist currently working in Brighton, UK. Her photography series Sensitive Flesh and The Vessel have been recognized for the poetic exploration of moments where humanity merges with the natural world. In both projects, she includes many tactile elements that result in images with a unique sensory quality.