Intertwining discourses around labyrinths, social anxiety, and post-truth, Junshu Gu’s work is rooted in rhizome theory and draws from her 13 years of experience in interdisciplinary, culture-related media work and her profound expertise. Her practice incorporates painting, sculpture, and time-based media, appearing minimal and abstract, yet formally lithesome and precise.
Hanna Tzong-Han Wu is a Taiwanese choreographer and dancer based in Los Angeles, California. The dance language that lies between Western contemporary, hip-hop, and martial arts punctuates her signature style. Hanna is most interested in creating works that reflect on humans and humanity and believes that arts are the reflection of society. In her work she blends arts, culture, society, humans, and self.
Zihao Zhou is a Chinese fashion designer based in London. His art explores the connections between the macro and the micro, revealing the hidden wonders of the world. In 2024, he took a leap of faith and launched his own eponymous brand, Illogic, in London. With a blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary aesthetics, Zihao aims to carve his unique mark in the fashion industry.
Tong Tong is a cutting-edge fashion designer and creative based in New York City. Tong's designs draw inspiration from a rich tapestry of influences, including personal memories, a profound passion for fashion history, and an adventurous exploration of materials. His collection Home Alone draws inspiration from a cherished childhood memory, the clandestine explorations into his parents' wardrobe.
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.
Within the vibrant artistic landscape of London, Moyu Yang garners recognition as an artist of notable acclaim. Her creative pursuits span across sculpture, set design, body performance, experimental film and fashion, while showcasing a diverse artistic practice. In the "Presence" series, she highlights the neglected factors of language and inspires feminists to reflect on themselves.
Chen Luyao is a Chinese artist currently based in the US, working with jewelry and wearable art. In her latest series of works, Super Glue?, she uses superglue as her primary medium to create jewels and other wearable peaces. Superglue is a commonly used tool to connect objects. It is convenient, versatile, accessible, and easy to apply. In the series it occupies the center stage.
Yimei (Emair) Zhu is an interdisciplinary artist. Her art, spanning interactive wearables to bio-art, challenges conventional views on disability, aiming to redefine human interaction and perception through the fusion of art and technology. By exploring new sensory worlds and advocating for posthumanism, Yimei invites audiences to experience life from diverse, inclusive perspectives.
Ruoyan Er is an artist in the fashion realm, specializing in draping, garment construction, and textiles. As a storytelling designer, she skillfully uses design to convey emotions, serving as a visual language narrator. She merges natural textures with fashion aesthetics, integrating the unique qualities weathering brings. Each fabric tells a story of time passing, and her designs echo the wonders of continuous change and rebuilding.
Jessalyn Finch has been a visual artist since 2009. Post-pandemic, Finch continued to focus on the conceptual work of body perception and voyeurism. Her body of work combines large-scale drawing and sculpture to investigate our experiences and perceptions of the human body. Her current work explores body dysmorphia, identity, and sense of self. The themes are meant to be a catalyst for discussion and connection through shared experience.
Paula Fernández López is a Spanish designer, born in Seville in 2002. Paula's works of art focus on the creative process's conceptual basis. It allows one to get a free interpretation of her designs, which norms and standards show very clearly and identify aesthetics. Ripped textures, a short neutral color palette, and an avant-garde style are the main elements that make her different and define her as an artist.
Sophie Lin is a multidisciplinary technician and artist born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. Now based in New York City, she works primarily in the theater arts. She is a makeup artist, costume designer, fabric painter, and wig technician. She thinks art itself is like a house with different windows. The artist own the house, all the windows are just different platforms for the storytelling but they all lead you to the artist mind and their imagination.
Jongbum Kim is a New York-based designer, artist, and illustrator who explores the ideas of gender and multicultural communities through the medium of cloth. With a strong belief in seeing and experiencing the world firsthand, Jongbum’s designs are filled with color and symbolism, both literal and figurative, engaging the viewer and provoking them to respond.
Yan Yang is a painter, installation artist, fashion art designer, and textile pattern designer. She is based in Chicago, IL. Yan believes that art and design are connected, and she often combines painting and fashion to create large-scale installations. Her work reflects the psychological healing effect of fashion art on people. Her art series "Standard Smile" hopes to give people the confidence and courage to face trauma and be able to heal.
Milena ZeVu is a Serbian artist based in Belgrade. She always wanted her art to be more dynamic. Her latest series, ArtWalks, emphasizes her need to free art from the conventional exhibition space and the dominant western system of contemporary art, to which most artists are strongly subordinated. Milena unites with her art to defend it and preserve art's supreme independence and freedom.
Sotiria Bramou works as a Visual Designer in the city of Athens. She moves and experiments by blurring the lines between visual & wearable art. Sotiria's work deconstructs the dominant social stereotypes and expresses her own values as a worker, as a female, as a designer. She gets inspired by the "abnormal", the "dirty", the "freak", and the "obscene".
