Ramón González Palazón is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, drawing, video creation, installation, and filmmaking. His practice seeks to transform real spaces, merging the human and the material, using interactive devices to generate new interpretations of physical environments. In his latest compositions, he reflects on the natural process of atmospheric elements.
Thomas C. Chung is a Chinese-Australian contemporary artist based in Helsinki & Sydney. His latest project, the exhibition The Sea That Stands Before Me…, contemplates the notion of one's devotion to living as a form of armament. Chung's conceptual practice continues its inquiries into psychology, folklore, mythology, and philosophy, binding them as a cohesive tale.
Jewan Goo is a research-based photographer who focuses on reexamining and reconstructing the fading history of Korea during the Japanese colonial period. His work is deeply connected to contemporary issues within institutional archives and history education, which are often biased and subject to political control or censorship by governmental or educational authorities.
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.
Ayse U Akarca is a Turkish scientist who balances making art with her career in research at one of the world’s leading institutions at UCL. Working with different cancer tissues, faced with the reality of what this disease is and the effect it has on people’s lives, Ayse thinks about mortality – and the fine line that exists between life and death.
Bogdan feels an urge to paint, as he wants to make up for all the years he has not been painting. His style surfaced intuitively. Bogdan mostly identifies himself with Francis Bacon’s concept of a ‘tightrope walk between what is called figurative painting and abstraction.’ Each painting in multiple performances.
The work investigates the exploration and exploitation of “human symbology,” the many “forms” of how we relate to ourselves and others. Wolfryd aims to “awaken minds” to fleeting governing laws by virtue of playing pictorial detective through challenging social norms. He creates a tangible environment in which the viewer challenges the perspectives about the qualities of culture and history.
Susana Aldanondo embodies in her work the joy found in the human connection, focusing on the positives through gestural abstraction, splattered and dripped paint, large and thin strokes, straight lines, and loose curvilinear forms. She creates movement and energy that stand out in her abstract paintings. She expresses a deep connection to identity and spirituality, appealing to deep feelings of connection to ourselves and others.
Anna Snegina abstract expressionism work often includes dynamic brushstrokes as well as drips of paint. It may accurate geometric shapes and elements. Whether it’s a photo or a sculpture, it’s always the creative process that leads Anna in her art, and it’s a study of the world and introspection at the same time. She aims to inspire those who see her artwork to discover the beauty in colors, shapes, everyday objects.
Born in Amsterdam to Afghani parents, and studied at the Royal Academy of Art at the Hague, Qeas Pirzad learned very early in life to navigate between two opposite worlds. He uses creativity as a bridge and battles with a sense of belonging that deviates from his ancestors. Qeas Pirzad’s most recent body of work takes a critical view of the creation of personalized existence while reflecting on societal and ancestral influences.
Dina Cline works are critical engagements with philosophical principals of aesthetics and questions of existentialism. More recently, Dina Cline's painting has engaged with issues of psychology and mental health, as well as notions of the existence of God. As someone living with bipolar disorder and experiencing periods of mania and depression, she has a unique perspective on the human brain.
Michail Parlamas was born in 1977 in Piraeus, Greece. He studied Painting at the Aristotle University Thessaloniki, in the department of Applied and Fine Arts. He moved to London to complete his postgraduate studies as SaintMartins College of Art and Design (MA in Fine Arts) and East London University (Professional Doctorate in Fine Art).
