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.
Boekhoudt is an exclusive self-taught fine art painter with more than twenty years of experience. His original modern expressionist artwork is indeed one of a kind since Boekhoudt does not create nor authorize any reproductions of his artwork. He has an exceptionally loyal clientele since they can privately own original museum quality artwork that will never be displayed on a commercial level.
Bo Cosfranz was born in Yugoslavia in 1987. She moved to London in 1993. Her focus is on painting, with style developed through a background in textile, printmaking, and sculpture. Learning these techniques has shaped the way that she sees, as they require the artist to think about areas of color and a reduced palette. Bo treats paintings in the same way, with discrete areas of color and hard-edged shapes.
The art of Fdez explores social issues influenced by our current world and infused with a reflection of his divided Dominican/American heritage. It uses surrealism, allegory, sarcasm, satire, symbolism & impactful images to compose works that critique world cultures, religions, and social/political issues from the world we live in, with the intent to capture human emotion in response to these.
With an education in Bauhaus architecture, fine art, and music composition, Paul Lorenz has carved an intriguing niche in the international art world: bridging the immediacy of drawing, sound performance, music, and digital collage with the logic and detail of architecture. All media are a balance of physical structure; visual structure; and color, whether overt or atmospheric, allowing the creative process to be the final subject
Zita Vilutyte is a Lithuanian artist based in Siauliai/Kaunas in Lithuania. Zita Vilutyte started work at the Holistic Movement Theater "S." She has expanded from movement performances and music production to interdisciplinary educational projects. Since 2006 she became a member of the ambient music association, Ambient Music Garden (UK), released 17 music albums, music for documentaries, and plays.
Karen V Kanas is a Los Angeles-based artist who was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Karen was fortunate enough to work with such theatre companies as Steppenwolf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Theatre, and Phoenix Theatre, to name a few. Her background in theatre and architecture has influenced her immensely as an artist. Many pieces of her artwork have been on exhibit in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Jose.
Nick Metz is focused on the role of masculinity in society and what “compromises” masculinity. What traditionally “feminine” actions or objects impact virility? What makes a man a man? Who/What determines masculinity? Why does society label and condemn men who step outside the general guidelines of masculinity? Metz explores these concepts and themes throughout his work in light of his own experiences and quandaries with these models.
Christina Michalopoulou’s paintings are figurative, realistic human figures, and body parts in surrealistic environments. Christina often likes to bring realism, sometimes even photorealism, of her figures contrasting with an abstract, pop, or fictional background—a play of surrealism resemblance to a collage.
Jenny Day (1981) is a painter who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. How many ways can one approach mourning? Jenny Day has tried to jest at it, deconstruct it, cover loss in trashy glamour and glitter, and reassemble it, so the source material is only hinted at—an assemblage of Instagram snippets and sad wry and sour jokes and heartbreak.
The exploration of the essence of materiality is the driving force throughout Webson Ji's artistic career. His background as a competitive swimmer during his youth contributes to his perspective on water's nature and movement. As such, Ji's practice focuses on presenting this substance, combining it with various industrial materials to present the viewer with a unique interpretation of his meditation.
Ruthorn Rujianurak is a self-taught painter from Thailand, whose works are collaged with a variety of surfaces, including cotton canvas, bristol paper, blotting paper, tissue paper, and wood panel. After living and working in New York City for two years. Ruthorn moved back to his hometown and currently based in Bangkok. His works have been featured in multiple shows in several counties such as Thailand, USA, China, and Korea.
Elinor' Shapiro, an American artist from Los Angeles who works on top of the large canvas and mixed media pieces. The figures in Elinor Shapiro's work are raw and disconnected. The combined mediums give her the ability to render them with detail and disintegrate them with a line. As a code, there are words and phrases layered into the paint.
Rita Hisar Canadian abstract painter based in Toronto Canada. Rita Hisar is also inspired by the bold colors of the Caribbean, the raw honesty of graffiti art, and the passion of Pop Culture Icons in music, film, fashion, and sports. Inspired by Henri Matisse, Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Georgia O'Keeffe.
Anne Wölk, German artist currently lives and works in Berlin. She is a figurative painter whose artistic work stands in the tradition of realistic contemporary artists Vija Celmins and Russel Crotty. Committed to an attitude of reskilling, Wölk uses traditional methods and materials. Her paintings predominantly show us night sky scenes with deep and open galaxies. By quoting Spacetelescope images and digital photography resources, Anne Wölk tests the margins between art and reality.
Denis Haračić is a visual artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina, currently based in Sarajevo. The artist primarily uses combined techniques of printmaking, drawing, painting, and digital installation, trough, which he tends to question social structures and identity from both the individual and our group perspective.
