Audrey Messas is a French-Israeli mixed media artist of Moroccan descent. She lives in Tel Aviv and works at an intersection of visual art and embodiment practices. Her creations include photography, acrylic and oil paint, collages, and calligraphy. Her evolving work addresses more urgent collective issues, such as culture wars and ecological collapse.
INTERVIEW | Aiman
Aiman (1984) is an interdisciplinary artist, living and working in Singapore. His current practice explores philosophical questions, theories, and ideas observed within the context of contemporary discourse. Aiman views his practice as an attempt to inspire others to look inward—a journey of returning to one’s true self—and to reconnect to the ways in which individuals intrinsically relate to one another.
INTERVIEW | Xuemeng Zhang
Xuemeng Zhang is a visual artist whose practice is driven by exploring connections between the mind and the eye. Her work navigates between identity and culture, belonging and alienation, and apprehension and mindfulness. Zhang was born in Beijing, and currently lives and works in New York City. Her latest project, Other Rooms, is a photographic project on the reconstruction of imaginary spaces.
INTERVIEW | David Moješčík
David Moješčík, aka MojDa, belongs to the middle generation of Czech sculptors. In his work, he deals with figurative sculpture. He uses all the advantages of sculpture in terms of material, allowing him to vary his sculptures in many positions, poses, and postures. He uses his own approach and handwriting in these subjects, but he often likes to work with hidden symbols or a greater or lesser degree of irony and exaggeration.
INTERVIEW | Asmae Mouayn
Asmae Mouayn, alias ‘Asmyn’, is a Moroccan fractal artist based in Marrakesh. Her artwork attempts to demonstrate that science and art go hand in hand and that equations can be set up to an artistic visualization. By using mathematical formulas, she creates unique fractal art pieces. She wants to arouse the public’s curiosity and push people to imagine the narratives and stories behind every fractal.
INTERVIEW | Mihail Vuchkov
Mihail Vuchkov is a Bulgarian artist. His latest project, The Other Bulgarian Women premiered in Sofia, Bulgaria, on International Women's Day, and it sparked a national controversy. The project show trans women in traditional Bulgarian dress and wreathed in Bulgarian flowers as a statement of national identity. It is a statement being hotly contested by nationalist groups and parties in the country.
INTERVIEW | YaXi Zhou
YaXi Zhou is a fashion designer. She mostly focuses on the emotional connection with human beings. She has always been committed to sustainable design, and she is currently working on using natural plants for fabric dyeing. Her latest project, Freedom from Shadow, was inspired by people's anxiety regarding their appearance and enables viewers to explore the stories and experiences behind the physical changes.
INTERVIEW | Liao Qian
Liao Qian 廖倩 (they/them) is a glass artist based in Brooklyn, NY. As a chronic trauma survivor, Chinese non-binary, bilingual & multicultural creative, Joss is devoted to making space and taking space in the form of art. As a survivor of domestic violence, socio-political trauma, and sexual assault, Joss aims to inspire shared tenderness and radical vulnerability.
INTERVIEW | Yalan Wen
Yalan Wen is an artist based in New York City who works on computational images, new media installations, and motion graphics. Born and raised in Taiwan, she developed her curiosity about art and science. Her work explores the subtle events that happen beyond the surface, finding the balance between simplicity and nuanced philosophical interpretations.
INTERVIEW | Broly Su
Born and raised in Changsha, China, Broly Su is an Atlanta-based illustrator and graphic designer. Broly creates most of his work digitally, taking inspiration from hip-hop music, graffiti, sneakers, toys, and street culture. Heavily influenced by artists like Kenny Scharf, Steven Harrington, and Gang Box, Broly creates in a consistent style working with ink, acrylic, posca markers, and ballpoint pens to achieve his bold-lined and graffiti drawing style.