Stephan Joseph Ravare Jr. transcends the title of mere artist. His work embodies the role of a storyteller, channelling ideas, confronting and breaking barriers, and honouring his Louisiana Creole heritage through his art. Viewing art as a catalyst for transformation and acceptance, Stephan uses culture and differences to not only cope with mental health but to inspire solace and creativity.
Roxana Casillas is a sculptor, born in Mexico City in 1964. Her work aims to celebrate the enigmatic aspects of femininity, delving into her own psyche as both the creator and the subject while offering viewers profound insights into the complexities of existence and the journey of self-discovery. Working primarily with contemporary sculpture, Roxana finds joy in the tangible and transformative nature of this medium.
Katerina Brovkova is an artist, illustrator, and clothing designer from Ukraine. She believes that art can communicate global values and influence the design and fashion industry. And, of course, art is the best way to convey meaning, special feelings, and vibrations through art. All her work is created when she is happy and full of energy, so all this energy of love and growth is transmuted into her art.
Mariken Heijwegen is a visual artist, stylist and art teacher based in Rotterdam. She uses painting to make self-portraits and put her emotions on the canvas. Her paintings reflect feelings like panic attacks, fear, anxiety, insecurities, and all mixed emotions. She uses art as a form of therapy for mental illnesses and to shed a light on such a common theme.
Ivan Kanchev is a Bulgarian artist and ceramist. His latest series, Man, where are you?, concerns current problems of the present existence. Everything is fragmented in ecological, social, and political terms. The earth is "notched". The man is small and naked, confused and defenseless, represented with outstretched arms and legs apart - in a poetic and artistic crucifix. It is an object-subject, center and periphery, meaning and time.
Pamela Chrabieh is a Lebanese-Canadian visual artist, researcher, activist, writer, and consultant with 20+ years of international experience. At the crossroads of Western Asian iconography, calligraphy, and digital arts, Chrabieh’s artworks express pieces of wounded memories by sublimating reality. Each icon is an experience of the sublime that lurks within and beyond the ambiguity of traumas in a quest for the healing of life.
Stanislav Bojankov is a Bulgarian artist, specialized in Painting, Drawing and Graphic Design. His work analyzes the Roots, classic traditions and philosophies. Through his work, he wishes to contribute to these local and global cultural traditions and simultaneously create new expectations within the modern individual’s universal perceptions, transforming them into widely understood signs, symbols, and codes.
Sarah Buckius (b. 1979 Urbana, IL) is an artist and educator living in Northern California. Her recent creative work is situated at the cross-section of women, technology, and lens-based media. In her latest series, Hidden Mothers: Re-& Enactment of Emotional Labor, Buckius proposes that the emotional labor mothers perform actually reveals much about their identity – their ingenuity, inventiveness, commitment, and emotional labor and strength.
Paulina Bilska is a Polish artist, currently based in Italy. Her first experience as an artist started in 2020, during the pandemic when she felt the need to express her feelings through something. atural patterns, colors, lights, shadows, and flower bouquets are her main source of inspiration. They are the ideal combination of vibes where you can try to find your own.
Aggelina Tsoumani is a Greek artist, tattoo artist and graphic designer. Her latest project is about the relationship between the human body and colour patterns through printmaking. She started examining this relationship when she noticed the diversity of colours reflected via different printmaking techniques. Her interest focuses on the creation of printmaking ‘textiles’.
Ivan Suvanjieff is a multifaceted artist and painter. His most recent solo exhibition, "Quanta Dada", was created by the Monaco Arts Association in partnership with the City of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat and held on the French Riviera in June of 2021. He is also an activist, a musical and literary icon, an award-winning filmmaker, and he has been nominated 17 times for the Nobel Peace Prize.
