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INTERVIEW | Yibo Yu - The Color Blocks

INTERVIEW | Yibo Yu - The Color Blocks

Yibo Yu is a Chinese artist working with digital art. The artist’s intellectual focus traces political philosophy, post-colonial struggles, visual and film theories, human consciousness, and spirituality. Yibo’s recent works investigate chaos theory, self-organized systems, and their relationship to paradigm-shifting understanding of both physical and social reality. Yibo also goes by the pseudonym The Color Blocks. 

INTERVIEW | Chelsea Ning

INTERVIEW | Chelsea Ning

Chelsea Ning is a photographer and textile designer currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. She is grappling with subtle feelings based on the ideas of dissonance, self-identity, concealment, displacement, isolation, and nostalgia in her work. Chelsea has been interested in different ways of media based on visual expressions, including film installations, paintings, and prints.

INTERVIEW | Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung

INTERVIEW | Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung

Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung is a Hong Kong-born interdisciplinary artist currently based in Chicago. In her latest taxidermy painting series, Cherry endeavors to bridge Eastern and Western culture by blending the concept of European Vanitas paintings with Gongbi painting, a traditional ink painting skill that she learnt in Hong Kong. This body of work discusses the power dynamics between human beings and nature. 

INTERVIEW | Sonalika Vakili

INTERVIEW | Sonalika Vakili

Sonalika Vakili, born in Tehran, Iran in 1985, is an award-winning visual artist renowned for her groundbreaking photography. She explores the complexities of human identity through her work, challenging conventional notions of self-expression. Her latest project delves into the powerful concept of the female body as a landscape of struggle and resilience.

INTERVIEW | Jackie Jiang

INTERVIEW | Jackie Jiang

Jackie Jiang is a Chinese Designer and Multi-Media Artist whose work often features a unique blend of traditional paper-making techniques and contemporary ink and acrylic artistry. Through her evocative works, she masterfully merges Eastern artistic traditions with Western influences, forging a path that celebrates cultural heritage while embracing the spirit of innovation.