Lohrasb Bayat (b. 1990, Tehran, Iran) is a self-taught artist based in Tehran. His practice delves into the dynamics of power, uncertainty, and resilience within socio-political and psychological landscapes. Working primarily with painting, Bayat explores the tension between vulnerability and defiance, often through figures caught in ambiguous or constrained situations.
Yulin Peng is the curator and director of Galerie de Nuage, a contemporary art gallery and cultural platform operating between New York and Hong Kong. A licensed architect with a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, her practice spans curation, design, and economic research. Her work bridges the creative and the quantitative, contributing to broader questions of how culture is shaped.
Svetlana Bakhareva is a visionary visual artist and performer, that lives and works in Barcelona. Key directions in her practice include embodied experience, the perception of environment as a living space, and engagement with the more-than-human. These vectors are unified through an exploration of experiences that extend beyond purely material perception.
ChingKe Lin is a bamboo artist rooted in material philosophy, expanding the contemporary possibilities of bamboo. Rather than reproducing traditional craft, he approaches bamboo as an explorer, studying its tension and resilience to seek a deeper bond between nature and human experience. His work grows from the essence of the material, turning bamboo weaving into a fluid spatial language.
Zhi-Jiang Shan is an interior designer known for his cross-cultural design sensibility and poetic spatial expression. He often draws inspiration from classical Chinese landscapes, local craftsmanship, and symbolic spatial rituals, transforming them into immersive environments that resonate with modern life. His projects are not only functional but emotionally engaging.
Chen Yiting is a visual artist, illustrator, and ecological narrative researcher, who currently lives and works in Beijing. Chen Yiting's visual language is known for its gentle, restrained, yet powerful style. Skillfully blending watercolour and digital media, her work emphasizes quiet, poetic contemplation rather than dazzling visual effects, guiding viewers to reconnect with nature's rhytm.
Yicheng Zhu is a freelance multidisciplinary visual artist. She frequently draws inspiration from real-world references and, influenced by her Chinese heritage, often incorporates elements of Chinese culture into her work. Whether it's a futuristic cityscape, a post-apocalyptic wasteland, or an ancient sacred ruin, Yicheng brings each world to life with fresh and compelling visual storytelling.
Kimin Kim is a Korean-born painter currently living in Brooklyn, New York. His practice centres around the intersection of botanical symbolism, historical memory, and the ritualized navigation of grief. He engages flora as both symbolic vessels and ritualized objects, drawing on their presence in Korean shamanic ceremonies, funerary traditions, and ancient tombs.
Sharon Yaoxi He is a renowned Chinese-Canadian painter based in New York City and New Jersey. Informed by philosophical inquiry and classical artistic traditions, Sharon Yaoxi He’s paintings offer a compelling reimagination of space. Rather than treating space as a fixed, measurable entity, she approaches it as a dynamic, psychological experience shaped by perception.
Zoya Taseva is a multimedia artist with a background in spatial design. Originally from Sofia, Bulgaria, she is currently based in Groningen. Her practice explores innovative ways of connecting with the public by transforming spectators into active participants. Working at the intersection of interactive media, spatial design, and technology, she creates immersive environments.
Tianxi Wang is a freelance artist based in London. Her practice grows from the fertile soil of familial memory, tracing invisible currents of tension and emotional residue within intimate bonds. Experimenting with oil paint, acrylic, oil sticks, and collages, Tianxi experiments with textures and techniques to bring artistic visions to life, trying to expand the possibilities of material.
