Ruonan Shen is a visual artist and photographer based in London. Her work engages with gender expression and transformation, focusing on China’s emerging drag scene as a lens through which to question the boundaries of beauty, strength, and self-presentation. Shen creates highly staged environments that balance intimacy and control, presence and absence.
Yixuan Nie is a rising multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer based in New York, whose work has been celebrated for its bold narrative power and innovative vision. Originally from Beijing, she draws profound inspiration from the layered textures of hutong life, infusing them with global relevance and artistic depth. She also works across styling, printmaking, and illustration.
Can Cui, originally from Beijing and currently based in New York, is known for her sculptural silhouettes and thoughtful explorations of material. Her work combines technical precision with conceptual depth, often engaging with themes of identity, transformation, and emotional texture. Can continues to challenge conventional structures and explore the expressive possibilities of fashion.
Hsin Hwang is a Taiwanese visual artist whose practice encompasses painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, and installation art. Deeply influenced by fairy tales, mysticism, and Jungian psychology, her work draws from dream imagery, faith, and personal experiences to depict inner spiritual landscapes. Her work serves as a process of self-inquiry and as a healing force.
Dijun Sha (Shine Sha) is a London-based multimedia artist, jewellery designer, and curator whose work bridges the gap between traditional craftsmanship, digital innovation, and curatorial storytelling. Dijun’s practice is deeply rooted in narrative-driven creation, transforming jewellery from a wearable object into an interactive, conceptual medium.
Joana Pereira da Costa is a performance-based multidisciplinary artist whose work unfolds at the intersection of body, memory, and resistance. Drawing upon lived experience, feminist philosophy, and poetic inquiry, her practice engages performance as both method and metaphor, a space where the self is simultaneously deconstructed and reassembled.
Blanca de la Cruz is an artistic photographer and author of the book Reinventing Oneself in the Face of Adversity. Her work is born from stillness, driven by the need to transform pain into beauty. She explores themes such as vulnerability, resilience, identity, and the creativity woven into everyday life. Her images speak of transformation and the beauty that resides within human vulnerability.
