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INTERVIEW | Chihyang Hsu

INTERVIEW | Chihyang Hsu

Chihyang Hsu is an interdisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, painting, and installation. His color blindness is the seed of his creativity. As a result, he complicates visual communication and embodies the uncertainty and ambiguity he constantly encounters. In this thermal photo project, he took photos at parks, museums, gyms, supermarkets, subway stations, and zoos.

INTERVIEW | Yuko Kyutoku

INTERVIEW | Yuko Kyutoku

Yuko Kyutoku is a Japanese artist currently living and working in New York City. Her artmaking process is transformative and she makes art based on her rich life experiences. She feels that life experiences open up many opportunities and make her artworks richer and unique. She currently works as a therapist at the children's hospital in the city, where she offers art therapy to support children with mental issues and severe disabilities.

INTERVIEW | Zhyldyz Bekova

INTERVIEW | Zhyldyz Bekova

Zhyldyz Bekova is a Kyrgyz painter and digital illustrator. She creates works of art for exhibitions in watercolor, graphics, and mixed media. In her subjects, she uses themes from myths, customs, and traditions of Turkic ethnic peoples of Central Asia. She loves to convey Kyrgyz national motifs using her unique cultural heritage. She came to oil painting in 2020.

INTERVIEW | Maya Smira

INTERVIEW | Maya Smira

Maya Smira is a multidisciplinary artist using video, photography, dance, performance & installation. She explores global and interpersonal issues and is interested in land changes, geographic, social and psychological processes. As a traveling artist, the physical space allows her to express new aspects of herself, while also talking about questions in society and the environment.

INTERVIEW | Wenhui Jiang

INTERVIEW | Wenhui Jiang

Wenhui Jiang is a Chinese designer and artist, now based in London. Sensory experiences in everyday life are central to her practice. Wenhui explores how senses other than sight affect the viewer's experience in space. Her work aims to locate the subtle bonds between people, objects, and the surrounding environment. Her most recent project project is The Soul of Breath.

INTERVIEW | Xiaodong Yu

INTERVIEW | Xiaodong Yu

Yu Xiaodong was born in Qingdao, Shandong, in 1978. He is a member of the China Artists Association. He is currently a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts of Qingdao University, director of the Printmaking Teaching and Research Section. He is also the earliest researcher and creator of digital printmaking in China, setting a precedent for the creation and teaching of digital printmaking in the country.