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INTERVIEW | Erika Thomas

INTERVIEW | Erika Thomas

Erika Thomas is a Brazilian artist, currently based in France since the 1980s. As an artist, Erika Thomas sees artistic creation as a profound connection to oneself, others, and the world. In her current presentation, she incorporates dance, exploring the body's relationship to space, poems that delve into language and its connection to meaning, and video, a crucial contemporary medium interwoven with music.

INTERVIEW | Jiawei Fu

INTERVIEW | Jiawei Fu

Jiawei Fu is an Interior Designer and Painter, born in Guangzhou, China, and now living in Los Angeles, USA. Jiawei's practice depicts mundanity and emptiness through a surrealized reality to wake up subconsciousness and create new conversations between people. In her latest series, Deceitful Lovers, she uses a delicate palette to expose the sugar-coated modern ignorance and relentlessness in all beings.

INTERVIEW | Urilic

INTERVIEW | Urilic

Urilic (Nan) is a highly talented graphic designer, visual artist, and UX designer passionate about exploring and re-imagining traditional nomadic culture through her work. She is driven to find innovative ways to bridge cultural divides and bring people together. Her designs are centered around visual appeal, user experience, systems, and technology and are a testament to her expertise in the field.

INTERVIEW | Ellis Yu

INTERVIEW | Ellis Yu

Ellis Zhixuan Yu is a multidisciplinary graphic designer and illustrator. She combines in-depth research and dynamic visual language with transmedia storytelling in her works. Ellis explores the vast systems of design, ranging from typography and brand development to intricate visual system mapping. She explores cross-culture conversation and fusion with a particular emphasis on typography and brand identity.

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.

INTERVIEW | Kexin Liu

INTERVIEW | Kexin Liu

Kexin Liu is a Chinese multi-disciplinary artist and design researcher based in the UK. Kexin has a fascination with everything queer & peculiar. As a generalist, she particularly enjoys developing simple, yet unexpected art narratives/design solutions based on extensive research and collaboration with people from various disciplines. Her latest projects are 2065 and Lost in Translation.

INTERVIEW | Arani Halder

INTERVIEW | Arani Halder

With a belief that there lie important and revolutionary stories from those that go unheard, Arani Halder uses her work to open windows into the lives of different people and the broader socio-political movements that help shape them. Her work explores the connections between language, culture, pluralism, autonomy, and the power of knowing one’s roots, through media such as bookmaking, bookbinding, printmaking, painting, sculpture, and even cooking.

INTERVIEW | Yihuang Zhou

INTERVIEW | Yihuang Zhou

Yihuang Zhou is a graphic designer and artist. He uses type as the vehicle for discussions on the complex world. Yihuang explores the conversation and collision between Western and Eastern cultures and social constructs with a particular interest in languages and writing systems. He works across disciplines, including print, digital, industrial, and spatial design.