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.
Ayumi Kajiwara is a Japanese sculptor based in London/ Tokyo, working across textile, installation, and found materials. Her practice explores the sculptural potential of textiles, creating forms that exist between body, creature, and landscape. Working with both reclaimed materials and handcrafted textiles, she investigates material memory, vulnerability, and transformation.
Currently on view at Palazzo Mora in Venice, Temporary Structures, Eternal Structures is a collaborative project by Kfir Galatia‑Azulay and Suly Bornstein Wolff, created specifically as a duo installation. Their work is featured as part of the expansive international group exhibition organised by ECC‑Italy, Time Space Existence, on the occasion of the 2025 Architecture Biennale of Venice.
