Renowned for their versatility and innovative use of mixed media, Chen Yang specializes in digital media art, moving images, as well as painting and sculpture installations. Their creative practice is characterized by a multidisciplinary approach, through which they investigate and articulate the nuanced dialogues between human societies and their habitats.
Xinyu Zhang, also known as DayDay, is a contemporary artist originally from Wuhan, Hubei, China, and currently based in New York. Drawing inspiration from daily observations, existential reflections, and a relentless curiosity to explore diverse materials, Xinyu's art is distinguished by minimalist lines and symbols, continually seeking a delicate balance between design principles and fine art.
Delphine Cuelenaere is driven by curiosity in both subject and method. The technique of woodcarving gives her the opportunity to be surprised by the material. Open-minded departures from the unknown and a radical openness to not knowing what will come are the essence of her artistic process. Slowly and unpredictably, scenes emerge in which voyeur and protagonist, spectator and artist, intertwine.
Jiangshengyu Nova Pan is a moving image and installation artist, currently based in Baltimore (USA). work focuses on human mobility. Working from the perspective of the individual, Pan’s work explores the profound transformations of space, power relations, and social networks faced by a mobile population through sculptures and videos, appropriating everyday life scenes based on her semi-fictional writings.
Jiaming You is a painter and installation artist based in Chicago. You utilizes found imagery and photos taken by themselves to construct scenes of bodies in non-existent scenarios as an attempt to critique the limiting nature of social norms in depicting individuality and uses their experience and positionality as a non-binary immigrant as a source of knowledge and site of exploration to the confines of social norms and the distribution of power.
Xuechen Chen, a dynamic architect and visionary visual artist, was born in China and is currently based in New York. Central to her work is the concept of layering, where elements like perspective, emotion, and media converge to create entirely new forms of digital art. Xuechen's belief in the power of layering leads to innovative, emotionally resonant creations.
Alexandra Tiligadi embodies a life dedicated to the convergence of architecture, poetry, and design. In 2022, she founded "11 Modern Muses", a dynamic, ever-evolving place of interweaving art, poetry, and architecture. Here, her creations inspire mindful living, speaking to art enthusiasts' souls. Alexandra Tiligadi continues to weave her vibrant creativity into the fabric of life, leaving an indelible mark on the artistic landscape.
Born and living in Tel Aviv, Israel, Ami Shinar is an architect and visual artist. Shinar's art echoes actual situations he experiences in his hometown Tel Aviv or, in general, in Israel. Be it on the local level – such as his urban scapes - or his more politically direct series of demonstrations against the government and its corrupt politicians. Shinar's art is, therefore, much involved in his everyday reality, with the hope of opening the eyes of the viewer.
Sarvesh is an architect, writer, and multi-disciplinary designer based in India. His inspiration stems from the emergent antithesis of a definitive style and spills over from environmental design to cartography, storytelling, media, sculpture, installation, film, interactive world-building, and more. He has contributed so far to diverse project scales and typologies in parts of India, Africa, and America.
Andi Zhang is an architectural designer and a visual artist in the architecture field. Andi focuses on using unconventional methods to dive into architecture. Instead of designing conventional independent buildings, she is trying to use other components to build up architecture. Her project Vision is designed as a narrative museum about Movies in Los Angeles.
Tianlan Deng is a New York-based Artist and Interior Architect. Tianlan Deng's work involves interdisciplinary practices, including site-specific installation, projected media, sculptural, architectural design, and traditional Asian painting. Deng’s installation is a commentary on the de-individualization found in educational systems present in China.
Miguel Costa [maarqa] is an artist/architect based in Porto, Portugal. His practice has been developed through interconnected strategies between art, landscape, and architecture. He works individually or in collaboration under the name' maarqa — micro atelier de arquitectura e arte' and divides his professional activity between public space projects and installations, artistic research, and teaching.
Clemens Gritl is a German artist based in Berlin. His work focuses on the interaction between space, dimension, monotony and materiality of urban megastructures. His black and white photorealistic presentations can be aligned with 1960s architecture photography which documents a singular, unbroken optimism and the radical zeitgeist of its era.
Mike Steinhauer is a photographer, conceptual artist, blogger, and arts administrator who is keenly interested in the environment within which he lives. Mike is particularly interested in the relationship between past and present use (and perception) of object and space. His most recent work is an investigation into memory—both as it is created and re-experienced.
Jonathan Walland approaches modern architecture in a way that eliminates distraction and pushes forward a sense of clarity, keeping the viewer focused on the purest elements of photography. He shifts the visual characteristics synonymous with painting onto the photographic medium. Walland’s work is consistent with the massive amount of detail present in each photograph.
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