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.
Doug Winter is a semi-sighted North American conceptual photographic artist and filmmaker whose artworks focus on the preoccupation of light and non-figurative forms. Doug's non-representational photographs of conventional objects and their environments are derived from the human body's resilience to adapt and accommodate a physical disability and emotional trauma.
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.
Thomas C. Chung is a Chinese-Australian contemporary artist based in Helsinki & Sydney. His latest project, the exhibition The Sea That Stands Before Me…, contemplates the notion of one's devotion to living as a form of armament. Chung's conceptual practice continues its inquiries into psychology, folklore, mythology, and philosophy, binding them as a cohesive tale.
Chu Ling-Jung, born in Taiwan in 2000, is an artist focused on feminism and consciousness. Her works often explore the unease in women's body shaping and gender perception under a patriarchal society and present these themes through deliberate bodily transformations. Chu Ling-Jung 's creative forms are diverse, including performance art, video, and found objects.
Huey Lee is a ceramic artist from South Korea, dedicated to exploring the expressive possibilities of clay. After completing his training as a traditional Korean ceramic artisan, Lee honed his skills working in various pottery and ceramic studios. His artistic practice is deeply rooted in his cultural background, religious influences, and nostalgic memories.
Claudia Newman is a self-taught artist and illustrator from Germany. Her artwork serves as a reflection of her personal growth, encapsulating her profound thoughts and emotions. Her pieces are captivating, evocative, and filled with deep meaning. The beauty emanating from her artworks pays a unique homage to the complexities of human experiences and the diverse forms present in our universe.
Intertwining discourses around labyrinths, social anxiety, and post-truth, Junshu Gu’s work is rooted in rhizome theory and draws from her 13 years of experience in interdisciplinary, culture-related media work and her profound expertise. Her practice incorporates painting, sculpture, and time-based media, appearing minimal and abstract, yet formally lithesome and precise.
Born in the Netherlands and based in Portugal, Gís Marí paints large-scale, abstract, expressionistic oil paintings. Gís Marí believes in old-world values. He works on a painting for many months and up to years. After constant conversation with the painting, he only puts his signature under his best work and destroys the rest.
Suly Bornstein-Wolff’s latest project, Vessels, is part of the Personal Structures exhibition at Palazzo Mora in Venice, held on the occasion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. In the installation, the white glass objects represent a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and with their smooth reflective surfaces that symbolize beauty, symmetry, and perfection.
YoonJi Yang is a multidisciplinary designer based in New York City. She is a designer with experience across digital platforms, product design, and print. YoonJi's life journey has taken her through an incredible adventure, living in Iran, Korea, Belgium, Italy, and the United States, and each place has profoundly shaped her perspective on the important role of communication design in connecting people worldwide.
Mengjie Mo, originally from Yunnan, China, now resides and works in Detroit, U.S. Her life experiences coupled with extensive study and travel, have instilled in her a critical perspective on societal issues. Mo uses her art as a means to challenge patriarchal norms and blur the boundaries that separate individuals, advocating for a more interconnected and inclusive world.
MusicXHabitatXArt (MHA) is an experimental art collective founded by Yaoyue Huang, Zhongjing Jiang, and Scott Lowell Sherman, which combines music and visual art to amplify their spiritual essence, exploring the intersection of art, music, and performance. Through the joy of playful experimentation, they cultivate the transformative power of the arts.
Sean Fedelman is a multidisciplinary artist who pushes the boundaries of minimalist contemporary art. His work centers around the unexpected juxtaposition of urban elements and organic forms, utilizing a diverse palette of materials, including concrete, plaster, resin, and even plants. His latest series, "City of Gardens," arose from the profound recognition that nature predates humanity.
Asiya Al. Sharabi is a Yemeni/American visual artist whose work has gained recognition both nationally and internationally. Currently based in the US, she initiated her career as a journalist and photographer before shifting her focus to artistic photography. Her artistry is rooted in capturing the challenges faced by Middle Eastern women, young adults, and immigrants, a perspective that profoundly influences her creations.
Venezuelan-born artist Carlos Almenar Diaz is a French-Australian citizen who has won multiple awards as an established banknote designer and contemporary artist. Carlos believes that the dynamism between the design concepts, chromatic theories, and the printing process makes a perfect synergy between visual design and art. His artwork continues to explore and investigate these optical experiments.
Goran Tomic is a Collisionist Autodidactic Artist from Sydney, Australia. His collages are a manifestation of the chaotic mayhem of modern life in a big city. The collages were started and conceived while in transit, either in cafes, pubs, libraries or even on public transport. The initial energy is his surroundings, and then the finishing touches are fine-tuned at home.
Nikki Raitz is a fine artist and photographer from Atlanta, Georgia. Her works focus mainly on movement and drama. Motion and mystery are something that deeply inspires Nikki and this theme can be seen throughout most of her works today. Her body of work includes dance photography, fine art wheat pastes, and portraiture.
