INTERVIEW WITH ARTISTS
COLLECTORS’ ART BOOK Vol. 5
featured artists
Yi-Han (Audrey) Chou is a Dancer, Researcher, and Multimedia Artist originally from Taipei and based in New York. With a focus on storytelling through bodily movement, her work is a testament to the intricate interplay of embodiment, cultural identity, and diversity.
Matteo Cervone is an Italian photographer, based in Milan. After working for 25 years in multinational service companies as a behavioral trainer, he approached photography later in life, establishing himself as an artist. His series Other Worlds is a visual journey in time and space, where traffic lights become the main character of an urban stage.
Sumio Kobayashi is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music. He won several prices and has made appearances at festivals such as Takefu International Music Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, and Weimarer Frühjahrstage für zeitgenössische Musik. He is currently a Professor of Composition and Musicology at Nihon University in Tokyo, Japan.
Sophie Dezhao Jin is a multimedia visual artist originally from Beijing, China, who explores the intricate dynamics of human relationships through her diverse practice. Working across various mediums, she delves into themes of connection—whether with others, with nature, or with the resonances of the past. Her work focuses on identity, memory, and the human experience.
Julia Lehmann is a philosopher, writer, translator, and artist whose practice is deeply intertwined with her explorations of language, humanity, and the natural world. Exploring the boundary between text and image, the parts then form a new whole, fragments of a female voice. The typewriter is the tool to hide, to love, to seek, to find, to hope, to think.
Keight is a multidisciplinary artist who explores a variety of experiments and mediums, ranging from “traditional” art to immersive installations and digital works. Equal parts artist and designer, and both conceptual and expressionist, Keight takes the viewer on a visual journey through his unique language, peppered with references and symbolic pictograms that circumscribe his abundant universe.
Yulun Liu is an architect and digital artist based in Chicago whose work explores the intricate relationship between nature, architecture, and human well-being. Inspired by the resilience of abandoned landscapes and the therapeutic potential of natural environments, her practice focuses on creating immersive experiences that blur the boundaries between art and architecture.
Klara is a German filmmaker and graphic designer now based in Berlin. She works in mixed media, including video and sound design, photography, and inclusive design. Klara also engages in experimental arts with the focus on conceptual emotional design. She has been curiously exploring how art makes disconnections tangible.
Ruslana Nosak's work reflects a lifelong journey through different places, each of which has shaped and expanded her artistic vision. Over the years, she's explored a range of mediums, embracing each for its unique, expressive qualities. Her work depicts the psychological and cultural complexities faced by individuals adapting to new countries and identities.
Aylal Heydarova is an emerging Azerbaijani painter whose works span a variety of artistic styles and creative techniques, including pointillism, modernism, and abstract. Launched in April 2024, the #SAVINGBUTTERFLIES project celebrates transformation and resilience, reflecting the journeys of both butterflies and migrants.
Neryhs Wo is an emerging independent artist from Hong Kong. Her practice explores the contradiction of hoping to be found and understood but doubting the existence of total understanding between minds. She expresses this through various media such as poetry, paintings, illustrations, public installations, and performances. Neryhs sees her art practice to be a form of unconditional love she gives to life.
Gordon Massman is an American painter and poet. As an artist, he has transformed his visceral poetry into large-scale oil paintings and sculptural paintings. In his work, he examines the depths of human urges, motives, fears and desires. Nothing is sacrosanct, brutal honesty prevails in his monumental paintings which captivate and envelop. He unmasks the shockingly beautiful core of existence.
Kaining Wang is a concept artist based in Los Angeles, California with a passion for story-telling in animation and video games. Her inspiration often draws from folktales or mythologies in combination with what happen in our world. In blending elements of folklore with pressing issues and current events, she wants to create art that is both timeless and timely, connecting with the audience.
Faith Sycaoyao is an artist who gleams as a prodigy and resonates with her 19 years of vivid existence in the realm of fine art. Born in the Philippines in 2004 to a Filipino-Chinese heritage, her self-taught expertise encompasses 40+ art forms/techniques, making her an unprecedented young figure in the contemporary art landscape.
Ayan Aziz Mammadova lives in her own inner world, from where solar prominences splash imagination onto canvases, and she is not bound by any conventional forms of artistry. In her works, she showcases a host of expressions, emotions, and mood swings that are captivated by a feminine nature and a rhythmic undertone. Ayan’s creativity lies in the mirror of one’s soul.
Qianying Zhu is a Chinese jewelry designer. Qianying studied and trained herself as a jewelry designer and focuses on artistic jewelry and self-express. She enjoys observing the characteristics of different things and then expressing them through painting, jewelry, and other forms of artwork. She likes combining different materials together to achieve a sense of harmony and balance.
Mei-Ju Shen, an innovative fashion designer with roots in New York and Taipei, channels a strong sense of social responsibility shaped by her upbringing in an influential Taiwanese family. Shen's creations challenge the dichotomy between beauty and sustainability, offering an eco-conscious aesthetic that redefines fashion and art.
Supatida Sutiratana is a talented Thai graphic designer based in New York City. Her expertise encompasses branding, packaging, print, and typography. She is a co-founder of Midnight Project, LLC, committed to crafting designs that are both visually striking and deeply meaningful. Through Midnight Project, she channels her passion for design into producing work that resonates with clients and audiences alike.
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.
Fernando Gimeno Pol is an artist whose practice spans photography, sound, and video. In recent years, his artworks have revolved around nature, involving a series of incursions into forests and utilizing various devices to document and rethink the idea of nature as a mirror of the human condition.
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.

Xena Zhang is an architect and cross-disciplinary visual artist whose work interweaves innovative sustainability practices with culturally immersive experiences. Agri-Cultural Oasis: Sustainable Living and Dominican Traditions, in collaboration with Yuanhao Zhou, merges off-grid farming, tropical leisure, and vibrant cultural exploration into a holistic, sustainable living experience.