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.
Hanna Tzong-Han Wu is a Taiwanese choreographer and dancer based in Los Angeles, California. The dance language that lies between Western contemporary, hip-hop, and martial arts punctuates her signature style. Hanna is most interested in creating works that reflect on humans and humanity and believes that arts are the reflection of society. In her work she blends arts, culture, society, humans, and self.
Zihao Zhou is a Chinese fashion designer based in London. His art explores the connections between the macro and the micro, revealing the hidden wonders of the world. In 2024, he took a leap of faith and launched his own eponymous brand, Illogic, in London. With a blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary aesthetics, Zihao aims to carve his unique mark in the fashion industry.
Tong Tong is a cutting-edge fashion designer and creative based in New York City. Tong's designs draw inspiration from a rich tapestry of influences, including personal memories, a profound passion for fashion history, and an adventurous exploration of materials. His collection Home Alone draws inspiration from a cherished childhood memory, the clandestine explorations into his parents' wardrobe.
Qibai Ting is an artist currently based in Beijing and London. Her practice mainly focuses on narrative objects and sculptural installations. Qibai is interested in stargazing activities, and she considers her works as “constellations”. Living very close to forests and mountains, she identifies with the philosophy of nature and practices within landscape.
Evelyne Chevallier's photo collages started with graffiti. As the amount of graffiti in the collages was reduced, more and more photos of exceptional Argentinian and Chilean landscapes appeared, and most of the time, they were also manipulated. A resume of this work could be described as a permanent juxtaposition of two extremes: full and empty, talkative and silent, urban and nature.
Ramón González Palazón is a multidisciplinary artist working in painting, drawing, video creation, installation, and filmmaking. His practice seeks to transform real spaces, merging the human and the material, using interactive devices to generate new interpretations of physical environments. In his latest compositions, he reflects on the natural process of atmospheric elements.
Alexandra Taoukidou is a Greek artist based in Zurich, Switzerland. Space and its mutations are the main themes of her visual practice, as in the BOXES SERIES. Here the artist translates the spaces into the third dimension through scale models enclosed in wooden boxes. The viewer takes the role of an explorer, as he is invited to observe their interior through various distorting (and non) lenses.
Diego Fabro is a Brazilian fine art photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. His photographic practice explores the notions of "home" and the "passage of time". Fabro is captivated by the potential of light and color to transform ordinary scenes into moments of heightened theatricality, infusing his images with a sense of tension drawn from daily life.
Yuwen Huang is a Chinese media artist based in San Francisco, USA. Yuwen works across video, internet, installation, GAN-generated images and videos, blockchain, and creative writing. Through the lens of technology, her art investigates the human relationship with society, the environment, and culture, exploring how these connections have been shaped by technology over time.
Max Yang is a photographer based in Los Angeles and Beijing. Through her graduate studies, Max applies a cross-disciplinary approach to researching East Asian performance genres, such as film, dance, and visual arts. Her work examines how East Asian artists challenge traditional gender roles and advocate for social equity.
Leon Phillips is a contemporary painter currently based in Vancouver, Canada. He employs the materiality of color to evoke a visceral response in viewers, infusing color with structural significance rather than mere decoration. Phillips’ gestural work explores perception and embodiment through the materiality of color, aiming to immerse viewers in a corporeal experience.
Karolina Zgłobicka, a Polish artist based in Valencia, Spain, explores themes of relocation, memory, and the everyday objects that anchor us to our personal histories. Karolina Zgłobicka's art reflects on the intricate relationship between cherished objects and the memories they evoke, prompting the viewer to reconsider their connection with the material world and the passage of time.
Bonan Li is an artist and designer whose work transcends conventional fashion, exploring the profound connections between nature, human consciousness, and the fleeting beauty of existence. Viewing clothing as a contemplative and immersive experience, she creates wearable art that bridges the natural world and the human body, delving into themes of transience, emptiness, and unseen patterns of life.
Charles Chao Wang is a London-based photographer and artist. His work draws from his own experiences and memories and is influenced by a variety of fields, including sociology, philosophy, and psychology. He offers a powerful social commentary, as well as an opportunity for spiritual healing, enabling both the viewer and the artist to reflect on and respond to societal challenges.
Shouhui Lu is a Chinese self-taught artist. He believes that the best teacher is nature. He has been committed to the exploration and innovation of paper painting language, creating works with a contemporary spirit on traditional rice paper. He tries to express the problems that tiny individuals are experiencing and encountering in the current society through his works.
Theo Lopez draws inspiration from movements like Musicalism, Russian Constructivism, and the Blaue Reiter, cultivating a poetic relationship with material, line, and color. His creative process harmonizes reflection and spontaneity, awakening hidden melodies within his work. He employs full-body gestures to infuse energy into his non-figurative art, echoing the dynamism of historical avant-gardes.
Eagan Hsu is an emerging photographic artist based in Taipei. His work explores the complex web of human emotions, mental health, identity, and the often-overlooked moments of daily life. Eagan's photography spans from candid street portraits to conceptual series, delving into themes like imperfection, memory, and anonymity.
David Thomas Smith is a visual artist who specializes in Post- Photographic Processes. His work interrogates the evolving relationship between technology, imagery, and the human experience. Engaging with Post-Photographic Processes, his practice explores how the digital realm reshapes our perception of reality, history, and memory.
Maxime Déria, a passionate French artist, explores the intricacies of his life through spontaneous and captivating art. Completely self-taught, he instinctively grasped the rigor of collage in the manner of Jacques Villeglé or Raymond Hains, appropriating the medium to tell fragments of personal history. Painting completes and contributes to the overall dynamism of the images.
Elsa Faudé is a French photographer-author based between Barcelona (Spain) and Toulouse (France). Her production combines photography with video, installation, and literature at the borders of documentary and poetical approaches. In the Kozmic Blues series, the journey of Ronn, a Cherokee-origin blues(wo)man, embodies both the promises and disillusionments of the American Dream.
Australian-based creative Carlotta Hey has had a long and extensive career in the fashion industry. Currently, she is focusing primarily on fashion illustrations, where she views clothing as a deeply personal form of self-expression. In her work, the human body adorned in garments becomes a powerful vehicle for communication.
Haidar Ali Tipu Zinan is a Colombian artist. His work focuses on exploring and producing pieces that revolve around the archetypes present in art history and the concept of time. Each of his creations responds to a unique quest and his research often leads him to large-scale projects where the bodily experience with the piece becomes significant within a spatial, material, and symbolic context.
Xingyu Huang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago, known for her innovative work in sculpture, installation, and video. Her practice explores spatial dynamics and sensory perception, using these elements to delve into themes of human connection, isolation, and environmental impact. Huang creates immersive environments that reflect on the relationships between humans and non-humans.
Cassandra McCoy is an American photographer, currently enrolled in a communications/photojournalism degree at Kent State University. Working primarily with analog photography, she takes the simple yet heartwarming scenes, completely blowing them out of proportion. If one were to describe her art in three words, it would be invasive, vivid, and lomographic.
