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.
Tangyu Zhang is a photographer and freelance photojournalist based in Washington, DC, and she is celebrated for her evocative storytelling through the lens. Tangyu’s artistic vision centers on the belief that every individual has a story worth sharing. Her photographs aim to bridge the gap between the seen and the unseen, delving into themes of identity, resilience, and belonging.
Michel Bragança is a Portuguese painter and artist with a degree in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto. In their artistic practice, there is a need to define who they are as they exist, which has been a constant research theme and a reason for their ontological questioning and introspective process, which in turn are connected to their artistic practice.
Haige Wu is a Chinese artist and illustrator with a practice spanning London and China. Her work blends traditional techniques such as lacquer painting and woodworking with contemporary methods, exploring themes of regional culture, feminism, and identity. Currently experimenting with felt for its dual qualities of softness and strength, Haige’s innovative approach has garnered international recognition.
Yulin Yuan is an interdisciplinary artist and dedicated art educator, born in China and raised in South Africa. Her practice spans photography, video, and assemblage, focusing on themes of identity, mythology, and displacement. Her work bridges the space of "in-between," exploring the ephemeral nature of identity while questioning the very foundation of the self.
Momo was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Ghanaian father. She expresses her identity as a mixed-race person with different backgrounds and her ideology of society behind her work. She explores her unique vision through artistic digital and analog fashion pieces, paintings, and performance shows. Since 2017 she has been living New York City, working as a model.
Ramzi Mallat is a Lebanese multidisciplinary artist based between London and Beirut. His artistic practice epitomizes the complexities of cultural identity within our ever-globalized society. Drawing from a rich tapestry of theological and folkloric knowledge from the Levant region, his work challenges the conventional notion of tradition as a civilizational legacy.
William Josephs Radford, a Spanish-born fine art photographer, challenges conventional thought processes through his striking compositions and thought-provoking subject matters. His photography delves into controversial themes such as sex, religion, gender, and identity to convey complex emotions and altered perceptions.
Bianca Bartley, a Jamaican Psychology graduate from the University of the West Indies, launched her jewellery line 'Peace-is of Bianca' in 2008. Bianca aspires to create an umbrella brand offering a diverse range of products and services. Targeting consumers seeking unique, personalized products, the brand caters to individuals looking to stand out and embrace individuality.
Snow (Xueyi Huang), originally from Zhuhai, China, is a digital media artist, celebrated for her integrative approach that bridges Eastern philosophy with Western digital practices. Her art delves into the narrative of memory, identity, and emotion through digital expression. She employs technologies like coding, generative art, machine learning, and augmented reality to challenge traditional perceptions and engage audiences actively.
Kangqi Zou is a New York-based fashion designer and an esteemed alumna of Parsons School of Design. Her work is recognized for its unique fusion of cultural heritage and contemporary aesthetics, focusing on themes of identity, femininity, and societal roles. Her designs engage in a thoughtful dialogue between form and concept, exploring the nuances of identity and societal roles.
Beverley Jane Stewart is a visual artist currently based in the UK. As a visual writer, she looks in intricate detail at how Jewish heritage operates in contemporary multicultural society fusing facts with emotions. She tells stories from past to present, displaying history in its various periods. Her work is now fast gaining international standing, with exhibitions in the United Kingdom, Israel, and Italy.
Mo Nan, a native of China and a 2022 graduate of the prestigious Royal College of Art, is a London-based freelance digital artist. His unique artistic style, which seamlessly blends digital art and fashion design, sets him apart. He specializes in creating personal works and visual and film concept creations for brands, exploring the endless possibilities within these two realms.
Chelsea Ning is a photographer and textile designer currently based in Providence, Rhode Island. She is grappling with subtle feelings based on the ideas of dissonance, self-identity, concealment, displacement, isolation, and nostalgia in her work. Chelsea has been interested in different ways of media based on visual expressions, including film installations, paintings, and prints.
Sonalika Vakili, born in Tehran, Iran in 1985, is an award-winning visual artist renowned for her groundbreaking photography. She explores the complexities of human identity through her work, challenging conventional notions of self-expression. Her latest project delves into the powerful concept of the female body as a landscape of struggle and resilience.
Raw2.2 (Yun-Chin Wang) is a multimedia artist delving into the realms of Asiatic identity, consciousness and technology. Often in the form of videos, music, or performance, her works are surreal confrontations on the incoherence of consciousness steeped deeply in techno-orientalism and introspection. Both eerie and ethereal, her storytelling provides a dreamscape illusion of the paradoxical nature of realities.
Yuxuan Gong is a young artist based in New York and London. With an innate quirkiness, she transforms garments into tangible expressions of identity. Gong's artistic journey is an intimate dance with patternmaking, prints, and textiles, where each stitch and brushstroke captures the essence of her imaginative perspective. Through her creations, she invites the wearer to embrace a wearable narrative, seamlessly fusing art and identity.
Jessalyn Finch has been a visual artist since 2009. Post-pandemic, Finch continued to focus on the conceptual work of body perception and voyeurism. Her body of work combines large-scale drawing and sculpture to investigate our experiences and perceptions of the human body. Her current work explores body dysmorphia, identity, and sense of self. The themes are meant to be a catalyst for discussion and connection through shared experience.
Joanna Hoge (she/they) is a queer artist and designer based in Denver, Colorado. They apply their background in psychology and interest in medicine to create works that explore the dynamic between subjective identity and objectifiable body. Hoge's work is largely inspired by the division of somatic and psychological experiences in Western culture.
Catarina Diaz is a London-based self-taught exploratory artist, not restrained by conventions or formal ways of interpreting the world. She explores various mediums, techniques, and methods according to her inspiration, dealing with the issues of female identity in contemporary times, the search for our true identity, and the reconnection to nature and essence juxtaposed with urban life and what it represents in our life.
Born in Taiwan, Asia, Tseng Yu-Chin began his creative career as an experimental filmmaker and now works mainly with video and photography and mixed media installations, living with his partner in Amsterdam and Berlin. His work is based on the human body and the subjective mind, using the body to discuss self-existence, identity, politics, society, and contemporary values.
