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.
Qian Sun is a Chinese artist and fashion designer based in the UK. She specializes in researching various materials suitable for art therapy, with her proudest design achievement being the incorporation of pet dog hair into jewelry accessories. By dyeing the hair and combining it with silk and metal materials, she creates pieces that resonate with emotional depth and personal significance.
Yibo Yu is a Chinese artist working with digital art. The artist’s intellectual focus traces political philosophy, post-colonial struggles, visual and film theories, human consciousness, and spirituality. Yibo’s recent works investigate chaos theory, self-organized systems, and their relationship to paradigm-shifting understanding of both physical and social reality. Yibo also goes by the pseudonym The Color Blocks.
Yimei (Emair) Zhu is an interdisciplinary artist. Her art, spanning interactive wearables to bio-art, challenges conventional views on disability, aiming to redefine human interaction and perception through the fusion of art and technology. By exploring new sensory worlds and advocating for posthumanism, Yimei invites audiences to experience life from diverse, inclusive perspectives.
Jiang Xiaohan is a painter and poet from China, currently based in Chicago. Drawing inspiration from memories of the past and visions of imagination, Xiaohan paints the nostalgic bonds between her homeland's landscapes and nature; through her personal experiences, she explores the pursuit of faith and self-redemption against the backdrop of East Asian cultural and political contexts.
Zhiyan, a 3D artist and former architect, currently resides in London. Her creative endeavors delve deep into the intricate relationships between culture and technology, history and the future. Zhiyan takes pleasure in weaving together elements of Asian culture with futurism and science fiction themes, presenting a unique perspective through the lens of femininity.
China-born, London-based Keyi Liu is a Multimedia artist and Illustrator. Her works often take the confrontational relationship between human nature and societal rules as a starting point, analyzing the changes in human psychology under the oppression of various societal issues. The Last Dream series is a collection of illustrations created during the 2021 pandemic, exploring my reflections on constraints and freedom.
Siyu Liu, originally from China, is an architect and artist based in Spain. After working in the architecture area for six years, she turned her direction into craft with intercultural and identity research during the pandemic. Through her craftworks, she focuses on intercultural research, uncovering and elucidating subtle differences in various cultures that arise from the same physical elements.
Di Tian is a New York-based new-media artist from Chongqing, China. Through his current interactive and time-based artworks, Di challenges the notion of art as a solitary experience. His current body of work doesn't adhere to a specific theme; instead, it is a canvas for exploration that covers a diverse range of subjects, including folk culture, artificial intelligence, contemporary social issues, and so on.
Lisha Liang is a Chinese artist currently living in Italy. Lisha Liang's artistic endeavors are deeply rooted in the exploration of gender dynamics and the pervasive issue of gender-based violence. Motivated by a growing concern for these societal challenges, Liang's work serves as a conscientious reflection and an invitation to engage with the feminist discourse.
Qiurui Du is a Chinese artist and curator. He is committed to giving voice to young Asian artists and curating exhibitions to showcase their work. In his work, he observes people's lives from his unique perspective and brings the hustle and bustle of unique experiences around him into his works. Qiurui Du constructs a virtual world through his childhood fantasies and memories.
Ziyi Zhang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Chicago. Currently teaching at SAIC, her work encompasses painting, installation, and interactive media, delving into unconventional explorations of human conditions. Her series Family Photo Album is an interactive, browser-based work of art, an exploration of notions of truth, cultural and generational disconnect, and the relationship between social class and art.
Yuehan Hao is an artist who focuses on visual creation. Her work takes as its theme the dialectical and contradictory relationship between the stillness of life and the retention of photography. It reflects on the relationship between the mother's death and the changes in family relationships and creates discussions around the correlation between the spiritual consciousness of life and the body's images.
Qinying Cai was born in China and specializes in emotionally evocative oil paintings. Her artistic journey, rooted in childhood as a refuge from dyslexia, has evolved into a captivating exploration of classical artistry. As a talented storyteller, Qinying Cai invites viewers to connect and feel the common threads of our shared human experience, as well as reminds us of the fleeting nature of emotions and life experiences.
Misha Waks refers to themes related to ecology, women's rights, and minorities. He is inspired by current events, news, and images from the internet, press, and television. He explores topics related to the concepts of post-nature and the Anthropocene. He uses various means of expression; among the most important are painting, sculpture, installations, performance, and video.
Ada Yueting Wu is an interdisciplinary artist born in China and currently based in the United States. Through installation, performance, and sound, she creates visceral experiences that critically examine the production of silence and truth within systems of control. By subjecting the body to counter forces or exposing it as a malfunctioning circuit within various systems, she scrutinizes relationships of powers and disciplines.
Chris Arnold is a Chicago-based contemporary artist and illustrator. Currently, his work is focused on environmental expressionism, with notable collections featuring animals, botanicals, and landscapes. He is inspired by the beauty of nature and champions its conservation. Influenced by the vivid aesthetics of comic art from his youth, his paintings embody bold colors and dynamic linework characteristics.
Ruoyan Er is an artist in the fashion realm, specializing in draping, garment construction, and textiles. As a storytelling designer, she skillfully uses design to convey emotions, serving as a visual language narrator. She merges natural textures with fashion aesthetics, integrating the unique qualities weathering brings. Each fabric tells a story of time passing, and her designs echo the wonders of continuous change and rebuilding.
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.
Cheuk Yan Cherry Tung is a Hong Kong-born interdisciplinary artist currently based in Chicago. In her latest taxidermy painting series, Cherry endeavors to bridge Eastern and Western culture by blending the concept of European Vanitas paintings with Gongbi painting, a traditional ink painting skill that she learnt in Hong Kong. This body of work discusses the power dynamics between human beings and nature.
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.
