Interviews Platform

INTERVIEW | Charles Chao Wang

INTERVIEW | Charles Chao Wang

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.

INTERVIEW | Shouhui Lu

INTERVIEW | Shouhui Lu

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.

INTERVIEW | Theo Lopez

INTERVIEW | Theo Lopez

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.

INTERVIEW | Eagan Hsu

INTERVIEW | Eagan Hsu

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.

INTERVIEW | David Thomas Smith

INTERVIEW | David Thomas Smith

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.

INTERVIEW | Maxime Déria

INTERVIEW | Maxime Déria

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.

INTERVIEW | Elsa Faudé

INTERVIEW | Elsa Faudé

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.

INTERVIEW | Carlotta Hey

INTERVIEW | Carlotta Hey

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. 

INTERVIEW | Haidar Ali Tipu Zinan

INTERVIEW | Haidar Ali Tipu Zinan

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.

INTERVIEW | Xingyu Huang

INTERVIEW | Xingyu Huang

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.

INTERVIEW | Cassandra McCoy

INTERVIEW | Cassandra McCoy

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.

INTERVIEW | Qianying Zhu

INTERVIEW | Qianying Zhu

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.

INTERVIEW | Mei Ju Shen

INTERVIEW | Mei Ju Shen

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.

INTERVIEW | Tangyu Zhang

INTERVIEW | Tangyu Zhang

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.

INTERVIEW | Miguel Bragança

INTERVIEW | Miguel Bragança

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.

INTERVIEW | Tanapol Suriyachottakul

INTERVIEW | Tanapol Suriyachottakul

Tanapol Suriyachottakul is a Thai artist born in 2001 in Bangkok. He approaches his art with a methodical, almost analytical mindset, likening his process to solving equations. Central to his work is the concept of Nihilism, which he portrays through calculated compositions and symbolic objects like mannequins and metallic forms. His paintings construct a world of distorted realities.

INTERVIEW | Yang Yang

INTERVIEW | Yang Yang

Yang Yang's journey began in Japan, followed by a move to China as a teenager. She now divides her time between the UK, US, Japan, and China. This diverse cultural perspective serves as the foundation of her work, enabling her to draw from the architectural traditions of each region. This cross-cultural approach is embedded in her designs and captivates audiences with their global sensibilities.

INTERVIEW | Supatida Sutiratana

INTERVIEW | Supatida Sutiratana

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.

INTERVIEW | Thomas C. Chung

INTERVIEW | Thomas C. Chung

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.

INTERVIEW | Haige Wu

INTERVIEW | Haige Wu

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.