YASER AL GHARBI | SYRIA
FOR YASER, ART IS ABOUT BEAUTY, WORSHIP AND PASSION. HIS ART HAS BEEN FUELLED BY THE DEVASTATING EVENTS TAKING PLACE IN HIS HOME COUNTRY, AND HE HOPES THAT THROUGH HIS ART HE ... READ MORE
FOR HOJAT, ART REPRESENTS BEAUTY. HE BELIEVES ART HOLDS A MUCH GREATER VALUE THAN JUST AS A MATERIAL OBJECT AND THROUGH HIS WORK HE STRIVES TO EXPLORE HIS OWN IDEA OF... READ MORE
BIBI IS AN AUTODIDACT WHOSE WORK IS INFORMED BY HER LIFE AND TRAVELS. SHE EMPLOYS A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT STYLES, MEDIA AND PROCESSES FOR EACH ARTWORK, DEPENDING ... READ MORE
BOLO IS A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST DUO COMPRISED OF SAKS AFRIDI AND QINZA NAJM WHO HAIL FROM PAKISTAN AND NEW YORK RESPECTIVELY. THEIR NAME, WHICH TRANSLATES AS ... READ MORE
VIOLETTE BULE WAS BORN IN VALENCIA, VENEZUELA. HER PHOTOGRAPHY HIGHLIGHT COMPLEX SOCIAL ISSUES AND SHE USES PHOTOGRAPHIC EDUCATION AS A MEDIUM FOR SOCIAL... READ MORE
JOEL CHIMA'S WORK EXPERIMENTS WITH A MIXTURE OF CONVENTIONAL AND UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS AND MEDIUMS. HE REFLECTS ON HIS HOME TOWN IN NIGERIA BY EVOKING MEMORIES ... READ MORE
ALI CHITSAZ FINDS PAINTING A FORM OF ESCAPISM AND HIS NARRATIVE IMAGES OF THE AUTHORITATIVE FIGURES IN IRAN ALLOW THE ARTIST TO OPENLY SHARE HIS VIEWS OF THE MILITARY AND ... READ MORE
ON A MISSION TO CAPTURE THE DARKEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF OUR NATURE IN A SINGLE FRAME. WORKING AS AN IT ENGINEER BY DAY, LUKE PURSUES HIS PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY ... READ MORE
BORN AND RAISED IN SYRIA, IMRANOVI FOUND ARTISTIC INSPIRATION IN THE EVENTS OF THE SYRIAN REVOLUTION. HE BEGAN TO CREATE ILLUSTRATIONS AND GRAPHICS WHICH AIM TO FIND MEANING IN THE ... READ MORE
FIROUZ EMPLOYS A RANGE OF MEDIUMS IN HIS WORK WHICH ARE OFTEN PRESENTED AS INSTALLATIONS OR PERFORMANCES. HE INTENDS THESE AS MOMENTARY MEDITATIONS ON THE IMAGES AND ... READ MORE
KEIKO'S LARGE-SCALE EXPRESSIVE CANVASES BRING TOGETHER THE GESTURAL POWER OF THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISTS WITH THE TEXTURES AND COLOURS ASSOCIATED WITH ABSTRACT TRADITIONS ... READ MORE
ONE OF THE FOREMOST CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL TIBETAN ARTISTS, GONKAR'S WORK CENTRES AROUND THE REPRODUCTION AND REINVENTION OF BUDDHIST ... READ MORE
JESÙS LEGUIZAMO WAS BORN IN THE COLONIAL CITY OF PAMPLONA IN EASTERN COLOMBIA. THROUGH EXPRESSIVE BRUSHSTROKES, HE CREATES POIGNANT WORKS WHICH EXPLORE HUMAN ... READ MORE
EX-PROPAGANDA ARTIST WHO DEFECTED FROM NORTH KOREA. SUN MU USES THE SAME PROPAGANDIST STYLE HE WAS TRAINED IN TO CREATE SATIRICAL COMMENTARIES ON THE REGIME. HE REMAINS ... READ MORE
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS WORKING IN TIBET. NORTSE CREATES UNIQUE MIXED MEDIA WORK ADDRESSING EVERYTHING FROM GLOBAL WARMING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ... READ MORE
AS AN ARTIST TSERING NYADAK IS INTENT ON FINDING HIS OWN MODES OF EXPRESSION, WHICH HE BELIEVES ARE DEEPLY INTEGRATED WITH HIS IDENTITY AND CONCEPT OF SELF. HIS WORKS ARE ... READ MORE
THIS MEXICAN COLLECTIVE BEGAN IN REVOLT TO THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION THAT GRIPPED OAXACA CITY, MEXICO IN 2006. USING THEIR ART TO SPEAK OUT, THEY FOCUS ON HIGHLIGHTING AND ... READ MORE
ENRIQUE SEES PAINTING AS AN EXTENSION OF HIMSELF, ALWAYS AIMING TO LEAVE A PIECE OF HIS EXISTENCE ON THE CANVAS. AS AN ARTIST, HE ENGAGES WITH THE HISTORY OF ART BUT ... READ MORE
BORIN IN IRAN IN 1962, YARI OSTOVANY MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES AT THE AGE OF 16, 4 MONTHS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION BEGAN. HIS WORK BRINGS TOGETHER ELEMENTS FROM THE EAST AND ... READ MORE
JAMAL PENJWENY IS AN IRAQI KURDISH PHOTOGRAPHER, ARTIST AND FILMMAKER WHO BEGAN WORKING AS A SCULPTOR AND PAINTER IN IRAQI KURDISTAN. SINCE 2004, WHILE BASED IN ... READ MORE
ANG SANG’S PAINTINGS SHOW UNINTENTIONAL EMOTION. HIS WORK HOVERS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ANCIENT TIBETAN TRADITIONAL ART AND WESTERN AVANT-GARDE ART IN AN ATTEMPT TO ... READ MORE
ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALE STREET ARTISTS IN AFGHANISTAN. NOW PREDOMINANTLY WORKING IN MIXED MEDIA AND IS BASED IN THE NETHERLANDS. MALINA HOSTED HER FIRST EXHIBITION WITH ... READ MORE
EFRAIN UGUETO STUDIED AT THE EXPERIMENTAL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, WHERE HE SPECIALISED IN PAINTING. FOLLOWING HIS DISSERTATION, WHICH EXAMINED THE RELATIONSHIP ... READ MORE
PAVA'S CREATIONS EXPLORES THE VISUAL SPACE WHERE COLOUR, THE SURFACE, SHAPES, DOT, AND SENSATIONS ARE HIGHLY PRESENT - QUESTIONING THE VERY MEANING OF THE PICTORIAL ... READ MORE
OKSANA CHEPELYK IS AN ESTABLISHED MULTIMEDIA ARTIST WITH A LONG REPERTOIRE OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND RESIDENCIES. HER CAREER BEGAN AS AN ARCHITECT … READ MORE
RUBÉN DARÍO ARANGUREN HUÉRFANO | VENEZUELA
RUBÉN DARIO ARANGUREN HUÉRFANO IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, COMBINING POETRY AND DIFFERENT ART FORMS TO TRANSCEND ONE ... READ MORE
HUGO & ALEJANDRO VIANA | COLOMBIA
BROTHERS HUGO AND ALEJANDRO VIANA ARE PLASTIC AND VISUAL ARTISTS FROM COLOMBIA, AND HAVE STUDIED AT THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALDAS, IN THE ACADEMY ... READ MORE
HOSSAM DIRAR STRIVES TO PORTRAY A COMMON ESSENCE IN HUMANITY. DESPITE GEOGRAPHICAL DIVISIONS AND DISPARATE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, DIRAR BELIEVES WE ARE ALL CONSTANT IN OUR ... READ MORE
THE AUTO-DIDACTIC ARTIST, FRANCISCO PINTO, EMPLOYS ART AS A MEANS TO DENOUNCE EXISTING INJUSTICES. PINTO HOPES TO EXPOSE THE SOCIETAL STRUCTURES THAT CONFINE BLACK ... READ MORE
WORKING MAINLY IN DIGITAL COLLAGES, ALEXANDER IKHIDE CREATES COMPOSITIONS THAT ARE EXPLORING THEMES OF IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION. "AS AN AFRICAN, AS WELL AS AN ARTIST, IT ... READ MORE
IN HER WORK, HEBA EXPLORES THE 'SCOTOMA', OR BLIND SPOT, AND THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS TO HER OWN SOCIETY. IN HER WORK, HEBA EXPLORES THE WESTERNISATION OF THE ARABIC LANGUAGE ... READ MORE
AMIN ROSHAN IS A TEHRAN-BASED IRANIAN ARTIST WHO PRIMARILY WORKS WITH SILK SCREENS IN HIS PRACTICE, USING CRUDE OIL IN HIS DESIGNS. HE BEGAN HIS ARTISTIC CAREER AS A ... READ MORE
DR.AZIZ ANZABI IS ORIGINALLY FROM IRAN CURRENTLY BASE IN LONDON. HIS PRACTICE IS MIANLY FOCUS ON SCULPTURE AND PAINTING. THROUGH HIS ART, ANZABI EXPLORES THE CONCEPT OF MYTHS AND RITUALS BY EXAMINING THEIR ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE TO THE HUMAN TRADITION. ANZABI’S FIGURATIVE AND ABSTRACT CREATIONS... READ MORE
NYEMA DROMA IS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING YOUNG TALENTS CURRENTLY WORKING IN TIBET. DROMA CREATES DARING AND UNIQUE PORTRAITS OF CONTEMPORARY TIBET WITH HER PHOTOGRAPHS ... READ MORE
DALIA FERREIRA IS A VENEZUELAN ARTIST AND JOURNALIST CURRENTLY BASED IN FRANCE. HER BACKGROUND AS A JOURNALIST BROUGHT HER IN TOUCH WITH DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY ... READ MORE