The Characters in Ding Shilun’s Works are Regarded as Impossible Miracles
Ding Shilun (b. 1998) lives and works between London and Guangzhou. Shilun harnesses his heritage, current events and a global history of art to create large and detailed pictorial works depicting the absurdity of daily life. His unique concurrence of the mythological, the historical and the everyday allow the emergence of an imaginary world with…
Read More Nai-Jen Yang Evokes a Sense of Magic and Serenity
Nai-Jen Yang (b.1996 Taipei, Taiwan) studied at the Royal College of Art in London. To Yang, it’s about the process as she sees painting as a way to collect, preserve, and/or pack up fleeting moments in life. Instead of the final image she made on the surface of the canvas, it’s the experience she had…
Read More Cedric Rivrain
Cédric Rivrain (b. 1977, Limoges) is a french artist who lives and works in Paris. He began drawing at the age of 18, and started his career working as an illustrator for publications such as Dazed & Confused, Vogue, etc., and in fashion studios as a designer and illustrator, notably for Martine Sitbon, Hermès and…
Read More Ji Woo Kim Explores Themes of Identity in the Context of Race and Ethnicity
New York-based artist Ji Woo Kim explores themes of identity in the context of race and ethnicity while questioning the concept of home in relation to her own background as a first-generation immigrant. Through her work, she examines resulting factors such as cultural identification and social dynamics, as well as their effects on one’s growth…
Read More HyeGyeong Choi’s Paintings are Deeply Rooted in Romanticism and Womanhood
HyeGyeong Choi (b. 1986, Seoul, South Korea) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. As a Korean woman, Choi has set out to defy what’s accepted in Korean culture, by incorporating body image, identity, gender and sexuality in her paintings. Drawing inspiration from nature and landscape, Choi has complimented her subject matter with magical and bright…
Read More Finding New Meaning in Kristy M Chan’s Paintings
Kristy M Chan (b.1997, Hong Kong) currently lives between London and Hong Kong. Her densely built-up oil paintings combine narratives of migration and displacement, all while depicting her unique style and use of vibrant colors. Tell us a little bit about yourself. Where are you from originally and when did art first enter your life?…
Read More Michael Hilsman’s Paintings Hint at the Relationship between the Physical and Metaphysical
Michael Hilsman’s work integrates and expands upon the formats of classical painting, in particular the genres of portraiture and still life. Through incorporating elements at once ambiguous and curiously emblematic—plants, shells, and feathers, pieces of clothing, body parts—Hilsman has developed a visual vocabulary that oscillates between naturalism and expressionism. His paintings hint at the artistic…
Read More Dylan Solomon Kraus is Curious about the Universe
Dylan Solomon Kraus (b. 1987 in Ohio, US) is an artist who lives and works between Berlin and New York, creating paintings using rich color and symbolism to channel his curiosity about the universe. Solomon Kraus compares the symbols that recur throughout his work to the pictorial language of hieroglyphs. The repetition of images in…
Read More Leonard Baby’s Work Deals with Femininity, Androgyny, Identity, and Feelings of Otherness
Leonard Baby is a New York-based painter whose work deals with femininity, androgyny, identity, and feelings of otherness. These concepts are presented with light, primary color, and subject matter reminiscent of the sheltered and privileged world in which Baby was raised. Baby’s paintings are inspired primarily by European cinema, oftentimes alluding to the fact that…
Read More Step Inside the Contorted Realities of Robert Nava’s Latest Work at Pace Gallery, Palm Beach
New York-based artist Robert Nava’s latest work, a collection of five large scale paintings is currently being debuted at Pace.
Read More Converse with the Expressive Style of Ludovic Nkoth
The New York based, Cameroonian up-and-coming painter is quickly rising through the ranks as a prominent figurative contemporary artist. Ludovic Nkoth’s compositions introduce textured portraits of figures in his past and present. Through their color sequences, the mixed media paintings in his collection speak volumes about identity and its fluidity; an especially complex concept to…
Read More Discover the Multidisciplinary Approach to Peter Schuyff’s Optical Illusions
The Dutch born American painter, sculptor and musician presents the viewer with the ebb and flow of undulating illusionary realities.
Read More Provoke Your Senses through Justin O’Brien’s Captivating Work
Brooklyn based painter, Justin O’Brien will move you into a colorful experience of intimacy and loneliness.
Read More Jenna Gribbon’s “The Artist, Eroticized”, Takes on Individuality As A Necessary Expression Come 2021
Jenna Gribbon presented an added layer of complexity and meaning to the global Contemporary art scene we find ourselves in today.
Read More Take a Look at the Future of African Contemporary Art With Victor Ubah
Victor Ubah is the embodiment of Contemporary Cubism and Afrofuturism, as he explores the inner workings of his subjects' identities as a key driver in his work.
Read More Rethink History and Representation Through Ángeles Agrela’s Detailed Drawings
Born and raised in Spain, Ángeles Agrela has been plowing the ground of her career and is well versed today as a recognized mid-career artist.
Read More Explore Relations of Light, Color, and Repetition through Louise Giovanelli’s Paintings
Grimm Gallery is presenting A Priori, the second solo show featuring Louise Giovanelli’s intricate painting style
Read More See Your Thoughts Mirrored in the Abstraction of Patrick Alston’s Paintings
Having grown up in the urban jungle, Patrick Alston’s work reflects expression and abstraction
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