A Crib for Sarah was a performance about the trauma of going through abortion. Performed by Fina Ferrara, the lucid experience engages in several acts through ‘dances of sorrow’. In evocative dance, Fina descends down a staircase and greets a makeshift shrine to her lost never-born child, complete with a physical portrait. She mourns and silently wails throughout the house she acts in. The performance was inspired by a real abortion experienced by the artist, only to suffer g

Victoria Gong is a London-based experimental moving-image artist / director who has been published by KALBLUT Magazine and NOWNESS ASIA as well as won awards with the Athens Fashion Film Festival and ASVOFF (A Shaded View of Fashion Film by Diane Pernet) in Paris. Victoria has screened her video productions at the Venice Biennale, Labelhood & Youtopia in Shanghai, and UBU Art Collective in Seoul. Incorporating contemporary dance, fashion, experimental music, and dream-like se

Todd Neal Jones Jr. is an assemblage and installation artist as well as a curator who has exhibited throughout the United States. Recent solo exhibitions include 934 Gallery in Columbus, Ohio, Diamante Arts and Cultural Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, Gallery 406 at Elon University in North Carolina, and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, Florida. He has been published by Circle Foundation for the Arts, Tallahassee Democrat, and Columbus Monthly. Todd’s recognitions include the P

There is a growing trend by some platforms, especially photography platforms, to label art which is performative as 'sentimental' or 'not grounded in reality'. These same outlets also urge artists to 'practice restraint' Hypocritical. An art platform can't claim to accept experimental practices and conceptual art while at the same time urging artists to follow the formulas of the past and 'restrain' themselves. Art cannot be increasingly conceptual without removing restraints

photography by Ed Maximus New Jersey has a long history and tradition of being a welcoming state and embracing rich, diverse cultures. From Ellis Island as an immigration hub during the early half of the 20th century to almost 200 languages spoken across the contemporary state, New Jersey reflects a microcosm of international expression and artistic inclinations. Since 1966, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts has been a symbol and conduit of how the state takes the arts

Natcha Wongchanglaw is a conceptual photographer as well as an installation and performance artist who has exhibited in the United Kingdom, Mexico, and across the United States. Some of her notable exhibitions include Monad Gallery in New York, Leica Gallery in Boston, Museum of Gloucester in the UK, and Noise Box Gallery in Edwardsville, Illinois. Natcha’s awards include The Jeffrey S. Hammer, M.D. Memorial Scholarship, IPE Award from the The Royal Photographic Society, and

Sapphire (Shiyu) Zhang is an analogue digital artist and PhD student at University of Wales Trinity Saint David, studying art and design. She describes her works as emerging “through repeated adjustment, where intuition and control continuously reshape each other. In this way, the technical process is inseparable from the conceptual one: layering becomes a way to think through memory, emotion, and the unstable structure of the self”. The digital art of Sapphire Zhang are actu

Laidric Stevenson is a documentary analogue photographer who has exhibited in the United States, Japan, and Germany. Recent exhibitions include Ogawa Coffee Sakaimachi Nishiki in Kyoto, Decode Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, Studio 1608 in West Palm Beach, Florida, The Eclectika in Irving, Texas, The Blank Gallery in Tokyo, BBA Gallery in Berlin, Click! Photography Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Praxis Gallery in Minneapolis. Some Nights I Can’t Sleep is the signature s

An artifact typically acts as a memorial to a civilization and testament to a period of time. But what if the concept of an artifact were to be used as an ‘anti-memorial’ and to instill institutional criticism? Such notions are captured in the conceptual artworks of Luna Qiuwen Lyu, a jewelry designer and interactive installation artist. From sonic waves which traverse space and transmit the chatter of the 20th century recordings in an installation such as A Billion Solitary

Written by Joas Nebe. Valéry Belin (born 1964) experiments with the emotional and cognitive reactions images provoke within viewers, exploring photography and moving images as dominant narrative forces shaping contemporary perception. Photographs occupy public and private spaces ubiquitously; after more than 180 years of technical and cultural evolution, photographic and cinematic imagery follow entrenched narrative grammars established by Hollywood’s production machinery (ge

Damira Tagaeva is a theatrical photographer who has been published in international magazines such as L’attirance, Vigour, Beautica, Malvie. Milan Weekly, 6X Fashion France, 6X Fine Art, Artefo, and Figgi. She was also ranked as one of the top photographers at the 35Awards International competition in 2021. The theatrical photography of Damira Tagaeva can range from mysticism, witchcraft, horror, erotica, fashionable, or highly dramatic. What connects these photographs is a

Luna Qiuwen Lyu is a jewelry designer and interactive installation artist who has exhibited internationally with presentations in Munich Jewellery Week, London Design Festival, the Hunt Museum, and beyond . She has earned quite a few first prize recognitions including with the Goldsmiths' Craftsmanship & Design Awards and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, widely considered to be the finest art school in the world. Ranging from conceptual jewelry to interactive instal

Yanqing Pan (Cindy) is an organic-matter-based installation artist who has exhibited across the United States as well as in Italy and China. Recent exhibitions include Cranbrook Art Museum, Forum Gallery, and Passageway Gallery in Bloomfields, Michigan, In/Out/Of in Detroit, and Ducal Chapel of Palazzo Farnese in Piacenza, Italy. She has conducted lectures at The College for Creative Studies in Detroit and DeSalle Auditorium in Bloomfield Hills. Her works are in the special c

Daniele Alberto Lombardi (L A D) is a conceptual still life photographer who has exhibited in the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy. Recent exhibitions include The Holy Art Gallery in New York, Cambridge Photography Gallery in the UK, and Crush Collective in Rome. He describes his practice as “ characterised by a ‘storytelling-first’ philosophy, utilising photography, textiles, and mixed media to deconstruct cultural semiotics and the psychology of belonging and memori

The photographic assemblages (or photo collages) of Nancy Staub Laughlin are based on concepts of luminosity and intrinsic value. Through specific ‘sparkled’ motifs such as jewelry, gems, diamonds, crystals, pearls, florals, magnolia trees, snowy wintery landscapes, and oceanscapes, she creates her own sense of mythology on visuals meant to be treasured and cherished. Nancy Staub Laughlin has exhibited in Chelsea multiple times and has been critically reviewed and published e

Vilma Leino is a performance-based conceptual photographer who has exhibited across Europe including Finland, Germany, France, Greece, Denmark, Czechia, Italy, and Poland. Recent solo exhibitions include Pragovka Gallery in Prague, Kalleria in Helsinki, Scope BLM in Berlin, Red Door Gallery in Copenhagen, and Lyon Particule in France. She has been recognized and shortlisted for various awards including by the Human Impacts Institute, MyMa Artist Grant, Jalón Ángel Internation

Kristina Žetko is an experimental abstract photographer who has exhibited in countries such as Sweden, Slovenia, and Canada. Recent solo exhibitions include Kulturhuset Fregatten, Gallery Gjuteriet, and Street Gallery in Sweden as well as Fotogalerija STOLP and Galerry Tir in Slovenia. Her awards include the Helge Ax Johnsons Scholarship, the Estrid Ericsons Scholarship , and project funding from the City of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Like a celestial lightning storm, the camera-

Mantinieri is a documentary analogue photographer who has been photographing for 40 years. During this time and through thorough experimentation, he developed his own printing method with a modified custom printer which prints chemical-free carbon pigments onto 100% cotton paper. He calls this technique “carbon-gelatine printing”. Mantinieri still uses analogue cameras he purchased three to four decades ago and he describes his carbon-gelatine printing process as far more arc

Echoes of Perception by Fina Ferrara is interactive performance art but presented in a manner similar to theatre, with a formal stage and seated audience. The conceptual basis of the performance conveys the Kuleshov effect, a film editing practice leaving the audience with different interpretations of the same action when presented with various visual contexts. Fina’s performance entails short 5 minute screenings of clips from several Hollywood movies. These films include The

Anastasiia Ulianytska ( WHY.NOT.ME ) is a fashion designer and textile artist who has exhibited in London at The Holy Art Gallery and Boomer Gallery. She describes her fashionable wares through the following: “My practice is a rebellion born from silence and the necessity of survival. I transform textiles into an "Armour of Senses", portable sanctuaries designed for the modern nomad. My shift from canvas to cloth was catalyzed by my displacement from Ukraine; when you must fi

William Morris III is an analogue digital artist who has exhibited multiple times and awarded a scholarship with the Hite Art Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. He describes his work as “visuals inspired by the Y2K era. This also is a play on the appearance of capitalism, advertising in the late 90s to early 2000s features, a soft blue tint with blurry imagery”. Using Photoshop and non-copyright, non-AI stock imagery for the basis of his compositions, William Morris III creat

Gabrielle Chardigny is an installation artist who has exhibited in Germany, France, and Portugal. She has been awarded the Kunst Prize and participated in the Montemero Art Residency. Gabrielle describes her interests “in how natural resources and living organisms are extracted, displaced, and maintained within human-made systems. Industrial and synthetic materials are used not only as a contrast to natural elements, but as infrastructures that organize and condition their ex

Filmmaker, photographer, set designer, actor, & writer Jaina Cipriano from the Boston metropolitan area is working on a new bold film titled Actualization . A project bigger and more ambitious than any of her previous endeavors and she is asking for financial help. The fundraising goal for the film is a modest $20,000 in order to pay for materials, rent equipment, and pay crew / staff. Like all of Jaina’s short arthouse films and photography, Actualization will contain 100%

Zhiqiang Li is an installation artist who has exhibited in the United Kingdom, China, and Mongolia. Recent exhibitions include Bidston Observatory Center for Artistic Research in Liverpool, Inner Mongolia Exhibition Hall Inner, York Art Gallery, The Art and Design College of Hunan University, White Place London, Tate London, and Lumen Studio Gallery in London. He is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, widely considered to be the finest art school in the world and has been