Lisa Leitner is a digital collage artist who has won multiple recognitions including a scholarship and Creative Vision Award from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) as well as several artistic awards from St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland. Her practice can be described as conveying: “ Natural objects such as plants and landmarks…[which carry] the essence of particular environments and moments in time. Through the merging and separation of media, I i

Timothy Hall is a digital photographer with a background in corporate photography and videography. He describes his process as the following: “ I began using long exposures and motion…as I wanted the camera to ‘make’ the picture, not simply ‘take’ the picture…Then I apply different blending algorithms, which are just mathematical formulas, not all different from the chemistry in analogue photography. Every piece I create uses the full frame of the camera, with no other manipu

George McConnell is a theatre director, curator, and performer who has extensively directed national, international, local, juried, and academic performances. Recent venues which have hosted his performances include Texas A&M University, INVERSE National Performance Art Festival in Arkansas, Center for Performance Research and Panoply Performance Lab in Brooklyn as well as the International Fringe Festivals in Tampa and Denver, which granted him a Venue Tech Award and the #Fr

Van O (Ivan Isaev) is a conceptual photographer with a background in theatre (as an actor) and biology who has exhibited across Europe and in the United States. Recent exhibitions include Museum Kesselhaus in Berlin, MORA Museum of International Art in Jersey City, RevArt Gallery in Mountain View, California, Olympic Building in New York, Аnnenkirche and the Erarta Contemporary Art Museum in St. Petersburg, Gallery of Classic Photography in Moscow, Museum of Actual Realism in

Clara Fortis is an installation artist and experimental sculptor who has exhibited in major cities including Paris and New York as well as in Switzerland. Notable exhibitions include Galerie Au Roi, Vie Projects, Gallery 45, and Gallery D in Paris, Thompson Gallery in Zug, Switzerland, and 25 East Gallery in New York. She has been published by Dépaysants magazine, Dawn newspaper, Merde Magazine, and The New School. Clara has also participated in a residency at Ateliers Sculpt

When I was a senior in high school, I grew a specific fascination with conceptual art. One of my art teachers at the time, Mr. Murphy, corrected me when I was discussing with him about conceptual art. He stated: “All art is conceptual. There is no such thing as conceptual art”. At the time, I believed him because I was young. However, today as a critical writer with experience, I strongly disagree with such a notion. There is clearly a difference between conceptual art and no

For this particular essay, we will be discussing Star Smart’s experimental photography series referred to as The Flowers: Overcoming & Healing . These photographs were taken with a cell phone and digitally altered with an obsolete phone application which no longer exists. The series depicts sets of piles of mediation pills formed into a circle with their colors altered to appear hallucinogenic, full of bright neon tones. The other part of the series of the Healing contains sm

Star Smart is a mixed media and assemblage artist who has exhibited around the world in many countries across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. To date, she has participated in over 100 exhibitions including about two dozen museums and has won prestigious awards such as the Robert Rauschenberg Grant. Recent solo features include Worldwide Art Movement Gallery in Kochi, India and Elsa Victorios Gallery in Pembroke Pines, Florida and notable collective exhibitio

Jaina Cipriano is a photographer, filmmaker, actor, writer, and set designer who owns her own set design company, Finding Bright Studios, and is also the owner of the Arlington Film Festival. She has been published over 200 times in various independent and established publications such as The Boston Globe. She has exhibited mostly in the Boston metropolitan area as well as across the United States and in Europe. In Jaina's photography and films, all the props and sets are bui

Nastas'ya Kydryashova is a filmmaker, photographer, writer, theatre director, Art Director of the Chevle Charity Festival, and former Gallery Director of Nehudozhnik Gallery. Her activities and research on the Chuvash people was featured at a conference at Princeton University. Nastas'ya’s recent achievements include her film SÂMAX  receiving accreditation at the Cannes Film Festival and was included in the long list of the Short Art Films nomination, serving as the art direc

Leah Oates is a fluxus analogue photographer who has exhibited extensively in the United States and Canada, particularly in the New York and Toronto metropolitan areas, as well as in Europe. Notable solo exhibitions in New York include the Brooklyn Public Library, Susan Eley Fine Art, Arsenal Gallery, Center for Book Arts, Sarah Nightingale Gallery, A Taste of Art Gallery, A4L Gallery, and AIR Gallery. Museums Leah has exhibited at include fine institutions such as the Rhode

La Niña De La Casa , or The Girl in the House  when translated to English, is a performance by Fina Ferrara which begins with a prelude to another performance titled Heartwork broadcasted to the audience. Heartwork  entails Fina seated on the grass in a white gown stitching red thread through animal hearts in the mists of an ominous forest to spell the word ‘trust’. The theme of certainty in others becomes followed by Fina Ferrara being broadcasted to the audience live on a s

Judita Juknelė is a figurative and portrait photographer who has exhibited in Lithuania and Rome. Recent exhibition include Jonava Cultural Center in Lithuania, and Space - Millepiani in Rome. She has been published and received award recognitions from platforms such as The Knights of Art, Annual Urban 20205 Photo Awards, and Lumen Art Gallery. She describes her process as the following: “I don’t use AI for creating my pictures. These works are created just with using Adobe L

Bridget Provan is a multi-disciplinary artist who engages in installation, fiber, assemblage, glass work, and photography and has exhibited across New England and the Northeastern United States as well as internationally in Rome. Her awards include multiple scholarships and fellowships from the Rhode Island School of Design as well as a graduate scholarship from Rochester Institute of Technology. Recent exhibitions include Wisdom House in Litchfield, Connecticut, Salem Commun

Calayah Huang is a digital performance artist who has exhibited at the prestigious Tate Modern in London. Other exhibitions include CICA Museum in Gimpo, South Korea, PH21 in Barcelona, and RaidenNST in Shanghai. She previously worked as a curator at Not A Gallery, a space in London and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, which is consistently ranked as the top art school in the world. Calayah’s work has been described as “a formative, exploratory phase, navigating the

Anna Arzt is a fiber artist who has exhibited in the Carolinas. Her recent exhibitions include  repeated showings at Yadkin Valley Fiber Center in Elkin, Metropolitan Arts Center in Greenville, and Greer Cultural Arts Center. Anna currently serves as the Programs Chair and Board Member of Tapestry Weaver’s South in Atlanta. She has lectured at institutions such as Mahalina Foundation, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, and Furman University. Anna’s biography describes her w

Shea Wilkinson is a fiber artist and costume / fashion designer who has exhibited extensively across the United States and internationally in Russia and China. Recent solo exhibitions include Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon, Gallery 72, Fred Simon Gallery, and Hoover Studios in Omaha, Nebraska, and Gallery 92 West in Fremont, Nebraska. Her collective exhibitions include Tsinghua University in Beijing, Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Gallery 1516 in

This article is a sequel to the essay Painting is Deader than Dead . According to Saatchi Art, the world’s leading online gallery, finding the “perfect work” depends on the size of your wall space, orientation, placement, and if you decide to have salon walls. But Saatchi Art is not the villain, they are merely following the market. The art market has no distinct head, in today’s art market we are all followers without a leader and we generally follow the tastes of the low-br

Everyone knows the Marylin Manson song Rock is Dead , right? Well, the idea for the title of this article derives from Manson’s song, but I do not believe rock is literally dead…however, painting certainly is. This article serves to inform our readers, Volume 14 of the Hardcover Catalogue is the final volume which contains articles about paintings. We do not regret writing about all the painters we have written about over the years, we have just evolved. No doubt, many of the

Danielle Mano - Bella is an analogue photographer, collage and installation artist who has exhibited throughout Tel Aviv as well as internationally in Vienna, Milano, and New York. Her most recent solo exhibitions include solo Artist Hause, Q-Gallery, and 14 Thiya in Tel Aviv. Collective exhibits include Paralle Vienna Art Fair, the Jewish Museum and Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem, ArtExpo and Agora Gallery in Chelsea, New York, and Gallery

Marina Detsch is a self-portrait analogue photographer who has exhibited in Greece, Germany, and Brazil. Recent exhibitions include Holy Art Gallery in Athens, Unioeste Brazil in Toledo, and Grabowsee in Berlin. Her exhibition and participation at Grabowsee Art Residency entailed an abandoned hospital which was built in 1896. Marina describes her process as the following: “I shoot all my self-portraits on 35mm film, primarily working with an SLR and my trusted 50mm or 35-80mm

Fina Ferrara is a performance and video artist who is internationally acclaimed and recognized as being one of the finest performance artists in the world. She has performed and exhibited in major cities across the globe including London, Paris, New York, Venice, Rome, Madrid, and Mumbai, as well as in numerous cities across Latin America. Recent venues she has performed and exhibited her video art include Vedica Arts Studios and Gallery in Paris and Mumbai, International Vid

Sahar Tarighi is a video and installation artist who has exhibited across the United States and in the United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Turkey, and South Korea. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Berman Museum in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Election Station Gallery in Elkton, Maryland, Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Recitation Hall Gallery in Newark, Delaware. Sahar’s recent collective exhibitions include Mason Exhibitions Arlington in Virgini

Yoosef Mohamadi is a video projection, installation, and animation artist who has exhibited in the United States, Iran, Chile, and South Korea. Recent exhibitions include Urban Arts Space in Columbus, Ohio, Mechanical Hall Gallery, Recitation Hall Gallery, Taylor Hall Gallery at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington, CICA Museum in Gimpo, South Korea, Instituto Profesional Arcos in Valparaíso, Chile, dual shows at Rasoul Mehr Gallery in Teh