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

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

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