The 18th Jesa is an interactive memorial installation by media artist and project designer Sangwan Shawn Kim. Within the broader context of his portfolio, Shawn Kim often utilizes light design elements into his installations as well as motion / sensory technology to create experiences which are lucid, engaging, and hypnotic. Shawn’s installations often deal with deeply personal autobiographical narratives ranging from the lingering passing of death to personal spirituality to

Written by Adriana Zofia Zimnowoda, PhD. Neon works evoke unease and cognitive dissonance in me. Perhaps this is inherent in their nature. They attract and repel. Made of glass tubing, wires, and gas, they are both material and immaterial, beckoning with a phantom presence. They are ambiguous, like the dim glow of a streetlamp in a run-down neighborhood. Vivid neon is one of Agnieszka Piotrowska’s preferred media. Functioning independently or interacting with installations,

Caitlin Marie Driver is a textile and installation artist who has exhibited mostly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Recent exhibitions include multiple showings at the Milwaukee Art Museum, The Names Gallery in Vienna, Tasha Rae Jewelry in Bayview, Wisconsin, and State Fair Grounds in Milwaukee. Some of the most notable works by Caitlin Marie Driver include Counsel Table Pieces for the Bench, Bar, and Gallery, a body of work entailing 8 pieces of mixed-media textile fragments. The

Jacob Carter is an installation artist who has exhibited in the United Kingdom, particularly in the Birmingham and London metropolitan areas. Recent exhibitions include Eagle Works in Wolverhampton, Stryx Gallery and Eastside Projects in Birmingham, Art'otel in London, and LTB Showrooms in Coventry. Utilizing both mechanical function and conceptual form, the works of Jacob Carter convey an unnerving metaphorical disturbance within the confines of assembled form. Utilizing mat

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

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

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

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