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DRIFTWOOD SCULPTURES BY NAGATO IWASAKI

by Ariadna Zierold Nagato Iwasaki’s lifelike driftwood sculptures are perfect examples of the uncanny valley — the feelings of revulsion and uneasiness one experiences from non-human objects that...

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HUMAN CONNECTION BY ELIZABETH HUEY

by Ariadna Zierold Elizabeth Huey‘s paintings explore human connection and healing. Central to Huey’s practice is an engagement with passion and delirium and our society’s extraordinary attempts to...

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EL MAC: A MODERN SPIN ON THE CONVENTIONALITY OF THE HUMAN PORTRAIT

by Ariadna Zierold Miles “Mac” MacGregor is an artistic historian in his own right, capturing the influence of his culture within his works of art. The influence of El Mac’s Mexican and Chicano culture...

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FACELESS PORTRAITS BY ANNA BU KLIEWER

by Ariadna Zierold Ukranian artist Anna Bu Kliewer is a mixed media artist working in both analogue and digital collage. Having studied at both Vancouver’s Emily Carr University and London’s Central...

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MECHANICAL HUMAN NATURE BY HEIDI TAILLEFER

  Montreal, Quebec based Heidi Taillefer is an artist who blurs the line between what is beautiful and what is grotesque. A fusion of ancient and modern, divine and demonic, mystical and technological,...

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HUMAN FRAILTIES BY TONI HAMEL

by Ariadna Zierold   Toni Hamel lives and works in Oshawa, a suburb of Toronto, Canada. She describes her work as “an illustrated commentary on human frailties“. Rooted in story-telling, her art...

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MYTHOLOGY REALMS BY ADRIAN ARLEO

by Ariadna Zierold Adrian Arleo is a ceramic sculptor living outside Missoula, Montana. She studied Art and Anthropology at Pitzer College and received her M.F.A. in ceramics from Rhode Island School...

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DISINTEGRATING SCULPTURES BY YUICHI IKEHATA

by Ariadna Zierold Yuichi Ikehata is an artist born and based in Chiba, Japan. In a series titled “Fragment of Long Term Memory”, Ikehata sculpts human bodies or body parts using wire, clay, and paper....

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LEGO SCULPTURES BY NATHAN SAWAYA

by Ariadna Zierold Nathan Sawaya was born in Colville, Washington and raised in Veneta, Oregon. He attended New York University. Sawaya lives and works between his two studios located in New York City...

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SPIRITUAL ACTIVITIES BY LAURA BERGER

by Ariadna Zierold Laura Berger (previously featured here) is a visual artist living and working in Chicago, Illinois. She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in 2002. Berger...

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NEW PIECES BY ROGAN BROWN

by Ariadna Zierold Rogan Brown (previously featured here) has been working on one of his largest pieces. “Cell Cloud Variation” is composed of almost 1000 separate laser cut elements painstakingly...

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FREAKISH SCULPTURES BY CHOI XOOANG

by Ariadna Zierold South Korean artist Choi Xooang has been sculpting for the last 10 years his unearthly but highly intricate human figures. Distorted and haunting Choi Xooang’s work reveals his deep...

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TRAGICOMIC FIGURES BY FREDRIK RADDUM

by Ariadna Zierold Oslo, Norway based Fredrik Raddum works with sculpture, installation, photo and performance related journeys. He has exhibited at various spaces since 2001. Raddum popularizes...

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ENTANGLED NATURE BY ESTHER SARTO

by Ariadna Zierold Copenhagen, Denmark based gouache and watercolor painter Esther Sarto aka Miss Take combines elements of mother earth by coinciding them with our personal & social aspects of our...

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NEW DISSECTED SCULPTURES BY CAO HUI

by Ariadna Zierold Cao Hui’s (previously featured here) new series of dissected sculptures sees classical works of art divided up into segments, both linear and fractional. Within the resin forms, the...

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GEOMETRIC SCULPTURES BY XAVIER VEILHAN

by Ariadna Zierold Xavier Veilhan is a French artist living in Paris. His work includes photography, sculpture, film, painting and installation art. Concerned with the scenography of a dedicated...

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THE HUMAN CONDITION BY PANG

by Ariadna Zierold Pang lives and works in London, painting both in the studio and around the city. Most of her work can be found in London, and she has painted walls in Rome, Lisbon, Paris, Vienna,...

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HUMAN ANATOMY BY EMMA HOPKINS

by Ariadna Zierold Born in Brighton in 1989, Emma Hopkins studied at Brighton and Hove City College from 2005 to 2007, thereafter she went on to study at the University of London from 2007 to 2010,...

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EMOTIONAL TENSION BY SALMAN KHOSHROO

by Ariadna Zierold Tehran-based artist Salman Khoshroo creates large-scale figures and portraits that practically drip from the canvas. Most of these pieces are several feet tall, composed of...

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THOUGHT PROVOKING MURALS BY NEMO’S

by Ariadna Zierold NemO’s is a street artist based in Italy. He works across multiple mediums, including illustration, digital design, spray paint and old newspaper pasted to walls. He is known for his...

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