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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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