Born in 1994, Seung-gyun Heo, known as CCREATT, studied industrial design at university. During and after completing his studies, the artist developed a keen interest in 3D modeling. He used his creativity and imagination to transform virtual objects into digital art, videos, and figures.CCREATT’s works portray the search for self-identity, lost in a fast-changing world dominated by commercialism. The artist creates 3D models of influential figures, such as artists or celebrities, by capturing their distinct features and characteristics. These figures are then transformed into memes with added symbolism within the digital space.The characters' emotionless facial expressions enhance the implicit meanings and emotions of each figure. Additionally, the small props and items placed beside each character not only symbolize them but are also closely linked to modern society.

The artist portrays how commercialization is deeply ingrained in our society. Through his art, he reveals what may be concealed or overlooked and encourages viewers to reflect on their own relationship with these issues. While his primary focus is on creating 3D figures and reproducing famous paintings, the artist is always exploring new styles and mediums, constantly expanding the boundaries of his art.

Alum Lee uses patterns commonly found in the fashion industry, such as dots, stripes, and checks, to move between flatness and illusion, distorting the screen, and revealing flatness through pictorial traces. Through this, she evokes latent data about space, deconstructing and recombining them once again, overlapping layers to produce complex processes of work.

Hansol Noh shows an interest in the impact of the diverse meanings and information that have been conveniently defined around us on our thoughts. She connects these concepts with language and focuses on painting, primarily utilizing Korean painting media. The artist draws inspiration from the images encountered in daily life, selecting those that evoke a sense of dissonance when observed. Having experienced the redefined significance and symbolism of something once accepted differently, the artist ponders common symbols, the processes of their formation, and the definitions prevalent in our surroundings. Attentive to the subjective meanings and interpretations born from personal experiences, she continues her work, exploring these queries.
She believes that the criteria for defining and evaluating something often rely on 'visible appearances or momentary, fragmented situations.' She finds the act of 'defining' intriguing, as it can assume different facets depending on the individuals defining it. When others define something this way, the intricate narratives surrounding it get omitted, leaving only a partial depiction. This raises questions about its impact, a subject she wishes to explore further.

JiHoon Cho continues his work with the purpose of exploring the value of art through an understanding of consumer culture. He analyzes the impact of consumerism on modern life, focusing on how it shapes personal identity and social status while simultaneously exacerbating environmental destruction and social inequality. His work invites viewers to reconsider fundamental human values within consumer culture, promoting critical thinking and reminding them of the necessity and role of art. To achieve this, the artist visually expresses the hollow yet seemingly attractive nature of consumer culture by associating it with the emptiness conveyed by the transparency of glass, emphasizing the critical function of art.

Jo Heejin explores structures of relation and harmony through the repetition and variation of the circle. By joining together small, thin ceramic discs one by one, the artist visualises how each unit’s particular grain and thickness accumulate into an ordered and harmonious whole.
These circular clay elements shift subtly with fingertip pressure and the material’s response; gathered together, those differences produce a surface that seems to breathe like a living organism, forming an organic structure. In Jo’s work, circular repetition is not a mere replication of form but an act that forges relationships by accommodating the other.
At every seam where they meet, a warmth is conveyed—as if the surfaces hold and draw one another in. For Jo, the circle as a “unit” is both an independent entity and the minimal language of coexistence, embracing difference to form a shared landscape.

Peter Ravn explores the existential conditions of being human in contemporary society. Through the loss of identity, control, and certainty, he exposes the latent tension that defines modern existence. His figures appear simultaneously as agents and as victims, inhabiting a liminal state between action and surrender. Rather than offering a linear narrative, Ravn constructs staged scenes and cinematic mise-en-scènes that invite the viewer’s interpretation. His visual language, informed by his background in graphic design and film, evokes theatrical moments of conflict and reflection—an aesthetic inquiry into the psychological and social dimensions of anxiety.

Johannes Nagel studied ceramics at the University of Art and Design Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany. Deliberately questioning the widely accepted status of pottery as a functional, domestic and decorative craft, Nagel turns to clay as the privileged arena for his formal and conceptual explorations, rehearsing, through an eclectic array of vessels, the timeless debate of form vs. function, control vs. spontaneity, rigour vs. improvisation. 


 Artist MAWZ has been drawn to Disney animation films and cartoons since childhood. While studying Fine Arts at Chung-ang University, the artist created a character to represent himself and painted the world through its eyes. The artist’s artistic stage name, MAWZ, is named after the character from his early work. His birth dream of sharks and the movie <JAWS> inspired its naming. 

 

The artist's work explores surrealism and symbolism, conveying messages of reality's absurdity, personal concerns, social situations, and aspirations. His work conveys social, cultural, and personal concerns through the use of symbolic imagery, featuring poetic symbolism and animated expressions. The symbols used include envelopes, ribbons, and eagles, and their meanings can be interpreted in different ways based on the viewer's perspective. His recent work revolves around exploring the absurdity of reality and social issues. He continuously experiments with new materials and conducts thorough research on the subject's background or history to add more depth to his work. 

 

The artist’s defining characteristic is his use of Matière, which is conveyed through simple and implicit expressions with cheerful colors and thick brushstrokes of paint. Before starting any artwork, the artist meticulously documents the content or stories he intends to convey. He draws inspiration and motivation from his imagination, surroundings, and personal experiences to depict his unique perspective in his work. His recent work emphasizes background and three-dimensional elements over characters and icons from his earlier pieces, adding depth and highlighting the message. His animated style and expressions capture deep concerns across diverse subjects and allow for varied interpretations among viewers.

 

The artist is experimenting with various mediums to refine and develop his style and expressed a desire to expand into creating more three-dimensional work, in addition to his current focus on two-dimensional paintings. The artist previously collaborated with various brands, including McDonald's, Volkswagen, Cass, and SM Entertainment, to communicate with the public. MAWZ uses the process of creating art as a means to illustrate his personal exploration of the future unknown. He seeks to share his journey with the audience to spread positive energy and convey optimistic promises of life. 

I work primarily with oil paint, applying it with intention but disrupting it before it sets. While the paint is still wet, I smear it with a towel—blurring, lifting, softening. In these gestures, I relinquish control and make space for chance. Sometimes the towel removes an image I thought I needed. Other times, it leaves behind a trace more evocative than anything I could have deliberately created. The smearing becomes a collaboration between my hand, the material, and the moment.

It is composed mainly of new paintings and object-based works.

Shaina McCoy works from photographs to paint her family members in thick, expressive brushstrokes. While her source material is deeply personal, McCoy renders her subjects without faces, inviting her viewers to project themselves and their own relatives into her scenes. As she depicts subjects from many stages of life and employs a wide range of skin tones and compositional styles, McCoy thematizes the diversity and complexity of Black families and experience.

Sun Young Byun initially focused on still-life subjects but gradually turned her attention to what was once dismissed as “background” — wallpaper, lace, and calendars. Questioning the conventional hierarchy of value, she seeks to invert and blend established notions of worth, exploring the “identity of value” through visual contradictions.

Her works combine images of famous paintings, still lifes, patterns, and furniture across time and
culture, celebrating the aesthetics of the overlooked. Through meticulous, repetitive painting-a labor that may seem futile-she engages in a performative act that tests the boundaries between value and valuelessness, transforming the marginal into the core of our lives.

Hwasu Yoo, born in 1989 in Busan, graduated from the College of Arts at Dankook University and the Graduate School of Painting at Kookmin University. She has participated in five solo exhibitions and numerous group shows, expanding her international presence through major art fairs in Singapore, Hong Kong, and China.
Hwasu Yoo conceived her "Unrealistic Space" series from the anxiety and desire for stability stemming from repetitive daily life, habitual actions, and irrational situations. She transforms feelings and images based on experiences or the real world into collages on square or circular canvases, incorporating oil paint and fabric objects to create an unrealistic "virtual world." The artworks prominently feature flowers, horses, and children, with the children symbolizing freedom as they collect words from floating horses that travel for play. The horses disguise themselves within their surroundings, avoiding capture. Through the acts of "drawing" and adding "fabric objects," the artist creates imaginative spaces where exhausted figures, masked as boys and girls, seek playfulness, reflecting her unique narrative towards a utopia.

WAL, Wal Chirachaisakul (born in 1991) is an artist of oil paintings, printmaker, and a trailblazer in the art scene for a decade. Emerging from a family deeply passionate about the business of playthings, WAL found unwavering support and genuine enthusiasm for art within his family, which has been a constant pillar throughout his artistic journey. Starting his artistic exploration at College of Fine Arts , WAL later pursued advanced studies in the Department of Painting, specializing in printmaking, at Silpakorn University. During his academic pursuits, WA;L’s artistic prowess shone through, earning him prestigious awards, notably clinching the championship in Mezzotint art competitions both domestically and internationally, spanning Japan, Russia, Canada, and more.

Michael Sailstorfer’s site-specific interventions emphasize transformation and challenge conventional rubrics of sculpture. He gives objects new meanings and functions by reconfiguring, though not deconstructing, them. Much of Sailstorfer’s work involves breaking down an object to reveal its physical components, as in the case of Zeit ist keine Autobahn (Time is not a motorway) (2005). The work features a spinning, motor-powered tire pressed against a wall; as the tire wears down, rubber particles collect on the floor and the scent of burning rubber fills the installation space. Sailstorfer cites the site-specific, performative work of Gordon Matta-Clark as a key influence, and says he is “interested in what sculpture can be and how a sculpture can spread out and use much more space than it physically has.”

Zhu Peihong was born in Shanghai in 1987 and graduated from the printmaking department of Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2014 with a master’s degree.
The artist’s My Space series focuses on the dots, lines, and colour patches that flash in the picture in the process of creation as well as the traces left on the picture due to their convergence and dissolution. In this creative process, the strokes overlap and cover each other, and the paint slowly
drips and spreads, solidifies and stops, repeatedly until these fragmented traces, reaching an internal order, organically connect with each other and construct the conscious cyberspace perceived by the artist’s mind. The abstract dynamic air dome installation 'Space O' uses virtual reality technology to replace brushes with handles and canvas with the sky, releasing the magnificent colour energy existing in the universe. The artist combines art and technology to build a channel between virtuality and reality, connecting it with our world.

I had painted the landscapes that passed by fleetingly. Looking back, all that remained were the dry landscapes, filtered through my own filter, leaving only monochromatic shapes lingering in my mind. Currently, I'm more focused on expressing the colors and forms of the subjects as perceived through my brushstroke, rather than shaping the mental images in my mind. To be honest, I've deliberated a lot on the subjects I find beautiful and the ways to portray them.

In the natural subjects I observe, there's texture in everything. Trees display different textures based on their types, and when they come together to form a mountain, each tree's texture contributes to a collective yet distinct texture for the entire landscape. The texture of sea waves also varies with time, weather, and seasons, influenced by the direction and intensity of the wind. These textures, filtered through my vision, manifest differently on my brush and create diverse patterns within the rectangular canvas.

As for the subjects, there are no predetermined themes or special elements. However, one thing stands out – I paint natural landscapes that have emotionally resonated with me, excluding human traces. In my paintings, there are no houses, streetlights, power poles, or roads. If you were to imagine the surroundings of the uninhabited landscapes I paint, it might resemble the environment when one is left alone on a deserted island. Perhaps, in my art, I wish to savor, admire, and cherish such landscapes that others might overlook. I hope they get lost in the beauty of the untouched nature I've depicted, with no human presence, and simply indulge in the experience of admiration.

Muhammad Jabbar Dipanegara was born in Bandung, 1986. In 2012 he completed the Master of Visual Art program at FSRD Bandung Institute of Technology. Apart from being an artist, Jabar is also active in teaching as a lecturer at a private university in Bandung. 

Asmawee Karee, born in 1999 in Betong, Thailand, is an emerging artist recognized for his exploration of identity, culture, and social dynamics within Thailand's diverse communities. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in visual arts at Silpakorn University in Bangkok, he gained early acclaim as the Bronze winner in the UOB Painting of the Year competition for emerging artists in 2022. Active in competitions and exhibitions since 2019, Asmawee has developed a distinctive visual language that merges traditional Thai motifs with contemporary expression, deeply influenced by his cultural and religious background. His art poignantly addresses themes of heritage, faith, and unity, resonating with audiences across Thailand’s multicultural landscape.

Asmawee's work has initiated important dialogues around cultural preservation and inclusivity, positioning him as a rising voice in Thai contemporary art. His influence extends beyond individual creations, as he participates in community-based projects that foster connections among Thailand’s diverse populations. Through his art and community engagement, Asmawee promotes unity and cultural awareness, making a lasting impact on the Thai art scene and contributing to its evolving dialogue on tradition and modernity in a globalized world.

Qwaya is an artist who has built a distinct painterly world rooted in quiet nocturnal reflection and personal records. For him, night is a time to sort through the day and revisit memories—a space for contemplation that remains grounded in reality yet gently distanced from it. This sensibility appears on the canvas, where figures and still lifes coexist with a subtle sense of separation.

Though he employs bright and vivid colors, a quiet darkness and stillness permeate his work. His figures bear calm, ambiguous expressions, which he considers the most natural state. While his work reflects a longing for an ideal, it also closely resonates with the realities of contemporary life.

Filippo Cegani, based in Milan, has exhibited in New York, London, Manchester, Berlin, Chicago, Seattle, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, and Paris. His practice explores the transformation of religious imagery in the digital age, where sacred Christian symbols and iconographic figures are infused with digital sensibilities, causing their original meanings to blur while generating new aesthetic forms. Embracing this shift, Cegani expands it into his own visual language, creating a hybrid aesthetic in which digital 3D effects coexist with classical ornamental beauty, naturally infused with his cultural background and formative experiences. His work proposes a renewed sensibility of Christian imagery that reflects contemporary visual culture shaped by digital platforms, inviting reflection on how religious images are reconfigured at the intersection of spirituality and technology, tradition and contemporaneity.

Based in Seoul, Lee Heami explores the diverse material qualities of clay. She creates freely formed objects unbound by function, and through the repeated process of silvering their surfaces, she speaks to the accumulation of time and the nature of connection. By hand-building, firing, and layering silver onto her forms, she expresses a condensed beauty and fluid sensibility — works that respond with quiet attunement to the temperature and humidity of a space, drawing the viewer into a sensory dialogue. Lee Heami's practice is an open-ended sculpture that transforms through relationship, always moving toward but never fixing itself at completion.

Why Always Me?

War Is Over!

Where's Ocean?

Dot pattern

Ginghamchck pattern

A widening crack

Ice bear

HBD_07

The Beginning and the End

Lying teddy bear

Still life with Sphere and a floral crown

A Round Flame

A falling sphere

Packaged Things 4

Title 01

Time: repair

Packaged Things 3

Packaged Things 2

Packaged Things 1

Sculpture 2

Sculpture 1

Group Dynamics Team Formation No. 1

Landing

Shared Garden

Still Table

Dalmatian

Still life

With the Flower

Nostalgia

Pure

Big Wheel

Auntie & Niecey

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