Isobel-Rose Binnie
“Implosion”
Isobel is a Portuguese set designer working in Toronto, Canada. A graduate of the Bartlett School of Architecture, she is interested in using design to mold our understanding of fiction and storytelling. Her work plays on the irony of engineering for unreal circumstances.
Chung Chank
“The Wall”
As an immigrant who grew up in Hong Kong and resides in the U.S., my work consistently explores how human beings interact with their surroundings. I draw inspiration from cultural clashes, gender expectations, history, and the feeling of alienation. My aspiration is for my work to foster greater tolerance and understanding among individuals who are different from one another. I primarily work as a photomontage artist, aiming to delve into the expression of multiple layers of meaning through complex image compositions. I invent photographic metaphors that convey hidden messages, and I find the process of conceptualizing and problem-solving equally rewarding to witnessing the final result. I am currently a professor at The College of New Jersey, with a portfolio that includes approximately twenty-five solo exhibitions both in the United States and internationally.
Jingyi Chen
“Nature Simulation: An artistic journey exploring the beauty of nature and algorithms”
Jingyi Chen, born in 1997 in China, is an innovative digital artist and designer whose work critically engages with contemporary digital themes. With a solid education in sculpture from the China Academy of Art and an MFA in Computational Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London, Jingyi’s portfolio is a testament to her ability to blend traditional artistry with modern technological insights. Her art, inspired by postmodernism and new media theories, navigates the complexities of cyborg identities, surveillance capitalism, algorithmic bias, and feminism.
Jingyi has exhibited her work in the UK, China, and on several online platforms, using XR, AI, and generative art to challenge societal norms and advocate for a future where digital landscapes are inclusive and equitable.
In addition to his artistic practice, Jingyi has been a talented digital designer, working for several prestigious international organisations like Deloitte, UN and etc., exploring the boundaries of contemporary digital practice.
Jingyi’s accolades, including the CSC Art Program and the Government Scholarship of Zhejiang Province, underscore her contributions to the field of digital art.
Danelle Bernten
“The Weight of Light: Problematic Brushstrokes of Shaded Maternity in the work of Sue Collier”
Danelle Bernten is a doctoral student studying modern and contemporary art. Her primary interests are African-American art, arts of the African diaspora, Southern art, folk art and spirituality, and art criticism. Danelle received her BA from Princeton University and her Master’s in Art History from Louisiana State University. She worked as the 2023 Museum Voices and PLACE Summer Intern at the Princeton University Art Museum. She has recently presented papers at Auburn University, Mercer University, and Florida State. Ms. Bernten has been awarded the 2024 FSU Art History Gunther Stamm Prize, MLK, Jr. Book Award, Helen J. Beard Conference Travel Grant, and Julia Pelot Colket Graduate Scholarship. Some of her other writings have been published in art publications including Number: Inc., Journal of Art and Crime, and Ruckus Journal.
Cedric van Eenoo
“Here and There”
Cedric van Eenoo is a scholar, musician, filmmaker, and artist, affiliated with Manhattan Graphics Center, Brooklyn Arts Council, and New York Art.
Zhi Han
“Missed of Lack——The Uncanny opened by the ‘failure’ of artwork serves as an origin for artistic creation”
Zhi Han, an artist from China, is currently studying for a PhD in Contemporary Art and Philosophy at Lancaster University. Previously, he received his undergraduate and master’s degrees from the Shandong Academy of Fine Arts in China, where he focused on the field of copperplate printmaking. The current research focuses on the concept of The Uncanny in psychoanalytic and post-structuralist perspectives, and by analyzing its pre-ontological position and the possibility of being opened up by ‘failed’ works in New Media and Installation Art Practices, he attempts to propose a new perspective on the origins of contemporary art creation, using both theoretical and practical approaches.
Lauren Ruiz
“Invaders of the Underground: The Nightcrawler and the Nonnative”
Lauren Ruiz is a multimedia artist interrogating perceptions of nature, institutional authority and their intersections with class, labor, and identity. She has presented her research projects at the Latvian National Museum of Art, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, UC Santa Barbara, UC Berkeley, the 2021 College Art Association Conference, and the 2022 Association for Art History Conference and has been a resident artist at the Santa Fe Art Institute, the Museum of the Southwest, and the Women’s International Study Center. Lauren Ruiz is currently the Director of Research at the Future Histories Lab at Stony Brook University and is represented by
Marquee Projects in Bellport, NY.
Dodd Holsapple
“Reflections Series, Ocean and Water Awareness Contemporary Artwork”
Holsapple created the inventive and widely popular living sculptural works entitled the View Planter Series. These ground breaking works are extensively published and exhibited internationally and featured on aTelevised documentary presenting Earth awareness and Environmental concepts. Dodd Holsapple studied Visual Art at Ball State University, Muncie Indiana USA receiving BFA’s in Drawing and Painting. Public art installations include, Earthworks Now at Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree, California / Drain Strain for the City of Manhattan Beach, California / Thicket sculpture installation and Mud DNA Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga / Mud Fish Mandala Fontana California along with a City sponsored solo exhibition in their Artist Showcase program.
Dodd’s projects range from endangered species representations to conservation awareness and habitat protection. Mr. Holsapple served as Artist in residence for the City of Los Angeles and several educational venues teaching Art, Ceramics and Design internationally.
Mr. Holsapple was featured by Everyday Leaders podcast and showcased a live painting event at Budman Studio, in the WNDW, Venice California. Mr. Holsapple released his first NFT series Seeds To Smoke July 2022 available on Opensea. Most recently in 2023, Dodd traveled to Loncari Croatia to create a monumental site specific public sculpture installation about glass recycling, site restoration and Sea Grass protection.
Currently the Reflections Series painting works were published in Al-Tiba9 magazine, Barcelona Spain and The Uncoiled Magazine on-line. The 5th Annual US Congress Climate Assessment Fall 2023 included Mr. Holsapple’s Reflections artwork in reference to the Ocean and waterways category. Reflections Series artworks were exhibited in Berlin Germany and Mr. Holsapple’s Water Series works were featured in the Environmental exhibition, Indiana University at Pennsylvania USA. Dodd was awarded the
NAHR Fellowship Residency in Santa Ynez, California. December 2023 Dodd was awarded the WILD Residency at the Madrona Marsh Museum of fine art in Torrance, California. 2024 Dodd is Resident Artist at the Noxubee Wetlands Refuge / MSU.
Diamond. K
“Human return in an era of the Post-humanism : Returining to nature, contemplation, meditation and prayer”
* DIAMOND.K studies Printmaking and ArtHistory from Hongik university(Seoul, Korea) and works on printmaking, photography, mixed sound, video and Art theory and criticism. In 2021 and 2022, at the International Symposium hosted by the CICA Museum, the works “Conversation with A.I.” which deals with conversations with artificial intelligence, and “Eye of the Mind series” which interprets inner human psychology through Taoist philosophy, were presented. She mainly projects psychological elements of the human inner self into meditation, prayer, and images of nature, and also treats text work as an important element. he has served as an academic assistant at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and as an manager at the National Museum of Korea’s Digital immersive gallery, and has worked on field of art in the era of art and technology. She currently operates POSTHUMAN Studio, which considers artists and the future of the Post-human era.
Barbie Kim
“Ethics, Law, and Display: Copyrighted Trauma in“Tomoko and Mother in Bath”
Barbie Kim(She/Her) is an independent curator and artist based in New York. She received her M.A. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Art, New York University. She lectured at New York University and presented her research at Johns Hopkins University, Loyola University Chicago, the University of Arizona, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Her most recent project includes the solo exhibition Estelio by Mónica Félix, which brings attention to Puerto Rican migratory demographics in New York City. She has also contributed to social advocacy for abortion rights and labor organizing for higher education workers. Her mission is to create space and advocate for marginalized communities in the art world through increasing knowledge and transparency.
Sang Woo Samuel Kim
“Icons and Angels between Rome and Valencia in the Late Middle Ages: Miracle of Castel Sant’Angelo in the Philadelphia Museum of Art”
Sang Woo Samuel Kim has been working in the localization and content production industries since 2016, gaining extensive field experience across multinational corporations and start-ups. Before embarking on a business career, he earned bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Michigan and an M.A. in art history from the Johns Hopkins University. His previous research focused on artistic localization in sixteenth-century Spain by traveling Italian artists. He also taught courses in Italian Renaissance art history at Johns Hopkins.
Lavita Yuqing Lai
“Intertwine”
Yuqing Lai (b.1993), a mixed media artist born and raised in Shen Zhen, China. She studied art in the UK, University of Goldsmiths. Her practice has explored themes of subconsciousness, self-identity and social roles, and the rhythm of rituals. Some of her works combine poetry and dream, experimental film and objects of everydayness to challenge and blur the boundary between reality and illusion. Through mixed media installation, she creates a sensory space for the audience to enter and experience beyond visions. Drawing inspiration from both Eastern and Western artistic traditions, her installations often incorporate found objects and natural materials, inviting viewers. to contemplate the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
She works in mixed media installation, video, conceptual arts, print making, performance, ceramic and photography. Her work has been exhibited in UK, Netherland, Sweden and China.
Silvia Ruzanka
“Botanical Computing: Speculative Futures for Vegetal Technologies“
Silvia Ruzanka is an artist-philosopher whose projects include virtual reality, interactive installation, video, and performance. Her work is concerned with the archaeology and memory of technology and media, and their intersections with everyday life. Her work has been presented at galleries, museums, and festivals internationally including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; SIGGRAPH; ISEA; the New Forms Festival (Vancouver); and the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Shenzhen, China), among others. She holds an MFA in Art and Technology Studies from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.A. in Physics from Smith College. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a Ph.D. candidate in Visual Arts: Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Art Theory at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts in Portland, Maine. Her current research is in the philosophy of computation and care.
Maddy Lee (Newmoon)
“New Media Storytelling”
Maddy Lee (Newmoon) was born in Seoul, South Korea. She is a 3D artist. She earned her BFA in 2023 in Film & New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited her works in Chicago at Woman Made Gallery, CSI Project Space, VibrantCast Gallery, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She also exhibited works in Korea at CICA Museum, Gallery Vinci, and Gallery Bincan. Her recent exhibition was held in DC and Chicago. She has experience in curating and designing exhibition spaces as well.
Xiaoyu Liu
“Near water: The memories evading”
Xiaoyu Liu, a Chinese-born multidisciplinary artist and product designer based in the United States. With a Master of Fine Arts in Design & Technology from Parsons School of Design, her artistic practice delves into themes of time, sensory perception, and the existential concept of death. Through a diverse range of mediums including art installation, writing, bookmaking, documentation, sound, and video, Xiaoyu’s keen sensitivity to her surroundings informs her artistic process as she explores the intricate relationship between individuals and their environment. Her work has been exhibited at prestigious venues like the Center for the Visual Arts, The Research House for Asian Art, NYC Media Lab, Maker Faire, and Parsons.
Chen Luo
“Embodied Publishing”
Chen Luo is a Graphic Designer based in Boston. She is the founder of Body&Forma—a collective design house. She has taught graphic design, typography, and publication at Boston University and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts, and University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Her work challenges canonical interactions and critiques historical procedures of how the body, proportion, and movement have been interpreted and articulated with 2D graphic design prints. Her work has been awarded and recognized by Communication Arts, NewOne Awards, Design 360˚, and The Young Ones TDC, and exhibited in Canada, Italy, Japan, China, and the United States.
Feixue Mei
“Caged Dreams — Reflections Within Alternative Space”
Feixue Mei, a design educator from China based in Missouri, challenges social norms through cultural production, focusing on the impact of social media, online platforms, and shared spaces on cultural identities. Her work, recognized by International Design Awards, Graphis, and Indigo Design Awards, explores community building and amplifying marginalized voices. She has chaired and presented at conferences like CAA and SECAC, with research published in peer-reviewed journals, including Source: Notes in the History of Art, The University of Chicago Press, and Transformative Works and Cultures. Her creative works are in the collection of James Branch Cabell Library at VCU and Printed Matter. Featured in Creative Boom, Aesthetica, and e-flux, she exhibits globally and holds an MFA in Design from Virginia Commonwealth University.
N.M Milkovich
“Form to Function: how the microstructure dictates the macro”
N. M. Milkovich is an American sculptor from the Chicago suburbs and currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Milkovich holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design as well as a PhD in Biomechanical Engineering from Boston University; he has been exhibited internationally, most notably: New York City, Yale University, Mexico, and Scotland. Milkovich’s work is concerned with biological structure and how it translates to biological function. In these works, which represent a sample from a larger project utilizing the same process and materials, he explores the nature of mutation with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, generating variants through vibrantly colored acrylic sheets and hand-stitched interstitials made of strips of his own clothing.
Elena Peteva
“Ash: Subject, Material and Metaphor”
Elena Peteva is a Bulgarian-American artist who lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the recipient of three Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grants among other professional recognitions. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including European Museum of Modern Art (Barcelona, Spain), ONE Gallery (Sofia, Bulgaria), Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA), Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown, OH), Daura Museum of Art (Lynchburg, VA), New Bedford Art Museum (New Bedford, MA), Fort Wayne Museum of Art (Fort Wayne, IN), First Street Gallery (New York City, NY), Smith College (Northampton, MA), S. Tucker Cooke Gallery (Asheville, NC), and Manifest Creative Research Gallery (Cincinnati, OH). Peteva attended Syracuse University (M.F.A.) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (4-year C.F.A.). She is an Associate Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Lauren Dana Smith
“V.I.S.T.A.: Transmutationist Field Journal”
Lauren Dana Smith (b. 1979, Philadelphia) is an artist, writer and art psychotherapist living in Taos, New Mexico in the United States. Smith’s multidisciplinary practice utilizes sculptural, digital, video and sound compositions to process land and body politics through a feminist lens. Smith studied painting and received her B.A. from Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, New York. Smith is a faculty member at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where she received her M.P.S. in Creative Arts Therapy and Creativity Development.
Smith’s work has been exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally. In 2021 she received a SURFACE: Emerging Artist of New Mexico award from the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque. She has been recognized nationally for her digital art series. Her work has appeared in publications such as Hyperallergic, Art & Cake LA, New Visionary Magazine, ARTWALK magazine and the Santa Fe Literary Review. Smith has published and presented widely within the fields of psychotherapy, traumatology, pediatrics and palliative medicine. Smith is a Co-Founder of the Taos Abstract Artist Collective.