18th Century by Romina Ressia

Award-winning Fine Art conceptual artist Romina Ressia (recently evaluated by Sony as an exceptional Latin American Photographer and nominated for Global Leadership Prize of 2020 Tällberg/Eliasson Foundation) constantly pushing the borders of art photography perception. Represented by The House of Fine Art (@thehouseoffineart) in London she is a part of virtual group exhibition “Myth-Making” opened this days.

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Owner of a pictorial style, she is well known for her anachronisms and the use of the absurd and the irony to approach modern issues. The attempt to grant a fresh air to the classic style is another important characteristics of her work.

Digital paintings by Guenter Zimmermann

Slightly disturbing but magnetic works of Guenter Zimmermann have deep meanings and puzzles on an each and every digital layer of the canvas

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“Digital work is very forgiving. Any mistakes are easily erased and this saves time and paper.
Of course, on the other hand the artistic decision is deprived of its radicalism. I would have loved to have seen Vincent van Gogh working on an iPad.”

— Guenter Zimmermann

Jyxchen Illustrations

Yi Xiao Chen aka Jyxchen is contemporary illustrator and visual artist currently living in Perth, Australia. “Yi’s minimalistic, semi-abstract portrait illustrations are drawn with simple lines and carefully chosen pastels making her illustrations unique with a strong and bold identity. “

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“The dialogue around ethnic minorities in the Australian consciousness have always been as the ‘Other.’ Art can be a medium that serves to center these faces and stories.”

— Jyxchen

Baroque Punk by Asya Kozina

Paper craft artists Asya Kozina & Dmitry Kozin were commissioned to create this masterpiece for ICART.

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“Specially commissioned by our friends ICART, we created a modern portrait of a rebel businessman in the image of a punk. We believe that punk culture is in tune with modern business, which also constantly questions authorities, protests against obsolete rules, breaks down stereotypes and seeks its own way. In the Iroquois in the Baroque style, we have woven the symbolism of money, placing our hero in a powerful and provocative context.”

Dangiuz Cyber Futurism

Young digital artist based in Turin - Leopoldo D'Angelo known as Dangiuz shares his cyber view on the near future by creating dystopian artworks worth of a movie poster or animation short.

Researcher: Prologue / Sci-Fi Short Film by Vladislav Solovjov

Russian motion CG artist Vladislav Solovjov (CG Generalist at Ruroc Ltd) shares his long-waited project “Researcher: Prologue”, here is what he says about the film:

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“It's the first part of my sci-fi short film I've been working on since 2015. For more than 4 years I created different ideas and concepts until I found the best technical way to bring my story to life. The most difficult part of this project was the animation. It's the first time ever when I was animating a character. I'm glad I had this amazing experience. And I'll try to improve what I've done in the next part of this short film. This full CG project is split into three logical parts and I will be releasing each of them separately.”

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Direction, Design, CGI, Sound Editing: Vladislav Solovjov
Modelling: Evgeny Park (Klickstop), Vladislav Solovjov

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Contemplate by Slava Thisset

Slava Semenuta known as Thisset shares his latest work Contemplate and the words about it:

“This video tells a simple story of any thinking person who is looking for meaning of existence.
A person who is both suffering and enjoying life. 
I showed this story in a peculiar way and with my own vision of the world. 

In this short music film, there is a share of madness and surrealism.
I wrote an abstract script and was the director of this video and I also drew fonts to decorate the video.
The font is designed in a style that imitates plants and smoke to enhance the surrealistic atmosphere.”

Chronos by Anastasiia Aleksandrenko

Anastasiia is a young and perspective artist with a strong vision and multi-tools approach. She started her career in 2018, exploring more and more new methods to talk with the people through her art.

Anastasiia started this project during well-known events that had taken place when the whole world stopped. Four-pieces project shows to us the author’s reflection on time. She used colours to show the highest impact of the past and the future. Colours and different techniques are one of the most used tools by the author. When you start from light and soft memories, you jump very fast to reflections about what the future has prepared for you. Days when no one knows what will take the place.

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Street Art by Sergey Akramov

Mural and urban artist from Yekaterinburg, Russia, Sergey Akramov brings life into the post-soviet commuter suburbs of the capital of the Urals.

Pierre Chaumont

Pierre Chaumont is a conceptual artist living and working in Montreal, Canada. His interests surrounds systems of power and their resurgence in culture, technology and society.

Woman In Veil

“We provisionally give the name differance to this sameness which is not identical: by the silent writing of its a, it has the desired advantage to referring to differing; both as spacing / temporalizing and as the movement that structures every dissociation”

— Jacques Derrida in ''Differance'', 1968

The Beginning (Winged Lion of Mosul)

Following artist’s statement, “Differance is the questioning of inherent power structures within cultural, linguistic, technological or societal systems. By making this non-identical sameness at the heart of my art-making, I mimic, imitate, copy, tweak and ultimately alter these structures. I then present something visually familiar to the viewer while keeping this spacing at the forefront of their experience.

This process has two aims; firstly I wish to make these systems apparent to you, viewers, so as to question your own relation to it. Secondly, by giving a new understanding to what we know, I reveal the fragility of these systems and the possibility for individuals and communities to interact, take part in it, and reshape it.
No structure is infallible, nothing is stable ; the world is an ever changing photograph.”

AVE CALIGULA (Madness Is Always Rewarded)

Breaking The Spell (Perseus Beheading Medusa)

Oceanscape by Fotomas

French ‘Oceanscape’ photographer Fotomas has been shooting some pretty delightful surf photographs. Mostly shot in Hossegor, south of France, Thomas uses very long exposure and creative photo filters to tweak his final colors, and the result is stunning

Borja Bonaque Illustrations

Spanish designer and illustrator Borja Bonaque graduated from the Polytechnic University of Valencia with a degree in Fine Arts. In 2009, he was named ‘Graduate of the Year’ by Wallpaper* magazine which opened relationships with future clients such as Financial Times, Wallpaper*, Washington Post and Converse. His work encompasses both graphic design, advertising and editorial illustration which he develops in his own studio in Valencia.

Benjamín García

Revisiting the works of Benjamín García is always a pleasure and to find new ways he explores the nature or a portrait cannot leave anyone bored. First seen glitch textures and large brushstrokes at the end appear to be created by delicate and intricate work with oil on canvas.

Meditative Digital Art by Krista Kim

Meditative Design is a creative extension of Krista Kim’s art practice, as she creates a meditative universe of the future. 

“From the experience of the coronavirus pandemic that has gripped the world over the past two months, I realized that meditation is a universal tool to help us manage future instability and stress responses from massive disruption caused by future pandemic risk, climate change and automation. It is inevitable that our future will be unstable and chaotic for many years to come. 

The world is ready to seek spiritually driven changes of how our civilization and economy are structured. Meditation has become a scientifically proven practice for the well-being of the individual and therefore, the well-being of society and the world. Millions of us are meditating en mass like never before and social media is helping us build community around it.

While in quarantine, I became inspired to create my vision of a world of meditativeness; my vision of how the practice of meditation can also be integrated into our every day lives through art, architecture, design and fashion. My vision is of a future based on the individual practice of meditation, extending to every aspect of our every day lives. I am inspired by Japanese Zen art, architecture and design. It’s very existence has shaped the world culture in profound ways, and will continue to impact art and design as it lives through my creations. 

I believe there is hope for the future if more people meditate. We will manage stress, but most importantly, we can tap into our maximum creative potential. More than ever, creativity and collaboration are the antidote to fear and war. Beauty, collaboration, co-creation and meditation are the attributes that we must focus on collectively and globally in order to thrive and navigate opportunity amidst the chaos of disruption. 

“I hope that we all gain insight, wisdom and compassion from this pandemic. I hope you are inspired to create a beautiful world.”

— Krista Kim

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Ghosts by Philipp Bünger

Photographer Philipp Bünger captures abstract ghost likely visiting him from avant-garde period of the previous century

Digital Art of Elena Romenkova

Ultra talented digital artist Elena Romenkova shares a glimpse of the near future through her creations

Takashi Kuribayashi

The work by Japanese artist Takashi Kuribayashi (1968) explores the boundaries that separate human civilization from the natural world. Kuribayashi was struck by the division of Germany into Eastern and Western states, which led him into an on-going consideration in various media of the theme boundaries. 

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Tree of Ibuki 2020 "Setouchi Art Triennale 2020" ​

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His work is the outcome of being confronted with ‘restricted zones’ or ‘no-go areas’ in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident. Being faced with the impossible long-lasting and yet invisible borders, he set himself to investigate this and making these borders visible in his work by weaving a new flow of time with his installations.

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Wasser Wände (water wall)

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“The truth resides in places that are invisible. Once you are aware of that there is a different world out of sight, you will be living in a different way.”

— Takashi Kuribayashi

www.takashikuribayashi.com

Guillaume Lavallée

Working on intersection of graphic design and applied arts and being a part of “Demande spéciale” team (@demandespeciale), Guillaume Lavallée creates visual dialogue with a viewer (in personal projects) and brand’s audience in commercial projects

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Illustrations by Womi

Talented illustrator from Seoul Jordan Hongdae working under Womi moniker shares the best of their skills

Yoshito Hasaka Photography

Japanes photographer Yoshito Hasaka polishes his skills as hard as katana’s steel by revealing midnight shots of Tokyo he made on daily basis

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