15 Artists. 15 Worlds. One Feed You Don’t Want to Miss. Selected by Erik Sommer

Erik Sommer selects the April 2025 Munchies Art Club Open Call Winners, A Fresh Drop of Raw, Real, and Remarkable.

Every month we open our doors to new talent.

This time, we handed over the keys to Erik Sommer , New York-based artist, curator, and founder of Mott Projects.

sally sheinmann artist — **Sally Sheinmann:** Number 860 Determination inspired by merz.gallery | Image Courtesy of the Artist

Known for his sharp eye and sensitivity to texture, space, and materiality, Sommer sifted through hundreds of entries and handpicked 15 artists that stand out in wildly different, equally compelling ways.

Erik Sommer - Artist - Curator - Founder Mott Projects N.Y.

These are not just names for your feed. These are worlds to step into.

From pixelated dreamscapes to paint-smeared diaries, carved totems to emotional grids, each artist brings something urgent, strange, quiet, or explosive into the picture.

Meet the Artists:

One by One: A Closer Look

1.Kerrigan Clark - Nostalgic yet political, Clark’s collaged houses and stars tell stories of home, memory, and the fractured American dream.

kerrigan clark, artist — **Kerrigan Clark** **- Painting - Image Courtesy of the Artist**

2.Yuhao Chen - Figures dissolve and reform in his soft, surreal compositions, capturing moments of quiet emotion through blurred brushwork.

yuhao chen, artist — **Yuhao Chen**: Inverted in the Breeze 125 * 160 cm | Permission and courtesy of the Artist

3.Erika Sutandi - Cinematic interiors and psychological tension unfold in her paintings, where light, solitude, and reflection take center stage.

erika sutandi artist — **Erika Sutandi** - Narcissus (𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘰) 2024 Acrylic on Canvas 50 x 50 cm

4.Radim Koros - A maximalist color alchemist, Koros creates chaotic, luminous explosions of symbolic abstraction.

radim koros - artist — **Radim Koros** Embryo I 70 x 70 cm | oil on canvas 2024

5.Sally Sheinman - Her digital pieces are minimal, meditative, and quietly surreal, often exploring balance and stillness.

6.#Jorge Rios - His work merges glitch aesthetics with painterly gestures, questioning what’s digital, what’s physical, and what breaks through.

**Jorge Rios**: R.A.A.10 Permission and courtesy of the artist

7.Sarah Geppert - Still lifes become stage sets in Geppert’s colorful, detailed compositions of domestic rituals and emotional scenes.

sarah geppert, artist — Sarah Geppert - Klaus wird 40‘ 160x140cm Permission and courtesy of the artist

8.Vanessa Boateng - Bold textures and Afrocentric symbology power Boateng’s raw, sculptural paintings full of emotion and resistance.

9.Christina Gschwantner - Color becomes rhythm in Gschwantner’s grid paintings, where repetition turns into quiet poetry.

10.Seth Bausermann - His expressive gestures and sketch-like forms capture thought in motion—messy, honest, and free.

11.Simon William Abitbol - His subtle, minimal abstractions feel like maps, ruins, or meditations carved in time.

12.Rush Drayton - Known for his lifelike, surreal sculptures, Drayton’s work merges myth, body, and creature in unexpected ways.

13.Slava Vorontsov - Blending graffiti, religion, and emotion, Vorontsov paints from exile with rawness and spiritual charge.

**Slava Vorontsov** -manque de libre arbitre - Permission and Courtesy of the artist

14.Frida Ding - With voxel-based digital scenes, Ding renders poetic architecture that hovers between game and memory.

frida ding artist — Frida Ding - digital Artwork Permission and Courtesy of the artist

15.Friedrich Herz - Herz’s restrained sculptures and wall pieces explore repetition, structure, and the sacred in everyday forms.

**Friedrich Herz**: Smashing Glasses (2021) glass, c-print, 230 x 120 x 5 mm Edition of 10 Permission and courtesy of the Artist

Featured Artist Friedrich Herz on Munchies Art Club

Huge thanks to Erik Sommer for this wonderful selection - what a treat! A fresh perspective, inspiring choices, and a great eye for strong positions.