Oľga Paštéková: Paintings where nature speaks back
Slovak painter Oľga Paštéková turns stains, bleaches, and ghosted lines into wolves, rivers, and lantern-houses, lyrical eco-paintings from Bratislava & Vienna.
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Ju Aichinger: Fragile Power in Clay, Costume and Queer Worlds
Austrian artist Ju Aichinger transforms everyday materials into metaphors for queerness, intimacy, and social presence.
Gvantsa Jishkariani Cuts Deep with ‘Trauma Porn’ and Global Spotlight
In 2025, Gvantsa Jishkariani stuns with “Trauma Porn” at Raster Gallery and joins top shows in Brussels, London, and New York—still sharp, still vital.
Ophelia Arc: Sculpting the Psychological Knot
Ophelia Arc’s visceral textile sculptures stitch trauma, memory, and feminist psychoanalysis into haunting forms.
Hunter Potter in Contemporary Painting a Homage To The Characters He Admires
Hunter Potter NY Based Artist – Early In-Depth Interview on Sculpture and Painting with Dominique Foertig for Munchies Art Club
Ailyn Lee and the Alchemy of Memory: Bodies, Objects, Transformation
New York–based artist Ailyn Lee merges stone clay, found objects, and painting into dreamlike memory-scapes of identity, vulnerability, and change.
From Science to Surrealism: The Creative Journey of Bijijoo
Bijijoo masterful use of mixed media, textured surfaces, and exaggerated forms to engage viewers with themes of identity, transformation, and the absurdity of human existence.
Samuel Almansa | Brushing Through Boundaries On View At Kaplan Projects Palma
Embark On A Journey Of Discovery With The Emerging Artist, Samuel Almansa. Gain Exclusive Insights And A Sneak Peek Into His Artistic Preparation As He Gears Up For His Upcoming Show "Como Un Subwoofer En El Botellón" At Kaplan Projects In Palma Mallorca.
Lisa Klinger: Painting the Body as System
German painter Lisa Klinger treats the body as a system, not a symbol. Precision, surface, and control replace sentiment.
Hetty Douglas on Emotion, Abstraction, and Raw Material
London-based painter Hetty Douglas talks abstraction, emotion, and the physical weight of materials in conversation with DiFranco.
Sopho Mamaladze: Where the Mythic Meets the Intimate
Sopho Mamaladze, Georgian artist based in Tbilisi, blends myth, identity, and human-animal forms through layered figuration and multimedia practices.
Satoko Okuno: Painting a World Where Guardians Still Exist
Japanese artist Satoko Okuno crafts whimsical guardians in vibrant painting and ceramics, blending Shinto spirituality with emotional refuge.
Margarida Fleming: The Art of Silent Tension
Discover the intimate, psychologically charged paintings of Margarida Fleming, a Lisbon based artist whose expressive portraits transform bodies into landscapes and light into emotion. Her work explores female presence, silence, and the quiet tension of being seen.
Kallirroi Ioannidou: Like Kids on a new planet - On View at Galerie Mellies, Detmold
Discover Greek/German Artist Kallirroi Ioannidou at Galerie Mellies, Detmold - Like Kids on a New Planet opens a material deep dive into fragility, form, and the space between thought and presence.
Bety Krňanská: She Drives the Frame Now
Bety Krňanská turns car parts, lace, and leather into feminist sculpture that redefines control and softness
Rosina Rosinski: When the Body Leaves the Frame
Rosina Rosinski’s textile works abandon canvas for quilted absence—velvet, polyester, and emotion stitched into haunting, intimate spaces.
🌿 Stefanie Pullin: A Lisbon-Based Painter Redefining Nature in Contemporary Art
Stefanie Pullin explores the sacred tensions between instinct, nature, and memory in lush, haunted canvases that blur reality with reverie. A new voice from Lisbon, grounded in roots, ruin, and radical slowness.
Igigo Wu: The Trauma Wears Wings
Taiwanese artist Igigo Wu merges painting, textile, and performance to confront colonial trauma, diasporic identity, and the politics of memory. Based in Zürich and Vienna, her work evokes rejection, ritual, and histories too brutal for language.