Radar No. 12 – Shortlist Artist Signal

We share with you from our Ask Kurt Artist Picks: Ju Aichinger, Kumkum Fernando, and Hetty Douglas.

Vienna’s painter Ju Aichinger turns fragile atmospheres into gestures that dissolve bodies into space.
Sri Lankan-Austrian sculptor Kumkum Fernando builds mythological robots from wood and memory, icons that link cosmology with the future.
London’s Hetty Douglas strips painting down to raw marks and fragments, creating canvases that feel both immediate and vulnerable.

Ju Aichinger – Painting and Installation from Vienna

Ju Aichinger’s practice moves between painting and installation, staging fragile worlds where figures dissolve into atmospheric space.

Recent exhibitions include her artist statement at this year Parallel Art Fair.
Follow Ju Aichinger on Instagram for painterly gestures that hover between intimacy and distance.

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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.

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Kumkum Fernando – Sculpture from Colombo/Vienna

Kumkum Fernando builds mythological robots from wood and pigment, hybrid icons drawn from South Asian cosmology and childhood memory.

His sculptures connect the intimacy of handcraft with futuristic archetypes, recently exhibited at institutions such as MAK Vienna and galleries across Asia and Europe.
Follow Kumkum Fernando on Instagram to enter a universe of mythology, ritual, and invention.
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Kumkum Fernando: The Artistic Odyssey Of Robots, Mythology, And Memory

Kumkum Fernando and his Unique Art Binds Mythology, Personal Memories, And Futuristic Visions, Creating Mesmerizing Sculptures That Speak Volumes Of His Rich Cultural Heritage.

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Hetty Douglas – Painting from London

Hetty Douglas works with pared-down canvases where muted tones and raw text fragments act as portraits of everyday life.

Her visual language borrows from graphic design, graffiti, and abstraction, creating direct but vulnerable registers of expression. Exhibited widely across the UK, her practice speaks to immediacy and intimacy.
Follow Hetty Douglas on Instagram for paintings that balance grit and tenderness.
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Hetty Douglas: “Dense Emotions in Acrylic Confessions” in Conversation with DiFranco

Interview with London-based artist Hetty Douglas and DiFranco for Munchies Art Club — on abstraction, emotion, and the raw power of materials like spray paint and cement.

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Three distinct practices, three sharp voices, together shaping how we look, sense, and imagine. Explore the work of Ju Aichinger, Kumkum Fernando, and Hetty Douglas, learn more, and head to their articles.

Want to know how artists land on our Radar? Easy: They Ask Kurt.

Ask Kurt: Step Into the Spotlight

Ask Kurt is the open door into the Munchies Art Club circle. Submission is free. Selection is curatorial. If chosen, your practice can enter a Spotlight: from a Story feature to a full editorial article.

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