IV CHAN Based in Hong Kong, IV Chan’s art practice delves into the intricate relationship between the human body and mind. She views our inescapable corporeal existence as tragic and ludicrous, sordid yet pure. Through sculpture, installation, photography and performance, Chan explores her own bodily experiences, grappling with themes of body politics, psychoanalysis, base materialism, and the intersection of folklore and mythology. Her research seeks to explore alternative perspectives and anticipations of one’s body in society. Chan received a BFA […]
ikkibawiKrrr ikkibawiKrrr is a visual research band consisting of members Ko Gyeol and Cho Jieun. Their name combines the Korean words for ‘moss’ (ikki) and ‘rock’ (bawi) with the onomatopoeic word ‘krrr’. Their artistic approach reflects qualities of moss, which expands its world through close interaction with surrounding environments along the narrow boundary between land and air. As the members meet with farmers, divers, scholars and others, ikkibawiKrrr engages with plants, natural phenomena, human beings and ecology through lived practices […]
Himali Singh SOIN Himali Singh Soin is a writer and artist based between London and Delhi. She uses metaphors from outer space and the natural environment to construct imaginary cosmologies of interferences and entanglements. In doing this, she thinks through ecological loss and the loss of home, seeking shelter somewhere in the radicality of love. She has recently been featured at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai (2025); Tate Britain (2025) and Somerset House, London (2025); the Art Institute […]
Citra SASMITA Citra Sasmita is a self-taught artist based in Bali. Her practice unravels the myths of Balinese art and culture while shedding light on the impact of Dutch colonial rule on notions of authenticity in Bali. She also questions women’s place in social hierarchy and seeks to upend normative constructs of gender by reimagining mythical and classical narratives of war and romance to exalt female resistance. In recent years, she has expanded her practice to include sculpture and installation, […]
CHEN Zhe Chen Zhe was born in Beijing in 1989. Her practice examines the entanglement of body and mind, the experience of temporality, and the manifestation of destiny through material traces. She is drawn to moments when paradoxes flare against one another – oscillating between pain and relief, day and night, the finite and the eternal. Spanning photography, sculpture, spatial installation and publishing, her projects often unfold over many years, with individual works annotating one another, collectively forming an ongoing […]
Mooni Perry Mooni Perry is an artist and filmmaker based in Berlin and Seoul. Her work explores diasporic divinity and gendered cosmologies across East Asia and beyond. She co-founded Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR), a decentralised platform supporting interdisciplinary collaborative practices. Her recent film EL (2025), exhibited at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, revisits the lives of Korean women in former Manchuria, blurring lines between memory and disappearance. Her installation and publication Missing (2024) unfold […]
Susur Galur Since its inception in Pontianak, West Kalimantan in 2021, the collective Susur Galur has been weaving together threads of the past and present through interdisciplinary practices. Rooted in cultural enquiry, their work blurs boundaries between art, research and everyday life, thus bringing new meaning into how we connect, remember and create. From preserving forgotten narratives to curating vibrant art programmes, they cultivate spaces for shared knowledge through research, artistic projects, workshops, festivals and exhibitions. For Susur Galur, the […]
Komunitas KAHE The interdisciplinary collective Komunitas KAHE was established in Maumere in Flores in 2015. They see art and culture as the paradigm and mode of study of the people in Flores, which are constantly reflecting the world’s situation. Managing with the spirit and framework of a collegial collective, Komunitas KAHE consists of artists, journalists, writers, students, researchers and teachers from a variety of practices and scientific disciplines. Komunitas KAHE actively carries out capacity building activities for its members, initiates […]
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Alma QUINTO Alma Quinto was born and currently lives in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, the Philippines. A female pioneer in socially engaged art in her country, Quinto has collaborated with various communities that suffered from natural disasters and sexual violence at home and abroad. Centred around healing, her artistic practice prioritises the process over the outcome. She has exhibited at major international art exhibitions and institutions, including the Havana Biennale in Cuba (2003); the Yokohama Triennale in Japan (2005); and the […]
Meita MEILITA Born in Bogor, Indonesia, artist and housewife Meita Meilita draws on her personal experiences as a woman, child, mother and wife in her artistic practice. She uses the medium of embroidery in installation art and participatory art. For her, embroidery is an intimate and personal process related to various levels of social life. In 2021, Meilita was an artist-in-residence at the Leipzig International Art Programme in Germany. Her work was exhibited at ARTJOG MMXXII: Arts in Common – […]