Güneş TERKOL Born in 1981 in Ankara, Turkey, Güneş Terkol explores issues of gender through the use of fabric, sewing, sound and drawing. She believes in the significance of collective work and coming together with a common goal and has held collaborative workshops in different countries and cities, drawing inspiration from the everyday realities and imaginations of the participants. Since 2005, the artist has produced works both individually and as part of the artist collective Ha Za Vu Zu. She […]
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KOBAYASHI Nanao Born in Tokyo, Kobayashi Nanao is a contemporary artist who delves into phenomena beyond human perception and logic, capturing them as movements of particles. Her artistic practice intricately involves embroidery-like sculptures and installations that engage with natural phenomena. Meticulously constructed from interconnected hollow structural materials, her works proliferate infinitely from minimal units, rendering the imperceptible into tangible patterns and occurrences. Through this process, Kobayashi offers a vision of the world’s essential nature that transcends the past and the […]
Young In HONG Born in Seoul, Young In Hong lives and works in Bristol, working across installation, sculpture, sound, textile and performance. Her practice often focuses on undervalued cultural practices and seeks for a sense of equality that gently undermines ruling hierarchies. In recent years, Hong has increasingly examined notions of inter-species communication, symbolism and the hybridity of sound, movement and objects in the context of other-than-human voices. Hong’s recent solo exhibitions have been held at Spike Island, Bristol (2024); […]
HE Yongdi Born and residing on Chongming Island, Shanghai, He Yongdi is the founder of the Yongdi Homespun Museum and serves as a guest professor for Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology. She began learning to weave at about seven years old and started collecting Chongming homespun fabrics around 2000, amassing over 12,000 different styles. To pass down the local textile culture in a sustainable and impactful manner, she has collaborated with designers and design brands in China and abroad over […]
HAN Mengyun Born in 1989 in Wuhan, Han Mengyun grew up in Shenzhen and is currently based in London. She is a multidisciplinary artist, poet and mother whose work focuses on decolonising Eurasian cultural hybridisations from the Western perspective. Her practice also addresses intersectionality and the legacies of imperialism. Han weaves together personal and collective female subaltern experiences into a space of solidarity, engaging with their struggle for visibility and equal access in shaping global cultural discourse. Her research spans […]
Salima HAKIM Salima Hakim, born 1978 in Jakarta, is a university lecturer and visual artist. She explores issues of gender representation in history and archaeology, using stitching as both a technical and metaphorical approach in her work. She experiments with finding and merging scientific and fictional data to question how knowledge is produced, while also imagining and reproducing fictional historical narratives of women. In her current practice, she often works with embroidery and hand-stitched fabric, employing a historical descriptive approach […]
Ari BAYUAJI Born in Indonesia in 1975, Ari Bayuaji lived and worked in his home country before moving permanently to Canada in 2005, now dividing his time between Montreal and Bali. He is known for his art installations that incorporate found objects collected from around the world, which expose him to different cultural traditions. His works often address the overlooked artistic value in everyday life expressed through objects and their roles within society. Bayuaji graduated as a civil engineer and […]
Gözde İLKIN Based in Istanbul, Turkish artist Gözde İlkin works with found domestic textiles that reflect social identity and processes. Her motifs and drawings on fabric depict today’s cultural information, political and social relationships, and gender issues. İlkin’s embroidery and painting focus on the body as an experimental or affective landscape. She has recently started to use drawing, stitching and sound to design fabrics as stages, tracing nature to discover ways of belonging as well as the healing and transforming […]
HU Yinping Born in Sichuan in 1983, Hu Yinping is currently based in Beijing. She defines her art as a state between ‘event’ and ‘work’, implying a deep connection between artistic practice and real life. Her projects are usually durational or even ongoing; such practices can be traced back to the three art groups she initiated after obtaining her MFA. Hu graduated from the Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts and earned her MFA from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. […]
Aluaiy KAUMAKAN (WU Yu-Ling) Aluaiy Kaumakan (Wu Yu-Ling) was born in the Paridrayan tribe of Paiwan – a Taiwanese indigenous people in Sandimen Township, Pingtung County. As the daughter of the tribe’s leader, Kaumakan inherits the responsibility to protect the heritage of her people, who were forced to relocate due to Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Trained as a jewellery designer in her early career, she started to use Paiwan weaving and knitting techniques and her solid textile knowledge to create […]