> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.catapult-platform.art/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Editor’s Choice: 7 Artists You Need to Know - URL: https://www.catapult-platform.art/editors-choice-7-artists-you-need-to-know/ - Published: 2025-04-16T10:30:55.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-14T09:53:15.000Z - Description: 7 contemporary artists to watch: Igigo Wu, Marcus Soddano, Abel Kabel, Max Grote, Charlie Stein, Anji Woodley and Jonny Alexander. Selected by Munchies Art Club - Author: Ernst Koslitsch - Tags: Featured ## 7 artists who made us pause, rethink, and stay a little longer. Alongside [**Erik Sommer’s official selection**](https://www.catapult-platform.art/eri5-artists-15-worlds-one-feed-you-dont-want-to-miss/), we announced that a few more artists would be featured as part of our April Roundup. [15 Artists. 15 Worlds. One Feed You Don’t Want to Miss. Selected by Erik SommerErik 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. Known for![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-91.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/new-faces-in-contemporary-art.jpg)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/eri5-artists-15-worlds-one-feed-you-dont-want-to-miss/) Erik Sommer´s selection of 15 Artist which caught his Eyes. Munchies Art club will dive deeper in every single artist this month **Not a second tier – just a second look.** These seven voices stood out during the review process: bold, unexpected, and impossible to ignore. ![ marcus soddano](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/marcus-soddano--artist.jpg) [****MARCUS SODDANO:**](https://www.instagram.com/marcussoddano/?ref=catapult-platform.art) Land and sky, fire and water, posivite and negative, yin and yang Kittydragontigermonsters 70 x 90 cm Oil and oilstick on cotton canvas Photo credit: [@sofieehrhornphoto](https://www.instagram.com/sofieehrhornphoto/?ref=catapult-platform.art) Permission and Courtesy by the Artist and Gallery Selected by the Munchies Art Club team, these are our personal highlights. We call it: **Editor’s Choice – The Unofficial Selection.** You’ll call it: *Followed.* [Get Featured on Munchies Art ClubThree curated ways to share your art with a real audience. Whether you’re applying to our monthly Open Call, submitting through Fast Lane, or interested in a custom promo – we work with artists who have something to say. Here’s how you can get involved: 1\. 🎯 Open Call Our classic model![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-115.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/new-contemporary-artists-now-3.jpg)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/get-featured-on-munchies-art-club/) Showcase your work - Join the open calls - Tailored by Munchies Art Club --- ## This Month, We Dive Deeper into the Worlds That Left a Mark ### **Abel Kabel – Raw Memory, Honest Form** Returning to Munchies Art Club with new emotional gravity, [**Abel Kabel’s**](https://www.instagram.com/abelkabel%5F?ref=catapult-platform.art) latest works explore deeply personal terrain—abandonment, addiction, heartbreak, and gender transition. ![abel kabel](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/abel-kabel-1.jpg) Abel Kabel - “a house is sometimes a home” 2025 Mixed media, 75 x 39,2 x 24 cm part of the group exhibition THE SPACE BETWEEN WALLS ᵃᵗ [@ulstrupgallery](https://www.instagram.com/ulstrupgallery/?ref=catapult-platform.art) Working through a period of rupture, Kabel treats painting as both witness and therapy, using intuition to give shape to experiences too raw to stage. [Abel Kabel: The Danish Artist Turning Perfectionism on Its HeadDelve into the creative evolution of Danish artist Abel Kabel. Discover how music, graffiti, and crude energy drive his playful yet profound creations.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-94.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/abel-kabel.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/abel-kabel-the-danish-artist-turning-perfectionism-on-its-head/) 👉 Read more about Abel kabel´s art practice here The result is a body of work that feels lived-in, vulnerable, and entirely unfiltered. ### **Max Grote – Drama, Doubt, and a Ruff Collar** [**Max Grote** ](https://www.instagram.com/maxgrote%5F/?ref=catapult-platform.art)paints himself—again and again. His self-portraits balance between existential weight and visual wit, confronting body image, vulnerability, and art-world absurdities with a ruffled nod to medieval fashion. ![max grote, artist](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/max-grote--artist-1.jpg) Max Grotte: "Ich und mein Schloss“ Exhibition views. Still view [@schindler\_lab](https://www.instagram.com/schindler%5Flab/?ref=catapult-platform.art) till 27.07.! You can still schedule a visit by contacting the gallery. | Permission and courtesy of the artist Beneath the irony, Grote navigates real darkness: recurring thoughts of death, heartbreak, and rebirth. His canvas is a mirror, but one with drama, costume, and emotional bite. ### **Marcus Soddano – Between Myth and Motion** [**Marcus Soddano’s paintings**](https://www.instagram.com/marcussoddano/?ref=catapult-platform.art) vibrate with energy, balancing the figurative and the abstract through intuitive gestures in oil and oilstick. ![annika nuttall gallery](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/marcus-soddano.jpg) Marcus Soddano - Kittydragontigermonster 70 x 90 cm Oil, oilstick, acrylics, and acrylic medium on cotton canavs Photo credit: [@sofieehrhornphoto](https://www.instagram.com/sofieehrhornphoto/?ref=catapult-platform.art) | Permission and Courtesy by the Artist and Gallery Inspired by mythology, fables, and raw nature, his forms emerge like creatures caught mid-transformation—anchored in emotion, yet slipping into dream. These works don’t just depict; they **radiate**, acting as portals between worlds both known and imagined. Up-Coming: Solo - «Blowing kisses» [@annikanuttallgallery](https://www.instagram.com/annikanuttallgallery/?ref=catapult-platform.art) April 25. ### **Igigo Wu – Painting as Portal, Body as Terrain** Taiwanese artist [**Igigo Wu**](https://www.instagram.com/igigo.wu/?ref=catapult-platform.art), based between *Zürich and Vienna*, merges painting, theatre, and video into a multidisciplinary cosmos of haunted geographies and embodied histories. ![igigo wu, artist](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/igigo-wu--artist.jpg) ****Igigo Wu** \- Part One - Foto vom [@\_laura\_nan\_](https://www.instagram.com/%5Flaura%5Fnan%5F/?ref=catapult-platform.art) | Permission and Courtesy of the artist In her practice, painting becomes a political body—activated, animated, and entangled in the atmospheric weight of memory. Echoing earth-bound spirits (地縛靈), Wu’s works invoke colonial ghosts, fragmented timelines, and the silent spaces in between. [Igigo Wu: The Trauma Wears WingsTaiwanese 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.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-161.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/igigo-wu.webp)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/igigo-wu-the-trauma-wears-wings/) ****Read more about Igigo Wu** \- Munchies Art club What emerges is a language beyond words—where identity dissolves and history breathes. ### **Charlie Stein – Bodies, Surfaces, and Other Projections** We can’t wait to feature [**Charlie Stein’s work**](https://www.instagram.com/charlie%5Fstein%5Fofficial?ref=catapult-platform.art) in more depth on Munchies Art Club. Whether through silicone, avatars, or inflatable fashion, her practice dissects how bodies are packaged, sold, and seen. ![charlie stein, artist](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/charlie-stein-1.jpg) ****Charlie Stein** \- Still Life (Complicated Objects) 2024 Oil on Canvas 50 x 40 x 2.5 cm - Permission and courtesy of the Artist Stein’s figures become surfaces—shiny, fluid, performative—blurring the line between desire and object, visibility and erasure. A sharp take on the politics of presence in a hyper-commercial world. ### **Anji Woodley – On Memory, Thought, and the Things We Let Go** Toronto-based artist [**Anji Woodley**](https://www.instagram.com/anjiwoodley?ref=catapult-platform.art), originally from South Africa, invites us into the quiet architecture of memory. ![anji wood, artist](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/anji-woodley--artist.jpg) Anji Woodley - Stewards of Thought Part III- one of many growing pieces I’m adding to an evolving body of work. 39”x64” Acrylic, pastel and charcoal on unstretched canvas Photos by [@ryanwalkerphoto](https://www.instagram.com/ryanwalkerphoto/?ref=catapult-platform.art) | Image courtesy of the Artist Her painting *Stewards of Thought* reflects on the fleeting, intangible nature of our inner lives—what we remember, what slips away, and how we hold space for both. It’s a poetic meditation on mental landscapes and the emotional weight of forgetting. ### **Jonny Alexander – Painting Relief Into the Landscape** [**Jonny Alexander’s work**](https://www.instagram.com/jonnyalexander/?ref=catapult-platform.art)is rooted in the gentle power of emotional relief. ![jonny alexander, artist](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/2025/04/jonny-alexander-artist.jpg) ****Jonny Alexander** “What is a True Voice (Shadow)” 30inch x 24inch Oil on Canvas Permission and courtesy of the Artist Through grounded, almost mythic figures set in luminous landscapes, he explores themes of comfort, care, and quiet rituals. Each painting becomes a place of pause—offering space to reflect, reconnect, and breathe. --- ### **That Makes 22\. And You Could Be Next.** These 7 artists, selected by the Munchies Art Club team, join [**Erik Sommer’s official picks** ](https://www.catapult-platform.art/eri5-artists-15-worlds-one-feed-you-dont-want-to-miss/)to complete our **April–May showcase of 22 outstanding positions** in contemporary art. [15 Artists. 15 Worlds. One Feed You Don’t Want to Miss. Selected by Erik SommerErik 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. Known for![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/icon/munchies-art-club-magazine-95.png)Munchies Art Club MagazineDominique Catherina Foertig![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/1c/24/1c2478ff-417d-4e88-8226-288af467f6b9/content/images/thumbnail/new-faces-in-contemporary-art-2.jpg)](https://www.catapult-platform.art/eri5-artists-15-worlds-one-feed-you-dont-want-to-miss/) Erik Sommer selection for April (from our open call) --- If you want to be part of the next roundup and have your work seen, our **new Open Call is now open**. [👉 Apply – we’re ready to see what you’ve got.. ](https://https//www.munchiesart.club/open-call-contemporary-art/?ref=catapult-platform.art)