Who are the three artists reshaping how we see objects, bodies, and systems?
Radar #13: Maria Luz elevates everyday Lisbon in paint and film, Seung-yeon Jung maps shared space across media, and Stefan Bakmand draws neon spore cosmologies.
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Maria Luz: Contemporary painting and film photography of everyday objects in Lisbon
Maria Luz paints and photographs everyday urban objects with clear light and exact color, turning overlooked scenes into calm, durable images.
Matthias Esch: Patterns that remember the body
Berlin-based painter Matthias Esch turns ornament and diagrams into humane structures, paintings where order rests on a living ground.
Seung-yeon Jung: Between Bodies and the Spaces They Share
Seung-yeon Jung builds quiet ecologies of belonging, turning distance and dialogue into painting, performance, and lived experience.
Stefan Bakmand: Neon Spores, Tender Diagrams
Stefan Bakmand maps a mycelial cosmology in neon and ink, where spores turn into myths and paper feels alive.
Eliane Diur: Rooms Where an Avatar Learns to See
Eliane Diur paints layered oil scenes in Leipzig: a recurring avatar moves through rooms, curtains, and windows to turn looking into patient self-inquiry.
Selver Yildirim : An Interview with an promising Artist
Selver Yildirim contemporary artist portrait and interview focused on her residency in the beautiful landscape of Cappadocia, Turkey
Martin Schuster: Toy Ruins, Tender Futures
Martin Schuster paints built worlds that feel close and present.
Stage-like images in clear color hold lightness and unease together.
Sean Andrews Aka Life With The Mac: Redefining Art With Unconventional Brilliance
Explore The Captivating Artistry Of Sean Andrews, Known As Life With The Mac, An Influential Artist And Co-Founder Of The Shit Art Club In Los Angeles. His Unique Artistic Approach Defies Convention, Blending Creativity And Rebellion.
Mariam Akubardia: Night Rooms for Unfinished Goodbyes
Wolves, windows, and star-cloaks: Akubardia’s paintings and installations turn memory and exile into rooms you can feel.
Candy Bassas: Painting the Pulse Between Silence and Sound
Barcelona-born, Berlin-based painter Candy Bassas turns water into a nocturnal ritual, cyanotype and oil merging in figurative scenes of unease.
Rica Fuentes Martinez: Drawing the Invisible Lifeforms That Shape Our World
Rica Fuentes Martinez turns fungi, microbes, and cellular forms into precise ink drawings, poetic systems where invisible ecologies become visible.
Khoren Matevosyan: Weaving Myths into Pixels and Threads
Armenian artist Khoren Matevosyan (Xoromat) blends textile craft with digital worlds, reimagining folklore for a future still rooted in tradition.
Joachim Lambrechts and the Illusion of Happiness in Contemporary Painting
Joachim Lambrechts paints colorful scenes that question happiness, control, and emotional comfort in contemporary life.
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.
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.