Kristin Kwan is an artist who makes illustrative paintings and drawings, living with her family and crowd of pets in Lincoln, NE. Her artwork uses elements of fantasy and allegory to explore themes of life, death, and rebirth. "When I was growing up my family moved many times, and every new home held mysteries and secrets. I dreamed of hidden stairways that led to unknown attics, or cellars … [Read more...] about Kristin Kwan
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Olga Koudi – Spiky Heads
Olga Koudi is an artist working with digital paintings. She lives and creates in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In her artworks, she talks about the body and nudity, introversion, and the Comfort Zone (both in society and in our own homes or minds). Despite the seriousness of these topics, there is always a drop of irony. The stories in her paintings are based on her dreams and childhood … [Read more...] about Olga Koudi – Spiky Heads
Min Kyung Kwon
Biography Min Kyung Kwon is an artist based in Adelaide, Australia creating art of otherworldly beings that are beyond physicality and can be only seen through our mind's eyes. Kwon's portraits are inspired by mythology, legends, folk storybooks, science through contradicting images of eeriness and cuteness with a glimpse of sensuality & innocence in their gesture. Min Kyung's work … [Read more...] about Min Kyung Kwon
Nam Das
Nam Das (b.1989) creates visual stories by arranging figurative elements like an assemblage forming a central idea. An idea which plays around the different archetypes of the collective unconscious or mythologems observed throughout history. He began to work as a full-time painter at the start of … [Read more...] about Nam Das
Chris Leib
Artist Statement Chris Leib examines our precarious path started long ago, through his cast of wise, tolerant bonobos and rambunctious astronaut children. While seemingly whimsical, the paintings are laden with hidden meaning and explore themes of heroism, Western folklore, and the schism of instinct and control. Weaving through the meticulous detail in these paintings, threads of symbols and … [Read more...] about Chris Leib