Elena Yellow is an emerging Swiss painter whose work has already received international exposure. Her oil on canvas paintings comprise abstract landscapes and employ a dense color palette to create a sense of peaceful melancholia. She hopes that her art will serve as a respite and a catalyst for introspection. When did you know you wanted to be an artist?…

Emerging British painter Christina Symes has exhibited her work throughout The United Kingdom. She focuses predominantly on the relationship between humans and nature, seeking to stimulate the viewer’s awareness of their own environment and engagement with it. For Christina, painting offers a form of escapism, peace and solitude in contrast to the chaos and complexity of modern life. She ultimately…

At the age of 15, on a trip to the Art Institute of Chicago with his parents, Jonathan Mcafee was stopped in his tracks by Warhol‘s ‘Mao,’ and definitely marked the start of his artistic pursuits. Today, Mcafee is busy composing expressive portraits centred on the theme of memory. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in…

Exciting Japanese painter Kaoru Shibuta has exhibited his work both at home in Japan and abroad in Spain, Taiwan, and Cambodia. Inspired by jazz and classical music, he predominately composes paintings that act as visual transformations of musical notes. His poetic symphony harnesses the energy of his rich local culture and blends nature, music, and art into one voice. When…

Talented Mexican artist Jaime Ruíz is the 2015 recipient of the Ministry of Culture’s Young Creators Grant. Using mostly warm, earthy colors and zoomorphic themes, his works simultaneously comment on and break down the many borders that exist in our world: between continents, countries, social classes and beyond. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?…