Artists Spotlight
Welcome to the artist spotlight, where we feature artists we genuinely rate, share a bit of context on their work, and link you straight to the best places to follow, buy, or visit. Expect a mix of emerging names and established favourites, with studio stories and practical links rather than gallery-speak. Want to be featured? Follow us on Instagram and send us a message with your work and a couple of lines about what you make.
Michelle Jane Lee is a Seoul-born, Los Angeles-based painter whose Skin Contact series transforms worn t-shirts and shared bedsheets into intimate meditations on closeness, distance, and what remains.
Rebecca Storm makes surreal, tenebrism-lit paintings that hit like intrusive thoughts, splicing photography-derived scenes to twist memory and meaning. Based in Montreal (from Vancouver Island), she shifted from writing and photography into painting in 2020, and has since shown internationally, including Enari Gallery (Amsterdam) and IRL Gallery (New York).
We Absolutely love Holly Browns work. It’s got that rare mix of illustrator-level storytelling and proper oil-painting confidence, whether she’s out painting en plein air in Somerset or locking in a still life in the studio.
Olivia Drusin (b. 1994, New York) is a Brooklyn-based painter making pared-back scenes of thresholds, blocked views, and everyday spaces that feel slightly… off. She earned her MFA from Columbia in 2024 and her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art in 2016.
Delfino Fidel is an artist from Ticino, Italy, turning figures and pop icons into sly, ironic sculptures. Emojiland is a recent install at the municipal playground in Melano.
Self-taught Ukrainian artist Rostislaw Tsarenko builds insanely intricate dotwork worlds, each tiny stipple pulling you into a puzzle of grief, transformation, and whatever truth you’re brave enough to clock.
Japan based artist Shunshun uses just a ballpoint pen to depict shimmering landscapes, light and sea in repetitive, meditative line work that feels both simple and deeply resonant.
Shou Xin (手訫), based in Henan, creates minimalist pencil drawings of cats and other animals, using subtle lines, soft shading, and negative space to capture their unique personalities and gentle expressions.
Daniel Pettitt is an East London-based painter exploring abstraction, materiality and memory.
Rafal Zajko’s sculptural practice blends folklore, technology and industrial materials to explore identity and ecology.
Olivia Sterling’s bold, playful paintings tackle race, class and identity through vividly messy, food-filled scenes.
Corbin Shaw navigates the rich tapestry of queerness and identity with a flair that transforms the familiar into something strikingly new and deeply personal.
Salma Price-Nell, a UK-based professional fine artist, draws inspiration from the natural world for her intricate ink on paper artwork.
What's not to love about the vibrant colours and exotic curves of Hanna Lee Joshi’s artworks?
Jörg Gläscher spent a lot of time in the forest near Hamburg gathering deadwood to construct these giant and fascinating wave-like structures.
It is astonishing to think that these images are drawn by hand, with a ballpoint pen! Drawn into existence by ultra-talented 27 year old artist Oscar Ukonu.
Loe Lee’s Creatures of Hope series shows New Yorkers that even in times like the COVID crisis, there is always hope.
Israeli sculptor and installation artist Ronit Baranga creates figurative sculptures exploring the borders between living, still life and emotional states.
Teagan White paints and draws beautiful watercolour and pencil artworks of flora and fauna.
London-based artist Rosie Woods creates fabric-like murals and paintings using prismatic tints.
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