Author: Seraphina Calder

Kat Holmes works through painting as a way of staying close to lived experience rather than stepping back from it. A BA Fine Art graduate from the University of the West of England, she has maintained a consistent, hands-on relationship with her practice since her early twenties. Based in the North West of England, she is also a studio resident at Document in Bristol. Her work develops through repetition and revision, returning to a set of recurring concerns—love, loss, absence, and the instability of memory. These are not treated as fixed subjects but as shifting conditions. Holmes moves between instinct and control, allowing…

Christopher Diont’e works across painting, sculpture, design, and craft with a practice grounded in lived experience rather than category. Based in the Hampton Roads area, his work moves between physical labor and conceptual thinking, often closing the distance between the two. He approaches art as something built as much as it is imagined. Oil, bronze, wood, and fabric are not separate paths, but part of one continuous language. At the center of his work is a directness that does not hide process. Diont’e leans into transparency, showing how something is made and what it requires. His paintings carry weight through…

Cynthia Karalla is an American artist working at the intersection of activism, material exploration, and a clear, direct visual language. Her background began in architecture, later moving into photography, and eventually expanding into a broader fine art practice that resists simple definition. Across these shifts, one consistent thread remains: a focus on examining systems—political, social, and visual—and translating them into something physical. Karalla treats materials almost like a photographic process, taking what feels dense or distant and bringing it into view with intention. Her work exists in a space of contrast, balancing order with disruption, and content with form. By…

Allan Wesaquate’s image of Bernadine is rooted in a specific moment and place. The photograph was originally taken in 1993 in Vancouver, British Columbia, during a period when the artist was doing street photography. The subject, identified as Bernadine, appears in a candid setting, consistent with the nature of street-based work. There is no indication of staging or studio involvement; the image comes from direct observation in a public environment. The image of Bernadine, captured in Vancouver, British Columbia, carries the directness of street photography. There is nothing staged about it. The subject appears caught in a quiet moment, her posture…

Huang YI Min’s life and artistic path are closely tied to the layered history of China. Born in 1950, she came of age during a period of profound social and cultural shifts, experiences that continue to echo through her work. Trained at the Department of Fine Arts at Beijing Normal University, Huang developed a strong foundation in both traditional and contemporary practices. When she moved to the United States in 1997, she carried with her not just technical skill, but a deeply rooted visual memory shaped by the streets, structures, and atmosphere of her homeland. Her work today reflects this…

Sylvia Nagy’s practice sits in a space where making and thinking move together. Her work carries the discipline of design while remaining open to the unpredictability of fine art, allowing control and instinct to coexist. With roots in both industrial design and ceramics, she treats material not only as something to shape, but as a way to explore ideas. Her education at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, where she completed an MFA in Silicate Industrial Technology and Art, established a strong technical foundation in fabrication. This direction later expanded through her connection to Parsons School of Design…

Judit Nagy L. was born in Slovakia, a place shaped by layered histories and cultural depth. From a very young age, she approached the world as something to be explored visually. Even in kindergarten, observation turned into interpretation, as if everything around her already carried the potential to become art. This early instinct guided her toward formal training, first in a public art school and later in private studios, where she developed her visual language. Life, however, did not follow a straight path. She pursued a Master’s degree in civil engineering, built a family, and entered the world of business.…

David John Hilditch, born in Wolverhampton in 1951, has developed a practice that moves between painting and philosophical reflection. His work resists fixed interpretation, instead raising questions around identity, perception, and lived experience. With a background shaped by both visual exploration and deeper intellectual inquiry, Hilditch treats the canvas as something active rather than still. Paint is not simply placed; it shifts, reacts, and continues to evolve across the surface. His compositions feel detached from linear time, with no clear beginning or endpoint. What unfolds is a space where perception remains in motion. The viewer is not positioned as an…

Adamo Macri approaches art as something fluid, never confined to a single direction. Born in Montreal in 1964, he built his early foundation at Dawson College, studying across disciplines that included commercial art, graphic design, photography, art history, and fine arts. That breadth continues to inform his approach. Though widely associated with sculpture, his practice extends into photography, video, painting, and drawing, shifting mediums as ideas require. Rather than isolating each discipline, he treats them as part of the same language. Across his work, recurring concerns surface—identity, change, and the tension between appearance and inner experience. Figures and faces emerge often,…

Jo Gabe treats painting as a way to preserve experience while letting it evolve. Working in acrylic, oil, and pastel, the practice moves between what is seen and what is felt, where memory shifts and place never fully settles. There are traces of artists like Kandinsky in the relaxed forms and attention to color, but Gabe’s work stays rooted in personal reflection rather than pure abstraction. Landscapes, interiors, and figures are not separated. They function as extensions of lived experience, connected through mood and recollection. Travel continues to shape this direction. From the layered energy of Sydney to the openness…