Ari Liloan’s Art Centers Around Power, Money, and Fried Chicken
There's a sense of cheekiness when it comes to Ari Liloan’s art. “I like bright colors telling me terrible things,” she writes on her website, adding that her favorite subjects to draw center around...
Hikari Shimoda’s Art is a Bit Unnerving
Hikari Shimoda paints starry-eyed children that are an unnerving mixture of cuteness and horror. Dressed in superhero costumes or fashionable attire, they remind of anime characters, but ones that are the result of an...
The Transfixing Paintings of Serge Gay Jr.
Serge Gay Jr. is a modern-day Renaissance man. A Grammy-nominated creative director, he also works as an art director, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. And according to him, versatility is key to being creative....
Stuffing and Textile: Lauren DiCioccio’s Sculptures Take After Their Materials
Lauren DiCioccio's art is part sculpture, part textile, making for a DIY sort of effect. Each one-of-a-kind piece begins from the inside out, starting with a handful of stuffing and a square of felt,...
Alice Isaac’s Art is Delightfully Messy
Alice Isaac likes to mix things up. Describing herself as an image-maker and animator, she creates delightful images which are a blend of collage work, illustration, and animation. Her messy creations rely heavily on...
Joy Miess’ Art is Undeniably Cool
Joy Miess’ collages and paintings are a response to her day-to-day experiences - a sort of physical translations on canvas of her thoughts and feelings. “There’s a certain order that my work has to...
Hélène Baum’s Richly Colored Art is Simply Delightful
Hélène Baum art is based around color. “Color is the most crucial aspect of my work, and when I use lines, they are to be seen as colored surfaces,” she admitted in an interview...
Malik Roberts’ Deconstructed Portraits Are Very Much Striking
Malik Roberts takes his art seriously and it shows. "I want my work to be as serious as I am,” he told Paper Magazine. It makes sense, therefore, that his paintings revolve around serious...
Follow the Lines of Angela Heisch’s Paintings
Angela Heisch’s geometric paintings are the result of revealing and concealing; pulling things forward, pushing things back. “For the most part, this involves taking information away, such as blackening out a once brightly colored line,...
Aaron Elvis Jupin’s Art is Strange, in a Good Way
There's something a bit off in Aaron Elvis Jupin’s illustrations and paintings. A mixture of realism, digital art, and abstract work, his style draws inspiration from artistic movements like Surrealism and Pop Art. But...