Asemic Scores and Napa Cabbage: The Art of Sophie Ruoyu Zhang
Sophie Ruoyu Zhang is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. With a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, her work explores the intersections of post-humanism, material ecocriticism, and asemic expression. Drawing from both traditional and digital media, she creates poetic systems like “scores” or “scripts” that blur the boundary between human language and the autonomous gestures of nature and machine.
When Technology Feels: Xiao Jin on Rendering Emotion
Xiao Jin is a digital artist working at the intersection of generative systems, moving images, and spatial installations. With a background in architecture and formal training from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, Xiao’s practice explores how digital tools from AI to real-time rendering engines like Unreal can be reimagined as poetic mediums. His work investigates emotional and perceptual states, often blurring the line between synthetic environments and felt experience.
Shuyi Qi on Eastern Philosophy, Sustainability, and Cultural Narratives
Shuyi Qi is a multidisciplinary artist and designer whose work explores the intersection of art, sustainability, and cultural narratives. With a background in visual arts and design management, she brings together digital and traditional media to create thought-provoking pieces that invite reflection. Inspired by the relationship between humanity and the natural world, Shuyi’s practice centers on themes of ecological preservation, coexistence, and cultural memory. Drawing from Eastern philosophy and aesthetics, she often weaves organic forms with contemporary techniques to reimagine our connection to nature.
Between Villain and Hero: Elzbieta Zdunek’s Surrealist Collages
Elzbieta “Ela” Zdunek is a writer and digital collage artist whose grayscale compositions explore themes of alienation, fragmented identity, and the fluidity of perception. With roots in photography, her practice has always centered more on how things are seen than on what is seen. Her collages often capture ambiguous, transitional moments — points of action or inaction that shape how we are perceived, yet remain unresolved. We asked Ela about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Blunt Action on Creating Universes That Feel Like Glitches in the Matrix
Blunt Action is a New York City-based creative studio specializing in art, animation, gaming, and music. Co-founded by longtime collaborators Colby and Ethan, the studio evolved from a shared passion for music production and visual storytelling. What began as beat-making and rough mixes in college quickly expanded into immersive 3D world-building, merging their skills in sound, animation, and design under the Blunt Action name. We asked Blunt Action about their art, creative process, and inspirations.
How YoruBeats Found Art in Cybersecurity, AI, and the Streets of Fukuoka
YoruBeats spent nearly a decade working in the HVAC construction industry before moving to Japan to start a new chapter with his wife. Living in Fukuoka sparked a creative shift, as he began photographing urban corners and blending them with LoFi-inspired AI art, reflective captions, and music. What started as casual experiments evolved into a full creative pursuit, combining real-life imagery with dreamlike aesthetics. We asked YoruBeats about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Artivator in Venice: A Conversation with Enrico Dedin
Enrico Dedin is a media artist and art director whose work spans video, digital media, and experimental storytelling. Based in the Metropolitan City of Venice and known for his poetic visual language and thoughtful exploration of contemporary life, Enrico combines his background in visual experimentation with a sharp curatorial eye. We asked Enrico about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Architecture and Imagination: The AI-Imagined Worlds of Samuvel Benhursha
Samuvel Benhursha is an architectural designer, AI artist, and curator of Sambenhur Designs, a digital gallery where architecture meets imagination. With a background in architecture and a passion for sustainability, Samuvel brings a unique perspective to the intersection of technology, heritage, and design. At its core is a deep belief that design should serve both the senses and the soul. We asked Samuvel about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Modern Myths: Yicheng Zhu Paints the Soul of Chinese Folklore
Yicheng Zhu is a concept artist and visual storyteller whose work bridges cultural heritage and imaginative design. After several years creating concept art for video games and animation, she’s now expanding into more personal, experimental forms of art. While her professional work is grounded in solving visual problems for creative teams, Yicheng’s recent explorations dive into abstract techniques that allow for deeper emotional expression. We asked Yicheng about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Glitches, Serendipity & Synths: A Conversation with Nico Antwerp
Nico Antwerp is a London-based video artist with a passion for mixing digital tools in playful and unexpected ways. With a background in music and sound design, he gradually found his way into motion design and video art — shifting from thinking in milliseconds to frames. We asked Nico about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Where Whales Fall and Myths Rise: Alena Saveleva
Alena Saveleva is an artist and filmmaker whose work centers on visual and non-linear storytelling that explores non-human myths and essences. Her practice challenges anthropocentric narratives, seeking instead to re-enchant nature and decentralize the human gaze. Themes of cycle, death, and rebirth run through her work, offering viewers a space to reflect on transformation and the quiet continuity of life beyond human timelines. We asked Alena about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
What I Wish I Knew: Irene Neyman on Freelance Life and Staying Seen
Irene Neyman is a self-taught illustrator and graphic designer based in Calgary, Canada. Her creative practice spans commercial illustration, packaging and character design, motion graphics, and editorial work. With a distinctive style that balances bright colors, simple shapes, and experimental textures, Irene brings clarity and charm to every project she takes on. We asked Irene about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Art as Resistance to Hypervelocity and Perfection: Subliexe
Subliexe is a digital artist whose work delves into abstraction, glitch, and memory in the age of image hypervelocity. His name (a fusion of “sublime” and “execution”) reflects both his conceptual focus and his hands-on approach to digital experimentation. Using tools like Processing, AI, GIMP, and data moshing software, Subliexe explores the chaotic speed at which images flood our lives today — and what that speed does to our sense of memory, time, and identity. We asked Subliexe about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
10 Digital Artists: Storytellers in Comics and Cartoons
In this spotlight, we’re excited to introduce ten cartoonists whose work shows just how broad and powerful this art form can be. From dreamy myth-inspired illustrations to gritty, character-driven comics, these artists redefine what cartoon storytelling can look like today. Their styles are diverse; bright and bold, soft and eerie, playful and raw, but they all share a deep love for storytelling and a strong visual voice. Here are 10 digital artists you’ll want to follow if you love comics and cartoons.
Where Technology Meets the Poetic: Ziyi Zhang
Ziyi Zhang is an art director and multimedia artist whose work bridges the poetic and the political, the emotional and the technological. Since beginning her professional journey in 2021, she has approached the creative industry with curiosity, openness, and a strong collaborative spirit. Grounded in both art and technology, Zhang’s practice blends dreamlike, romantic aesthetics with thoughtful reflections on humanity, social issues, and global concerns. We asked Ziyi about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Collages Inspired by a Lifetime of Travel: Apostolos Vafeas
Apostolos Vafeas was born on the picturesque island of Kythnos, Greece. A passionate traveler, he spent over 35 years working in the tourism industry before retiring and turning his attention to collage art — an interest he had cherished alongside his career for many years. His travels around the world have deeply influenced his artistic practice, with each piece reflecting glimpses of the places, cultures, and moments that have stayed with him. We asked Apostolos about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
The Beauty in Error: Devis Bergantin’s Semi-Automatic Art and Digital Distortion
Devis Bergantin is a visual artist, writer, and atelierist based in northern Italy. His artistic practice centers on experimental drawing and glitch art—often blending the two to explore spontaneity, unpredictability, and the beauty found in error. In addition to his creative work, Devis is also an expert in vegetable and wellness gardening, cultivating both land and imagination through interdisciplinary collaborations with independent projects and spaces across Italy and abroad. We asked Devis about his art, creative process, and inspirations.
Purposeful Typography: Nancy (Xinxuan) Gao
Nancy (Xinxuan) Gao is a multidisciplinary designer with a focus on visual identity and typography. A graduate of ArtCenter College of Design, she discovered her love for branding and font design early on and has been exploring both traditional and digital approaches to design ever since. Whether working with paper or writing code, Nancy enjoys exploring how design can communicate and connect. We asked Nancy about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
Turning Shadow Work into Surreal Collage Art: Unknown Deity
Unknown Deity is a collage artist based in Charm City, Maryland, whose work centers around the process of transmutation — transforming emotion and experience into evocative visual language. Through layered, surreal compositions, Unknown Deity explores the depths of the human condition, offering viewers gentle reminders that we’re never truly alone. We asked Unknown Deity about her art, creative process, and inspirations.
10 Digital Artists: Interactive Art and Design
In the world of interactive art and design, engagement is not just encouraged — it’s essential. The use of technologies like AI, VR, and real-time interactivity is allowing artists to create dynamic experiences that react to the viewer’s actions, decisions, and presence. From virtual reality worlds to interactive public installations, these 10 digital artists are creating groundbreaking works that invite us to engage, explore, and think in new ways.