ARTISTS
Discover our curated selection of artists — a roster we genuinely love, collect, and believe in. We represent distinct voices whose practices shape the evolving language of contemporary art. Explore more.
Syugir Buluktayev
Syugir Buluktayev was born in 1994 in Elista, Kalmykia. He works across painting, drawing, and sculpture. He studied Design at the University of Liberec in the Czech Republic (2011–2016). In 2017, he presented a solo exhibition at the National Museum of the Republic of Kalmykia. His works are held in private collections in Russia.
The core imagery of Sugir’s practice is built around horses and tulips, symbols deeply connected to Kalmykia, the artist’s homeland. These motifs emerged organically in 2018, during a prolonged period of living in Europe, as a visual return to familiar cultural roots.
In Kalmyk nomadic culture, the horse holds a central symbolic role. In the epic traditions of Mongolic and Turkic peoples, the genre of “magtal to the horse” celebrates the horse as a powerful, almost mythical being endowed with extraordinary qualities. Sugir’s work can be understood as a contemporary visual continuation of this tradition.
His horses are not realistic; they are poetic and mythical embodiments of energy, movement, and light. Always depicted in motion—running, leaping, flying—they exist in a state of dynamic harmony. Textural surfaces of clouds, flowers, and abstract ornament reference traditional decorative arts and national textiles, while the vivid palette evokes the blooming steppe.
The tulip, a longstanding national symbol of Kalmykia alongside the horse, represents purity, loyalty, and friendship—core values that lie at the heart of Sugir’s artistic universe.
The core imagery of Sugir’s practice is built around horses and tulips, symbols deeply connected to Kalmykia, the artist’s homeland. These motifs emerged organically in 2018, during a prolonged period of living in Europe, as a visual return to familiar cultural roots.
In Kalmyk nomadic culture, the horse holds a central symbolic role. In the epic traditions of Mongolic and Turkic peoples, the genre of “magtal to the horse” celebrates the horse as a powerful, almost mythical being endowed with extraordinary qualities. Sugir’s work can be understood as a contemporary visual continuation of this tradition.
His horses are not realistic; they are poetic and mythical embodiments of energy, movement, and light. Always depicted in motion—running, leaping, flying—they exist in a state of dynamic harmony. Textural surfaces of clouds, flowers, and abstract ornament reference traditional decorative arts and national textiles, while the vivid palette evokes the blooming steppe.
The tulip, a longstanding national symbol of Kalmykia alongside the horse, represents purity, loyalty, and friendship—core values that lie at the heart of Sugir’s artistic universe.
Sasha Braulov
His artistic practice focuses on embroidery as a contemporary medium, using it to document architecture, cultural memory, and everyday narratives. He is best known for the long-term series Architecture of the Avant-Garde, comprising over 450 embroidered works depicting unrealised projects, lost monuments, and surviving examples of 1920s–1930s avant-garde architecture.
In parallel, he develops the series Documentary Embroidery, in which childhood memories, cinema, and music are translated into embroidered scenes that merge imagination with everyday life. He also works with embroidered street art, placing small narrative images with encouraging phrases in urban space.
His works are held in the collections of the Russian Museum and the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, and have been exhibited internationally, including at the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Gallery on Shabolovka, and the Museum of Architecture in Almaty.
In parallel, he develops the series Documentary Embroidery, in which childhood memories, cinema, and music are translated into embroidered scenes that merge imagination with everyday life. He also works with embroidered street art, placing small narrative images with encouraging phrases in urban space.
His works are held in the collections of the Russian Museum and the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, and have been exhibited internationally, including at the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Gallery on Shabolovka, and the Museum of Architecture in Almaty.
Pollyanna
Pollyanna is a visual artist and illustrator based in Manila, Philippines, and a graduate of the University of the Philippines’ College of Fine Arts, where she earned a degree in Visual Communication.
Her art explores themes of serenity, innocence, and imagination through characters that embody childlike curiosity and emotional depth. Drawing from the complexities of life and inner growth, Pollyanna creates narratives that invite viewers to reconnect with joy, playfulness, and hope.
At the heart of her artistic universe is Polly — a symbolic muse inspired by the hydrangea flower. Representing resilience and positivity, Polly blooms through darkness and rain, her ever-changing petals reflecting the transient nature of emotions and life itself. Set within a soft, dreamlike world, Polly and her companions become metaphors for friendship, healing, and emotional support.
Through her work, Pollyanna celebrates the child within, the beauty of small wonders, and the quiet power of lightness carried into adulthood.
Her art explores themes of serenity, innocence, and imagination through characters that embody childlike curiosity and emotional depth. Drawing from the complexities of life and inner growth, Pollyanna creates narratives that invite viewers to reconnect with joy, playfulness, and hope.
At the heart of her artistic universe is Polly — a symbolic muse inspired by the hydrangea flower. Representing resilience and positivity, Polly blooms through darkness and rain, her ever-changing petals reflecting the transient nature of emotions and life itself. Set within a soft, dreamlike world, Polly and her companions become metaphors for friendship, healing, and emotional support.
Through her work, Pollyanna celebrates the child within, the beauty of small wonders, and the quiet power of lightness carried into adulthood.
Pablo Dona
Pablo Dona is an Argentinian artist, currently living and working in Miami, USA. The artist’s practice is rooted in the idea of childhood as a state of purity, clarity, and emotional truth. Childhood is seen not merely as a phase of life, but as an original point of connection with oneself — a time when emotions are honest, love is unconditional, and imagination knows no limits.
By transforming ordinary objects into poetic, surreal scenes, the artist builds a bridge to childhood, inviting viewers to reconnect with simple emotions and rediscover the magic hidden in everyday life. In this world, imagination reigns: sharks swim in teacups, boats sail through alphabet soup, and polar bears inhabit marshmallow landscapes — reminding us that the child within us is never truly lost.
By transforming ordinary objects into poetic, surreal scenes, the artist builds a bridge to childhood, inviting viewers to reconnect with simple emotions and rediscover the magic hidden in everyday life. In this world, imagination reigns: sharks swim in teacups, boats sail through alphabet soup, and polar bears inhabit marshmallow landscapes — reminding us that the child within us is never truly lost.
JEM
JEM is a multidisciplinary artist, whose painting technique began through a hands-on relationship with wood, tools, and raw materials, a deep engagement with making that shaped intuitive understanding of form, balance, and tension.
His practice emerges from a tension between structure and freedom. Trained initially in a discipline rooted in precision and order, He spent years immersed in systems defined by symmetry, predictability, and control. Over time, this rigidity began to feel limiting, prompting a shift toward a more intuitive and physical mode of expression.
The flowing forms in his work are shaped by movement, spontaneity, and the quiet influence of lived experience. Each piece evolves from impressions gathered through places he has visited, spaces he has moved through, and emotions absorbed in passing—moments that resist clear definition yet leave a lasting trace. Rather than translating these experiences literally, he allows them to surface through gesture, rhythm, and instinctive decisions.
Working with canvas as both surface and structure, he pushes the material beyond its traditional role. The canvas bends, curves, and occupies space, mirroring the way memories and emotions are rarely linear or fixed. The process is intentionally open, allowing randomness to disrupt control and guide the final form.
These works are not designed to represent specific locations or narratives, but to embody a state of movement — between order and chaos, intention and release. They invite the viewer to engage with the work not as a static object, but as a physical and emotional experience, shaped as much by perception as by form
His practice emerges from a tension between structure and freedom. Trained initially in a discipline rooted in precision and order, He spent years immersed in systems defined by symmetry, predictability, and control. Over time, this rigidity began to feel limiting, prompting a shift toward a more intuitive and physical mode of expression.
The flowing forms in his work are shaped by movement, spontaneity, and the quiet influence of lived experience. Each piece evolves from impressions gathered through places he has visited, spaces he has moved through, and emotions absorbed in passing—moments that resist clear definition yet leave a lasting trace. Rather than translating these experiences literally, he allows them to surface through gesture, rhythm, and instinctive decisions.
Working with canvas as both surface and structure, he pushes the material beyond its traditional role. The canvas bends, curves, and occupies space, mirroring the way memories and emotions are rarely linear or fixed. The process is intentionally open, allowing randomness to disrupt control and guide the final form.
These works are not designed to represent specific locations or narratives, but to embody a state of movement — between order and chaos, intention and release. They invite the viewer to engage with the work not as a static object, but as a physical and emotional experience, shaped as much by perception as by form
Celio Koko
Celio Koko is a Belgian–Lebanese contemporary artist known for his expressive, emotionally charged works that balance between abstraction and figuration. Born in Belgium, he spent a significant part of his early life in Africa, including Uganda, Tanzania, and Congo. These formative years had a lasting impact on his artistic vision, shaping his fascination with raw nature, animal imagery, tribal cultures, and instinctive forms of expression.
Koko’s path to art was unconventional. After a life-changing personal experience in his late twenties, he fully committed himself to artistic practice, using painting as a tool for self-discovery and emotional release. His works are driven by intuition rather than strict conceptual frameworks, allowing spontaneity, gesture, and energy to play a central role in the creative process.
Characterized by bold colors, powerful brushstrokes, and layered textures, Koko’s visual language reflects influences of neo-expressionism while remaining deeply personal. He works across various media, producing paintings and sculptural works that evoke movement, intensity, and psychological depth.
Celio Koko has exhibited internationally, and his works are part of numerous private collections around the world. Through his practice, he continues to explore the boundaries between the conscious and the instinctive, creating artworks that resonate on both a visceral and emotional level.
Koko’s path to art was unconventional. After a life-changing personal experience in his late twenties, he fully committed himself to artistic practice, using painting as a tool for self-discovery and emotional release. His works are driven by intuition rather than strict conceptual frameworks, allowing spontaneity, gesture, and energy to play a central role in the creative process.
Characterized by bold colors, powerful brushstrokes, and layered textures, Koko’s visual language reflects influences of neo-expressionism while remaining deeply personal. He works across various media, producing paintings and sculptural works that evoke movement, intensity, and psychological depth.
Celio Koko has exhibited internationally, and his works are part of numerous private collections around the world. Through his practice, he continues to explore the boundaries between the conscious and the instinctive, creating artworks that resonate on both a visceral and emotional level.
