B100 Artists
88 profiles
Installation, Sculpture
Abbas Akhavan
Lives and works in Montreal and Berlin • b. 1977, Iran
Akhavan creates subtle, ephemeral installations that explore the politics of space, from the home to the nation. His site-specific works often use living materials like plants to reflect on hospitality, hostility, and th
Books ↗ NGC Profile ↗
Conceptual Art, Sculpture
Adel Abdessemed
Lives and works in London • b. 1971, Algeria
A conceptual artist creating provocative works that confront violence, migration, and suffering. He uses charged materials like barbed wire and charcoal to create visceral experiences that translate personal history into
Books ↗ MoMA ↗
Audio Investigation, Video Installation
Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Lives and works in Dubai • b. 1985, Jordan
A "private ear" whose audio-visual investigations explore the politics of sound. His forensic analyses of "earwitness" testimony for human rights organizations expose how sound can become evidence of
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Conceptual Art, Architecture, Activism
Ai Weiwei
Lives and works in Portugal, UK, Germany, and China • b. 1957, China
A dissident artist and activist whose monumental practice confronts authoritarianism, state corruption, and the global refugee crisis. His work masterfully blends traditional Chinese materials with provocative, conceptua
Books ↗ Official Site ↗
Film, Multi-Screen Installation
John Akomfrah
Lives and works in London • b. 1957, Ghana
A pioneering filmmaker whose immersive, multi-screen video installations create symphonic meditations on memory, migration, and the climate crisis. His archival approach links the colonial past with our planetary present
Books ↗ Smoking Dogs ↗
Performance, Video, Painting
Francis Alÿs
Lives and works in Mexico City • b. 1959, Belgium
A conceptual artist whose work consists of poetic and often absurd "actions" that intervene in politically charged landscapes. His documented gestures become fables about labor, futility, and resistance.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Sculpture, Installation
El Anatsui
Lives and works in Nigeria • b. 1944, Ghana
A celebrated sculptor who transforms thousands of discarded aluminum bottle caps into vast, shimmering tapestries. These works evoke traditional textiles while speaking to histories of trade, consumption, and colonialism
Books ↗ October Gallery ↗
Painting, Collage
Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Lives and works in Los Angeles • b. 1983, Nigeria
A painter who creates large-scale, layered works on paper depicting scenes of domestic intimacy. Her unique technique of layering paint with collage and photo transfers explores the "third space" of the immigra
Books ↗ Victoria Miro ↗
Painting
Michael Armitage
Lives and works in London and Nairobi • b. 1984, Kenya
A painter who creates lush, dreamlike narrative paintings on Lubugo bark cloth. His work explores the social and political landscapes of East Africa, drawing on sources from current events to mythology and art history.
Books ↗ White Cube ↗
Video, Installation, Performance
Korakrit Arunanondchai
Lives and works in New York and Bangkok • b. 1986, Thailand
A multidisciplinary artist whose sprawling video installations, performances, and "denim paintings" create a vibrant, chaotic cosmology weaving together Thai pop culture, animism, political history, and persona
Books ↗ Carlos/Ishikawa ↗
Installation, Sculpture, Video
Kader Attia
Lives and works in Berlin and Paris • b. 1970, France
A French-Algerian artist whose research-driven practice explores the concept of "repair." His work investigates the wounds of colonialism and contrasts Western ideals of perfection with non-Western traditions o
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Sound Art, Installation
Tarek Atoui
Lives and works in Paris • b. 1980, Lebanon
An artist and composer who creates complex, collaborative sound installations. He designs new musical instruments that explore how sound is perceived, felt, and socialized, often working with deaf communities.
Books ↗ Tate ↗
Painting, Installation
Firelei Báez
Lives and works in New York • b. 1981, Dominican Republic
A painter and installation artist whose vibrant works dismantle historical narratives. She creates powerful new mythologies centered on female figures of the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, often painting over colonial maps and
Books ↗ Pace Gallery ↗
Photography, Video
Sammy Baloji
Lives and works in Brussels and Lubumbashi • b. 1978, DRC
A visual artist who conducts an archaeological investigation into the memory of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His photomontages superimpose archival images onto contemporary landscapes to expose colonial legacies.
Books ↗ Axis Gallery ↗
Photography, Film, Installation
Yto Barrada
Lives and works in Tangier and New York • b. 1971, France
A multidisciplinary artist exploring the social and political realities of Morocco. Her work focuses on themes of migration, urban development, and the subtle forms of resistance found in everyday life.
Books ↗ Pace Gallery ↗
Sculpture, Sound Installation
Kevin Beasley
Lives and works in New York • b. 1985, USA
An artist whose work in sculpture and sound transforms found materials (clothing, athletic gear, raw cotton) into powerful objects that resonate with personal and collective histories of the American South and the Black ex
Books ↗ Whitney ↗
Performance, Installation
Rebecca Belmore
Lives and works in Toronto • b. 1960, Canada
An Anishinaabe artist whose powerful, often confrontational work addresses the violent histories of colonialism in Canada. Her performances use her body as a site to articulate trauma, resistance, and the ongoing struggl
Books ↗ NGC ↗
Video, Sculpture, Installation
Neïl Beloufa
Lives and works in Paris • b. 1985, Algeria
Creates complex installations examining power structures, digital culture, and global politics through game-like environments mixing video, sculpture, and participatory elements.
Books ↗ Zero2Infinity ↗
Installation, Video
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Lives and works in Johannesburg • b. 1981, South Africa
An artist whose immersive installations combine video, sound, and organic materials like soil and clay. Her work creates ritualistic spaces that explore land, memory, sovereignty, and the sacred from a Black feminist per
Books ↗ Tate ↗
Photography, Video, Sculpture
Mohamed Bourouissa
Lives and works in Paris • b. 1978, Algeria
An artist who explores the realities of marginalized communities in the peripheries of Paris. His celebrated series 'Périphérique' staged scenes composed to echo classical paintings, questioning media representation and
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Drawing, Performance, Installation
Sonia Boyce
Lives and works in London • b. 1962, UK
A key figure in the British Black Arts Movement whose socially engaged practice centers on improvisation and collaboration. Her work explores the politics of the voice, participation, and the performance of identity.
Books ↗ Tate ↗
Painting, Installation
Mark Bradford
Lives and works in Los Angeles • b. 1961, USA
An artist known for monumental, abstract canvases that function as material maps of urban life. Through a process of layering and excavating found paper, his "social abstractions" reveal the forces that shape c
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Performance, Installation, Activism
Tania Bruguera
Lives and works in Cambridge, USA • b. 1968, Cuba
A Cuban artist and activist whose work, termed 'Arte Útil' (Useful Art), focuses on power, control, and political agency. Her projects often blur the line between art and life, creating platforms for social change.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Sculpture, Installation
Dora Budor
Lives and works in New York • b. 1984, Croatia
An artist whose sculptures and installations reanimate cinematic histories and architectural environments. Using props, dust, and special effects, her atmospheric works explore the porous boundary between fiction and rea
Books ↗ Swiss Institute ↗
Video, Virtual Reality
Cao Fei
Lives and works in Beijing • b. 1978, China
Documents China's rapid transformation through surreal videos exploring urbanization, digital culture, and generational change, often using avatars and virtual worlds.
Books ↗ Serpentine ↗
Film, Installation
Vajiko Chachkhiani
Lives and works in Tbilisi and Berlin • b. 1985, Georgia
An artist whose films and installations create poetic, often melancholic allegories about memory, trauma, and the human condition. His simple yet profound gestures explore complex psychological states in post-Soviet cont
Books ↗ e-flux ↗
Live Simulations, AI Art
Ian Cheng
Lives and works in New York • b. 1984, USA
A pioneering artist who uses video game engines and AI to create "live simulations." These virtual ecosystems, populated by evolving AI characters, are a profound exploration of consciousness, chaos, and contro
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Cartography, Drawing, Installation
Tiffany Chung
Lives and works in Ho Chi Minh City • b. 1969, Vietnam
A research-based artist who uses meticulously crafted maps and drawings to document histories of migration, conflict, and urban transformation. Her "counter-geographies" trace the human stories of displacement
Books ↗ Tyler Parks ↗
Video, Real Estate, AI
Christopher Kulendran Thomas
Lives and works in Berlin and Colombo • b. 1979, UK
Creates projects examining art, technology, and politics post-Sri Lankan civil war, including "New Eelam", a proposition for a transnational housing subscription replacing nation-states.
Books ↗ New Eelam ↗
Video, Installation
Alex Da Corte
Lives and works in Philadelphia • b. 1980, USA
A video and installation artist who creates hyper-saturated, surreal worlds. His work remixes the visual language of pop culture, advertising, and cartoons into an unsettling exploration of consumerism, identity, and des
Books ↗ Matthew Marks ↗
Counter-Cartography, Textile
Cian Dayrit
Lives and works in Rizal • b. 1989, Philippines
An artist who uses counter-cartography, sculpture, and installation to critique colonial legacies of power and land ownership in the Philippines. His work often involves collaboration with Indigenous and peasant communit
Books ↗ Art Basel ↗
Social Practice, Film
Jeremy Deller
Lives and works in London • b. 1966, UK
A conceptual artist and cultural historian who orchestrates social events, such as his famed re-enactment 'The Battle of Orgreave.' His work explores the history and politics of the UK from the perspective of its people.
Books ↗ Tate ↗
Video, CGI, Writing
Ed Atkins
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1982, UK
Creates unsettling HD videos featuring CGI avatars exploring death, loss, and technology's failure to capture authentic emotion, accompanied by melancholic soundtracks.
Books ↗ Cabinet Gallery ↗
Installation, Film, Collage
Haris Epaminonda
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1980, Cyprus
An artist who creates meticulously composed installations of found images, objects, and sculptures. Her work constructs enigmatic, non-linear narratives that explore the nature of time, memory, and fragmented history.
Books ↗ Rodeo Gallery ↗
Installation, Sculpture
Latifa Echakhch
Lives and works in Switzerland • b. 1974, Morocco
A conceptual artist whose installations use simple materials and powerful gestures to create poetic and politically resonant works. Her art often evokes a sense of aftermath, exploring themes of memory, culture, and hist
Books ↗ Kaufmann Repetto ↗
Sculpture
Melvin Edwards
Lives and works in New York • b. 1937, USA
A pioneering African-American sculptor known for his abstract works in welded steel. His ongoing 'Lynch Fragments' series, begun in the 1960s, transforms industrial materials into powerful statements on race, violence, a
Books ↗ Alexander Gray ↗
Painting, Sculpture
Nicole Eisenman
Lives and works in New York • b. 1965, France
A painter and sculptor whose work combines art historical references, cartoonish figuration, and sharp social commentary. Her vibrant paintings and sculptures offer a tender and critical vision of contemporary life and q
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Research Agency, Investigation
Forensic Architecture
Based at Goldsmiths, London • f. 2010, UK
A multidisciplinary research agency that uses architectural and media technologies to investigate human rights violations and state violence. Their work, presented in legal forums and art exhibitions, forges a new practi
Books ↗ Official Site ↗
Sculpture
Katharina Fritsch
Lives and works in Wuppertal and Düsseldorf • b. 1956, Germany
A German sculptor known for her uncanny, meticulously crafted sculptures of everyday objects and figures. By casting familiar forms in multiples and painting them in vivid, monochrome colors, she transforms them into str
Books ↗ Matthew Marks ↗
Conceptual Art, Drawing
Charles Gaines
Lives and works in Los Angeles • b. 1944, USA
A pivotal figure in Conceptual art, Gaines creates rigorous, system-based works that explore the relationship between objective systems and subjective experience. His grid-based drawings often use political and historica
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Film, Sculpture, Land Art
Cyprien Gaillard
Lives and works in Berlin and New York • b. 1980, France
Creates works exploring entropy, ruins, and landscape transformation, documenting the collision between nature and urban development in post-industrial environments.
Books ↗ Gladstone Gallery ↗
Social Practice, Installation
Theaster Gates
Lives and works in Chicago • b. 1973, USA
A social practice artist whose work encompasses sculpture, performance, and urban renewal. He transforms abandoned buildings and discarded materials into vibrant cultural institutions and powerful archives of Black histo
Books ↗ Rebuild Foundation ↗
Sculpture, Installation
Isa Genzken
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1948, Germany
A relentlessly inventive artist whose work in sculpture and installation captures the chaotic, fragmented beauty of contemporary life. Using a punk, DIY aesthetic, her anarchic assemblages reflect on modern architecture
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Painting, Sculpture
Sam Gilliam
Lived and worked in Washington, DC • 1933-2022, USA
A pioneering abstract painter of the Washington Color School, best known for his revolutionary "Drape" paintings. By freeing the canvas from the stretcher, he created immersive, architectural environments of pu
Books ↗ Pace Gallery ↗
Photography, Activism
Nan Goldin
Lives and works in New York and Berlin • b. 1953, USA
A legendary photographer whose raw, diary-like images chronicle her life and chosen family in queer counter-cultural communities. Her practice has fused with fierce activism through her organization P.A.I.N., targeting t
Books ↗ MoMA ↗
Painting, Printmaking
Beatriz González
Lives and works in Bogotá • b. 1938, Colombia
Pioneering Colombian artist using pop aesthetics to address political violence, creating furniture-paintings and prints that transform media images of tragedy into powerful memorials.
Books ↗ Hammer Museum ↗
Institutional Critique
Hans Haacke
Lives and works in New York • b. 1936, Germany
A pioneering conceptual artist who rigorously exposes the hidden systems of power (political, economic, and corporate) that underpin the art world. His work functions as sociological analysis, challenging the museum's neut
Books ↗ Paula Cooper ↗
Installation, Sculpture
Petrit Halilaj
Lives and works between Germany, Kosovo, and Italy • b. 1986, Kosovo
An artist whose installations explore memory, freedom, and identity, drawing on his experiences of the Kosovo War. He uses humble materials like soil and twigs to create fantastical sculptures that are metaphors for surv
Books ↗ kurimanzutto ↗
Installation, Sculpture
Anthea Hamilton
Lives and works in London • b. 1978, UK
Creates surreal, pop-inflected installations exploring desire, fetish, and cultural references through unexpected materials and imagery, often featuring legs, tiles, and kimonos.
Books ↗ Thomas Dane ↗
Installation, Video, Performance
Mona Hatoum
Lives and works in London and Berlin • b. 1952, Lebanon
A Palestinian-British artist whose work uses the language of minimalism and surrealism to explore displacement and exile. She transforms familiar domestic objects into instruments of danger, confinement, and psychologica
Books ↗ White Cube ↗
Fiber Art, Installation
Sheila Hicks
Lives and works in Paris • b. 1934, USA
A pioneering artist who has pushed the boundaries of fiber art for over six decades. She creates everything from small, intimate weavings to monumental, architectural installations of pure, sensuous color and texture.
Books ↗ Alison Jacques ↗
Video, Performance, Installation
Hiwa K
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1975, Iraq
A Kurdish-Iraqi artist who draws on his personal history as a refugee to create powerful stories of survival. His work highlights alternative modes of knowledge and the resourcefulness of those living on the margins.
Books ↗ Promis Gallery ↗
Installation, Social Experiments
Carsten Höller
Lives and works in Stockholm and Biriwa, Ghana • b. 1961, Belgium
An artist with a background in science whose work takes the form of large-scale interactive installations, like his famous slides. He transforms the museum into a laboratory for exploring human perception, emotion, and b
Books ↗ Massimo De Carlo ↗
Sculpture, Sound Installation
Marguerite Humeau
Lives and works in London • b. 1986, France
An artist whose sculptures and sound installations resurrect extinct life forms and speculate on future evolutions. Her "biological showbiz" blends scientific research with mythological fiction to explore the m
Books ↗ CLEARING ↗
Performance, Installation
Anne Imhof
Lives and works in Berlin and New York • b. 1978, Germany
An artist whose durational performances and installations create stark, stylish portraits of contemporary alienation. Featuring a recurring troupe of performers, her work is a tightly choreographed yet unsettling reflect
Books ↗ Stedelijk ↗
Installation, Photography, Film
Alfredo Jaar
Lives and works in New York • b. 1956, Chile
An artist, architect, and filmmaker whose installations explore the politics of representation and the ethics of bearing witness. His work critiques how media consumes tragedy, often by withholding graphic images to crea
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Film, Video Installation
Arthur Jafa
Lives and works in Los Angeles • b. 1960, USA
A filmmaker and artist who creates virtuosic video collages that articulate the complex spectrum of Black experience. Using found footage, he aims to create a "black cinema" with the power and beauty of black m
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Conceptual Art, Writing
Jill Magid
Lives and works in New York • b. 1973, USA
Creates intimate relationships with systems of power (police, intelligence agencies, corporations) using their own protocols to reveal hidden operations and ethics of surveillance.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Performance, Video, Installation
Joan Jonas
Lives and works in New York • b. 1936, USA
A foundational figure in performance and video art, Jonas creates multi-layered works that combine performance, drawing, video, and props. Her dreamlike, ritualistic performances explore mythology and the nature of femal
Books ↗ MoMA ↗
Film, Multi-Screen Installation
Isaac Julien
Lives and works in London and Santa Cruz, USA • b. 1960, UK
A filmmaker and installation artist whose visually sumptuous, multi-screen films explore the complexities of race, sexuality, and cultural identity, often through poetic portraits of key historical figures from the Black
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Performance, Video, Music
Ragnar Kjartansson
Lives and works in Reykjavik • b. 1976, Iceland
Creates durational performances and videos exploring romantic clichés, melancholy, and repetition, often collaborating with musicians in marathon performances of emotional endurance.
Books ↗ Luhring Augustine ↗
Sculpture, Installation
Simone Leigh
Lives and works in New York • b. 1967, USA
Creates monumental sculptures celebrating Black femininity and vernacular architecture, drawing on African diasporic forms and traditions of care, beauty, and community.
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Sculpture, Installation, Painting
Liu Wei
Lives and works in Beijing • b. 1972, China
Creates monumental installations from urban detritus exploring China's urban explosion, transforming construction materials and cityscapes into dystopian architectural visions.
Books ↗ White Cube ↗
Photography, Activism
Zanele Muholi
Lives and works in Johannesburg • b. 1972, South Africa
Visual activist documenting and celebrating Black LGBTQIA+ communities in South Africa, creating powerful portraits that assert queer presence and resist erasure.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Painting, Installation, Social Practice
Oscar Murillo
Lives and works in various locations • b. 1986, Colombia
Creates raw, energetic paintings and community projects exploring labor, migration, and globalization, including worldwide "Frequencies" project with schoolchildren.
Books ↗ David Zwirner ↗
Installation, Performance, Drawing
Otobong Nkanga
Lives and works in Antwerp • b. 1974, Nigeria
Explores mineral extraction, land, and resources through tapestries, installations, and performances, tracing how materials move across borders and bodies.
Books ↗ Mendes Wood DM ↗
Photography, Research
Trevor Paglen
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1974, USA
Artist-geographer documenting classified military sites, underwater internet cables, and surveillance systems, making visible the hidden infrastructures of power.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Video, Installation
Sondra Perry
Lives and works in Newark • b. 1986, USA
Creates immersive video installations exploring Blackness in digital space, using avatars, blue screens, and digital manipulation to examine racial representation online.
Books ↗ Serpentine ↗
Installation, Performance
Amalia Pica
Lives and works in London and Mexico City • b. 1978, Argentina
Creates poetic works exploring communication, censorship, and civic participation, often referencing Argentina's dictatorship through minimal gestures and participatory actions.
Books ↗ Tanya Bonakdar ↗
Video, Installation
Laure Prouvost
Lives and works in Brussels • b. 1978, France
Creates immersive installations mixing video, objects, and text exploring language, translation, and misunderstanding through surreal narratives and sensory experiences.
Books ↗ carlier | gebauer ↗
Archive, Photography, Performance
Walid Raad
Lives and works in New York • b. 1967, Lebanon
Creates fictional archives through "The Atlas Group" exploring Lebanese civil war's psychological aftermath, blurring boundaries between fact and fiction in historical narrative.
Books ↗ The Atlas Group ↗
Video, Installation
Mika Rottenberg
Lives and works in New York • b. 1976, Argentina
Creates surreal video installations exploring labor, production, and female bodies in globalized capitalism through absurdist factory scenarios and magical realism.
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Installation, Architecture
Tomás Saraceno
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1973, Argentina
Creates floating sculptures and web-like installations inspired by spider webs, clouds, and bubbles, imagining alternative ways of living and sensing in the Anthropocene.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Video, Performance, 3D Animation
Jacolby Satterwhite
Lives and works in New York • b. 1986, USA
Creates kaleidoscopic virtual worlds combining personal history, queer desire, and Afrofuturism, often incorporating his mother's drawings into fantastical digital landscapes.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Textile Sculpture, Performance
Lara Schnitger
Lives and works in Los Angeles • b. 1969, Netherlands
Creates exuberant fabric sculptures and processions celebrating female sexuality and protest culture, using textiles to create powerful statements about body politics.
Books ↗ Anton Kern ↗
Constructed Situations
Tino Sehgal
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1976, UK
Creates "constructed situations" using only human presence: no objects, documentation, or written instructions. His living artworks challenge art market conventions and material culture.
Books ↗ Marian Goodman ↗
Photography, Book Art
Dayanita Singh
Lives and works in New Delhi • b. 1961, India
Reimagines photography through innovative book forms and mobile "museums," creating portable exhibitions that challenge conventional display while documenting Indian archives and interiors.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Painting
Avery Singer
Lives and works in New York • b. 1987, USA
Creates large-scale paintings using 3D modeling software and airbrush techniques, depicting art world scenes in stark black and white, merging digital and analog processes.
Books ↗ Hauser & Wirth ↗
Video Essay, Installation
Hito Steyerl
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1966, Germany
An influential artist and theorist whose video essays offer a critical and humorous guide to the paradoxes of the digital age. Her work investigates the politics of the image, surveillance, and the flow of data.
Books ↗ e-flux ↗
Bio Art, Sound, Video
Jenna Sutela
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1983, Finland
Works with biological materials and AI to create interspecies art, collaborating with bacteria, slime molds, and machine learning to explore non-human intelligence.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Video, Installation, Performance
Martine Syms
Lives and works in Los Angeles • b. 1988, USA
Explores Black identity in digital age through videos, installations, and performances examining representation, gesture, and vernacular culture in contemporary media.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗
Installation, Sound, Sculpture
Sung Tieu
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1987, Vietnam
Creates installations examining bureaucratic violence and refugee experience through administrative aesthetics, using office furniture, sound, and light to evoke institutional control.
Books ↗ Sfeir-Semler ↗
Film, Performance, Installation
Wu Tsang
Lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles • b. 1982, USA
Creates films and performances exploring queer and trans communities, collaboration, and solidarity. Works blur boundaries between documentary and fiction, performance and participation.
Books ↗ Anton Kern ↗
Installation, Sculpture
Adrián Villar Rojas
Lives and works nomadically • b. 1980, Argentina
Creates site-specific installations imagining post-apocalyptic worlds where nature reclaims civilization. Works with clay, found objects, and organic materials in monumental, ephemeral pieces.
Books ↗ kurimanzutto ↗
Installation, Sculpture
Danh Vo
Lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City • b. 1975, Vietnam
Vietnamese-Danish artist creating installations from found objects and personal artifacts exploring themes of migration, cultural identity, colonialism, and the Vietnam War's legacy.
Books ↗ Marian Goodman ↗
Drawing, Installation, Video
Kara Walker
Lives and works in New York • b. 1969, USA
Creates powerful silhouettes and installations exploring race, gender, sexuality, and violence in American history, using antebellum imagery to confront ongoing racial trauma.
Books ↗ Sikkema Jenkins ↗
Film, Video Installation
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Lives and works in Chiang Mai • b. 1970, Thailand
Award-winning filmmaker creating dreamlike films and installations exploring memory, politics, and folklore in Thailand. Blends personal narratives with national histories and mythology.
Books ↗ Kick the Machine ↗
Video, Performance
Ming Wong
Lives and works in Berlin • b. 1971, Singapore
Restages iconic films exploring cultural translation, gender, and identity, often playing all roles himself to examine representation and performativity across cultures.
Books ↗ Artist Website ↗