Born in 1992 in Seattle, Washington, Brandon Elijah Johnson lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

As we step into Johnson's world, somewhere between imagination and reality, we become a part of his visual diary. A collector of images, from photographs found on the internet to snapshots taken with his phone, Johnson reinterprets familiar ordinary scenes in his paintings and drawings, perhaps in an attempt to freeze a moment in time. He takes reference images from his direct environment and intentionally - or not - offers a representative picture of today’s world. His vivid compositions draw from pop culture, embrace pastiche, and remain attached to the here and now. As part of a generation willingly returning to figurative painting, Johnson moves away from pure representation, at times infusing a touch of playfulness, and distancing himself from painterly conventions. Between fiction and documentary reality, Johnson’s works reveal a part of our collective memory.

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Born in Tehran, Iran in 1983, Homa Arkani lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. With a MFA from KASK University in Gent, Belgium, Arkani’s artistic journey reflects profound socio-cultural concerns. Initially focusing on figurative paintings related to social issues, particularly those affecting women, Homa’s oeuvre is a testament to her personal journey as a woman and an artist, deeply influenced by luminaries such as Rumi, Peter Bruegel, Hieronymus Bosch, and Van Gogh. Her monochromatic work draws parallels between the strength and resilience of women and the nurturing aspects of nature. Creating dreamlike landscapes that reminisce body shapes or female attributes, she playfully approaches reality until it becomes abstract. 

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Born in 1996 in Svitavy, Czech Republic, Eva Yurková lives and works in Vienna, Austria. Yurková graduated from Painting and Printmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and later on, from Vienna’s University of Applied Arts where she studied Graphics and Printmaking. Known for her multifaceted work with collaging linocut, woodcut, colored papers and oil, she creates figurative landscapes, with both realistic and fantastical environments into which she sets her characters. With streamlined body forms, her figures are often female identifying, who are either alone or seen interacting with bodies similar to themselves. Set against surreal scenes with overlapping  floral and environmental elements, Yurková's dream-like landscapes evoke enraptured fantasy. In this way, Yurková portrays moments of public intimacy, but also a rejection of the systematic norms in which the gaze towards the female body is embedded.

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