Hon Eui Chen

“Usually, I have an image in my mind of what I want to create, and my next step is to test materials to recreate that vision”.

Born in a refugee camp between Cambodia and Thailand, Hon Eui Chen moved with her family to Mississippi at the age of eight. Growing up, her identity was informed by the sense of belonging and not belonging to the southern culture in Mississippi. As the memories of her childhood on the Thai-Cambodia border become more and more faint as the years go by, the need to remember, to retrieve those childhood memories of a past life, has remained a constant drive in her work. In her paintings and installations, Hon Eui Chen explores the poetics of intimate spaces and the idea of home. The subject of home is an abstract concept and the motivational force for her studio pursuits. She makes installations that convey themes of identity, memory, and longing to transform and activate a room. Using acrylic paint, varnishes, resin, plaster, and photographs as the structural realization for a subject as formless and transitory as memory, the concept of journey and memory are embedded in the current series of mixed media paintings – layered earthy, dark-colored backgrounds with trees and foliage drawn using graphite with an overlay of concrete.

ELAINE MITCHELL

My career in the arts industry began in the spring of 2012. At the time, I was a full-time student at the Art Institute of New York. I was studying Fashion Design and textiles. I thought fashion was where I would Soar. I needed a job, and I learned through a friend that there was an artist in the area where I was attending college; she needed a studio assistant. She was a free-spirited figurative watercolor artist. I learned I wanted to pursue a career in arts after a trip to The Metropolitan Museum Of Art. It’s a moment that I remember VERY distinctly as if it were yesterday. While Wondering about the many galleries within the Met, I saw Springtime. Springtime is a stunning grand scale 19th-century European painting. Pierre-Auguste Cot is the artist behind this masterful oil painting on canvas…

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Jean-Noël Moneton & Uncommon Beauty

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It is a reflection of the gallery curating principles of diversity, inclusiveness, and also being global. Our artists are often “uncommon” and come from 7 countries on five continents. Interestingly in the art world where women, and particularly those belonging to a minority are grossly underrepresented, we represent 8 women artists and only one man! It is important to underline. It is a small step towards more equality but it is a step and we are very proud of that.

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TEMI A. TECSON

Born on March 8, 1993, hails from Paranaque City, Philippines. Known as “Temi” to the music community in New York, Artemio John Dela Cruz – Tecson’s love and passion for singing all started since his pre-school years. He started singing even before he could understand what the song lyrics meant, but his mom would coach him from start to finish. Joining the all-boys choir group of his Alma Matter, St. Andrews School in Manila, Temi sang at special events, both corporate and socials. He joined various singing competitions including Duet Bulilit at ABS CBN, in which a musical director spotted him looking for talents to form the boyband group – XY Kidz, becoming the youngest boyband of its time…