Jian Liu, born in Shanghai in 1961, was accepted into the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Art at the age of eighteen, a rare opportunity for aspiring artists. At twenty-four, he became a lifetime residence artist of the Traditional Chinese Painting Academy of Shanghai, where he gained valuable experience in both Northern and Southern styles of traditional Chinese art. Liu settled in Canada in 1989. Liu’s paintings incorporate traditional techniques, particularly in his use of bold, flowing brushstrokes and emphasis on lines. Reflecting his education and life experiences, Liu expertly blends traditional and abstract styles, incorporating subtle touches of color to enhance the overall composition. His works have been collected by several prestigious institutions, including the Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, the Bank of China in Hong Kong, and the Grand Hyatt in Taiwan and Beijing.

Born in Montréal, Canada (1976), Etienne Zack moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1997. He was based in Los Angeles between 2010 and 2016, and now resides in Washington State, USA. Zack studied at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver (2000), Concordia University (1997) and College St-Laurent in Montreal (1996).

Etienne Zack’s paintings serve as code-like environments where paint, language, text, image, history, and architecture merge. He views painting as a dynamic writing and reading technology, challenging norms, and prompting introspection of our perceptual experiences. Zack’s paintings can be seen through the lens of the painting medium itself, while references to history, literature and architecture are also common terrain. His recent works explore digital spaces, data gathering, and cloud technology’s impact on our memory and concepts of reality.

Noteworthy solo exhibitions include – Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; Bergen Kunsthall, Norway; Thomas Dane Gallery, England; Surrey Art Gallery, Canada; Esker Foundation, Canada and Blackwood Gallery University of Toronto, Canada. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions at Asia Art Center – Taiwan, Hefei Contemporary Museum, Hefei – China, Mass MoCA,- USA, National Gallery of Canada – Canada, Montréal Museum of Art – Canada, The Model Museum – Ireland, Vancouver Art Gallery – Canada, Norwich Gallery – England amongst others.

Zack’s paintings are collected by institutions and museums including the National Gallery of Canada (five works), Art Bank of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery (three works), Montreal Fine Arts Museum, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (two works), National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, Surrey Art Gallery, Glenbow Museum, City of Montréal, Zabludowicz Collection (London, England) and The Model Museum (Sligo, Ireland) to name a few. His work can also be found in numerous corporate and private collections in the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Hong Kong, Beijing, Ireland, England and across Canada.

Li Lin Lee was born in Jakarta, Indonesia in 1955, then immigrated to the US with his family in 1962. Lee graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and has exhibited widely throughout the US since 1988, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. He has collaborated with print workshops, such as Crown Point Press in San Francisco, CA., Shark’s Inc. in Boulder, Colorado, and Rong Bao Zhai Woodblock Workshop in Beijing, China. His paintings and prints are represented in museums such as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Hallmark Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. Lee is also represented in many corporate and private collections, including the Vera List Foundation, Prudential Insurance, Citibank, US State Department, and many others.

Amir Shingray was born in Sudan and later moved to Turkey. Currently, he resides and works in Toronto. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bogazici University in Turkey, where he spent six years working at Prof. Gregg Wolf’s studio.

Two cities, Swakin and Istanbul, have had a formative influence on Shingray’s artistic journey. Although Shingray did not initially know that he wanted to pursue a career in fine art when he arrived in Istanbul, he had followed the activities of art students from Khartoum who visited Swakin to capture the splendor of its Islamic architecture and city life as part of their graduation thesis for the Khartoum Fine Arts School.

Shingray’s works often navigate the realms of abstraction and representation. When observing his pieces, viewers experience a constant interplay between despair and hope, as well as an exploration of humanity’s capacity for both beauty and chaos. Regardless of his chosen subject matter, Shingray’s sweeping gestures, bold lines, and harmonious blend of colors give rise to cohesive entities that embody the very essence of life’s movement.

Larry Muñoz (Colombia, 1982), lives and works between Bogotá Colombia and Mexico City. Artistic residencies have played an important role in his artistic development and his works have been exhibited in: Turkey, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Unites States and Colombia. Solo Shows: The eternal novelty of the world, Muntref Ecoparque, Buenos Aires Argentina 2018 – Late Epiphany, Beta gallery, Bogota Colombia 2016 – Os segredos da invisivilidade, Hermes, Sao Paulo Brazil 2016. Group exhibitions: LOW-TECH, Casa Hofmann, Bogota, Colombia – Ivy, Zilberman gallery, Istanbul Turkey 2022 – Luciferinas, Casa Hoffman, Bogota Colombia 2021, After the fire, Plural Nodo Cultural, Bogotá, Colombia 2019, Topofilia, Plural Nodo Cultural, Bogota, Colombia 2018, Fuga Alba Saturniidarum, Salón Voltage, Bogota Colombia, 2018, Multiverse, Melaká Gallery, Bogota, Colombia 2017, OtrO, Permanent Space, Bogota Colombia 2017, Young Colombian Artist, Casa Cervantes, Tokyo Japan 2017, URRA, Del Infinito Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2016, Natural Numbers, Beta Gallery Bogotá, Colombia, 2016, I’ll call you as soon as the sun goes down, Heiska Cultural Center, Hameenkyro, Finland, 2014.

 Larry Muñoz’s work explores the relationships we have created with what we call nature and how these interactions are built with the intervention of media, technology, science, politics and other structures that mediate and define them. Using sculptures, videos and installations and showing a particular interest in organic elements such as flowers, seeds, stones and insects, his artistic practice is about the “fragility” and materiality of the things around us.