Artists of the year 2025

Inside This Book

Within these pages, you will discover a series of thoughtful features and conversations alongside the portfolios of 100 contemporary artists from around the world. This edition brings together interviews, reflections, and creative journeys that reveal not only finished artworks, but the ideas, resilience, and personal stories behind them.

You will find inspiring highlights such as:

What It Means to Build a Gallery on Your Terms
Stephanie Chefas — Founder of Chefas Project
A perspective on independence, vision, and creating space in the art world without compromise.

Interview Feature — Anne von Freyburg
When the art world told her textiles were not “serious,” she responded not with words, but with years of work that is bold, shimmering, and unapologetically her own.

She Won’t Let Oppression Write the Narrative — Arghavan Khosravi
A powerful exploration of identity, voice, and resistance through layered visual storytelling.

USD $1000 Cash Award Winner — Chandralekha Dubey
Building Calm, One Dot at a Time
A meditative practice of precision and patience that transforms repetition into quiet visual harmony.

Alongside these special features, you will encounter interviews and artworks from 99 other artists across cultures, mediums, and perspectives, forming a collective portrait of contemporary creativity. Together, these pages create a dialogue between disciplines and geographies — a book meant to be explored slowly, returned to often, and treasured as a lasting record of creative voices shaping our time.

Featured Artists

Aditya Aryan, Akansenep Jamir, Aldine Vorbeck, Alejandra Bambarén, Aleksandra Kozak, Alex Howey, Alexandra Kostecka, Amalia Maciua, Andrea Belmore, Andrew Stevens, António Domingos, Asma Suleiman, Ayna Chan, Candice Rawlings, Carrie Francis, Chandralekha Dubey, Cher Pruys, Claudia Valenzuela, Constance McBride, Crystal Clarke, Danielle Mano-Bella, Diana Murguia, Eldora Betsy, Esteban Morales Araneda, Florencia Favelukes, Henrik Steffin, Hyekyung Jung, Jaceson Mann, Jacob Bentz, Jessica Yim, Jidi Wu, Jieun Cheon, Joel Simon, Juliana Cabrera, K Rawald, Karoline Pöhn, Katia Savelieva, Kelly Mercer, Kristen Palana, Kübra Kaçtıoğlu, Lindsay Waugh, Lydia Nong, Lynette Orzlowski, Mandy Powell, Marianna Natalello, Marie Laforge, Megan Jones, Michael Alemayehu, Mrinalini Bhoopathy, Narmin Nasib, Nicole Riemenschneider, Nikitha Yelchuru, Olga Sunchali, Olivia Kaplan, Parimah Hassani, Patricia Gillberg, Patrick Egger, Patrizia Brasch, Pernille Adriana Bach, Rachelle Kehler, Ramona Stelzer, Raykhan Laing, Rebecca Holton, Rene Kitsli, Ryanne Ruopp, Sam Woodward, Sandra Bédu, Shu Saito, Sofia Parma, Soraya Dagman, Stephanie Kolpy, Stephen Crawford, Sunghoon Chung, Susan Laughlin, Sylvie Neble Giraud, Theresa Potter, Tommy Knudson, Tricia Sybesma, Victoria Martinez, Wallace Woo, Xixi Xu, Zara Shahi, Zoe Caron, Dmitry Ersler, Hakan Erkam, Jo-Anne Swain, Lina Kush, Marguerite Copeland, Marish Sarkisova, Mony Nation, Rinat Shaina Davidovich, Sayantani Bhowmick, Yothin Kanokbanpot, Annick Létourneau, Christos Kakoulli, Eline Madsen, Simon Hafele.