The concept of Collect Art emerged in late December 2019 as a response to support both Georgian and international artists amidst the challenges posed by the pandemic. However, the amalgamation of accumulated experience over the years and ongoing creative processes urged us to expand and diversify the roles of Collect Art. In our daily lives, we are granted the privilege to visually conceptualize various ideas—an essence mirrored in art. Art, with its myriad presentations, enc

Kimberley Aurow is an artist whose work advocates for neurodiversity through an exploration of construction-based materials and processes. Drawing on personal lived experience, her practice investigates how industrial materials can act as metaphors for both physical and mental weight, reflecting the often unseen pressures, resilience and adaptations experienced by neurodivergent individuals. Created through a continual process of self-regulation, Aurow's work embraces intuitiv

Aurélie Crisetig is a photographer, curator, and art historian based in London. Her work focuses on documenting space, particularly empty urban environments. She captures deserted streets and transitional landscapes where absence suggests human presence. Working with both film and digital photography, she examines the relationship between memory and its visual representation in an era shaped by digital imagery. Her interest in memorabilia extends this exploration to the object

Badruduja Owaisi is a digital artist whose practice bridges traditional and contemporary artistic methods. Trained in painting and drawing, Owaisi now works exclusively with digital tools, creating both landscape-based and abstract compositions. Rejecting AI and 3D processes, the work combines a range of digital techniques and multimedia elements to produce distinctive visual effects that extend beyond the language of traditional paint and brush. Printed on carefully selected

Diana Păunescu is a Romanian visual artist, curator, and PhD candidate in Painting at the "George Enescu" National University of Arts in Iași. Combining painting, graphics, and academic research, Păunescu has exhibited widely in Romania and internationally, including in Italy, with recent solo exhibitions centred on themes of perception and memory. Alongside an active exhibition practice, Păunescu teaches painting at the "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, curates contempo

Anano Gogaladze is a Georgian artist and photographer whose work explores a visual exploration of identity, emotional transformation, and the search for inner light. Combining ethereal visual aesthetics with symbolic and introspective themes, her practice often focuses on the tension between reality and inner perception. Alongside digital art, her photography captures natural environments in ways that resemble painted landscapes, reflecting a deeply personal and immersive way

Hanne is an American-British contemporary painter (b. 1984, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) based in London, England. Working primarily with acrylics, she creates abstract paintings shaped by memory, atmosphere, and a sustained engagement with the natural world. With formal training in Graphic Design (BFA, MA) and a background in creative direction, she brings a refined sensitivity to form, colour, and composition to her painterly language. Rooted in memories of the northern Appalachian

Emma Holmes is a multidisciplinary painter working across oils, gouache, watercolour, and acrylic. Inspired by the world around her, Holmes explores the idea of place through cultural artefacts, architecture, and the natural landscape. Alongside a career in set design and art departments, the practice is shaped by storytelling, atmosphere, and world-building, with careful attention given to colour, composition, and detail. By translating real environments into imagined spaces

Since moving to the North East of England in 2014, Heather has built a vibrant creative practice rooted in her passion for lino printmaking, colour, and storytelling. Her journey into printmaking began as a deeply personal one: what started as a therapeutic exploration quickly became a life-changing passion. By 2022, she made the bold decision to leave behind a career in teaching and commit fully to life as a self-employed artist. Heather Moore has been a practising artist si

Krystyna Vinogorodska is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and psychologist whose practice explores the intersection of visual art, philosophy, and human emotion. Working within the fields of Quantum Surrealism and Metaphysical Realism, Vinogorodska creates conceptual oil paintings that investigate consciousness, cosmology, and emotional transformation. Internationally recognised, Vinogorodska has received awards including the Caravaggio International Prize and the Reno

'I was born on 19th February 1999, in Braniștea, Galați, Romania, as a single child. I lived my life getting to know and understand art by myself, without specialized mentoring or guidance. I didn’t even go to a vocational high school (to better study visual arts) because I was told art is not a realistic future. But getting to college, I chose to study not just letters, which I really liked, but also visual arts – painting, getting a Bachelor’s Degree in both. After a Master

Nino is a contemporary self-taught multimedia artist whose creative practice investigates internal psychology, existential thresholds, and structural disconnection. Deeply engaged with academic perspectives and philosophical concepts of transformation, she translates complex conceptual ideas into highly visceral visual expressions. Her work focuses on the raw, unshielded realities of environments and human absence, utilizing stark black-and-white photography to capture the flu

Ivelina Ivanova is a documentary photographer based in Bulgaria. Her work is dedicated to the intersection of mental health, social and civic engagement, and visual storytelling. Her practice focuses on the therapeutic potential of photography, utilizing creative expression to navigate difficult emotions and catalyze social change. She is dedicated to documenting the processes of resilience, social trends and personal transformation. “Anatomy of Strength” is a photographic pr

Kerrigan is a Texas-born artist living in California. She has two cats, Nytrogen Promethium and Cosima Adenine. She hopes to bring awareness to mental health, addiction, abuse, and familiarity with the human experience. She is studying Art Therapy at Lindenwood University. She has loved art since she even knew what to call the process. She attended art studio classes in high school and eventually switched to an art degree in college. She works with wood sculptures, analog and

Drawing remains one of the most immediate and enduring forms of artistic expression. Long before ideas become paintings, sculptures, installations, or digital works, they often begin as a line on paper—a gesture that records observation, imagination, curiosity, or emotion. Yet drawing is far more than a preparatory process. It is an independent artistic language capable of communicating complexity through the simplest of marks. This Special Edition of Collect Art Magazine is

Collect Art is pleased to present the latest Seasonal Edition of the magazine. Bringing together a fresh selection of artists, interviews, features, and creative perspectives, this issue celebrates the breadth of contemporary artistic practice without being bound by a single theme. Instead, the Summer Issue offers space for discovery, inviting readers to explore diverse voices, ideas, and approaches from across the creative community.

The ‘Breathing Beings’ & ‘Story of Elapsed Time & Absorption’ drawings offer a visual investigation into the multiple breathing organisms populating our planet. Stemming from investigations into carbon-based life on our planet, these drawings often depict the Earth as a complex breathing machine of nature, with multiple carbon-based components regulating the gases in our atmosphere. Alongside investigations into the carbon-based building blocks of these organisms, the drawing

Born in 1999 and raised in Bacau, Romania, Laura Candet is currently exploring the alarming increase in femicide in Romania and around the world. Experiencing the gender gap firsthand, her visual art conveys the frustration and powerful emotions felt during these turbulent times. With significant achievements in the artistic and academic fields, Laura Candet combines theoretical and practical study for a good artistic representation of her subjects. The artist has won multipl