Julija Töllikkö is a self-taught artist specializing in sacred geometry, based in Lahti, Finland. Her artistic practice is grounded in mixed-media methodologies and informed by both ancient symbolic systems and contemporary visual culture. She regularly exhibits at international venues across Europe, actively engaging with contemporary artistic discourse and cultural exchange. Through precise form, proportional systems, and material exploration, she investigates the universal

Shell Dunkling is a UK-based artist whose practice focusses no detailed hand-drawn geometric drawings made with ink and marker on paper. She works with traditional drawing tools, including compass, pencil, ruler, and fine liners, constructing each piece through slow, methodical repetition. Her drawings are developed over long periods of time, with an emphasis on accuracy, consistency, and sustained concentration. Shell's working process is intentionally manual and analogue. Sh

Ann Bates has been working with clay for over 25 years, hand-building vessels and sculptural forms. Her pieces are inspired by natural and manmade geological formations, with particular reference to Neolithic standing stones and their carved decorations and symbolic markings. She is especially intrigued by the spiral as both a natural form of growth and a symbol of everlasting life. This interest is reflected in her exploration of how the spiral appears throughout nature—from

Dana Mihulková is a Czech lacemaker, bobbin lace pattern designer, and experienced teacher certified by the German Lace Association. She has been creating lace for more than 40 years, steadily refining her skills and deepening her understanding of traditional as well as contemporary techniques. Over the decades, she has taken part in numerous exhibitions, competitions, and collective artistic projects, where her work has been recognized for both precision and originality. She a

Landscape has long been one of the most enduring subjects in art, yet it remains anything but static. In Collect Art Magazine, Special Edition Volume 94, we turn our attention to landscape painting not as a fixed genre, but as a living, evolving field—one that continues to absorb personal memories, political tensions, environmental concerns, and emotional resonances. The artists featured in this edition approach landscape as both place and metaphor, terrain and testimony. Thi

Melat Amha Belay Sahlu creates realistic and abstract mixed media artworks with pencil, oil pastel crayon, paper, photography, and editing software. She is most excited when gleaning the continuity of shapes across the natural world — from the microscopic to vast landscapes. A lifelong audio artist, Melat began exploring visual expression during a playful watercolor session in the summer of 2023. Since then, she has lost and found herself in days-long meditations with this pr

James Goodchild is a photographic artist, researcher, and educator whose work centres on the philosophical implications of photography as a medium for experiencing and interpreting landscape. Within his practice, photography is used not merely as a form of representation, but as a metaphorical lens through which ontological questions of presence and perception are explored. His work invites viewers to engage with landscapes in a deeply personal way, encouraging a reflexive re

Lewis’s work acts as a conduit between art and science. The supply of information from science fuels the production of visual material, which communicates the knowledge of a scientific endeavour. In short, Lewis’s work focuses on dealing with complex thoughts, ideas and facts within nature and science. Some explore those in which we seem to be overshadowed and overpowered in comparison by the vast distances, size or quantities. Others investigate moments of extreme power, cre

Hüseyin Gün was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1987. After graduating from high school in 2006, he earned a degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Kocaeli University in 2010, followed by a degree in Economics from Anadolu University in 2016. He is currently continuing his studies in the Department of Camerawork and Photography at Anadolu University. Since 2006, he has worked professionally in the field of photography, focusing on visual storytelling, documentary

Ziyu Wei is a visual artist and photographic creator based between London and Shanghai. Her practice centers on photography and cross-media experimentation, exploring themes such as personal identity, urban transformation, and cultural shifts in contemporary society. Drawing on her academic background in Sociology, Politics, and Performance & Interaction Design from University College London (UCL), her work often combines photography, moving image, and interactive installatio

Jiayi Gu was born in China and currently lives and works in London. Her practice revolves around image-making, extending across photography, installation, and the book form. Through these mediums, she explores the subtle dialogue between nature, humanity, and temporality. Gu’s work often begins with quiet observation—the stillness of a landscape, the trace of an object, or a fleeting encounter in the city. These moments become fragments of perception, reconfigured through ima

GORAN TOMIC is a Collisionist Autodidactic Artist from Sydney, Australia, who has exhibited his Collages, Video Installations, and Performance art over the past 25 years. Raised on Rauschenberg and born posthumously, he flaner’s the urban decay searching for his Wilderness Robe.

Jan Wurm is an artist, educator, and curator engaged in expanding the community forum for contemporary art dialogue. Having lived in California, where she received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Europe, where she received an M.A.R.C.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, Jan Wurm has honed an eye for social patterns and conventions. She currently divides her time between Berkeley and L.A. and her hand between drawing and painting.

The Tuscany Sketchbook emerges from sustained engagement with the Tuscan landscape, understood as a palimpsest of geological, cultural, and historical forces. Formed through prehistoric tectonic activity and subsequently shaped by agricultural, architectural, and social interventions, this terrain presents a continuous dialogue between natural processes and human inscription. Within the lineage of European landscape painting, Tuscany has long operated as a paradigmatic site

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

Painting is both one of the oldest and most continually reimagined artistic practices. Long before it entered galleries, institutions, or markets, painting existed as a human impulse—to mark presence, to narrate experience, to give form to what cannot be spoken. In Collect Art Magazine, Special Edition Volume 93, we dedicate these pages to painting as a living, evolving language, shaped by time, place, and the individual sensibilities of artists working today. This edition br

Wurm is an artist, educator, and curator engaged in expanding the community forum for contemporary art dialogue. Having lived in California, where she received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Europe, where she received an M.A.R.C.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, Jan Wurm has honed an eye for social patterns and conventions. She currently divides her time between Berkeley and L.A. and her hand between drawing and painting. As an artist, Wu

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