Reshma Teelar is a design educator and professional documentary-photographer from Kollam, Kerala. She has taught and organised various undergraduate courses in Visual Communication for the past year and worked with print- and online-publications, newspapers and marketing agencies as a photographer for the past 9 years. Working on her many personal projects, Reshma has developed a strong sense of devotion towards documentary and experimental photography. She loves working with

Igor Grechanyk is a sculptor and artist whose work blends philosophical symbolism, mytho-poetic imagery, and a contemporary sculptural language. His creations are visualized fragments of spiritual experience, resonating with the collective unconscious and touching on the eternal questions of human existence. He gives form to the undefined, materializing spirit in bronze. Born in Kyiv into an artistic family, Grechanyk graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute in 1984. His e

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

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

Eleanor Thorley is an artist and teacher based in Bristol, UK. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts alongside her teaching degree in Sydney, Australia. She began her focus on the female form as a way of reclaiming her body as her own and exploring women's empowerment. Her work often depicts women in poses that society would deem 'unflattering', portraying rolls, stretch marks and visible veins. These artworks often have themes of spirituality, with a series of pa

Rusudan Zviadadze's paintings evoke the ephemeral texture of light or delicate fabrics. Characters from ancient mythology are brought into the modern world through surrealistic allusions. Their ghostly presence seems to provide support and a guarantee of peace in the bustle of everyday life. Each new theme is identified with a different painterly task. In a series of landscapes the artistic goal is to convey the varying layout, materials and colors of the mountains, as well a

In a world saturated with color, black-and-white photography continues to possess a unique and enduring power. Stripped of distraction and reduced to its most essential visual elements, it asks us to look differently. It invites us to slow down, to notice nuance, and to engage more deeply with light, shadow, texture, form, and emotion. In this special edition of Collect Art Magazine, we celebrate the timeless language of black-and-white photography and the artists who continu

There are some artworks that invite us to look. Others ask us to pause. Large-scale paintings do something more profound: they demand our presence. In this special edition of Collect Art Magazine, Volume 108, we celebrate the enduring power of large-scale painting—a form that continues to challenge, inspire, and transform the way we experience contemporary art. Across centuries, artists have expanded the dimensions of the painted surface not merely to impress through size, bu

Born and raised in Yorkshire, England, graduated from the University of Westminster with a BA in Photographic Arts under the tutelage of Victor Burgin and John Goto. Worked as a photographer with a Greek shipping line - travelling throughout the Caribbean, Mexico, the West Coast and Alaska. Left life at sea after three years and moved to New York City to concentrate on his own work. Became an acupuncturist in 1996, and an Interfaith Minister in 2001. He has been exhibiting in

Almost all of the lights in the night sky are ghosts. The further you look into the cosmos, the further you look back in time. The closest star to our sun is 4.2 light-years away. Meaning that the light coming from Alpha Centauri is 4.2 years old. Some of the stars you see at this present time in the night sky have probably already died thousands, millions or billions of years ago. However, the echoes of their existence in the form of their ancient light still arrive today on

Kai Johnson is a photojournalist and documentary photographer based in London. He documents events all over the country and is currently studying Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the University of the Arts London. Specialising in photojournalism and documenting political events, he captures intimate and powerful moments between demonstrators, carefully creating thought-provoking imagery that reflects the current political climate in the UK. This series documents

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

Harriet Pybus has recently spent time reflecting on photographs she has taken over the years, discovering that she has unknowingly been capturing moments to which she has felt deeply connected throughout her life. Now dedicating herself to sharing this body of work, Pybus creates photographs that offer sanctuary from the turmoil of the modern world. Her images evoke feelings of tranquillity, peace, and quiet romance, preserving fleeting moments in time and inviting viewers to

Francis Saber Sutphin was born in southern California. He lives and works in Oakland, CA and currently maintains a two-dimensional art practice of translating his impressions of the maze of California's agricultural industry and memories of place into works on paper, pages of books and collage. Saber is a self-taught photographer. He takes photos in motion, often from a train. His charcoal and ink drawings often include remnants and transfers of his photographs and found med

Born and raised in Pennsylvania, Darren spent two decades in New York City where he studied fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, winning the coveted Critics Choice Award at graduation. Darren is a multidisciplinary artist and creative entrepreneur whose career spans fashion, art, publishing, television, hospitality, and interior design. For more than two decades, he has built brands and told visual stories at the intersection of art, style, culture, and rein

Anita Mókus is a Hungary-based photographer working with both black-and-white and color photography. Her practice focuses on atmosphere, spatial observation, and the subtle relationship between presence and absence within everyday environments. She is particularly interested in quiet visual details, urban fragments, reflections, and overlooked objects that reveal traces of human experience. Her images often combine minimal composition with an observational and contemplative a

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

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