As co-director of CALM - Centre d'Art La Meute in Lausanne, Swiss curator Jean-Rodolphe Petter develops exhibitions through collective research and situated forms of knowledge. His practice draws connections between graffiti histories, feminist and diasporic moving-image cultures, and decolonial thought, approaching curating as a form of political mediation and shared authorship. Working through text, sound,…

Theresa Rothe’s artistic practice lies at the crossroads of sculpture, performance, and the surreal. The German artist (who lives and works in Leipzig) fabricates whimsical yet disquieting creatures that mix human and animal qualities. Through these imaginative forms, Rothe investigates themes of the unconscious, personal memory, and the thin boundary between reality and fantasy. Her approach is precise and…

Rome-based artist Roberto Maria Lino turns discarded hospital linens and second-hand fabrics into stitched compositions that link body, memory, and repair. Influenced by early exposure to cardiac surgery, he uses red thread like medical sutures to map wounds and healing across textile surfaces. His work focuses on trauma, caregiving, and sustainability, treating sewing as both craft and metaphor.

Nora Langen is a German artist whose work investigates the transformative potential of materials and bodies. Through sculptural installations often composed of untreated clay, wax, and other organic media, Langen explores how softness and strength coexist. Her thematic concerns draw on everything from natural self-protection strategies to questions of personal autonomy, giving her art a philosophical resonance…

Brazilian-Swiss artist Paulo Wirz creates site-specific sculptures and installations that weave ephemeral and durable materials such as flowers, wax, sand, bronze, and glass into reflections on impermanence, belief, and cultural memory. Growing up in Pindamonhangaba, in Brazil’s Paraíba Valley, his work draws on funeral rituals, syncretic traditions, and the value assigned to objects, blending personal history with…

Mexican-American artist Darya Diamond, based in London, channels personal experience and theory into an art practice that spans print, sculpture, film, and sound. Her work investigates the body as a site of labor and intimacy, often by reappropriating everyday materials – from bedsheets to surveillance footage – into ritualistic installations. Diamond’s approach is shaped by an ethos of care: she transforms the…

Influenced by classical antiquity and shaped by a multicultural upbringing, Grigorios Ilaridis creates multimedia sculptures that explore how ancient narratives survive in contemporary visual culture. He begins with digital collages assembled from personal photos, mythological references, and pop imagery, which he translates into three-dimensional assemblages. Ilaridis' work often addresses themes such as…

Chiara Bastoni is a curator and visual artist working primarily with photography and video. Her practice engages nature, ruins, and anonymous figures as interpreters of human concepts, drawing out resonances and metaphors through evocative associations. As Artistic Director of Copenhagen’s KUNE Festival and co-creator of the "Global We" program for The Museum for the UN, she extends her work into public space,…

Dávid Németh approaches painting as a site of tension between instinct and structure, using a hybrid technique that merges traditional media with digital collage. His canvases are populated by disjointed figures, abstract forms, and visual debris, all jostling for dominance. Inspired by the speed and unpredictability of graffiti and the conceptual frameworks of speculative realism, Németh rejects hierarchy in favor…

Oxiea Villamonte’s work investigates the fluid nature of memory and identity through a practice rooted in autobiography and family history. Combining self-portraits, vernacular photographs, and her grandmother’s writings, Villamonte creates layered narratives that challenge conventional boundaries between generations. Her art questions who controls a family’s visual record, and how memory is shaped by both presence…