Alta Koer began to seriously study art while attending high school, which was when she chose to become an artist. “I was lucky enough to go to an expeditionary learning school that opened up opportunities to experiment with many different activities. My arts education...

“I am not confident in calling myself an artist!” says Dariush Vaziri. “To me, an artist is someone who brings creativity and innovation to their work. While I may not see myself as particularly creative, I do see myself as an illustrator, struggling to capture...

Nick Alm was told from an early age that he would become an artist, and after graduation from art school, he began to call himself an artist. He always had an interest in drawing; however, after a trip to  Gothenburg Art Museum, Nick’s attention focused on...

“I like sculptures that are aerial, elegant, and powerful. I like to experiment with engineering and push far away the laws of gravity.”

Clare Celeste Boersch is an artist living in Berlin who has been doing some version of collage and assemblage since she was a young girl. Growing up in Brazil, she had the ocean, rivers, and jungles that always existed in stark contrast to the industrial cities. “My...

“I had started making sculpture by the time I retired, but it still took years after I began to exhibit before I could admit to being an artist. It is truly never too late.”

Eanaj Janae is a self-taught artist originally from Southern California that uses her captivating art to spotlight the Black community's struggles and triumphs, including mental health challenges and the strength required to endure. Often incorporating color and...

Combining elements of neo-expressionism, graffiti and African art, Brittany’s a multidisciplinary artist that creates abstract images and figures of the Black diaspora, to celebrate, uplift, and communicate complex emotions of Blackness and its intersectionality....