Jackie Reeves grew up in Montreal in a family where making things was part of everyday life. Both of her parents were architects with seven children, art supplies were always within reach. Large sheets of paper covered the floor, her father drew and her mother built architectural models. Jackie learned by watching them, developing an
For Adèle Aproh, drawing began long before she knew it could become a career. Her first real memory of making art goes back to primary school, when a classmate showed her how to draw a parrot by connecting dots in a particular order. She remembers being amazed that something as simple as following a sequence
For many artists, inspiration arrives through grand ideas, dramatic experiences, or carefully planned concepts. For painter Su Su, inspiration often begins somewhere much quieter: a bowl of rice, a family story, a childhood memory, or the way a city reveals itself over time. In a conversation with Timestamp, Su Su reflected on the experiences that
Born in China and now based in New York City, Shuyao Huang approaches painting less as a pursuit of outcomes and more as a daily necessity. What began as an ambition to study fashion design shifted after arriving in New York, where teachers encouraged her toward fine art. At Pratt Institute, Huang developed both a
There’s a belief in Madjeen Isaac’s work that the world, as it exists, is not fixed. That it can be reimagined, reassembled, and cared for differently. Her paintings don’t just depict environments; they propose them. Born, raised, and based in Brooklyn, Isaac builds immersive, layered scenes that draw from her Haitian American identity, her upbringing
Cathleen Clarke has always been drawn to the spaces where memory begins to thin out. Not the sharp, documentary version of the past, but the gaps that form over time. The voids. The moments that cannot be fully retrieved. She is interested in what happens next, when imagination steps in to fill what is missing.
Born and raised in Berlin with Kurdish roots, Kara Su grew up far from the traditional art world. Her mother raised seven children on her own. Galleries, collectors, and studio culture were not part of her environment. Art school existed in primary education, but the idea of becoming a painter did not. In her twenties
