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 […]
Björn Heyn does not describe his studio as a workplace. He calls it a playground. For him, that distinction matters. Being an artist, he explains, means holding on to a particular state of mind that can easily disappear in adulthood. Bills arrive, emails pile up, the mailbox fills with responsibilities that feel far removed from
Hugo Winder-Lind does not talk about art as if it is something that can be solved. In fact, he begins from the opposite position. The expectation that someone else might hold the answers, or that there might be a place to go where everything becomes clear, is something he has long since abandoned. The reality,
Ranny Macdonald describes painting as a threshold experience, a place where something begins to take over. “I get a sort of rush from it,” he says, “to be on that threshold… it feels like something else is kind of taking over, you know what needs to be done and you’re listening.” In those moments, the
