UP & COMING

UP & COMING A SPOTLIGHT FOR NEW ARTISTS AND PROJECTS

RUOHAN WANG In anticipation of the program, we thought to share with you some of Ruohan Wang’s work. The artist dabbles in everything from printmaking to painting, graphic design to fashion. Originally born in Beijing, Wang now resides in Berlin, constantly experimenting with new mediums and ways to make art. Her illustrations vibrate with disruptive energy, yet their compositions and color ways seem neurotically strategic. It’s with this cool nonchalance that Ruohan Wang’s work has won the hearts of people all over, including ours.

KENDRA YEE This Toronto-based painter will partake in the Couch Projects residency in Brooklyn. Hosted at Superchief Gallery in Ridgewood, Kendra Yee will be working alongside Berlin-based artist Ruohan Wang for the month of June.

In anticipation of this exciting news, we want to share with you some of Yee’s art. Her work consists of mixed-media paintings, ceramic sculptures, and panel-based illustrations. Yee pulls tales from her personal history, lived experiences and collective memory to form speculative worlds where fluid characters come to life through the conversations of interactive bodies. The result is beautiful and personal and weird, with a strong emphasis on unexpected compositions.

LENWORTH “JOONBUG” MCINTOSH Even though there are cancellations and postponements all across the art world, we wanted to draw attention to a great show curated by our friends at pt. 2: Oakland. Originally hailing from Jamaica, Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh creates timeles works, raw but refined, with hallmarks of Juxtapoz favorites R. Crumb and Lamar Peterson. The artist, now based in Oakland, works in a variety of mediums, includIng painting, photography, illustration and design.

As the gallery notes of the work in this show, “McIntosh explores the subjective nature of perception, the duality of simultaneously being right and wrong, and what you accept based on your experiences.”