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Gallery 03
BIEAF2025 - The Lost Center
World Artist Invitation Exhibition
BIEAF Steering Committee announces BIEAF2025 participants. 641 artists were selected from 80 countries. The online exhibition will run from September 10, 2025 to February 28, 2026. During this period, offline exhibitions will be held at various galleries in Busan.
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BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Ayoub Elmoudden
Kingdom of morocco
🎨 Ayoub El Moudden
Proposed Artwork Title: Shadow of the Jewel "I am Ayoub El Moudden, a Moroccan visual artist. In my work, I explore the possibility of building a visual bridge between memory and the collective unconscious. My participation in BIEAF 2025 comes at a critical global moment, where we can truly feel that something at the center has vanished — not only in the world around us, but even within our own spirits. In my art, I do not seek answers, but rather new places for listening. I use Moroccan symbols — the script, the turban, the jewel, the sea — as floating elements in an open space, orbiting around a center we no longer see, but still sense.
The painting I present at this festival is not merely an aesthetic work; it is an attempt to evoke a lost presence — a space of reflection in a time when identity, nature, and language seem to be fracturing. If the center is lost, perhaps art is the last compass still pointing toward it — or at least toward the possibility of imagining it anew."
Introduction
Hello, I’m Ayoub El Moudden, a visual artist from Morocco. This year, I’m participating in BIEAF 2025 – “The Lost Center” with a piece that reflects the crisis of meaning and identity in a time of deep ecological and spiritual change. My work is an invitation to reflect, to reclaim silence, and to search through memory for a center we may not have entirely lost — but perhaps simply forgotten. I thank the festival for offering this vital space for visual thought, and I look forward to sharing stories and visions with artists from around the world. Thank you.
"Architecture of the Soul" An Artistic Critique of a Work by Moroccan Painter Ayoub El Moudden ✧ A Visual Dialogue Between Memory and Modernity In this striking mixed-media composition, Moroccan artist Ayoub El Moudden offers not merely an image, but a dialogue across time—an introspective choreography of form, heritage, and identity. The portrait at the center is at once deeply personal and culturally symbolic: it evokes the archetype of the Moroccan intellectual, spiritual, or historical figure, a custodian of collective memory, gazing inward into a space of reflection and reconstruction. The fusion of figurative and abstract elements, especially through the strategic integration of Arabic calligraphy, reveals El Moudden’s mastery in navigating visual dualities: clarity vs. abstraction, tradition vs. innovation, stillness vs. flux. The calligraphy is not bound to literal reading—it spills, flows, fragments—turning into rhythmic form, a kind of visual breath that moves across the canvas like wind through ancient corridors. ✧ Color as Language and Code Color is not merely decorative here; it operates as a language of coded emotion. The oceanic blues at the base ground the figure in a world of depth and introspection—perhaps referencing Morocco’s Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts, or symbolizing the emotional subconscious. Above, greens, yellows, and oranges burst like fragments of architecture and vegetation, referencing both Islamic ornamentation and the country’s diverse landscapes. The magenta and pink spheres recall cosmic bodies or sacred geometry, adding a spiritual, perhaps even Sufi, resonance to the work. Each color field seems to represent a frequency of identity—national, spiritual, poetic—layered in a process of emergence rather than clarity. The result is a psycho-visual map of the Moroccan soul, seen through the eyes of an artist who does not separate the aesthetic from the existential. ✧ Beyond the Frame: A Contemporary Moroccan Voice In the broader context of contemporary North African art, Ayoub El Moudden’s work resists exoticism and nostalgia. Instead, it functions as an active reclaiming of heritage through visual experimentation. He belongs to a new generation of Arab artists who do not simply quote the past—they transform it. El Moudden’s style draws from Moroccan artistic traditions—Zellige, calligraphy, textiles—but repositions them in a postmodern visual language that is both deeply personal and globally resonant. The painting is not static; it vibrates. It invites the viewer to decode, to feel, to listen. It is as much about what is shown as what is hidden beneath—the invisible architectures of history, language, and identity that shape modern Moroccan consciousness. ✧ Curatorial Statement As a work of visual art, this piece would sit powerfully in an exhibition exploring themes of postcolonial identity, Arab aesthetics, memory, and diasporic thought. It speaks to questions at the heart of contemporary Moroccan discourse: – What does it mean to inherit a culture shaped by centuries of pluralism? – How can memory be visualized without romanticism? – What visual forms does identity take in the age of fragmentation? 🖋️ Conclusion: "Architecture of the Soul" is more than a painting. It is a visual meditation, a cultural palimpsest, and a personal manifesto. Ayoub El Moudden offers us a Morocco that is not fixed in time, but alive—fluid, thinking, remembering, becoming.
Architecture of the Soul: Contemporary Approaches to Moroccan Identity
Acrylique 33x24
The artwork opens with a stylized male portrait, likely representing a symbolic figure—a sultan, a sage, or a poet—immersed in deep introspection. The closed eyes suggest an inner, almost mystical journey. The line work is precise yet nervous, dissolving into a dense web of free-flowing Arabic calligraphy and organic shapes, creating a dynamic tension between control and spontaneity. The color palette is bold, even saturated: deep blue for the water, luminous greens, radiant yellows, and vibrant magenta. This chromatic richness reflects both the diversity of Moroccan culture and a contemporary, daring aesthetic— one that flirts with pop art and moves away from folkloric clichés. ✍️ Symbolic and Cultural Dimensions: Arabic calligraphy plays a central role in the composition—not as text to be read, but as a visual and emotional presence. Letters twist, deconstruct, and breathe across the canvas, becoming pure form and energy rather than language. The fez and traditional clothing elements ground the figure in a referential Moroccan past, but their graphic treatment projects it into a timeless, dreamlike dimension. The pink spherical object inscribed with calligraphy could be interpreted as an internal world, or a metaphor for Morocco’s cultural heart—alive, layered, in constant motion.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Azneeta Md.Yusuf
Singapore
Artist from Singapore who has profound passion for Art from young age.She discovered that colors uplift her spirit & provide a means to express her innermost feelings.Azneeta pursued her career as Fashion Consultant/ Designer & Fashion Journalist but eventually realised that there was more to explore in the world of Art.She embraces her mistakes as learning opportunities & remain open to constructive feedbacks.By letting go of fear &
receptive to criticism,she allows her artistry to flourish.Women s role holds a great significant for Azneeta as her artwork often revolve around the subject & theme of Women & their expression.Through her colorful & emotive
creations,she strives to connect with art lovers / viewers on a deep personal level ,inviting them to reflect ,feel & appreciate the beauty & complexity of the Human Experience especially in The Lost Center!
A Symphony of Nature
Mix Media 70×60cm 2025
In "The Lost Centre"the woman is enveloped in a soothing palette of rejuvenating vibrant colors,evoking the sense of positive life and connection to Nature!Delicate,Intricate Lines define her features,conveying her sense of vulnerability & strength.The fine lines that runs across her face & body potrays a story of resilience & determinations,as if the very fabric has woven itself into her being.The colors seem to whisper the secrets of the earth,grounding her in a sense of belonging and peace.
A Symphony of Nature
Mix Media 70×60cm 2025
"The Lost Center "exhibition resonates deeply with me,as it beautifully captures the intricate balance between nature & human experience through art.The artworks theme of serenity,resilience,and connection to the earth evoke a sense of introspection & self discovery.Its a poignant reminder of the importance of finding our own center amidst life's chaos!.
A Symphony of Nature
Mix Media 70×60cm 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Babatunde Lawanson
Nigeria
Babatunde Lawanson, a versatile contemporary visual artist and art instructor base in Lagos, Nigeria. A graduate of fine and applied arts from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Enugu state and a member of the society of Nigerian
Artists. He has participated in various art programmes locally and
internationally. Some of his recent works have been featured in various international online art exhibitions. He is also a good multimedia artist and most of his works are in mixed media ranging from figurative, nature and semi abstract. His art styles emphasis on folklore, traditional motifs and social cultural issues.
The work title Anonymous caller emphasis on the destructive process of the peaceful world through the use of modern technology ( social media). The silhouette figure represents the unidentify being using the spiral lines which stand as the connective means in creating artificial technology global problems. While the bright and cool colours on the background represents the calmness and the peaceful world.
Anonymous caller
Mixed media, 80 x 61 cm, 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
BANAFSHEH HAJALIAKBARI
Iran
I am BANAFSHEH HAJALIAKBARI, a graduate in Graphic Arts with thirty years of experience in painting, private tutoring, and teaching at art schools and kindergartens. In my works, I merge a singular portrait style with crochet art, creatively blending collage and painting to express my vision-kindling hope through art to address personal, social, and global challenges. I aspire to use this gift bestowed upon my mind and hands to contribute to brighter days and a more beautiful world.
life is weaving, not the pattern you want, you just weave in the meantime, look at the pattern carefully, weave well…
Memories
Acrylic collage on Canvas 100x70cm 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Banek Joanna
Poland
I am a Polish artist. I do painting and artistic fabric. I live and work in Krakow. more information on my website joanna- banek.pl
Zapach Orientu - energia Słońca
Akryl na płótnie
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Beatriz Ramirez
United States
Beatriz Ramírez, born in Colombia and a U.S. citizen, is an artist and teacher with over 50 years of experience. She has participated in more than 85 international exhibitions. For the past 20 years, she has researched Egyptian culture and other world cultures, blending their essence into contemporary art. In the last 3 years, she has delved into abstraction, using recyclable materials and mixed techniques to express a profound reflection on the human condition and global context.
Identity in Extinction
Acrylic
Art in Crisis - Lost World is a visual cry, a disturbing mirror of a humanity that has replaced the essential with the artificial. In this work, Beatriz Ramirez merges the ancestral, the human, and the technological into an explosive pictorial language, where bodies and machines blur, clash, and ultimately collapse. Robotic figures, hybrid faces, and a woman gazing at a futuristic city through virtual reality goggles depict a world that has lost its direction: art trapped in artificial systems, memory suffocated by digital noise, identity fragmented by technology.
Lost Essence
Acrylic
The intense colors and dense textures demand attention. This painting is not simply observed — it is confronted. It forces us to question the present, to ask whether anything truly human still breathes behind the metal, the consumption, and the forgetting.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Behrouz Tayyebifar Iran
There is a pleasure in unknown forests that is nowhere else, a charm is found on pristine beaches that cannot be found anywhere else, a gathering in which no one interferes. When I stand by the deep sea and listen to the music of the roaring water, I understand that "I love nature more than man." The Hyrcanian forests, this world heritage, are the artist's concern in his poetic life. Nature that has passed through the filter of the artist's mind with the help of form, color, light and composition and has become completely personalized is the freedom to interpret his romantic fantasy in this passage.
Hyrcanian flares
Acrylic 65x75 2025
Behrouz Tayyebi Far Born in 1976, Gorgan, Iran Member of Iranian Painters Association Master of Graphic Arts, Soure University,Tehran, 2012 Arbitration The 18th Bojnourd Visual Arts Festival/ 2017 Provincial and Regional Visual Arts Festival/ 2015 and 2016/ Gorgan National 32nd National Quran and Etrah Festival for Students in the Art Section /2017 /Gorgan Judge of the graphic section of the National Festival of Verses of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance / 2016 / Ramian Keshvari 19th Visual Arts Festival /2018 /Tabriz Judge and Chief Judge of the Artistic Section of the National Festival of Koch, Ministry of Education / 2020 / Semnan Exhibition Virtual group painting exhibition with Art Holding Art Group / 2019 and 2021 Online group painting exhibition with the Art Store art group / 2020 Group Exhibition of Painting and Volume / 2021/ Gorgan Group Painting Exhibition / 2022 / Mazandaran Sari I Online solo painting exhibition / 2022/ Mika Gallery, Kish Island Group Painting Exhibition / 2023 / Gorgan Group Painting Exhibition / 2024 / Gorgan Group Painting Exhibition / 2024 / France Solo Painting Exhibition / 2025 /Neda Gorgan Gallery
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Behzad naghash
Iran
We Iranians have a proverb: ((The pot is the same as the water in it)). Which means: Human behavior is a reflection of his mental and physical perceptions. I worked as a nurse for about 40 years at different times and at the same time I was engaged in painting as a family heritage. Attention to the art of recycling and reducing waste production and returning recyclable materials to the cycle of nature was the main subject of these works.This collection uses sterile glove covers from colored disinfectants found in hospitals with traditional Iranian subjects taken from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. The purpose of this collection is to remind us that by reducing waste production or recycling it, we can have a cleaner earth.
Paiting in opration room
Papper 20x30cm 2025
I am Behzad naghash. A traditional painter from Iran. Painting is a tradition in our family and I am the fifth generation of the family. The subject of our works is tradition and popular culture. However, in this collection, we have tried to address the issue of recycling.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Belma Yamur
Turkey
A whirling figure dances with blooming flowers in search of an inner balance. The work reflects the human soul's crisis as it reconnects with nature and the divine. Colors represent both chaos and harmony, inviting reflection on the lost center.
Belma Yağmur is a Turkish painter and lecturer known for blending Sufi philosophy, symbolism, and nature in vibrant compositions that explore emotional and spiritual transformation.
The Blooming Whirl
Acrylic on canvas 90x100cm 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Bharti Vandna Kaushik
India
Amid the vibrant contrast of a yellow wall and blue sky, a barefoot girl sits in quiet delight—her posture relaxed, her gaze lifted with curiosity and calm. Beside her, a pigeon takes flight from an open window, symbolizing freedom, spontaneity, and release. In this painting I tried to capture a rare moment where time slows down. It reflects the quiet joy of simply being—without urgency, without expectations. The uncluttered composition, playful yet serene, allows the viewer to breathe deeply and reconnect with the innocence of a pause. In “The Unwinding,” the girl is not chasing the bird; she is observing, receiving the moment, letting life happen. The work speaks of a world where peace is found in stillness, and happiness dwells in simplicity.
Bharti Vandna – Accomplished Artist and Educator Bharti Vandna is a distinguished visual artist whose journey has been defined by remarkable achievements and a deep passion for the arts. Her works have been exhibited in prestigious national and international galleries, earning widespread recognition. Very recently honoured with prestigious Chandigarh Lalit kala Akademi award, Top 10 World Artists Award at BIEAF Busan, Korea. Her painting being published in UNESCO report on world art day 2020. Renowned for her minimalist painting style, Bharti Vandna masterfully captures architectural urban landscapes interwoven with figures and birds, distilling complex emotions into their purest form. She has successfully hosted four solo exhibitions She has travelled to more than 30 countries , visited many prestigious art galleries and got opportunity to meet local art community. An alumna of Govt. College of Art, Chandigarh, she completed her post-graduation in Fine Arts from Punjabi University, Patiala, where she was awarded a gold medal in 1990. Her artistic excellence was recognized early when she won the Best Artist Award at the National Inter- University Youth Festival. With over 30 years of experience as a Fine Arts faculty member, she has played a pivotal role in nurturing young artists. Currently serving as a Principal in a Government run School in Chandigarh, she was honored with the State Award for Excellence in Teaching Fine Arts in 2011. Her unwavering commitment to art—both as a creator and mentor—continues to inspire and shape the cultural landscape. Beyond painting, Bharti Vandna is also a gifted writer, expressing her artistic sensibilities through poetry that adds depth to her creative expression. A dedicated advocate for the arts, she actively organizes exhibitions and workshops and art events. She is the Founder of "Kalanidhi" Foundation, Chandigarh. Working tirelessly to promote and support the artistic community. Her unwavering commitment to art both as a creator and mentor continues to inspire and shape the cultural landscape.
The Unwinding
Acrylic on canvas 24x24cm 2024
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Bich Hong Nguyen
Viet Nam
Water is an invaluable treasure, the lifeblood of all living beings on Earth. Yet today, this precious resource is suffering from grave pollution, casting a dire shadow over the existence of humankind and every creature that shares this planet. Thus, safeguarding clean water has become an urgent calling for all of humanity. Let us join hands to protect our water sources and reduce plastic waste, for the sake of life it
I pursue the abstract art as a means to express emotion through a delicate interplay of light and color, using painting as a vessel to convey a modern perspective imbued with poetic reverence for life and nature. Amid the hurried rhythm of urban life, I find inspiration in quiet memories— the gentle charm of old quarters, where time seems to linger. These scenes evoke a deep sense of nostalgia and a strangely familiar warmth. I am equally drawn to the untouched beauty of Vietnam’s landscapes. Through timeless brushstrokes, I strive to tell stories that are deeply personal yet intimately rooted in the culture, the people, and the spirit of my homeland—a portrait of harmony between humankind and nature.
The Life
Acrylic
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
BIKKEL ARTIST
Netherlands
Bikkel Artist (Born on Curaçao, Caribbean. Lives and work in The
Netherlands). Graduated in 2002 from the Willem de Kooning Art Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with judicium exceptional. Specialism is glass design and painting. The process of working by Bikkel is spontaneous. Everything reflects the warmth of my native island Curaçao. Bikkel glass design and paintings are in well-known museums and private collections. Such as the Voorlinden Museum, The Curaçao Museum, Museum Maassluis.
Painting : the lost anchor point - the modern family in 2025 - visualized by Bikkel Artist. Glass design : Bikkel Artist - Pipe from pre-war sea tug NL - 39x16x16cm - 2024
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Mixed media on linen 200x200cm 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
BIL GUUN Bolor
Mongolia
Synergy 2 explores a visionary future where humanity and technology evolve not as rivals, but as partners in creation. At the heart of the composition lies the face of a child—pure, observant, and symbolic of new beginnings— emerging from a complex interplay of skulls, circuitry, and mechanical structures. The piece was meticulously rendered using fine ballpoint pen lines and expressive acrylic layers, then mounted on MDF and preserved beneath a high-gloss epoxy resin. Through this fusion of textures and imagery, Synergy 2 invites viewers to consider a future shaped not by conflict, but by coexistence, where the organic and artificial enhance one another in a shared pursuit of progress.
BILGUUN Bolor : 2009 Graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts, University of Art and Culture, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Two Person Exhibitions: 2010: "Talking under color" UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Group Exhibitions: 2024: "Autumn" Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, UMA Art Gallery 2022: "Belt & Road" National Art & Culture Expo, Hong Kong 2015: " Autumn" Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, UMA Art Gallery 2010: "Studio4", UMA Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Skills & Techniques Ball point pen, Oil on Canvas, Sculpture, Mixed Media Professional Affiliations Member of Union of Mongolian Artists
Synergy
Ballpoint pen and acrylic on art paper pasted on MDF, sealed with epoxy
resin.120x80cm.2024
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Binod Dawadi
Nepal
It is very much beautiful digital art. It speaks itself about its beauty and truth. It is full of colours. It is magical.
Binod Dawadi, a polymath from Kathmandu, Nepal, is a beacon of creativity, intellect, and activism. Armed with a master's degree in English, Dawadi wields the power of words to enact societal change. His journey as a writer, teacher, artist, photographer, model, and singer is a testament to his boundless passion and talent.
Abstract
Digital painting / 1.7 MB / 2023
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Biserka Vuković
Croatia
"Molecules of Life" depict the flow of life through colorful forms – from birth to
maturity and disappearance. Molecules in various colors symbolize stages of
life, illness, and hope. In the background, the shining sun appears as a savior and symbol of healing. The painting carries a message of humanity’s connection with the Earth and the universe, and the eternal search for light, meaning, and hope.
Biserka pl. Vuković, the Wandering Queen, is an engineer, poet, and artist. Her book The Purple Rose has been translated into eleven languages. Through poetry, art, and heartfelt expression, she connects people across cultures, borders, and languages.
Molecules of Life
Acrylic on canvas 70x60cm 2021
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Blond Jenny
Korea USA
꽃잎들을 사용하여 초기 사진기법: Cyanotype printing 기법을 이용하여 강한 태양과 우주적인 기운을 담고자 했다.
Pleiades 플레이아데스는 일곱자녀라고도 불리며 황소자리에 위치한 눈에 띄는 산개성단 지구에서 가장 가까운 성단 중 하나로, 약 440광년 떨어져 있고 다양한 문화권에서 영적인 깨달음의 의미로 등장하며 푸른반사성운에 둘러싸여있는데 이별들은 예술적 영감을 준다.
우연한 효과로 얻어진 이번 아날로그적인 Pleiades를 통해 푸른빛의 별들이 우리를 평안의 안식처로 인도할것이다.
With flower petals, I captured the intense sun and cosmic energy using an early photographic technique: cyanotype printing.
The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, are a prominent open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. Approximately 440 light-years away, they represent spiritual enlightenment in various cultures and are surrounded by the reflection of blue nebulae, whose stars provide artistic inspiration.
Through this analog Pleiades, created by chance, the blue stars will guide us to a haven of peace.
An observer of nature and a story maker. We tend to see what we want to believe. I break that mantra by capturing multiple viewpoints (human and nature) in my storytelling. The perspective from nature can be unrecognizable or distorted at times. When revealed, its surreal universe is often misunderstood and I strive to give it context. I use photos, videos and mixed media to connect to nature, humans, time and space. 자연을 관찰하고 이야기를 만든다. 우리는 믿고 싶은 것만 보는 경향이 있지만 스토리텔링에 다양한 관점(인간과 자연)을 담아냄으로써 그러한 고정관념을 깨뜨리고자한다. 자연의 관점은 때로는 알아볼 수 없거나 왜곡될 수 있다. 자연의 초현실적인 세계가 드러나면 종종 오해받기 마련이고 그 세계에 맥락을 부여하기 위해 노력한다. 사진, 영상, 그리고 혼합 매체를 통해 자연, 인간, 시간, 그리고 공간을 연결하고자 한다.
Pleiades
30x42cm
Cyanotype Print on handmade Korean paper
2024
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Boon gi Kim
Korea
동부산대학교 생활도예과졸업 개인전3회, 단체전다수 부산사상구 문화상수상 부산광역시 시장 표창장 부산 광역시교육감상, 한국미술협회, 부산미술협회, 동부산도예가회, 부산도예가회, 사상문화예술인협회 설봉도예가회 한서미술협회초대작가, 절꼴도예 운영
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조합토1250도산화소성옻칠 32×27 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Boonsuen Kim
Korea
원두를 그림에 접목하면 어떤 그림이 탄생할까 - 단순한 호기심이 10년 넘게 이 작업 을 이끌어 오게 했다. 커피 알갱이로서의 매력과 부서졌을때 퍼지는 향기- 이 모든것 이 그림에 녹아날수 있게끔 작업중이다. 커피는 나의 모든 원동력이다.
겨울밤
커피.아크릴 53×40.9cm 2024
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Britt Störzner
Sweden
Today we need to feel faith in the future! Hope for peace and lots of love to take care of our wonderful world! Faith, hope and love
Likes to try new materials, and now also ceramic, wonderful to shape and fell the flexibility on the materials and experiments with glazes. My hope is also to by able to convey something of the feelings of zest for life, joy of color and love that I fell when I creates and painted.
Faith, hope and Love
Acrylic on Canvas with ceramic
30x30cm 2023
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Bùi Thị Nam
Vietnam
As an art lecturer in Vietnam, I focus on integrating traditional and
contemporary art in education. Through cross-cultural exploration, I bring global artistic values into my teaching, encouraging students to create meaningful, culturally rooted works while embracing creative diversity.
Chợ chiều
silk, 80x100cm
I am a lecturer at the Vietnam National University of Education for the Arts, passionate about cultural exchange. I explore global art to inspire my students and enrich my teaching through diverse artistic traditions.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Bushra Arjumand Batool
Pakistan
This artwork is a representation of the lost art of letter writing, a once intimate and personal means of expressing emotions and connecting with loved ones.
The weathered paper, with its burn marks and tears, serves as a metaphor for the fragility of human connection. The handwritten text, in elegant cursive script, adds a sense of nostalgia and longing.
I am a emerging fine artist from Pakistan, currently pursuing my undergraduate studies in Fine Arts at Fatima Jinnah Women University. My artistic practice explores the intricate relationships between nature, identity, and social justice, with a focus on environmental sustainability. I mostly give a sense of illustration in my paintings. I am honored to participate in this international exhibition, showcasing my work alongside esteemed artists from around the world. Through my art, I aim to inspire critical thinking, spark meaningful conversations, and contribute to the global dialogue on environmental issues."
The Lost Goodbye
Digital( Photoshop) 1080x1350 pixels 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Busra INCIRKUS ULUSHAN
TÜRKİYE
The city's movement is evident in the shifting colors of red and green. The city's sinuous structure reveals its fragility, naivety, and emotional aspects. Evening symbolizes life in the diversity of buildings, houses, and structures, while the illuminated lights signal human presence.
Artist was born in Istanbul/Turkey. She completed undergraduate, graduate and doctorate degrees in the Department of Painting Teaching at Istanbul Marmara University. She attended International and National symposium, congress, workshop and group exhibition. She has awards in International and National organizations. She is currently working as an Associate Professor in Visual Communication Design Department at Isparta Süleyman Demirel University.
The Motion of City
Acrylic on canvas 35x25 cm 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Byron Z Tripp
USA
As an artist, my work fully expresses myself in my own way. It expresses my poetic feeling from surrounding environments, or some special moment. My work reflects my own philosophy and my understanding of the universe and humanity through my own artful expression.
Each and every piece of my work is created in a natural, subconscious way. It’s always exhilarating and gets my blood pumping. Every time I touch the paintbrush to the canvas, endless ideas and feelings spill out as the tip of the brush jumps around and paints a beautiful picture. I feel like I fall into another dimension of the universe. I feel like someone is guiding my hand. Once the feelings come, I can envision the art piece already up there in the sky, and I am just transcribing it onto the canvas.
I never limit myself to specific tools, or materials, and I never think about the skill or style at all. I just follow my natural feelings and allow the tools and materials to manifest itself on the canvas, and let my imagination run wild. The tools simply express the thoughts and emotions I have at the moment
Path finder
Mixed media on canvas / 36 inches width x 48 inches high
This work express the hard feeling of me during recently years! The world and human Sociaty experiencing unbelievable extradition changes mentally and physically. I feel like lost center balance from the beautiful and balanced creation. War, Natural Disaster, pandemic… hit hard to this world, people getting more confusing between right and wrong, moral and immoral, may different mentality go against each other all based on their own believe and stand. All thinking they are doing best for the world but most of them not really doing what creators created us to do! But some of them can still looking
for the right path or eager to find the right path to captivating themselves tirelessly and so brave to getting through no matter how tough in front them! The world still have the hope to getting that center balancing back and make this world as close as it being created!
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Can Gundogan
Turkiye
In my work, the concept of a "lost center" emerges through semi-transparent figures suspended in undefined urban spaces. I interpret this loss not only as environmental disconnection but also as a psychological collapse of orientation—where identity and body blur into atmosphere. Rather than locating a fixed center, I reflect a state of transition and uncertainty. Through layered compositions and muted green tones, I address how modern individuals drift through environments that no longer offer grounding, questioning whether art can still respond critically within this disoriented
state. - by Cangundogan
Can Gündoğan is a contemporary painter based in Istanbul, whose work explores the intersection of psychological states and environmental conditions. His artistic practice is rooted in personal experiences with chronic breathing issues, evolving into a visual inquiry around the concepts of air, atmosphere, and the fragile relationship between body and space. Blurring the lines between figure and environment, his paintings often depict semi-transparent human forms that dissolve into urban or undefined spaces. This visual ambiguity becomes a metaphor for the fading connection between individuals and the natural world in modern life. Through tonal harmonies— particularly greens that evoke ecological presence—he emphasizes the permeability between the physical and the emotional, the personal and the global. He studied Plastic Arts at Yeditepe University, where he is currently pursuing his master’s degree. He is actively producing in his studio and works as an academic in the Faculty of Fine Arts. His artistic language resonates deeply with BIEAF's environmental focus, offering a critical reflection on how atmosphere, urban alienation, and ecological disconnection influence human presence and identity today.
Point of Departure
Oil Paint on Canvas
49Hx40V cm 2025
This work captures the silhouettes of two figures at the threshold between
stillness and motion, blending seamlessly with their urban environment.
Dominated by green harmonies, the composition freezes a fleeting moment in
front of a dimly lit bus stop.
At the Stop
Oil Paint on Canvas 50Vx70H cm 2025
This painting captures a moment of waiting and transience within an urban
nightscape. Under the artificial glow of streetlights, the walking and standing
figures reflect the invisibility and solitude of individuals in city life.
The streetlight, concrete structures, and blurred forms evoke environmental
detachment and the tension between stillness and motion. The work invites
the viewer into a familiar yet suspended moment — where both time and
place feel undefined.
Alienated Space
Oil Paint on Canvas 40Hx40H cm 2025
This painting explores the increasingly blurred relationship between the
individual and their environment within modern life. The figures are situated in
a sterile, suffocating, and undefined space, isolated from nature. The use of a
monochromatic color palette highlights the psychological effects of
environmental homogenization on the individual.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Candy Kwon
Korea
M.F.A. creates layered photographic works inspired by architecture and nature. Her art explores themes of time, memory, and the
environment, reflecting on the uncertainties brought by climate change and inviting viewers to contemplate the fragile balance between decay and resilience.
Seed Valt 종자보관소
115 X 153cm
pigment-based inkjet
on matte paper_2023
Drift Ice 유빙 7
115 X 153cm_ pigment-based inkjet on matte paper_2023
Future 미래
115 X 153cm_ pigment-based inkjet on
matte paper_2023
As global climate change intensifies, extreme weather events now threaten even the future of life stored in seeds. This project, set in the snowy winters of Svalbard and Iceland, explores nature’s harshness and resilience. Melting glaciers and blizzards expose human vulnerability, yet hint at the possibility of survival. Through these stark landscapes, the project highlights the urgency of the present and the fragile line between hope and crisis.
Gallery 04
BIEAF2025 - The Lost Center
World Artist Invitation Exhibition
BIEAF Steering Committee announces BIEAF2025 participants. 641 artists were selected from 80 countries. The online exhibition will run from September 10, 2025 to February 28, 2026. During this period, offline exhibitions will be held at various galleries in Busan.
Gallery 01 Artists and Works Slide * You can mark hearts on your favorite artists and works.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Cao Minh Hong
Vietnam
Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design,
University of Industrial Arts (1984)
Bachelor of Business Administration,
National Economics University (1998)
Member of the Hanoi Fine Arts Association
Member of the Women Visual Artists Club,
and "Building the Nation" Club,
both under the Vietnam Fine Arts Association
Silently Bearing Hope
Arcrylic / 60x80 / 2023-2024
A solitary figure walking on a path of waste, the consequences of modern
life. Trashbag on his back likes the burden and responsibility humanity has
created for itself. Surrounding mountains, a bright sun, simple village homes
evoke a peaceful land overshadowed by pollution. It speaks to the strength of
persistent actions, and the road that still remains after the damage is done.
A Stream Forever Flowing
Arcrylic / 60x80 / 2023-2024
Flowing from the depths of Pac Bo cave, a quiet but enduring lifeline
through majestic nature. Water in motion, light and color blending to evoke a
source that never fades, like a green memory of the land, and like hope quietly
carried through generations.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Carhum
México
Carhum is a mexican artist, born in 1955 in Zacatecas, Zacatecas, with over 50 years of career.
A mexican interpretation of an acuatic environment trough
geometry and abstraction.
Cocodrilo Oculto
Mix on cavas 1.00 x 2.30m 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Carlos Artime
Estados Unidos
DE CONVERSACIÓN #2
Carboncillo/ lienzo - 48" x 36" - 2024
DE CONVERSACIÓN #2 no es más que una forma de adentrarnos, a partir de
mi expresión artística, en el mundo interior de los que la admiren, su miedos,
sus disfrutes, sus inseguridades, sus logros, en fin su vida y con ello establecer
un diálogo consigo mismo o con otros. Como principio creo que el ARTE salva
la VIDA demostrando que la MUERTE no existe solo es válida LaCreación en
todas sus manifestaciones. Cuando sea un solo continente, cuando sea un
solo mar, solo la belleza creada por el hombre será la encargada de patentizar
su paso por la existencia en sus constantes avatares y podremos entonar al
unísono, orgulloso de nuestra creación artística, una hermosa CANCIÓN A LA
VIDA ETERNA.
Carlos Artime Nace en Manzanillo, Cuba en 1940. Cursa su educación superior en la Universidad de la Habana y es allí donde realiza estudios de Plástica Aplicada a la Arquitectura, teniendo entre sus profesores una parte de los pintores pertenecientes al Grupo Los Once reconocidos como la avanzada de la Plástica Nacional Contemporánea de ese momento; a partir de 1965 comienza a mostrar su obra en concursos y exposiciones colectivas, Lyceum, Casa de Las Américas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, etc., alternando desde entonces su labor de Artista Independiente, en distintas especialidades, Pintura, Murales, Carrozas, Diseño Gráfico y Escenografía con la de Arquitecto, obteniendo distintos Premios, Menciones y Reconocimientos. En 1991 se traslada a los E.E.U.U. y por un tiempo mantiene un estudio en Miami Beach, Florida, hasta que decide en 1992 trasladarse a Puerto Rico donde permaneció ininterrumpidamente por 14 años, contando con un estudio-taller tanto de pintura como de cerámica, un medio en el que desarrolló formatos pequeños hasta grandes murales, como el que se encuentra en el Capitolio de Puerto Rico, siempre tras una incansable experimentación y búsqueda. Actualmente reside permanentemente en Miami desde donde expande su obra internacionalmente. Hasta el momento ha realizado 40 exposiciones personales e incontables exposiciones colectivas; su obra ha sido admirada y se encuentra en colecciones públicas y privadas en distintas partes del mundo: Cuba, España, Francia, Bélgica, Italia, la antigua Unión Soviética, Estados Unidos, Perú, Venezuela, Panamá, Ecuador, México, Costa Rica y Puerto Rico.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Carlos Martínez Palomino
Colombia
Born in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia, he began a lifelong pursuit of artistic research and experimentation at a very young age, seeking to discover his own unique painting style. Through discipline and self-sacrificing, constant work, he taught himself something that forged not only his own style but also his character, vital to the work of any artist committed to learning, perfection, and mastery of technique. Influenced by his continued study of the works of the great masters of the Italian and Spanish Renaissance, and later by the movements of modern realism, he displayed a unique and distinctive style throughout his artistic development, featuring soft, crisp brushstrokes and vivid, restrained colors that imbue his portraits and figures with a compelling force that invites contemplation.
His realistic figurative style, combined with a refined, classic technique, has earned him growing recognition in recent years within national and international cultural and artistic circles. Commissioned portraits of prominent figures in politics and entertainment, as well as business leaders and government and private institutions, make this Colombian artist a must-have on lists of the main bastions of world art. His costumbrist works and other
themes are held in private collections by collectors and art lovers throughout the country and abroad.
GARDENER
oil on canvas/ 0.90mt x 1.30mt /2025
The work depicts a young woman at the door of her house holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers inside a clay vase, inviting, with her sweet and naive gaze, the care and conservation of natural beauty represented both by the flowers and by herself.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
CARMELA SARCINA
ITALIA
Carmela Sarcina nata il 02/06/1972 a Trinitapoli, ove opera, ha conseguito il Diploma di Maestro d'Arte, il Diploma in Decorazione Pittorica all'Istituto Superiore di Arte Applicata e la Laurea in Pittura all'Accademia di Belle Arti. É docente di Arte e Immagine. Ha partecipato a diverse manifestazioni artistiche di MAIL ART a livello Nazionale ed Internazionale.
Il mio lavoro è intitolato "Il centro ritrovato". Esso tenta di dimostrare come l'arte sia la bussola che ci consente di ritrovare un rapporto empatico con la bellezza del Creato. In contrapposizione ai ripetuti oltraggi nei suoi confrontil, l'arte si ripropone come centro di irradiazione per recuperare l'ambiente come luogo fisico e paesaggio dell'anima.
IL CENTRO RITROVATO
Acquerello su cartoncino A5 - anno 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Carmen Herrero
España
María del Carmen Herrero Jiménez Lugar de nacimiento: Cervera del río Alhama (La Rioja)España. Estudió diseño de modaestampados y creación de marca impartidos por la adaptación General de Aragón,quedando finalista para beca en Italia. Medalla de oro en la escuela Guerrero de Barcelona con un vestido de comunión. Estudios de dibujo artístico y diversas técnicas,decantándose por el óleo. Estudios en la escuela de artes de Zaragoza. Exposiciones y artículos. Hotel Boston de Zaragoza. Asociación de barrios de Zaragoza. Larres (Huesca). Galeria Sala Aires de Córdoba (en varias ocasiones). Galerie Artes de Paris En cafetería El Renacimiento de Zaragoza. Internacional Art And Craft Show medalla de oro. Diversas portadas y poesías en la revista Pluma libre y Desigual. Publicación de entrevista en el libro Ellas en el Arte portada en la revista Aires de Córdoba así,como algunos artículos. Publicación en revista Galart.
Caminos de hierro
Óleo sobre lienzo 41×33cm
Para mi el arte es la esencia del interior.
Todo me atrae para ser pintado,sintiendo una atracción especial por los trenes antiguos. La energía que irradia el alma es mi fuente de inspiración en su dimensión mas pura. Cuando el alma asoma mas allá del Universo,las pinceladas fluyen del interior,cada una es un trocito de sentimientos, de sueños aflorando al exterior.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Carroll Tsang Choi Wan
Hong Kong, China
In the context of “The Lost Center - Art in Crisis”, my work Ink Rhyme, Golden Blossoms responds to the chaotic “crisis” narrative. The ink - dripping background, with its hazy fluidity, mirrors the fragmented, center - less state of contemporary art discourse. Yet the ordered golden flower - of - life patterns act as a quiet anchor.
They represent an attempt to rebuild a “center” — not a rigid, traditional one, but a personal, spiritual core. In an art world often adrift in noise and fragmentation, this work uses the tension between chaos (ink) and order (golden blossoms) to reflect on how to find meaning. It’s a search for a new “center” within crisis, where inner peace and symbolic resilience become the guide, reminding us that even in disarray, art can nurture a quietly blooming,
centered soul.
Carroll CW Tsang is a Hong Kong visual arts practitioner. She holds the Visual Art Intelligence Professional Certificate (DALA Decoupage South Africa), the Deco Clay Craft Academy Deco Clay Instructor Certificate from Japan, and the Certificate as Zentangle Teacher awarded by the Chinese Zentangle Association CZA. Member of the Hong Kong Artists Association and the Steering Committee of BIEAF (Busan International Environment Art Festival).
Ink Rhyme, Golden Blossoms ·Quietly Blooming Heartlight
Ink and color on paper, 127cm x 120cm, 2025
Using ink - dripping and blooming as the background, like ripples on a heart - lake, it implies the precipitation after inner fluctuations. The orderly interweaving of golden flower - of - life patterns symbolizes the order of life and inner strength. The blend of the hazy ink and the neat golden blossoms shows the tranquility found in the hustle and bustle. With traditional ink - wash and the symbol of the flower of life, it conveys the state of mind where the heart returns to peace and retains its true nature amidst complexity, allowing viewers to feel the quiet power of the soul breaking free from distractions and precipitating in the ink - colored golden patterns.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Catari Monsanto
United States
Catari was exposed to art at a very young age. Her mother took her to exhibit openings, theater, opera, concerts, etc. since she was around 8 years old. By the time she was 10 she knew most of the well established artists as well as up and coming artists who later made names for themselves. She had visited many studios and was fortunate to see the masters at work. She doesn’t know at what point exactly she decided she wanted to create, paint, sculpt. If you ask her when she knew she wanted to become an artist she probably will tell you she was born knowing. She has lived in several countries and traveled extensively. Her art reflects her life experiences and interaction with various cultures. Her work reflects her love for life, color, and nature.
My Broken Heart
Oil on Porcelain Substrate 14”x10 2023
This piece was created while I was recovering from heart surgery. I wanted to raise awareness of heart disease in women. It is a reminder that our current pace and ecocide is poisoning all forms of life.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Cécile BATILLAT
FRANCE
A French artist with a degree in Visual Arts, Video, and New Technologies from the University of Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne, Cécile Batillat began collaborating with the Experimental Academy of Theaters at the Théâtre du Rond Point on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. She then directed independent documentaries, including Etats des lieux Etats des liens, which received the Prix Planète Cable in 1995 in Lyon.
A professor of literature and philosophy, she returned to her first loves, painting and drawing, to explore them as a medium for reflecting on reality. Her works have been exhibited in Europe, the United States, Latin America, and India.
Dans L' ecume d'or
Sepia inks on linen canvas
50x90cm 2024
Quête de lumière
Sepia inks on linen canvas
50x90cm 2024
In this series entitled Exit from the waves, created for the Art Chamber gallery in Calangute Goa, India, I wanted to evoke the succession of moments necessary for the transmutation of a being. It reflects Andersen's heroine's quest for spirituality. The mermaid, a being of the flesh, the archetype of femininity, becomes an ethereal being who aspires to transcend first her body as a fish, then her body as a woman, to reach the immortality of the soul. The movement represented, paradoxically, freezes, reaching a moment of eternity with each freeze frame, like the Haïkus that condenses the essential to be expressed. Each canvas Sy independent of the others. But when they are placed side by side, the narrative is reformed. The breath returns and a rhythm of lines is established, like an obsessive melody. The essence unfolds like a wave, whispering the melody of the soul.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
CECILIA TASCHERET
Estados Unidos
CLAY AND SKY, IS A UNIQUE SENSORY JOURNEY, WHERE YOU CAN FEEL
THE AROMA OF REDDISH WET CLAY AND HILLS CROWNED WITH BLUE
SKIES, WHERE THE AIR IS BREATHED PURE AND CLEAN AND IT IS A
WONDERFUL ADVENTURE FOR MAN, HIS ENVIRONMENT, PLANTS, BIRDS
AND ANIMALS THAT LIVE THERE TO PRESERVE IT. THIS WORK ALSO HAS
AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) WITH THE ARTIVIVE APPLICATION, WHICH
ALLOWS US TO ENJOY IT INTERACTIVELY.
ARGENTINIAN PLASTIC ARTIST WHO CREATES PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL WORKS WITH MIXED TECHNIQUES AND DIFFERENT MATERIALS (OIL, ACRYLICS, INKS, COLLAGE, RESIN, ETC). SHE USES VIBRANT COLORS AND IS INSPIRED BY NATURE, TRANSMITTING AN INFINITE NUMBER OF EMOTIONS AND SENSATIONS. HE HAS EXHIBITED IN ARGENTINA, THE UNITED STATES, ITALY, SPAIN, TURKEY, AMONG OTHERS. IT SEEKS TO GENERATE A GRATIFYING VISUAL EXPERIENCE IN THE VIEWER.
ARCILLA Y CIELO(CLAY AND SKY)
CANVAS DE LIENZO/36 X 36 IN/2023
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Celeste Katseyeanis
UNited States
Celeste Katseyeanis is a self-taught American digital artist exploring the emotional imprint of the human face. Working with Corel Painter and Photoshop since 1996, she captures fleeting truths in luminous detail, each portrait a poetic memory rendered in light.
Lady Gaga
Sepia inks on linen canvas
50x90cm 2024
The Lost Center – Art in Crisis “The Lost Center” speaks to the quiet unraveling of meaning in our time where art becomes both witness and remedy. In this crisis of identity, nature, and memory, I see portraiture as a reclamation: each face I paint is a center rediscovered, a soul remembered. Through digital brushwork, I seek not perfection, but presence is an echo of what we’ve misplaced in the rush of modernity. BIEAF invites us to restore what’s been lost, not by returning to the past, but by illuminating the unseen within.
Helen Mirren
Memory in Contour
Adobe Photoshop / 3358 × 3324 pixels / 2025
Tom Cruise
Echoes in Digital Light: The Artist’s Story From the moment I began painting digitally in 1996, I was drawn to the quiet brilliance behind every human face. The eyes, the shadows, the subtle tension between vulnerability and grace—they felt like small revelations. I never studied formally; instead, I wandered through pixels and brushes with instinct as my guide.
My work is not an escape, but a return—a rediscovery of presence in a time when the center often feels missing. Each portrait is not simply an image, but an imprint of being: someone's moment, someone’s truth. I believe the face holds fragments of forgotten light, and through art, we can begin to remember.
"The Lost Center" echoes the emotional landscape I’ve explored for decades—this slow unraveling, and the desire to stitch things back together with color, texture, and feeling. To paint is to preserve; to preserve is to care; and in caring, we restore.
Each portrait by Celeste echoes the quiet crisis of presence and identity. Her work invites viewers to rediscover their center through faces that shimmer with unspoken histories. Blending intuition and digital finesse, her paintings transcend realism by transforming texture and tone into soulful memory. A brushstroke becomes a testimony, and color a mirror to the unseen.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
SEOK CHANG SEONG
Korea
공명 2
60X40cm
digital pigmentprint
on artpaper
우포늪이라는 곳에서 어부로 살며 사진작업을 하고 있습니다. 우포늪은 습지보전법 으로 환경부가 관리하고 있으며 천연보호구역으로 문화재청이 보호하고 있습니다. 철새보호를 위한 국제협약에 따라 람사르 보호습지이며 유네스코에 생물권보전지 역으로 등록되어 있습니다. 작가는 고결한 곳에서 어부로 살며 사진을 담습니다. 이번 작품은 다중노출을 통해 어부와 새, 사람과 자연이 어울려 살아가는 세상을 이야기하고자 합니다. 저는 그곳에서 카메라를 들고 자연과 사람을 번갈아 바라보고 있습니다.
공명 1
60X40cm digital pigmentprint on artpaper
공명 1
60X40cm digital pigmentprint on artpaper
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Chayanisa Sriwichainan
Thailand
Social attachment By wearing a mask together In which the face under the mask is both fake, jealous Lies deceive love, hate Various things that want to conceal others from recognizing To the true self
My works acrylic painting are presented in the form of Feminist Fantasy Art. my favorite, conveying through emotions reflected and touched by today's dark society in general.
Mask society
Acrylic & Pen on canvas, 60x80cm, 2023
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Chen Ru
China
陈茹，中国粉画艺术网顾问、海南省粉画学会会长、海南省女画家协会副主席、海南八九艺术公社社长、海口骑楼美术馆馆长
创作《往昔的自在》，是我向生态本真与心灵原乡的一次深情回溯。画布上，苍劲的枝丫如自然残喘的臂弯，竭力围护着日渐稀少的古朴建筑——那是人类曾谦卑依存于天地的鲜活印记。斑驳的油彩，是我调和进画 布的生态伤痕；那抹“自在”题字，是穿透阴翳的微光，指向人境共生的图景。 描摹往昔的自在悠然，希望让观者的指尖，触碰到被现代性生生剥离的、与自然血脉相连的自在。但这怀旧并非终点。以油彩为刃，撕裂沉默：当纯净的生态沦为“逝去的片段”，我们为环境、为艺术，究竟做过什么？ 环境在撕裂中失语，艺术岂能只耽溺于审美与市场？这幅作品绝非逃避的牧歌，而是借视觉的震撼，刺痛麻木，唤醒对逝去的切肤之珍视。 愿驻足画前的你，不仅被美轻抚，更被一种灼热的紧迫感攫住：改变我们凌驾自然的方式，重建共生的自在！更深盼，艺术能化作改变的种子。让这份笔端掷出的祈愿，穿透画布——愿“自在”重归广袤大地，永驻澄澈人心。
往日的自在
油画 60cmx80cm
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Cheng Han Wen
Taiwan
Taiwanese artist Cheng Han-wen creates mixed media paintings inspired by the Himalayas, spirituality, and nature. Her works explore silent rituals, geometry, light, time, and the unseen connection between humans, mountains, and the sacred. She seeks to restore the lost spiritual center through art.
‘The Lost Center’ speaks to me as a silent echo from the Earth—a call to return to the sacred spaces we’ve forgotten. In times of crisis, art becomes a compass. Through painting, I try to rebuild that center within, using stillness, light, and natural forms to awaken memory and care. My work Boundary of Snow is a prayer for inner alignment and for reconnecting with the invisible threads that bind us to the Earth, to time, and to each other.
Boundary of Snow
Mixed media / 68x68 cm / 2025
Boundary of Snow is a meditative work from Cheng Han-wen’s Himalayan Prayers series. Using cold tones and layered whites, it evokes a sacred field where time slows and silence expands. A silver square in the lower corner marks a quiet gate to the unseen—a spiritual center long forgotten. In this suspended stillness, the painting becomes a space of luminous breath and contemplative light. It reflects the fragility of our connection with nature and invites the viewer to return inward, where prayer begins in silence.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
ChenYuFei
China
1988年出生于中国辽宁辽阳，毕业于鲁迅美术学院，
鲁迅美术学院实验艺术系教师
导演，摄影师 太子岛大地艺术节发起人，总策划
陈宇飞的艺术工作主要以影像，绘画，即兴行为表演等方式呈现。创作关注社会现实，自然生态，人文关怀等主题。
《神奇秘谱》是中华音乐文明的“时间胶囊”，它用千年琴音穿越时空延续至今。 燕州城，是古高句丽时期辽东地区的一座高句丽山城。艺术家通借用古琴在风中能产生共振发声的特性，秋风乍起时，站在山的最高点上，风从四面八方而来，从琴箱中产生犹如宇宙传来的奇音；后期通过古琴谱的书写方式，对即兴的声音用数字特效的方法，将自然和人的合作谱写出来，的是一场与时间、空间和宇宙的对话。
神奇秘谱
行为、影像 5760x1220 2024
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Chi Yingxin
China
池颖欣，现为中国美术家协会会员、中国田园画会副主席、中国女画家协会会员、哈尔滨女画家协会副
主席、黑龙江省美术家协会第六届、第七届理事、黑龙江省中国画学会常务理事、肇东市美术家协会主席、
肇东国画艺术研究院院长、肇东国画院常务副院长、肇东市老年书画大学校长、绥化市优秀青年专家。
数十幅作品被中国展览交流中心、中国书画艺术研究院、国务院办公厅、北京荣宝斋等单位收藏。曾在
甘肃省成功美术馆、新疆乌鲁木齐、苏州、扬州、广州、安徽、湖南省张家界等地举办个人画展三十余次。
出版有《池颖欣花鸟画集》、《池颖欣新花鸟画集》、《中国美术家协会会员池颖欣花鸟画专集》，另有多
幅作品参加“全国历届花鸟画邀请展”。
描绘出故乡湿地一角，岸边的家园与水中荷花浑然天成，以现代彩墨形式来表达一种适合自己的绘画技 法，使其既有传统工笔花鸟画创作上的细腻，又有抽象耐人寻味的肌理效果。画面清新、明丽。画面内容富 有现代气息。追求一种明朗、大度、清澈、幻想般的视觉感受，在若隐若现之间凝注着优美的意境和引人遐 思的感染力。作品充分体现了自己一种真挚的情感，一种源于心灵的感受，从而能超然物外，画风自成格局
在水一方
纸本设色 136x66cm 2020
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Chicu Eugenia Touma
Cyprus
In moments of crisis, art becomes both witness and healer. It reflects our collective struggles, preserves hope, and transforms pain into beauty. Through brushstrokes and symbolism, it speaks when words fall short—offering clarity, courage, and connection.
Inspired by nature’s beauty and spiritual depth, I create expressive acrylic and mixed media works that reflect emotion, faith, and the vibrant energy of life. My art bridges impressionism and abstraction, inviting viewers into a world of color and contemplation. Born in 1988 in Horodiste, Calarasi, Republic of Moldova, Chicu Eugenia Touma is a visual artist whose work is deeply inspired by nature, emotion, and the spiritual essence of life. She paints with acrylics and mixed media, blending impressionism, expressionism, and abstraction to explore themes like identity, memory, and limited freedom. Each piece she creates is a reflection of inner landscapes—where color becomes emotion and form becomes story.
Limited Freedom
acrylics, stretched canvas, 40x40cm, 2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
CHO Sangyoung
Korea
작가는 미술학 박사를 취득했으며, 미술작가, 미술 비평가, 미술교육자, 미술기획자로 다양한 영역과 분야에서 활동한다. 박사논문인 『포스트휴먼을 통해 본 사이보그 퍼포먼스 연구』를 통해 트랜스휴머니즘과 포스트휴먼 담론의 비판적 연구자로 활동하고 있으며, 단순한 학술적 분석을 넘어 트랜스휴머니즘이 약속하는 '해방'이 실제로는 새로운 형태의 지배이며, '진보'가 기존 불평등의 강화라는 점을 예리하게 고발한다.
현재 트랜스휴머니즘 아젠다의 문제점을 체계적으로 비판하고 경고하는 저작 활동과 ‘생태계의 몸, 인간의 몸, 부활의 몸, 사이보그의 몸’을 주제로 미술 작품 활동을 융합하여 동시대 문제를 다양하게 대중화하고 있다.
배추의 몸은 어디에서 왔을까?
캔버스 위에 아크릴 물감, 40호, 2022~2025
이 세 작품은 상징적 오브제와 인물의 배치를 통해 존재, 생태, 정체성의 문제를 시적으로 풀어냅니다.
첫 번째 작품은 침묵을 강요하는 다윈과 종이배와 묶여 있는 돌맹이 위에 원숭이가 궤면쩍게 웃고 있어 지식과 문명이 얼마나 한계를 드러내는지 암시한다. 두 번째 작품은 배추 위에 앉아 있는 종이배와 사유하는 인물의 자세를 통해 인간 존재의 불안정함과 생태적 기반 위에 놓인 문명적 상상을 대비시킨다. 세 번째는 무와 귤이라는 일상적 자연물 위에 인물을 배치해, 생태계와 인간 몸의 성찰을 유머와 역설로 풀어낸다.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Choong Yeul Yoo
Korea
Yoo Choong Yeul was born July 23rd 1960 in the Kyung-Gi Province Kwang Ju City. He entered art in 1981 and for 40 years he has been recognized as one of the top Korean painters. His work is mostly based on realism and best known for classic portraits. From the start of his career he dreamt of being one of the most recognized painters in the world and in the United States the year 1985 he painted “Sea Captain” and his work was given the honor of being featured in the famous “Decor” magazine in 1988. In 2010 his work was featured as the cover page of England’s artbook “Art in Vogue”. And in 2012 his work was also featured as the cover page for publications from America’s Morningside Publishing, Ekidsland Publishing, LLC.
Captain's Compass
Oil on Canvas, 93 x 61 cm, 2021
The artwork shows an older sea captain with a dignified beard and pipe, his visage blending into a stormy maritime scene. He’s framed within what looks like a ship’s wheel and a compass rose — powerful nautical symbols. A tall ship battles rough seas in the foreground, while seagulls circle the scene, evoking freedom and guidance.
Notable symbolic elements:
The Captain: Wisdom, leadership, experience — the human embodiment of navigation through life’s storms. The Compass and Ship’s Wheel: Direction and control; together they imply mastery over one’s journey. The Ship in Rough Waters: Adventure, risk, resilience. Seagulls: Messengers, signs of land nearby, freedom of spirit.
Smoke and Clouds: The merging of the captain’s mind with the elements — perhaps hinting at memory, dreams, or a merging of human will with nature’s forces.
The compass points are visible, with an arrow rising up — suggesting progress, hope, or aspiration beyond the immediate storm. The entire piece feels both nostalgic and timeless, celebrating the enduring spirit of
exploration.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Hwang Choon-sook
Korea
앎음다움
15F(65x53) 혼합재료 2025
간화선 체험을 통해 내 안의 나에 대한 의문을 시작으로 나를 찾아 나선다. 명상하는 중에 경험해 보지 못한 격렬한 고통이 나를 괴롭혀 왔지만, 극복하면서 느낀 것을 나타내 본다.
허상들과 함께하는 나
20F(72x60) 혼합재료 2025
순간순간 생각과 선택으로 삶의 여정을 나아가면서 함께하는 허상들 사이에 나는 어디에 존재할까?
I strive to find my own scent among the various illusions that accompany life and to change the world.Through my work, I ask myself, ‘What can I do?’ Based on this question, I confront the illusions and true selves within the lives lived through thought and choice. If we broaden our understanding of ourselves and the world by experiencing things previously unseen from a new perspective, the world will be filled with much more love. By searching for myself within myself, I hope to discover a self filled with understanding, forgiveness, and love, and to live in this world with a time of inner peace and reflection.
삶과 함께하는 다양한 허상들 속에서 나만의 향기를 찾아 나와 세상을 변화시키는 데 노력해 본다. 작품을 통해 '내가 할 수 있는 일은 무엇일까?' 이런 생각을 바탕으로 생각과 선택으로 살아가는 삶 속에 허상과 진정한 자아를 마주하게 해 본다. 보이지 않던 것을 새로운 관점으로 느끼면서 자신과 세상을 이해하는 폭을 넓힌다면 세상은 한결 사랑으로 가득하리라. 내 안의 나를 찾아봄으로 이해와 용서, 사랑이 가득한 자기를 발견하여 내면의 고요와 성찰의 시간으로 세상을 살아가기를 바람해 본다.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Christopher Hermann
Poland
BIEAF2025 offers us artists the opportunity to take part in the international event “Lost centre - art in crisis”.
Therefore, it is worth the effort to be part of the global dialogue and collide with this theme. I believe that my two works “Passion.Abstract” and “Euphoria.Abstract” (both created in 2025) will capture the spirit of this event.
My name is Krzysztof Hermann, I create under the pseudonym Christopher Hermes. I was born in 1980 in Poland. I worked in the Czech Republic as SQA Manager until 2024. In my last year of work, I also dealt with design. I do oil and acrylic painting and like to incorporate sand into my work, thus creating an interesting structure to my paintings. Lately, I have been photographing a lot. Photography, like painting, is also a form of emotion, of communication. In the last six months I have taken up art seriously. Since then, I have qualified for the following art events: 3rd International Art Review. Siemczyno Palace „From the Mountains to the Sea". Exhibition from 24.05.2025 to 2.08.2025; Pasaje 865 Gallery. Buenos Aires (Argentina). Exhibition from 27.06.2025 to 3.07.2025; 5th International Art Review. Struga Palace. Exhibition from 28.06.2025 to 31.08.2025; 11 September 2025 in Sain-Paul de Vence, France, I will have the pleasure of receiving the book "New Protagonists of Contemporary Art. 2025", in which my work will be included. I received the invitation to participate from the Italian foundation Effetto Arte; Participation in the 1st International Project organised in Poland entitled "TIME OF PEACE - ARTISTS FOR PEACE". Exhibition planned for the 3rd-4th quarter of 2025.
1.The work, which I titled 'Passion. Abstraction' was created in March/April this year, during Lent. The title refers to the Passion, or the sufferings and events of the last hours of Jesus Christ's life, from his capture in Gethsemane to his death on the cross at Golgotha..... Passion also has another meaning It is a passion for something that brings us satisfaction, euphoria; something that stimulates us, puts us in a positive mood and gives us a sense of fulfilment. Passion is defined as a kind of life force and energy. It is something that invigorates, gives joy, arouses positive feelings and emotions. In short, it is love - love for what we do. That is why the colours in this painting are not random, but carefully selected from the colour palette to combine the two described meanings of the word into a unity. 2.Another work 'Euphoria. Abstract' was also created in 2025, my intention was to abstractly depict a state of intense, positive emotional arousal, characterised by a deep sense of happiness, joy, merriment and even excitement. Euphoria is a state of intense well-being, often associated with a release of neurotransmitters such as endorphins in the brain.... The three colours red, black and gold combined with glitter.... defines this blissful intoxication.
THE PASSION
Acrylic on canvas/136 x 156 (cm)/2025
ABSTRACT
Acrylic on canvas/136 x 156 (cm)/2025
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Cristina Maya Caetano
Portugal
Protecting nature depends on humanity, making a new awareness imperative. The tree emerges as a firm pillar that supports all beings, with roots of wisdom and a delicacy toward natural beauty, highlighting the transparency with which humanity must approach everything around us. The tree's branches present diverse, undefined faces, as gender, age, or ethnicity are irrelevant.
What matters only is the expansion of humanity's consciousness toward everything and the construction of peace.
CONSCIENTIAL EXPANSION
Oil on canvas/40x60cm/2024
Cristina Maya Caetano is Portuguese and she is an award-winning painter. She participated in important exhibitions. Her work has been published in international magazines and art books. Jury of Portugal 2024/2025 and Chairman of the Promotional Committee - Haegeumgang Theme Museum in South Korea.
BIEAF2025 Invited Artist
Crystalle Bobbe
Germany
Background:
My unique family background has greatly influenced me. It was normal in my family to think differently and to embrace this difference. My father was an architect, builder, and painter, my brother is a scientist, one sister is a visual artist living in China, and another sister is an anthropologist. My original career goal was to study architecture, but to the utter dismay of my father, I abandoned my nearly completed carpentry apprenticeship and went to Paris to study at performing arts schools.
Education:
Key points of my education include the "Conservatoire National des Arts du Cirque et du Mime," the "Académie Fratellini" (Center for Circus Arts and Training), the Polish "Transport Drama School" under Janina Szarek, the "École internationale Supérieure de Trapèze Volant Jean Palacy," and the "Conservatoire de Dance Classique." I am trained in all aspects of circus arts and dance, with a specialization in tightrope walking and aerial techniques.
Career:
I worked with the French company "Saltimbanques" for several years. Through my performances, I have worked on nine productions in the USA and toured Northern Europe with the Tiger Lillies. I also collaborated on three productions at the Schaubühne Berlin, working with directors such as Andrea Breth and Michael Simon. Here, my focus was on teaching movement styles and providing training for actors (such as Nick Monu, Ulrich Matthes, etc.).
Artistic Development: Throughout my professional career, I have always been intrigued by the question of how to translate a sentence, a feeling, or a moment into an appropriate physical expression. I have been passionate about the world of movement from the very beginning, particularly interested in reimagining and challenging conventional and established movement patterns. The performing arts thrive on these significant freedoms. The performances I have developed have continuously evolved under the guidance of the renowned British dancer and choreographer Christina Comtesse. Through this long-term collaboration, I was able to deepen the authenticity and credibility of the movements. Initially, I thought it was a coincidence that my work could evoke strong emotions. I make music visible and, in doing so, create a unique atmosphere. This type of emotional impact seems to be one of my distinctive qualities and not a coincidence. What's even more wonderful is to sense this atmosphere reflected back through the tension and concentration in the audience. Magical moments occur with the audience, which I could describe as follows: A tearful spectator approached me and shared that my performance had stirred deep emotions in him. Through my performance, he was able to communicate with his deceased parents for the first time in years. It is always an inner journey on multiple levels. The opposite side would be "movement for the sake of movement." It always appears insignificant to us when we don't see an authentic approach. Only when movements become visible through an idea, a thought, and the timing of their presentation do they touch us.