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Gallery 29
BIEAF2026 - From SUN To BOY
World Artist
Invitation Exhibition
BIEAF Steering Committee announces BIEAF2026 participants. 848 artists were selected from 84 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 29 Artists and Works Slide* You can mark hearts on your favorite artists and works.
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BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
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surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Gallery 30
BIEAF2026 - From SUN To BOY
World Artist Invitation Exhibition
BIEAF Steering Committee announces BIEAF2026 participants. 848 artists were selected from 84 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 30 Artists and Works Slide* You can mark hearts on your favorite artists and works.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
BIEAF2026 Invited Artist
Rayees ah mir
India
I am Cao Bich Ngoc, a graduate of the Vietnam University of Fine Arts, class of2009–2013. I am currently working as an Art teacher while continuing myartistic practice in oil painting and soft pastel. Teaching allows me to stayclose to the emotional world of children, and it deepens my interest in how artcan nurture memory, compassion, sensitivity, and the ability to perceive beauty. I have participated in several group exhibitions, sold artworks, and receivedinterest and commissions from a number of collectors. To me, painting is notonly a form of personal expression, but also a way to preserve and transmitenduring values: love, culture, family memory, and hope for the future. By joining this competition, I hope to bring the perspective of both an artistand an educator: gentle, feminine, emotionally layered, and directed towardchildren and the humanistic values we need to protect for future generations.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Artist's Introduction :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
surviving in reds
acrylic on canvas 2x2.5 fts 2026
Description of the work : Surviving in reds
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.
Description of the work : In the Arms of Memory approaches the BIEAF 2026 theme “From Sun To Boy”not through the direct image of the sun, but through a more intimate andenduring source of light: a mother’s love for her child. In the painting, a young mother is knitting beside her child’s cradle. The warm-colored threads evoke the color of sunlight, slowly woven through time,patience, and tenderness. To me, this act is not only about making a garmentto keep the child warm; it is also the weaving of an invisible shelter around thebaby — the mother’s “little sun,” and at the same time, an image of the futuregeneration. The thread suggests continuity: from the mother’s hands to the child, fromfamily memory to present life, from traditional values to hope for tomorrow. Ina rapidly changing world, I want to return to seemingly simple things: a cradle,a mother’s hands, the act of knitting, and the warmth of home. These aresymbols of care, preservation, and cultural transmission. If the sun is the source of life in nature, love is the source of life within thehuman soul. Through this work, I want to suggest that the future is protectednot only by great actions, but also by memory, culture, tenderness, and thecapacity to love — quietly nurtured from the very beginning of life.
Tell us about BIEAF2026 'From Sun To Boy' :
I am Rayees Mir, a multidisciplinary artist from Kashmir, India, with a Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) in Applied Art. My practice combines photography, digitalart, conceptual art, and mixed media to explore themes of identity, philosophy,psychology, and the relationship between humanity and nature. Through myparticipation in BIEAF 2026: “From Sun To Boy,” I hope to share a work thatencourages reflection, dialogue, and emotional connection across cultures.