Interview

We send invitations to emerging and established Asian creatives and we encourage recommendations from the communities. By valuing recommendations, we are able to share lights to those who may not be considered as the most commercially successful (yet). We believe if people get to know each other at a deeper level, our community will be closer and more supportive.


Fluidity over Fixity, Tokyo and NYC-based Artist Sao Tanaka

Sao Tanaka (b.1987, Tokyo) is a visual artist living in Tokyo and New York City. She works with painting photography, video, and installation. Sao received BFA in Japanese painting from Tama Art University, MA in Sociology cultural anthropology…

To Love Real People, Seattle-based Painter Yongqi Tang

Yongqi Tang (b.1997, Shenzhen, China) received an M.F.A from the University of Washington in 2022 and has held teaching appointments at the painting and drawing department. She is the recipient of the Bernie Funk Artist Scholarship, Boyer and…

Love for Life and the Living, France-based Artist Lilou Oh Yeah

France-based artist and illustrator Li Xia, also known as 绿李 Lilou Oh Yeah (b. 1991, Chongqing, China), works primarily in oil and watercolor. Her work explores ephemeral moments and commonplace objects in daily life, expressed through carefully composed…

Like Water in the River, NYC-based Multimedia Artist Chihiro ITO

Chihiro ITO is a Japanese painter and multi-media artist. He was born in Tokyo where he studied painting at Musashino Art University. He then took a continuing education writing course at the School of Visual Arts. Chihiro ITO…

Failing Is a Part of Growth, New York-based Artist Renqian Yang

Renqian Yang earned her B.F.A. in Ceramics from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing in 2009, and her M.F.A. in Ceramics from Syracuse University in 2014. Currently, she lives and works in Oswego, New York as an artist…

From Psychology to Art, NYC-based Illustrator Lia Liao

Lia Liao is currently working as a freelance illustrator in NYC. She was educated as a psychologist until 2020 when she decided to become an illustrator and made it her career nowadays. Being a huge fan of films…

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