Gao Xintong (b. 1998, Liaoning, China) is an emerging contemporary painter whose work dynamically fuses Italian Futurism with traces of Eastern traditional art. Based in Italy, Gao earned both his BFA and MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts of Carrara. His practice explores the interplay between movement and stillness, deeply informed by Taoist philosophy. Gao’s abstract compositions are characterized by fluid lines, radiant color fields, and a distinctive sense of flow—what he describes as qi, a spiritual current of air and energy. His paintings conjure spaces that feel at once kinetic and meditative, evoking the tension between visible form and intangible force. Whether air is shaping the space or flowing through it becomes an open question, one that the viewer is invited to inhabit.

“My goal,” Gao explains, “is to create a sense of flow that feels natural—something intentional yet effortlessly unfolding. In that paradox lies the freedom to expand interpretation and perception.”

Gao has presented solo exhibitions in London, New York, and Beijing, and has participated in numerous group exhibitions and art fairs across China, Europe, and the United States.

Tiantian Lou (b. 1995) is an artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated with architecture degrees from Princeton University and Rhode Island School of Design. With experience in textile and printmaking, Tiantian operates a range of artistic media and utilizes them in experimental ways. Her works has been shown internationally, including Shu Musum, Beijing (2025); Untitled Art Fair, Miami (2024); Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn (2024); Two Palms Press, New York (2023); LATITUDE Gallery, New York (2022); Milan Design Week, Italy (2022); Chashama Gallery, Brooklyn (2019).

Li Xu was born in 1970 in Inner Mongolia, China. Now he lives and works in Beijing, Tianjin, China, and New York, USA. Li Xu graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 1997; he graduated from the fourth studio of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2004; he received doctor’s degree in Oil Painting from the Central Academy of Fine Art in 2012. His doctoral research interests are Research on Chinese Oil Painting and Traditional Culture; his doctoral thesis, Free Viewing: The Space Concept of Portrait Art in Han Dynasty, has been collected by the National Library of China.

Li Xu’s works have been exhibited at different art institutes in China, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Norway, etc., including the National Art Museum of China, Today Art Museum, CAFA Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, China Millennium Monument, Grand Palais, Congress Art Museum, Cairo National Art Hall, and more. His works have also participated in the Todi Biennale, Cairo Biennale, Rome Nuvola Art Fair, etc.

Li's works have been collected by China Millennium Monument, Zhejiang Art Museum, Huan Tie Times Art Museum, Vest Agder Museum, Yuan Art Museum, and other art institutions.

Jesse Zuo (b. 2000) is an emerging figurative painter based in New York. She received both her BFA and MFA from the School of Visual Arts, cementing her dedication to the pursuit of fine art. Her works have been exhibited at Kasmin Gallery, LATITUDE Gallery New York, Linseed Projects, Sobering Galerie, Moosey art, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, and Steven Zevitas. Zuo’s artistic expressions serve as a visual diary, capturing the nuanced experiences of a young woman navigating the complexities of a foreign environment. While deeply rooted in the traditions of realism, her work is infused with a contemporary flair, employing vibrant chromatic colors. This mod-ern twist not only revitalizes traditional realism but also offers viewers a greater latitude to interpret the temporal and spatial dimensions of her depicted moments.

Yehong Mao (b. 1976, Shanghai) is a Los Angeles-based painter whose work explores abstraction through ornamentation, surface, and cultural memory. Trained at the Shanghai Academy of Arts and Crafts and the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University, Mao developed a multidisciplinary foundation that continues to inform her richly textured painting practice.

Her compositions often draw on traditional Eastern aesthetics while embracing a contemporary language of color, pattern, and materiality. Mao’s work has been featured in China Daily (English edition) and was recently presented in a group exhibition at Shrine Gallery in New York.

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