Clément Denis, born in 1991, is a contemporary artist whose work is a rich amalgamation of mythology, literature, poetry, and pivotal events from the 20th and 21st centuries. Living and working in the historic ambiance of Monet's house in Vétheuil, France, Denis is a graduate of the Fine Arts School of Paris and was honored with the BV Collectors Award in 2019. His artistic approach is deeply spiritual and emotional, yet simultaneously physical and visceral. Denis prefers to paint with acrylics, often using his hands to rapidly spread color across large canvases or heavy sheets of paper, creating works that are as much about the act of painting as they are about the finished product. His style and color palette are dynamic, changing with the subject he explores. This adaptability in his art is a testament to his respect and inspiration from both old and contemporary masters. Denis sees himself as a part of the European humanist artistic tradition, a link in a chain that connects the past with the present, and the tangible with the spiritual. Alfredo Romero is a Mexico-based artist best known for his collection "Vestiges of Our Times," a project that explores the dialogue between social memory, ephemeral architecture, and the passage of time. Born in 1974 in Barcelona, Spain, Romero studied Fine Arts, Architecture, and Art History, and has since held numerous conferences and classes around the globe. His work is characterized by a keen interest in translating historical traces into contemporary narratives. With exhibitions in leading museums and galleries worldwide, Romero’s art reflects a constant creative quest that transcends boundaries and resonates with audiences on multiple levels. Stanley Casselman is a New York-based artist whose sumptuously calculated surfaces are motivated by a sense of awe and wonderment in the intangible spiritual elements of our being. The known and speculative forces that create the lattice of our physical reality are what swim in the right side of his brain and the fundamental belief that absolute truth lies only within abstraction, occupies the left. Baroque yet highly calculated, his process towards picture making reveals itself through a spectrum of layers, strokes and gestures exploring a range of emotions in an efficacious search for higher consciousness. Casselman is deeply committed to the notion that color, line, and form have the ability to change cognizance. KACE says that art and fashion, both inherently predicated on aesthetics, share a fascination for the spectacular and sensorial interplay of rich colors, textures, and materials. These overlapping creative sparks are precisely what prompted KACE, a two individual collective, to enter into an intersubjective exchange where each partner could bring his own aesthetic strength to the table. In their union, KACE bridges the gap between art and fashion, and ultimately transcend that gap. They thrust the viewer into a novel experience that defies simple definition. The Jardin de Nuit paintings are a testament to this fated meeting of minds. They feature flowers of various sizes, composed entirely of sequins meticulously sewn to a silkscreen backing—a skill that requires hundreds of hours. In turn, these flowers appear to spring forth from thick swashes of vibrant hues that accrete into diverse bands of pigments—some matte, some glistening, as the pigments are poured through one side of the silkscreen canvas and slowly drip to the other. Chen Yi Ching is a Taiwanese painter currently living and working in Paris. She is best known for her large-scale polyptychs. These multi-paneled screens depict contemporary landscapes garnished with explosions of blossoming flowers. Her other large works also derive their inspiration from nature using traditional Japanese painting techniques and materials. Chen Yi Ching is one of the rare contemporary nihon-ga artists in Europe, who has lived in Japan and studied under renowned Japanese masters. Admitted to the faculty of Fine Art, at the Kyoto City University of Arts in 2002, she was a student of YamazakiTakao, the distinguished master of the Nitten movement. In 2003 she won the prestigious Grand Prize of the Shouhaku Museum with her painting entitled Kabocha (Pumpkin). Her talent and potential were recognized by Uemura Atsushi, one of Japan’s great masters of nihon-ga and she was awarded a studio and the opportunity to study under his guidance following her Masters Degree. In 2004 she had her first solo show at the Nasic Square Gallery in Kyoto. Greatly admiring the work of the late 19th century Impressionists, Chen Yi Ching moved to France in 2004. She continues to develop her own artistic research and pedagogy in Paris where she has an established nihon-ga atelier. She is the author of the first book in French on the practical technique and history of nihon-ga "Découvrir la peinture nihon-ga: Art Traditional Japonais", published in September 2012 by Editions Eyrolles.