Toronto-based artist Jody Hewgill creates highly detailed acrylic paintings that explore the intersection of representation and fabrication. Drawing inspiration from 18th-century naturalist art and the landscapes of Northern Ontario, her work reflects on ecological relationships, storytelling, and our connection with the natural world.

Seattle-based multidisciplinary artist Damon “Creative Lou” Brown creates powerful works rooted in community, cultural memory, and storytelling. Through painting, illustration, murals, mosaics, and public art, Brown transforms shared experiences and histories into enduring visual narratives that connect people to place and one another.

Featured in the Time Capsule exhibition, Chris McGuire creates illustrative works that explore the tension between humans and nature through oversized animals and quiet, everyday encounters.

Ella Camlibel creates richly layered works that blend illustration, textile design, and painting into immersive visual narratives. Drawing from travel, memory, and global craft traditions, her practice transforms everyday fragments into symbolic, emotionally resonant compositions.

Lyubava Kroll’s work merges art, design, and sustainability to examine how material culture and consumption shape our world. Using surrealist-inspired imagery, repurposed materials, and layered visual techniques, she explores ecological disruption, seasonal transformation, and resilience. Winter Fractured invites viewers to see winter as an active, transitional state where vulnerability and recovery coexist, encouraging reflection on our relationship to nature and place.

Minka Sicklinger transforms the everyday into the magical through hand-drawn illustrations, tattoos, and object-based work. Influenced by anthropology, ritual, and ancestral memory, her art navigates the spaces between figure, form, and symbolism. Every piece invites viewers to connect with fleeting moments, hidden gestures, and stories left behind by those who came before.

Kuan-Hsuan Lu’s digital illustrations blend personal storytelling with symbolic imagery. Using flowers, hands, and containers, she reflects on resilience, growth, and hope in challenging times. Her work invites viewers to connect with their own journeys while witnessing the delicate balance between fragility and strength.

Carrie Cantwell transforms everyday stories into visually engaging illustrations that resonate across film, TV, and print. From set design to award-nominated graphic work, her creative journey blends narrative, color, and design into bold, memorable visuals.

Rooted in a lifelong immersion in art and design, Anelia Torres creates multidisciplinary work that bridges digital illustration, surface pattern design, and jewelry. Drawing inspiration from Los Angeles, memory, and imagined spaces, her practice moves fluidly between abstract and representational forms to communicate emotion beyond words.

Sam Wilde, a British multidisciplinary artist, creates award-winning works that blur the line between fine art and surface design. Using illustration, oil painting, animation, sculpture, and large-scale installations, he builds immersive worlds influenced by his synesthesia and love for evolutionary biology. His work has been exhibited globally, from London to China and Japan, redefining how we experience color, pattern, and creativity.

Illustrator Genre Sun creates immersive, detail-rich scenes that reward slow looking and repeated viewing. Recently named a Category Winner at the 2025 World Illustration Awards, Sun reflects on a practice shaped by patience, playfulness, and extended creative cycles that allow imagery to unfold over time.

Carlotta Hey is a Melbourne-based product developer and freelance fashion illustrator whose practice explores the relationship between texture, form, and fashion. Through intricate mark-making, layered materials, and a refined approach to detail, Hey creates contemporary illustrations that reveal the emotion and structure embedded within garments.

Graham Franciose's artwork invites viewers to explore the emotional weight we all carry through the lens of surreal, dream-like landscapes. In his latest work, he captures both the heaviness of life's struggles and the potential for regrowth. Working primarily with watercolor and gouache, Franciose’s pieces balance the melancholy of large, looming boulders with bursts of life and hope. His "Morning Coffee Paintings" have become a daily ritual, fueling the creation of works that are both organic and deeply introspective. Explore how Franciose combines personal experiences with the universal human condition in his striking, emotive artwork.