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Alex is a visual artist, educator, and design researcher. She holds a BFA from OCAD University (2015), an MLitt from the Glasgow School of Art (2017), and an MDes from Carleton University (2020). Her work uses abstract painting and mixed media installation to examine how technology and urban environments alter the way we remember, move, and perceive space. Her cross-disciplinary practice includes collaborative research into virtual brainstorming, alongside international exhibitions and residencies across numerous countries in North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. She is currently a Lecturer at Chengdu University’s College of Chinese and ASEAN Arts in China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sofia Grigoriadou<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Sofia <\/strong>(Athens, Skopje) is an artist, anthropologist (PhD), curator and educator. She is co-founder of TWIXTlab, a laboratory between contemporary art, social sciences and the everyday. She has been part of the curatorial team at the MoCA-Skopje, curated the museum\u2019s film program and co-edited The Large Glass<\/em> magazine. She has been co-editor for kyklada.press, and guest curator for Video Art Miden. She is currently an Adjunct Lecturer on Anthropology, Visual Culture and Museology at the Department of Culture and Creative Media and Industries (University of Thessaly, Greece).
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Nour Hassan<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Nour is a multidisciplinary artist from Aotearoa\/New Zealand of West-Asian heritage. Her practice explores stories that shape decision-making and the physical environments we inhabit. Nour is currently completing her Master of Arts (History) at Victoria University, Wellington, where her research focuses on how newly formed states craft and negotiate their foundational narratives. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. In 2024, she was the recipient of the William Hodges Fellowship, a four-month art residency in Southland, New Zealand. In July 2025, her portrait series Majke\/Mothers was exhibited at the Vije\u0107nica in Sarajevo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Florence is a master\u2019s student in Anthropology at Paul Val\u00e9ry University in Montpellier, France. Her thesis explores how artists engage with their surroundings and the roles they play within their communities, particularly in relation to nature protection. She conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Struga, North Macedonia, from February to May 2025. Her research aims to analyze how artists\u2019 relationships with the environment are expressed through their artistic practices and their involvement in collective initiatives. It further explores how relationships to land shape individual migration trajectories and how these experiences become inscribed within broader collective narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ana is a visual artist based in Skopje, North Macedonia, whose practice spans traditional and experimental printmaking, drawing, photography, and installation. She holds a BFA and MFA in Printmaking from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Skopje. Her work integrates visual imagery with text, signs, and symbols, weaving narratives that explore memory, time, identity, and the everyday moments that shape human experience. She is Assistant Professor at the Department of Printmaking and Transmedia Practices, Faculty of Fine Arts, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, and has been a member of the Association of Artists of Macedonia (DLUM) since 2019.\u00a0
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Patthira Duangjai (Bo)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Patthira (Bo) is a bachelor\u2019s student majoring in visual communication design (Chengdu University, China). She is also a bachelor\u2019s student majoring in business management (Ramkhamhaeng University, Thailand). She has worked as a graphic designer and content creator for Youth for Next Step. She has showcased a short animation about the city of Gostivar in Macedonia, under the theme \u201cTales of an Imagined Home” (Skopje, Macedonia, and Chengdu, China). Her work focuses on brand identity, user research, and market-informed visual storytelling.
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Alex Close Creative Director Alex is a visual artist, educator, and design researcher. She holds a BFA from OCAD University (2015), an MLitt from the Glasgow School of Art (2017), and an MDes from Carleton University (2020). Her work uses abstract painting and mixed media installation to examine how technology and urban environments alter the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-wide","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","nfd_onboarding_generated":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-142","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/142\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eremagazine.com\/staging\/2219\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}