
Nadezda: Imaginary Friends


October 15, 2025 4 min read
In this interview, Alexandra Manukyan reflects on the dualities that define her practice: the weight of human grief carried through the female body, the interplay between concealment and truth, and the evolving tension between timeless tradition and our rapidly shifting digital age. What emerges is a portrait of an artist who paints not just figures, but the human condition itself—layered, vulnerable, and endlessly resilient.

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November 14, 2020 6 min read
Kaysha Siemens is a Canadian artist who now resides near Asheville, North Carolina. She works primarily in oil and graphite. Her current ongoing project isMnemosyne, inspired by Greek myth.We are delighted to include Kaysha’s piecePersephone in the Garden of Hadesin our Midnight Garden exhibition, curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.

November 03, 2020 1 min read