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Toronto 2025 by Leah Oates

Explore five works by Leah Oates, whose layered imagery invites viewers to experience the world as a living, shifting entity—where memory, movement, and place converge. This online feature highlights her ongoing exploration of change—environmental, emotional, and spatial—through richly textured photographic compositions.

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Three Works by Dew Kim

Discover the provocative mixed media artworks of South Korean artist Dew Kim, whose work delves into the intersections of sexuality, queerness, religion, and subcultures. Drawing on his personal experience growing up in a Christian household, Kim's practice critiques societal norms by exploring the tensions between religion, identity, and alternative cultural expressions.

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Art by Jay Alexander

Explore a captivating collection of contemporary art that blends traditional Chinese themes with modern expression. Created using the simple yet powerful mediums of ink, watercolor, and rice paper, these works reinterpret nature, light, and the delicate beauty of wildlife. Immerse yourself in these poetic depictions of nature’s wonders.

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