In this intimate conversation, artist Sophie Vallance Cantor reflects on the emotional landscape of her paintings, where domestic scenes unfold with cinematic stillness and personal symbolism. The interview offers a tender insight into painting as both refuge and companion across life’s shifting terrain.

Raphaël Isvy is on a mission to dismantle the "invisible filter" of the Paris art world. Having spent a decade as a collector observing how status often outweighs soul, he is now using the DNA of hospitality to curate rooms that breathe. We spoke with Raphaël about the "social choreography" of a room, the discipline of collecting with soul, and why the future of the art world depends on making people feel, quite simply, welcome.

For Darcy, painting is less an act of documentation and more a process of "auto fiction", a term she adopts to describe the instinctive restructuring of girlhood, domesticity, and the transition into womanhood. In this conversation, we sit down with the Bristol-based artist to discuss the "in-between" nature of her practice: the tension of the domestic interior, the symbolism of the outgrown shell, and why the act of misremembering is, in itself, a pursuit of truth.

In this conversation, Karimah reflects on navigating uncertainty, embracing the slow formation of identity and practice, and the evolving body of work that connects her to her family’s history.

Jo Hummel is an artist whose work navigates the intersections of consciousness, materiality, and geometry. Our conversation explores the philosophy underpinning her process, the dialogue between intuition and structure, and how her work can extend beyond the gallery into spaces of healing and reflection.

Rooted in his Nigerian heritage and shaped by a profound sense of purpose, Yusufu paints everyday people; gardeners, sisters, friends, as embodiments of worthiness and grace. Now based in London and studying at Central Saint Martins, his practice continues to expand, probing questions of representation, belonging, and the afterlife of Black identity.

Munich-based artist Amela Rasi, expands her practice into installation and sculpture during her residency at Residency Unlimited in New York. In this conversation, she reflects on the transformative power of dialogue, new rhythms, and the possibilities that arise when stepping into unfamiliar creative terrain.

I had the pleasure of meeting with Mia Weiner at Paris Photo 2025, where she unveiled her latest body of work, You Will Be My Sun, a series that folds tenderness, memory, and agency into woven form.

Cat Spilman reflects on gesture as a language of memory and becoming. Her sweeping marks hold both movement and stillness, transforming house paint, the material of domestic life into something tender and transcendent.

During this conversation we speak about the role of flowers in her paintings, not just as decoration, but as figures that have taken on personal, historical, and even political meaning. What began as portraits of young women soon shifted after the invasion of Ukraine, transforming into flower-figures that embody both vulnerability and resilience.

Amsterdam-based artist K.T. Kobel creates cinematic, monochrome paintings that blur the boundaries between memory, intimacy, and ambiguity. In our conversation, we explored the influence of cinema and lighting, the personal histories embedded in his subjects, the role of colour as an emotional register, and the subtle power of ambiguity and voyeurism that runs through his practice.

Studio Veive had the pleasure of speaking with Cape Town based artist Ruschka du Toit about her evocative ink paintings of flowers. In our conversation, we explored flowers as ciphers of emotion, tenderness and endurance, play as a guiding principle, and the delicate balance between beauty and rupture that lies at the heart of her practice.

Studio Veive had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with Zurich based Artist Yvonne Robert. Yvonne’s work is full of movement and emotion: bold in colour, yet thoughtful in composition. We spoke about her early love of painting, the leap from graphic design to full-time art, and how clarity, colour, and rhythm guide everything she creates.

London-based artist Xingxin Hu invites us into the charged quiet of feminine interiority, where stillness becomes its own kind of language. In this conversation, we speak about emotional ambiguity and the human glow of undefined feelings.

South African based painter Anico Mostert, explores the nuances of feeling, the tension of liminal spaces, and the beauty found in ambiguity. During our conversation, we delved into presence, process, and the subtle wisdom embodied by her enigmatic characters.

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of hosting an artist talk at Enseoul Gallery with Min Oh. We delved into her ambitious ongoing project 'Simultaneity' - a rich inquiry into structure, perception, and political sensation.

Delphian Open Call Residency winner Marina Pohl reflects on memory, fleeting moments, and how the Dutch countryside has shaped her practice.