Shiho was born in Japan in 1981 and moved to Canada when she was 15 years old. She received her BA in Arts and Theater from The City College of New York in 2004 and has been an artist in residence at CAVE for the past year. Currently she is part of CAVE staff.  

After studying the traditional rules of painting, such as color, composition and proportion for many years, German born artist Eva Ullrich decided to work against those rules to demonstrate their limitations. She is greatly inspired and finds encouragement by working together with well known painter Larry Poons. He stresses the importance of being absolutely non-judgmental about the work the artist produces and the essence of having no expectations. “The moment you start thinking about art, you stop making art.” -Larry Poons Eva Ullrich’s purpose as an artist is not to please, rather to confuse the viewer with her somewhat disturbing … Continued

Yeon Jin Cho was Born in Seoul, Korea. She was an art director in the film and advertising world before turning her attention to fine art. Her installations includes everything from drawings and projections to found objects and time based elements. Cho’s work desires to explore the innocent, beautiful time before adulthood.

Watanabe Tadashi is an artist based in Japan. He often does performance, making conceptual paintings, so that viewers can observe the passage of action within his installations. Recent solo exhibitions of his work have been presented in the Sharjah International Biennial 6, ‘United Arab Emirates and TRIBES Gallery and GALAPAGOS in New York. Short Description Therefore space influences who we think we are, our very spirit. So I began by questioning: Is there anyone who understands the real nature of space? The question ‘what is the power of space?’ started to intrigue me. I have used my work to express … Continued

Ted Stanke was born and raised in Wisconsin and from an early age he was encourage to focus his time on making art. At the age of 23 he dropped out of college and started his own gallery in downtown Lacrosse, a small town on the Mississippi River. A few years later, he was offered a position in the MFA program at the University of Delaware where where he spent 2 years focusing on large-scale sculpture. After graduation, he moved to Brooklyn and have constantly sought fresh avenues for his work. Most recently, he have functioned as the coordinator of … Continued

Vanya Polunin was born into a family of performers in 1986 in Russia. Vanya has always been on the road with his family performing and participating in his fathers shows and projects in over 30 theaters around the world. Ever since he first started doodling as a child he had a dream of becoming a painter. Never having a permanent place of living it was hard for him to fulfill his dream. But now, he spent a year in New York not traveling. He started taking art courses, was performing in an off-Broadway show “Slava’s Snow Show” that he was … Continued

Kaname Moriya was born in 1936, Kyoto Japan. He graduated with honors in 1962 from the Kyoto University of Fine Arts. Since 1963 his work has been exhibited in numerous galleries in Japan, USA and in Europe. His work has received various honors such us the 1974 Competition Winner from the Kyoto Design, 1978 from the Tokyo Nichido Garou and to 1983 from the Chiba Fine Art Museum in Tokyo. Moriya’s work is inspired by the Japanese kimono. Moriya, is one of the most distinguished kimono designers in Japan, pushing kimono design into the realms of geometric minimalism. Kaname Moriya … Continued

Christine Coleman in a nut shell: Began studying butoh in 2001, performs with Tanya Calamoneri – SO.GO.NO Anemone Dance Theater,Corinna Brown (Hiller)-Dean Street FOO Dance, Chris Ferris and Dancers, and Celeste Hastings – Butoh Rockettes. Christine’s choreography was shown at CRS in June 2008.

Throughout her painting career, HELEN MITCHELL has most consistently been inspired by the changing landscape of her surroundings and the subsequent exposure to varied and diverse cultures. Spending her formative years in England, she established a penchant for dark colors and monochromatic tones, but extended periods of time spent in Africa, Los Angeles and New York as well as frequent trips across the globe has had varying influences on her palette. The most prominent theme in Helen’s work is the concept of cycles, expressed primarily through her use of decaying texture; two dimensional with flat paint and plastic; three dimensional … Continued

Nguyen Thi Chau Giang is one of Vietnam’s most interesting young artists. She produces paintings and installations, which often have self-portraiture as a core element. She is fascinated by the idea of a “woman’s beauty,” and wishes to develop a deeper understanding of the nature of a woman’s spirit through her artistic exploration. Already blossoming in her young career, Chau Giang has held numerous exhibitions in Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, including a show in the prestigious Blue Space Gallery in Ho Chi Minh City and in the Asian Contemporary Art Show held in London. Chau Giang is the 2nd artist … Continued

Kent Anderson Butler is a Los Angeles based artist working in a variety of mediums including video installation, performance and photography. He has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country including work in Florence Italy, and Post Gallery in Los Angeles. His video work is also in the video art library at Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

Artist’s Statement What’s the difference between Thomas Wolski and God? God doesn’t tell anyone he’s an artist. These are self portraits of Thomas Wolski. I have become Thomas Wolski as identities are being stolen today in this world. I see Mr. Wolski; I paint Mr. Wolski; I have become Thomas Wolski. As soon as I get bored, I might become Thomas Krynski or Thomas Dickson. –Thomas Billings

Afruz Amighi was born in Teheran, Iran in 1974 and immigrated to the United States in 1979. Her family arrived in the midst of the hostage crisis when many Iranians were pretending to be Italian, French or Pakistani. Discouraged from applying to art school, she studied political science at Barnard College and immersed herself in the history of the Middle East. A few years after graduating, Amighi gravitated back towards the arts and taught herself how to make mosaics. She enrolled in the summer painting program at the School of Visual Arts and went on to study sculpture with Lorrie … Continued

Mar Aige was born in Tarragona, Spain in 1974. In 1997 she concluded studies in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. In 2000 she finished a Masters in Humanities at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. She has held 6 solo exhibitions across different cities in Spain. She has also participated in over 30 shows across Europe. In addition, Mar has received art grants in Spain and France. Currently she resides in New York City where she pursues a career as a painter and in Art Education.

FUMIHIRO MATSUZAKI was born in 1971 in Kanagawa, Japan.  In 1995, MATSUZAKI moved to New York City and currently resides in Brooklyn.  After attending the Art Student’s League,  MATSUZAKI worked for Matthew Barney for  the “Cremaster 2” and “Cremaster 5” projects as an assistant.  Currently, MATSUZAKI works out of his Brooklyn studio in Brooklyn and exhibits mainly in NYC and Japan.  

Exhibited in Solo and group exhibitions at museums, galleries, and festivals throughout the United States and abroad including the Irish Film Institute. DIVA Festival, 2002 Blur Conference at Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Huntington Museum of Art, Rhode Island Foundation, Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, and New York University. His artwork has been reviewed by such publications as The New York Times, trace Online Writing Centre, and Block Magazine. He has lectured about his artwork at such institutions as the Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival and Pre/amble; … Continued

Robert Clark is an internationally exhibited artist based in the Northern England city of Sheffield. His recent multiple-piece, multi-media installation The Nether Edge Story has been exhibited throughout the UK, Europe and the USA: New York (CAVE). Robert Clark is a widely published writer on the visual arts and music and lectures in Universities throughout the UK and Europe.

Daisuke Nishimure is an artist in residence at the Cave gallery, where he presents paintings, drawings and music. Nishimura graduated from a doctoral course in Neuroscience at Tokyo University. He has worked as a junior lecturer on information science at Teikyo University, done web design and programming for several Japanese Corporations and is the Japanese text editor of Tokion magazine in New York.