The Lost Secret

Mihai Criste is a painter from Romania known for his Surrealist works. He graduated from the Visual Arts Academy in Romania in 2001 and since then has been participating in group exhibitions along with illustrating children’s books, such as the The Wizard of Oz. The graceful composition of his paintings, along with his creative concepts and titles, give his pieces a special touch and him a great degree of distinction .

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Will Kurtz is a pretty cool artist, I’m surprised I haven’t seen him up here yet. Well here he is.

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An Elvis impersonator must find balance between his celebrity persona, and the reality of his broken family. The Last Elvis (El Último Elvis) is a 2012 feature by Armando Bo. view more ★

Frank Magnotta creates detailed works of graphite on paper mixing all sorts of cultural icons and influences into his pieces…not to mention, Magnotta creates some wicked characters with some intense faces!

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Jules Julien is a French illustrator who is currently working in France, Japan, and the U.S. He has studied art in Toulouse and worked as an artistic director for ten years. Aside from his personal works, his clients include Keds, Sony Playstation, and magazines such as Philosophie Magazine and Soon Magazine. His works have soft, feminine undertones, and are subtle yet eye-catching.

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Nicola Yeoman is a British installation artist that manipulates everyday surroundings, objects and sets by leaving a notion of modern escapism. She’s been featured with major publications such as American/British/Italian/German Vogue, V, New York Times Magazine and designed Jay-Z’s Blue Print 3 album cover.
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Music video for Klaus & Kinski‘s El Rey del Mambo y la Reina de Saba. A tapestry of mediums generated by Thorstencoo Productions. view more ★

Ryan Browning is an artist originally hailing from Texas, USA, but currently is based out of Maryland, USA.

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Diana Al-Hadid’s sculptures  ‘Portal to a Black Hole’ which is a description that is correct to the very inch. It’s truly as if your looking in and finding massive consecrated objects. Her monumental series also display towers, scrapers that leave an explosive impact with ethereal surroundings.
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Previously featured by Chemo way back in 2010, Shimizu has been sharpening her blades indeed.  Blog. view more ★

Ketut Kusuma ate watermelon seeds when he was a child.  They were government watermelons with high amounts of element 167, a highly hypothetical element that is currently under investigation at CERN and is considered to be best friends with Higgs, the Boson.  Ketut now has acres upon acres of watermelons growing in a transdimensional farm inside his stomach.  The watermelons are harvested semiannually by the gnarish, a race of teleporters that are allergic to reality.  The gnarish can only come to our dimension for three seconds before breaking out in hives.  Ketut survives to this day, dispensing majestic interviews and cool art:
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“Frank has had enough”… in Bobcat Goldthwait‘s 2012 darkly comedic God Bless America. view more ★

非 (hi) was featured back in December 2010. There still isn’t much information about 非 (hi) since our last feature on him/her…regardless, we’re definitely feeling his/her work.

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(Photo by: Dara Scully, EK Flickr Pool Submission)

Welcome, ladies n’ gentlemen, lads n’ lasses… gems n’ germs. The EMPTY KINGDOM Top 100 Artist of 2011 is here!

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Hidden Moves was featured back in January of 2010.  Check out his interview below:
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William Joyce‘s and Brandon Oldenburg‘s The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore reminds us of storytelling’s ability to heal. A wonderful silent musical created by Moonbot Studios. view more ★

Maurizio Anzeri is an artist originally from Loano, Italy, but is currently based out of London, UK. Anzeri directly sews into found vintage photographs creating embroidered patterns that adorn and garnish the figures. Damn Mr. Anzeri!

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Roberto Ferri is an Italian fine art painter whose work is heavily inspired by Baroque painters (i.e. Caravaggio). With his technic and skill, you get sense of the grand romantic biblical themes, however he blends twisted absurdities and the imagery of torture in his epic pieces.
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“My name is Sachin Teng. I’m an artist living and working in New York City… Though I’m an illustrator I think more like a designer. Art is a means of visual communication, a kind of aesthetic discourse. They can tell you whatever they want, to buy a new flavor of gum, to go to war, go to a concert, convert to a new religion or even to stop smoking. Art is the original subliminal message. Very Obi-Wan Kenobi. I secretly write fortune cookies.” view more ★

Aleksander Nordaas brings to life a piece of Nordic mythology in his 2012 horror film Thale. view more ★