SUBMERGE ARTISTS

SUBMERGE isn’t just an exhibition—it’s a launchpad.

Designed as a hub for discovery and collaboration, this platform connects emerging talent with the tools, expertise, and stage they need to shine.

The first group of artists has been handpicked for their unique approaches to storytelling and technology. From motion-captured performances to AI hallucinations and 3D-animated dreamscapes, these creators set the tone for what’s next in digital art.

The First Cohort

Annibale Siconolfi

A science fiction architect exploring the dystopic, yet optimistic vertical sprawl of future cities.

Featured work:
Technomorph

Blake Kathryn

A retrofuturist and future-retroist with a feminine gaze aimed at masculine aesthetics.

Featured work:
How Do You Dream?

Champu Chinito

A texture-obsessed illustrator crafting in the second and third dimensions.

Featured work:
Próxima Estación

David Ariew

A renowned 3D artist known for his mesmerizing abstract animations & collaborations with industry giants.

Featured work:
Quantum Stargate

Dimitri Thouzery

A new media artist contemplating the nature of reality. 

Featured work:
Intrication

Emmett Feldman

An ARTECHOUSE alum taking immersive projection to some of the world’s most iconic buildings.

Featured work:
Noodibranch Boogie Dance

Jake Oleson

An experimental videographer and electronic musician creating filmic Möbius strips.

Featured work:
Current

Jeremy Oury

An immersive illusionist challenging perceptions through geometric distortions.

Featured work:
Exo Cortex 3.0

LIBER

A dream catcher for artificial intelligence’s most surreal, hazy nightmares. 

Featured work:
Beyond the Ethereal

Lucas Camargo

A playful digital animator with claymation sensibilities and a propensity for the weird

Featured work:
Falling In Love

Particle Lab

A visual art collective founded by artist Cao Yuxi in 2024, focused on advancing particle-based visual experimentation & the development of innovative, creative workflows.

Featured work:
Seasonal Proximities

Paul Trillo

A multidisciplinary, experimental director using AI to humanize the pandemic.

Featured work:
Looking In, Looking Out

Peiter Hergert

A seasoned artist and motion designer from the high deserts of the Pacific Northwest.

Featured work:
Cycle – The Oscillation Experience

Team WAI

WAI is a collaborative project team founded by Woosung Kang, Gryun Kim, and Taehoon Park.

Featured work:
WAI-000

Twisted Poly

A digital artist bringing high-end abstraction to top-shelf brands.

Featured work:
Birth

Weidi Zhang

An award winning new media artist and educator with a knack for interactivity.

Featured work:
Wayfarer: Tiangou

NYU ITP

ITP is a 2-year, full-time graduate program at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, where the students explore new forms of communication and expression using interactive media technologies. Learn more >>

Audrey Chou

A Dancer, Researcher, and New Media Artist originally from Taipei and currently based in New York City since 2018.

Featured work:
The Pond

Ege Tezcan

A first-year graduate student with a bachelor’s degree in Media and Visual Arts and Psychology, he explores the intersection of technology, art, and human experience.

Featured work:
Hands of Creation

Elyana Javaheri

An award-winning Iranian multimedia and interdisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher based in Brooklyn, New York.

Featured work:
Invisible

Jack B. Du

An artist and researcher whose work centers around experimentation and exploration, with code as his primary medium.

Featured work:
Mouth Synth

Jasmine Nackash

A multidisciplinary artist exploring data and technology to connect people with the world around them.

Featured work:
Loanwords

Jiyou Park

An artist whose practice is based on the principle of ‘connectedness’, an exploration of the web of connections that link us together, mostly invisible to the naked eye, yet so powerful.

Featured works:
Our Mountains

John Luo

A Brooklyn-based multimedia artist pushing the boundaries of 3D, Mixed Reality, Immersive Experiences, and VFX.

Featured works:
Rising River
The Skin

Lillian Sun

A multimedia artist who creates engaging experiences using game engines and interactive animation, drawing on empathic observations to inform her work.

Featured works:
Rising River

Lois He

A multimedia storyteller transitioning from filmmaking to the fusion of gaming and artificial intelligence.

Featured works:
Rising River
Neural Harmony

Michal Shoshan

The cross-disciplinary designer and creator Michal Shoshan explores the mechanics of the human experience in the digital space and strives to expand its boundaries.

Featured works:
Loanwords
Pause

Mingze Gao

An artist specializing in interactive installations that explore emotional forms and human connections.

Featured works:
Growth Ring

Nasif Romaite

A designer and programmer interested in exploring the nature of human relations with the built environment through the medium of technology.

Featured works:
Our Mountains

Sofia Shen

Sofia began her creative journey as a fashion designer, previously worked on styling, creative direction, and have collaborated with various brands, influencers. She is now exploring the potential of incorporating technical tools and virtual production to create interactive experiences.

Featured works:
Neural Harmony

Vio Zhu

A multimedia artist based in Tokyo and New York, blending live performance and interactive storytelling.

Featured works:
Rising River
Neural Harmony

Yihua Li

A New York-based media artist, Vtubing enthusiast, and CGI specialist, currently pursuing graduate studies at New York University’s ITP Program.

Featured works:
Poespin

Featured XR Artists

Kenichiro Takamatsu

kenxxxooo is an AR artist based in Tokyo and Cambodia, drawing on his background as an Art Director and Videographer to collaborate with graffiti and mural artists worldwide. By creating site-specific AR and 3D artworks, he aims to rekindle viewers’ sense of childhood wonder and curiosity, using “Would my younger self be interested in this piece?” as a guiding principle in his creative process.

Featured work:
Brain Washing
Happy Octopus

Lucas Mateluna

Born in 1990 in Chile, Lucas Mateluna’s work spans a diverse range of mediums—from 2D digital and physical collages to immersive 3D and AR experiences. His creations take the form of artifact-creatures, made of pure information and accessible only through Augmented Reality. Emerging from another dimension, these sculptures explore the fleeting connection between the physical world and the metaverse, blurring the boundaries between reality and the digital realm.

Featured work:
“An Ecology of Souls”,  2021
“Sublime Nonsense”,  2022


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