SUBMERGE ARTISTS

Meet the artists behind the digital movement.

Now in its second edition, the exhibition explores how we experience storytelling as the boundaries between screen and space, audience and story, begin to dissolve. As computing power and creative tools evolve, SUBMERGE offers a glimpse into this shift, inviting a global cohort of visionary digital artists to move beyond the flat frame and shape new forms of storytelling in space.

Learn more about the SUBMERGE exhibition.

The Second Cohort

Gavin Shapiro

A digital artist whose ultimate goal is to produce work that makes you smile, exploring how we can use digital tools to confront our expectations of what’s possible in a traditionally physical art world.

Featured work:
Wingin’ It

Saad Moosajee

A visual artist and director creating dreamlike worlds characterized by intricate and emotional images.

Featured work:
Gravity Tomb

Josh Pierce

A visual artist and art director crafting digital experiences that engage viewers in a powerful state of captivating contemplation.

Featured work:
Satori: The Infinite Now

Blake Kathryn

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

Featured work:
The River Remembers

Maalavidaa

A French graphic designer and digital artist based in Montreal, Canada whose highly saturated, abstract aesthetic draws inspiration from Jungian therapy, color therapy, and meditation.

Featured work:
The River Remembers

Woosung Kang

An art director and motion designer inspired by sound, blending cinematography and motion design to create impactful visuals.

Featured work:
VJ WOOO: Nebula Junkyard

FVCKRENDER

A Montreal-based artist pushing the boundaries of imagination and technology while blurring the lines between the physical and virtual worlds through his ambitious experiential art.

Featured work:
INFINITE FIELD//

Jess Wiseman

A 3D artist and creative technologist known for her hyper-real textures and surreal product design, fueled by her need to bring imagination to life – regardless of the medium.

Featured work:
CYCLE RESET

Emily Yang (pplpleasr)

An Emmy award-winning multidisciplinary artist and pioneering creative technologist shaping the future of entertainment, drawing from anime, video games, and traditional Chinese and Japanese art to build cultural bridges and expand creative boundaries.

Featured work:
White Rabbit: Immersive Adaptation

Maciej Kuciara

An Emmy award-winning self-taught artist bringing a unique perspective to visual storytelling, helping shape the look of award-winning franchises in film, video games, and beyond.

Featured work:
White Rabbit: Immersive Adaptation

Mhx

A self-taught visual artist and generalist based in Istanbul. His work focuses on 3D generative art and experimental motion design, built through procedural systems and simulations.

Featured work:
LATTICE

William Selviz

A Venezuelan-born, Canada-based immersive media designer and Afro‑Caribbean creative technologist; co-founder of Protopica and RENDRD Media, blending AI, XR, neuroscience, and culturally rooted storytelling

Featured work:
Protopica: Sin Agua, No Hay Tiempo

Manuel Sainsily

A Mozilla Rise25 Award recipient, and nominated by the XR Guild for the Ethical Values Award, his work promoting cultural heritage preservation has been highlighted by leading educative platforms such as Skillshare and shared across media like Fast Company, Business Insider, CBC and more.

Featured work:
Protopica: Sin Agua, No Hay Tiempo