GEE GEE FERGUSON

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NELE DEBERTSHAUER

GEORGE ADMIRAAL 

SHAREN KENNY

CAMILLE HULSPAS

RAMESH MARIO NITHIYENDRAN

<h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px solid #e5e7eb; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 32px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.1em; display: flex; flex-direction: column;"></h2>Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran is a Sri-Lankan born contemporary artist who explores global histories and languages of figurative representation. He has specific interests in South Asian forms and imagery as well as politics relating to idolatry, the monument, gender, race and religion. While he is best known for his irreverent approach to ceramic media, his material vernacular is broad. He has worked imaginatively with sculptural materials including bronze, concrete, neon, LED and fibreglass, as well as painting and printmaking materials and techniques. His work has been presented in museums, festivals, multi-art centres and the public domain. This has included significant presentations at the National Gallery of Australia, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, The Dhaka Art Summit, Art Basel Hong Kong and Dark Mofo festival. Nithiyendran is frequently presented to the public in a diverse range of print, online and television media related to art, culture and fashion. His disciplinary contributions to contemporary art and culture have also been acknowledged in various ways. In 2019, he received a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship which recognised his outstanding talent and exceptional professional courage. This same year he presented work in the largest historical survey of LGBTQ Asian Art at the Bangkok Art and Cultural Centre. His first 368 page monograph, titled RAMESH was published and internationally distributed by Thames &amp; Hudson in 2022. The Art Gallery of New South Wales acquired his monumental work ‘Avatar Towers’. This is an installation of 70 ceramic and bronze figures originally presented in the gallery’s historic vestibule. His work is held in various other public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of South Australia, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, The Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, The Ian Potter Museum of Art and the Shepparton Art Museum.

AARON ROSE PHILIP

<p style="margin: 58px auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;">Hailing from The Bronx by way of the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda, Aaron Rose was discovered through her social media where she took notice of the lack of representation of trans women of colour within the fashion industry, let alone anyone with a disability. Aaron has emerged as a trail-blazer and is determined to represent her communities as a model. <p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;">With a steadfast, sincere approach to her career, Aaron (pronounced A-ron) Rose is driven by the lack of disability representation in the media, specifically in the fashion and beauty realms. Right off the bat, Aaron Rose has been a catalyst of change by openly speaking about her experience with bigotry from being a black model. She’s actively worked towards an inclusive industry via her editorial features in i- D, Dazed, ELLE, Teen Vogue, and Allure magazines, as well as Refinery29 and Now This. The New York Times has hailed Aaron’s career as a sign of a more diverse industry and vogue.com recently featured and photographed Aaron Rose with her friend, Chella Man, discussing the lack of disabled representation.<p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;">Aaron was the cover star of the May issue of VOGUE UK in 2023 and she has also graced another nine fashion magazine covers including PAPER magazine (which featured her being interviewed by the iconic Naomi Campbell), Perfect, V Magazine, Numero, Indie Magazine, and the September Issue of S Moda for El Pais. Aaron has famously posed for a Sephora campaign, as well as Dove’s United We Stand campaign in support of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and to celebrate the progress made by LGBTQIA+ community.<p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;">Aaron debuted on Willie Norris Workshop’s catwalk and modelled exclusively for Collina Strada’s digital runway show and in the brand’s look book. She made her NYFW runway debut in Moschino’s SS22 runway show in New York City making history as the first model in a wheelchair to walk for a major high fashion label. Marc Jacobs has also made Aaron Rose one of the designer’s closest, most frequent collaborators, working with her on various media projects.<p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p style="margin: 1.267em auto 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: 300; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; position: relative; transform: translateY(0px); transition: all 0.4s ease 0.2s; max-width: 1200px; color: #030202; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial;">Aaron Rose was also a star in Miley Cyrus’ hit music video, “Mother’s Daughter,” which received over 100 million views to date. In a comedic turn, she made her television debut on TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.&nbsp;With a successful modelling career in bloom, Aaron Rose has laid a fantastic foundation for what she hopes many others will soon follow alongside her.

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PIPPA HANAN