Junrong (Arving) Wu is an award-winning multidisciplinary visual designer based in New York City. His practice spans motion graphics, branding, and art direction, merging conceptual storytelling with sleek visual precision. A Gold Winner at the London Design Awards and recipient of the DNA Paris Design Award, Junrong currently works with DE-YAN NYC, where he contributes to high-profile branding and experiential media projects. His work often bridges the physical and digital, transforming memory, perception, and cultural identity into immersive visual experiences.

Wayne Ashley is a producer and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience shaping the XR ecosystem across virtual reality, mixed reality, video gaming, live performance, installation, and immersive design. As Founder and Executive Producer of FuturePerfect Studio, he has worked at the cutting edge of culture and technology, developing projects that bring together art and innovation.

Xinyu Yu is an award-winning artist and designer whose practice bridges the lyricism of Eastern traditions with the innovation of contemporary Western art. Born and raised in China, she trained rigorously in ink, watercolor, and oil painting before expanding her perspective through studies at Pratt Institute in Interior Design and at the University of Pennsylvania in Sustainable Design. Now based in Phoenix, Arizona, she draws inspiration from the region’s diverse landscapes and cultures, blending her cross-cultural background into a body of work that is both grounded in history and open to transformation.

Jude Buffum is a Philadelphia-based pixel artist and illustrator whose work reimagines 8-bit aesthetics for the present day. With over two decades of experience, he has collaborated with major brands like Disney, Marvel, Sony, Hasbro, ESPN, WWE, Taco Bell, and Target. A graduate of Temple University’s Graphic Arts and Design program, Jude began his career in book design before founding his own studio in 2007, where he has since become known for vibrant, retro-styled illustrations and conceptual storytelling through pixels.

Cubist Heart Laboratories is a global collective of scientists, artists, and shamans “found wherever electrons move,” founded by Creative Director John See Landry. Based in Boston, Landry is a visual artist with a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, whose work explores the intersections of art, technology, and time. With projects like BorrowedTime — a daily clock built with React that remixes found internet imagery — the collective creates experimental works that blur the boundaries between design, computation, and poetic expression.

Cansu Waldron is a writer and curator exploring the intersection of art and technology. Originally from Istanbul, Türkiye, and now based in New York, she earned her MA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts as a Wasserman Scholar. Through curatorial work, writing, and public speaking, she has shaped conversations around digital art and creative technologies. In 2023, she founded Digital Arts Blog, a platform dedicated to supporting digital artists, promoting inclusivity, and fostering public understanding of digital practices.

Shannon Bulrice is a multidisciplinary artist who blends punk aesthetics, emotional storytelling, and emerging technologies. Her work is known for surreal, character-driven imagery that explores identity, softness, and defiance, using both traditional tools and AI-enhanced design. Shannon creates worlds where rebellion and tenderness coexist, inviting viewers into spaces that feel both strange and deeply human.

Nacho Frades is a digital painter whose luminous, minimalist works blend the spirit of classical painting with contemporary technology. He began drawing as a child, inspired by El Greco and endless museum visits, and went on to study with realist master Antonio López, who instilled in him the discipline to follow his own path. After years working in animated films, Frades shifted fully to digital painting in 2005, developing a body of work that feels both introspective and futuristic. His art has been exhibited internationally, from museums to billboards in Times Square, and is held in collections around the world.

Ada Crow is a multidisciplinary artist and art historian from Asturias, Spain. With a background that bridges traditional art history and contemporary practice, her work reinterprets iconic imagery through photography, oil painting, drawing, AI, and stop motion. Influenced by Surrealism, Flemish painting, and the Baroque, she seeks a balance between visual beauty and conceptual depth, always circling back to the question of what it means to be human.

Wenqing Gu is a Las Vegas–based freelance illustrator and visual storyteller whose digital artwork spans children’s books, 2D animation, and editorial projects. Drawing inspiration from both her Chinese heritage and American experiences, she brings warmth, humor, and a touch of wonder to her illustrations, inviting audiences of all ages into imaginative worlds.

Jun Lin is a Los Angeles–based graphic designer and illustrator with a background in Literature. Her work spans branding, print, digital, packaging, and illustration, brought together by a methodical, research-driven, and empathetic design sensibility.

Guillermo Flores is Mexican designer and illustrator based in Guadalajara, specialized in advertising illustration, retouching, post production and digital collage. He created unique images for advertising campaigns, as well as collaborating in the publishing world, developing illustrations for magazine covers, editorial articles and books.