The editors of Art in America selected a global group of 20 exciting artists to watch. Read about them below in profiles to be added in the weeks to come.

The editors of Art in America selected a global group of 20 exciting artists to watch. Read about them below in profiles to be added in the weeks to come.

Sculptor and Biohacker Agnes Questionmark Crafts Tentacular Transness

By McKenzie Wark

In an empty indoor swimming pool, a woman is enclosed in a giant octopus sculpture reflected by mirrors mounted on the walls.

With Video and AI, Alison Nguyen Channels History’s Strange Side

By McKenzie Wark

In a gallery, an old white car cut in half emits a bleu light, and three screens play a video in the background.

Brooklin A. Soumahoro Merges Op Art with African Patterns

By Sigourney Schultz

Two abstract paintings with zigzag patterns side by side, as well as a small illustrated portrait of the artist.

Giulia Crețulescu Makes Synthetic Fabric Sexy

By Emily Watlington

Two artworks side by side: A sculpture that looks like a harness with straps, and a wall work sewn into abstract patterns.

Jackie Amézquita’s Baked Bricks Chart the History of Migration in LA

By Maximilíano Durón

A grid of baked brown bricks on a wall.

Rachel Youn Brings Fake Flowers to Life

By Emily Chun

A mechanical sculpture on roller skates between two colorful fake plants.

Bint Mbareh Tunes In to Palestinian Resistance

By Eliza Goodpasture

A long yellow sheet of fabric draped over a table, with a clear case of liquid on top.

Why Leah Ke Yi Zheng Dropped Out of Law School to Make Art

By Jeremy Lybarger

Two paintings, one a series of horizontal lines in black and blue, and the other a kind of cylindrical gear.

Jen DeLuna’s Blurred Paintings Bite

By Eliza Goodpasture

Two paintings in a blue frame. Left is a pair of slobbery fanged dog mouths. Right is a woman with big hair and shiny skin against a pink background.

Nico Williams Beads Trash and Treasures

By Petala Ironcloud

A grey-walled gallery with orange beaded orange "Danger" tape hanging from teh ceiling.

Maura Brewer Turns Money Laundering into Art

By Aliza Shvarts

On a screen in a dark space, two light-skinned hands with periwinkle nails hold money; a drawn looping white arrow connects them.

Libasse Ka’s Abstractions Channel Chaos and Calm

By Wilson Tarbox

Two vertical abstract paintings. One is bisected with a concrete-colored plane and a white plane. There are additional marks somewhere between gemoetric and gestural. The other is dominated by a glowing orang eorb and a black squiggle with two curlicues.

Rhea Dillon’s Oblique Portraits of the Black Diaspora

By Nicole Kaack

An ornate wooden china cabinet lays on the ground.

Libasse Ka’s Abstractions Channel Chaos and Calm

By Hindley Wang

Three paintings in a composite with an illustration of a female artist at bottom.

Justin Allen Invents His Own Language, Alphabet and All

By Shameekia Shantel Johnson

In Kaleidoscopic Paintings, Aislan Pankararu Communes With His Rural Brazilian Home

By Nicole Kaack

An abstract painting of multicolored amorphous shapes.

Brittany Nelson’s Interplanetary Photographs Evoke Loneliness and Longing

By Andy Battaglia

Three black and white photo prints, two of tracks from a rover on Mars and one of a large white telescope.

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