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Mansoor Syed, better known by his stage name, “Cloudy Retro”, is a 19 year old singer/songwriter based in Athens, Georgia. Enamored by music since childhood, Retro grew up writing songs and poetry, keen to share his musical talent with the rest of the world. In July of 2018, Retro released his debut album, “Eleven Thirteen Sixteen” to the public, an album met with moderate praise. 

Cloudy Retro is also a published poet and painter. He aims to spread his messages in abstract languages other than the five he already knows. When he’s not dabbling in the arts, he likes to collect and play video games, study for school, or spend time with his family and his cat.

Based in São Paulo/BR, Fabiolla Loureiro has been working as a photographer since 2010. First as a hobby, a Nikon D50 and only one lens, she ended up discovering within the photography herself. She developed her skills in studio with her sister (Studio Loureiro), where she mainly explored portraits and nude. But in the last few years, she became obsessed with travels (over 30 countries), and found herself involved with this freedom and opportunity that this kind of photography allows.

Byous. Artist currently living in California, U.S.A. Focuses on creating art that is completely detached from time, culture, genre or rationalization, in an effort to capture the raw and timeless simplicity of the experience of the human soul.

Having made it on to the cover of Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, he is one of the most influential international illustrators of the last decade according to the well-known 100 Illustrator publication by Taschen. In parallel, he has developed his line of personal artistic work. His work speaks of the beauty and sensuality of women through graphics and the elegance of the black line. Despite his short career, Gabriel’s artistic work can be seen in galleries and art fairs around the world such as New York, Singapore, London, Hong Kong, Stockholm or Sydney.

My name is Madison Cowles Serna.  I am originally from Cheyenne, Wyoming. I currently live and work in San Antonio, TX​​.  I received a Master of Fine Arts (Art Studio) degree from the University of Kentucky in 2018 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (printmaking) from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2013.

The June 2018 issue of JaamZIN Creative magazine is out

Billy Ma is a painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator. He was born in Taiwan but raised in Canada. 2009 saw Billy growing restless with his job as an art director in innovation and so he began to flex his artistic skills via digital illustrations during his spare time. With the popularity of the first images on social media and enquiries from interested buyers, Booda Brand - the limited-edition print company - was conceived. Drawing from contemporary themes, Billy seamlessly and naturally combines eastern and western aesthetics into his artwork. Many influences come from spirituality, socio-political issues and a sardonic sense of humour.

I started the current series of drawings a couple of years ago when I started working on an iPad. The agency provided by the device, and the rigor of its limitations, has been inspiring. Most of my earlier work is black and white line drawing, with formal considerations of structure and balance explored using primitive, stylized body parts and symbols. I’m still doing the same exercises, but now with color, shapes, and texture. The approach isn’t really Cubism so much as stand-up comedy. What makes a joke funny is when your brain makes the leap from the setup to the punchline. What makes my drawings work is when your eye makes the leap from what you’re seeing to what I’m drawing. The titles are part of the equation.

I am Ho Yin Chan, Scofield, a ‘camera user’ over five years, specifically in street photography.For me, street snap is a process to know myself, from the observation and interpretation in that single second, insight is required as most of the time there is no model answer for your shutter.

Free Radicals: We all want to love and be loved. Yet, the disorientating intangible chemistry of love is a complex potion with the power to satiate the soul, to heal, to enflame our desires, as well as polarizing forces that can torment, eviscerate, and make us hollow. What happens in that intangible vaporous space between the nerves, synapses, and electrical impulses, then mixes together with passion, attraction nostalgia and lust to become this duplicitous double-edged sword called love?

I am located in south-west Germany and kind of rediscovered photography as a hobby quite recently. Though I have been interested in photography for many years, just one year ago I started to approach it more seriously. I primarily use a digital mirrorless Olympus OM-D camera with several prime and zoom lenses and more recently started to use and experiment with an old analog Minolta SLR camera.

As a full time artist, I hope to balance a juxtaposition of inspiring contributions of art for the community and telling my personal story. Using the human experience as the common denominator. I’m inspired by unity in human interests and responsible stewardship of our fragile planet.

Carlos Herrera is a self-taught Mexican artist who has just inaugurated his second solo exhibition entitled “17M”, and in which he shows 32 works of his work in acrylic on canvas and mixed media.

Rachelle Meyer is an American illustrator living in Amsterdam, specializing in children’s books and storytelling. In 2017, she started sketching fellow commuters on the NDSM ferry in a tiny sketchbook. It’s a short but sweet trip of about 12 minutes, connecting her home in Amsterdam Noord with her studio in the center of town. Rachelle wants to launch a parallel career as an independent artist alongside her work as an illustrator for hire.  

I am the Russian professional translator from English and French into Russian living in Siberia in Russia. I am 60 years old and photography is my hobby since I was a student in the University.