Issue 5: Inside/Outside
2026.03.27
Editorial Team
Editor-in-Chief: Jenny Ping Lam Lin
Junior Editorial Assistant: Stephanie Siu Yau Leung
Junior Art Writers: Zhilin Xiang
Artist List:
Seyda Alkin, Rachel Weiswasser, Youna Kim, Bram Hulme-Golding, Arthur Zheng, Kai, Jenny Ping Lam Lin, Samuel Odhiambo, Leixinyi Li
Curators, Art Groups, Art Galleries
TOUS, Ziyan Xu, Yujia Xu
Exhibition/Event
Glass Theatre, Craft Festival Bovey Tracey, The Shape of Anxiety, Soft Power, That’s because, Soft Fragments, As Woven, JustArt Community - Collective Voices Exhibition
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Personal experience is often described as the most authentic source of artistic inspiration, but authenticity does not always translate into visibility. When work is shaped by cultural specificity, economic precarity, migration, trauma, or unglamorous realities, it can sit uncomfortably outside dominant narratives of what is considered “relatable,” “marketable,” or even “art.” In these cases, lived experience becomes both a source of depth and a quiet barrier to exposure.
This issue asks what happens when inspiration comes from within, but access exists outside. It explores how artists navigate cultural gatekeeping, translation, and self-censorship—questioning who gets seen without explanation, who is asked to soften their truth, and how creating from the inside can be an act of resistance as much as reflection.