In the lead-up to KunstRAI 2026, we will be speaking with a number of participating galleries over the coming weeks. In a series of short interviews, gallery owners offer insight into their programme, their vision, and the artists they will present at the fair this year. This week we speak with Angel Qin and Manka Yue. In five questions, they talk about her gallery, their perspective, and the work that will be on view during the upcoming edition of KunstRAI.
K:art Studio can be found at stand number 44 during KunstRAI.
Enjoy the read and have a wonderful Sunday!
Read the interview on our website, www.kunstrai.nl!
What is the programme of the gallery?
“K:art Studio focuses on artists whose work maintains a strong material presence and resists immediate readability. Rather than amplifying spectacle, the gallery is interested in creating conditions where images retain their physical and conceptual autonomy.
Across exhibitions, art fairs and long-term curatorial initiatives, we support practices that engage with questions of structure, perception and infrastructure, while sustaining a visual intensity that unfolds over time.”
Which artists will be presented at KunstRAI?
“At KunstRAI 2026, K:art Studio presents the curatorial project Cold Age Fever, featuring works by:
Dafu Yan, Scarlett Budden, Andrea Samory, Yixin Liang, Jinseul Park, Nadia Da Silva, Yucen Liu, Megumi Ohata, Yixiong Zhang, Huinan Yuan.
They work across painting, sculpture and installation, these artists approach the relationship between body, material and structure from distinct but interconnected perspectives.”
Why did you choose this selection of artists?
“The selection is structured through the curatorial framework Cold Age Fever, which examines the return of “cold” structural aesthetics within contemporary practice.
Rather than treating the weapon or armour as literal objects, the project considers how these forms persist as contours, disciplines and psychological structures embedded within perception. The participating artists each approach this question differently—through geopolitical systems, psychological space, technological mythologies or cultural memory.
Together, their works create a dialogue about how structure, control and embodiment continue to shape contemporary experience.”
Why did you start a gallery?
“K:art Studio initially emerged from a studio environment and a shared interest in artistic research and production. Over time, it became clear that there was a need for a platform capable of supporting practices that operate outside of quick visibility or immediate interpretation.
The gallery programme was therefore established to provide a more stable curatorial framework in which artists can develop complex bodies of work over time. Our aim is to create a context where experimentation, material thinking and long-term artistic development can coexist.”
Which artist(s) have been important to you in sparking your passion for art?
“Our interest in contemporary art has been shaped by artists whose practices foreground the relationship between image, structure and perception. In particular, artists such as Dafu Yan, Scarlett Budden and Andrea Samory have been important points of reference in developing our thinking.
Although their practices differ significantly, they each engage with how bodies, materials and systems interact—whether through geopolitical structures, psychological space or technologically mediated forms. Their work exemplifies the kind of sustained visual and conceptual intensity that continues to inspire our curatorial approach.”