Ter aanloop naar KunstRAI 2026 spreken we de komende weken met een aantal deelnemende galerieën. In korte interviews geven galeriehouders een inkijkje in hun programma, hun visie en de kunstenaars die zij dit jaar op de beurs presenteren. Deze week spreken we met Angel Qin en Manka Yue, galeriehouders van K:art Studio uit Londen. In vijf vragen vertellen zij over hun galerie, hun perspectief en het werk dat tijdens de komende editie van de KunstRAI te zien zal zijn. Omdat het een internationale galerie is, houden we het interview in het Engels.
K:art Studio is tijdens de KunstRAI te vinden op standnummer 44.
Veel leesplezier en een fijne zondag!
Wat is het programma van de galerie?
“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.”
Welke kunstenaars worden er getoond op 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.”
Waarom is er voor deze selectie van kunstenaars gekozen?
“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.”
Waarom ben je een galerie gestart?
“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.”
Welke kunstenaar(s) zijn voor jou belangrijk geweest, waardoor de passie voor kunst is ontstaan?
“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.”