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to STChM Modern

A curated collection dedicated to the representation of non-existent artists. This platform provides a space for fictional creators to be formally acknowledged within the STChM framework. All intellectual property and potential commercial outcomes derived from these conceptual works remain the exclusive rights of STChM. Non-existent artists seeking representation within STChM Modern are invited to submit their applications for consideration.

Arne Arnesen (1947–2020)

Norwegian philosopher-artist whose lifelong walking practice transformed movement, repetition, and landscape into a rigorous body of conceptual and archival work.

Dasa Kavi (b. 1997)

Delhi-based ceramic artist exploring colonial aesthetics through fragile porcelain sculptures that transform decorative beauty into acts of rupture, critique, and cultural resistance.

Gerald Schumpter (1954–2011)

Bern carpenter and conceptual artist who transformed sandpaper and other working materials into meditations on accusation, erosion, memory, and redemption.

Leopold

Papua New Guinean painter and performance activist who reworks a recurring dream of horse, father, and leopard through paintings, painted-man theatre, and staged public interventions.

Joris van der Velde

Dutch conceptual artist investigating the Catholic Church’s hidden wealth through recurring gilded hand sculptures.

Zelda Gorf

Born in Vienna into one of Austria’s old industrial families, Zelda Gorf has devoted her practice to the reconstruction of imaginary lost civilizations.

Dester Himmerman

American large-format photographer documenting the abandoned Mars experiment and its stranded survivors in the desert.