In past months, Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg became one of the most notable activists in the world thanks to her efforts to raise awareness about climate change. She sparked a global movement, addressed heads of state at the U.N., met with the Pope, and was even named Time magazine's Person of the Year...

Three years ago, Isabelle and Antoine left their 9 to 5 jobs, sold their belongings, and headed out for an adventure-filled life. But first, the French-Canadian couple re-did their average-looking van into their mobile house. “At 36 years old, we left behind our engineering careers, sold our house (and everything...

Valérie Minell is a comic artist living and working in Germany. Better-known as mrs.frollein on Instagram, the 26-year-old, Luxembourg-born artist has a mission to make people happy. “Two main characters of my comics are based on my boyfriend and me but I want them to also be relatable to other people around...

If you take a look at the works of Nick Sider, you would think he is a gifted wildlife photographer. However, if you decide to have a closer inspection, you'll realize that those "photographs" are actually paintings. Sider is an internationally recognized artist who is best known for his hyper-realistic paintings of wildlife....

After becoming a mom of two, Marni Korneluk from Australia returned to her old passion, drawing. The pencil artist says that it all began as a therapeutic drawing for a busy mom. “Art is in my bones,” the artist wrote on her Facebook page. “By drawing artists, musicians and wildlife that inspire...

Netherlands-based illustrator Tessa M. de Graaf manages to distill the very essence of fashion through her loose, dynamic work. Born and raised in a small village in the North of the Netherlands, she moved to Amsterdam at the age of 18 to study fashion. "When I went to the...

Multi-media artist Aurora Robson is known for her original sculptures and installations made of repurposed plastic waste. Her approach is focused on shifting paradigms in art and science education while also helping restrict the flow of plastic debris to our oceans. "My goal is to employ art as...

Christina Yen is a passionate artist, creator, and the mastermind behind Sixthleafclover. She was only six years old when she began drawing, however, with time, replaced the box of crayons with pencils, and started drawing more complex things. Nowadays, she focuses on sci-fi and high fantasy drawings, both digital...

Zemer Peled creates organic-like sculptures that remind of flowers and coral. These sculptures - that vary from small scale to room-sized installations - are compiled from thousands of porcelain shards. Through these deconstructed-to-be-constructed pieces, Peled aims to examine the beauty and brutality of the natural world. Born and...

Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning artist whose illustrations are “a bit off, weird, and dreamy,” as she tells This is Colossal. It’s easy to notice that she often uses primary colors and repetitive elements. This acclaimed Japanese illustrator currently lives in NYC and her work covers many things, from...