Intersect Aspen Art and Design Fair

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Charles Christopher Hill (b.1948, Greensburg, PA) resides in Venice Beach, California. Hill is a globally renowned artist, with his works being exhibited and collected around the world. Museums that house Hill's works include the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Guggenheim Museum, the Albuquerque Museum in New Mexico, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA).

Starting from the 1980s, Hill began incorporating explorations of symbols and textures into his paintings. Developing his style through hand-tear paper and paint on surface, painting shapes inspired by Tantric paintings from Rajasthan, Hill started to explore his current approach to painting–by adding emphasizing the use of gesso and meticulously polishing the surface of his works, he present a surface texture that is as smooth and translucent as jade, requiring the audience observe and feel in-person. 

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Catherine Ruane is an artist based in Southern California. Ruane earned her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design. She was awarded a scholarship to pursue extended study in drawing and printmaking in Florence Italy at Santa Reparata International School of Art. Catherine’s work has been exhibited and collected internationally including: the Villa Donata in Naples Italy, Grafiska Sallskapat Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden, Gallery Antena in Kyoto, Japan, Hyatt Hospitality Corporation, Citibank, University of Arizona Art Museum.

Through Ruane’s detailed drawings and paintings, she skillfully captures the essence of the wilderness, employing carefully selected charcoals to render scenes that transcend the visual and delve into the metaphors of nature-forms. In Ruane's hands, the persistence of survival becomes a universal theme, woven into the very fabric of her art, reminding viewers of the resilience that permeates all aspects of life.

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Ye Wenlong (b.1979) is an independent fine art photographer based Zhejiang, China. He started teaching himself photography while in high school, and is now a member of the Chinese Fine Art Photography Association. Working with a digital medium format camera, Ye focuses on Eastern style landscape photography. He has exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, and has won the Chinese Academy of Photography award in 2018, the highest award in the Chinese fine art photography field. 

Ye's photographs are inspired by traditional Chinese landscape painting, as well as by Eastern-style landscape photography. His black and white images are shot in nature during the winter months. While his focus is trees and their surroundings, it is the integration of the winter snow that adds a layer of abstraction to the works. In his images, he takes advantage of the cameras ability to flatten the picture plane into areas that become negative and positive spaces, turning the physical world into a blend of abstraction and representation.

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Yan Jinsong (b.1972) is an independent photographer from China. He is a member of the Chinese Fine Art Photography Association. Known for his collage-style photographic scrolls, Yan’s work is exhibited and collected globally. He has won the Chinese Academy of Photography award in 2023, the highest award in Chinese fine art photography.

Yan’s art delves into themes such as Chinese Ethnic Minorities, urbanization, and environmentalism in China. Inspired by traditional painting scrolls, some of his works span an impressive 20 meters (65 feet). Yan masterfully blends people with expansive landscapes through an innovative approach that merges on-site photography with digital collage, resulting in a visually compelling representation of diverse life experiences.