Hayley Welsh: Of Monsters and Zen
For those who gravitate toward the right-brained domain, the frenzied way of today’s world can weigh quite heavily upon our minds and allegorical shoulders. Things are pretty wild out there! We seem to be entre...
Crouching Animals, Hidden Angels: The Sculptures of Susannah Zucker
Survival has always been the main essence of human beings. And for a time, wrapped up in the comfort of our modern society, we had the fleeting illusion of being safe. Intact. But the truth is that we are all b...
The Dreamlike Figurines of Vipoo Srivilasa
As a Thai born Australian ceramicist, Vipoo Srivilasa creates awe inspiring, childlike figurines that perfectly blend the two cultures of his identity. Behind these fun, colourful and whimsical creations, Vipoo cleverly incorporates cultural, environmental and...
Wondrous Creatures: An Interview with Ariel Bowman
2018 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize Finalist, sculptor Ariel Bowman brings the past to the present, connecting science and art through her ceramic sculptures of prehistoric animals caught in timeless sett...
Top 100 Sculptors of 2018 on Instagram
As the Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine I have had the pleasure of working with many incredible sculptors for more than 5 years now - for the magazine itself, our web blog, our curated exhibitions,...
Debbie Korbel: Creating Cohesion Out of Chaos
Assemblage artists epitomize the statement, "keep an open mind," for they are always and forever doing just that: searching for unusual, interesting, and narrative pieces to fit the parts of their textured, and visually complex sculptural puzzles. Los Angeles...
Darla Jackson: Sculpting Reflections of Human Emotion
Emotionally charged
A rabbit sits, head bowed into paws, in the depths of grief. Eyes covered, nose buried, shoulders hunched, followed by the fine detail of fur etched onto the animal, increasing the realism....
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Curated Exhibition ‘Ephemeral’ @ Modern Eden Gallery
“We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed
a fragile planet called Earth.” Maurice Strong
‘Ephemeral’, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s second curated exhibition at Modern Eden G...
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya: Gnawing on Fruits
As a young student, Japanese wood carver Yoshimasa Tsuchiya loved science and art. He continued in these veins, ultimately completing his graduate studies in “cultural property preservation science” where he researched the wood-carved sculptures of Buddha crea...
The Expressive Sculptures of Erica Borghstijn
The wall sculptures and dolls of Erica Borghstijn reflect a remarkably sensitive approach to the human expression. The pensive, solemn, sad, anxious and poignant faces that look down from walls or up from stand...
Colin Christian: Confronting Confrontation
Colin Christian is both an artist and sculptor who is not afraid to push boundaries. Boundaries regarding art, politics, religion, etc. His inspiration is a mix up of pin up girls, supermodels, old sci-fi movie...
Patricia Piccinini: Empathy In An Artificial World
Australian resident Patricia Piccinini was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Her wide scope of sincere and disconcerting work encompasses sculpture, photography, video, and drawing, all the while examining the increasingly blurred boundaries between the artif...
Artistic Imaginings: An Interview with Pedro Jardim
Brazilian artist Pedro Jardim captures a distinctive, feral beauty while the expression and subtle color palettes of his subjects create an evocative sense of mystery. A graduate of graphic design at ESPM, Rio ...
The Mutant Porcelain Sculptures Of Juliette Clovis
Evolution is the psychological nature of human beings, even if technology has taken them away from physical nature. Yet, when our harmonious connection with Earth seems to be broken, art is acting as a repair, ...
Subtle Snarls: The Sculptures of Erika Sanada
Weird, creepy, dark. Animals with extraneous parts. Just some of the words ceramic artist Erika Sanada uses to describe her abundant body of work. But these adjectives cover one half of the picture, for in these soft-looking, white-eyed mammals and their d...
Night Comers: An Interview with Doll Artist Midori Hayashi
From November 7 through November 19, 2017, Vanilla Gallery (Tokyo, Japan) presents Midori Hayashi's solo exhibition: "Night Comers". Many of our readers are familiar with her work. She is one of the artists...
The Sweet Dreams of Pip & Pop
Pip & Pop is the bright and fizzy signature of Australian artist Tanya Schultz. With installations titled "Inside This Dream," "Treasure Mountain," and "Peach Blossom," the artist delivers worlds of rai...
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Curated Exhibition ‘Heart’s Blood’ @ Haven Gallery
“Love is the bridge between you and everything” - Jalaluddin Rumi (1207~1273)
In this inspiring new group exhibition, presented by Haven Gallery and curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, over 45 of the best painters, sculptors and art doll makers from around...
Intricate Imaginings: The Art of Kris Kuksi
In tonight's dream, you've sipped from Alice's "Drink Me" flask and speedily shrunk to the size a wee mouse, but instead of tripping through wonderland, you're parachuting dreamily into the assemblage art o...
Interview with Handiedan + The Fourth Dimension: TIME @ Jonathan LeVine Projects
Complex and detailed collages with pop culture vintage beauties, fiercely independent and submerged in earthy colours, are the best way for me to describe Handiedan's works. Tiny fragments that create a vis...