We are so grateful to get to meet rising artists and their work. Irmak Dönmez sent us a few samples of her drawing through our contact form. I had the chance to talk a bit with her about her greatest passion, so it is my pleasure to introduce you Irmak, the artist. Laura (Molempire): Tell us…

Artists have always tried to reimagine urban spaces through art. From street art to art installations or transmitting social messages, architects and designers are re-imagining simple and forgotten places in cities all around the into more dynamic and beautiful spaces. Such a transformation has also happened in Camargo, Bolivia, due to the XII Latin American…

Zaki Alatas is a freelance graphic designer based in Australia. His work is a mixture of photo manipulation and digital painting, in which he captures beauty in a dark and bright manner at the same time. Most of his artworks are centered around female portraits. Some of his works are trilogies inspired by a specific…

Ramakant Sharda is a passionate about photography based in Jaipur, India. Although photography is just a hobby, he likes to experiment with various techniques, with a keen interest for macro photography and water drop photography. He submitted to us some of his series and described how he played with colors, soap and water drops. It’s…

Claudio Parentela, a well rounded artist based in Italy, likes to combine photography, painting, cartoon art and collage techniques into avantgarde illustrations. After specializing several years in black and white painting, the artist found a total freedom from experimenting with different materials, colors and techniques. The result? “An incredible crazy alchemy”, as the artist himself…

Barbaros Cangürgel is one of the many artists we’ve covered on Mole Empire. A cinema student based in Turkey, Barbaros has come to our attention with his contemplative photography, which he calls “visual data”. Today we’re featuring two of his most recent photographic series: “Walt Disney” and “Gas in the Park”. If you liked the…

Rik Reimert draws some pretty amazing portraits of male celebrities, using only pen and paper and Rotring Rapidographs. Rik finds the analog aspect of his work very exciting, as every line is definitive and cannot be erased. Starting with a simple sketch, the artist then completes the details of the portrait using a Rapidograph, a…

Jesse Olwen is an interdisciplinary visual artist based in South Korea, whose talents span across painting, drawing, sculpture, and more recently tattoo art. Recently awarded 5th place in this year’s International emerging Artist Award Golden 10 Section, the artist has quite an amazing background, having worked for nearly a decade as a glass artist and…

Can Büyükkalkan is a young promising fashion photographer from Izmir, Turkey. Although only 21, he’s been in the field of fashion photography for 5-6 years now and he’s currently pursuing his studies in Photography at the Eylül University of Fine Arts. His fashion shoots display a world of pure drama and style, with simple but…

Barbaros Cangürgel is a twenty year old student living in Turkey, ?zmir. Studying Cinema at the Department of Fine Arts in Dokuz Eylül University, he doesn’t perceive himself as a photographer, but rather as a visual artist. Experimenting with photography since he was sixteen years old, Barbaros has developed a contemplative style, a show of…

Celeste Ortiz is a young photographer based on San Antonio, Chile, whose work consists of self-portraits. Inspired by talented individuals, other photographers or musicians, Celeste captures details of everyday life. Her photography is mainly a collection of moments that she spends with her camera. She hopes that the future will bring her closer to working…

Remedios Vincent is the artist behind Feeas – Made to Dislike, unusual collections of pieces made by reusing old items found in antique shops and flea markets which are reshaped into unique macabre objects of art. From infamous accessories to flower installations, the Spanish artist gives a new purpose to forgotten art pieces and reassembles…