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Toronto-born, New York based photographer Matin Zad’s distinctive, idiosyncratic images have placed him amongst the most exciting new talents since graduating from the School of Visual Arts in 2014. His stark yet dreamlike work exists somewhere between fashion photography and fine art, gaining him attention in both fields.
As a new graduate, Zad was the first place recipient of Bottega Veneta’s New Exposure Photography Competition, and collaborated with Duckie Brown on a poster campaign that appeared throughout New York Fashion Week.

His work has appeared in renowned publications including Document Journal, CR Fashion Book and T Magazine. Zad was one of 10 winners to be awarded with the Avant Guardian photography competition, hosted by Surface Magazine in 2015. That same year he published his first book from a ongoing photo series called #fashion vol.1 in an edition of 500 copies, sold worldwide. His second book, S/S98 was released in March of 2018.

Alessandro Magania is an Italian born, New York-based performing artist working in theatre, dance and film.

Cecilia Dean is co-founder of Visionaire, the art and fashion experiential publication and creative agency who has been collaborating with artists, influencers, and Fortune 500 companies for over 25 years.

Candystore is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, and performer from San Jose, CA. She-he is a 2018-2019 Queer | Art fellow and 2018 -2019 resident with Shandaken: Governor’s Island. Candystore’s writing and art have been published in Paper Magazine, Precog, Riot of Perfume, Phile Magazine, RFD, Mesmer, Hand Job Zine, and others. She-he has performed around New York City at MoMA PS1, Club Cumming, The AC Institute, LaMama Galleria, Dixon Place, Picasso Machinery, Secret Project Robot, and every time she-he uses a public restroom.

Candystore recently had the pleasure of attending a weekend long gathering of disabled artist and writers at Performance Space New York—“It was the most gorgeous and truly queer thing I’ve ever seen in New York City. I’m fundraising with Wet Noise to make sure Performance Space New York can continue providing the New York arts scene with even more groundbreaking and thoughtful programming!”