Dan Ni (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Saigon and Hanoi (Vietnam). Their works explore various themes, ranging from existentialism, urban intimacy, to gender politics, and cultural decay; with an ongoing interest in exploring new material and techniques, as well as the relationship between analogue and digital. Dan Ni is the recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Awards in 2024, and the British Council’s Connection Through Culture Grant in 2021, as well as other grants and funds. Their works have been displayed at Toong Asia, Manzi, The Outpost, and most recently Nổ Cái Bùm art festival.

Kong Dara (b. 1990, Prey Veng province) studied art at Sa Sa Art Projects. He worked as a curator at the Villa Gallery and Programmes & Partnerships Manager at COCOON. He was also previously a Residency Coordinator at Sa Sa Art Projects from 2017 until May 2023. Dara works across media including drawing, sculpture, and installation, often using pen and colored pencil on paper and clay. His artwork investigates his personal experience, memory, and emotions, and often reflects on social change and LGBT+ communities. His work has appeared in many group exhibitions at Cambodian and international venues including Ku Bar, Bangkok; Nhà Sàn Collective, Hanoi; SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh; Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang; Carol Shen Gallery, New York; and Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh. He has undertaken several residencies in Cambodia and internationally, including at Open Contemporary Art Center, Taipei; San Art Laboratory, Ho Chi Minh City; Tentacles Art Space, Bangkok; Sangker Art Space & Gallery, Battambang; and Sa Sa Art Projects, Phnom Penh. Dara was a recipient of the Alternative Art School Fellowship (2021).

Jose Santos P. Ardivilla is a political cartoonist and printmaker. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Visual Communication at the University of the Philippines Diliman College of Fine Arts. You may read his essays in comics format at lastpieceofshame.com.

Lizzie Chan is the eldest daughter of two vibrant cultures in Indonesia—a Batak mother and a Chinese father—navigating a life path that often baffles her parents. Currently, she works as a full-time teacher and writer, roles that seamlessly blend her passion for education and storytelling, though they remain somewhat mysterious to her family.

Growing up in a blended family that didn’t fit societal norms, she has witnessed firsthand the complexities of identity in a country like Indonesia, where democracy seems to be slipping away. These personal experiences have led her to find solace and expression in poetry.

Lizzie Chan is also the Champion of Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2023 Grand Poetry Slam in 2023. She also recently won 1st place at Ubud Women's Poetry Slam 2024. Lizzie Chan founded @jakartapoetryslam and @jakartaimprovclub to create a safe, cozy space for writers and storytellers to share their stories freely, despite the increasing censorship in their country. They aim to encourage experimentation and mistakes, challenging the restrictive norms that often stifle Indonesian writers.

And the most important thing she wants people to know about her - she brews amazing Chinese Tea, her ancestors are practically dancing in glee right now!

A Queer Museum (AQM) is a physical space for queer community, to preserve and nurture queer and feminist heritage in Vietnam. A Queer Museum is committed to promoting a society that protects, respects and cultivates diversity and equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression.

During the residency at Sàn Art, HCMC (July 2020) between lock-down period of covid, Đinh Nhung wanted to pilot an idea of a queer museum in which queer people are part of the museum and make the museum possible with our presence, creativity, and expression in a space we feel safe and encouraging. After that, Nhung extended the idea of a performative museum in Hanoi at Babau-AIR. With other queer artists, the community and Babau-AIR, we lived together a whole month as A Queer Museum. So many stuff as well as people and activities; queer screening for three nights, zine-making workshop, performances, etc. 

AQM mission is to preserve and nurture Queer and Feminist Heritage in Vietnam, promoting a society that respects, protects, and cultivates diversity and equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity and expression. 

Panggung Minoritas is a community-based alternative learning space in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was initiated by five people from diverse backgrounds who had the same need: to create a safe space for minorities to meet each other, share their stories, and express themselves freely without any discrimination. Since July 2018, we have always undertaken monthly discussions/workshops with different themes related to topics about queer and diversity. 

Panggung Minoritas also has been active in accommodating the community members to create collaborative zines which can be categorized into two types: yearly zines (Warta Sawargi) and incidental zines (collage zines)

Nanda Bagus or Sabdanaung isa digital artist working between Jogja and Bali. He specializes in highlighting small, often overlooked stories that mainstream narratives tend to ignore. His art is a reflection of the complex and often unseen facets of human experience.

Currently, he's immersed in writing a trilogy on queer spiritualism, which delves into self-acceptance and the spiritual journey of being queer. Through both his art and writing, Nanda strives to give voice to marginalized stories and perspectives.

At his core, he's an artist who embraces various creative forms. Right now, Nanda focuses on digital art and handpoke tattooing. He is also the co-founder of Zinethink, a deeply personal zine project. His latest work, the Nyawiji Trilogy (Queer Spiritualism - Nyawiji - Kabuka), explores the journey of "coming in" and "coming out," featuring profound conversations with my younger self.

RAM BOTERO is an artist, writer, cultural worker, community facilitator and filmmaker from Mindanao, Philippines. In 2019, she directed the film Pamalugu (In Limbo), which has been screened internationally (Fukuoka Independent Film Festival, 2021), and at several national film festival – earning accolades at the 2019 editions of the Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival and Festival de Cine Paz Zamboanga. She is currently in the production stages of her forthcoming film Eksotik (2024). Ram is one of the artists behind the photographic project ‘Diwata: Queering Pre-Colonial Philippine Mythology’, commissioned by the 2021 Southeast Asian Queer Cultural Festival, and exhibited in Fukuoka, Japan, later that same year. Ram’s essay ‘Of Myths and Goddesses: The Trans Voice in Art and Feminist Spaces’ was published in Archival Glitch, a collection of lectures by feminist artists in Asia and the Pacific. She has recently produced the performance for camera ‘Siren’s Song’ for the European Capital of Culture (Elefsina, Greece, 2023).

Bunda Shinta Yolla was born in Medan, North Sumatra, and is currently 65 years old. Coming from a Muslim Batak family, she embraced her identity as a trans woman at a young age and shared her truth with her family early in life. She embarked on a remarkable journey in the fields of modeling, beauty, and the arts, gaining recognition for her beauty and charisma. In her youth, she was a prominent figure in Jakarta’s Taman Lawang community.

As time passed, Bunda Shinta transitioned into entrepreneurship. She now manages a cooperative for transgender women at the Al Fatah Islamic Boarding School for Trans Women in Yogyakarta. Alongside this, she runs a café and salon to sustain her livelihood while also providing shelter for fellow transgender women in her rented home.