The Radar: Shauna Cribbin, Marietta Mavrokordatou and Ni Hao
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In our monthly series, The Radar, we ask quick-fire questions to artists we’ve got our eye on. This roundup spotlights Shauna Cribbin, Marietta Mavrokordatou and Ni Hao
Ni Hao, salaryman no.2, 2024. Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez. Courtesy of the artist and COMMUNE
Shauna Cribbin
Shauna Cribbin, Disco People, 2023, paper collage in acrylic and plywood frame. Courtesy the artist
Shauna Cribbin is a London-based artist with a multi-faceted approach to collage, sculpture, printmaking and sound. Her work glamorises the mundane and elevates the everyday to celebratory heights by using mostly found objects such as tyres, steel, disco ball motors, magazines and scrap countertops. Such material and character choices aim to commemorate the resourcefulness of women working in service of their desires, exploring themes of escapism, desire and class structures.
Age: 27
Location: London, UK
Last dream you had: I opened a concept store in Chicago with Gordon Ramsay
Favourite exhibition: The Surrealism show at the Centre Pompidou
Favourite object you own: A ring my bf made
Favourite art-world Instagram account: @hoodmidcenturymodern or @objet_la_ny
Favourite movie: Step Up, 2006
Favourite artwork: Anthea Hamilton, Wavy Alabaster Boot, 2015
Loves: Orange squash, roses, getting my nails done
Hates: Bugs
End-of-year goals: To get a new studio!
Shauna Cribbin, 'The People Dream', 2024, paper collage in recycled acrylic and plywood frame. Courtesy the artist
Shauna Cribbin, 'Barking up the Wrong Tree', 2024, collage on sottsass veneer and plywood frame. Courtesy the artist
Shauna Cribbin, 'DnB Monroe', 2024, rhinestones, plywood, galvanised steel conduit. Courtesy the artist
Shauna Cribbin, 'DOUBLE V, 2022', 2024, collage on rave flyer in plywood and acrylic frame. Courtesy the artist
Marietta Mavrokordatou
Marietta Mavrokordatou, Claudia 22, 2022, silver gelatin print. Courtesy the artist
Marietta Mavrokordatou’s work explores the possibilities of image-making through a personal narrative. She reimagines autobiographical elements from the audience’s perspective, creating new ways of relating to her own experiences. In her practice, photography becomes both a tool for representation and reflection, where the image simultaneously depicts the personal histories of the artist and the process of its own making.
Age: 28
Location: London, UK/Nicosia, Cyprus
Last dream you had: I was late to a party
Favourite exhibition: Lutz Bacher at Raven Row
Favourite object you own: A scrunchie my sister got me
Favourite art-world Instagram account: @solitudeofravens
Favourite movie: I just watched Anora and really loved it
Favourite artwork: Josephine Pryde’s BRA III, 2014
Loves: Law and Order
Hates: Winter
End-of-year goals: To spend all of my time with my friends and family
Marietta Mavrokordatou, 'Olympus and Nikon' (still), 2023. Courtesy the artist
Marietta Mavrokordatou, 'Claudia 11', 2022, silver gelatin print. Courtesy the artist
Marietta Mavrokordatou, 'GIRL' (still), 2023. Courtesy the artist
Marietta Mavrokordatou, installation shot of 'GIRL' at Brunette Coleman, 2024. Photo: Jack Elliot Edwards. Courtesy the artist
Ni Hao
Ni Hao, SOPT, 2022. Courtesy the artist
Taiwanese-Canadian artist Ni Hao explores the intersections of geopolitics, environmental issues, sociology and digital culture in his work. Hao engages in an alchemical process of blending disparate ideas, often deconstructing and reassembling objects to reveal hidden emotional, historical and societal dimensions. Through mimicry and playful interaction, his art reflects on power structures, consumerism and the aesthetics of violence, offering insights into the latent metaphors and collective memories embedded in the everyday.
Age: 35
Location: Hsinchu, Taiwan
Last dream you had: Nearly all my dreams are filled with vast crowds—hundreds, even thousands of people at times. Sometimes they’re at openings, other times in open, indistinct spaces, always at night, with a few vaguely familiar faces among mostly strangers. I interact with them occasionally, but the details often slip away the moment I wake up
Favourite exhibition: The 9/11 Memorial Museum’s permanent collection. There is a multi-tonne anthropogenic meteorite on display, about the size of a compact sedan and roughly as tall as an average person
Favourite object you own: 20 small airplane pillows from multiple EVA airline flights—each nestled within a soft cotton cover embroidered with the airline’s logo. Not to be confused with the newer, flimsy paper-like versions. My plan was to steal enough to build an airplane pillow fortress. It’s still a work in progress
Favourite art-world Instagram account: Honestly, my algorithm is currently just speed-running schizogram and bombarding me with a lot of “educational” breastfeeding content
Favourite movie: Movies come and go, but the TV show Aqua Teen Hunger Force is truly timeless
Favourite artwork: Arseny Avraamov’s Symphony of Sirens, 1922
Loves: Nice, clean, pedicured feet, preferably with a simple anklet and one or two toe rings
Hates: Painters, especially the really attractive ones
End-of-year goals: TO NOT BLOW UP MY STUDIO!
Ni Hao, 'loli no.1', 2024. Photo: Manuel Carreon Lopez. Courtesy of the artist and COMMUNE
Ni Hao, 'Grid XVI (inflammation)', 2022. Courtesy the artist
Ni Hao, 'Fire Embroidery', 2022. Courtesy the artist
