Nick Cave

Reminiscent of African ceremonial costumes, yet similarly connected to haute couture, Cave’s Soundsuits are physical manifestations of his energy. He has said, ‘I believe that the familiar must move towards the fantastic. I want to evoke feelings that are unnamed, that aren’t realized except in dreams.’ Thus, through the acts of collecting and reconfiguring, Cave explores and reiterates cultural, ritualistic and ceremonial concepts. Concurrently, his focus on the connotations of materials as a way to construct narratives, coupled with the fact that the wearer is at times completely concealed, allows the work to transcend preconceived notions of class, race, and sexuality. Cave, who studied fiber arts at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Sources:
Jack Shainman Gallery
Ybca

Helen Altman

Helen Altman (1958) is an artist based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Sources:
Street Anatomy
DCKT Contemporary

Léopold Rabus

Léopold Rabus is a painter born in 1977 in Neuchåtel, Switzerland.
Sources:
Galerie Adler
Basic Sounds
Hilda Magazine

Keffer

Keffer (Fabien H.) born in 1984 in Paris, France. Works and lives in Paris. The Night Day is a project directed by Keffer.
Source: PonyExpress.

Holger Keifel

Holger Keifel born in 1962 in Ettenheim (Germany). Moved to New York City in 1993, where he lives and works.

Francien Krieg

Francien Krieg born in Germany, lives and works in the Hague Holland.
More at saatchi-gallery.

Nicola Verlato

Nicola Verlato born in Verona, Italy in 1965. Lives and works in brooklyn New York.

Roberto Kusterle

Roberto Kusterle was born in Gorizia ( Italy ) in 1948.
Since the Seventies he works within the field of the Visual Arts, devoting himself to painting and installation works. Since 1988 his interest for photograhy begins, that has become his primary way to express himself. He lives and works in Gorizia.

Henrique Oliveira

Henrique Oliveira was born in Ourinhos, Brazil in 1973. He received a BFA in painting in 2004 and a masters in visual poetics in 2007 from the university of São Paulo, Brazil. He lives and works in São Paulo. Oliveira uses salvaged wood collected from the streets of São Paulo to create massive scale, site-specific installations with dense layers that twist, curve, bend, and split. Oliveira uses tapumes, which in portugese can mean fencing, boarding, or enclosure, as a title for many of his large-scale installations. The term makes reference to the temporary wooden construction fences seen throughout the city of São Paulo where Oliveira lives.
Henrique Oliveira’s first solo exhibition in the United States, will open at Rice art gallery, Houston, Texas on march 26, 2009.
Found at FabrikProject

Brian Dettmer

Brian Dettmer sifts through stacks of antiquated books, boxes of dusty cassette tapes, and piles of obsolete maps to uncover the perfect source and subject for his conceptual explorations and sculptural dissections. Dettmer alters pre-existing materials by selectively removing and manipulating elements as a way to allow new interpretations and ideas to emerge. With the precision of a surgeon, Dettmer uses scalpels, tweezers, and other medical instruments to carve into the surface of his found objects to reveal hidden meanings.
Brian Dettmer official website.
You can also view some of his work on Flickr.