Cristina is an interior designer and the Director and Founder of An Effort, a platform for artistic and cultural collaboration. She leads a boutique interior design studio with a focus on thoughtful, layered spaces that reflect each client’s story. Cristina holds a Master’s in Interior Design and recently completed a second Master’s in Art and Cultural Enterprise at Central Saint Martins, where her research explored artist-collector relationships in the UAE.

Her global outlook—shaped by a childhood in the UAE and Oman—has informed a multidisciplinary career across fashion, interiors, and international creative projects. Her work has been featured in VOGUE Italia, with design projects spanning London, Hong Kong, and the Gulf region.

Elina Sairanen is the Director of Wusum Gallery and a museologist and art historian whose work explores cultural representation and institutional narratives in West Asia and North Africa. She holds a PhD in Museology from the University of Leicester, where her research focused on the region’s first pan-Arab art museums.

Elina is also the co-founder of Mathqaf, a platform for critical discourse and creative collaboration across the Arab world. Through Mathqaf, she co-curated the contemporary art collection at The Ned in Doha, assembling a dynamic selection of works by artists from the region. Her practice bridges academic research and curatorial innovation, with a commitment to reimagining how institutions engage with local and regional histories.

Marie is a French Lebanese artist currently living in London. In 2020 she co-founded and ran Vault Project - a residency program for emerging to established artists.

She is deeply influenced by her research in the domains of psychology, literature and philosophy which she brings into her practice. She is deeply committed to supporting other artists and an advocate for residency programs.

Marie is based in London, United Kingdom.

Caterina is a designer, curator and catalyst for artists. She has an innate way of connecting to people and the global art community.

As Gio Ponti’s great-granddaughter she is an ambassador for his work and archives worldwide. She is currently involved with the Parco Dei Sesi art residency on Pantelleria and a part of an exciting new NFT gallery in East Asia.

Caterina is based in Florence, Italy.

Phoebe is a Brighton based photographer who works in the arts capturing exhibitions, events, artists, their practice and spaces. Phoebe takes a natural approach, as she sees it, capturing the experience and essence of the people, work and space. She also works with arts organisations to document workshops and community projects; portraying the connection between people and art.