Asia Arts

Jonathan Stone, Senior Advisor, Asia Pacific and Asian Art at Christie’s, joined the company in 1989 as a trainee which turned out to be a successful decades-long career. Stone served in London for 10 years as a specialist and then Head of Department before relocating to Tokyo as Representative Director of Christie’s Japan. He was appointed International Business Director for Asian Art in 2005 and chairman in 2011. Based in Hong Kong since 2007, Stone took on his current role in 2022.

Drawing & Arts

Eye doctor by practice and harmonicist-visual artist by trait, Prof. Lam obtained a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University before joining the faculty at Harvard Medical School. Lam invented a novel painting process "Chromoskedasic Process", a color generating process that uses only black and white photographic paper and solutions. Lam received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" and "Outstanding Product Designer Award" by the Hong Kong Art and Design Festival, and was invited to exhibit his gold and platinum "Doves of Peace" at the Louvre where he was awarded the Prix d'honneur for Sculpture by "Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts".

Invited by President George H.W. Bush, Lam was a member of the "Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities", and its "Education Subcommittee" in charge of evaluating the US education system and its future strategic outlook.

Sculpture & Ceramics

Trish Gianakis is an immersive, award-winning artist, professor, professional art director, and user experience/interface designer for 20-plus years. She teaches at FIT in NYC, St. Peter's University, and at BronxNet TV.

Her artworks have been exhibited nationally and internationally. With a Master’s Degree in Computer Art Installation from the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Gianakis has always been at the forefront of digital art and technology. Creating immersive art experiences and combining technology with her physical sculptures is her passion.

Summer of 2022 Trish Gianakis was selected as artist in residence at Bronxnet TV to collaborate on building a state-of-the-art XR/VR/AR Lab and Video Production Studio. Gianakis’ art project for New York and The Bronx will be an augmented reality tour showcasing the rich history of the city.

Drawing & Installation

Elias worked as a curator and manager of the esteemed Waterfall Mansion and Gallery in New York City, as well as the founder of the Human Rights Network. He was the recipient of CFW’s artist vocational intensive, held at Princeton University. He also was selected on an Interfaith and Arts Panel at Columbia University, as well as regular participates in speaking engagements.

Film Making

Sebastián Rea is an Ecuadorian-American filmmaker from New York City. After studying cinema and political science at SUNY Purchase, he served as content manager for Tribeca Enterprises for 7 years, overseeing digital content across the festival, on-demand, and digital studios. He is the recipient of the IFP No Borders Lab for his concept pilot THE DRIP and was selected to be part of the Industry Academy and Artist Academy at Film at Lincoln Center in 2019. He is also the founder of the 30 UNDER 30 Film Festival, which screens 30 films from 30 directors under 30 years old. He is a mentor for the Smithsonian Institute Latino Center's Young Ambassador Program as well as a Council of Urban Professionals Fellow. He was the assistant to director Jason Moore on Jennifer Lopez’s next feature film, Shotgun Wedding. Recently, Sebastián is the recipient of LALIFF Inclusion Fellowship 2022, in partnership with Netflix.

Paul Robinson started photography as a teenager in Tasmania, then as hobby commencing membership of various photography clubs on mainland Australia from 1973. He turned professional in 1989 doing portrait and wedding work, then senior photographer 1992 - 2004 at an advertising agency in Melbourne.

Paul conducted his own photography business until 2012 and the next year commenced at Deakin University in Victoria, completing a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Photography with Distinction) in 2015 and Post-graduate Honours in 2016. He commenced judging photography in 1978 and since then has evaluated over 700 photography competitions from local community to International Salons.

He authored three books, including a reference book ‘Judging Photographs’ and also is published in many magazines, books, brochures and catalogues. He founded the Caulfield Photographic Society in 1981, President of the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies (1991-92) and was a founding member of the Australian Photographic Judges Association in 2014.

A member of Photographic Society of America and of the Australian Photographic Society Honours Sub-committee he has been awarded an AFIAP, AAPS, SSAPS and SSVAPS