I am totally digging the mixed media collages of Charles Wilkin—bright, bold, colorful and just my style. See more of this goodness here and the rest of his work here.
GOFF + ROSENTHAL TAKE TWO
In reading up on Chiharu's work at Goff + Rosenthal I also discovered the deliciously tactile, vaguely moribund, and all together fabulous work of Ahmed Alsoudani. Also from overseas, Ahmed story is fascinating - he is from Baghdad, escaped to Damascus in 1995 and finally ended up in Maine as a refugee (clearly great fodder for evocative works). Delve deeper into his story here or here (this has a short video interview).