The 30 artists on CULTURED’s ninth annual Young Artists list make work that is bursting with idiosyncrasy, curiosity, and gumption—all necessary ingredients for great art.

Individually, these artists' photographs are a means for reckoning with trauma, deepening and transforming the art of the portrait, relying on traditional practices to explore and experiment and take risks, among myriad other ends. 

Art collecting is, above all, an act of faith. It requires faith in the vision of an individual artist, Faith in the enduring value of living with art, and faith in the collector’s ability to preserve their acquisitions for posterity. The 10 individuals on CULTURED’s seventh annual Young Collectors list show us what comes after that leap of faith.