Born in 1969, NS Harsha lives and works in Mysore, India. Drawing on a broad spectrum of Indian painting traditions, miniature painting, popular art and western art, he creates works that reflect on the modern world. NS Harsha is best known for painstakingly rendered paintings, works on paper, wall and floor works, sculptures, site-specific installations and public projects. His work has been exhibited in Tokyo, Moscow, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Rome and Beijing. In the twenty-second episode of Brilliant Ideas, presented by Bloomberg and Hyundai Motor, Harsha lets us into his studio and unique way of working.

Born in 1976 in Tehran, Ali Banisadr moved to America when he was a child. His works are influenced by his experiences as a refugee from the Iran-Iraq war and his approach to abstraction mixes memory, nostalgia and violence. He is best known for his large, lush, highly intricate paintings featuring fantastical landscapes reminiscent of stained glass. Ali experiences synaesthesia, a condition which shapes his perception of the world, and a dimension of his work. His work can be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Museum der Moderna in Salzburg, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the British Museum.