The painter works on several pieces at a time with the occasional break to use her skipping rope
The Indian sculptor lives and works in a remote rural village where she has to contend with regular power cuts and monsoon downpours
The Czech ceramicist works in the heart of a wood in Sweden where animals and insects are her main visitors
The mythology-mad artist magics up textiles, paintings and sculptures while surrounded by Korean masks and other miscellany – including the ashes of her late dog, Chicho
The painter enjoys a bird’s-eye view from her high-rise studio, where she works among paint-encrusted books and a surprisingly large stack of bridal magazines
The Japanese ceramicist enjoys the tranquility of working in an old building surrounded by rice fields – despite the occasional unwanted visitor
The artist starts the day by watering the plants on his balcony from where he can watch people eating at a neighbouring restaurant
The Japanese painter works to the sounds of birds chirping and receives regular visits from figures from the past
The Brooklyn-based artist has found that becoming a mother has completely transformed the way she works
The elusive artist discourages visitors but enjoys the company of a mysterious wooden statue that was left behind by a previous occupant
The weird lighting in the artist’s studio sometimes makes her feel like she’s in tropical fish tank, but her dog Mary makes sure she gets out for walks every day
The interdisciplinary artist tries to find a balance between isolation and connection – and once tried to make friends with an imaginary pelican
The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work
The Swiss artist maintains a strict working schedule to make the most of the daylight hours and keeps the writings of W.G. Sebald and Patti Smith close to hand
The Miami-based artist isn't especially keen on visitors, but he has a television and an 18th-century cooling casket to keep him company
The Indian artist enjoys company while she’s working and even occasionally posts an open invitation on Instagram, encouraging visitors to drop by
The Malagasy artist is not nearly as minimal as his work might suggest – on an average day, his studio is filled with books, drawings, flowers and the smell of cigarettes
The Iranian artist takes time to settle into her space in the mornings and then becomes so immersed in her work that she forgets about lunch completely
The Philadelphia-based artist prefers the comforts of working at home, but she’s found the perfect compromise with a studio that has its own washing machine
The Japanese artist can’t imagine a more serene place than her studio in Paris, in a building she shares with more than 100 Tibetan artisans
The New York-based artist enjoys strolling to his studio at the weekends to work in a quiet, concentrated atmosphere
The New York-based artist cherishes her ongoing conversations with Cecilia Vicuña but is otherwise selective about who visits her sacred studio space
The American artist's studio is split across two rooms – an office and an atelier – in her apartment in Berlin. It is a space ruled by harmony, she says.
The atmosphere of the Paris-based artist’s studio depends on the work she is creating – at times it is a sanctuary and at others a battlefield
