Alejandra Caballero

Alejandra Caballero
Current figurative poetic paintings Intimate scenes predominate where time passes slowly and the characters contemplate, reflect or are revealed in everyday actions. As in memories, the superfluous is eliminated. The female figure stands out in spaces where light and sometimes the sea are also protagonists. Alejandra excites us with her scenes of eloquent silences and makes us participate in a game of looks where the viewer is an active piece that finishes giving the ultimate meaning to the work.
If anything characterizes Alejandra Caballero, it is the deep stillness present in her works. Everyday intimate life (similar to that of the Dutch Flemish), accompanied by a diffused brush stroke, results in the impression of languor, as if diluted. The tones, in turn, distill harmony and softness, transmitting peace, a sense of nostalgia, of a deep calm, of serenity.

Artist:
Alejandra Caballero

Current figurative poetic paintings Intimate scenes predominate where time passes slowly and the characters contemplate, reflect or are revealed in everyday actions. As in memories, the superfluous is eliminated. The female figure stands out in spaces where light and sometimes the sea are also protagonists. Alejandra excites us with her scenes of eloquent silences and makes us participate in a game of looks where the viewer is an active piece that finishes giving the ultimate meaning to the work. If anything characterizes Alejandra Caballero, it is the deep stillness present in her works. Everyday intimate life (similar to that of the Dutch Flemish), accompanied by a diffused brush stroke, results in the impression of languor, as if diluted. The tones, in turn, distill harmony and softness, transmitting peace, a sense of nostalgia, of a deep calm, of serenity.
Spannungsleben

Spannungsleben
Es sind Wimmelbilder im Rausch von Assoziationen. Die Gemälde stehen im Zeichen der Vielfalt, verfügen aber über eine ihnen inhärente Ordnung und Harmonie, die erst bei weiterem kontemplativem Sehen aufkommt. So steht es auch mit dem Leben selbst. Kann das Leben nur allzu oft chaotisch erscheinen, hat es doch seine Strukturen in all seinen Facetten und Perspektiven. Die Gemälde der Künstlerin Veronika Spleiss verbildlichen diesen Prozess in zweidimensionalem Stil, stehen aber aufgrund ihrer Formenvielfalt für eine multiperspektivische Öffnung zum Leben. Ganz im Sinne Friedrich Nietzsches wird der Aspekt des Perspektivischen als die „Grundbedingung allen Lebens“ gezeigt (JGB, KSA 5, S. 12). Denn Leben umfasst ein Ganzes. Der Mensch selbst hat aber keinen Zugang zu diesem. Der Lebende ist immer an seine eigene Perspektive und Sichtweise auf die Welt gebunden, der eine gewisse eigene Ordnung innewohnt. Die Werke spielen mit diesen Aspekten. Mehr noch, die Künstlerin versucht Leben in ihren vielseitigen Perspektiven grafisch zu visualisieren. Für den Betrachter bedeutet dies in erster Linie Chaos – eine vermeintlich chaotische Zusammenfügung verschiedener Sichtweisen, die aus dem Schwarz beziehungsweise Nichts hervortreten. Jedes Teilchen, jede geometrische Form steht dabei für sich allein, nähert sich jedoch an die anderen Formen an und stellt so eine notwendige Verbindung her.

Artist:
Veronika Spleiss

Biografie

Die deutsche Künstlerin Veronika Spleiss, geboren 1993, deren Wurzeln in Estland und Russland liegen, beschäftigt sich seit mehr als fünfzehn Jahren mit visueller bildender Kunst. Unter Anleitung der Künstlerin Natalia Zurakowska erlernte Spleiss die Techniken der Malerei, Grafik und Illustration. Nach ihrem Studium der französischen und russischen Literaturwissenschaft als auch der politischen Theorie in München, Clermont-Ferrand und Passau (M.A.) wendete sie sich vollständig dem künstlerischen Schaffen zu. Die Künstlerin lebt und arbeitet in Essen und München. Veronika Spleiss hat an zahlreichen Ausstellungen und internationalen Kunstmessen in Deutschland, Italien, der Schweiz und den USA teilgenommen. Ihre Werke befinden sich unter anderem in der ständigen Sammlung des Hunderwasserhauses "Grüne Zitadelle" in Magdeburg, Deutschland. Die Malerin wurde für zwei Kunstpreise nominiert, für den YAS Award 2020 und den Renate Hendricks & Valentine Rothe Preis 2021. Ihre Werke befinden sich in Privatsammlungen auf der ganzen Welt: in Japan, Frankreich, der Schweiz, Deutschland, Österreich und den USA.

Über den Stil von Veronika Spleiss

Der erste Blick auf das Werk der Künstlerin eröffnet ein berauschendes Fest an Formen und Farben. Auf den zweiten Blick offenbaren sich jedoch aus weißen und farbenprächtigen Fragmentstücken assoziative prägnante Formen der Realität – und auf Metaebene ihre Geschichten. Es sind Wimmelbilder im Rausch von Assoziationen. Die Gemälde stehen im Zeichen der Vielfalt, verfügen aber über eine ihnen inhärente Ordnung und Harmonie, die erst bei weiterem kontemplativem Sehen aufkommt. So steht es auch mit dem Leben selbst. Kann das Leben nur allzu oft chaotisch erscheinen, hat es doch seine Strukturen in all seinen Facetten und Perspektiven. Die Gemälde der Künstlerin Veronika Spleiss verbildlichen diesen Prozess in zweidimensionalem Stil, stehen aber aufgrund ihrer Formenvielfalt für eine multiperspektivische Öffnung zum Leben. Ganz im Sinne Friedrich Nietzsches wird der Aspekt des Perspektivischen als die „Grundbedingung allen Lebens“ gezeigt (JGB, KSA 5, S. 12). Denn Leben umfasst ein Ganzes. Der Mensch selbst hat aber keinen Zugang zu diesem. Der Lebende ist immer an seine eigene Perspektive und Sichtweise auf die Welt gebunden, der eine gewisse eigene Ordnung innewohnt. Die Werke spielen mit diesen Aspekten. Mehr noch, die Künstlerin versucht Leben in ihren vielseitigen Perspektiven grafisch zu visualisieren. Für den Betrachter bedeutet dies in erster Linie Chaos – eine vermeintlich chaotische Zusammenfügung verschiedener Sichtweisen, die aus dem Schwarz beziehungsweise Nichts hervortreten. Jedes Teilchen, jede geometrische Form steht dabei für sich allein, nähert sich jedoch an die anderen Formen an und stellt so eine notwendige Verbindung her. Jedes Kunstwerk von Veronika Spleiss fügt sich zu einer visuellen Geschichte zusammen. Die Künstlerin verschriftlicht ihre Gedanken und Vorstellungen zu jedem Werk. Visualität und Literatur vereinen sich.

Preise

2021 Renate Hendricks & Valentine Rothe Preis - Nominiert- Bonn, Deutschland 2020 YAS Award 2020 - Nominiert- Magdeburg, Deutschland

Kunstgalerien

Galerie Klose, Essen, Deutschland Hunderwasserhaus "Grüne Zitadelle" Magdeburg justBEE Gallery, Elsass, Frankreich Singulart, Online Kunstgalerie Paris, Frankreich
Hanjo Schmidt

Hanjo Schmidt
Hanjo Schmidts paintings are the departure from the smooth evenness of the beautiful facade to the core of the human being in its essence. His paintings represent the human being per se: an ambivalent existence, beautiful and at the same time ugly, vulnerable and brusque, searching and denying, showing and hiding. Our look at the paintings is like a look in the mirror reflecting upon ourselves.

Artist:
HANJO SCHMIDT

Born 1944 in Oberstdorf/Allgäu Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2016 *Hanjo Schmidt, Malerei, Städtische Galerie Fellbach 2015 Goldrotschwarz German Arthouse, Vielschichtig, Potsdam 2014 Park Art Fair International, Triberg 2013 VBKW Waiblingen, Was bleibt Württembergischer Kunstverein, Gesichter *Kunstverein Musberg, Messer statt Pinsel, Lignopraphie VBKW, Open Studio 2012 VBKW Jahresausstellung Waiblingen, Portrait Park Art Fair International, Genf 2011 Park Art Fair International, Genf, Erster Preis 2010 Landratsamt Waiblingen, Gesichter 2009 Park Art Fair International, Genf Galerie Bräuning, Esslingen, Körper Zomertentoonstelling, Galerie Mokum, Amsterdam A Book about Death, The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York 2008 *Kunstforum Weil der Stadt, Wendelinskapelle, Gesichter 2007 *Open Studio, The Trapani Project *Kunstverein Musberg, Malerei Artprocess Trapani 2007, The Trapani Project 2005 *Open Studio Kunstverein Baden Württemberg, Stuttgart, Jahresausstellung 2004 *Galerie Dr. Ulrike Montigel, Stuttgart 2003 *Open Studio *Galerie Gatzanis, Stuttgart, 2002 *Papp Gallery, Soho, NYC 2001 *b+b Galerie, Stuttgart *Crane Street Studio House, Open Studio, NYC

Bibliography

Georg Leisten, “Nackedeis mit Fettröllchen”, Stuttgarter Zeitung, 30. Januar 2004 Petra Mostbacher, Interview, Lift Stadtmagazin, 2005 Petra Mostbacher, „Unendliche Nuancen“, Der Maler Hanjo Schmidt, Sonnendeck, 2006 Adrienne Braun in: Katalog Hanjo Schmidt Gesichter, Kunstforum Weil der Stadt 2008 Reiner Enke, “Dem Menschen ins nackte Antlitz schauen”, Leonberger Kreiszeitung, 2008 Christa Hagmeyer; “Der menschliche Ausdruck schlechthin”, Kreiszeitung Böblingen, 2008 Jochen Buchholz, “Gesichter sind wie eine Bühne”, Böblinger Zeitung, 2008 Georg Leisten, “Monster-Ich”, Folder zu Threefold Black, 2009 Grady Harp, „Painting larger than Life yet About it“, Poets&Artists Magazine, Los Angeles

Awards and Honours

Appointed New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship in Painting for 2006 First Prize, Park Art Fair International, Genf 2011
Exhibition of Hero Johnson

Exhibition of Hero Johnson
Hero Johnson loves the versatility of Oils. They lend themselves to everything from fine translucent washes to thick impasto. She finds peoples endlessly fascinating which is ultimately her ideal subject matter. Unless she is working on a commission, she emerges herself painting people she knows; friends, neighbors, and colleagues. Hero finds inspiration in everyday life. She does not prefer to stick to a particular style but she uses limited palettes that gives her work a sense of unity.

Artist:
Hero Johnson

Hero Johnson is a London-based visual artist, originally from Cornwall. Her Exhibitions include The BP Portrait Award, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition, The New English Art Club, The Discerning Eye, Hogarth’s House ‘Small Self’ and The Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Shortlisted for both the Bulldog Bursary and the RSPP Self Prize in 2013. A regular contributor to Artists & Illustrators magazine 2010-2014. Winner of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Changing Faces Commission Prize 2015. Awarded the New English Art Club Drawing Scholarship 2016-17. Awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2018. Made a member of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2019.

Selected Group Exhibitions and Competitions

2019 The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Trinity Buoy Wharf. The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize. The Mall Galleries, London The Society of Women Artists. The Mall Galleries, London The Heatherley Staff Show. Bankside Gallery, London 2018 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The Mall Galleries, London ‘Empowered by Art’. The University Women’s Club, Mayfair The Jackson’s Painting Prize Open The Heatherley Staff Show. Bankside Gallery, London ‘Connected’. Waterstones Gallery, Gower St, London 2017 The BP Portrait Award. National Portrait Gallery, London The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The Mall Galleries, London The New English Art Club. The Mall Galleries, London ‘Face to Face’; BP Portrait Award Artists’ Work. Cass Art Space, Islington ‘The Art of Reading’. Cambridge Literary Festival, Cambridge The Jackson’s Painting Prize Open The Heatherley Staff Show. Bankside Gallery, London 2016 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The Mall Galleries, London ‘The Art of Reading’. Waterstones Gallery, Gower St, London The Jackson’s Painting Prize Open. Finalist. The Heatherley Staff Show. Bankside Gallery, London. 2015 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The Mall Galleries, London The Heatherley Staff Show. Bankside Gallery, London ‘Portrayed’. Chelsea Old Town Hall, London 2014 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. The Mall Galleries, London ‘The Small Self’. Hogarth’s House, Chiswick, London The Heatherley Staff Show. Bankside Gallery, London 2013 The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. ‘Self’ Prize Finalist. The Mall Galleries, London The Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Competition. Kings Place, London The New English Art Club. The Mall Galleries, London ‘Patrick George, a Likeness’. Browse & Darby, London The Reed Short Film Competition. Long-listed 2012 ‘Jumping Frog’. Daggett Gallery, London 2011 The Discerning Eye. The Mall Galleries, London 2010 The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize. Painter’s Hall, London 2009-10 Bust of Colin Powell for ‘The Nature o

Awards and Bursaries

2018 – The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant 2016 – The New English Art Club Drawing Scholarship 2015 – The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Changing Faces Commission Prize 2013 – The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Bulldog Bursary Runner-up 2007 – The Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers Bursary 2004 – Cypriot Ministry of Culture Bursary
Richard Thorn - Richard Thorn SWAc – Artist & Tutor

Richard Thorn - Richard Thorn SWAc – Artist & Tutor
Richard Thorn spent his early years drawing which led naturally into painting in watercolor. After pursuing a career in music (after leaving art college) he returned to painting in my chosen medium. Since that time his watercolours have gone through many changes. Appreciation of colour, tone, and composition have been my principal concerns. Light, texture and (spatial) distance are Thorn's chief interests, and these elements predominate his compositions and subject matter. For him, painting is a continuum – an exploration. But with watercolor, it is the medium that seems to be forever ahead of time.

Artist Statement
"I like to paint the soul of the scene I’m working on, depicting the essence of that which is before me. Watercolour is the master, I am the student."

Artist:
Richard Thorn

Born in Torquay, England 1952, Richard’s art began with drawing. His love of the countryside and the sea drew him to sketch and paint nature in an around his close environment. Since those early days, his paintings have been exhibited around England, Europe, and America. The Artist is principally self-taught apart from his schooling and a spell at art college after leaving school.

Biography

Thorn began painting professionally In the early 1980s. Since then he has produced many fine paintings of the commanding Devon and Cornish landscapes and coastline specializing in watercolour. Having lived for most of his life in and around Torbay he has committed the area's most picturesque coastline to paper in sublime fashion making the sun dance across the water like no other. The South West has a “quality of light” that attracts many British artists and Richard Thorn is no exception. He is drawn to the intensely bright and suffuses light, together with the many variations in the coastal and inland landscape of the area. In addition, he has enjoyed sojourn's in Spain and Venice from which he created equally emotive compositions in hot Mediterranean tones to great effect. Richard has had many exhibitions and one-man shows. His strong distinctive style and his penchant for light has made his work sought after by Galleries and Collectors throughout the country. In 1998 Richard exhibited his "Images of Portugal" at the Anglo-Portuguese Society in Belgrave Square, London. He is currently preparing a book for publication of his drawings and sketches. He has won two awards at the Royal Institute (for painters in watercolour) at the Mall Galleries in London - 2016/17 and his book - Down an English lane - was published in 2016.

Arianne Clément - The Art of Aging - A photo story on the themes of beauty and sensuality after 70

Arianne Clément - The Art of Aging - A photo story on the themes of beauty and sensuality after 70
This project owes its existence to a revelation I experienced when I encountered Marie-Berthe, a young 102-year-old beauty whose ease and casualness in front of the lens was as impressive as it was inspiring. I was immediately taken with the old woman and the way she totally - almost unconsciously - felt beautiful and attractive and was not afraid to show it off. What if beauty could not be reduced to an idealized aesthetic? What if, beyond the traces left by the passage of time on our features, beauty could be something less tangible but more lasting? This vision is far removed from learned ideas and clichés commonly associated with beauty. It doesn’t have to be something that we are born with or without and neither does it have to be the privilege of youth. Beauty has to be much more and, hopefully much better, than this. It is a way of being. Something to cultivate, teach and learn from, and something that each of the nine women, and four men, that reveal themselves in this project are marvelous examples of. As models, they have been a great inspiration to me and it is my hope that my portraits will transmit their spirit and maybe also a precious lesson on the venerable art of aging. The elders whose intimacy is revealed and celebrated here share with me a notion of beauty and sensuality that inspires a state of grace. Lightness and depth are here side by side in a provocative but thoroughly pleasurable display. Like dozens of other potential subjects, the models featured here answered my invitation issued on social media over the last few years. They were willing to contribute in their own way to redefine the way we view beauty, sensuality and old age.
Borrowing from the conventions of Nude and Boudoir photography, the pictures show my fascination with the human body and its great potential for emotional expression. It is therefore of great importance to me to establish a strong bond with my models, with the goal of laying them bare both physically and psychologically. The subjects, captured in their uniqueness, diversity and vulnerability, are sublimated by the use of black-and-white which enhances their presence and adds a poetic dimension to each portrait. These pictures also aim to illustrate my irritation with the very conformist way we view beauty and with the pervasive presence of certain imagery that subdue many people into body shaming and a fear of getting old. Camera in hand, I hope to offer different images here – pictures that celebrate a diversity of bodies as well as a different way of feeling beautiful and sensuous.

The Art of Aging Queer
After working for many years on photo projects related to old age, Arianne noticed that there is a deep and wide-spread need to celebrate love, sexuality and beauty in seniors, along with a desire to break taboos about sexuality in old age. The art of aging queer echoes Arianne's sensitivity to the marginalized, the mavericks, and her concern for the well-being and fulfillment of her friends, colleagues and acquaintances from queer communities. Arianne's incompre-hension and revulsion in the face of the discrimination and violence that members of the LGBTQ+ community still suffer, despite significant progress made in recent decades, also motivated the creation of this series. This project aims to promote inclusivity, diversity, acceptance and openness toward others Five queer models volunteered to participate in this series. The participants, despite comparable ages, come from very different worlds, and express both contrasting and nuanced conceptions of homosexuality. Five models, five unique life paths in the margins of society, five visions reflected in the photographic works of this series, each of which contributes to our understanding of what it means to be queer. The photos of the art of aging queer were shot in August 2021. They are the result of long and beautiful encounters between the photographer and her models. Photo shoots often span several hours, and in some cases, several days, which is essential to building a strong bond of trust. These sessions give an important role to improvisation; identifying how these people want to be represented, and feel beautiful, is an integral part of Arianne's approach that promotes a collaborative spirit and sensitivity.

Artist:
Arianne Clément

After obtaining a master’s degree with honours in photography from University of the Arts London, Arianne Clément travelled far and wide to find inspiration, often getting involved in humanitarian projects with the marginalized, her preferred subjects. She now devotes her work principally to portraying the elderly. Her celebrated portraits of seniors have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and won her several prizes, grants and honours. What these distinctions reflect first and foremost are the sensitivity and boldness of her work and the unique connection she manages to create with her models. ​ Her pictures and stories were published in major newspapers and prestigious journals all around the world and her work was met with enthusiastic response online, creating a buzz in social media.
Anne-Christine Roda

Anne-Christine Roda
I define a highly original interpretation of the portrait: in my work the painting is entirely subjugated to the portrayal of man’s fragility. My paintings, in terms of the choice of pose for my models and the neutral treatment of their backgrounds are as rooted in tradition, as my subjects are sourced unequivocally from our contemporary era. My choice of subject speaks directly to our everyday lives. My ‘sitters’ – very diverse in age and social status are striking in their individuality. Yet going beyond the individual, their very diversity represents disparate fragments of a mosaic combining to reveal an image of humanity pulsating with life. Through this shared humanity each portrait has the power to evoke in an instant for the viewer, the most personal of memories. Thanks to my training as a picture restorer, I, with each meticulously applied layer of paint gradually reveals my sitters face in all its naked intimacy. The features emerge with precision and realism. The gentle hollow of a fine wrinkle, the texture of a strand of hair or even the moisture of a glistening eye: it’s in this quest for exactitude and fidelity to my subject that the individual is revealed in all its sensitivity. It was the dawn of photography amongst other things that heralded the decline of the painted portrait and yet it is from a photograph that I work, ultimate proof that while digging deep into the traditions of my art form I distance myself from this very tradition in seeking a naked rawness in my representations. Since 2013, I have exhibited in Galleries (France, Geneva, Munich), Art Centres (in France), Art Fairs (Paris, Strasbourg, Monaco) and Museums (National Portrait Gallery in London and Edinburgh, Ulster Museum in Belfast, Meam in Barcelona, Wausau Museum in Wmoca). In 2015, I participated to the BP Portrait Award. My paintings are part of collections in France, Switzerland, Germany, UK, United States, Hong Kong...

Artist:
Anne-Christine RODA

I define a highly original interpretation of the portrait: in my work the painting is entirely subjugated to the portrayal of man’s fragility. My paintings, in terms of the choice of pose for my models and the neutral treatment of their backgrounds are as rooted in tradition, as my subjects are sourced unequivocally from our contemporary era. My choice of subject speaks directly to our everyday lives. My ‘sitters’ – very diverse in age and social status are striking in their individuality. Yet going beyond the individual, their very diversity represents disparate fragments of a mosaic combining to reveal an image of humanity pulsating with life. Through this shared humanity each portrait has the power to evoke in an instant for the viewer, the most personal of memories. Thanks to my training as a picture restorer, I, with each meticulously applied layer of paint gradually reveals my sitters face in all its naked intimacy. The features emerge with precision and realism. The gentle hollow of a fine wrinkle, the texture of a strand of hair or even the moisture of a glistening eye: it’s in this quest for exactitude and fidelity to my subject that the individual is revealed in all its sensitivity. It was the dawn of photography amongst other things that heralded the decline of the painted portrait and yet it is from a photograph that I work, ultimate proof that while digging deep into the traditions of my art form I distance myself from this very tradition in seeking a naked rawness in my representations. Since 2013, I have exhibited in Galleries (France, Geneva, Munich), Art Centres (in France), Art Fairs (Paris, Strasbourg, Monaco) and Museums (National Portrait Gallery in London and Edinburgh, Ulster Museum in Belfast, Meam in Barcelona, Wausau Museum in Wmoca). In 2015, I participated to the BP Portrait Award. My paintings are part of collections in France, Switzerland, Germany, UK, United States, Hong Kong...

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Charles Choi (SCA, OSA, CAA) was born in Shanghai, China and immigrated to Canada in 1995. Learned oil painting at China Academy of Art by the age of 4. He was an multi-award winning artist both in Canada and China including “People’s Choice Award” in SSNAP Biennale National Exhibition, Canada, “Award of Excellence” in 148th OSA Open Juried Exhibition, Finalists of Kingston Prize, the “Gold Award” of Arts and Letters Club “Next 2”, “Best of the Show” in SCA Members Annual Art Show. His paintings have been selected in the MEAM Barcelona, Jackson’s Prize London, Beijing International Biennale, DaFen International Oil Painting Biennale and China National Art Exhibition for three consecutive times. His work is represented in private and public collections across Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, England, Singapore, France and China..

Artist:
Charles Choi

CAA, SCA, OSA

Charles Choi (SCA, OSA, CAA) was born in Shanghai, China and immigrated to Canada in 1995. Learned oil painting at China Academy of Art by the age of 4. He was an multi-award winning artist both in Canada and China including “People’s Choice Award” in SSNAP Biennale National Exhibition, Canada, “Award of Excellence” in 148th OSA Open Juried Exhibition, Finalists of Kingston Prize, the “Gold Award” of Arts and Letters Club “Next 2”, “Best of the Show” in SCA Members Annual Art Show. His paintings have been selected in the MEAM Barcelona, Jackson’s Prize London, Beijing International Biennale, DaFen International Oil Painting Biennale and China National Art Exhibition for three consecutive times. His work is represented in private and public collections across Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, England, Singapore, France and China..
André Lundquist The Poetry of Silence

André Lundquist The Poetry of Silence
For those who decide to enter the world of his paintings, Lundquist promises a great deal of emotions. His figurative painting is sensual and timeless. Grace, lightness, peace … are other words to describe the painting of André Lundquist. There is in his works a silent poetry that allows the viewer to enter each of them calmly, without fear. This is a real tour de force, because for the most of them, the women portraited and sketched, which he gives life to on the canvas, are presented and revealed in their intimacy. They are sitting, standing, lying, kneeling … And yet, the painter’s gesture never exudes any kind of voyeurism. These women are like stills who let under their skin pigments, behind the iris of their eyes, break a more complex story … As visual metaphors, they sometimes are the mirror of our own experiences sometimes a door open, behind which the viewer can give free rein to his / her imagination. In each of these women there are a thousand stories, a thousand situations to appropriate for one self or not.

Artist:
André Lundquist

André Lundquist was born in 1972 in Copenhagen, where he received his initial training with the painter Therese Dragshøj (1909-1998). His graphic studies under the tutelage of Peter Martensen (represented by the “Galerie Danoise” in Paris) have clearly left their mark on his technique and explain his penchant for creating tensions between the characters which he paints and the surface of the canvas on which they are painted. In 1999, he was the recipient of a scholarship from the Beckett Foundation. As part of the prize he had a residency in Southern Spain at the Valparaiso Fondación. He used that stay to seek new sources of inspiration. From this trip as well as many stays in the South of France, he withhold some feelings and sensations, which he later released and translated into light and colors. For those who decide to enter the world of his paintings, Lundquist promises a great deal of emotions. His figurative painting is sensual and timeless. Grace, lightness, peace … are other words to describe the painting of André Lundquist. There is in his works a silent poetry that allows the viewer to enter each of them calmly, without fear. This is a real tour de force, because for the most of them, the women portraited and sketched, which he gives life to on the canvas, are presented and revealed in their intimacy. They are sitting, standing, lying, kneeling … And yet, the painter’s gesture never exudes any kind of voyeurism. These women are like stills who let under their skin pigments, behind the iris of their eyes, break a more complex story … As visual metaphors, they sometimes are the mirror of our own experiences sometimes a door open, behind which the viewer can give free rein to his / her imagination. In each of these women there are a thousand stories, a thousand situations to appropriate for one self or not. Lundquist mixes oil, ink, charcoal, crayon, wallpaper. Many overlays which give all its originality to his body of work. These palimpsests sometimes born out of a subtle pastel color palette sometimes full of vivid, bright colors, are the creations of fine colorist whose lineage goes back to the late nineteenth / early twentieth century.

Exhibitions

2020 Galleri Kant, THE ISLAND SHOW – EASTER EDITION. Kunstfagligt kurateret af Kerry Harm Nielsen og Anna Gram Sørensen. Galerie L´oil du Prince, Paris, Frankrig. ” A fleur de toile” v / Yann et Laetitia Deshoulières. 2019 Forside til bogen ” La Chambre des époux “, forfatter Èric Reinhardt, Forlag : Gallimard. Paris, Frankrig. Galerie L´oil du Prince, v / Laetitia & Yann Deshoulières, Biarritz, Frankrig. Gallerie AU-DELÀ DES APPARENCES, v / Christian Geux, Annecy, Frankrig. Galleri Nobel, ” Som en del af labyrinten ll “, v / Henning Johannesen, Oslo, Norge. Bærum Kunsthal, ” Som en del af labyrinten ” Sandvika, Norge. 2018 Luxembourg Art Fair, v / Christian Geux. Gallerie AU-DELÀ DES APPARENCES. Carlsberg Centre for Comtemporary Art, København. Fælles udstilling. Kurateret af Rasmus Højfeldt og Simon Ganshorn. Galerie Albane, Nantes, Frankrig. Fælles udstilling med galleriets kunstnere. Gallery Down To Art, ” Naos ” ,Gent, Belgien, v / Marc De Corte. 2017 Galleri Nobel, ” Som blandt mennesker ”, Oslo, Norge, Kurateret af Henning Johannesen. Art Up, Lille, Frankrig v / Galerie L´oil du Prince, v / Yann et Laetitia Deshoulières. Gallery Down To Art, ” Among lines of poetry “, Gent, Belgien, Kurateret af Marc De Corte. Gallerie AU-DELÀ DES APPARENCES, ” A fleur de peau “, Annecy, Frankrig v / Christian Geux, . Galerie L´oil du Prince, ” Féminin Pluriel ” , Paris, Frankrig. v / Yann Deshoulières.

2016 Galeria Art Catto, Algave, Portugal. Separat, v/ António Lourencco. Gallery Down to Art, Gent, Belgien, v / Marc De Corte. Book Launch & Udstilling v/ Tomorrow Management, København. Udgivelsen af kunstbogen Før, Before, Avant – Efter, After, Après, er en bog der beskriver mit virke fra forskellige faglige vinkler. Der er i bogen bla. bidrag fra Kunsthistoriker Trine Ross, Dramatikker, Billedkunstner og forfatter Tomas Lagermann Lundme, Journalist på Kids News i Berlinske Hus Thorkil Jacobsen, Forfatter Gerd Laugesen, Journalist Lisbeth Rindholt og Arkitekt Lawrence Ebelle. Karin P. Madsen har udarbejdet alt det grafiske. Bogen er på Dansk, Engelsk og Fransk. Galerie L´oil du Prince, Paris, Frankrig. Fælles udstilling af galleriets kunstnere, v / Yann et Laetitia Deshoulières. 2015 Elle Magasin, Foto / maleri, i samarbejde med modefotograf Signe Vilstrup m.fl, København. Illum, Udsmykningsopgave, i samarbejde med modefotograf Signe Vilstrup, reklamebureauet DDB, Chef for marketing i IIlum Majbritt Tornhøj og Tomorrow Management m.fl, København. Gallery European Makers, Amsterdam, Holland. Galeria Art Catto, Algave, Portugal. Kurateret v / António Lourenco. Frederiksborg Slot, ” Portræt Nu ” Prinsessefløjen, gruppe. Kunstfagligt kurateret og censoreret. v/ Direktør Mette Skougaard m.fl. Galleri Nobel ,” Quiétude ” Oslo, Norge. v / Henning Johannesen. 2014 Galerie L´Oeil Du Prince, ” Féminin pluriel ” Paris, Frankrig. Kunstfagligt kurateret af Yann Deshoulières. Separat udstilling. Mellem linjer, Århus. Tema; Forfatterinden Gerd Laugesens dagbog ´På lysserødt papir ´. Ambasciata di Danimarca, Separat, Torino, Italien. The White Wall Project, Papirøen i København. Kurateret af Rikke Sengelsø. Nordic Artwork Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A. Kurateret gruppe udstilling. Galleri Nobel, Oslo, Norge. v/ Henning Johannesen. 2013 Galleri Nobel ,Norge, Oslo. v/ Henning Johannesen. Gallery European Makers, Amsterdam, Holland. Gallerie Brigitte Capy, Hossegor, Frankrig.

GERARDO FELDSTEIN NosOtros

GERARDO FELDSTEIN NosOtros

Artist:
GERARDO FELDSTEIN

SELECTION COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2019 Art Paris, Grand Palais, París France /Huntenkunst Art Fair, Ulft, Nederlands 2018 Art Expo Malaysia, DC Gallery, Malaysia / BARCÚ, DC Gallery, Colombia / Art Chico DC Gallery, Colombia / Salón Manuel Belgrano, Dibujo y Escultura, Mueso E. Sívori, Bs. As. Heterodoxa, Museo de la Cárcova, Bs. As / Faca, Galería Imaginario, Hipódromo Argentino, Bs. As. 2017 Huntenkunst Art Fair , Ulft, Nederlands / Beyond Time and Space, Gwangju National Muesum, South Korea / Zu-recht gebogen, Land Man 3, KÖlon, Germany / Stroke Art Fair, Munich, Germany / Art Lima, Galería Alfredo Ginoccio, Perú / Salón Nacional de Artes Visuales, Dibujo y Escultura, Palais de Glace, Bs. As. / Salón Manuel Belgrano, Dibujo y Escultura, Mueso E. Sívori, Bs. As. 2015 ART Revolution, Taipei; Taiwan 2013 Kiaf, Seúl, Corea, Mundo Nuevo Gallery Art 2012 Kiaf, Seúl, Corea, Mundo Nuevo Gallery Art 2011 KIAF Korean Art Fair, Mundo Nuevo Art Gallery, Korea del Sur/ Arteaméricas, LZ Fine Art, Miami, EEUU/ Realidad Utópica, Centro Cultural Coreano de Bs.As./ Arte Ba Galería Holz 2010 Cuatro artistas argentinos, Embajada Argentina en Ottawa, Canadá/ Artecho, Ctro. Cultural Recoleta – Malba 2009 2ª muestra y subasta de Arte Contemporáneo, Amia- Malba/ Arte Ba 09, Mundo Nuevo Gallery Art, CABA/ Cuatro Artistas Contemporáneos Mundo Nuevo Gallery Art, CABA 2008 Buenos Aires Polo and Arts, CABA/Muestra y remate en el Sívori, Museo E. Sívori/ 2007 Beauty in Art: 21st Century Interpretations, Ruiz Healy Art Inc. San Antonio, Texas- 2006 Primera Muestra de Arte Urbano a Cielo Abierto, Corazones Vivos, Buenos. Aires Cow Parade, Buenos Aires 2000-2005 Arte Ba Espacio Giesso, Buenos Aires

SELECTION SOLO SHOW

2019 Une Exposition de Gerardo Feldstein, APPART Paris, Francia 2016 Equilibriums, Afredo Ginoccio Gallery, Mexico, México 2016 Nos Otros, Carnacini Museum, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2015 Feldstein, Obras Recientes, Central Newbery Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014 Ser Es, Korean Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013 Feldstein, Raúl Lozza Comtemporary Art Museum, Alberti Argentina 2012 Y no esencia perdida, Holz Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 In estabilidades, Dácil Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 Drähte Ausstellung, La Galería, Lüchow Alemania 2010 Somos, Mundo Nuevo Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2008 Errantes, Empatía Art Space, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2006 Wired Series, The White Shop-Art fifteen Gallery, Ottowa Canada 2004 Exposición Paralela Oficial, Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador

PRIZES

2016 Third Prize Sculpture, Salón Manuel Belgrano, Museo Eduardo Sìvori, Bs. As. 2008 2º Prize Salón de Pintura Copime. -Honour Mention, Salón Pampeano de Artes Plásticas. -Honour Mention, Salón Osram Arte Clásica. 2007 3º Prize Drawing, Salón Manuel Belgrano, Museo Eduardo Sìvori, Bs. As. Sculpture Mention, Salón Manuel Belgrano, Museo Eduardo Sìvori, Bs. As. 2006 Mention Prize Salón Manuel Belgrano, Drawing , Museo Eduardo Sívori- Special Mention of the Jury, Pintura, Salón Nacional de Arte Sacro, Tandil, Pcia.de Bs.As. 2005 2° Prize Drawing, Salón Pampeano de Artes Plásticas, La Pampa. 2004 Honour First Mention in Sculpture, Salón Pampeano de Artes Plásticas, La Pampa -First Mention. Salón Nacional Juan Manuel de Rosas. Ctro.Cultural Borges 2003 Mention Prize. Salón Nacional de Dibujo. Palais de Glace 1994 First Prize in Painting. Revista Actualidad en el Arte. Espacio Giesso. .Buenos Aires. -Third Prize in Painting. Salón Nacional del Mar. Mar del Plata -Second Mention in Painting. CEP. Centro de Estudio Psicoanalíticos. Buenos Aires.

Watercolor art by Ramesh Jhawar

Watercolor art by Ramesh Jhawar
Ramesh’s paintings are mostly depictions of everyday life combined with the element of strong light and shadows. He plays with light and shades depicting everyday life look dreamy and surreal. Being a self-taught artist has helped him evolve an individual style rather than fetter him into one school of painting. There is never a dearth of subjects for him as he is constantly inspired by one thing or the other. His experiences have enriched him, not only as a person but also as an artist. He wants his art to speak for itself rather than give an explanation for it, obviously, that is the best way to judge art.

Artist:
Ramesh Jhawar

Ramesh Jhawar is a watercolorist from the rich, vibrant land of India. A realistic artist, he plays with light and shades depicting everyday life look dreamy and surreal. Being a self-taught artist has helped him evolve an individual style rather than fetter him into one school of painting. There is never a dearth of subjects for him as he is constantly inspired by one thing or the other. His experiences have enriched him, not only as a person but also as an artist. He wants his art to speak for itself rather than give an explanation for it, obviously, that is the best way to judge art. Ramesh has participated in several national and international exhibitions and has received awards and honorable mentions for his watercolor paintings.

Exhibitions

2015 World Watercolour Triennale, Seoul, South Korea 2015 ‘Fabriano in acquarello’, Fabriano, Italy 2015 ‘CASTRA 2015’ International Watercolor Biennial, Slovenia 2015 International Watercolor Elite Exhibition, Taiwan 2014 World Watermedia Exposition, Bangkok, Thailand 2014 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore 2014 China Qingdao International Watercolour Biennial, China 2013 La estacion de neguri art gallery, Neguri, Spain 2013 Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2012 “Aquarelles d’Inde”, Entre Lac et Lumiere galerie, Begnins, Switzerland 2012 Online solo show on ‘The Tree Of Life.com’ 2012 Art Perspective Gallery, New Delhi 2012 Online show on Indianartcollectors.com 2012 Shanghai Zhujiajiao International Watercolor Biennial Exhibition, China 2012 Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatore 2011 Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatore 2010 Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatore 2010 Vinnyasa Premier Art Gallery, Chennai 2010 Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore 2009 Kasthuri Sreenivasan Art Gallery, Coimbatore 2009 India Art Gallery, Pune 2008 South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur 2007 India art Gallery, Pune

Achievements:

2014: Outstanding Watercolor Award in Boldbrush painting competition organized by FASO, USA 2013: Best entry award in All India Art Exhibition organized by Camel Art Foundation 2012: Best Watercolor Painting Award in All India Painting Competition, Pune 2012: Outstanding Watercolor Award in Boldbrush painting competition organized by FASO, USA

Francien Krieg - Precious bodies

Francien Krieg - Precious bodies
The truth is that I paint myself ... and therefore the battle of my own body with age, my own fears and my fascination with death. That fascination began at an early age because my father was preoccupied with death. His mother passed away at a young age and the subject was taboo, nothing could be said about her death. As a result this had such an impact on his thoughts that as an adult he conducted a thorough investigation on whether there is life after death. Listening to voices of deceased people and the radio program 'The black hole' with Andre Groote filled the living room on Sunday afternoon. His fascination also became mine, but this only became apparent years later when I was in art school. I made installations made of skins, meat heads, empty cocoons and baby skins. What appealed to me in this is the contrast between the tangible and the intangible of the body, the familiar contrasts with the distance that I feel in my body. The sudden death of a close friend during my time at the academy reinforced this feeling. The distance to my own body and my mistrust of it became even greater. Would my body also betray me in this manner? What followed was a long search that is still on-going, a search for the acceptance of transience. In the early stages I created paintings in which human forms were visible. I painted these in a detached manner: heads were removed, the bodies were decorative, eye contact was almost non-existent, there was no contact with the viewer. As my work developed I was sitting closer to the skin, from strange perspectives I showed the alienation to my own body. My fascination with the body deepened, I began to paint other people, especially those who deviate from the ideal of beauty. But even more, I really wanted to paint people like you and me, a universal image of the aging person. Staying true to myself, I have confined myself to the female body.

Artist:
Francien Krieg

Precious bodies

The truth is that I paint myself ... and therefore the battle of my own body with age, my own fears and my fascination with death. That fascination began at an early age because my father was preoccupied with death. His mother passed away at a young age and the subject was taboo, nothing could be said about her death. As a result this had such an impact on his thoughts that as an adult he conducted a thorough investigation on whether there is life after death. Listening to voices of deceased people and the radio program 'The black hole' with Andre Groote filled the living room on Sunday afternoon. His fascination also became mine, but this only became apparent years later when I was in art school. I made installations made of skins, meat heads, empty cocoons and baby skins. What appealed to me in this is the contrast between the tangible and the intangible of the body, the familiar contrasts with the distance that I feel in my body. The sudden death of a close friend during my time at the academy reinforced this feeling. The distance to my own body and my mistrust of it became even greater. Would my body also betray me in this manner? What followed was a long search that is still on-going, a search for the acceptance of transience. In the early stages I created paintings in which human forms were visible. I painted these in a detached manner: heads were removed, the bodies were decorative, eye contact was almost non-existent, there was no contact with the viewer. As my work developed I was sitting closer to the skin, from strange perspectives I showed the alienation to my own body. My fascination with the body deepened, I began to paint other people, especially those who deviate from the ideal of beauty. But even more, I really wanted to paint people like you and me, a universal image of the aging person. Staying true to myself, I have confined myself to the female body.

Claudia Kaak

Claudia Kaak
Claudia Kaak is a German self-taught artist whose main subject is the human figure. Her oil paintings are based on photographs and movie stills. Every work has an autobiographical and social narrative which focuses on her childhood experiences. Her artwork deals with existential feelings, the inner strife of human beings and the extreme unlimited emotional and physical experience of pain. Her work is mostly untitled with a number assigned to a series in order not to influence the viewer. Her intention is to break taboo and allow emotional disorder to seep through the artwork.

Artist:
Claudia Kaak

Bio

Claudia Kaak is a figurative artist based in Germany. She was born in 1987 in Heppenheim, Germany, where she lives and works. She is a member of Poets and Artists and the International Guild of Realism, appearing in international publication, exhibiting nationally and internationally, and her work is in collections around the world. She has been a finalist for the 13th,14th and 16th Annual ARC competition and has been awarded by the International Guild of Realism (2019) and the Grand Salon (2020).

Artist Statement

Claudia Kaak is a German self-taught artist whose main subject is the human figure. Her oil paintings are based on photographs and movie stills. Every work has an autobiographical and social narrative which focuses on her childhood experiences. Her artwork deals with existential feelings, the inner strife of human beings and the extreme unlimited emotional and physical experience of pain. Her work is mostly untitled with a number assigned to a series in order not to influence the viewer. Her intention is to break taboo and allow emotional disorder to seep through the artwork.

Troy Brooks

Troy Brooks
Troy Brooks looks at the contradictions of artificiality through portraits of androgynous women captured at the height of their own private dramas. Presenting them spot-lit, Troy makes them appear almost like film stars, enhancing the suggestion of potent hidden narratives. In this way his women seem somehow prisoners of their own exuberance, beholden to their decadent impulses whilst also lucid enough to perceive their own folly.
“Brooks’s female subjects are not what we might call beautiful in the traditional sense. But these oddly elongated, crystal eyed ladies are none the less compelling to look at. Each one seems to be a piece of a story that writes itself different for every viewer. One can’t help but wonder what lies beneath these contemplative faces... what have they seen?” — SHE WALKS SOFTLY “His surreal portraits of women with elongated anatomies have become signature icons of the new contemporary art scene. Clearly influenced by the dramatic glamour of the femme Fatales of 30’s and 40’s film noir, Brooks’ women stare down the viewer as if taking their measure from within the world behind the frame. They are aloof, yet burning with interior dialogue and seductively demanding the attention of anyone who catches their gaze.” — COREY HELFORD GALLERY

Artist:
Troy Brooks

"Born 1972 in Southern Ontario, Canada. I had no formal training. The only teachers I had were the photographers and lighting technicians of the old Hollywood studio system. I learned how to draw and paint from vintage movie stills. I learned the art of visual story telling from watching those stills come to life in late night movies. I live and make my art in a converted 19th century bank in the historic town of Wallaceburg, Ontario Canada."

Troy Brooks is a contemporary surrealist painter. His work presents elaborate pageantry of female characters observed in allegorical settings. These women play out intimate scenes, usually caught in moments where something transformative has or is about to happen. The ‘women of Troy’ have become distinctive images on the contemporary pop surrealism scene.

Exhibitions

2019: Lucky 13 Anniversary Show, Pt. 2: Pop Surrealism & New Figurative, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles Corey Helford Gallery at LA Art Show 2019, Corey Helford Gallery 2018: Troy Brooks "Skinwalker", Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles Ephemeral, Modern Eden, San Francisco Corey Helford Gallery at Art New York 2018, Corey Helford Gallery 2016 : Dec – Corey Helford Gallery Show (Solo) Aug – Corey Helford Gallery 10th Anniversary Show (Group) July – James Freeman Gallery, London UK (Group) May – 19 Karen Gallery, Australia (Group) April 16 – May 7 Troy Brooks “Veiled Hearts”(Solo) May – Annual Exhibition, 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace (Group) Sept 17 – Oct 8 Femme To Femme Fatale, The Feminine in Contemporary Art Beautiful Bizzarre & Modern Eden Gallery (Group) 2015 : “Smashing Suggestions” Pink Zeppelin Gallery – Berlin, Germany (Group) “Five and Under Show” Arcadia Contemporary – New York USA (Group) “Parabolic” – Red Head Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) “Lost Mitten Society” – Jonathan LeVine Gallery – New York USA (Group) 2014: “Scratch” – Double Solo Show w/R.Kelly Clipperton – TAC Gallery – Toronto, Canada(Solo) “Dragonseed” – Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Solo) “Candy Land” Super Wonder Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) Art Attack- Buddies in Bad Times – Toronto, Canada (Auction) 2013: Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada(Group) “March of the Velvets” – Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Solo) “Summer Salon” – Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) 2012: Galarie D’Avignon – Montreal, Canada(Group) “The Fates & The Furies” – Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Solo) “Summer Salon” – Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) 2011: “Colossus” Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada(Solo) FCP Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) 2010: “Virago” Pentimento Gallery – Toronto, Canada(Solo) FCP Gallery – Toronto, Canada (Group) “Climax” – PWA Royal Theater – Toronto, Canada (Auction)

Galina Gomzina

Galina Gomzina
I have always been fascinated by water; in almost all of my works you can see the depicted water with enchanting and elusive reflections of the reality surrounding us. These stories that convey a sense of peace and harmony, at the same time are filled with energy and motion. I always say that: "Water is a genuine creator. Sometimes it creates its masterpieces only for a moment, and then they disappear into oblivion, only for the new ones to appear… and it’s fascinating for an artist to capture and portray these very moments in a picture…" Galina Gomzina

Artist:
Galina Gomzina

Galina Gomzina is a talented watercolor painter possessing a high mastery of watercolor technique. Her masterpieces are widely known both in Russia and abroad. Galina was born in St. Petersburg, in a city of extraordinary beauty, where the majestic Neva River and numerous picturesque canals flow. This was the very thing that has influenced the artist’s creativity; in almost all of her works we see the masterly depicted water with enchanting and elusive reflections of the reality surrounding us. These stories that convey a sense of peace and harmony, at the same time are filled with energy and motion. Galina has always been fascinated by water: “Water is a genuine creator. Sometimes it creates its masterpieces only for a moment, and then they disappear into oblivion, only for the new ones to appear… and it’s fascinating for an artist to capture and portray these very moments in a picture…» Galina has graduated from the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy, the Department of Design. But as the artist says, she was attracted by a magical watercolor since her childhood, and began to master it only after graduation. It was an exciting and complex process, and, as a result, in 2000, Galina started her work as a professional watercolor painter. Her favorite technique is «A la prima», a one-layer watercolor technique on wet paper. Galina is a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the Russian Society of Marine Artists. The artist’s creative biography includes more than 10 solo exhibitions both in Russia and abroad, constant participation in international watercolor exhibitions and the biennale (China, England, Italy, Emirates, Albania, Serbia, etc.), and a large number of publications. So, her work was appreciated by both connoisseurs and non-professional artists in Beijing, where her personal exhibition “Two Venice” was held in 2006. Her works are located in private collections in Russia and other countries (England, Italy, Spain, America, China, Serbia, etc.)

The artist’s creative life takes place both in her homeland and abroad, on trips to picturesque places that are often unique, far from tourist routes. Despite her intense exhibition activities, the artist expresses her talent in successful teaching. She conducts watercolor courses, online classes and plein air workshops both in Russia and abroad (Germany, Italy, etc.) Galina is a very energetic, positive and, as her students say, cheerful person who generously shares the secrets of her skills. She is very creative in conducting her classes, so they are always emotional and productive. Some of her students are already participating in international watercolor exhibitions.

Latest exhibition

2015 International exhibition of a watercolor in Fabriano (Italy) 2015 International Watercolor Festival in Albania 2016 1th International Watercolor Exhibition in Moscow 2016 International Watercolor Exhibition IWS Pakistan 2016 International Watercolor Biennale Belgrad-Serbia 2015, 2018 International Watercolor Exhibition «Masters of Watercolor» (St. Petersburg). 2018 First International Watercolor Festival in UAE 2019 Internationale Festival Urbino In Acquerello 2019 International Watercolor Exhibition in Bali, Indonesia 2019 1th International Watercolor Grand Masters Exhibition Iws Sare Gallery, Moscow 2019 1th International Art Festival “World of High Watercolor”, Moscow 2021 2th International Art Festival “World of High Watercolor”, Moscow 2022 Russian exhibition of watercolor artists “In on breath”, Moscow

The most important exhibitions

1992 Collective exhibition in England (Henley-on-Thames) 2003 Personal exhibition in Belgrade (Serbia ) «St. Petersburg 1703-2003» within the international program devoted to the 300 anniversary of St. Petersburg. 2003 Personal exhibition in the Moscow Fund of Culture («Two Venice») 2005 Personal exhibition in The Moscow Fund of Culture (“Carnival of Flowers”) 2006 Personal exhibition in «The forbidden city», in Beijing (China) within year of Russia in China. 2010 Personal exhibition «Coasts of Europe» in the Moscow Fund of Culture within year of France in Russia (Moscow) 2011 Personal exhibition «I catch reflections in the mirrored water…» in the State Exhibition Hall (GD) «Tushino».(Moscow) 2011 XVI Moscow art fair ART ARENA 2011 in the Central Exhibition Hall «Arena» (Moscow). Project «… Celestial » 2012 Personal exhibition in the State Art Gallery «Na Kashirke» (Moscow) 2013 ART SALON in the Central House of Artists (Moscow). Project of the gallery “Na Kashirke» «Graphics landscape».
Hubert de Lartigue

Hubert de Lartigue
The female body is the major inspiration and subject in Hubert de Lartigue's work. Influenced by fashion photography and the glossy idealization of the female nude, the artist portrays the beauty and imperfections of his live models in sensual and alluring poses. Hubert explains his work by saying, “The portrait is a classic theme in the world of painting. However, I try to create elements of surprise in each of my portraits, the way I crop them, the expression or the attitude of the models. But the power of the portrait lies above all in the look of the model, which is unique each time. All I have to do is underline the strength and the intensity,”

Artist:
Hubert de Lartigue

Hubert de Lartigue is a French painter and illustrator. After graduating with graphic arts, he began his career in the field of packaging, as well as a freelance illustrator. His works were more related to science fiction, book covers, and pin-ups. Since the 2000s, he turned increasingly to photo-realism and hyper-realism, including anatomical details in portraits or large canvases.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 Muses, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York 2001 "Figure it Out", Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, 27 January - 24 February 2004 "Great American Pin-up- Vintage and Contemporary Works", Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, 11 September – 2 October. 2006 "Femmes artistes (peintures recente)", Galerie Frederic Bosser, Paris, France, 20 February – 10 March. 2007 Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, 4- 27 October 2006 Femmes Artistes (peintures récentes), Galerie Frederic Bosser, Paris, France Exhibition of pin-ups at the Christophe Agency in Paris Solo exhibition of SF illustrations at the Imaginales in Épinal (France) Exhibition and sales at the Monde de Jeu, Porte de Versailles Paris 2004 French Pin-ups, Galerie Frederic Bosser, Paris, France Exhibition “Great American Pin-up- Vintage and Contemporary Works”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, September 11 – October 2 2003 Exhibition 2012 Muses, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York 2001 "Figure it Out", Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, 27 January - 24 February 2004 "Great American Pin-up- Vintage and Contemporary Works", Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, 11 September – 2 October. 2006 "Femmes artistes (peintures recente)", Galerie Frederic Bosser, Paris, France, 20 February – 10 March. 2007 Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY, 4- 27 October 2006 Femmes Artistes (peintures récentes), Galerie Frederic Bosser, Paris, France Exhibition of pin-ups at the Christophe Agency in Paris Solo exhibition of SF illustrations at the Imaginales in Épinal (France) Exhibition and sales at the Monde de Jeu, Porte de Versailles Paris 2004 French Pin-ups, Galerie Frederic Bosser, Paris, France Exhibition “Great American Pin-up- Vintage and Contemporary Works”, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, September 11 – October 2 2003 Exhibition of pin-ups Frédéric Bosser Gallery, Paris, France 2001 Exhibition Figure it out, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York 1999 Exhibition Galaxiales in Nancypin-ups Frédéric Bosser Galler

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 The Europeans, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY 2016 Collective exhibition pour the coming out of the book Tall Trees of paris at the Art Factory Gallery, Paris. Collective exhibition The Portrait Show at the Bernarducci Gallery, New York. 2015 Summer Group Exhibition, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY Context Art Miami, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, Miami, FL Art Silicon Valley/San Francisco, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2014 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, CA Collective exhibition, Winter White at the Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, Catalogue, New York. Collective exhibition, Derivare at the Nouveaux Frigos, Paris. 2013 Photorealism Revisited, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, OK; The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ Photorealism in the Digital Age, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York Sneak Peek: Photorealism in the Digital Age, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York Collective exhibition, The Naked Truth, Plus One Gallery, London 2011/2 Stand Still, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York 2012 Collective exhibition, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York Collective exhibition at the Imago Gallery, Desert Palm, USA Collective exhibition at the Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece Collective exhibition, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Photoréalisme, Montreal Collective exhibition at the Marie Ricco Gallery, Calvi, Corsica 2011 National Juried Biennial, Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, TX Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY Watermill Art Center, Watermill, NY Galerie Marie Ricco, Calvi, Corsica, France 2010 Expansion, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York Permanent exhibition Alexis Lartigue Gallery, Paris, France 2009 Heros Collective, Zone Franche, Bagneux, France. Louis K. Meisel Gallery: 40 Years of Photorealism, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York Figure 8, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York
Małgorzata Chodakowska

Małgorzata Chodakowska
In her graceful sculptures, Malgorzata Chodakowska addresses the longing for inner peace, the search for inner balance - an ideal state that we consciously or unconsciously pursue all more or less. And so one is inevitably enthralled by their creations, which appear to us as soulful, individual beings. The human being - the measure of all things, from the ideal of the Greek high-class to the Renaissance to the present day, this theme has been devoted to whole generations of sculptors. Again and again, stimulating is the choice of motif for the dance as an expression of emotional feelings that communicate about the body language. Chodakowska confronts us with sculptures that appear extremely differentiated in their postures and physiognomies and thus symbolize very different characters. Some appear open and self-confident, while others are fragile and withdrawn, almost melancholy. The faces change as the figures move around, inner states of mind appear even more clearly.

Theme
Her recurring theme is the so-called "Stammfrau" (loosely, "archetypal woman"), usually carved from wood to give a life-sized or slightly larger than life-sized form. She told an interviewer in 2008, "Working with the human form enables me to feel as close as possible to the figure I am working on, and so I have the feeling that this is the form I can best compose sculpturally".

Artist:
Małgorzata Chodakowska

Małgorzata Chodakowska was born and grew up in the heart of Poland, at Łódź, where between 1980 and 1985 she attended the Liceum Sztuk Plastycznyc ("Fine Arts Secondary School"). In 1985 she enrolled at the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw where she studied sculpture with Jan Kucz. Three years later, in 1988, she moved on again, this time to the Academy of Visual Arts in Vienna, in order to progress her studies further. Her prize-winning dissertation, which she submitted in 1991, was supervised by Bruno Gironcoli.

Education

since 1991 Freelance sculptor in Dresden / Germany 1988 Studies of sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna 1980 Secondary School of Arts in Łódź

Exhibitions

Wien, Graz (Österreich), Tokio (Japan), Dresden, Berlin, Radebeul, Zittau, Kisslegg, St.Petersburg (Russland), Stuttgart, Bad Schandau, Pirna, Wernigerode, Ulm, Leipzig, Chemnitz, Winningen, Wroclaw, Lodz (Polen), Großsedlitz, Glauchau, Veksolund (Dänemark), Rottach-Egern

Achievements

2015 First prize and realization of the fountain »Liebespaar« at civil registry office Radebeul / Germany 2011 Award Sculpture »I know it« for the most family-friendly corporation of Dresden 2010 First prize and realization of the memorial »tear sea« at Heide-Cemetery Dresden / Germany in remembrance of the victims of February 13th 1945 2005 Award-Sculpture »The Dreaming« for the Saxon Entrepreneur of the Year 1999 First prize and realization of the sculpture "Sunny Boy" in Radeberg / Germany, Humboldt Secondary School 1996 First prize and realization of the bronze "King and Queen" at Waldheim / Germany, AOK Education center

Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor
Alexander Shandor is a dedicated Ukrainian painter who has exhibited his work in Ukraine and Russia. From his delicate still lifes to serene landscapes, he creates works marked by a sensory touch and careful hand.

Artist:
Alexander Shandor

Alexander Shandor was born in Ukraine, city Vinogradov, Transcarpathian region in 1981. He studied at the Erdeli College of Arts in Uzhhorod, at the department of metal processing in the studio and under the mentorship of professors Petretsky, Lukac, and Mykhailyuk. Shandor is a Member of many Ukrainian and international exhibitions and Plein air. His works are in private collections, galleries of Ukraine and abroad.

Biography

2015 winter - overall exhibition "Mitets Verkhovyna" Hust city on the day of 50th anniversary Summer 2015 - after the plein-air exhibition of the city of Rakhiv Autumn 2015 - a total exhibition dedicated to the Day of the artist in the gallery "Ilko" city Uzhhorod Autumn 2015 - regional exhibition city of Uzhgorod Autumn 2015 - personal exhibition in the city of Kiev in the Kiev University of Law PMC NASU. Spring 2014 - Exhibition "March 8" town Hust - art gallery. Spring 2014 - after the plein-air exhibition gallery Slavsko "Mahіm." 2014 summer - total exhibition "Mitets Verkhovyna" Gallery in the city Vinohrady -Gallery "Impasto". Autumn 2014 - Exhibition Gallery of the city of Moscow "Art Summer" Autumn 2014 - regional exhibition city of Uzhgorod 2013 - Exhibition "Hutsul year" Ivano-Frankivsk, the exhibition hall in Ivano-Frankivsk regional branch of the National Union of Artists. Spring 2013 - after the plein-air exhibition of the city of Sevastopol gallery "South Hermitage". Autumn 2013 - after the plein-air exhibition of the city of Sevastopol gallery "South Hermitage". 2012 - All-Ukrainian exhibition of plein air "Bukovel" - "Rhapsody sea and mountain" Ivano-Frankivsk, drama theater. 2012 - was admitted to the Youth Union "Transcarpathian artists." 2012 winter - overall youth exhibition city of Uzhgorod. 2012 winter - Ukrainian exhibition "Christmas", Central House of Artists, Kiev. 2011 - personal exhibition of the city Hust. 2011 - participated in the charity event "entrepreneurs Babies" city Uzhhorod. 2007 - was admitted to the Creative People's Association "Artist Verhoviny" in Hust.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions: 2019 winter - exhibition "In search of" Vinogradov Impasto Gallery 2018 summer - Personal exhibition "Polesie and Transcarpathia" - city of Zhytomyr, gallery "Gnatyuk Art Center" 2017 – exhibition "Carpathian Paths" Gallery "Zavalny ARTTsenter, Kyiv, Ukraine 2016 - exhibition "Symphony of the Carpathians" Gallery "Palmgren Madame", L’viv, Ukraine 2015 - exhibition "My Carpathians", Kyiv Law University NAS PMC, Kyiv, Ukraine 2014 - Gallery "Art Summer", Moscow, Russia 2011 - Hust Art Gallery, Hust, Ukraine Group exhibitions: 2016 - Christmas exhibition, City Art Gallery, Hust, Ukraine 2016 - exhibition "Spring", City Art Gallery, Hust, Ukraine 2015 - "Mitets Verkhovyna"At the City Art Gallery dedicated to the 50th anniversary, Hust, Ukraine 2015 - Day of Creative Arts exhibition, Gallery "Ilko", Uzhhorod, Ukraine 2015 - Uzhhorod regional exhibition, Ukraine 2014 - exhibition "International Women’s Day", City Art Gallery, Hust, Ukraine 2014 - "Verkhovyna (Highlander) Artist" at the Gallery "Impasto", Vinohradiv, Ukraine 2014 - Uzhhorod regional exhibition, Ukraine 2013 - exhibition "Hutsul’s Year", regional exhibition hall of the National Union of Artists, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine 2012 - young artists exhibition, Uzhgorod, Ukraine 2012 - Ukrainian exhibition "Christmas", Kyiv, Uraine

Reflections of the World - Worlds of Reflections

Reflections of the World - Worlds of Reflections
Gerd Lieder, an artist and, among other things, an art historian, spans the broad spectrum from basic topics of the art science to philosophy to a contemporary exploration of human perception. With the highest technical and content precision, he brings seemingly unstructured shapes and colors into overarching, perfectly harmonious harmony. Through his individual, well-defined imagery he manages to convey the essential nature of art: art is a reflection, a reflection of reality, or rather, what we perceive as reality. It is our perception that shapes reality, so the reality is always subjective and cannot be determined according to generally applicable standards. Lieder reminds us of this by dissolving, reflecting and flowing into one another the forms we are talking about. The point of this game with perception is that there is no solution and everything is possible at the same time. The answer is not provided by the artist, but the viewer has to find it for himself. So life is.

Theme
Since 2000 his theme is about the visual experienceable world by means of reflection in different media like foils, water, glass, mirrors, and reality.

Artist Statement
The first “picture” in human history was a reflection - in a puddle, a still lake or a water hole. And the reflection of a bowed-over early face may have contributed significantly to the realization of man: The self-performed movements and grimaces are also the mirror image again - so I have to be what it looks at me. The key phrase is not “Cogito, ergo sum”, but “Video, ergo sum” - I see (me), therefore I am. - Gerd Lieder (https://gerdlieder.com/de/rezensionen/)

Artist:
Gerd Lieder

Reflections of the World - Worlds of Reflections

Gerd Lieder was born in Germany in 1955. He currently lives and works in Bremen. His contemporary oil paintings are depictions of the world as seen through the lens of reflection. Since 2000, the artist has carried different mirrors with him throughout the world to arrange as conspirators to his unique observations of compositions, situations, objects, and environments. Strategically placed for viewing his subjects through, they create the opportunity for a freeze-framing filter, representing the way our individual experiences inform unique renditions of our common existence. Overall, his paintings remark on the transient qualities of reality affected by place, circumstance, time and the ever-changing and impermanent perceptions of the viewer. Lieder attended the Ludwig-Maximillian University in Munich where he studied theatre science, history of art, German language and literature. His work has been included in many solo and group exhibitions in Germany and the United States.

EXHIBITIONS

2019: HOHMANN at Art Palm Springs 2019, HOHMANN 2018: HOHMANN at CONTEXT Art Miami 2018, HOHMANN 2016: HOHMANN at Palm Springs Fine Art Fair 2016, HOHMANN 2016: HOHMANN Celebrates 40th Anniversary, HOHMANN, Palm Desert 2016: GERD LIEDER - REFLECTED, HOHMANN, Palm Desert 2007: The Hart Gallery, Palm Desert, California 2007: Reflections and Reflections, Galerie Lonnes, Bremen, Germany (solo) 2007: What you see is what you get, VONDERBANK Art galleries, Hamburg, Germany (solo) 2006: Reality Revisted, gallery scale, Cologne, Germany 2006: Al caro Giorgio Gaber ”Circolo Artistico Politecnic, Naples 2006: Mirroring, mirroring on the wall…, Galerie Kunsthaus Oberkassel, Dusseldorf, Germany (solo) 2006: New location, ART - isotope, Galerie Schober, Dortmund, Germany (solo) 2006: Spiegelglatt, Gallery Eigen-art, Lauenburg, Sandesneben / Duchy, Germany (solo) 2005: Reflections 1995-2005, Galerie L'ART Lonnes, Worpswede, Germany (solo) 2005: Reichstag and Roland, Kontorhaus Bremen, Germany (solo) 2004: Welt - Spiegel, Galerie Loy, Rastede, Germany (solo) 2004: Reflections II, gallery scale, Cologne (solo) 2004: State Museum Buca, Tivat / Montenegro, Serbia (catalog) 2004: Querblick 3 ", Kolnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne 2003: Ducal residence Rastede, Galerie Loy, Rastede, Germany 2003: Mirror of the Worlds - Worlds of Reflections II, Village Gallery, L'ART Lonnes, Worpswede (catalog) (solo) 2003: Reflections, gallery scale, Cologne (solo) 2002: Kontorhaus Bremen (solo) 2001: Mirror of the Worlds - Worlds of Reflections I, Village Gallery, L'ART Lonnes, Worpswede (catalog) (solo)
Fidel Molina

Fidel Molina
With a realistic style, the works of Fidel Molina enclose a personal reference, because they come from their immediate environment. His artistic goal is to show the reality around him, to look at life and the issues of our time and draw attention to certain facets to invite the viewer to investigate and go beyond representation itself. From the beginning of his already long career exhibition, his painting has been exhibited in some of the most important galleries.

Artist:
Fidel Molina

Fidel Molina was born in Madrid on July 3, 1971. As the son of a painter, he grows among brushes, oils and useful of his father, Luis Molina. His interest in painting and creativity led him to study Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he graduated in the specialty of Design. After graduating he devoted for many years to graphic design in a professional manner, the result of which his creations have been seen in film and TV and Internet advertising campaigns, but without ceasing aside his pictorial work, what has led him to starring a personal and intimate journey with his works. With a realistic style, the works of Fidel Molina enclose a personal reference, because they come from their immediate environment. His artistic goal is to show the reality around him, to look at life and the issues of our time and draw attention to certain facets to invite the viewer to investigate and go beyond representation itself. From the beginning of his already long career exhibition, his painting has been exhibited in some of the most important galleries.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018. FROM COMMON PLACES AND INTIMATE SCENARIOS. Exhibition Hall of the Cajamurcia Foundation. Madrid (Spain). 2014. BULL! - Club Taurino de Murcia (Spain). 2013. ENVIRONMENTS - Gigarpe Gallery. Cartagena, Murcia (Spain). 2011. FIGURES AND SPACES – Sala Alta Exhibitions. Blanca, Murcia (Spain). 2009. NATURE, SKIN AND URBE - Classroom of Culture of Cajamurcia. Cehegín, Murcia (Spain). 2007. FRAGMENTS OF REALITY - Villa de Blanca Exhibition Hall. Blanca, Murcia (Spain). 2006. Cultural Center Valdebernardo. Madrid (Spain). 2006. Exhibition Hall Latina-Antonio Mingote. Madrid (Spain).

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

2018. 13 LOOKS AT REALISM II - GRECO Group - Santa Cruz Museum. Toledo (España). 2018. 13 LOOKS AT REALISM - GRECO Group - Casa de Vacas Cultural Center. Madrid (Spain). 2018. XVII INTERNATIONAL TAURINE PAINTING CONTEST. Selected - IBERCAJA Exhibition Hall. Logroño (Spain). 2018. CONCÉNTRICA - Jorge Alcolea Gallery. Madrid (Spain). 2017. 30 YEARS MUEKLES – Muekles. San Javier, Murcia (España). 2017. SUMMERS ART - Trazos Gallery. Ciudad Real (Spain). 2017. EXTRAORDINARY SUMMER EXHIBITION 2017 - Galería Jorge Alcolea. Madrid (Spain). 2017. BLANCA, ARTISTS VILLA - MUCAB (Museum and Art Center of Blanca). Blanca, Murcia (Spain). 2016. 28 "MIGUEL GONZÁLEZ SANDOVAL" NATIONAL PLASTIC ARTISTS CONTEST 2016 - "El Bailío" Exhibition Hall. Lora del Río, Seville (Spain). 2016. SUMMER EXTRAORDINARY '16 - Jorge Alcolea Gallery. Madrid (Spain). 2016. COLLECTIVE END OF SEASON - Art Terraferma Gallery. Lleida (Spain). 2016. END OF SEASON COLLECTIVE - Art Gallery Mar. Barcelona (Spain). 2016. SHARED SPACES - Sala d'Art E. Arimany. Tarragona (Spain). 2016. NEW VALUES VII - Exhibition Hall of the Aragonese Artistic Association of Zaragoza. Zaragoza (Spain). 2016. SELECTION OF ARTISTS III - Terraferma Art Gallery. Lleida (Spain). 2016. SMALL FORMAT COLLECTIVE - Art Terraferma Gallery. Lleida (Spain). 2016. XX BULLFIGHTING DRAWING CONTEST "VILLA DE LA TORRE". - Cultural Bullfighting Club "Domingo Ortega". La Torre de Esteban Hambrán. Toledo (Spain). 2016. SELECTION OF ARTISTS III - Art Gallery Mar. Barcelona (Spain). 2015. 50 × 50 CHRISTMAS 2015 - Jorge Alcolea Gallery. Madrid (Spain). 2015. GREAT EXHIBITION IN A SMALL FORMAT - Sala d'Art E. Arimany. Tarragona (Spain). 2015. SELECTION OF ARTISTS III - Sala d'Art E. Arimany. Tarragona (Spain). 2015. COLLECTIVE PRESENTATION YEARBOOK - Terraferma Art Gallery. Lleida (Spain). 2015. COLLECTIVE PRESENTATION YEARBOOK - Sala d'Art E. Arimany. Tarragona (Spain). 2015. FIESTA DEL TORO - Conde de Rodezno Art Gallery. Pamplona (Spain). 2015. END OF S

AWARDS

2018. Selected in the XVII Peña Taurina Bullfighting International Competition "El Quite". Logroño (Spain) 2017. Preselected for the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters of the Mall Galleries of London (United Kingdom). 2016. Selected in the 28th National Plastic Arts Contest "Miguel González Sandoval" of Lora del Río, Seville (Spain). 2004. Finalist in the 2nd Sports Painting Contest of Diario Marca. Spain.
Terry Rodgers

Terry Rodgers
Rodgers is an accomplished painter with a striking mastery of light and transitions as is evidenced by his current body of work. This work focuses on the life of the upper-middle-class Americans, seemingly adrift in affluence and casualness, unsatisfied and disconnected. Nonetheless, Rodgers's work remains firmly rooted in life class drawing, necessitating the use of, and contact with, human models. Rodgers asks friends, acquaintances, professional models, and, sometimes, total strangers, to pose for him in a photography session. He then builds a scenario in a painting by pulling together elements from a wide array of photographs. His rendering of an imaginary leisure life stands as an iconic vision of the tensions and confusion endemic to today's society. The resulting images are not snapshots or slices of life, not verite records of actual moments in actual families or party situations, or diaristic records of his family life, but carefully constructed and composited fictions, designed to elicit the most meaning and sustain the maximum amount of ambiguity. The seductive and marvelous glamour of the outer world jars against the vulnerability and delicacy of our inner and private selves. From spectacular large oil canvases and mixed media to stark photo-portraits and kaleidoscopic videos, Rodgers’ work both collapses and emphasizes psychic distance and physical proximity. It suggests that, in a world of ready-made entertainment, there’s an underlying uncertainty and a sense that something is missing.
Cutting edge art and the figurative is again avant-garde in the paintings by Terry Rodgers. The viewer is at the same time a voyeur and a guest at the party, but an existential calm reigns in the paintings. Rodgers is a master of composition.

Artist:
Terry Rodgers

Terry Rodgers is an internationally recognized artist who has worked and lived in Massachusetts, Washington, DC, and Ohio. He attended Amherst College, with a major in the Fine Arts. His strong interest in film and photography influenced his style in the direction of representational realism in art. He spends summers each year in Southern France painting from life and photographically capturing the gestures, faces, and figures that inhabit the 21st Century milieu that he depicts in his paintings.

Exhibitions

2009 Boundaries of Desire, Scheringa Museum of Realism, Spanbroek/Opmeer, Netherlands (solo) 2003 Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy (solo) 2003 Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA (solo) 2002 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo) 2002 Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo) 2002 dfn gallery, New York, NY (solo) 2002 Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA (solo) 2002 Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL (solo) 2002 Noethern Michigan University Art Museum, Marquette, MI (solo) 2002 Art Chicago, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 2001 Louis Stern Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA (group) 2001 Keny Gallery, Columbus, OH (solo) 2001 Center for the Cultural Arts, Gadsden, AL (solo) 2001 Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, TX (solo) 2000 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA (solo) 2000 Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV (solo) 2000 Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN (solo) 2000 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 1999 National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (group) 1999 Wisconsin Union Gallery, Madison, WI (solo) 1999 Burroughs - Chapin Art Museum, Myrtle Beach, SC (solo) 1999 Keny Gallery, Columbus, OH (solo) 1998 University of Wisconsin, Furlong Gallery, Stout, WI (solo) 1998 National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (group) 1997 National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (group) 1994 National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (group) 1994 Hammond Gallery, Lancaster, OH (solo) 1993 Nicolae Galleries, Columbus, OH (solo) 1993 German Village Exhibition, Columbus, OH (group) 1993 Hammond Gallery, Lancaster, OH (group) 1992 Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL (group) 1992 Katz & Dawgs Gallery, Columbus, OH (group)

Several books about his work have been published including: Terry Rodgers — Dimensions of Ambiguity, Terry Rodgers — The Apotheosis of Pleasure, Solo Spaces, and Vectors of Desire. His work has appeared in many museum catalogues, and Rodgers has been featured in numerous publications in America and abroad including Die Welt, Art in America, Citizen K, German GQ, Kunstbeeld, Arte, Die Zeit, NRC Handelsblad, Numero, Zoo, Le Vife, Joia Magazine, Elle and FLAUNT to name a few. His works can also be followed widely in blogs internationally.
Lene Kilde

Lene Kilde
Lene Kilde grew up in Rælingen outside Oslo. She has a Master’s degree in Production Design from the Oslo and Akershus College at Kjeller. She also has studied at Einar Granum’s Art School and Asker Art School. Early on, Lene primarily worked with figurative steel wire sculptures.Through the steel wire sculptures, she challenges ideas about the differences between sculpture and drawing. Lene Kilde creates sculptures inspired by children and their emotions. She finds that children’s body language is their purest form of communication. This is visualized by showing very few body parts, usually only hands and feet, which then are placed in proportion to each other with the use of metal mesh. Her intention is to invite the audience to use their own imagination so that they can complete the sculptures and fill in the lines and volume by themselves. The sculptures are made of concrete, metal mesh and air.

Artist:
Lene Kilde

Lene Kilde grew up in Rælingen outside Oslo. She has a Master’s degree in Production Design from the Oslo and Akershus College at Kjeller. She also has studied at Einar Granum’s Art School and Asker Art School. Early on, Lene primarily worked with figurative steel wire sculptures.Through the steel wire sculptures, she challenges ideas about the differences between sculpture and drawing. Lene Kilde creates sculptures inspired by children and their emotions. She finds that children’s body language is their purest form of communication. This is visualized by showing very few body parts, usually only hands and feet, which then are placed in proportion to each other with the use of metal mesh. Her intention is to invite the audience to use their own imagination so that they can complete the sculptures and fill in the lines and volume by themselves. The sculptures are made of concrete, metal mesh and air.
Thomas Ruckstuhl

Thomas Ruckstuhl
Thomas Ruckstuhl was born in 1969 in Mannheim, Germany. In regular art classes at high school his little paintings received quite some attention and many compliments. This kind of work felt so effortless to him that he could hardly understand and acknowledge the great feedback. He never considered art as a hobby, not to speak of a potential profession. Ruckstuhl studied physics and received his PhD degree in 1999. With his work in research in the area of optical microscopy he felt increasingly unfulfilled which culminated in an identity crises in early 2012. This crisis, however, offered him a great opportunity. Finally he took the time to think what he really wanted in his life. It did not take one week from the first idea of becoming a fine art painter to his decision. "The sudden new prospects of seeing myself as an artist in the future was the greatest sensation of my life". It was mainly his structured way of scientific thinking that lead him into the next period: systematically learning about art and how to paint. In June 2012 he bought his first set of oil paints and signed into the Virtual Art Academy, a four year apprentice online program by Barry John Raybould. Ruckstuhl worked himself through the program and also studied under Barry's instruction in the Tuscany.
"I can't stress enough how much Barry Raybould has helped me to become a professional painter and how thankful I am to him". Ruckstuhl has direct and loose style in capturing his perceiption on canvas. Using few economical brushstrokes he suggests the form of his observations instead of painting objects smoothly and with much detail. "I like to invite the viewer onto a journey. The eyes should not just travel across the painting to discover what is there but I ask the viewer to look at my paintings at close and then gradually step back. The abstract color pattern of the brushmarks will step by step fuse into a realistic picture of the scene. I think this change of perspective passes on my perceiption best, along with my joy at finding the beauty in ordinary things."

Artist:
Thomas Ruckstuhl

Thomas Ruckstuhl was born in 1969 in Mannheim, Germany. In regular art classes at high school his little paintings received quite some attention and many compliments. This kind of work felt so effortless to him that he could hardly understand and acknowledge the great feedback. He never considered art as a hobby, not to speak of a potential profession. Ruckstuhl studied physics and received his PhD degree in 1999. With his work in research in the area of optical microscopy he felt increasingly unfulfilled which culminated in an identity crises in early 2012. This crisis, however, offered him a great opportunity. Finally he took the time to think what he really wanted in his life. It did not take one week from the first idea of becoming a fine art painter to his decision. "The sudden new prospects of seeing myself as an artist in the future was the greatest sensation of my life". It was mainly his structured way of scientific thinking that lead him into the next period: systematically learning about art and how to paint. In June 2012 he bought his first set of oil paints and signed into the Virtual Art Academy, a four year apprentice online program by Barry John Raybould. Ruckstuhl worked himself through the program and also studied under Barry's instruction in the Tuscany.

"I can't stress enough how much Barry Raybould has helped me to become a professional painter and how thankful I am to him". Ruckstuhl has direct and loose style in capturing his perceiption on canvas. Using few economical brushstrokes he suggests the form of his observations instead of painting objects smoothly and with much detail. "I like to invite the viewer onto a journey. The eyes should not just travel across the painting to discover what is there but I ask the viewer to look at my paintings at close and then gradually step back. The abstract color pattern of the brushmarks will step by step fuse into a realistic picture of the scene. I think this change of perspective passes on my perceiption best, along with my joy at finding the beauty in ordinary things."
Exhibition of Charlotte Baston - Série Art'd'Corps / Art'd'Corps series

Exhibition of Charlotte Baston - Série Art'd'Corps / Art'd'Corps series
Série de dessins et tableaux aux accents bruts, corps d'hommes et de femmes en prise avec un vivant tumultueux, fort et fragile, violent parfois, corps d'êtres à la sensibilité extrême dans toute leur présence éclatante. Series of drawings and paintings with raw accents, bodies of men and women in contact with a tumultuous, strong and fragile, sometimes violent life, bodies of beings with extreme sensitivity in all their dazzling presence.

Série L'Encore des Corps / L'Encore de Corps series
Série de dessins mais surtout de tableaux où les corps viennent parler une langue frêle, puissante et douce, corps sans visages, paroles de peaux, de bras, d'épaules et de cœur à cœur, l'envie de toucher, ces êtres aux tons terreux et aux textures passées. Series of drawings but above all of paintings where the bodies come to speak a frail, powerful and soft language, bodies without faces, words of skin, arms, shoulders and heart to heart, the desire to touch, these beings in tones earthy and faded textures.

Artist:
Charlotte Baston

L'Encore des Corps

Née en 1977 à Lecco en Italie, Charlotte Baston est très tôt formée à la musique et à la danse, deux arts qu'elle a ensuite longuement pratiqués professionnellement. C'est en 2015 qu'elle débute la peinture de façon autodidacte, art auquel elle consacre tout son temps depuis. "Je travaille avant tout les matières, c'est le commencement de toutes mes œuvres, un essentiel pour moi, le lieu de tous les possibles, et nouveau à chaque fois, où le support lui-même est à réinventer. De ce monde travaillé, vieilli, usé, il semblerait qu'il se cache toujours des corps, j'entrevois leurs formes, et je ne fais que les laisser émerger... Ainsi corps et matière ne font qu'un, un mur, une roche, une fresque... en vérité je ne sais pas, mais ils existent" Le corps est au centre de l'oeuvre de Charlotte Baston, source inépuisable d'inspiration, corps qui dépeignent à merveille, les nuits et les jours des hommes depuis toujours.
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