Christiane Vleugels

Christiane Vleugels
Christiane Vleugels work can be characterized as realism, but if you look closer you realize there is much more. Not only a lot of love for the subject, but also the feel of an ethereal atmosphere that exudes dramatic beauty and glamour. Each of her paintings unveils a certain aspect of life and inspires to dream. Christiane paints her philosophy of life in every painting she does, and it’s instantly visible. Her zest for life and her unshakable belief that the universe provides are palpable in her paintings, never failing to lift a smile from the viewer. Originally painting in a romantic style to gain the recognition she craved as an awkward teenager, she soon developed a mature mastery of the styles of the old masters through commissioned paintings, “which paid my bills and honed my skills,” Christiane recalls with a smidge of melancholy and a handful of gratitude. These days Christiane paints what’s alive and calling in her, whether it’s a sense of wonder about this world or compassion for her models, especially those that lack an articulate voice, such as women who’ve suffered trauma, her widowed father, or sometimes animals. Christiane paints in oil on board or aluminum panels, preferably of large formats, drawing, according to the mood or theme that may be stirring in her, on her large archive of photographs of models who have posed for her over the years.
"To paint what is in the heart always has been the biggest challenge. Sheer beauty, clears the mind and lets you open up for world’s beyond the dream. Of course it hasn’t always been like that, it took many years of reproducing old Masters and working on commission before I realized that the time has come to create from the heart. When I look back at those tiresome years, during which I often felt under incredible pressure and even, at times, uninspired, I realize they were a necessary part of my artistic journey. I really do believe I owe my various skills to that endless list of commissions. But now the time has come to take new directions in life. With each original work I create today, I realize more and more that the true learning process has only just begun for me!" Christiane Vleugels

Artist:
Christiane Vleugels

At the age of 12, Christiane went to the Academy of Art in Schoten (Belgium). At the age of 17 she went in Antwerpen to the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts where she focused on decor, publicity and nature drwaings. After that, it was time for the Royal Academy in Antwerp. There she studied figure drawing, oil painting and restoration techniques. Christiane Vleugels work can be characterized as realism, but if you look closer you realize there is much more. Not only a lot of love for the subject, but also the feel of an ethereal atmosphere that exudes dramatic beauty and glamour. Each of her paintings unveils a certain aspect of life and inspires to dream. Christiane paints her philosophy of life in every painting she does, and it’s instantly visible. Her zest for life and her unshakable belief that the universe provides are palpable in her paintings, never failing to lift a smile from the viewer. Originally painting in a romantic style to gain the recognition she craved as an awkward teenager, she soon developed a mature mastery of the styles of the old masters through commissioned paintings, “which paid my bills and honed my skills,” Christiane recalls with a smidge of melancholy and a handful of gratitude. These days Christiane paints what’s alive and calling in her, whether it’s a sense of wonder about this world or compassion for her models, especially those that lack an articulate voice, such as women who’ve suffered trauma, her widowed father, or sometimes animals. Christiane paints in oil on board or aluminum panels, preferably of large formats, drawing, according to the mood or theme that may be stirring in her, on her large archive of photographs of models who have posed for her over the years.

"To paint what is in the heart always has been the biggest challenge. Sheer beauty, clears the mind and lets you open up for world’s beyond the dream. Of course it hasn’t always been like that, it took many years of reproducing old Masters and working on commission before I realized that the time has come to create from the heart. When I look back at those tiresome years, during which I often felt under incredible pressure and even, at times, uninspired, I realize they were a necessary part of my artistic journey. I really do believe I owe my various skills to that endless list of commissions. But now the time has come to take new directions in life. With each original work I create today, I realize more and more that the true learning process has only just begun for me!" Christiane Vleugels
Mohamed nouiri by Gallery Luxury Artwork

Mohamed nouiri by Gallery Luxury Artwork

Artist:
Nouiri Mohamed

Nouiri was born in an urban suburb of Rabat capital city of Morocco, during the beginnings of the 1970. His natural leaning towards creating art materialized having been stimulated by comics and the cinema as a child. The mix of peoples in morocco also provided a variety of cultural a visual inspiration. The environment propelled him to be absorbed into the creative mindset. It was when he visited an exhibition by a Brazilian painter that was the final push which gave him the ambition to become a painter that was the final push whish gave him the ambition to become a painter. Between 1988and 1992 Nouiri enrolled at the Tetouan fin artschool, here he focused his talent on expressing himself within a framework of expanding the classical compositions he was introduced to as a part of his “art- training” He also becomes very interested in sculpture, which was to haveasignificance in this artistic development. Nouiri become known in the academic art word in Tetouan by the various awards and participated in number of exhibitions . He then attended the (French institute of art) in Tanager where he further expanded his knowledge as an assistant in the engraving workshop. It was here that he helped established an accomplished seniors artists to translate their work into engravings. Tow artist advised Nouiri about directions that could be pursed in paintings. International artists Claude Viallat and Gerard Titus-Carmel were two of the artists who Nouiri had opportunity to discuss art creation with. Stimulated for knowledge Nouiri examined the work of Antonio Tàpies, Carlos Garcia Muela and Josep Niebla, which deepened his artistic aesthetic. The artist stumbled across a book on Henri Matisse and totally digested Matisse‘s writing on art creation which had an enormous effect on his own work. By 1998 Nouiri gained the opportunity to participate in the Dakar biennial (in 1993 the structure of the biennial transformed and DAK’ART1996 become an exhibition specifically devoted to contemporary African art. The following biennial this structure was consolidated and enlarged). It was at the biennial that Nouiri met the known sculptor Ousman Sow. This chance meeting and the discussions he had with the sculptor had significant influence since that meeting. In 1999 Nouiri spent time in Paris.it was here that the identity grew and as a consequence Nouirispent time in meditation and self-examination. “Between figuration and disfigurement according to the terms of myself, I become torn by a perpetual questioning of the act of painting, as if to affirm my multiple affiliations, Urban, Sub-Saharan, and Mediterranean and it’s spiritual connections”.

Esther Huser Oil paintings - Artist Statement

Esther Huser Oil paintings - Artist Statement
In my work, I reconsider the question of Mimesis, traditionally related closely to realism art. My picture language consists of the false pretense that my paintings copy nature. In fact, I start out with a subject matter entirely designed and drawn in a digital medium like photoshop. I first create my own idealized view solely on a computer screen. The basis for these steps is my thousands of pictures I took over the past years. After having assembled a composition in photoshop, I have to adjust matching light and shadows and the value conditions on all the different pictures, before I start to paint my creation in oil. My artistic goal is to virtually design my own view of nature and pretend with the technique of realism art, that the viewer sees an existing part of a cabbage field. I create a paradox by taking advantage of a false pretense lying in realism art: that it is copying nature.

Artist:
Esther Huser

Her work

Award-winning Swiss artist Esther Huser has mastered the style of contemporary realism to create astounding works of great beauty and intimate detail. Huser explores the intricacies of the natural world with close-up figurative renderings of plants and natural objects consisting only a minimal palette of five colors. Above all, Huser seeks to uncover the “unseen details,” that surround us in everyday life yet are still invisible. Rather than inviting the viewer to perceive, say, a plant as a general shape, she delves into the visual minutiae to introduce the viewer to something entirely new. Since 2019, Huser is making her own perfect images of nature. She composes her painting first virtually out of hundrets of her pictures. Each cabbage or flower is not a copy of a photography but a painted version of her invented plants.

BACKGROUND

2023 My painting ‘My vision of hope’ on its way to the moon! As part of the Art Renewal Competition my painting will be included in the Lunar Codex "The Polaris Collection". Here are the ▶ Details. Selected for the 16th International ARC Salon at Sotheby's in New York with the painting 'My vision of hope'. Exhibition ▶ Real'23: 'Realistic Painting in Switzerland', Rapperswil CH. 'Open Atelier', organized by the Weinfelden municipality. ​ 2022 Special Price 'Fashion Week San Diego' in the 16th International ARC Salon. International Guild of Realism (IGOR): Selected for the fall online exhibition with the patining 'My vision of hope'. ​ ​2021 Selected for the fundraising group exhibition 'birds for Sofia' at ▶ Sugarlift Gallery in New York. Art Show of the 'Swiss Art Project' in Zurich, Switzerland with the painting 'Brassica' and a final place in the judging. ​ 2020 Selected for the 14th International ARC Salon online exhibition (due to Corona Pandemic) at Sotheby's in New York with the painting 'In the field'. Selected by the ▶ Internet Art Review 'The Blue Review' for an article titled '20 most Important Female Artists of 2020'. ​ 2019 Selected for the ▶ 14th International ARC Salon Exhibition at the Eureopean Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain with the painting 'In the field'. Finalist in the ▶ International art competition 'Arte figurativas 2019' at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona, Spain, with the painting 'Brassica'. 1st price at the 13th International fine art competition 'Premio Arte Laguna' in Venice, Italy: Prestige award Biafarin: 1st price category painting. February - September: Artist in residence 'Remise' Weinfelden, Switzerland. ​ 2018 October: Solo show in the gallery Vogtei in Herrliberg, Zurich Finalist for the prestigious 13th International ARC Salon Competition with five paintings at the ▶ Art Renewal Center. American 'Artist Magazine': Honorable mention in the category 'landscape'. Published march 2018 in the

2016: ▶ 11th International juried exhibition, Gallery 1261 August 24 - September 17, 2016, Denver Colorado with the painting 'Abu Markub' ▶ 31th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition : Selected to show at the collective exhibition, August 11-23, 2016, in New York with the paintings: 'Trachystemon', 'Gunnera I', and 'Gunnera II' Member of The International Guild of Realism (IGOR) Represented on 'artsy' by 'Gallery 1261', Denver Colorado 2015: Second place in the still life / interior category of The Artist's Magazine's 2015 Annual Competition with the painting 'Fridge' Finalist in the category 'animals' of The Artist's Magazine's Annual Competition with the painting 'Abu Markub' 2014/2017: Workshops for contemporary realism in Austin, TX and at the Grand Central Atelier, NY. 1998-2006 Master of Science and PhD in Psychotherapy, Universities of Friborg and Zurich, Switzerland 1991-2013 Abstract sculptures and decorative art with polymer clay 1982-1991 Navigator on offshore sailboa
Vladimir Daibov - Once Upon a Time in Russia

Vladimir Daibov - Once Upon a Time in Russia
Vladimir Daibov was born in the Urals region. His creativity evolved in the artistic environment of the late 1970s Leningrad, absorbing the influences of the Russian avant-garde, the German expressionism, and the Leningrad underground culture. While studying at the Serov Art School with fellow artists and future rock stars Georgy Guryanov and Viktor Tsoi, Daibov witnessed the inception of the Leningrad Rock Club and countercultural movement. For him, however, the time of great change was not a period of all-out theatricality, but a chance to concentrate and find his own distinctive style. Like a Buddhist, he escaped the turning wheel of big city life, jumped off the merry-go-round of vanity, stepped off the train in the quiet town of Kursk to get a true feeling of self and the unhurried surroundings. For some, the time in provincial towns seems to have come to a halt, but for Daibov it has distilled and purged itself of any anxiety, emerging as a pure figurative formula. His unpeopled landscapes are filled with the dense substance of contemplation, expressing not the transience, but the permanence of being. Deep significance, plasticity, and generalization are generic to his works. The artist favours thick and pastose strokes, sharply defined shapes, contrasting colour schemes. At the same time, Vladimir Daibov's paintings are not simply visual facts and lucky finds of striking colour combinations manifesting a tried and tested craftsmanship. Rather, they can be seen as metaphysical landscapes, at times equally capable of instilling in the viewers a kind of existential yearning and astonishing them with the unexpected beauty of the everyday.

Artist:
Vladimir Daibov

Once Upon a Time in Russia

Vladimir Daibov was born in the Urals region. His creativity evolved in the artistic environment of the late 1970s Leningrad, absorbing the influences of the Russian avant-garde, the German expressionism, and the Leningrad underground culture. While studying at the Serov Art School with fellow artists and future rock stars Georgy Guryanov and Viktor Tsoi, Daibov witnessed the inception of the Leningrad Rock Club and countercultural movement. For him, however, the time of great change was not a period of all-out theatricality, but a chance to concentrate and find his own distinctive style. Like a Buddhist, he escaped the turning wheel of big city life, jumped off the merry-go-round of vanity, stepped off the train in the quiet town of Kursk to get a true feeling of self and the unhurried surroundings. For some, the time in provincial towns seems to have come to a halt, but for Daibov it has distilled and purged itself of any anxiety, emerging as a pure figurative formula. His unpeopled landscapes are filled with the dense substance of contemplation, expressing not the transience, but the permanence of being. Deep significance, plasticity, and generalization are generic to his works. The artist favours thick and pastose strokes, sharply defined shapes, contrasting colour schemes. At the same time, Vladimir Daibov's paintings are not simply visual facts and lucky finds of striking colour combinations manifesting a tried and tested craftsmanship. Rather, they can be seen as metaphysical landscapes, at times equally capable of instilling in the viewers a kind of existential yearning and astonishing them with the unexpected beauty of the everyday.
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.

Evgeniya Maltseva

Evgeniya Maltseva
Evgenia Maltseva has been engaged in art for 26 years, starting with an art school. He then graduated from the Art Lyceum in Izhevsk, Russia, the Faculty of Art at the University of Udmurtia in Izhevsk, graduate school at the Russian Academy of Arts in Kazan, the School of Modern Art in Moscow and was elected to the Academy of Arts in London.

Artist:
Evgeniya Maltseva

My art about my life, about our lifes, about God.

Evgenia Maltseva has been engaged in art for 26 years, starting with an art school. He then graduated from the Art Lyceum in Izhevsk, Russia, the Faculty of Art at the University of Udmurtia in Izhevsk, graduate school at the Russian Academy of Arts in Kazan, the School of Modern Art in Moscow and was elected to the Academy of Arts in London. Born in 1983 in Izhevsk, Russia. Education: 1992-1997 Art School for children № 12, Izhevsk. 1997-2000 Lyceum of arts and aesthetic № 98, Izhevsk. 2000-2005 Udmurt State University, The Art and Design Department, Izhevsk. 2005-2009 Russian Art Academy, creative works (postgraduate works), Kazan. 2009-2010 School of Modern Art “Free Works” by Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. 2008 Member of Russia Artists Union. 2014 Member of Creative Russia Artists Union. lived and worked in Kazan, Moscow, Izhevsk. Awards: 2012 Laureate of Petrov-Vodkin Award for the innovations in academic art, Moscow. 2013 Laureate of Tsereteli Award, Moscow. 2015 Scholar of Russian Government. 2016 Scholar of Russian Government. 2017 Scholar of Russian Government. 2019 Scholar of Russian Government. Has participated in over 50 group exhibitions. Main group exhibitions: 2006 “120th anniversary Tukay”, Kazan. 2007 Inter-regional exhibition “Unity”, N.Novgorod. 2007 All exhibitions of Russia “Youth of Russia”, Central House of Artists, Moscow. 2008 All Russian exhibition “Big Volga”, Cheboksary. 2010 Exhibition “From the opposite” , Vinzavod, Moscow. 2011 IV Moscow biennale of contemporary Art. Vostochnaya gallery, Moscow. 2011 “ART-MOSCOW”, Central House of Artists, Moscow. 2012 II Interregional academic exhibition “Red Gate”, Saratov, Samara, Penza, Togliatti, Ulyanovsk, Kazan, Cheboksary, Izhevsk, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow. 2012 “Izhevsk ZAVOT”, Erarta Museum, St. Petersburg. 2013 Exhibition “ICONS” , Tkachi Art Center, St. Petersburg. 2013 “Art Against Geography”, PERMM Museum, Perm. 2014 International Exhibition NORDART, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany. 2014 “Surgery”. From collection of M. Alshibaya, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow. 2014 Exhibition of Russian Contemporary Art - Monaco, Carré Doré Gallery, Monaco. 2014 Sculpture Festival “FERRUMFEST”, Izhevsk. 2015 Exhibition of Russian Art, Kasteel Strijthagen, Landgraaf, Netherlands. 2015 Exhibition “Collective Conscious”, Vinzavod, Moscow, Vladikavkaz, Kazan. 2016 ArtEco Week, Artlight, St. Petersburg. 2016 Exhibition “Voice of Izhevsk”, special project of V Moscow International Biennale of Young Art, Udmurt Republic Museum of Fine Arts, Izhevsk; CCI Factory, Moscow. 2017 ART RIOT: POST-SOVIET ACTIONISM, Saatchi Gallery, London. 2017 Ecological Exhibition LAYERS, Gallery, Izhevsk. 2018 Creation of the World, Gallery X-MAX, Ufa. 2018 The tragedy in the corner, Moscow Museum, Moscow; The Colosseum, Izhevsk. 2018 Red Gate. Against the current, Moscow, Saratov, Sransk, Tolyatti, Kazan. 2018 DAR, Udmurt Republican Museum of Visual Arts, Izhevsk. 2019 Creation and destruction, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Tolyatti, Stavropol, Moscow. Fairs: 2011 “ART-MOSCOW”, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia. 2019 “World Art Dubai”, World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. 2019 “Red Dot Miami”, P.S. gallery, Miami, USA. Solo exhibitions: 2006 “ANTIGLAMOUR”, Kamil gallery, Kazan. 2008 “EROS”, Union of Artists of Russia, Kazan. 2011 “MASCULIN”, Vostochnaya gallery, Moscow. 2012 “SPIRITUAL WARFARE”, Guelman gallery, Moscow. 2013 “BRUTALITY”, Volvo-center, Kazan. 2017 “SONG OF SONGS”, Udmurt Republic Museum of Fine Arts, Izhevsk. 2017 Graphics exhibition, Russian Culture Center, Trivandrum, India. Works are in private collections: Victor Bondarenko, Andrey Gertsev, Artur Chilingarov, Konstantin Grigorishin, Marat Guelman, Vladimir Frolov, Mikhail Alshibaya, Nicolay Palazhchenko, actress Tatyana Vasileva, Sergey Dorenko, Volker Diehl, Pierre-Cristian Brochet, Gil Petersil, Javier Garcia -Larrache, Luciano Benetton. Мuseum collections: Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; Museum of Izhevsk, Izhevsk; Museum of Contemporary Art, Saratov, Udmurt Republic Museum of Fine Arts, Izhevsk. Institutional collections: East Gallery, Moscow; Rusnano, Moscow; Agency Art Ru, Moscow, Russian Culture Center, Trivandrum, India
Sasha Hartslief

Sasha Hartslief
Hartslief's experimentation with chiaroscuro techniques derives inspiration from the works by 17th century Baroque masters such as Rembrandt who, through the buildup of impasto paint, evoked light and shadow in his portraits as a psychological device, similar to the way in which stage-lighting functions in the theatre. Often seeming to be lit from below, the expressive shading in Hartslief's portraits tends to converge around the facial hollows, giving the paintings a spatial as well as emotional depth. The eyes of the women in her portraits, in particular, seem inwardly focused.

Artist:
Sasha Hartslief

Sasha Hartslief was born in 1974 in Gauteng. At the age of seventeen, she came to Cape Town to study English and Philosophy at UCT. Passionate about drawing from an early age, she is largely self-taught, closely observing other artists and avidly reading up on technique. Hartslief had always been passionate about drawing, but the desire to become an artist only crystallized into a decision in 1995, when she enrolled at Cape College under the tutelage of Elizabeth Gunter. Her subjects are often viewed from a philosophical, deeply personal perspective, resulting in striking works that are emotionally charged, pensive in mood and considered in composition. Her subtle investigations into the human condition via the underbelly of Cape Town life somehow strike a chord with us. "I defer to the classical Masters for inspiration," says Sasha Hartslief, who admits to placing images painted by the 19th century American Impressionist, John Singer Sargent, next to her easel while she paints. Her muses include the 19th century neo-classicist, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, whose draughtsmanship and linear dexterity provide formal inspiration for her works. But Hartslief's brushstrokes are more diffuse than the precise, stylized techniques of the neo-classicists. Like the 19th century French Impressionists, she uses brushstrokes to evoke the transience of light, colour and movement. And like her Renaissance and Impressionist forebears, she employs everyday visual devices to explore the way in which atmospheric light and tonal modulations inform a surface, and to evoke atmospheres fraught with symbolic subtexts. But the transience of the captured moment is counterbalanced by the disciplined rigour of Hartslief's technique and painterly process. She admits to being "obsessively skills-driven and consumed" by her work. Each image becomes a formal study in light, contour and line. Hartslief's experimentation with chiaroscuro techniques derives inspiration from the works by 17th century Baroque masters such as Rembrandt who, through the buildup of impasto paint, evoked light and shadow in his portraits as a psychological device, similar to the way in which stage-lighting functions in the theatre. Often seeming to be lit from below, the expressive shading in Hartslief's portraits tends to converge around the facial hollows, giving the paintings a spatial as well as emotional depth. The eyes of the women in her portraits, in particular, seem inwardly focused. Since 1999, Hartslief has exhibited regularly at the Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, including several solo exhibitions. She continues to attract a broad collector base from around the world and is clearly one of South Africa’s most exciting young talents.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Interiors, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa Aura, Everard Read, London, UK 2016 Sasha Hartslief: New Works, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa 2013 Hartslief New Works, Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa 2012 Sasha Hartslief, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa Solo Exhibition, Rosendahl, Thöne & Westphal, Berlin, Germany 2011 Recent Works, Everard Read, Cape Town 2009 Sasha Hartslief : New Works, Everard Read, Cape Town 2007 Solo Exhibition, Everard Read, Cape Town

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 People & Portaiture, Everard Read CIRCA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2016 Nocturne, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2015 Summer in the City, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa Homage , Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa WINTER, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa EMPIRE, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2014 Summer Season Part I, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa Winter, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2013 100, Everard Read, Cape Town, South Africa
Exhibition of Frédéric Blaimont

Exhibition of Frédéric Blaimont
With a fabulous technique, a mixture of accomplished dexterity and the clever exploitation of the weft of the canvas, the bristles of the paintbrush or the brush, the ambient light, defying all the laws of composition, he invents balances tightrope walkers, always on the verge of breakage and ideal stability. Through his characters, Fréderic Blaimont translates real life in a tender yet uncompromising manner. What one notices, at first sight, is the banality of his subjects. Something unusual happens, the solitude of his characters is particularly present. His painting is a mixture of benevolence and wickedness. Sometimes unpleasant with his characters he nonetheless paints them with gentleness and attention. Ordinary passers-by, anonymous, transparent like the air we breathe, are pretexts to seize the chatter of these tiny heroes. If we listen, they tell us their past, their hopes, and their fears, one may recognize some of them.

Artist's Statement
The truth is found in observation. I am curious about my contemporaries, people in their everyday life. I like to watch their attitudes without complacency; I like their faults. Their imperfections are sympathetic to me, their authenticity makes them touching, moving, endearing, close to us. I try to reproduce in my paintings these characteristics and the feelings they arouse in me. And it is with great sincerity that I would like, through my painting, to share with you my interest and my look for these transparent anonymous and so common.
Moving, natural, captured by a lucid unforgiving vision, these portraits represent an image of society that the artist brushes with benevolence. –Luis Porquet / Journalist and art critic

Artist:
Frédéric Blaimont

Frédéric Blaimont is a brilliant portrait painter. With a fabulous technique, a mixture of accomplished dexterity and the clever exploitation of the weft of the canvas, the bristles of the paintbrush, ambient light, defying all the laws of composition, he invents balances tightrope walkers, always on the verge of breakage and ideal stability. Living in South West France, Blaimont exhibits mainly in galleries in France and Europe. He was distinguished by the magazine “Miroir de l’Art” as one of the 100 leading artists followed by gallery owners, collectors and art lovers. In 2017, he received the Renée Bernard Award from the Taylor Paris Foundation.

Distinctions & training

• Distinguished by the magazines "Mirror of Art" and "Aesthetica" as part of the 100 contemporary artists of the future. • Laureate "Renée Bernard Award" from the Taylor Foundation (2017) • Nominated in the Luxembourg Art Prize (2015) by Galerie Hervé Lancelin • Grand Prix at the Salon des Artistes Méridionaux (2008) Education • School of Graphic Arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) - Basel - Switzerland • National School of Decorative Arts - Paris • Massier at the Met de Penninghen workshop - Paris • CAP as a painter - Meaux

Personal exhibitions

2019 • Airial gallery - Mimizan • The blue donkey gallery - Marciac 2018 • Galerie Art du temps Luxart in collaboration with Delem Private Bank Arlon - Belgium • Galerie De l'Ancien Courrier - Montpellier 2017 • Galerie Courcelles Contemporary Art - Paris • Art Gallery of Time - Cleon of Andran - Drôme 2016 • Gallery Of The Old Courier - Montpellier • Galerie Duchoze - Rouen 2015 • Center of Contemporary Art - Mont-de-Marsan 2014 • Sakah Gallery - Toulouse 2013 • Anagama Gallery - Versailles 2012 • Sparts Gallery - Paris 2010 • Gallery "of all colors" - Saint-Clar • Yves Callet-Molin Gallery - Vevey - Switzerland 2009 • "Nothing" Gallery Aix en Provence • Roger Betti Gallery - Toulouse 2008 • The Blue Donkey Gallery - Marciac

Collective exhibitions

2019 • Galerie L'Angélus New Art - Barbizon • Anagama Gallery - Versailles • Art Gallery of Time - Cleon of Andran - Drôme • Gallery of the Ancient Courier - Montpellier • Biennale of Contemporary Art André Malraux Cultural Center - Le Pecq • Salon Comparison - Grand Palais - Paris • Passage to Art - Cherbourg 2018 • Salon Art Up - Castle Gallery - Lille • Salon Saint Sever de Rustan - Guest of Honor • Salon Comparison - Grand Palais - Paris • The 111 arts - Toulouse 2017 • Salon Comparison - Grand Palais - Paris • The 111 Arts - Toulouse • Art Up Salon - Duchoze Gallery - Rouen • Salon de la Figuration Critique - Paris • Taylor Foundation - Paris Winner "Renée Bernard Prize" 2016 • Salon de la Figuration critique - Paris • International Fair of Contemporary Art in Pouilly smoked • Salon Art Karlsruhe - Roy Sfeir Gallery - Germany • Art Up Salon - Nicole Evin Gallery - Lille 2015 • Macparis Salon - Paris • Hervé Lancelin Gallery nominated in Luxembourg Art Prize 2015 - Luxembourg 2011 • Lacroix Gallery - Quebec - Canada • Pont Neuf Gallery - Paris 2010 • Roger Betti Gallery - Toulouse 2009 • Salon of Southern Artists - Toulouse 2008 • Salon des Artistes Méridionaux - Grand Prix - Toulouse • Galerie L'Etang d'Art - Bages - France 2007 • Espace Saint-Nazaire - Sanary-sur-Mer
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.

CHRIS KLEIN

CHRIS KLEIN
These quiet yet visually captivating paintings combine the exquisite color with contrasting textures and a convincing sense of depth through meticulous use of light and shadow, reminiscent of Dutch masters.

Artist’s Statement:
I find inspiration from all of my surroundings. This is reflected in my last two series of paintings: my “Costumes” series inspired by my work in the theatre, looking at all the clothes as they hang in the vast costume warehouse in Stratford, and my “Second Hand” series, which was originally inspired by passing a local salvage yard and admiring the colour and texture of the crumpled and rusting metal. I see mundane or everyday objects in a way that others might miss. It isn’t simply the objects themselves that I wish to reproduce, it is their forms, many of which create abstraction with light and shade, colour and texture. It is the composition that is of initial importance to me, not the subject. But when complete, the objects themselves add a whole new life to my paintings. They create their own stories, they can tap into people’s subconscious minds, sparking memories or creating stories that may or may not have existed.

Artist:
Chris Klein

Chris is a British artist, currently living in Canada. Exhibiting his own work in the UK, Europe and North America. In 1983 Chris had his work accepted by the Royal Academy of Arts in London, UK for their prestigious Summer Exhibition. Before coming to Canada he was also an associate member of the Guild of Motoring Artists. As well as producing his own work, he is also a scenic artist for film and theatre. For 10 years he has served as the head of scenic art at both the Stratford Festival and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Chris has worked on many sets, creating backdrops and related artwork and has contributed to major productions in London's West End and Broadway. In Canada, he has painted for many major Hollywood films and many shows for the Cirque du Soleil.

Exhibition

Solo shows 2019: Christopher Klein; Dystopian Utopia, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago Group shows 2019: New Arrivals Group Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago Fair booths 2018: Gallery Victor Armendariz at SOFA CHICAGO 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz
Hero Johnson

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
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.
Vanitas / Autodafés / Les vies parallèles / In Memoriam

Vanitas / Autodafés / Les vies parallèles / In Memoriam
Paul Béliveau’s precisely rendered hyper realistic paintings bring together literary and historical subjects and figures. His series “Vanitas” builds facades of book spines that house interconnected titles. Béliveau’s work creates a conversation between the visible and invisible. In the series “Autodafés” broken spines and burnt pages create paintings that feel like relics of the past.
"By openly integrating into the compositions an iconography from the past and proceeding through citation and retrospection, he reveals the phenomenon of metamorphosis upon which imagination itself is based. In this way he brings to light the very principles of the mechanics of creation. Imagination, which consists as it were in the transfer of a perceptible representation onto an image belonging to another reality, thus sees itself in the presented. Consequently it is not the images themselves but the unique process of creative development which accords Paul Bliveau's works their originality." (Dany Quine, L'oeuvre du temps)

Artist:
Paul Béliveau

Known for his meticulous nature and aesthetic accuracy, Béliveau’s approach to painting is an extension of “pictorial archeology,” in that his work references a database of thousands of personal and historical photographs, mementos and vestiges. One focus that the artist steadily returns to is his depiction of books - book spines especially – some from his own book collection, but mostly from his own extensive library of imagination. Born in 1954, Paul Béliveau attained his Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from Laval University in 1977. Recognized for his expertise in drawing, engraving and painting he has since then had more than a hundred solo exhibitions across Canada, the United States and Europe. The recipient of numerous prizes in visual arts and of multiple grants from the Canada Council has taken part in several commitees and juries as specialist in the visual arts. His works can be found in many public and private collections throughout the country and has to his name some fifteen works of art integrated into architectural sites.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions: 2019 Paul Béliveau ~ Les Autodafés, Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum Paul Beliveau : VANITAS, Duran Mashaal, Montreal 2017 PAUL BÉLIVEAU : PANORAMA, Duran Mashaal 2015 PAUL BELIVEAU SOLO SHOW, Plus One Gallery Paul Béliveau: Vanitas, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver Group Exhibitions: 2019 Paul Béliveau and Francine Simonin, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto Le vrai visage : figuration photoréaliste contemporaine, Duran Mashaal, Montreal Summer 2019 Group Show, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto January Modern & Contemporary Auction, RoGallery, Long Island City January Fine Art Auction, RoGallery 2018 Summer!, Duran Mashaal, Montreal Hiperrealisme, Plus One Gallery Winter Group Exhibition, Thompson Landry Gallery, Toronto 2017 Autumn Show, Plus One Gallery Affordable Art Fair NYC, Duran Mashaal Summer Show, Plus One Gallery Winter Show, Plus One Gallery 2016 Made in Canada, Stricoff Fine Art, New York Made in Canada, Stricoff Fine Art, New York Official Opening Show, Plus One Gallery 2015 Paul Beliveau, Kevin Kearns, Micheal Madigan, and Magi Puig, Stricoff Fine Art, New York The Edition 2015, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver

Commission works

2002 Ville de Québec Ville de Lévis 1998 Pavillon Technique, Québec Centre hospitalier de Baie-Comeau 1997 Édifice Ex Machina, Québec 1996 Hôpital de l’Enfant-Jésus, Québec Foyer Bellerive, La Malbaie 1995 Centre hospitalier de l’Amiante, Thetford Mines 1994 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec 1993 Salle de spectacles, Sept-Îles Centre hospitalier de Portneuf, Saint-Raymond École La Grande Marée, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures 1988 Maison des Jésuites, Sillery Centre administratif d’Hydro-Québec, Thetford Mines 1987 Palais de justice, Sherbrooke 1986 Centre hospitalier de Charny Bibliothèque de Saint-Basile, Portneuf 1985 Bibliothèque centrale de prêts de Québec, Charny 1984 Hôpital Laval, Sainte-Foy

Achievements

2006 - Quebec winner 2005 - National honor, ACPA excellence award, avenue Honoré-Mercier rehabilitation project 1999 - Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Videre Recognition Award Finalist 1998 - Videre Distinction Award 1993 - Visual Arts Prize, Videre. Creation Prize, Quebec City Culture Council 1987 - 39th American Print Exhibition, Boston, Mention 1986 - Kelowna Art Competition, 3 e purchase price. 4 th Quebec Film Festival, work selected for the poster 1985 - Bicentennial Molson Competition, purchase price 1983 - Biennial of Quebec drawings and prints, purchase price 1981 - Graphex 8, The Art Gallery of Brant, purchase price

Paintings by Bore Ivanoff. - A pure palette for discerning eyes...

Paintings by Bore Ivanoff. - A pure palette for discerning eyes...
Bore Ivanoff's art is a demonstration that shows how the overall quality of a resolutely contemporary composition and the pictorial solutions associated with an intentional abstraction can be used to represent a non-conventional subject. A pure palette for discerning eyes, where each of the "flavors" is a mixture, composed of ingredients whose exact proportions are known only to the author. A work that represents neither a physical entity nor a metaphysical entity outside of it and resists any attempt to fit it into existing categories, or to explain it as an exercise deliberately insincere in a formal anachronism and pictorial.
For Boré Paris it’s the kind of place that offers the right combination of inspiration and pain and suffering to keep him stimulated and painting. Independent and self-confident, with a remarkable ability to surprise and intrigue the viewer ... he prefers the enigmatic, the unconventional, and the unexpected. His work is precise, yet it teeters on the threshold of delirium and chaos. He brings outrageous levels, of pictorial realization to his work. His compositions are a sophisticated exercise in the manipulation of form, keyed-up color, density, illusionism, brushwork, and compression. The interior and the exterior merge to produce a single image whose complexities are almost impossible to untangle. The result is which the abstract nearly trumps the real.

Artist:
Bore Ivanoff

Bore Ivanoff. Contemporary, protean artist, based in Paris since 2001. Originally from Eastern Europe. Boré Ivanoff essentially paints views of Paris since 2012. Subtle blend of glory, pain and suffering, the city of light is his greatest source of inspiration. Trying to intrigue and surprise his audience, he focuses on transcribing an unconventional Paris, unexpected, enigmatic, "never seen before". Between the abstract and the real... Sophisticated and complex, Boré Ivanoff's works oscillate between abstraction and realism. The artist manipulates shapes and colors and reinvents reality to make it subtly abstract but always recognizable. In his compositions where interiors and exteriors intermingle and seem inseparable, Boré experiments and explores the boundaries of reality.

Exhibitions

2019. 12 Oct. Selected to participate the ArtLab show, organized by Benjamin Eck art Gallery, Munich. 2018, -4 Oct - 4 Dec. Join me in the City, Group Exhibit in the Eclectic Gallery in London, UK. - 16-21 October, a group show, "The Abstract Real" in the Royal Hall de la Madeleine, Paris 8ème. -July, participation in a group exhibition "Hyperrealism", Gallery Atelier-Saint-Honoré", Paris 8ème. 2017: Novembre, a group show titled "The Abstract Nature of Reality" in the Royal Hall in La Madeleine, Paris 8ème Mai, A Solo show "Les Miroirs de Paris",in "Paris Country Club". Rueil-Malmaison 2016. Juin. Exposition dans la Salle Royale de la Madeleine, Paris 8ème. Mar. Exposition au Institut Culturel Bulgare de Prague, République Tchèque. 2015. -Nov. Exposition au Cercle France-Ameriques, Paris 8ème. 2014. - Dec. Exposition, One day show, « Paris 13, entre Histoire et Modernité », École Bulgare de Paris, à Paris 8ème. - Jul. Exposition « Paris 13, entre Histoire et Modernité », l’Institut Culturel Bulgare à Paris 8ème. 2013: - Oct. Exposition, « Paris 13, entre Histoire et Modernité », L’Âge d’Or, Paris 13ème. - Sept. Exposition « Paris 13 entre Histoire et Modernité », Centre Culturel des Finances, Ministère des Finances, Paris 12ème. 2010: - Mar. « La Maison d’Occitanie », Toulouse. -Aout. « Maison Gadal », Ussat-les-Bains, Ariége. - Dec. Théâtre Musical de Pibrac, région de Toulouse. 2009. - Jun. Mairie du Lichtenau, Westphalie, Allemagne. - Sept. Galerie« Arte », Sofia, Bulgarie. 2008. - Mai. Galerie Municipale, Kazanlak, Bulgarie. 2007. - Residence Adoma « Annam », Paris 20ème, - Sept. Circulo Mercantil y Cultural, Vigo, Galicia, Espagne. - Oct. Salones « Bahia » Vigo, Galicia, Espagne. - Nov. Kunst et Heimathaus, Sande, Paderborn, Westphalie, Allemagne. 2006: - Galerie « Herga », Estella-Lizarra, Navarre, Espagne. 2005: - Maison Basque de Paris, Saint Ouen, France. 2004: - Espace Culturel Bulgare, Rue Stendhal, Paris 20ème, France. 2003: - Galerie « Ex

2002. - Galerie « Compagnie des Arts », Paris 2ème, France, 1999. - Galerie « Ruvell », Kazanlak, Bulgarie. - « Café Galerie » avec présentation de son roman autobiographique « Mes rêves africains », Kazanlak, Bulgarie. 1997. - Salle « Sredetz », Ministère de la Culture, Sofia, Bulgarie. - «Maison de Balabanov», Plovdiv, Bulgarie. 1996. - Galerie Municipale, Kazanlak, Bulgarie. 1995. - Galerie « Emile Vincent », Paris 5ème, France. 1988. - Club des Artistes Indépendants, Kazanlak, Bulgarie

PARTICIPATIONS

2003: - « Portes Ouvertes » des Artistes de Ménilmontant, Paris 20ème. Expo partage avec Max Coté, un peintre du Benin. 2002: - « Festival de Montmartre », Salle des Fêtes, Mairie du 18ème, Paris. 2001: - Exposition de peintres et sculptures bulgares « La Palette Bulgare » à l’Hôtel de Ville d’Aix-en-Provence. - Exposition des Résidents de l’Armée du Salut, La Cité de Refuge-Centre Espoir, Paris13ème 2000: - Salon International des Arts et Culture en « Gare Maritime » à Cannes, France. 1999: – Exposition collective pour la « Fête de la Rose », Galerie « Ruvel », Kazanlak, Bulgarie. Exposition pour la « Semaine de l’Afrique du Sud »-Galerie Ruvel–Kazanlak, Bulgarie. 1990: - Exposition collective des Artistes Indépendants, Salle « Iskra », Kazanlak, Bulgarie. 1989: - Manifestation des Artistes Indépendants, Kazanlak, Bulgarie.

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
Amanda Greive

Amanda Greive
Amanda Greive's hyper-realistic compositions reference both classical and contemporary symbolism and iconography. While the primary motivation behind her work is to tease out the nuanced emotions embedded within the human condition and to confront isolation and anxiety born of gender-based stereotypes, She also looks to comment on the contradiction between creating realistic imagery and portraying emotional rawness, as well as the uncompromised truth in the imagery portrayed versus its symbolic ambiguity.

Artist:
Amanda Greive

​Amanda Greive graduated with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2008 and has exhibited her work both locally and nationally. She has exhibited her work at the St. Louis Artist’s Guild, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, and the Louisville, KY, Visual Arts Association. Most recently, she had solo shows at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria and the Springfield Art Association. She was also a juried member of the Chicago Artist’s Coalition’s HATCH project for 2011-12. One of her pieces, “The Last Judgment”, was also published in Manifest Gallery’s fourth edition of the International Painting Annual.

Education

2008: University of Illinois at Springfield Bachelors of Arts in Visual Arts 2003: University of Illinois at Springfield Masters of Public Health with an emphasis in epidemiology 2001: University of Illinois at Springfield Bachelors of Science in Biology, graduated cum laude

Exhibitions

2019: Market Art + Design, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY Towards New Ways, invitational group show hosted by Hyperrealism Magazine, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Painting the Figure Now 2019, traveling exhibit, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL LA Art Show, in association with Rehs Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY 2018: SCOPE New York, Amelchenko Art Advisory, New York, NY Market Art + Design, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY Modern Muse, ARC Salon Group Exhibit, Rehs Contemporary Art Gallery, New York BIG ART. small canvas, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2017: Drowning in the Delicate, solo exhibition, The Victorian House Art Gallery, Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais, IL Figurativas 2017, finalist, Fundacio de las Artes y los Artistas, Barcelona, Spain ARC Visions, group exhibit, Arcadia Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA LA Art Show, in association with Arcadia Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA A Place Kinder Than Home, group exhibit, Strawn Art Gallery, Jacksonville, IL (upcoming) Big Art. Small Canvas, group exhibit, RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2016: 2016 Rockford Midwestern Biennial, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL Mirror | Mirror, Two-Person Exhibit, University of Illinois-Springfield Visual Arts Gallery, Springfield, IL Invitational Art and Artisan Festival, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN Art Renewal Center 12th ARC International Salon, finalist 2015: Amanda Greive: Symbolic Realism, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL BIO-fied, Group Exhibition, University of Illinois-Springfield, Springfield, IL BIO-fied, Group Exhibition, State Street Gallery, Chicago, IL St. Louis Art Guild’s Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition, St. Louis, MO

Awards

2017 Rehs Contemporary Award, 13th ARC International Salon 2016 Arcadia Contemporary Award, 12th ARC International Salon 2015 Ann Metzger Award, St. Louis Art Guild’s Ann Metzger Memorial National All Media Exhibition 2014 Best of Show, Liturgical Art Juried Exhibit 2013 Painting Award, Illinois State Fair Professional Art Exhibit 2010 Realism Award, Watertower Regional Juried Exhibit Realism Award, Traditions in 2-D juried Exhibit 1st place, painting, Illinois State Fair Professional Artist Exhibition 2009 OSF Hospital Painting Award, 64 Arts National Juried Exhibit 2008 Cover art, Lincoln Land Community College Harvester Chancellor’s Award, III Space, UIS Senior Exhibition 2007 Merit award, Illinois Community College Juried Art Exhibition Cover art, Lincoln Land Community College Harvester Painting award, Lincoln Land Community College Student Art Exhibit 2006 Best of Show, Lincoln Land Community College Student Art Exhibit

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)
Lorena Kloosterboer

Lorena Kloosterboer
Lorena Kloosterboer is a Dutch-Argentine artist (the Netherlands, 1962) painting contemporary realist still lifes. She seeks to capture the fascinating interactions between colors, light, shadows, textures and reflections, and unite them in visual poetry. During Kloosterboer’s thirty+ year career her artwork has received many prestigious awards, and has been exhibited in well over 150 gallery and museum exhibitions in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Kloosterboer has written a book about painting in acrylics which has been published worldwide in several languages. She also writes essays about art and artists, catalog introductions, and has undertaken several curatorial projects. All her articles can be found on her website under Art Blog. Lorena Kloosterboer currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Artist:
Lorena Kloosterboer

Lorena Kloosterboer is a Dutch-Argentine artist (the Netherlands, 1962) painting contemporary realist still lifes. She seeks to capture the fascinating interactions between colors, light, shadows, textures and reflections, and unite them in visual poetry. During Kloosterboer’s thirty+ year career her artwork has received many prestigious awards, and has been exhibited in well over 150 gallery and museum exhibitions in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Kloosterboer has written a book about painting in acrylics which has been published worldwide in several languages. She also writes essays about art and artists, catalog introductions, and has undertaken several curatorial projects. All her articles can be found on her website under Art Blog. Lorena Kloosterboer currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Guennadi Ulibin

Guennadi Ulibin
The exhibition presents two main lines of Ulibin's work. Despite their external differences, they are united by a common philosophical concept. The first line is a series of paintings that show the post-historical world - the result of human activities based on the principle of reckless consumption and exploitation. These paintings are like open portals to a world freed from technological civilization, in which humanity opens up completely new development paths based on self-improvement, knowledge of one’s inner potential and harmony with the Universe. This is the time when the course of the history of mankind and its meaning are rethought. Man is the most perfect thing on Earth and the potential of human capabilities is much greater than that used in the framework of modern civilization. Any, even the most high-tech machine, is for a man only a tool - a substitute for his own undisclosed abilities. Naked human on bare earth is the main motive of the compositions. Civilization and technology no longer exist, only its remnants, in the form of strange objects, once high-tech machines rise above the surface of the earth or sea, - a pile of metal, like a defeated idol of a technogenic system. The space of heaven and sea symbolizes the infinity of the universe and freedom, the same infinite. The Earth, as a renewed space, is part of the Universe, - mysterious, but at the same time open to human knowledge and giving it inspiration. Women personify the future of humanity. They are hope and inspiration, as well as a symbol of love and beauty - the beginning for the creation of a new beautiful world based on the principle of knowledge and understanding of the infinite Universe.
The second line in his work also has a deep philosophical content. Most of the works in this series are made in the schedule - coal on paper. These are compositions that are the result of my imagination, reflection and searching for answers to the main questions. They are united by the theme of the meaning of life, knowledge of the fundamental principles of being and evolutionary development. The process of comprehending the ideas for expressing them in the form of graphic or pictorial compositions has gone far beyond the scope of fine art and has become a philosophical method for studying reality. This led to the fact that it became possible to implement my creative ideas in large multi-figured paintings. So the picture “Diaries of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse” appeared. In this picture, the Apocalypse, as an emergency intervention in the course of the evolutionary-historical process, is not the end of the world, but its beginning. The Apocalypse is a moment of spiritual and intellectual enlightenment - understanding the true mission of human, as the embodiment of the mind on earth with the goal of cognition and understanding of the infinite Universe.

Artist:
Guennadi Ulibin

Guennadi Ulibin is an artist who is originally from Russia. He has a fine arts degree from the Saint Petersberg Academy of Fine Arts. When we immerse ourselves in the style and ways of the art world it is difficult to classify the characteristics of his works and subject matter. His work is hyperrealist and we regularly find surrealist elements and objects which at times we cannot properly identify. These phantasmagorical elements appear side by side with human figures and surprise because they are painted so realistically and provoke a sense of an unreal reality within Ulibin’s compositions as they are directly captured in the place they represent. Perhaps we can view Guennadi’s work as a form of transcendental realism trying to show us people who, it seems, suddenly, for some mysterious reason, have traveled to another dimension or another world. Real people, made of flesh and blood with their own unique characters, thoughts, and feelings. Nudes on a bare landscape are the main theme in his creations. Technological civilizations no longer exist as there are only the remains of inexplicable machinery depicted as giant silhouettes, which sometimes look like ghosts protruding from the land or emerging from the sea. But the protagonist in his works is always humanity. Despite the apparent stillness emanating from the posture of his characters, one can appreciate enormous energy from within everyone. In the solitude and thoughts of his characters, the painter creates a psychological universe.

Exhibitions

2003: International festivals of modern art. Seville. Spain The international festival of modern art De Arte. Madrid. Spain Circulo Mercantil e Industrial. Seville. Spain Gallery Gema Lazcano. Madrid. Spain Exhibition devoted corrida. Exhibition at the center of the culture of cityOsuna. Spain. Exhibition Modern secrets . Gallery Clave . Spain Gallery Castello 120. Madrid. Spain Exhibition hall Osborne. Puerto de Santa Maria. Spain International Bienale of modern art. Florence. 2002: International festivals of modern art. Seville. Spain Gallery Pablo Ruiz. Malaga. Spain Gallery SanVisente 31. Seville. Spain Gallery Art Gallery Encarna Gomez. Marbella. Spain Exhibition at the center of culture of city Puebla del Rio. Spain Plaza de Armas. Seville. Spain II Bienal of modern figurative art. Gallery Clave. Murcia. Spain I competition devoted to the international day of protection environmental. Exhibition at the centre of culture of city Osuna. Spain. Hermanamiento artistico entre Sevilla y San Petersburgo. An exhibition hall at the centre of TV and radio of an announcement Andalucia. (RTVA). Seville. Spain Exhibition hall of the telecentre Canal Sur. Malaga. Spain Exhibition Tondo. Gallery Clave. Murcia. Spain Palacio de Pena Flor. Ecija. Spain The international festival of modern art. Gante. Belgium. Gallery Castello 120. Madrid. Spain 2000: Charitable exhibitions for the restoration of church Sacred Agustin. center of culture of city Osuna. Spain. 1999: Exhibitions Ballet and dance an Exhibition hall of the union of the artists. St.-Petersburg. Exhibition of degree works. An exhibition hall of Academy of arts. St.-Petersburg. 1997: Exhibition devoted to the teacher. An exhibition hall Academies of arts. St.-Petersburg. Exhibition of the students and teachers in Lenexpo. St.-Petersburg 1996: Exhibitions Northern light Chattanooga. Tennessee. USA. 1993: Exhibitions of Landscape painting. An exhibition hall of Academy arts. St.-Petersburg. .

Solo exhibitions

2003: Galleries Clave. Murcia. Gallery Pablo Ruiz. Malaga. 2001: Exhibition at the centre of culture of city . Casino Cultural de Estepa. Exhibition at the centre of culture of city Lora de Estepa. Gallery Sargadelos. Seville. Exhibition hall Plaza del Altozano. Seville. 2000: Exhibition halls CajaSur- Reyes Catolicos. Cordoba. 1999: Casino de Osuna. Palacio de Pena Flor. . 1998: Exhibition at the centre of culture of city.

Achievement

In 2003 was awarded "The premium Lorenzo Medichi on Bienale international of modern art" in Florence.
Michele Del Campo

Michele Del Campo
In his ongoing series of paintings “Daydreamers”, he generally depicts an idle and melancholic youth, beautiful and kissed by the bright Mediterranean sun, but they appear aloof and immersed in an unfulfilled inner world. In his other ongoing series “Life on the edge” he expresses, in a more dramatic form, the isolation, the loneliness and the sense of loss of the individual. He paints both from life and from photos, according to the complexity of the composition. His works from photos are careful combinations of a number of different reference photographs that he has taken to models, objects and spaces in different times and places. He paints often on large formats with the freshness and sensuality of a very personal wet on wet technique.

Artist:
Michele Del Campo

Michele Del Campo was raised in San Nicandro Garganico, a small town in rural South Italy. When he was 18 he moved to Milan (Italy), where he started his Fine Art studies, then he went to study in Falmouth (UK), Dundee (UK) and Madrid (Spain). In 2008 he moved to London and in 2016 to Glasgow (UK), and in 2018 to Milan, where he now lives and works. He has a degree in Fine Arts from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid (Spain, 2007), and a degree in Illustration and Printmaking from the University of Dundee (UK, 2001). Del Campo has had solo exhibitions in Italy, Spain, UK, Switzerland and Peru, and group exhibitions around Europe, US and Asia, and has won many art prizes, among which the Premio BMW in 2006, given by Queen Sofía of Spain.

Solo exhibitions

2018 Galería Ansorena, Madrid 2017 "Mentes errantes" Galería Enlace Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru "Way out and back", Palazzetto dell'Arte, Foggia, Italy 2015 "The Fall", Westminster Reference Library, London 2013 Stranded and Adrift, Alpha Gallery, London 2012 Il Muto Rumore dell'Acqua, Imago Art Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland 2011 Viaje de no retorno, Galería Enlace Arte Contemporáneo, Lima, Peru 2010 Close Strangers, Mark Jason Gallery, London 2008 Urban Chic, Mark Jason Gallery, London 2007 Galería Jorge Alcolea, Madrid 2006 Gente di mare, Galería Fernando Alcolea, Barcelona 2005 Galería Jorge Alcolea, Madrid Galería Fernando Alcolea, Barcelona 2004 Galería Jorge Alcolea, Madrid Galería American Prints, Valencia 1998 Villa Zoya, Concorezzo, Milan

Awards

2016 "Oil Painters of America Award" in ARC International Salon Competition, US Finalist The Artist's Magazine Art Prize 2015 Grand Prize "All Media" Art Competition, The Artist's magazine, US Third Prize at "Pintar Rápido", London Chroma Prize, Patchings Open Art Competition, Calverton, UK Longlisted at Aesthetica Art Prize, Aesthetica magazine, York (UK) Finalist in the International 2014/15 Art Renewal Centre (ARC) Salon, Figurative Category Finalist The Artist's Magazine Art Prize 2014 Royal Talens Prize, Patchings Open Competition, Calverton, Nottinghamshire, UK Finalist at International 2013/14 Art Renewal Centre (ARC) Salon in Figurative and Still Life categories, US The Artist's Exhibition Prize, Patchings Open Competition, Calverton, Nottinghamshire, UK Third prize in the Art Event Evening, Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London 2013 Joint Second prize in the Art Event Evening, Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London Honourable Mention in the II Curso de Pintura Realista, course taught by Antonio López García and Andrés García Ibañez, Olula del Río 2012 Winner of Winsor and Newton Oil Prize, Royal Society of Marine Artists annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London First prize Premios Luces to the Best Solo Exhibition of the Year in Peru, Lima 2009 Selected in the Threadneedle Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London 2008 Third Price Best of the Best, Art in Action, Oxford 2006 First Price XXI Premio BMW de Pintura 2005 First price X Certamen Unipublic de Pintura Deportiva, Madrid First Printmaking Prize Espina y Capo, 72º Salón de Otoño, Madrid 2003 First prize XIV Premio de Pintura Rápida Fiestas del Pilar, Madrid Second prize Premio Nacional de pintur
Vicent Pelegero Agustí

Vicent Pelegero Agustí
Vicent Pelegero Agustín (Xàtiva, 1971) is a painter of landscapes of intense modernist beauty. Using the Mediterranean tradition of “Plein Air” painting he captures the real and intense poetic subtlety of everyday life’s experience and the fundamental lines of a nature that, in its canvases, exhibits its primitive strength. Pelegero Agustí paints with great sensitivity to the atmosphere of the landscapes with a very personal and unique style.

Artist:
Vicent Pelegero Agustí

Pelegero Agustí, Vicent born in 1971, in Xàtiva, currently lives in Gandia. He studied Fine Arts in Valencia, at the Polytechnic University, at the Faculty of San Carlos. Since childhood, influenced by his father, he is attracted to painting and makes it his way of life. He works outdoors, like the famous painters of the Valencia school.

EXHIBITIONS

2019: Sala Rusiñol. Sant Cugat. Barcelona. Galeria Aitana. Burriana. Castellón Absubian Gallery. Absubia. Alicante. Blue Frame Gallery. Barcelona 2018: Absubian Gallery. Absubia. Alicante. 2017: Galeria Aitana. Burriana. Castellón. Galeria Pizarro. València. 2016: Sala “Coll Alas”. Gandia. València. 2015: Galeria La Tira.Requena.València. The Haen Gallery. Brevard.Carolina del Norte. EEUU Galeria Pizarro. València. 2014: Galeria La Tira. Xàtiva.València. 2013: Galeria Bisel. Cartagena. 2012: Galeria AVIMA. Dènia. 2010: Sala Parés. Barcelona. Galeria La Decoradora. Alicante. Galeria Racó 98.Sóller. Mallorca. 2008: Sala Parés. Barcelona Galería La Decoradora. Alicante. Galería Pizarro. València. 2006: Galeria d´art Foz.Sitges. Barcelona. 2005: Sala Rusiñol. Sant Cugat del Vallés. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 2004: Galeria d’art Foz. Sitges. Barcelona. 2003: Galeria 18. (Sala Parés). Barcelona. Sala Parés. Barcelona 2002: Sala Parés Barcelona. 2000: Galeria Garbí. València. 1999: Galeria Garbí. València. Galeria Alfama. Madrid 1998: Galeria Art Dam. Castelló. 1997: Galeria Asensi. Castelló Galeria Estudi. Villareal. Castelló. Galeria Gartbí. València. 1996: Galeria Garbí. València

AWARDS

2018: Selected XVIIC Painting Contest "Virgen de las Viñas" .Tomelloso 2015: Selected XIII Painting Contest "Virgin of the Vineyards" .Tomelloso 2013: Selected XII Painting Contest "Virgen de las Viñas" .Tomelloso 2012: Finalist painting contest "New Moors", Villena, Finalist in the XXVII BMW Painting Prize. 2011: Selected painting prize “Aguas de Barbastro” 2010: Finalist in the XXV BMW Painting Prize. Acquisition Award "Virgin of the Vineyards 2009: Finalist in the XXIV BMW Painting Prize. 2nd Prize "Virgin of the Vineyards". Tomelloso. 2008: Acquisition Award "Virgen de las Viñas". Tomelloso. Selected in the XXIII BMW Painting Prize. 2007: Finalist in the XXII BMW Painting Prize. 2006: Medal of Honor at the XXI BMW Painting Prize. 2005: Selected in the XX BMW Painting Prize. 2004:Honorable mention Painting Prize "Fira d´agost" .Xàtiva.València. 2001: Selected XLIII Young Painting Award. Sala Parés. Barcelona. 1999: Selected XLI Young Painting Award. Parés room. Barcelona. Selected in the XIV BMW Painting Prize. Selected XXX Fall Room. València Ateneo Mercantil Painting Award. Selected LX National Exhibition of Plastic Arts of Valdepeñas. 1998: Selected 8th Fundació Barceló International Painting Contest. Selected LIX National Exhibition of Plastic Arts of Valdepeñas. Selected in the XIII BMW Painting Prize. Honorable mention XXIX Autumn Salon. Ateneo Mercantil Painting Award. Valencia. 1997: III Prize Painting Ràpida Ciutat de l’Eliana. Valencia. Selected José de Ribera Award. Xativa Valencia. 1996: Selected XI BMW Painting Prize. Monachil Painting Contest Award. Pomegranate. Selected in the 1st Campanya d'Arts Plàstiques of the SARC. Selected Research Fellow of the Rotary Club Valencia Center. Selected José de Ribera Award. Xativa Valencia. 1995 : Painting Prize Excelentisimo Almussafes Town Hall. Valencia.

COLLECTIONS

Work acquired by "La Caixa" Foundation. Work acquired Caja Duero. Work acquired by Banco de Sabadell Foundation. Work in hospitals of Valladolid and Zamora of the Recoletas Group Work in Hidronatur.Xàtiva company. Valencia.
Serena Potter

Serena Potter
Artist Statement My early school report cards all said the same thing; “Serena day dreams too much”. They were such vivid imaginings that they scored onto my long-term memory. As I have matured I have become more conscious of my two selves, the one on the inside and the one on the outside. My art acts as a bridge between the two. Inside Out is an apt description of my work, reaching deep within to find that portion of my self thatdesires exposure and revelation. This show is comprised of pieces from several series, both oil paintings on canvas or birch panel, and charcoal drawings on cotton rag paper. Though they differ in medium and aesthetic, they are united in that they all tell a story. Certain imagery has begun to emerge and re-cycle through the work, eggs being one example. They represent those things that women nurture and protect; they are fragile but also embody a certain strength. The drawings employ themes of reflection, duality, private self versus public self and the pressure we feel to present a certain imposed standard of youth and perfection to the world. These drawings represent moments of self-appraisal where the viewer often takes on the roll of the mirror, creating a sense of voyeurism as if they have stepped into a private space. They, and the more tenebristic paintings included in the show, are notable for their use of chiaroscuro inspired by the dramatic cinematic lighting and compositional elements used in film noir. The paintings reflect the still, luminous light and close space of masters such as George De La Tour and Caravaggio. Then we have a series of paintings that contrast the vibrant hues and higher key palette reminiscent of the golden age American Illustrators (such as Norman Rockwell and J.C. Lyendecker), with a sardonic narrative, which places adults in childlike situations. 

Artist:
SERENA POTTER

Serena Potter’s work focuses on themes of sense of self, perceived change or imperfection, private pain vs. public persona, and interpersonal connections. She creates drawings with mixed media charcoal and pastel, on cotton rag paper, as well as paintings in oil on birch panel or canvas. Her drawings and paintings are notable for their use of chiaroscuro inspired by the dramatic cinematic lighting and compositional elements used in film noir. In her paintings you will find elements color and light from the golden age illustrators such as Norman Rockwell and J.C. Lyendecker in one series and the still luminous light of masters George De La Tour and Caravaggio in another. Potter received her BFA from the University of Utah and her MFA in painting from Laguna College of Art and Design, where she is currently a mentor in their MFA program. She teaches at National University, Mt. San Antonio Community College. Her paintings are included in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Mexico, as well as in the permanent collection of the Hilbert Museum of California Art.

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO SHOWS 2019 Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2016 Long Beach Museum of Art, Artist in Residence, Long Beach, CA 2014 Warehome, Orange, CA 2013 “Featured Artist”, Blood Orange Info. Shop, Riverside, CA 2011 Arena I Gallery, Graduate Show, Santa Monica, CA EXHIBITIONS 2018 Golden West College Art Gallery, group show, curator: Evan Senn, Huntington Beach, CA 2018 Coastline Art Gallery, group show, curator: David Lee, Newport Beach, CA 2018 California Center for the Arts Museum, Group Show, Escondido, CA 2018 Sp{a}ce Gallery, Group Show, Curator: Scott Hess, Pasadena, CA 1017 Arcadia Contemporary, Group Show, Curator: John Seed, Culver City, CA 2017 Neutra Institute Museum, Group Show, Curator: Dulce Stein, Lost Angeles, CA 2017 Abend Gallery, Group Show, Curator: Aliah Chapin, Denver, CO 2017 Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Faculty show, Walnut, CA 2017 Studio C Gallery, Group show, Curator: Fatemah Burns, Los Angeles, CA 2016-18 Coastline Art Gallery, Group Shows, Curator: David Lee, Newport Beach, CA 2016 Q Art Salon, Group Show, Curator: Santa Ana, CA 2015 Q Art Salon, Group Show, Curator: Evan Senn, Santa Ana, CA 2015 Paul Williams Gallery, Group Show, Curator: Jean Carvelis, Ontario, CA 2015 Jamie Brooks Gallery, Group Show, Curator: Eric Swenson, Costa Mesa, CA 2015 Studio C Gallery, Group show, Los Angeles, CA 2015 LCAD Fine Art Faculty Show, Ocean and Forest Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 2015 Red Pipe Gallery, Group Show, Curator: Mat Gleason, Los Angeles, CA 2014 “First Place Award”, Juror: Peter Frank, Lark Gallery, Yes! Competition, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Torrance Art Museum, Mas Attack, Juror: Lisa DeSmidt, Torrance, CA 2014 Studio C Gallery, Annual Women’s show, Juror: Ada Brown, Los Angeles, CA 2014 “Honorable Mention Award”, Contemporary Art Center, 25th AJS, Juror: John Seed, Las Vegas, NV 2014 University North Carolina Ashville, 5th Annual Drawing Discourse, Juror: Tim Lowly, Group Show, Ashville, NC

AFFILIATIONS

2008- Plein Air Artists of Riverside, Riverside, CA 2008- Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 2005-2007 Westlake Village Art Guild, West Lake, CA 2004- New Hampshire Plein Air Painters, NH 2001-2002 Chairman, Norwich Artists, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 2000-2002 Norfolk Festival, Artists Open Studios, Executive Committee, UK

PUBLICATIONS

2016 Poets and Artists, 100 Great Drawings of 2016, issue 78 2015 Poets and Artists, 50 Memorable Artists of 2015, Issue 65 2012 BlueCanvas magazine, Featured Artist, 12th edition, April 2011 BlueCanvas magazine, Featured Artist, online edition, July 2010 Calendar Art, Coldwell Banker International, Laguna Beach, CA November 2010 BlueCanvas Magazine, online edition video interview, Octoberhttp g5n7EuVm 2004 Cover Art, ForeWord Reviews Magazine, Traverse City, MI August
Mes Voyages by Niloufar Banisadr - Artist Biography

Mes Voyages by Niloufar Banisadr - Artist Biography
-------------------------------- Niloufar Banisadr was born in 1973, in Tehran, where she grew up and trained herself in the art of photography. She had just turned 30 when she decided, in 2003, to settle in France in order to polish her craft. First in Strasbourg then in Paris a few years later, she worked in earnest to expand her palette and broaden a catalogue of photographs which were exhibited in Dubai, Istanbul, Arles and the City of Light. After being granted French citizenship, and while enjoying a growing reputation in the world of photography and contemporary art, Niloufar contributed, in 2013, to the foundation of the Parisian Gallery 55Bellechasse, which, for its inauguration, organized a successful retrospective exhibition of her work. The œuvre Niloufar Banisadr has been creating for more than 20 years strings together series which are sometimes abstract, often representational, but always preoccupied with a certain idea of womanhood. When she is asked about her artistic approach, usually seen as politically committed and controversial, Niloufar replies that it ought to be interpreted as an introspective and reflective work on what being a woman today signifies and entails, a work she mostly fulfils in a narrative and illustrative mode. Closely listening to the stirrings of her own body as well as to those of the women of her generation, both in the East and in the West, the Franco-Iranian artist has often represented herself in her works, either as self-portraits or as dreamlike figures. Having been fascinated, since her very beginnings, by the “clash of cultures” in her native land, Niloufar Banisadr is today internationally renowned and exhibits in a growing number of museums and galleries, notably Basel, Miami, New York and Paris--------------------------------

"Mes Voyages" artist's statement
-------------------------------- Niloufar Banisadr has here chosen to systematically superimpose her own portrait, where she appears as an iconic representation of her native culture, on photographs of places, artworks and objects which have inspired her in the course of her mostly European peregrinations. The artist acknowledges that this series probably reveals, on her part, a form of parapraxis: the uprooted, expatriated individual seeking a new sense of belonging without going as far as disavowing her own origins.

Artist:
Niloufar BANISADR

PHOTOGRAPH

Niloufar lives and works in Paris her works can be seen 55Bellechasse - Paris7 as well as in few partner galleries, museums and private institutions
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...

Philippe Bluzot - Appearances

Philippe Bluzot - Appearances
His paintings are unsettling due to its reality, they flirt around with photographic illusion, without actually being hyper-realist. Especially since the painter offers a mirror of our life or a life that one is determined to conceal (death, life in the street...). Ordinary or even banal scenes are gilded in a sensitive manner. The artist says "It's about re-constructing a sensitive space, where the hand's role, usage of pigments, composition, values, quest for materials are all important questions, just like investigating appearances of the world in which we are immersed. I rub against this reality and try to reveal or trigger a presence due to visual power, in order to titillate the look".

Artist:
Philippe Bluzot

Philippe Bluzot was born in 1959 in Montluçon (Allier). The artist draws inspiration from Vermeer, Chardin, Balthus or even Rothko to depict everyday life. In 1981, Philippe Bluzot made a contribution to the « Poudre d’or » association with Jérôme Mesnager, one of the first street painters. They share this passion to highlight forgotten beings. His paintings are unsettling due to its reality, they flirt around with photographic illusion, without actually being hyper-realist. Especially since the painter offers a mirror of our life or a life that one is determined to conceal (death, life in the street...). Ordinary or even banal scenes are gilded in a sensitive manner. The artist says "It's about re-constructing a sensitive space, where the hand's role, usage of pigments, composition, values, quest for materials are all important questions, just like investigating appearances of the world in which we are immersed. I rub against this reality and try to reveal or trigger a presence due to visual power, in order to titillate the look".

Tanya Atanasova - Project YOU MY DEAR

Tanya Atanasova - Project YOU MY DEAR
I’m working on a large series of portraits of people I know very well or people that have played an important role in my life through the years. This two-and-a half-year project, in which I want to capture more than just the outer appearance of my models is called “You my dear” and is all about friendship. I have started this project one year ago doing everything on my own: traveling far to interview my models and get some pictures, working long days in my atelier, developing the website, buying materials, painting for months, crating, shipping, writing, publishing ... These paintings are not commissioned and there is no guarantee of sales. In fact it is quite unusual to sell existing portraits to customers/collectors who don’t really know the person on the canvas. But it still is a project of a great importance to me - this is my way of saying “thank you” to these people for being next to me all these years. I’m telling their stories, I’m painting/celebrating the link with them! In my artistic practice I use a lot of modern painting techniques to create the different “layers” of a personality, character, spirit, presence… I devote a lot of attention to the construction of my character’s personalities. Being interested in the psychology of my models, I want to become an intermediary between subject and viewer – building a connection that goes beyond painted realism. My gaze is directed deep into the story of every personage I create, his/her identity and unique complexity. Looking at the paintings should be like taking a glimpse into the character’s diary or reading a page out of his/her biography.

Artist:
Tanya Atanasova

Since her graduation from the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Tanya Atanasova has worked in several different media: painting, ceramics, sculptures and installations… She grew up in an environment where different artistic disciplines were in constant interaction. But although she has been drawing and painting all her life (her secondary and BAA educations were art related), she has only discovered her great passion for oil painting in 2016. Inspired, after visiting the studios/taking master classes by some of her most favorite contemporary artists - she decided to become a full time painter. Dedicated to big size non-traditional portraits, she started weaving her way through contemporary realism. She is now working from her own studio in Antwerp – one of Europe’s most important cities for art and culture. In 2018 she is preparing a solo exposition of portraits (to be completed in 2019) and she was pre-selected for some of world’s most remarkable competitions. In her artistic practice Tanya uses a lot of old and modern painting techniques to create the different “layers” of a personality, character, spirit, presence… Each of her paintings tells a story and she devotes a lot of attention to the construction of her character’s personalities. Being interested in the psychology of her models, the artist wants to become an intermediary between subject and viewer – building a connection that goes beyond painted realism. Her gaze is directed deep into the story of every personage she creates, his/her identity and unique complexity. Looking at the paintings should be like taking a glimpse into the character’s diary or reading a page out of his/her biography.

Kimberly Dow

Kimberly Dow
"One works (paints) because I suppose it is the most interesting thing one knows how to do. The days one works (paints) are the best days. On the other days one is hurrying through the other things one imagines one has to do to keep one's life going. You get the garden planted. You get the roof fixed. You take the dog to the vet. You spend a day with a friend. You learn to make a new kind of bread. You hunt up photographs for someone who thinks he needs them. You certainly have to do the shopping. You may even enjoy doing such things. You think they have to be done. You even think you have to have some visitors or take a trip to keep from getting queer living alone...(). But always, you are hurrying through these things with a certain amount of aggravation so that you can get at the painting again because that is the high spot - in a way it is what you do all the other things for...The painting is like a thread that runs through all the reasons for all the other things that make one's life." -Georgia O'Keefe

Artist:
Kimberly Dow

Knowing she would make her living as an artist since she was a child, Kimberly Dow has been gallery-represented and selling her work since she was nineteen. With some college studies, self-study and workshops with artists she admires, she has crafted her figurative paintings to express narratives in a modern realism style. She has received many awards and been published internationally. Her voyeuristic obsession with people and their stories continues. The narrative figures, nudes and portrait commissions she paints from her mountain top studio in North Carolina hang in collections around the world.

Group & Individual Shows

2019 - July-October - 'Alluring' included in the Painting The Figure Now Exhibition at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art and then traveling to Zhou B Art Center (opening October 18, 2019) in Chicago. 2019 - March, April - MEAM - Painting Today, International Women's Day - The European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain - Includes 'Soft On Soft' and 'Bewitched' 2019 - February - Show: Adorn Me - sponsored by Poets & Artists and the Gallery at Zhou B Art Center - shown on Artsy 2018 - December - Poets Artists Magazine - Figurative Realism - PA's 100th Issue, including 'Beguiled' - show through the GALLERY AT ZHOU B ART CENTER & Artsy 2018 - October - Poets & Artists Magazine - The New Nude - show through the GALLERY AT ZHOU B ART CENTER & Artsy 2016 - Oct 8 - 'Women Painting Women' show - www.rjdgallery.com, Sag Harbor, NY 2012 - September 15 through Oct 19, 2012 - 3rd Coast National/International juried exhibition - K Space - Corpus Christi 2012 - September - IGOR - International Guild of Realism 7th Annual Exhibition - Jones & Terwilliger Galleries, Carmel, CA 2011 - April 2-22 - Masters of Realism Salon International 2011 - Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX www.greenhousegallery.com 2011 - The Dirty Show, Detroit - Erotic Art Show, Feb 11-19, 2011 www.dirtyshow.org 2010 - The Jade Gate: Seattle, Washington. "Smokin'" 2010 - Providence, RI - through Lyman/Eyer Gallery - The Coming Out Show - Urban Arts & Culture Program, October 2010 2010 - April 2010 - Masters of Realism Salon International - Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX 2009 - Art Center of Corpus Christi, All Member Show 2009 - April 2009 - Masters of Realism Salon International 2009 - Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX www.greenhousegallery.com April 2008 - Masters of Realism Salon International 2008 - Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX www.greenhousegallery.com April 2008 - Art Center of Corpus Christi All Member Show - Corpus Christi, TX May 2007 - Masters of Realism Salon Int

Publications

2019 - MEAM Publication - Painting Today - International Women's Day - European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain 2018 - Adorn Me - Poets Artists Magazine - 'Birds Of A Feather' is included. 2018 - The Figurative Realism Issue #100 - Poets Artists Magazine - 'Beguiled' is included. 2018 - Poets Artists Magazine - The New Nude 2017 - Finalist for Art Renewal Centers 2017 ('Unprotected') - published in catalog 2017 - January - 'Unprotected' is a finalist in the 13th annual Art Renewal Center's Salon competition. December 2017 - 'Unspoken' is a finalist in the Artist Magazine's Annual Competition. December 2009 issue of the Artist's Magazine will list Kimberly Dow's painting ''Soft on Soft" as a finalist in the 2009 International Competition, Portrait/Figure category. December 2008 issue of the Artist's Magazine will list Kimberly Dow's painting ''No Evil" as a finalist in the 2008 International Competition, Portrait/Figure category. December 2007 issue of the Artist's Magazine will list Kimberly Dow's painting 'Unruly' as a finalist in the 2007 International Competition, Portrait/Figure category. December 2006 issue of the Artist's Magazine will list Kimberly Dow's paintings 'Pensive', 'Charity' & 'Allison' as Finalists in the 2006 International Competition, Portrait/Figure category November 2006 issue of South West Art Magazine - article about Kim and her figurative art - as well as featuring one of her paintings on the cover. The painting "Rose Arbor" is featured in the book published by International Artist entitled "How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Flowers & Gardens" - available from www.internationalartist.com Numerous newspaper articles in such papers as the Boston Globe, Manchester Union Leader, Uvalde Leader News and Laconia Citizen.

Awards

2018 Honorable Mention - Jerry's Artarama Self-Portrait Competition for 'Nevertheless' 2008 - Corpus Christi Art Center All Member Show - 'Fragile' awarded second place. 2007 - International Masters of Realism 2007 Salon - Honorable Mention for 'Allison' in the portrait category & Top 50 in show for 'Pensive'. 2007 - 'My Turn' awarded Best in Show and First Place for oils at the All Member Show, April 2007 - Art Center of Corpus Christi 2007 - Corpus Christi Art Center's All Member Show - - 'My Turn' wins First Place for Works on canvas and wins Best of Show. 2006 - ARC International Competition - Art Renewal Center - Staff Award for 'Allison' and 100 top finalist for 'Charity' 2006 - Dimensions Show - Art Center of Corpus Christi - November - 2nd Place for 'Unabashed' 2006 - Independent's Show - Art Center of Corpus Christi - July - Best of Show for 'Gypsy Wind' 2006 - Museum of the Southwest - Midland Arts Association Spring Exhibition - First Place for 'Intuition' and Honorable Mention for 'Alyssa' 2006 - Art Center of Corpus Christi All Member Show - First Place for 'Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil' 2005 - Museum of the Southwest - Midland Arts Association Spring Show - Best of Show - "Gentle Touch" 2004 - Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - The American Artists Professional League - 76th Grand National Exhibition - Director's Award - "Gentle Touch" 2004 - Art Center of Corpus Christi, Dimension Show - Honorable Mention - "Eve's Alternative" 2004 - Midland Arts Association - First Place oil - "Caleb" - at the Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX 2004 - Art Center of Corpus Christi, Independent's Show - Honorable Mention for "Overachiever" 2004 - El Progreso Memorial Library Art Competition, "The American Experience" - 3rd Place for Works on Canvas, Uvalde, Texas for "In His service" 2000 - Corpus Christi Art Center, "Independent's Show" - for "Gerber Daisies & Mirror" - Honorable Mention 1996 - Laconia Artists Guild, "Best of Show" - for "F
Johnson Tsang - Ceramic Art

Johnson Tsang - Ceramic Art
Born in Hong Kong in 1960, artist Johnson Tsang employs realist sculptural techniques accompanied by his incredible surrealist imagination. Tsang pushes the boundaries of the viewer’s imagination. In Tsang’s magical realism, he is able to see each object with a new soul and function and does not rest until he has finally extracted it. After being familiar with the world as it is seen through Tsang’s eyes, we step into a new creative hemisphere, he adds a sort of beauty and an unforgettable meaning to everyday objects, constantly reinvented in his anthropomorphic sculptures. He takes them to a whole new existential level in a surreal, fantastic and magical manner, one that invites us to dream. Tsang’s porcelains are provocative, they challenge us and they have an irreverent stance. His sculptures convey this sensation in which they seem to be able to shape themselves and the metamorphic and anthropomorphic character is yet again displayed with full intensity in which the energy and movement are almost always present. They make us step into their inner and sensorial world, takes us to their passiveness and inner silence. A frequent feeling of pain, oppression or being crushed is also evident. In the series of babies Tsang depicts a playful world that is intensively fun and cartoonish, in which the babies’ big faces underline their traits and emotions. The babies show an evident disbelief towards the world and the beings around them, as if they aren’t able to see themselves abiding by this world’s laws. Creativity never ends, Tsang has a surrealist imagination which never becomes complacent, developing instead new techniques which give us innovative and unexpected approaches at all times.

Artist:
Johnson Tsang

Ceramic Art

Born in Hong Kong in 1960, artist Johnson Tsang employs realist sculptural techniques accompanied by his incredible surrealist imagination. Tsang pushes the boundaries of the viewer’s imagination. In Tsang’s magical realism, he is able to see each object with a new soul and function and does not rest until he has finally extracted it. After being familiar with the world as it is seen through Tsang’s eyes, we step into a new creative hemisphere, he adds a sort of beauty and an unforgettable meaning to everyday objects, constantly reinvented in his anthropomorphic sculptures. He takes them to a whole new existential level in a surreal, fantastic and magical manner, one that invites us to dream. Tsang’s porcelains are provocative, they challenge us and they have an irreverent stance. His sculptures convey this sensation in which they seem to be able to shape themselves and the metamorphic and anthropomorphic character is yet again displayed with full intensity in which the energy and movement are almost always present. They make us step into their inner and sensorial world, takes us to their passiveness and inner silence. A frequent feeling of pain, oppression or being crushed is also evident. In the series of babies Tsang depicts a playful world that is intensively fun and cartoonish, in which the babies’ big faces underline their traits and emotions. The babies show an evident disbelief towards the world and the beings around them, as if they aren’t able to see themselves abiding by this world’s laws. Creativity never ends, Tsang has a surrealist imagination which never becomes complacent, developing instead new techniques which give us innovative and unexpected approaches at all times.

Anne-Françoise Ben-Or

Anne-Françoise Ben-Or
My intention is that my painting Will be a source of inspiration for people. It is a process of observation Through which we discover Anew and see beyond What we already know. I wish that my painting Will create a direct connection to The essence of reality on a State of being and sensing. Anne Ben-Or

Artist:
Anne-Françoise Ben-Or

Born in Belgium (1965) Studies 1997-2000 Painting and sculpture - Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2001-2004 "Jerusalem Studio School", Israel Hershberg Additional 1997-2002: "The Israel Stage Orchestra" Stage designer

Solo Exhibitions

2020 „Prey To Prayer" Rothschild Fine Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2018 „State of Mind" Rothschild Fine Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Varda Steinlauf 2017 „Secret games" Rothschild Fine Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2016 „Anne Ben Or Paintings" Artists' House, Jerusalem, Curator: Ron Bartos „New members" Artists' House, Jerusalem, Curator: Oscar Abush 2015 „Defiance" Rothschild Fine Art Gallery Tel Aviv, Curator: Irena Gordon, accompanied by catalog. 2012 „Intimate Room" Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Ktzia Alon. 2011 „Tender" The Obsession of Art, Holland 2010 „Transparent Flowers" Giv'at Ha'im Ihud Gallery, Curator: Hanush Morag 2008 „Becoming" Bernard Gallery Tel-Aviv, Curator: Maya Moor, accompanied by catalog 2007 Wohl Centre, Bar- Ilan University, Curator: Guy Olami 2006 „Christine Decuyper" Gallery, Brussels 2005 „Echo" Bernard Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Curator: Maya Moor

Group Exhibitions

2020 „Corona Time" Art Gallery Gan Shmuel, Curator:Adi Yekutieli 2019 „Fresh Paint 2019" 2018 „I to eye" The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Shir Meller-Yamaguchi. 2017 „BP portrait award 2017" National Portrait Gallery, London „Summer arrivels" The Obsession of Art Gallery, Holland. „Summer Exhibition" Zemack Gallery, Curator : Anat Bar-Noi. 2016 „Art 16" London, by Rothschild Gallery „Arti" Tiroche Auction House, by Rothschild Gallery „Art on Craft" Tel-Aviv. Curator: Esti Drori, Doron Polak. „Papers of value", Curator: Liza Gershuni, Liza Gershuni gallery 2015 „Women Of the Book" The first station, Jerusalem, Curator: Shoshana Gugenheim , Dr Ronit Steinberg, Judith Margolis 2015 „Salon Hacubia" Hacubia Jerusalem, Curator: Ela Cohen, Dan Orimian 2014 „They paint flowers" Art salon Jaffa , Curator: Amit kabesa 2013 „Fresh paint 6" Art Festival, Tel-Aviv, Zemach Gallery „Joy of life" The obsession of art gallery, Holland. 2012 „2012" Zemack gallery, Tel-Aviv, Curator : Ktzia Alon „La Prabola leri oggi domani" The museum of Israely art Ramat-Gan, Curator : Carmine Siniscalo „Summer exhibition" Zemack Gallery, Tel-Aviv „Fresh paint 5" Art festival, Tel-Aviv, Zemack gallery. 2011 „Two Hopes away", Museum Lehi, Tel-Aviv, Curator: Revital Silverman Grun „A Season in Heaven" Florentin Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Curator: Irena Gordon & Gilat Nadivi „Ee Mahut" Gerstein gallery Tel-Aviv. Curator Nurit TaL-Tenne. 2010 Salon d'art contemporain business art 2010 a' l'espace du Pierre Cardin

2009: "Childhood Stories”,. WhiteBox gallery, Munich.Germany Curator Yael Katz Ben Shalom "Manofim project" Jerusalem "Close Watch" Curator Irena Gordon & Boaz Noy "Tableau Vivant" Artist House Tel Aviv Curator Nir Haramat "Stories" Ein hod. Curator Naomi Hoss "Whispers of nature" The Obsession of Art Gallery, Holland "Self Examination" Hi-touch Gallery, Israel. Curator Dafna Naor "Primavera" Art Fair, Rotterdam, Holland 2008: "New passions" The Obsession of Art Gallery, Holland. 2007: "The Obsession of Art Gallery", Holland "Art Laren" Fair, Holland "Art fair" Maastricht, Holland "Primavera" Art fair, Rotterdam, Holland "Open Air" Art fair, Holland 2005: "Saint Augustine", Germany Sponsored by the "Kunstler" Gallery 2004: "Work in progress" Art space Gallery Jerusalem. "Abstraction", French cultural center, Romain Gary, Jerusalem 2003: "Mabat Meshulash" ,Jerusalem Theater 2001: "Omanut Yozert" Cultural center, Jerusalem

Thuan Le Cu - My oil paintings depict ethnic minorities in northern Vietnam.

Thuan Le Cu - My oil paintings depict ethnic minorities in northern Vietnam.

Artist:
Lê Cù Thuần

LE CU THUAN. Born in 1981 in Tuyen Quang Graduated from Vietnam Viet Bac School of Culture and Arts in 2001 Graduated from Vietnam University of Fine Arts in 2006 Member of Vietnam Association of Arts and Sciences, Member of Association of Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities, Member of Vietnam Fine Arts Association. Reality Team Membership. Writing point of view: Drawing is telling stories. Technique: Draw many classes according to classical master. Exhibition: Regional art exhibition from 2000 to present. 2001 Vietnam Students Exhibition in Hanoi. Exhibition About Tuyen 2010 in Hanoi. Exhibition of works in the collection of Vietnam Fine Arts Association 2011 in Hanoi. Exhibition of Vietnam Fine Arts Association 2011, 2012 in Hanoi. The 2012 Imperial Energy Exhibition in Hue. 2014 National Youth Festival Exhibition in Hanoi. 2014 Back to Top Exhibition at Thanh Trung Gallerry. Exhibition of armed forces and revolutionary war 2014 in Hanoi. Exhibition of works in the collection of Vietnam Fine Arts Association 2014 in Hanoi. Exhibition of Photographic Art on the theme HTVLTTGĐHCM by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 2015 in Nghe An, 2015 National Exhibition in Hanoi, Contemporary TET Painting Market-TET ART 2015 in Hanoi, TODAY Exhibition in Hanoi 2016, Domino Art Fair in Hanoi 2017, Exhibition of silk paintings and silk products in America 2017, Real Group Exhibition 2015, 2017 at Vietnam Fine Arts Museum. The Reality Group Exhibition at Ho Chi Minh City Museum of Fine Arts 2018. Award: Young author award of the National Committee of the Union of Vietnam Fine Arts Associations 2001. The same prize of Vietnam Fine Arts Association in 2011, 2012. Prize of Vietnam Fine Arts Association 2013. Awards C of the Vietnam Ethnic Minority Association in 2014, C Prize of Photography Fine Arts Exhibition on the topic of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2015, Consolation Prize of the Association of Ethnic Minorities in the region year: 2015, 2016, 2019 Prize B of the Vietnam Association for Ethnic Minority Studies: 2016, 2019. Contact address: village 4, Trung Mon commune, Yen Son, Tuyen Quang, Viet Nam. Tel: (+84)766300991. Email: lecuthuan81@gmail.com. https://www.instagram.com/lecuthuan81. https://www.facebook.com/lecuthuan81
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