Slava Fokk-Penetration Paintings 2004-2015

Slava Fokk-Penetration Paintings 2004-2015
Slava Fokk's way of painting is distinguished by a “smart retrospection”- an exacting selection of painting techniques that allowed to create technologically perfect and plastically expressive works. Turning of Slava Fokk to origins of oil painting and to creative techniques of old Dutch manner of painting, was quite natural. Fokk has not been lost in the modern painting process which is often stunningly declarative, bringing a lot of anti-aesthetic destroying qualities and much intentional technological imperfections. Creatively interpreting a great heritage he developed his own recognizable complex of painting techniques which are justified in the painting and plastically expressive.

Theme:
The women are the central object. Monumentalism and plasticity of classical art in combination with Modern Art stylistics are still attractive for the artist. His work is distinguished by a good taste, without off-limit extremes from expressive brutality to digital technologies in a “Hyper-Realism”. Some flatness of general composite solution and a delicate scumbling design within a picture make a subtly shaded pictorial image which is especially good in woman’s portraits.

Artist:
Slava Fokk

Painter Slava Fokk belongs to a younger generation of South of Russian painters, who in twenty years created in a sense an aesthetic phenomenon outstanding against a background of Russian modern art-process. His works are distinguished by a refined aesthetic, and they do not succumb to the extremes of “Hyper-Realism”. He has a special talent to unite elements from the postmodern era with Russian symbolism in an aesthetic way. The geometric shapes create an Art Deco atmosphere, enhanced by the bright and contrast-rich color palette.

Biography

In 1997 he completed his training at Krasnodar Art School, also known as the Repin. Declared to be one of the brightest graduates of his class, Mr. Fokk graduated with high honors. Some years later the reflective Slava decided to move to Moscow. In his words, “I felt that the atmosphere where I was living was pressing on me. At some point, everyone needs to leave… to live somewhere else, far away. As a native of Krasnodar, I knew I would have to work to adapt to another city, another culture – and that it would be very useful.” The ancient Greeks said: “Only when you come back and realize that nothing has changed do you realize how much you yourself have changed.” In Moscow, where he became very productive, Slava was exposed to the “old” Russia, a combination of bourgeois and art. “The greatest challenge an artist faces is to adequately channel his first bursts of creative energy. It is necessary to constantly work at improving one’s skills in order to effectively tackle this challenge.” “I combine practically obsolete concepts with modern decorative themes. In the present body of work, I wanted to create a slightly nostalgic atmosphere.” His main focus is the art of the “northern revival.” He is attracted to the oil paintings of the Netherlands schools. These provide a soft light and shadow with a sometimes internal light that seems to envelop the subjects and figures.

Achievements

2007: first prize“Traditions and Time”, International Festival of Arts, “Zero” Moscow Gallery.

Mario Sánchez Nevado

Mario Sánchez Nevado
With a solid style, Mario Sánchez Nevado's conceptual artworks bring an emotional impact to the viewer, creating tales about universal ideas and feelings easy to relate to. His usage of colors is the key to creating atmospheres that are catchy but ambiguous at the same time, meanwhile, a critique of society and politics is usually found between the lines, as well as the roles we develop as emotional human beings in a historical era dominated by superficiality. His striking collection is deeply woven with bold narratives that allow the viewer to create their own vision of what they are seeing. Part magical storyteller and part sober messenger of society's ills, Mario's works begs for a deeper consideration of the world around us.

Artist:
Aégis

Hello! My name is Mario Sánchez Nevado and I am a storyteller who switched his old typewriter for a handful of colors. I am a freelance Illustrator, Art Director and Photographer headquartered in Madrid (Spain). To communicate is my passion, and to create, my way of life. I think that everyone has a good story to tell. I have created mine from the need of showing the world as an emotional and contextual experience. My language is obscure, surreal and caustic, but my creations talk about everyday life… Where the most fascinating stories are told. I am a vocational, freelance artist. I love to create artworks and designs for CD albums, books and posters. Outside of the studio, I work as Art Director of the international artistic collective Hysterical Minds. I also like giving motivational lectures and digital art workshops. Education: Fine Arts Degree, University of Murcia, Spain. 2003 - 08

Exhibitions

2015: Minocom Gallery – Permanent Collection (São Paulo, Brazil). 2015: Dynamite Gallery – Permanent Collection (Brighton, UK). 2013: Creatives Rising. MOMA & Guggenheim. New York. 2013: Art Takes Paris. See Me. 2013: Zombie Art. Warmstreets Gallery. Lynchburg (Virgina, US). 2013: We are art people. The naked eye gallery, Brighton (UK). 2013: The story of the Creative. New York. 2013: I Symposyum of Art & Psychology. UDIMA University, Madrid (Spain). 2012: XX Euskal Encounter (Bilbao / Spain). 2012: Art takes Times Square w/ Artists Wanted (New York City). 2012: Parallax Art Fair w/ Hysterical Minds (London). 2011: Arttiko Collective grupal. Cafetearte (Madrid). 2011: Found Sights: Thoughs about Time&Memory. LAB (Murcia). 2010: Solo exhibit - retrospective. Ocio (Murcia). 2010: 9th Showcase of new Video Producers ICAIC. Luidwig Foundation. La Habana (Cuba). 2010: Creajoven: Winners exhibitions of photography. Laboratorio de Arte Joven (Murcia - Spain). 2009: Carnival. Culture House (Cehegín). 2009: Projects 5: Cyberart and new Medias. Videoart exhibition. Molinos del Río Museum. Murcia (Spain). 2008: II Video Producers Showcase. Puertas de Castilla (Murcia). 2007: Creajoven Comic runner-ups expo. La Nave de Puente Tocinos. Spain. 2007: Fine Arts faculty collective expo. Cuartel de Artillería. Murcia (Spain).Read Less

Awards

2015: Emmy Awards: ‘Best Commercial’ Nominee for ‘Dream On’ by Goodby Silverstein (credited artist). 2015: Cannes Festival: Silver Lion best Film, Gold Cyber Lion best Social Media, Silver Cyber Lion best Animation for ‘Dream On’ by Goodby Silverstein (credited artist) + (Cannes Archive) 2015: Pencil D&AD “Best Advertising Film” for ‘Dream On’ by Goodby Silverstein (credited artist). 2014: Gold Stellar Award – Wide Open Digital – Digital Arts California. 2013: MASTER Award in Surreal. Exposé 11 - Ballistic Publishing. 2012: MASTER Award in Abstract & Design. Exposé 10 - Ballistic Publishing. 2011: Award of Excellence in Abstract Category. Exposé 9 - Ballistic Publishing. 2001: Nonsense Society Self-portraiture Awards. 3rd place. 2010: Creajoven: Photography: Second place with "Memories Collector" (Murcia - Spain) 2010: Creajoven: Performing Arts: Third place with "The Mourners" (Murcia - Spain) 2010: II La Verdad Web awards: Best Culture website: Winner. Spain. 2009: The Gates of Metal Awards: Best metal album cover for Ashent's Deconstructive. 2008: Many Sided Artist Contest: Winner. USA. 2007: Sweet Moonlight. Story writtings about the Moon. Second place. Spain. 2003: Alquipir. Story writting "The words" contest. First place. Spain. 2002: St. Jordi festivities drawing local contest: First place. Spain.

Publications

2012: Exposé 10 (Ballistic Publishing - Australia). 2012: "S" (Babylon Ed - Spain). 2012: Mirage (Mad Artist Publishing - Canada). 2012: The Zombook (Graffito Pl. - UK). 2011: Retrospectiva (Bubok Pl. - Spain). 2011: Exposé 9 (Ballistic Publishing). 2010: The Art Book. 2010: The Workbook. 2012 - 2005: 9 (!) Daily Deviations Awards given by deviantArt. 2007: Best of the year. Phirebrush. 2007: Image of the month with "Hidden Place". Advanced Photoshop Magazine. 2007: Image of the month with "Marooned". GFX Artist. 2006: Monographic in Nosólomúsica (Telecinco TV Channel, Spain). 2006: Best of the year. Phirebrush.
Hans Wolfgang Muller Photography - About gallery

Hans Wolfgang Muller Photography - About gallery
Hans Wolfgang Muller has an Oldschool style of Photography. He reminiscence the gone era, times and recreate it in his work, with little sprinkles of digital Retouching. His photographs are clearly a combination of both realistic and surrealistic world.

Artist:
Hans Wolfgang Müller

Education, Awards

Education Fotoclub Buenos Aires - Argentina Awards Recognitions: (2016) 2th MIROC Exibition Edenvale 2016 - SOUTH AFRICA - GOLDEN ICS MEDAL - Encuentro de amor (2016) 4 TH OZONE ZONE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO SALON COMPETITION 2016 - PORTRAIT SECTION - "Mr. Oscar" - PSA SILVER MEDAL (2016) MONOCHROME AWARDS INTERNATIONAL BLACK&WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST - HONORABLE MENTION - My Cool firend, Portrait Section (2016) 3rd Bangladesh Photography Society BPS international photography competition & exhibition 2016 - FIAP SILVER MEDAL - Monochrome - Mr Hairs - BPS HONORABLE MENTION - Monochrome - Bar de Cao (2016) 66è TROFEU PELL - Barcelona - PSA GOLD MEDAL - Obra: El Hippie (2016) PRIMER SALON NACIONAL GRUPO FOTOGRAFICO PAMPA - RETRATO - 1º PREMIO - El Hippie (2016) XXXVIII CONCURSO DE FOTOGRAFIA VILA D´ALMENARA - II SALON INTERNACIONAL DIGITAL 2016 - FIAP Bronze Medal - Color - Obra " El catalán" - CEF Mención de Honor - Creativa - Obra "El enviado" - Aceptada Color - Obra: Zelasken - Aceptadas Monocromo - Obras El Malevo, El Hippie, Bar de Cao y Don Oscar (2016) Europa 2016 XV Salo Internaional de Fotografía (FOTOARTREUS) CEF MEDALLA DE PLATA Sección Monocromo - Obra: Bar de Cao 5 obras aceptadas Francisco y su manzana, Zelasken, Je suis sauvage, Vieja estación y El Vasco (2016) VII INTERNATONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST SANT JUST DANVERS - Monochrome - Honorable Mention FIAP - Obra : El hechicero (2016) CIPAE CHINA 16º Salon Internacional 4 obras finalistas (2016) Salon Internacional F2 - Mención de Honor - Sección Monocromo . Obra " La soledad del poder" (2016) Premios Cóndor FAF - Medalla de Honor - Sección Creativa - Obra "El Enviado" - " Taller de ayer" Aceptada seccion color (2015) 2º PREMIO 28º Salon Concurso Fotografico Nacional San Cristóbal Seguros Obra La manzana de Francisco (2015) 2nd Prize "URBE" Contest Fotocommunity.es - "Lluvia Nocturna en San Telmo" - Samyang 14 mm Lens (2015) 2 nd Bavarian International Circuit 2015 Monochrome open - 2 Accepted Stop boy Loneliness at midnight (2015) 26th Colour Print Biennial England - FIAP - World Cup Winner Argentina Obra: El Vasco (2015) Hamdam Bin Mohamed Bin Rachid Al Maktum Finalista HIPA International Contest - DUBAI - Categoría "Fotografía Nocturna" Obra: Dark chat (2015) Premios Cóndor FAF - Medalla de Honor "Seccion Color" Obra "Vieja Estación" (2015) 1º Premio Concurso "Amanece en Buenos Aires" - Asociación de Hoteles, Restaurantes, Confiterías y Cafés de Buenos Aires $ 6.000 (2014) 1º Premio Concurso "El riesgo" Prudencia Seguros. Obra: El riesgo de la imprudencia ( $ 15.000) (2014) 2º Premio Concurso “Finding Italy Beyond Italy” THE NATIONAL AMERICAN ITALIAN FOUNDATION - http://www.niaf.org (2014) Mención de Honor - Monocromo - IV Salón Anual de Arte Fotográfico Foto Club Concepción FAF - Obra: "Bar de Cao" (2014) 2º Premio Open House Buenos Aires - Festival de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Obra: "Mi pedacito de sol" (2012) Mención de Jurado Concurso "Bares de Buenos Aires" Asociación de Hoteles, Restaurantes, Confiterías y Cafés de Buenos Aires (2012) Obra: "Desayuno bohemio" 1º Premio Asociación de Hoteles, Restaurantes, Confiterías y Cafés de Buenos $ 9.000 (2012) Mención de Jurado Concurso "Bares de Buenos Aires" Asociación de Hoteles, Restaurantes, Confiterías y Cafés de Buenos (1981)Concurso interno Fotoclub Buenos Aires - LA BOCA - Diapositiva Color (1981)

JRubiales Photorealism

JRubiales Photorealism
Rubiales is a proper photorealist in the Americana-ised sense, dealing with graffiti'd city streets and vignettes of glossy consumerism. Those in the relevant art-study field can't help but notice Rubiales loving reference or intentional homage to the photorealist great Chuck Close, but his seemingly cynical anti-commercial twist on it plays out in his Beatles set or his Disneyworld set sets his work above and beyond the duty of rational creators of realism.

Themes
"voyeurs" "drops" "still lifes" "vibrated" "the fair"

Artist:
JRubiales

Jrubiales was born in Ontinyent, (Valencia), in 1966. His career in the world of painting began in 1996. Since then he has been trying to make a painting that talks about him, his surroundings and his experiences. It was in inter-Art (Valencia), where he discovered the works of Joan Castejón and Ribera de Berenguer, it is what made him enter the world of figurative painting. From that moment, he sought for art rooms in which this type of painting was given special treatment like Santiago Etxeberria, (Madrid) and Fornara Gallery (Marbella). Finally, He no longer yawned from many of the exhibitions he visited. In 1999, he made his first exhibition (Expo-Arte Gallery, Madrid) where he sold all his art works. Then he has been exhibiting in groups: Lisbon (Current Gallery), Madrid (Expo-Arte Gallery and Mada Primavesi), Valencia (Thema). Art fairs INTERART, Marb-Art, Arte-Ando, ​​Irún (Bilbao), Arte-Sevilla. He currently exhibits permanently at Fornara Gallery.

Artist Statement

"In the 80s, I introduced himself very much in the new cultural movements. He followed Richard Corben (comics), El Hortelano, Ceesepe, he listened to the "Ramones", "The Clash", the "Velvet", etc, to Spanish "indies" groups like "Demolitions, Paralysis, La Mode" etc, I read fanzines, visited museums and art galleries and am less interested in less commercial cinema. Self-taught, it takes me a long time to dedicate myself 100% to the profession of a painter. I thought it would cost me a lot to live from this and for this trade and of course, it was."

Cajal paintings

Cajal paintings
When we talk about hyperrealism, the word photography always appears, but the reality is that each artist works differently, according to their own ideas, desires, and goals. López's work is the search for the perfect work, and in that search the simple copy is insufficient, so his works are a unique creation of various references: combining notes, sketches, photographs, color tests, observation of nature, etc … This is to get the work he has in mind, above and beyond any reference. Composition, as a general base and stabilizing element, has become his obsession, to achieve a harmonious and orderly set; and the color, which in his case takes on special importance, being at times a barrier that can be made almost impassable, a tough challenge that has taken him to the limit more than once.

Artist Statement:
"One day, I decided to change an element of the landscape. Since this moment, it became a kind of obsession the fact of trying to obtain an equilibrated ensemble going beyond the referent; working sometimes with a lot of images for only a painting trusting my intuition, because it is possible to foresee with accuracy the final result". "According to the composition, I usually take profit of closer elements in order to equilibrate the “visual weights” and give more strength and/ or depth to the landscapes. I also usually change or modify some elements, trying to find the ensemble stability. Of course, I also look for a colour equilibrium avoiding as much as possible contrasts or stridencies, which could stray from the attention focused on the important elements".

Artist:
José Manuel Cajal López

Exhibitions

2018 – Q-Gallery. Ootmarsum. Holanda. 2017 – “Algo más que realismo” 2016 – Q-Gallery. Holland. 2016 – Galería Gaudí. Madrid. 2015 – Q-Gallery. Ootmarsum. Holanda. 2014 – Q-Gallery. Holland. 2013 – Plus One Gallery. London. 2013 – Lapada art fair. London (by Plus One Gallery). 2013 – Permanenet exhibition on the MEAM museum. Spain. 2013 – “Algo más que realismo VII” Galería Artelibre. Zaragoza (Spain). 2012 – Sammer Gallery. Spain. 2012 – Galería Rincón del Arte. Granada. Spain. 2012 – Q-Gallery. Holland. 2012 – Galería Mellado. Madrid. 2011 – Q-Gallery. Holland. 2011 – Sammer Gallery. Spain. 2011 – “Algo más que realismo V” Galería Artelibre.Spain. 2010 – Galería Sokoa. Madrid. 2010 – “Algo más que realismo IV” Galería Artelibre.Spain 2009 – Sammer Gallery. Puerto Banús. 2008 – Galería Cuadro. Dubái. 2008 – Galería Mellado. Madrid. 2008 – Petley Fine Art Gallery. Mayfair. London. 2007 – Sammer Gallery. Puerto Banús. 2006 – Exposición colectiva en Feria de Valladolid 2006 – Holland Fair Art. La Haya 2006 – Puro Arte. Vigo. 2006 – Museo del Calzado. Elda. Spain. 2006 – CEU de San Pablo. Elche. Spain. 2006 – Centro Cultural de Petrer. Spain. 2006 – Centro Cultural de Sax.. 2006 – Feria internacional de Arte contemporáneo Marb-Art. Marbella. Spain 2005 – Galería Ra del Rey. Madrid 2005 – Feria internacional LINEART. Gante (Bélgica) 2004 – Exposición de pintura al Óleo: Centro cultural Julio Cortazar.

Cajal has always loved drawing. When he was a child, he used to fill plenty of papers and class notebooks. He felt very comfortable in this way. Regarding the color, it was not the same. He remembers his drawing lessons at school, where children used to use their color pencils without any problem, whereas for him it, was quite difficult to distinguish and to choose the colour to utilize. He finally took the decision to go to the ophthalmologist and after doing the Farnsworth test, was diagnosed with colour blindness. But it didnot stopp him from pursuing his dream.

"One day, I decided to change an element of the landscape. Since this moment, it became a kind of obsession the fact of trying to obtain an equilibrated ensemble going beyond the referent; working sometimes with a lot of images for only a painting trusting my intuition, because it is possible to foresee with accuracy the final result". "According to the composition, I usually take profit of closer elements in order to equilibrate the “visual weights” and give more strength and/ or depth to the landscapes. I also usually change or modify some elements, trying to find ensemble stability. Of course, I also look for a color equilibrium avoiding as much as possible contrasts or stridencies, which could stray from the attention focused on the important elements".

PUBLICATIONS:

-Artículo en: Estrella de Oro. (Publicación impresa) 2010 -Artículo en: Diseño en la ciudad. (Publicación impresa/digital)) 2013 -Artículo en: El imparcial. (Periódico digital) 2013 -Artículo en Foromuseos: Internet 2013. -Artículo en: Menéame. (Periódico digital) -Entrevista para la Universidad de Las Palmas. -Entrevistas para la Politécnica de Valencia, área de restauración.2012

Miguel Angel Nuñez

Miguel Angel Nuñez

Artist:
Miguel Angel Nuñez

Education, Exhibitions, Awards

Education 1984-1998 Escuela Municipal de Artes Plasticas y Visuales de Maldonado. Con el maestro Carlos Tonelli. 2008- 2009 Fundación ARAUCO Madrid - España Exhibitions PRINCIPALES EXPOSICIONES- Desde 2002 de forma permanente en Galerias de la Ciudadela- Punta del Este - Montevideo 2002 - Ministerio Relaciones Exteriores - Palacio Santos - Montevideo 2003 - Trench Gallery - Buenos Aires - Argentina 2013- Espacio de Arte Roberto Camassmie - Sao Paulo- Brasil 2015- Galeria Sacca & Zilkha- Panamá 2016- Botticelli Art- Alcoy- Alicante España 2016- Galeria Renoir - Buenos Aires - Argentina Awards • 1990. V Salón Departamental Maldonado. • 1991. XX. Salón del interior San José de Mayo. • 1996. XV. Salón Nacional de arte joven. Sala Vaz Ferreira Biblioteca Nacional. Salón de Arte Junta Departamental de Maldonado. • 1997. XXV. Salón del interior- San José de Mayo. Premio Punta del Este del Ministerio de Turismo. • 1998. VII. Salón de la Primavera- Salto. • 1999. XXVIII. Salón Nacional de Arte Joven, Sala Pedro Figari, Biblioteca Nacional. XI. Salón de Pintura Marítima, Club Naval, sede centro. I.Salón de Arte Joven Mosca- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Montevideo. •2000. XII. Salón Pintura Marítima Club Naval- Sede Carrasco. •2001. XXVI. Salón del interior San José de Mayo. XX. Salón Nacional Arte Joven. Sala INJU. • 2002. Salón departamental de Maldonado.- Museo de San Fernando. 2013. Primer Premio I er Concurso Realismo en la Pintura. España 2015. Mención Honorifica mes de Agosto en Exhibition of Art By The World

BABATUNDE OGUNLADE

BABATUNDE OGUNLADE
BABATUNDE OGUNLADE OLUWAGBEMINIYI WAS BORN IN SEPTEMBER 23RD 1972, IN LAGOS STATE, HAIL FROM OGUN STATE, GRADUATED FROM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC AUCHI EDO STATE, WITH UPPER CREDIT WHERE IN MAJOR IN PANITING, IN 2002. AFTER HIS NY.S.C IN KANO, HE RETURNED TO FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL STUDIO, HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SO MANY GROUPS EXHIBITIONS. "MOST OF STYLES OF PAINTING ARE MOST IN ABSTRACT( A COMBINATION OF BASIC DESIGN AND MURAL.) MERGE TOGETHER WITH AFRICA CONCEPT, WHICH I DEVELOPED BY MYSELF OVER FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, SINCE THE YEAR OF GRADUATION FROM ART SCHOOL( AUCHI POLYTECHNIC AUCHI EDO STATE.), WITH WHAT I SEE IN MY ENVIRONMENT , WITH USE OF GEOMETRICAL SHAPES, WHICH CAN ACHIEVE WITH COLOURS , WITH THE USE OF KNIFE TO CREATE EFFECT ON MY CANVASS , AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER FOURTEEN YEARS IN THE PRACTISE , WITH SO MANY INTERNATIONAL SHOW FOR MY CREDIT. BOTH IN HOME AND ABOARD."

Artist:
BABATUNDE OGUNLADE

BORN IN SEPTEMBER 23RD 1972, IN LAGOS STATE, HAIL FROM OGUN STATE

Education, Exhibitions

Education GRADUATED FROM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC AUCHI EDO STATE, WITH UPPER CREDIT WHERE IN MAJOR IN PANITING, IN 2002. AFTER HIS NY.S.C IN KANO, HE RETURNED TO FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL STUDIO, HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SO MANY GROUPS EXHIBITIONS Exhibitions SOLO ART EXHIBITION. 2016 '" MADE IN NIGERIA" AT MOORHOUSE ,HOTEL, LAGOS NIGERIA, 2013 " THE ROAD 1 " @ Owiwi Galleria de Arte Afrikakna , Belo Horizonte , Brazil 20013 " THE ROAD 2 " @ AC Minas Associao Commercial E Empersariel de Minas - Belo Horizonte Brazil. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2002 H.N.D FINAL YEAR EXHIBITION AT AUCHI POLYTECHNIC [NAFASS]. 2003 [SAY YES TO EDUCATION] AT HISTORY AND CULTURAL BUREAU KANO STATE. 2004 S.P.A.N SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTISTS IN NIGERIA AT EKO HOTEL,V.I,LAGOS STATE. 2004 AUCHI HERITAGE [GROUPS OF ARTIST FROM AUCHI]. 2005 2ND[S.N.A]ART CAFE AT NATIONAL THEATRE LAGOS. 2005 ROYCO COOKING COMPETITION [SALON] AT TAFAWA BALEWA SQUARE LAGOS. 2006 CORA BOOKS AND ART FESTIVAL NATIONAL THEATRE IGANMU. 2007 [KONCORDANCE] GROUP OF ARTIST,AT NATIONAL MUSEUM LAGOS. 2008 [A.A.R.C]ART COMPETITION ON DEMOCRACY AT DIDI MUSEUM LAGOS. 2008 ART ON THE MAINLAND AT NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ART AND CULTURE,NATIONAL THEATRE LAGOS. 2008 50 ARTISTS,50 WORKS,50 YEARS ANNIVERSARY OF [THINGS FALL APART] AT NATIONAL THEATRE LAGOS. 2009 ART N THE MAINLAND EXHIBITIONS AT NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ART AND CULTURE.LAGOS. 2010 ART CLIQUE GROUPS EXHIBITION [MOMENT IN TIME]AT NIKE GALLERY LEKKI LAGOS , 2010 AFRICAN ART AUCTION 1,AT NIKE GALLERY AND CULTURE LEKKI LAGOS. 2011 AIDA EXHIBITIONAT MARWA GARDEN LAGOS, 2009 ART BAZAR BY ARTZERO GROUP, 2010 ART FOR HEART, EXHIBITION AT MAGODO ENCOUNTER HOUSE,MAGODO PHASE 2 GRA LAGOS. 2010 ART FOR HEART EXHIBITION AT ENCOUNTER HOUSE,MAGODO PHASE 2 GRA LAGOS. 2011 AIDA ART EXHIBITIONS OF GROUPS OF ARTISTS@ RADISSON HOTEL ONIRU ,LEKKI ROAD LAGOS. 2012 NIGERIA BRAZIL CENTRE FOR BUSINESS AND CO- OPERATIVE,EXHIBITION OF YOUNGS NIGERIA ARTISTS @ BRAZIL . 2012 BATSADO ART GALLERY,MAGODO G.R.A,PHASE 2,BY ENCOUNTRE HOUSE. 2013 BATSADO ART GALLERY, MAGODO, G. R. A, PHASES 2, BY ENCOUNTER HOUSE, 2014 THOUGHT IN LINE, EXHIBITIONS OF PENCIL AND INK DRAWING, AT ALLIANCE DE FRANCIAS. ONIKE YABA LAGOS, 2014 VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY OF NIGERIA, ( VASON.) ART EXHIBITION AT MUSON CENTRE, 2014 BATSADO ART EXHIBITION, MAGODO G. R. A, PHASES 2,BY ENCOUNTER HOUSE, 2014 COMING OF AGE, GROUPS ART EXHIBITION, BY VASON, ( VISUAL ARTIST SOCIETY OF NIGERIAN.) 2014 OREZE 2, A ANNUAL GROUPS ART EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES, CERAMICS, IN HONOUR OF HIS, MAJESTY. ( NNAEMEKA ALFRED UGOCHUKWU ACHEBE, CFR, MNI, ) OBI OF ONITSHA, ( AGBOGIDI.), 2015 OREZE 3 ,A ANNUAL GROUPS ART EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES, CERAMICS, IN HONOUR OF HIS, MAJESTY. ( NNAEMEKA ALFRED UGOCHUKWU ACHEBE, CFR, MNI, ) OBI OF ONITSHA, ( AGBOGIDI.), 2016 FACE AND PHASES 4 ,AT TERRACULTURE ,TIAMIYU SAVAGE ,VICTORIAL ISLAND, LAGOS

MY PAINTING AS BEEN USED FOR COVERED BOOK AND MAGAZINE FOR UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FOR DEPARTMENT OF AFRICAN STUDIES ( UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS - GREAIS ,BELO - HORIZONTE BRAZIL 2013 ). AND SO MANY COMMISSION WORKS OF ART TO HIS CREDIT,AND HIS WORKS CAN BE FOUND BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PLACES. PRESENTLY HE BASE IN LAGOS, RUINING A STUDIO FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS. MOST OF STYLES OF PAINTING ARE MOST IN ABSTRACT (A COMBINATION OF BASIC DESIGN AND MURAL.) MERGE TOGETHER WITH AFRICA CONCEPT , WHICH I DEVELOPED BY MYSELF OVER FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, SINCE THE YEAR OF GRADUATION FROM ART SCHOOL ( AUCHI POLYTECHNIC AUCHI EDO STATE.), WITH WHAT I SEE IN MY ENVIRONMENT, WITH USE OF GEOMETRICAL SHAPES, WHICH CAN ACHIEVE WITH COLOURS, WITH THE USE OF KNIFE TO CREATE EFFECT ON MY CANVASS , AND HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER FOURTEEN YEARS IN THE PRACTISE , WITH SO MANY INTERNATIONAL SHOW FOR MY CREDIT. BOTH IN HOME AND ABOARD.

COMMISSION OF WORKS

1, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS BY ( PACIFIC HOLDINGS NIGERIA LIMITED.) 2004. 2, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS FOR PRIVATE HOME BY. ( DR ADEDEJI ADELEKE.) CHAIRMAN PACIFIC HOLDINGS NIGERIA LIMITED, 2005. 3, MARKET SCENE PAINTING. BY ( VICTOR MBA A) U. S. A, 2000. 4, MURAL DECORATION, FOR ( ALAFIA. RETREAT CENTRE.) IFO OGUN - - STATE 5, COLLECTIONS OF ABSTARCT PAINTINGS BY ( MR KEVIN.) ATLANTA, U. S. A, 2007. 6, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS BY. ( ALANI OGUNLADE.) STATE FARM INSURANCE AGENT, ATLANTA, GEROGIA U. S. A 2008 7, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTING. BY ( DR ADEDEJI ADELEKE.) OF PACIFIC HOLDINGS NIGERIA LIMITED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS, 2010 8, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS, BY NIKE GALLERY 2010. 9, COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS BY ART COLLECTOR AND GALLERY OWNER, ( KAKAFONI ART GALLERY. ) 2015. 10, Collections of Paintings BY ( BATSADO ART GALLERY) TO AKWA - IBOM GOVERNMENT HOUSE. 2011.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

( 1) SOCIETY OF NIGERIAN ARTIST. ( SNA.) ( 2) VISUAL ARTIST SOCIETY OF NIGERIA ( VASON.) ( 3.) ARTZERO GROUPS OF NIGERIAN ARTIST
Joseph Lorusso

Joseph Lorusso
Inspired by the expressive power of his medium and its history, Joseph Lorusso produces emotionally evocative oil on canvas paintings. His childhood trips to Italy, where he was exposed to the Old Masters and the country’s rich artistic heritage, sparked his interest in art. He initially studied watercolor painting and later switched to oils, teaching himself how to work with the latter material. He concentrates on urban and natural landscapes and the human figure, rendering his subjects in a naturalistic, impressionistic style. Lorusso is especially interested in painting ordinary people in everyday settings, which he invests with a sense of pathos and mystery. Through his work, he aims to connect to others by conveying universal human experiences. “I believe truly great art serves as a trigger into something deeper within all of us,” he says.
Joseph Lorusso creates landscapes and figurative works. In painting these subjects, He has concentrated on honing his powers of observation, especially as it concerns to color, texture, form and composition. Lorusso’s paintings have been described as warm and dreamlike, places of restful escape with a sense of spirituality, and share timelessness with the works of other eras. The mood and emotion conveyed in Lorusso’s paintings evokes a deep sense of beauty found in the quiet times of daily living. His people are mysterious, lonely, romantic and yet familiar, placed in settings we often see ourselves. Lorusso’s paintings have gained notoriety by their ability to connect with the viewer, resonating in a way that is intimate and personal.

Artist:
Joseph Lorusso

Joseph Lorusso was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1966 and received his formal training at the American Academy of Art. He went on to receive his B.F.A. degree from the Kansas City Art Institute. Born of Italian descent, Lorusso was exposed to art at an early age. Through several early trips to Italy, his parents introduced him to the works of the Italian Masters. Lorusso would look to these influences throughout his early artistic development and they are still evident in his work today. While in school, Lorusso majored in watercolor and considers himself self-taught as an oil painter. He learned to paint by studying the works of master painters, often losing himself in the halls of the Chicago Art Institute during lunch hours, which frequently turned into afternoons of self-study.

Lorusso’s work has been shown internationally and has won numerous awards and honors. He has been featured in American Artist magazine, Southwest Art, U.S. Art, Art & Antiques, The Artists Magazine, Art News, American Art Collector, International Artist and Art Talk magazines. Lorusso’s work is part of many private collections; his work is in the permanent collections of the Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St.Joseph, Missouri and the Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas. Joseph Lorusso is currently represented by McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM, Bonner-David Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Newbury Fine Art, Boston, MA, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC, and Alexandria,VA, Jones and Terwilliger Galleries, Carmel, CA, Broadmoor Galleries, Colorado Springs, CO and Saks Gallery, Denver, CO.

Exhibitions

2019: Wine & Art Soirée, Kelly D Kennedy Fine Art LLC, Midland Wine & Art Soriee, Kelly D Kennedy Fine Art LLC, Midland# 2018: Summer Small Works, Maxwell Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles Within the City, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale 2016: Chévere, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach New Work, Saks Galleries, Denver 2015: The Great Holiday Exhibition, Saks Galleries, Denver Spring Exhibition 2015, Saks Galleries, Denver 2014: American Art Invitational 2014, Saks Galleries, Denver Solo Exhibitions: 2019 Artist's Demonstration: Joseph Lorusso, Bonner David Galleries, Scottsdale 2014 Joseph Lorusso August Artist of the Month, Saks Galleries, Denver

Discovering the works of the Impressionists, he gravitated towards the works of Manet and Vuillard. Lorusso searched for similar work of such emotion and soon became an avid student of painting, seeking out and immersing himself in the works of various artists. This path would ultimately lead him to the works of Sargent, Sorolla, Whistler and a whole army of lesser-known yet equally capable painters. Within this group of artists, Lorusso would find a sense of identity. In these masterful works, he saw the power to harness emotion and convey it with power and confidence, yet with delicacy and tasteful restraint. He also saw in these artists the ability to express the "essence” of an object with just a few carefully chosen brushstrokes, creating a visceral and intuitive state of painting.

Troy Brooks

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

Artist:
Troy Brooks

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

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

Exhibitions

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

Sukhi Barber - Bronze Sculptures

Sukhi Barber - Bronze Sculptures
Sukhi's sculptures are intended to bridge the cultures of East and West. Embodying the peace and compositional balance of ancient devotional art, they represent complex philosophical ideas with a simplicity and clarity that renders them accessible on an intuitive level. Exploring themes of hidden potentials, and the transcendence of our limiting view of a solid reality, her work often represents the negative space as being as important as the material itself, implying the dance of form and spirit, a constant state of transformation.

Artist:
Sukhi Barber

Sukhi Barber was drawn, from an early age, to the classical and ancient traditions of art and philosophy, which led her to undertake a traditional sculptural training at The City and Guilds of London Art School. There she gained a firm grasp of figurative clay modelling and life drawing, graduating in 1995 with the prize for sculpture, and a scholarship from Madame Tussauds. After graduation Sukhi traveled to India, captivated by the timeless quality of peace and balance that she found in the art of Asia. Settling in Kathmandu, Nepal, she spent the next twelve years studying Buddhist philosophy and producing sculptures based on the traditional techniques of stone carving and lost-wax bronze casting. Education: 2000 - 2007 Studying, and working, in traditional techniques of lost-wax bronze casting, Patan, Kathmandu, Nepal 1996 Apprenticeship in traditional soapstone carving, Mahabalipuram, India 1992 - 1995 City and Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London Fine Art Sculpture, under Allan Sly 1990 - 1991 Cambridge Arts Tutors, Cambridge, Art Foundation Course

Exhibitions

2019: The Albemarle Relaunch at Pontone Gallery, Albemarle Gallery, London 2019: The Albemarle Relaunch At Pontone Gallery, Pontone Gallery, London 2017: Winter Show - Part II, Albemarle Gallery, London 2016: Installation, Church of St.Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, London, UK 2016: Installation, Art Moor House, Moorgate, London, UK 2015: Galerie Artmundi, Place des Vosges, Paris, France 2015: “The Shadow of Ink”, Asia and Pacific Museum, Warsaw, Poland 2015: Grand Summer Exhibition, Albemarle Gallery, Piccadilly, London, UK 2015: Galerie Gottschick, 30 year anniversary collective exhibition, Tübingen, Germany 2015: 'Sculpture Line' monumental sculpture exhibition, City of Prague, Czech Republic 2015: Gallery Cafmeyer, Knokke, Belgium 2015: 'Selbst' BBK, Stuttgart, Germany 2015: Galerie Hajek, Stuttgart, Germany Dec 2014 Albemarle Gallery winter collective, Piccadilly, London, UK Nov 2014 Galerie Artmundi, Place des Vosges, Paris, France Sept 2014 Galerie Gottschick, Tübingen, Germany (Solo) Jun 2014 Galerie Artmundi, Place des Vosges, Paris, France Jun 2014 Dutsi Galerie, Marseille, France Mar 2014 Wa(h)re Art, Böblingen, Germany Dec 2013 'Art en Capital', Le Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris, France Nov 2013 '5 Sculptors', Albemarle Gallery, Piccadilly, London, UK Nov 2013 Galerie Gottschick collective, Tübingen, Germany Jul 2013 Internationale Kunstausstellung, Burg Kalteneck, Germany May 2013 'Wisdom and Compassion', Mokspace, London, UK May 2013 Eunique Art and Design Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany Apr 2013 BBK Kleinplastik, Stuttgart, Germany Apr 2013 Kunstmomente in Le Meridien, Edition Strassacker, Stuttgart Mar 2013 Albemarle Gallery, Piccadilly, London, UK (Solo) Nov 2012 Art en Capital', Le Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris, France Nov 2012 Galerie Roy Sfeir, St.Germain, Paris, France Oct 2012 'Sphäre der Leere' BBK, Stuttgart, Germany (Solo) May 2012 Eunique Art and Design Fair, Karlsruhe, Germany Apr 2012 'The Nude'

Publications

'ZIG ZAG ZEN, Buddhism and Psychedelics', edited by Allan Hunt Badiner, art edited by Alex Grey, 2nd edition published 2015 Cover art: 'I am a Broken Man You can't Break Me, collected works of poetry 1995-2014', by Eric Fischer, published 2014 'Beauty and Emptiness', NY Arts Magazine, summer issue 2011, USA Visionary Art Yearbook 2010 – 2011, Otto Rapp, Visionary Art Network 'The Wooded Pleasure Grounds at Pelham – Trees, Follies and Sculptures in 2010', published by The DeLaszlo Foundation, UK Strassacker Kunstgiesserei annual Calendar, Germany, 2010, 2011, 2013

Awards

2012 Le Salon des Artistes Français, bronze medal for sculpture, 'Art en Capital', Grand Palais, Paris, France 2011 Salon International du Val d'Or, 1st prize for sculpture, Meillant, France 1995 Scholarship prize from Madame Tussauds 1995 City and Guilds of London Art School, sculpture prize

Rose Freymuth-Frazier

Rose Freymuth-Frazier
References from a broad swath of art history can be found in Freymuth-Frazier’s solitary subjects. Influences range from Balthus’s discomforting depictions of preadolescence, and the queen of Kitsch, Margaret Keane’s “Big Eyed” children and animals, to the heavy chiaroscuro and technical rigor of Caravaggio and Rembrandt. This unique combination of classicism and pulp results in something of a hybrid between Lowbrow aesthetic and Old Master technique. Cultural references spanning 2000 years can also be found in Freymuth-Frazier’s work, from the Roman sculpture Sleeping Hermaphrodite, 2nd century A.D., to the video 2 Girls 1 Cup. Using a complex language of symbolism like that found in medieval religious icons or the Unicorn Tapestries, the paintings address universal themes such as child development, sexuality, loss of innocence, consumerism, domestication, gender roles, androgyny and body image in our society today.

Artist's Statement
" I paint in oil because of its superior ability to represent flesh and blood. Through painstaking application my leading ladies, theatrically lit and often engaged in some sort of mini-drama, are brought to life. They tell a story that the viewer may recognize, or depict a point of view that may be new to them. Whatever the case, I intend to hold up a mirror in which the viewer finds relevance to their own experience, but I hope not to send them screaming into the river."

Artist:
Rose Freymuth-Frazier

Rose Freymuth-Frazier was born and raised in Nevada City, California - a small gold rush town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She attended Interlochen Arts Academy, a private boarding arts high school in northern Michigan. Upon graduation she was awarded a scholarship to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City. After completing her training, and a couple of years spent in Hollywood, (which included a stint on a campy, nighttime teen soap opera), Rose turned her attention to her other interest - figurative oil painting. Seeking rigorous, technical training that most schools could not offer she returned to New York City and studied for two years at the Art Students League. After taking a master class at the New York Academy of Art with Steven Assael, she continued her studies in a tradition common to painters of the past, through full-time apprenticeship. Her first apprenticeship was for two years under Assael in his New York City studio and her second was with Odd Nerdrum in Norway, at his farm and studio on the North Sea.

Group Exhibitions

2018: On Adornment - Pen & Brush, New York City 2018: Five and Under - Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA 2018: 35th Anniversary Show - AFA-NYC, New York City 2018: Realism: Then and Now - Cavalier Galleries, New York City 2018: Art on Paper Fair - Gallery Victor Armendariz booth, New York City 2017: Figure 8 - Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017: Coming Attractions - Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2017: Summer's Ghost - Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ 2016: BeinArt Collective Surreal Art Show - Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2015: American Realism: Past to Present - Cavalier Galleries, New York City, 2015: Les Petit Fours, International Group Exhibition, (co-curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine and Friend's of Leon Gallery) - Friends of Leon Gallery, Sydney, Australia 2015: Inaugural Group Show - Haven Gallery, New York 2015: In the Way of Beauty - Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ 2015: Benefit Show for the Southampton Animal Shelter - Richard J. Demato Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY 2015: Rose Freymuth-Frazier, “Prints” at Lay-Low Fine Art in Balearic Islands, Spain 2014: Contemporary Realism - Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, Connecticut 2014: Benefit Show for the Southampton Animal Shelter - Richard J. Demato Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY 2014: Contemporary Realism - Cavalier Galleries, New York City 2014: Infusion - Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2014: Laluzapalooza - 28th Annual Group Show - La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013: 20th Anniversary Group Show - Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2012: Mums The Word, curated by Hilary Harkness, Mills Pond House Gallery, New York, NY, 2012: SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York 2010: Two Faces of Beauty, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL 2010: Art Chicago, Chicago IL 2010: SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York 2009: Art Chicago, Chicago IL 2009: SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York 2009: Portraits, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2009: Art Chic

2008: Art Chicago, Chicago IL 2008: Palm Beach III, Ann Nathan Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida 2008: SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York 2007: The Painters, Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta Georgia 2007: SOFA New York, Park Avenue Armory, New York 2007: Art Chicago, Chicago IL 2007: Above & Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2012: Rose Freymuth-Frazier: The Virgin and the Unicorn, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL, December, 2010: Rose Freymuth-Frazier: Whispering Sisters and the Female Figurative Image, Cress Gallery, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 2007: Rose Freymuth-Frazier: Variation, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago IL, October SELECTED COLLECTIONS: The Bennett Collection of Women Realists Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT Diane and John Marek Collection, Chattanooga, TN Billy Hunt Collection, Chicago, IL Phil Burgess & Jim Nutter, Chicago, IL Rick Shoemaker & James Ruud, Chicago, IL Joan Berger, Chicago, IL Jack & Gail Witlin, Palm Desert, CA Bill & Tavi Flanagan, Irvine, CA Brian Westphal & Michael McVicker, Chicago, IL

Awards and Honors

Art Renewal Center’s International Salon - Figurative Category - Finalist, 2013/2014 European Museum of Modern Art, MEAM - Figurativas '13 - Barcelona, Spain - Finalist, 2013 The American Chinese Oil Painting League - Butler Museum Exhibition - Finalist, 2011 John and Diane Marek Visiting Artist Lecture Series, University of TN, Chattanooga, 2010 Chairman of the Board Award, Salmagundi Club, 2006 Al Barker Award, Salmagundi Club, 2006 Odd Nerdrum - Summer Residency Program, Norway, 2005 Frank Vincent Dumond Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, 2005 Director's Scholarship, The Art Students League, 2003 and 2004 Board of Control Scholarship, The Art Students League, 2002 Interlochen Arts Academy Scholarship, 1996
Matthew Grabelsky

Matthew Grabelsky
Technically inspired by 19th Century academic and naturalist painters, Grabelsky creates surreal scenes with a staggering degree of realistic detail. The contrast created between the visual verisimilitude of the works and the surreal improbability of their content catches the viewer in a prolonged moment of convincingly suspended disbelief. “These paintings are not intended to be viewed as fantasy or as allegory, but rather as a blend of every-day experiences with the subconscious. They are enigmatic, and create dream-like worlds that invite viewers to form their own interpretations of the imagery presented,” stated Matthew Grabelsky.

Theme
Grabelsky’s works depict couples on subways, often nonchalantly reading magazines or newspapers, but the male figures in these dyads are strange, quasi-mythological human hybrids with animal heads. Deer, bears, elephants, tigers, and everything in between make a suited appearance in rush hour. By contrasting the platitudes of the day-to-day with the presence of the extraordinary and unlikely, Grabelsky stages the unexpected within the most unassuming of circumstances. The appearance of the animal head feels distantly totemic, an archetype for something primordial, ancient, and psychologically motivated. Fascinated by the persistence of animal imagery in mythology and communal cultural imaginaries, Grabelsky superimposes its presence onto his depictions of the contemporary world. For the artist, the animal becomes a manifestation of the inner workings of the hidden subconscious, literally revealing the latent identities and motivations lurking beyond the composure of the human mask.

Artist:
Matthew Grabelsky

Los Angeles-based artist Matthew Grabelsky combines a hyperrealistic painting technique with a surreal penchant for unlikely juxtapositions. Grabelsky graduated from Rice University in 2002 with a BA in Art and Art History and a BS in Astrophysics. Afterward, he moved to Florence, Italy, where he spent four years studying the techniques of classical drawing and painting. Since 2006, He has focused on creating paintings that combine the physical world that people see every day with imagery from mythology and dreams. His work is not intended to be viewed as fantasy or as allegory, but rather as a blend of every-day experiences and the subconscious. His paintings are enigmatic, and they create dream-like worlds that invite viewers to form their own interpretations of the imagery presented. He paints in a highly realistic manner, derived from his studies of 19th-century French Academic painters, and uses this visual language to craft modern narratives. He places his subjects in urban settings: trains, gritty alleyways, and cosmopolitan cityscapes; then introduces a twist to create a mix of rational and irrational elements. His works are often humorous, and it straddles the divide between the serious and the bizarre.

Education

2006 Certificate in Painting, Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy. 2002 BA Art and Art History, Cum Laude, Rice University, Houston, USA. 2002 BS Astrophysics, Cum Laude, Rice University, Houston, USA.

Exhibitions

2019: Jungle Train, Thinkspace Projects, Los Angeles, USA 2019: Mother & Child, Dorothy Circus Gallery, Rome, Italy 2019: Food For Thought, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, USA 2019: La Familia: A survey of the Thinkspace Family, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, USA 2019: Keep it Fresh, Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, USA 2018: SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA 2018: LAX / PDX, Antler Gallery, Portland, USA 2018: Okuda San Miguel ‘The Multicolored Equilibrium Between Animals And Humans’, Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain 2018: The Cat Show, Beinart Gallery,. Melbourne, Australia 2018: Art On Paper, Pier 36, New York, USA 2018: Theriomorphism V, Galeria Kreisler, Madrid, Spain 2017: SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA 2017: LAX / JFK, Spoke Art, New York, USA 2017: Small Works 2017, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2017: Moleskine Project VI, Spoke Art, San Francisco, USA 2017: Flourish, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, USA 2017: Welcome to New Jersey, Jonathan LeVine Projects, Jersey City, USA 2017: Pow Wow Hawaii 2017, Honolulu Museum Of Art School, Honolulu, USA 2016: Best Friends Painted Pets, Copro Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2015: SCOPE Miami Beach, SCOPE, Miami Beach, USA 2015: Beyond Eden, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2015: Gauntlet Gallery, San Francisco, USA 2015: LAX / LHR, StolenSpace Gallery, London, England 2015: Rising, Gewobag HQ, Berlin, Germany 2015: LAX / DTW, Inner State Gallery, Detroit, USA 2015: Gumbo, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, USA 2015: The 2nd Annual POW! WOW!: Exploring The New Contemporary Movement, Honolulu Museum Of Art School, Honolulu, USA 2015: LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA 2015: La Familia, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, USA 2014: Glow, Galerie Youn, Montréal, Canada 2014: Aqua Art Miami, AQUA HOTEL, Miami Beach, USA 2014: Fresh, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, USA 2014: Exact Science Grand Opening, Exact Science, Los Angeles, USA 2014: The Bridge Between
Nigel Van Wieck

Nigel Van Wieck
For nearly two decades, Nigel Van Wieck has been evolving a distinctive idiom firmly rooted in the tradition of American realism. His small-format oils offer glimpses of classic Americana: racetracks and baseball fields, toy sailboats skimming over a pond, tourists relaxing on sun-drenched beaches. Typically his are solitary figures, often recalling the loners once celebrated by Edward Hopper, and though there is no Hopperesque gloom here, at moments there emerges a vague sense of the ominous. Van Wieck has painted a progression of works grouped into series with such themes as Working Girls, Players, and Dancing. Though visually diverse, all have underscored the disjuncture between modern people’s physical proximity and emotional connectivity; whatever their gender, race, class, or occupation, no matter how intimate their contact may be, these figures do not fully “get” each other. Flowing against this thematic continuum was the large number of portrait commissions that Van Wieck undertook during the 1990s. As one would expect, he became deeply interested in his sitters, who connected closely with each other in the image, or at least with their viewers. These are figures whom we “get,” at least to a certain extent.

Artist's Statement
I always want to capture a “moment in time”, it makes my paintings real and timeless. I achieve this by painting the light; whether painting daylight or the lights of the night, light is familiar to us; it’s like music, it evokes a memory or an emotion, and crystallizes the moment. Vermeer was extremely successful at this; even though he was painting a 17th-century scene, the way he paints light allows today’s viewer to connect to that moment thus making the painting both modern and timeless.

Artist:
Nigel Van Wieck

Nigel Van Wieck is a figurative artist working in the tradition of American realism. His portrayals of America feel as though they’re from another time, even if the content is modern. From an era of romanticism and dreaminess, almost free of time if not for the trappings of culture that carry specific definition. From one side, the painter Nigel Van Wieck (b. 1947) appears to be the proverbial “Englishman in New York,” having discovered Old Master aesthetics and made them his own since 1979, when he immigrated to the U.S. But from the other side, we see the quintessentially American practitioner of contemporary realism he has become during those same three and a half decades. Trippi has been the editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine since 2006. He was previously the director of New York City’s Dahesh Museum of Art, which is devoted to 19th-century European academic art.

Exhibitions

2015 Didier Aaron Gallery New York 2011 Nigel Van Wieck American Realism curated by Elizabeth Michitsch, Brauneis Klauser, Vienna 2010 Galerie Elisabeth Michitsch, Vienna 2008 Galerie Elisabeth Michitsch, Vienna 2007 Galerie Elisabeth Michitsch Vienna 2004 Kunsthandel Elisabeth Michitsch, Vienna 2001 Beadleston Gallery , New York 1995 The Venice Biennale's Centennial Exhibition, Venice 1993 Fosse Gallery Stow-on-the-Wold 1991 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc, New York 1989 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc, New York 1988 Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, London 1985 Germans van Eck Gallery, New York 1984 Tatistcheff and Company, Inc, New York 1983 12 Green Street Gallery New York 1982 Alex Reid & Lefevre Gallery, London 1977 Redfern Gallery, London 1974 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh 1973 Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 1972 Majorie Parr Gallery, London 1971 Majorie Parr Gallery, London

Adam Martinakis

Adam Martinakis
The advent of the new era is coming along with a lot of challenges to human behavior, the perception of time, relations and even arts. A lot of things are changing and others seem to remain the same. Adam Martinakis is a digital artist who has been trying to investigate the new creative duality. His computer-generated artworks employ aspects of photorealism and surrealism to explore the human condition which he says results in a “mixture of post-fantasy futurism and abstract symbolism”. Frozen in space and time, these anthropomorphic models seem to be investigating notions of love, eroticism, bliss and pain, hoping to answer Martinakis’ questions. The artist plans on developing his art and his androids, by incorporating 3D vision and hologram art. Through his beautiful, sensual aesthetic, Martinakis uses his art the way it was intended to be used. As something that brings people together, an expression that moves and touches them.
All artworks are original, unique or very limited, C-prints under original Diasec, glossy Plexi / Alu-Dibond 5+3mm.

Artist statement:
/ Imagining art being a bridge, a connection between the spirit and the material, the living and the absent, the personal and the universal. / Exploring the unknown of light and darkness in a supplementary coexistence that forms the event horizon of the creation. / Composing scenes of the nonexistence, the echo of the living void, immersed in the metaphysics of perception.

Artist:
Adam Martinakis

Martinakis was Born in Lubań, Poland in 1972 and is of Polish and Greek descent. • Moved to Athens, Greece in 1982. • Studied Interior Architecture, Decorative Arts and Industrial Design in Athens. • Since the year 2000, has been working and experimenting on Computer-generated visual media (3d digital image/rendering - animation, digital sculpture, digital video, new media). •Had been teaching digital arts & design, graphics, interior design and ceramic design in many art institutes. •Member of the Greek Chamber of Fine Arts. In cooperation with Wanda Print for selected commercial projects. Adam Martinakis currently lives and works in Poland, Greece and the UK.

Exhibitions:

Group exhibitions : 2018 - Unplugged / CI gallery, Luxembourg 2017 - Monitor Fest 2017 / Heraklion, Crete, Greece 2017 - 13th Athens Digital Arts Festival / Postfuture, Athens, Greece 2017 - The Dreamers / Villa Medicea "La Ferdinata - Artimino Contemporanea, Artimino Carmignano, Italy 2016 - Digital dreams / Art Center in Perinnye Ryady, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2016 - RETHink Art Digital Festival / House of Culture, Rethymno, Crete, Greece 2014 - Vagiti Ultimi III / Ante Mortem", Atri, Italy. 2013 - De fil en aiguille... / Atelier Gustave, Paris, France. 2013 - L’émergence dans tous ses états / Art District, Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris, Paris, France. 2013 - Metaphysical Objectivity in Comparison to Realism / The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Weston super Mare, UK. 2012 - Transformation - discover the digital world / CI Gallery, Luxembourg. 2012 - Crossing borders - from virtual to real", CI Gallery, Luxembourg. 2011 - Changes / CCNR, Luxembourg. 2011 - Athens Video Art Festival 2011 / Technopolis (Gazi), Athens, Greece. 2011 - The Digital Palette / The Artspace Gallery, Hartford, CT, USA. 2010 - Art & Architecture 2010 - 2011 / Artower Gallery, Athens, Greece. 2010 - EUtopia / CCNR, Luxembourg. 2009 - Rooted / Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg. 2009 - Athens Video Art Festival 2009 / Technopolis (Gazi), Athens, Greece. 2006 - 4 Young Artists / Municipal Art Gallery of Kallithea, Athens, Greece. 2005 - Where is love? / Gallery Psyxari 36, Athens, Greece. SOLO EXHIBITION: 2018 - Espectro / Museo de Arte “López Claro”, Azul, Argentina 2018 - Timeless Tales / CI gallery, Luxembourg 2017 - Nest of Time / Artspace João Carvalho, Alcanena, Portugal 2015 - Metaverse / Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen, Denmark 2015 - Incontro / Pavart, Rome, Italy 2015 - Adam Martinakis / Maverick, Bangkok, Thailand 2014 - Univers Parallèles / CI gallery, Luxembourg. 2014 - Parallel Worlds / Galerie ABF, Prague, Czech Republic. 2013 - Adam Martinakis in Ditto Doors / Ditto TV, London,

Awards and Distinctions

2017 - Winner of the international art competition "HighArt2017", video category, USA 2014 - Listed in Top 10 Digital artworks by Huffington Post UK 2013 - Stellar Art Award - Digital Arts: California - Simply the best 2 2013 - Listed in Empty Kingdom's Top 100 Artists of 2012 2012 - Silver Award - Artlimited "Color and Creativity" art competition 2012 - Excellence Abstract & Design award, EXPOSÉ 10. 2011 - Listed winner of the art competition "Changes", Luxembourg, (CultureInside & CCNR). 2010 - Winner of the international art competition "EUtopia", Luxembourg, (CI & CCNR). 2009 - Art competition winner, "Rooted", Luxembourg, (CI & Galerie Clairefontaine).
Aydin Büyüktas - Flatland

Aydin Büyüktas - Flatland
Photographer and artist Aydin Büyütkaş has created a surreal view of Istanbul using a camera-equipped drone. His series, titled "Flatland", was inspired by science fiction books — especially Edwin Abbott's "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" — that brought wild visions of imaginary worlds to his mind. He decided he wanted to bring them to life with innovative photography. Büyütkaş carefully planned each of these images using a 3D software that allowed him to explore all possible shooting locations throughout Istanbul. Below are the surreal photos, which he said took two months of planning.

Artist's Statement
" We live in places that most of the times don’t draw our attention, places that transform our memories, places that the artist gives another dimension; where the perceptions that generally crosses our minds will be demolished and new ones will arise, these works aim to leave the viewer alone with a surprising visuality ironic as well, multidimensional romantic point of view. "

Artist:
Aydin Büyüktas

Education

Aydın Büyüktaş, who was born in Ankara in 1972, dropped out form Bilkent University Tourism Management Department because it was not his future dream. After moving to Istanbul in 2000’s, he took charge in many awarded movies and advertising drives, while he is working for avant-garde companies such as Sinefekt and Makinefx after having improved himself in the fields of visual effect, 3D, animation and video. He started to give priority to freelance works after his character, which was designed by him in the form of 3D in 2008, gained international popularity. While he interested in Photography, he also has been continuing his academic education at the department of photography of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University since 2012. Turkish photographer and digital artist Aydın Büyüktaş turns the streets of Istanbul upside down in these warped cityscapes that appear to curve infinitely upward and outward toward the skies. While it’s tempting to draw parallels with stunning visuals from the 2010 movie Inception, the artist says his true inspiration is taken from the 1884 satirical novella Flatland that depicts a two-dimensional world occupied by geometric figures. In this series, also titled Flatland, Büyüktaş photographed canals, bazaars, skate parks, and bridges with the aid of a drone and then digitally stitched them together as dramatically inverted spaces without a visible horizon. You can see more of his gravity-defying work on Instagram. All images courtesy the artist. (via Designboom)

EXHIBITIONS

2017: PALACE SOESTDIJK, BAARN NETHERLAND “TRANSFORMATIE” AS FOLLOWERS OF ESCHER WITH ESCHER’S ORGINAL WORKS. “FLATLAND I – II” MATTER GALLERY , TORONTO CANADA “FLATLAND 2” SOLO EXHIBITION PHOTO ART GALLERY, EPSON HEADQUARTER, LONDON UK “FLATLAND” SOLO EXHIBITION AIPAD PHOTOGRAPY FAIR, NEW YORK USA DILLON + LEE GALLERY “FLATLAND I – II” MATTER GALLERY, TORONTO CANADA “FLATLAND” 2016: ART MIAMI , MIAMI DILLON GALLERY , NEW YORK “FLATLAND” MUSEUM FUR GESTALTUNG, ZURICH “FLATLAND – BUILDING WORLDS” FOTOISTANBUL, ISTANBUL “FLATLAND” BOZLU ART PROJECT, ISTANBUL “FOTOTAKSIS – FEAR” BOZLU ART PROJECT, ISTANBUL “FLATLAND” 2015: ART01, ADANA “FLATLAND – BEREKETLI TOPRAKLAR” ARTIST 2015, ISTANBUL “FLATLAND – DIGITAL OBSCURA”
Alexander Shandor

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

Artist:
Alexander Shandor

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

Biography

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

Exhibitions

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

Lev Russov (1926-1987). Paintings of 1950-1980s - Portraits

Lev Russov (1926-1987). Paintings of 1950-1980s - Portraits
For ten years, Russov created a gallery of portraits that enriched the various types of modern portraiture. In the work on the portrait, Rusov manages to grab the fleeting state of the model, which, with prolonged posing, eludes most artists. He knows how to keep this first impression to the end and convey to the viewer. Therefore, in his works, nature is alive, and this feeling of a lively look of living people is almost the most exciting in the artist's portraits. Along with the expressiveness of the form, the portraits of Russov are distinguished by the depth and psychologism of the images, careful selection, and study of the model.

Still Life
Still-life in the works of Russov is closely connected with the colorful and compositional tasks that the artist set for himself in the work on the portrait. Hence the sharpness and freshness of compositional solutions, the internal dramatic and tension in his works of this genre.

Artist:
Lev Russov

Education

In 1947 Lev Russov graduated of Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad. In 1948-1950 Lev Russov studied at the Painting Department of the Repin Institute of Arts in Leningrad, pupil of Yuri Neprintsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky. In 1955 Lev Russov was admitted to the Leningrad Union of the Soviet Artists. More detail info about artist Biography, Career, and Artistic Creativity, as well as Bibliography please see on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Russov

Exhibitions

Since the middle of 1950s Lev Russov participates in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. List of Principal Exhibitions please see on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Russov Among them: * Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог. Л., Изогиз, 1954. С.17. * Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1955 года. Каталог. Л., ЛССХ, 1956. С.16. * Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников. 1956 года. Каталог. Л., Ленинградский художник, 1958. С.21. * 1917 — 1957. Выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог. Л., Ленинградский художник, 1958. С.28. * Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1960 года. Каталог. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1961. С.35. * Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1961 года. Каталог. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1964. С.34. * Зональная выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1980 года. Каталог. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1983. С.22. * Ленинградские художники. Живопись 1950—1980 годов. Каталог. СПб., 1994. С.6. * Этюд в творчестве ленинградских художников. Выставка произведений. Каталог. СПб., 1994. С.6. * Лирика в произведениях художников военного поколения. Живопись. Графика. Каталог. СПб., 1995. С.6. * Живопись 1940—1990 годов. Ленинградская школа. Выставка произведений. СПб., 1996. С.4. * Натюрморт в живописи 1940—1990 годов. Ленинградская школа. Каталог выставки. СПб., 1997. С.4. * 80 лет Санкт-Петербургскому Союзу художников. Юбилейная выставка. СПб., Цветпринт, 2012. С.208.
Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1911-1978). Paintings of 1950-1970s

Vladimir Ovchinnikov (1911-1978). Paintings of 1950-1970s
Since the early 1950s works of Vladimir Ovchinnikov has consistently exhibited in Leningrad, All-Russian, and All-Union Art exhibitions, attracting the attention of high culture of painting and a special insight into the world of nature. His leading genre becomes a landscape, main forms – nature studies, and large landscape-painting. In the panoramic landscapes, he has sought to cover a larger space, the image of the set clearly readable plans. Well-known examples of paintings of this period include the work On the Volga(1951),[4] Evening. At the well (1953),[5] Dnieper cliffs (1955),[6] Spring (1956),[7] Along the banks of the Dnieper (1957),[8] and others. They are distinguished by a refined flavor, richness of tone relations, the use of various textures painting. . In 1953, after the show at the exhibition a series of such works carried out in Ukraine, Vladimir Ovchinnikov accepts as a member of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. Vladimir Ovchinnikov has had a few particularly productive periods, both in quantity and quality of painted works and their effect on all subsequent works of the artist. In 1953–1955 this period was associated with travel to the city of Kanev on the Dnieper River. Delighted with the beauty of the Dnieper banks, the artist painted many sketches, expressing alive, the immediate impression of a majestic image what he saw. These include the work of Before the Rain (1954), Evening on the Dnieper River (1956),[9] On the bank of the Dnieper (1956),[10] A Night (1957),[11] and others. It was during this period known as "Kanevsky" paintings of Ovchinnikov gets its breadth, magnitude, color, and tonality, which subsequently constitute important features of his individual style. According to these features of his works will be unmistakable at the art shows. In the late 1950s, Ovchinnikov had traveled at the lower Volga River and the Caspian Sea. New bright impressions capture him. Southern nature, filled with sun and light, was very close to

Artist:
Vladimir Ovchinnikov

Education

In 1931 Vladimir Ovchinnikov graduated from Saratov Art College and moved to Leningrad, where he entered the Repin Institute of Arts. In 1931-1941 Vladimir Ovchinnikov studied on Painting Department of Repin Institute of Arts, then in Vasily Savinsky Art Studio, then at the Leningrad Institute of Improvement qualification of Art workers. Pupil of Pavel Naumov, Alexander Karev, Rudolf Frentz. More detail info about artist Biography, Career, and Artistic Creativity, as well as Bibliography please see on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Ovchinnikov_%28painter%29

Exhibitions

Since early 1950s Vladimir Ovchinnikov participates in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. List of Principal Exhibitions please see on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Ovchinnikov_%28painter%29 Among them: * Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1951. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Lenizdat Edition, 1951. P. 15. * Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists Edition, 1958. P. 18. * 1917 - 1957. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1957. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1958. P. 23. * Travelling Exhibition of Leningrad artists. Catalogue. Murmansk, Leningrad Union of Artists, 1957. * All-Union Art Exhibition of 1957 dedicated to the 40th Anniversary of October Revolution. Catalogue. Moscow, Soviet artist, 1957. P. 55. * Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. P. 20. * Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. P. 29. * Soviet Russia republic exhibition of 1960. Exhibition catalogue. Moscow, Ministry of culture of Russian Federation, 1960. P. 60. * Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1961. Exhibition catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. P. 29. * Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1962. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1962. P. 20. * The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. P. 37. * Soviet Russia the Third Republic Exhibition of 1967. Catalogue. Moscow, Ministry of culture of Russian Federation, 1967. P. 42. * The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1968. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1971. P. 12. * The Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1971. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. P. 13. * Our Contemporary regional exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1975. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik

Unknown Socialist Realism: The Leningrad School of Painting 1920-1990s - Introduction

Unknown Socialist Realism: The Leningrad School of Painting 1920-1990s - Introduction
It is well known that two principal movements in the 20th century’s art – namely, abstract art and the art of socialist realism – emerged, found their classics and took the shape of theoretical systems not only in one and the same country but also in the same center of European culture. Both movements should be attributed to St Petersburg – Petrograd – Leningrad. It is far less known that both movements fed upon the tradition of Russian art and sprang from the same art school. By the middle of the 20th century Leningrad had become perhaps the only European cultural center to have preserved the world-famous school of easel painting based on the continuous development of age-long traditions of the national and European painting. The history of the Leningrad school of painting spans the period from 1930 through to the early 1990s. Having emerged in the time of hottest discussions on the development of art and art education in the USSR, it became the missing link that allowed for the preservation of national realist painting and provided for its further advance in the epoch of socialism. The Leningrad school proper usually refers to the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the period between 1932 and the early 1990s, including its traditions, teachers, alumni and their art works. In its broader sense, the Leningrad school may also include a number of higher and secondary education establishments closely connected with the Repin Institute as well as the Leningrad Union of Artists in the period between its foundation in 1932 and the early 1990s. All that being true, the Leningrad school should be primarily understood as a unique alloy of personalities drawn from the richest and finest rock containing the least possible amount of impurities that had been searched for in the depths of the country, processed by the world’s finest smelter and cast in the furnace of the epoch.

Artists
About 1,200 artists may be said to belong to the Leningrad school of painting. Approximately 400 of them formed its distinguishing features in different periods and different genres. In the 1930s through the 1950s the following artists were brought up by the school: E. Antipova, T. Afonina, E. Baykova, N. Baskakov, P. Belousov, O. Bogaevskaya, A. Vasiliev, I. Veselkin, R. Vovkushevsky, N. Galakhov, V. Golubev, E. Gorokhova, I. Dobrekova, G. Yegoshin, A. Eremin, M. Zheleznov, V. Zagonek, M. Zubreeva, R. Zakharian, M. Kaneev, E. Kozlov, M. Kopitseva, B. Korneev, A. Koroviakov, E. Kostenko, B. Lavrenko, A. Laktionov, O. Lomakin, D. Maevsky, E. Moiseenko, V. Monakhova, N. Mukho, A. Mylnikov, M. Natarevich, S. Nevelshtein, A. Nenartovich, Yu. Neprintsev, D. Oboznenko, V. Ovchinnikov, L. Orekhov, V. Oreshnikov, S. Osipov, V. Otiev, N. Pozdneev, A. Pushnin, L. Russov, G. Savinov, A. Semionov, V. Serov, E. Skuin, A. Sokolov, V. Teterin, N. Timkov, V. Tokarev, M. Trufanov, Yu. Tulin, V. Tulenev, B. Ugarov, Yu. Khukhrov, V. Chekalov, B. Shamanov, A. Shmidt, N. Shteinmiller, L. Yazgur and many other famous and half-forgotten artists. Basic elements of the Leningrad school – namely, a higher art education establishment of a new type and a unified professional union of Leningrad artists, were created by the end of 1932. However, it took several more years to gather faculty members and organize art education in a new way. In 1934 Isaak Brodsky, a disciple of Ilya Repin was appointed director of the National Academy of Arts and the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Brodsky invited most distinguished painters and pedagogues to teach at the Academy. Education of future painters was based on a thorough study of drawing, composition, painting and art history. Requirements for applicants became stricter; preliminary courses and the so called. For more details please see Historical outline: http://www.leningradartist.com/outline.htm

Art Heritage
It was thanks to their efforts that traditions of the Russian school of painting were preserved and developed. For all problems and faults of the formative years, methods of art teaching and general structure of art education adopted in the 1930 proved very successful. These methods remain relevant up to the present; they are universally recognized as the standard of art education and adopted all over the world. At present paintings of masters of the Leningrad School recide in stocks of major art museums and private collections in Russia and abroud. This school brought up eminent artists whose creative eagerness was akin to that of the old great masters. They were distinguished by the true love for the Motherland. Endowed with many talents, they were mysteriously spiritual and scorned universal mercantilism as the ultimate aim of human kind. Inseparable from the history of its century, this art will be admired by new generations not only for its skillfulness and beauty but also for its dreaminess and revolutionary romanticism, liveliness of its images, historical optimism, sincere belief in the creative and reforming ability of art, and clear understanding of involvement and personal responsibility of the artist for the fate of Motherland and the course of history.
Antonio Finelli - Drawings

Antonio Finelli - Drawings
Timeless Portraits by Antonio Finelli. Timeless as the refinement of the face portraiture, near and authentic faces of the Fayoum, the elegance of the details of the Renaissance painting already affected by the Flemish and, above all the deep and inner research of the nineteenth century. Finelli, with his forceful mark, practical knowledge and wisdom, illuminates the details of the white hairs and the wrinkled epidermis but hides what he doesn’t want to show. He never gives a context, he never describes; we just catch their eye and their smiles, we feel free to see in those faces whoever we want to and to reflect ourselves in them. Flawless and penciled paintings as instantaneous and essential pictures made with a hard pictorial mark. He doesn’t copy from the past but he belongs to it, or rather he belongs to that academic practice of the past to set free from it. Observing his work, Finelli already frees himself from the past. He doesn’ t try to enter into the contemporary age, he doesn’t imitate. He just draws. Mimmo Paladino for Antonio Finelli

Themes
Antonio Finelli states: “All my drawings have always ‘Self-portrait’ as name, this choice is due to two specific reasons: firstly because even if the word “self-portrait” means the representation of your own person, in the diversity of my drawings there is always a wire that links them and represents me, like the choice of the subjects, the photographic cut, etc. and secondly, because the faces that I draw haven’t to be read by the viewer as a representation of the person drawn; in fact, in my drawings, there aren’t tracks that let identify the name, the age or the provenance of the subject, what matters is the skin and the tracks of time imprinted on it."

Artist:
Antonio Finelli

Antonio Finelli (1985) is a professional artist who splits his time between Rome and Campobasso, Italy. He creates fascinating hyperreal portraits of elderly people that talk about time and the traces it leaves in our lives and faces. Finelli's artistic education started during his Secondary High School Art project at G. Manzù in Campobasso, after that, he moved to Rome to improve his artistic talent in the Academy of Fine Arts. Notable importance for his professional education was the acquaintance and the collaboration with world famous artists : Mimmo Paladino, Enzo Cucchi, Giosetta Fioroni, Luigi Ontani, Carla Accardi, Felice Levini, Giuseppe Penone, Savinio Ruggero, Gianni Dessì, Giuseppe Gallo, Giuseppe Salvatori, Jannis Kounellis, Paola Gandolfi, Stefano Di Stasio, Piero Pizzi Cannella, Bruno Ceccobelli, Maurizio Mochetti, Andrea Aquilanti, Marilù Eustachio, Aldo Turchiaro, Alfredo Pirri...

Personal Exhibitions

2019 – “In Vultu Veritas” Marcello Barbanera curator, Museum Of Classical Art in Rome. 2018 – “Kalós” Aurelia Nicolosi curator, KōArt Unconventional Place Gallery in Catania. – “The Passage of Time” Maria Laura Perilli Curator,Triphè Gallery in Rome. 2017 – “Ecce Homo” Vittorio Sgarbi Curator, Atelier Marcello Tommasi in Florence. – “BocsART”(Artist House), Alberto Dambruoso curator, Cosenza. 2016 – “Pelle” Vittorio Sgarbi and Lorenzo Canova curators, Spazio Cent8anta in Isernia. 2015 – “L’Illusione del Corpo” Lorenzo Canova and Piernicola Maria Di Iorio curators, Aratro Gallery – Archive of Electronic Arts – Laboratory for Contemporary Art in Campobasso. 2014 – “Rendez-vous” Alessandra Tontini curator, Incontro d’Arte Gallery in Rome – “De Senectute” Maria Laura Perilli curator, Triphè Gallery in Cortona (AR). 2013 – “Antonio Finelli: l’Osservatore del Tempo” Franco Fonzo and Roberta Gubitosi curators, introduced by Mimmo Paladino, Web Art Gallery in Treviso. – “Se non la Realtà” curated by “TerraNullius”, Aranciera di San Sisto in Rome. 2012 – “De Passage” (Artist House), introduced by Mimmo Paladino, Abbaye de Léhon in Dinan (France). 2009 – “Studi Accademici” Rosanna Ricci curator, Sadurano Salus Gallery in Castrocaro Terme (FC). 2006 – “Studi Accademici”, Maschio Angioino in Riccia (CB).

Collective Exhibitions

2019 – “Speculum”, Urano Space in Rome. – “XLVI Premio Sulmona”, Polo Museale Civico Diocesano in Sulmona (AQ). – “Open Cluster”, Studio D’Arte Pisani in Rome. 2018 – “La Società della Stanchezza – Dispositio ex Clausione Linearum” (Artist House), Museo Diocesano San Matteo in Salerno. 2017 – “Five”, Catania Art Gallery in Catania. – “Ricognizioni”, BoCs Art Museum / Complesso Monumentale di San Domenico in Cosenza. 2016 – “Anamorfosi”, Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Montevergini in Siracusa. – “Pio Alferano Award” (Award of the President of the Jury Vittorio Sgarbi), Castello dell’ Abate in Castellabate (SA). 2015 – EXPO 2015 “Il Tesoro d’Italia”, Eataly Pavilion (expo area), Milano. – “48° Vasto Award”, Stables of Palace Aragona in Vasto (CH). – “Expo Arte Contemporanea Italiana”, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi in Varedo (MB). 2014 – “Reale” Bruno D’Arcevia – Antonio Finelli – Paul Kostabi, Kunsthaus Sottecchi in Messina. 2013 – “Biennale Internazionale d’Arte Di Palermo”, Malfitano Whitaker Palace in Palermo. – “ArtePerOGGI 2013 Award”, Dioscuri Theatre, Rome – Quirinale. – “Revelations in Reality”, 287 Spring Gallery in New York. – “6 + 1”, Incontro d’Arte Gallery in Rome. – “Art Fair Miami Beach”, Miami Beach U.S.A. – “Ritratti d’Autore”, Stelline Foundation in Milano. 2012 – ” ArtePerOGGI 2012 Award” (First classified), Dioscuri Theatre, Rome – Quirinale. – “The ways of art”, Crisolart Gallery in NEW YORK. – “Arte in Fiera Dolomiti Aword” (First classified), Longarone Fairs in Longarone (BL). – “Il Ritratto: Apparenza ed Enigma”, 11 Dreams Art Gallery in Tortona (AL). – “Muri, Metamorfosi e Dintorni”, Laboratory Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. 2011 – “ArtePerOGGI 2011 Award” (Second classified), Dioscuri Theatre, Rome – Quirinale. – “Arteria 2011” Valle Theatre in Chiaravalle (AN). 2010 – “Caravaggio Ombre e Mistero”, O.A.D. Gallery in Rome. – “Saturaprize” (First Classified), Stella Palace in Genova. – “10° Concorso Nazionale di Pittura e Scultura” (Third

Christian Coigny Photographs

Christian Coigny Photographs
Christian Coigny has for the past 30 years developed a career in traditional black and white photography in parallel to his work in publicity and fashion. He works primarily with film and silver gelatin prints. There is no retouching in his work. Beyond the countless advertising campaigns to date (Bon Genie Grieder, Chopard, Hermès, Hublot, etc.), Coigny has more notably been commissioned by Vitra to portray 130 celebrities, from Charles Bukowski to Audrey Hepburn via Allan Ginsberg, Davids Hockney or Dizzy Gillepsie. His artistic practice has already been the focus of no less than six publications and his photographs are to be found in the most prestigious private collections, as well as in museums worldwide. The museum of Lausanne hosted a large retrospective exhibition, featuring 70 of his photographs.

Themes
Men & women Women outdoors Portraits Still life Landscape Reportage Vitra personalities His subjects are immersed in a silent environment carried by a sober yet intelligent composition; Volumes and natural light interact to commend the human body with timeless sensuality. Bon Génie Grieder Commercial

Artist's Statement
"I have always used film. I like the darkroom, the physical contact with my work. I like to know that people see a photo that has not been altered in any way, showing exactly what I saw, despite the fact that it is in black and white and not in color. These are the reasons why I use film and I will continue to do so until the end. " Christian Coigny

Artist:
Christian Coigny

Based near Lausanne on the shores of Lake Geneva, Christian Coigny has for the past 30 years developed a career in traditional black and white photography in parallel to his work in publicity and fashion. He works primarily with film and silver gelatin prints. There is no retouching in his work. His work is anchored in a classical education and strongly influenced by American painters such as Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keefe or Andrew Wyeth, that he discovered during his 5-year stay in San Francisco. Very rapidly important brands called upon him to transpose his personal mark into their advertising campaigns. The poster advertising campaign for the department store Bon Genie Grieder, between 1975 and 1985 marked his return from the United States. His book of portraits of local artists earned him the Vitra «Celebrities» Campaign. Other photographic projects include work for clients such as Hermès, Krug champagnes, Ferretti yachts and Hublot watches, and for many years he has participated in the creation of catalogues and of publicity campaigns for Chopard jewelers of Geneva. He now devotes most of his time to his personal work whilst exhibiting at various galleries and museums in Europe.

Solo Exhibitions

2017 The Photogallery, Norrvikens Trädgårdar, Sweden 2017 Argentiques, Gallery by Event Particulier, Bruxelles, Belgium 2017 Argentiques, Gallery by Event Particulier, Tournai, Belgium 2015 Christian Coigny, photographies, Musée historique de Lausanne, Switzerland 2015 Le corps à nu, Young Gallery , Bruxelles, Belgium 2015 Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France 2013 On Grace, Paolo Morello Studio Gallery, Palermo, Italy 2005 Galerie Krisal, Carouge, Switzerland 2001 All seated for Vitra, Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris, France 1996 Personalities, Museum of Design, Thessaloniki, Greece 1993 State of siege, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 1991 Book Fair, Geneva, Switzerland 1983 Vaudois from here and elsewhere, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 1982 Portfolio Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland 1979 Precious photos, Portfolio Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions

2016 Maison de la photographie, Lille, France 2015 Timeless, The Photogallery, Gothenburg, Sweden 2013 Le nu, Espace Cyril Kobler, Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland 2004 Paris Photo, Galerie Krisal, Paris, France 2002 Images in the city, Swiss Museum from the camera, Vevey, Switzerland 1995 Like in a mirror. The portrait in the collection of the Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 1991 International Book and Press Fair, Geneva, Switzerland 1988 The large Polaroïd room, Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 1988 Splendours and miseries of the body, International Triennial of Photography, Friborg, Switzerland 1982 Three nude photographers, Center d'Art Visuel, Geneva, Switzerland 1981 Third International Triennial of Photography, Museum of Art and History, Friborg, Switzerland

Publications

Christian Coigny Editions Ides et Calendes, 2014, 252 pages Christian Coigny book Cover The animal world of Chopard Editions La Bibliothèque des Arts, 2014 178 pages Chopard blanket by Christian Coigny Sittings Editions Prestel, 2000 Photographs Editions Favre, 1990 130 pages Christian Coigny book cover Portraits of artists Editions Favre, 1983 78 pages Portraits of artists by Christian Coigny Ohmmes Editions Favre, 1982 80 pages 96 pages
ISLANDS - Antoine Renault

ISLANDS - Antoine Renault
Antoine Renault's painting suspends time, catches the instant, the souvenir. Not in a nostalgic way, but to dip or dive in. Renault focusses on slow-motion atmosphere, time still on the beach, with a soft sensuality floating. His work constantly plays with the borders of realism. Yet, get closer to the canvas and visible brushstrokes push the reality back, offering space for emotions and echo.

Artist's Statement
" Summer and ocean side atmosphere has always been in my inspiration. Sunny days and short nights, dune smells, slow time on the beach, … To paint this, for me, is like sharing feelings of freedom and happiness because this is just where I feel the best. I have not spent one year of my life without sailing in this bay. And actually all the key moments of my life happened on the ocean side, if not on the beach. After some years working with oil and pastel, I moved to watercolor and eventually to acrylic. I simplified my palette at most, using exclusively the same 4 colors. Light, water, feelings, and some subtle sexiness are what I want in my paintings."

Artist:
Antoine Renault

Born in Nantes in 1963, Antoine Renault is a self-taught painter. His series « Ocean Paintings » brings him international recognition in 2012. Antoine lives between Noirmoutier and Amsterdam since 2014. Between canals and seashores. Antoine went to painting from photography he improved in the 80’s in New York, Keith Haring SoHo, and Edward Hopper Long Island. Back to France, husband, and father of 3, he catches a brush for the first time from his grandmother who discovered the fun of painting at the age of 70. She is the one who initiated him, allowing him to enter this very intimate bubble. Her work was a testimonial of her little pleasures, pictures of her world, while he tried to catch the dune, sunsets and the warm blues of a summer at his dear island of Noirmoutier. It’s in Barcelona, close to Sorolla’s shores for some years, that a passion for light and water develops. Reflections and transparencies become his favorite themes. « Light is my real motivation. Water is my favorite catalyst. Both are the guiding threads of my inspiration ». From then, his work becomes flow, movement, ripple…

Education

Self-taught
Brienne M Brown - Bringing the Everyday to Life

Brienne M Brown - Bringing the Everyday to Life
Much to her mother’s indignation, Brienne owned little clothing that was not covered in paint. From a very young age, Brienne showed talent in art and music, but wanted to pursue a career in the sciences. She started her education at the University of Utah as a double major (Art and Chemistry), eventually receiving a BS in Chemistry and finishing with a Master’s degree in 2004. After graduation, Brienne worked in a Toxicology lab. Though she painted some by taking an occasional class, as the years wore on, she realized she wanted more art in her life than a career in science would allow. She was surprised and delighted to find great fulfillment in painting. In fact, it became a necessity. After leaving her job as a toxicologist to raise her first child in 2008, Brienne had the opportunity to paint more consistently. Prioritizing painting and taking workshops from artists she admired paid off. Soon she was not only exhibiting and entering shows regularly, but also winning awards. Brienne holds signature membership status for the National Watercolor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, and Utah Watercolor Society. Her work has been published in Splash 17 Best of Watercolor: Inspired Subjects, PleinAir Magazine, and Watercolor Artist Magazine. Brienne’s passion is watercolor and plein air painting. She has won several top awards in many plein air competitions. “I find beauty in everyday life, the so called ‘mundane’. Ordinary people going about their everyday lives inspire me. I especially enjoy painting en plein air, where each painting reminds me of where I was, of the experiences I had, the sounds, smells, and the people I met. As I try and capture the essence of a scene, my paintings are always more about a moment in time than about a particular location. I enjoy sharing how I see the world.”

Artist:
Brienne M Brown

Education

From a very young age, Brienne showed talent in art and music, but wanted to pursue a career in the sciences. She started her education at the University of Utah as a double major (Art and Chemistry), eventually receiving a BS in Chemistry and finishing with a Master’s degree in 2004. After graduation, Brienne worked in a Toxicology lab. Though she painted some by taking an occasional class, as the years wore on, she realized she wanted more art in her life than a career in science would allow. She was surprised and delighted to find great fulfillment in painting. In fact, it became a necessity. After leaving her job as a toxicologist to raise her first child in 2008, Brienne had the opportunity to paint more consistently. Prioritizing painting and taking workshops from artists she admired paid off. Soon she was not only exhibiting and entering shows regularly, but also winning awards. Brienne holds a signature membership for the Utah Watercolor Society and the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society. Brienne’s most recent love is painting en plein air, which has also enhanced her studio work. She has won several top awards in many plein air competitions. “I find beauty in everyday life, the so called ‘mundane’. Ordinary people going about their everyday lives inspire me. I especially enjoy painting en plein air, where each painting reminds me of where I was, of the experiences I had, the sounds, smells, and the people I met. As I try and capture the essence of a scene, my paintings are always more about a moment in time than about a particular location. I enjoy sharing how I see the world.”

Select Exhibitions and Awards

- 2017 Solomon's Plein Air Festival: Honorable Mention for "Capt. Brandon Awaits" - 2017 Outstanding Watercolor in the September Bold Brush Online Competition: "On the Boardwalk" - 2016 Outstanding Watercolor in the October Bold Brush Online Competition: "First Flight Out" - 2016 Solomon's Plein Air Festival: PleinAir Magazine award for "My Seventh Heaven" - 2016 Easels in Frederick Plein Air Competition: 2nd Place Award for "Antiques Bridge" - 2016 Wayne Plein Air Festival: Honorable Mention for "Manayunk Morning" - 2016 PWS 37th International Exhibition: 4th Place Award for "Morning Stroll to the Patch" - 2015 Outstanding Watercolor in the November Bold Brush Online Competition: "Morning Stroll to the Patch" - 2015 Easels in Frederick Best Landscape or Town Outside Frederick City Award: "Sharing Memories" - 2015 Camp Hill Plein Air Festival Purchase Award: "Looking Down on River Street" - 2015 Splash 17: Inspirational Subjects for "Discussing Grandpa's House" - 2015 Georgia Watercolor Society International: 10th Award for "Ridge Street" - 2014 Oct/Nov "Best Watercolor" in Plein Air Salon: "Back of Chick's Cafe" - 2014 Outstanding Watercolor in the Sept Bold Brush Online Competition: "Back of Chick's Cafe" - 2014 UWS Fall Member Exhibition (Utah): Award of Merit for "NYC Streets" - 2014 PWS 35th Juried Exhibition (Harrisburg, PA): Merchandise Award for "Tagged" - 2014 Lewsiburg Arts Festival (Pennsylvania): Best of Show for "Discussing Grandpa's House" - 2014 WFWS 39th Annual Juried Exhibition (Arizona) - 2014 UWS Spring Open Juried Exhibition (Utah): Award of Merit for "Evening Stroll" - 2013 UWS Fall Member Exhibition (Utah): Award of Excellence for "Morning Chores" - 2013 Finalist in the June Bold Brush Painting Online Competition: "Discussing Grandpa's House" - 2013 PWS 34th Juried Exhibition (Warren, PA): Honorable Mention for "On the Foothills"

- 2013 UWS Spring Open Juried Exhibition (Utah): Juror's Award for "Mount Olympus" - 2013 PWS Online Member Competition: Honorable Mention for "Downtown Salt Lake" - 2013 AWS 145th Juried Exhibition (New York, New York) - 2012 UWS Fall Member Exhibition (Utah): Best of Show for "Downtown Salt Lake" - 2012 Wastach Plein Air Paradise Competition, Midway Paint Out (Midway, UT): Third Place for "Breakfast at Cafe Galleria" - 2012 Wasatch Plein Air Paradise Competition, Heber Paint Out (Midway, UT): First Place Purchase Award for "Cleofa's Wash" - 2012 Logan's Summerfest Plein Air Competition (Logan, UT): First Place for "He Painted as Far as He Could Reach" - 2012 Ogden 's Art Festival Quick Draw Plein Air Competition (Ogden, UT): First Place for "Ogden's 25th Street" - 2012 Ogden Plein Air Festivel (Ogden, UT): Purchse Award for "22nd Street Trail" - Plein Air Moab '11 Competition (Moab, Utah): First Place Purcahse Award in Watercolor for "Fields of Moab" - 2011 UWS Fall Memeber Exhibition (Utah): Award of Merit for "Jermyn, PA" - 2011 Spring City Plein Air Competition (Spring City, Utah): Award of Merit for "Farmer Gene's Chickens" - 2011 Wasatch Plein Air Paradise Competition (Midway, Utah): 2nd Place for "A Man and His Dog" and 4th Place for "Farmer Tom"

Publications

- Palette Magazine - Plein Air Magazine, Oct/ Nov 2015 Issue, "Plein Air Watercolors: Mixed Grays & Bold Brushstrokes", pg. 60-64. - Southwest Art Magazine, Jan 2019, "Introductions: Brienne M Brown", pg. 68-69.
Cesar Santander - Artist's Statement

Cesar Santander - Artist's Statement
"Once I conceive an idea for a painting, I arrange the objects and then use the camera to produce the strongest photographic example of my original idea. Then I paint the photographic image. Superficially, I appear to copy the photograph, but I make many adjustments to the photographic image as I complete the painting. I try to impose my own vision by subtle adjustment of colours, edges and details so that the finished painting is the strongest representation of the original idea." - Cesar Santander

Artist:
Cesar Santander

Born in June 26, 1947, near Cadiz, Spain, Cesar Santander received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1969 and MFA in 1972. He began painting full time in 1980 and has had solo shows in Toronto, New York, San Francisco and London, England. He has been painting in a photorealist style of almost 30 years. His specialty is still life objects, toys, antique boxes, and other nostalgic items. Cesar’s photorealist paintings vary in subject matter from food to vintage toys. His donuts and crayon paintings are among his most famous. Cesar is represented by Gallery Henoch in New York City, Plus One Gallery in London, and Gallery Biba on Worth Avenue in Palm Beach. Education: 1975-77 Florida International University, Florida 1972 Pratt Institute, New York, M.F.A. 1969 New York University, New York 1969 Pratt Institute, New York, B.F.A.

Exhibitions

2020 A Dash of Red, Rehs Contemporary Galleries, New York 2019 Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts at CONTEXT Art Miami 2019, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts ARCADIA CONTEMPORARY at Texas Contemporary 2019, ARCADIA CONTEMPORARY 2019 Five and Under, ARCADIA CONTEMPORARY, Pasadena 2018 Rehs Contemporary Galleries at Texas Contemporary 2018, Rehs Contemporary Galleries 2018 Romantics, Rehs Contemporary Galleries 2005 Plus One Gallery, London, England 2003 Peterson Fine Art, Toronto, Ontario 2001 Modernism Inc., San Francisco, California 1999 Modernism, San Francisco, Recent Paintings 1998 Gallery Henoch, New York, Recent Paintings 1996 Bruce Lewin Gallery, New York, Movie Goddesses 1991 Gallery Henoch, New York, Recent Paintings 1988 Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, Toys and Carousels 1988 Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto, New Paintings 1986 Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, Carousel Paintings 1985 Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto, New Paintings 1985 Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Paintings; 1979-85 1983 Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto, Paintings of Toys 1982 Nancy Poole's Studio, Toronto, Recent Paintings 1981 Harris Gallery, London, Ontario, Still Life Paintings 1974 Miami Art Center, Miami, Sepia Prints 1972 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Drawings and Prints

"Once I conceive an idea for a painting, I arrange the objects and then use the camera to produce the strongest photographic example of my original idea. Then I paint the photographic image. Superficially, I appear to copy the photograph, but I make many adjustments to the photographic image as I complete the painting. I try to impose my own vision by subtle adjustment of colours, edges and details so that the finished painting is the strongest representation of the original idea." - Cesar Santander

Selected Public Collections

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario Art Gallery of St. Thomas/Elgin, St. Thomas, Ontario Burdines Department Stores, Miami CFPL T.V., London, Ontario Chase Manhattan Bank, New York Clarkson-Gordon Collection, Toronto Connor, Clark, Toronto F.H. Deacon Hodgson, Toronto Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario London Free Press, London, Ontario London Life Insurance Company, London, Ontario Mariposa Communications, Toronto, Ontario Northern Life Insurance Corporation, London, Ontario Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia Sifton Properties Limited, London, Ontario University Hospital, London, Ontario Victoria Hospital, London, Ontatio Walt Disney Company, Pasadena Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, Ontario Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Alex Krull

Alex Krull
The artist Alex Krull paints water. The continuum of her pictorial composition is the contrast between the strict geometry of swimming pools and the organically flowing movement of the water distorting all shapes, straight lines and angles into playful figures, creating a unique complex aesthetic that is not reproducible in reality. Painting however does not have these limitations which is why Alex Krull’s artwork managest o capture these fleeting moments. Fundamental pictoral elements are the random forms, almost ornamental, that are familiar, yet rarely truly perceived. Alex Krulls zeroes is on precisely these multifaceted instances in her paintings, but without wanting to point anything out. She leaves room for one’s own interpretation while distancing herself from any explanantions. "My work has no deeper meaning, I am only concerned with aesthetics. That may appear to be superficial and is intended to be just that.“ Seeing, observing, immersing oneself. That is precisely what it’s all about.

Artist:
Alex Krull

Alex Krull, Jahrgang 1970 Studium der Kommunikationswissenschaft, Psychologie & Kunstwissenschaft, Essen Studium Freie Malerei (SGD), Darmstadt Unterricht an der Freien Kunstschule Köln Privatunterricht bei div. Künstlern (u.a. Christine Reinckens – Kassel, Michael Fieseler – Kassel, Peter Handel – Alpen, Kreis Wesel) Autorin für Kreativ-Magazine Dozentin für Ölmalerei (Farbenlaube / Gerstaecker – A-Dornbirn, Akademie für bildende Kunst in NRW – Düren, Malschule Heinen – Kerpen, u.a.) Gewinnerin des Kunstwettbewerbs „Wasserwelten", artist window Nr. 47, Nov. 2015 Teilnehmerin der Wunsiedler Wasserspiele 2018 (Wettbewerb) Ankauf / Beauftragung durch öff. Einrichtungen (z.B. Carolus Thermen, Bad Aachen) Verkauf ausgewählter Originale und exklusiver Drucke über ars mundi und Kunsthaus ARTES regelmäßige Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland Mitglied beim BBK Düsseldorf Galeriekooperationen und -vertretungen

Ausstellungen

2019 BBK Düsseldorf, Januar / Februar 2019 (GA), 40223 Düsseldorf Alex Krull (Heil) bei den Sylter Kunstfreunden, März 2019 (EA), 25980 Westerland / Sylt Alex Krull (Heil) bei 30works GmbH, Juni / Juli 2019 (EA), 50667 Köln 2018 16. Kunstmeile Rodenkirchen (GA), April 2018, 50996 Köln Huntenkunst (GA), Mai 2018, NL - 7071 MB Ulft NordArt 2018 (GA) INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION, Juni – Okt. 2018, 24782 Büdelsdorf Wunsiedler Wasserspiele (GA), Juni - September 2018, 95632 Wunsiedel „Waterworld“ (GA), August 2018, Kunsthaus 40878 Ratingen Artconnection Aachen (GA), Oktober 2018, 52062 Aachen Artconnection Köln (GA), Oktober 2018, 50667 Aachen Cheap Art Bonn (GA), November 2018, 53119 Bonn 2017 Artconnection Münster (GA), Dezember 2017, 48167 Münster Art'pu:l Pulheim (GA), Juli 2017, 50259 Pulheim Art'pu:l Eupen (GA), Juni 2017, B-4700 Eupen Artconnection Aachen (GA), April 2017, 52062 Aachen 2016 Gemeinschaftsausstellung Alex Heil, Guido Guitarri und Olekseii Gniesyshev Oktober 2016 - Januar 2017, Galerie Timeless Art, 50670 Köln „Faszination Realismus“ (EA), März 2016, Medio.Rhein.Erft, 50126 Bergheim
Erin Hanson

Erin Hanson
After graduating from college, Hanson entered the art trade as a professional, inspired by landscapes and vantage points only beheld by the most adventurous. Rock climbing among the brilliantly colored cliffs of Nevada and Utah, watching the seasons and the light change daily across the desert, provided endless inspiration for her work. In these beautiful surroundings, Hanson decided firmly to dedicate herself to creating one painting every week for the rest of her life. She has stuck to that decision ever since and has for the past decade been developing a unique, minimalist technique of placing impasto paint strokes without layering, which has become known as “Open-Impressionism.” As other artists began emulating her painting techniques, Hanson was credited as the pioneer and originator of this contemporary style. Through the years, Hanson has continued to use the outdoors to inspire a huge collection of work. She visits the Colorado plateau every year, backpacking and hiking through areas such as Zion National Park, Canyon de Chelly, and Monument Valley. Other favorite haunts include Paso Robles, Joshua Tree National Park, and the Anza-Borrego desert. Erin Hanson transforms these landscapes into abstract mosaics of color and texture, her impasto application of paint lending a sculptural effect to her art. Her oil paintings stand out in a crowd, bringing a fresh new look to Western landscapes.

Artist:
Erin Hanson

Hanging precariously and horizontally from red sandstone, hundreds of feet above the ground, may not seem like it would inspire the creation of beautiful oil paintings, but that is exactly what happened with Erin Hanson. After a lifetime of experimenting in different styles and mediums, it wasn’t until Hanson began rock climbing at Red Rock Canyon that her painting style was consolidated by a single inspiration and force of nature. Erin Hanson began painting as a young girl, voraciously learning oils, acrylics, watercolor, pen and ink, pastels, and life drawing from accomplished art instructors. She began commissioning paintings at age ten, and by age twelve, she was employed after school by a mural studio, learning the techniques of acrylics on the grand scale of forty-foot canvases. Two years later, a high school scholarship took her to Otis College of Art, where she immersed herself in figure drawing. Graduating high school at age sixteen and once again demonstrating that she was a child prodigy, Hanson next attended UC Berkeley, excelling further in her studies and creative development and attaining a degree in Bioengineering.

Education

Otis College of Art and Design. Special scholarship program. 1996 Delphi Academy, La Canada, CA. High School Diploma. 1998 University of California, Berkeley. Dean's List. Bachelor of Science. 2003

Exhibitions

2021: ERIN HANSON: COLORS OF CALIFORNIA. Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, CA. 2018: IMPRESSIONS OF BIG BEND COUNTY. Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, TX. 2018: CALIFORNIA ART CLUB'S 107TH ANNUAL GOLD MEDAL EXHIBITION. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, CA. 2017: IMPRESSIONS OF ZION. Zion Art Museum, Springdale, UT. 2016: ERIN HANSON’S PAINTED PARKS. Solo exhibition St. George Art Museum. A FEELING OF HUMANITY: WESTERN ART FROM THE KEN RATNER COLLECTION. Mattatuck Museum, 2014. Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 2015. Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, 2015. Museum of the Big Bend, 2016. 2014: LA SALLE UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, Philadelphia, PA. Permanent collection. MATTATUCK MUSEUM, Waterbury, CT. Permanent collection. 2014: BONE CREEK MUSEUM OF AGRARIAN ART, David City, NE. Permanent collection. 2013: ST GEORGE ART MUSEUM, St. George, UT. Permanent collection.

Exhibition and Awards

2016 - 2019: COWGIRL UP! Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, AZ. Awards: 1st Place 2-D on Canvas 2018 and Best in Show 2019. 2016 - 2017: THE MOUNTAIN OYSTER CLUB ART SHOW. Tuscon, AZ. THE WOODLANDS WATERWAY FESTIVAL. The Woodlands, TX. Awards: Best in Show, Featured Artist for 2017 and Poster Artist for 2018. 2016: ART SAN DIEGO. San Diego, CA. Awards: Spotlight Artist, Best New Exhibitor. 2016 - 2017: LA QUINTA ARTS FESTIVAL. Juror for painting category. 2015: THE ERIN HANSON ART & WINE TOUR. Paso Robles, CA. ART IN EMBASSIES. U.S. Department of State. 2015 and 2018 SAATCHI ART. Awards: The Year in Review: Best of 2015. WOODLANDS WATERWAY ART FESTIVAL. Houston, TX. Awards: Best in Show for 2015. INDIAN WELLS ART FESTIVAL. Indian Wells, CA. Awards: Poster Artist for 2015. HERMOSA BEACH ARTWALK. Hermosa Beach, CA. Poster Artist for 2015. THE MOUNTAIN OYSTER CLUB ART SHOW. Tuscon, AZ. 2014 WORLDWIDE ART LOS ANGELES, Artavita Contest 1st Place Winner. Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Despina Tunberg. 2014 ERIN HANSON: BORREGO IN COLOR. Tumbleweed Art Gallery, Borrego Springs, CA. Curated by Glenda Garmon. 2014 PASOSCAPES: OILS BY ERIN HANSON. Studios on the Park, Paso Robles, CA. Curated by Sasha Irving. 2013 EARTH, SKY, WATER. Arts at Denver, Denver. Curated by Paula Colette. 2013 LA JOLLA FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS. Awards: 1st Place Painting. 2013 BORREGO ART INSTITUTE. Borrego Springs, CA. Curated by Barbara Nickerson. 2013 ART IN THE PARK. Boulder City, NV. 1st Place Painting. Juried by Boulder City Hospital Foundation. 2012 ERIN HANSON: COLORS OF PASO, SOLO SHOW. Paso Robles, CA. Curated by Sasha Irving. 2012 BOULDER CITY FINE ART FESTIVAL. 1st Place Fine Art. Juried by Boulder City Art Guild. 2012 NATIONAL OIL & ACRYLIC PAINTERS' SOCIETY Awards: Best of America 2012 2012: CA 101 EXHIBITION, 2012, Redondo Beach, CA. Curated by Sandra Liljenwall. 2012: ICONS OF THE WEST 2012. Missoula, MT. Curated by Dana Gallery. 2012: DESERT
Watercolor art by Ramesh Jhawar

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

Artist:
Ramesh Jhawar

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

Exhibitions

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

Achievements:

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

Stanko Abadzic Photography

Stanko Abadzic Photography
Abadzic was born in Vukovar, Croatia in 1952. His father, recognizing Stanko's suspectibility to the old world charm of this city on the Danube, presented him with a Russian camera on his 15th birthday. Abadzic taught himself the technical basics while refining his vision by attending exhibitions, studying photography books and watching television and films. He joined a photo club, exhibited his early work, and earned money taking pictures of weddins and soccer clubs. Abadzic subsequently joined the staff of the newspaper Vjesnik as a photojournalist, married and started a family. This trnquil existence, however, wa brutally interrupted by the outbreak of Croatia's war of independence in 1991. The dark years of physical and creative displacement ended when Abadzic moved to Prague on a sunny August day in 1995. The warmth of the sun symbolized for Abadzic the city's positive energy. Feeling a sense of rebirth, he began exploring Prague with his medium-format camera, leaving behind the photojournalist and discovering the artist within. The enigmatic beauty of Prague's ancient streets and cul-de-sacs also helped deepen t he sense of misterioso that inhabits so many of Abadzic's images. The furtive pose and voyeuristic overtones of "Curiosity, Prague" transforms a commonplace scene into a Cocteau-like meditation on unconscious urges. Abadzic's head, heart and spirit had achieved perfect alignment through his photography.

Artist Statement
I slowly peeked behind the curtain, entered old backyars overgrown with Ivy where time had stopped, "he says. "I met people who remained original and authentic, people in no hurry, people who refused to take part in the extremes of globalization. The more I unveiled Prague, the more I began to experience photography as an art form. The sensation was intense, like a volcanic eruption. "The mass media bombard us with images of blood and tears, " he states." It's high time we showed interest in beauty and aesthetics, not just in wars and catastrophes. I still believe photography can touch people emotionaly. I believe a photograph can be a testimony and a document of its time, and that it can inspire us to talk to each other and make a better world."

Artist:
Stanko Abadžić

Biography

Abadzic was born in Vukovar, Croatia in 1952. His father, recognizing Stanko's susceptibility to the old world charm of this city on the Danube, presented him with a Russian camera on his 15th birthday. Abadzic taught himself the technical basics while refining his vision by attending exhibitions, studying photography books and watching television and films. He joined a photo club, exhibited his early work, and earned money taking pictures of weddings and soccer clubs. Abadzic subsequently joined the staff of the newspaper Vjesnik as a photojournalist, married and started a family. This tranquil existence, however, was brutally interrupted by the outbreak of Croatia's war of independence in 1991. The dark years of physical and creative displacement ended when Abadzic moved to Prague on a sunny August day in 1995. The warmth of the sun symbolized for Abadzic the city's positive energy. Feeling a sense of rebirth, he began exploring Prague with his medium-format camera, leaving behind the photojournalist and discovering the artist within. Abadzic moved back to his homeland in 2002, settling in the capital city of Zagreb, but retained his Czech residence permit and returns periodically to Prague. He also photographs extensively on the Croatian island of Krk, site of images such as "Brothers, Baska," which eloquently reference our shared humanity. Abadzic continues to create work that registers a positive outlook despite the difficulties of his past and increasing cynicism currently in fashion.

Exhibitions

2018: Gliptoteka Zagreb - Selection Month of Photography Belgrade Gallery Bartselona - Nudes 2016: City Museum Odessa, Odessa, Ukraine - Prague 2015: Photofolies, Rieupeyroux, France - Nude Museum of Photography Istanbul - Selection Gallery Barcelona Belgrade - Nudes AQ Galerija Celje, Slovenia - Nudes Laupheimer Fototage, Laupheim - Streetphotography The Photographer’s Gallery Istanbul - Street Photographs 2014: Museum of Photography Marmaris, Turkey - Prague Gallery Lauba, Zagreb, Croatia - Prague Gallery Kameraseura, Helsinki - Zagreb Depo Gallery, Istanbul - Istanbul (with T.Onan) Gallery Lauba, Zagreb,Croatia - Nudes 2013: Museum Bjelovar - Prague Gallery Matica Hrvatska - Istanbul Gallery Lauba – Paris 2012: Galerija "Buzancic", Zagreb - "Scent of a woman" Museum For Arts And Crafts, Zagreb - "Zagreb, sketches for the portrait of the city" 2011: Museum of Sculpture, St.Petersburg - "Adriatic Rotues" Galerija "Spot" , Zagreb - "Adriatic Routes" Gallery "Photon" Lubljana, Slovenia - "Scent of a Woman" Gallery Verve, Santa Fe, New Mexico - Stanko Abadzic - "New photographs" Gallery "Bacva", HDLU, Zagreb - "Berlin, sketches for the portrait of the city" 2010: Verve Gallery of Photography, Santa Fe, USA - "Stanko Abadzic, photographs" Gliptoteka HAZU, Zagreb, "Paris - sketches for the portrait of the city" Drzavni arhiv Rijeka, Croatia - "Parisiene infinities" Siscia Obscura, Sisak, Croatia - Pariz - "sketches for the portrait of the city" Gallery "Camera" Helsinki - "Adriatic Routes" 2009: Galerija Lang, Samobor - "Aktovi" Gallery Siscia Obsura,Sisak - "Aktovi" (Nudes) Gallery Ministry of Beauty,Zagreb - "Aktovi" (Nudes) 2008: The Aipad Photography Show, New York - "Stanko Abadzic: Photographs" B+B Gallery, Bielsko-Biala, Poland - "Out of the Shadow" Museum Mimara, Zagreb - "100 Photographs" Gallery Placem, Tokyo - "Photography from Croatia" Artget Gallery, Belgrade - "Prag - Skice za portret grada" 2007: The Aipad Photo Show Miami - "Stanko Abadzic: P

Books

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Vincent Giarrano

Vincent Giarrano
Close your eyes just a second too long and the figures in Vincent Giarrano’s street scenes and interiors could easily walk away, disappearing into an unseen world lingering on the edge of the canvas. His paints hold them still, but their lives are ready to move forward. “My paintings are sort of fleeting, They don’t linger in one place for long, and only the paint keeps them there” the Connecticut-based painter says. “It’s a slice of life. They are people you might see for a split second while walking down the street. Your eye is drawn to them, and in a second they’re gone.” Through painterly depictions of urban street life, Giarrano captures moments in time – snapshots of everyday experiences. For Giarrano, beauty is found in the sincere and uncontrived and in “small, quiet moments (that) can speak volumes.”

Artist:
Vincent Giarrano

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

• The Butler Institute of American Art, National Midyear Show, June 26 – August 28, 2016 • The Butler Institute of American Art, National Midyear Show, July 19 – September 7, 2015 • Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Contemporary Realism Biennial 2014, Sep. 20, 2014 – Nov. 30, 2014 • The National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Outwin Boochever Competition, March 2013 – Feb. 2014 • The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK, BP Portrait Award 2013, June 20 – Sept. 15, 2014 • Aberdeen Art Gallery, BP Portrait Award 2013, Nov. 2, 2013 – Feb. 1, 2014 • Wolverhampton Art Gallery, BP Portrait Award 2013, March 1, 2014 – June 14, 2014

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• Gallery Henoch, NYC, New York City Women, June 15 – July 8 2017 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, City Life, August 5 – September 16 2016 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, New Paintings, November 6 – December 5 2015 • Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN, Life in the City, April 24 – May 5 2015 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, New York City, August 15 – September 14 2014 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, New Paintings, Nov. 1 – Dec. 1, 2013 • Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN, Truth and Beauty, April 12 – May 18 2013 • Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington, CT, Passages, May 17 – June 23 2013 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, New Paintings, August 16 – September 30 2012 • Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, One-man Show, March 25 – April 6, 2012 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, NYC Street Scenes, May 13 – June 19, 2011 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, New York Scenes, May 7 – June 13, 2010 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, New York Soho Paintings, Dec 11 – Jan 31, 2009

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Spring into Art, March 10 – April 1, 2017 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Still Life Invitational, April 7 – May 13, 2017 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Spring into Art, March 11 – April 2, 2016 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Annual Holiday Show, Dec. 10 2015 – Jan. 31, 2016 • Gallery 1261, Denver, CO, The Renaissance of Realism, Nov. 13 – Dec. 5 2015 • Gallery 1261, Denver, CO, The City, Oct. 5 – Oct. 26 2013 • Bennington Center for the Arts, Bennington, VT, Artists for the New Century, June 9 – July 15 2012 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Along the Shore, July 19 – August 12, 2012 • Behnke-Doherty Gallery, Washington, CT, Bare Essentials, August 11 – September 18, 2011 • Tree’s Place, Orleans, Ma, Summer Salon, July 30, 2011 • Enid Lawson Gallery, London, United Kingdom, January 2011 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Holiday Exhibition, Dec 9, 2010 • Gardner Colby Gallery, Naples, Florida, December 2010 • Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, The Great American Figurative Show, November 20, 2010 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, NYC Viewpoints and CT Scenes, Dec 11 – Jan 31, 2010 • Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington, CT, American Luminosity, Aug 6 – Sep 19, 2010 • The Forbes Galleries in NYC, A Contemporary View of Women Reading, February 10, 2010 • Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, Figurative Exhibition, November 22, 2008 • Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, Introducing, October 25, 2008 • Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, Local Landscape Show, September, 2008 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Along the Shore, Jul 11 – Aug 10, 2008 • Susan Powell Fine Art, Madison, CT, Three Takes on Realism, Jul 11 – Aug 10, 2008 • Salmagundi Club, Non-members Exhibit, NY, 2007 • Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Salon International 2007 • Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Salon International 2006 • Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Annual Exhibition, Mystic, CT, 2006

AWARDS, HONORS AND COMPETITIONS

• The Artist’s Magazine Annual Competition, 2015, honorable mention in portrait/figure • America China Oil Painting Artists League Competition, Finalist 2011 • The Artist’s Magazine 27th Annual Competition, 2010 Second place in Wildlife, Spring Robin Honorable mention in Landscape, Japanese Girls • Washington Art Association, Members Show 2009, Honorable Mention • The Artist’s Magazine 25th Annual Competition, 2008, finalist in Landscape & Still Life • Greenwich Arts Council, Greenwich, CT, Faces of Winter 2008, Daniel Greene-Judge • The Artist’s Magazine Competition, 2007 • Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2007 • Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2006 • Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, 2005
MALO

MALO
Malo's work is often full of unapologetic color and is a direct product of his expressed energy — there are no sketches or previous drawings. He works solely from in-the-moment energy and he transfers what he sees and feels on to the canvas. The urgency and pace he employs to materialize what he sees are very real (to him). The rawness of his work exemplifies how his realities were never picture-perfect as the images that he renders are not either.

Artist's Statement
" My art is rooted in the experience of becoming an immigrant - something I didn't want to imagine at 17 years as Bogotá was all I knew. Being forever between two cultures has shaped my views and molded the themes of my pieces. I consider myself 100% Latino - equally Colombian and American. Throughout my art practice, I enjoy illustrating 'snapshots' of a peripatetic lifestyle — that of my own, which was focused on the survival of the time (living undocumented) and of those I encountered along the way. Creating portraits of others who have defied the odds and/or were infamous or honorable in one lifetime often takes over my canvases. A community’s history and roots are other themes that I enjoy learning about and painting."

Artist:
MALO

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Nico Amortegui, or "MALO", has lived and worked in the Southeast since arriving to the United States in 1996. Since age 15, Nico has been active in the fields of photography, design, and visual arts. A product of a large, close-knit family, Nico grew up surrounded by artists, learning carpentry, photography, interior design, and painting. Throughout his 20s, he focused on photography, traveling throughout the US to shoot for various modeling agencies, as well as surf and skate magazines. MALO resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife and two daughters. He now focuses on painting and sculpting and woodworking with found objects. Mahlstedt Gallery is thrilled to be a part of his rapid rise to success. He has recently finished a public work soon to be installed in New Rochelle. He has also executed multiple public works in Washington D.C. and throughout North Carolina. He has had numerous exhibitions throughout the country, including shows in Atlanta, throughout North Carolina, and at Art Basel, Miami.

Exhibitions

Oct 2019 - Jan 2020: Small Works, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art; Charlotte NC; Charlotte, May - June 2019: We See Heaven Upside Down, Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art; Charlotte NC, February - May 2019: Unity Through Art, Waterworks Visual Arts Center; Salisbury NC, July 2018: Unbound and Unleashed, Red dog Gallery; Winston-Salem NC, May 2018: Speakeasy at the Hart-Witzen Gallery; Charlotte NC, April 2018: Free for All exhibit, Hart-Witzen Gallery; Charlotte NC June 2017: Sensoria / We See Heaven Upside Down, CPCC Ross Gallery; Charlotte NC, May 2017: Solo Exhibit - Carrboro Arts Center; Carrboro NC, April 2017: Free for All, Group exhibit; Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte NC; March. 2017: Mezcla, Latin American Group Show, Durham, NC March - June 2016: Unapologetic Negritude, Anacostia Community Arts Center; Washington DC, March 2016: Color Me Bad, Solo Show, Urban Grinders; Greensboro NC, March 2016: American Vices, Nonfiction Gallery; Savannah GA, Feb- Apr 2016: GMA's Biennial, Greenville Museum; Greenville NC, Feb-March 2016: Delurk Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC Jan 10, 2016: Hollywood Sound Recorders, Group show; Los Angeles CA, Jan 2016: Mint Museum, ArtSí Group Show; Charlotte NC, Jan 22 - April 9, 2016: People, Places and Exchanges, McColl Center for Art, Charlotte NC, Dec - Jan 2016: Holiday Bazar, Stone Malone Gallery; Los Angeles CA, Dec 3-8, 2015: Castelatto Group Show, Art Basel; Miami FL, Oct - Dec 2015: Fletcher Exhibit, Reece Museum; Johnson City TN, Sept 2015 - Oct 2016: NUEVOlution, Levine Museum of the New South; Charlotte NC,

Sept 2015: Scrapel Hill Art Contest, First Place Honor; Chapel Hill NC, May 2015: Concrete Canvas Mural Project, Winston-Salem NC, May 2015: 180' Solo Show, Red Dog Gallery, Winston-Salem NC, April 2015: Noche Andina, Group Show, Greensboro NC, April 2015: Art Expo New York, Pier 94, Jan 2015: Poetic Energy, Howard County Gallery II; Elliot City MD, January 2015: Contemporary South, Juried Show by Chad Alligood - Visual Art Exchange; Raleigh NC,

Awards and Grants

Regional Artist Project Grant Recipient, Arts & Science Council; 2020 Community Supported Art Program Selected Artist 2020 First Place Honor, SouthEnd Arts, September 2019 Featured Artist Award, Con A de Arte, ArtSí; Charlotte, June 2019 Creative Renewal Fellowship Recipient, Arts & Science Council; Charlotte, April 2019 Contemporary South, 2nd Place Honor for Sculpture "El Músico" - juried by Chad Alligood. Visual Art Exchange; Raleigh NC, January 2015 Mint Museum ArtSí Future Artist Award, June 2013
Juan Cossio

Juan Cossio
Cossio’s principal tool for painting is an airbrush, which sprays the paint onto the canvas and allows for the seamless blending of pigments. This blending allows Cossio to achieve high detail and precision found in his elaborate works. By using an airbrush instead of a standard paintbrush, Cossio changes the function of a tool originally designed to retouch photographs into the primary means of creating a photorealistic image. In each of his compositions, Cossio experiments with the human form and its ability to convey emotion in functional, minimalistic interiors. Many of his works echo those of the New Realism movement, conjuring an atmosphere in which the figure is derived from reality but the other elements are fabricated, obscure, utilitarian yet unexpected. Cossio pares down the environment in which the figure is placed so as to direct all concentration on the figure. Though Cossio works in a hyperrealist style, his scenes are set apart from the reality of day-to-day living. Cossio states, “I create images starting from a contradiction. I am a painter who does not want to paint reality. I want to interpret it with all the means that are at my reach.” His interpretation of reality is one of appreciation for the beauty, the emotion, and the paradoxes of everyday life.

Artist Statement
" For me making art is something inherited, natural. I was always a good draftsman, it´s like breathing. It´s a necessity to express my ideas through painting and to see the world around me with an artistic point of view. Beside is the real aspect: I´m an artist; it´s my job and I have to make a living from this; that´s why I make art. "

Artist:
Juan Cossio

Juan Manuel Cossio was born in Madrid, Spain in 1960. He received academic training in Art and History at the Complutense University of Madrid. From 1980, Cossio worked as a Copyist at the Museo del Prado, where he studied from close observation and reinterpreted classical works of art; studied under Spanish realist Antonio López García; and became a student of Manuel Franquelo, one of Spain’s leading hyperrealist painters from the New Realism movement of the 1960s. Actively involved in the explosive Spanish art scene of the Eighties, Cossío's tireless research and experimentation into pushing the boundaries of pictorial techniques led him to what is now more commonly known as 'New Realism'. Relying on photography as his main means of support and using the timeless airbrush as his preferred tool, Cossío's work continues to evolve through an openness to approach and his continual curiosity in employing whatever new techniques are at hand in order to achieve his unique contemporary aesthetic which look to the female figure as its main subject. Cossio currently lives and works in Madrid and his work has been exhibited internationally in countries such as Spain, Italy, the UK, South Africa, Venezuela, and the US. Habiendo mostrado una temprana vocación para el dibujo así como una gran sensibilidad para la
pintura y la fotografía,Juan Cossío realizó estudios de Bellas Artes en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.Activamente envuelto en el fértil panorama cultural que supuso la década de los 80 en España, Cossío desarrolla una búsqueda incesante de experimentación que le lleva a los límites de lastécnicas pictóricas,introduciéndole en lo que que se ha venido llamando como "Nuevo Realismo".Apoyándose en la fotografía como herramienta de registro de la realidad y en el aerógrafo como herramienta de trabajo más adecuada para sus fines.El trabajo de Cossío evoluciona en su contínua curiosidad en utilizar cualquier medio que le ayude a expresar su estética contemporánea que tiene cómo protagonista la figura femenina

Exhibitions

2019.Solo show.La Factoría de Papel.Madrid 2019. Art Revolution Taipei.Galería Art-Bcn.Taiwán 2018.ARCO .Clorofila Digital.Madrid 2018.GABINETE ART FAIR.Clorofila Digital.Madrid. 2018.Collective photography exhibition."The same in rights" organized by Abogacía Española.Madrid 2018.Solo show.R.Alexander Fine Art."Life in abstraction".Atlanta.U.S 2017.Group show.Thornwood gallery.Houston.Texas. 2017.Group show.Galeria K.Palma de Mallorca. 2017."Reality Check".Everard Read Gallery.Cape Town. 2017.Galeria K.LUXEMBOURG ART FAIR 2016.Works at Count Ibex Collection. 2016.Winter collective.Albemarle gallery.London 2016.Group show.S.R.Brennen Galleries.Santa Fe.New Mexico.USA. 2016.Group show.Mary Martin gallery.Florida.USA 2016.Group show.Spanish Art Exhibition.Hangzhou.China 2016.Group show.R. Alexander Art Gallery.Atlanta.USA 2015.Realism 2015.Albemarle Gallery.London 2015.S R.Brennen galleries.USA. 2015.R Alexander Fine Art.USA 2014.Solo show."Debajo de tu piel vive la luna".El Quatre gallery.Barcelona. 2014.Winter collective.Albemarle gallery.London 2013.Participates in Art Palm Beach 2013.Waterhouse&Dodd gallery.London.New York. 2013.Participates in "Salon 2".collective exhibition.Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts.Binghamton,NY. 2013.Participates in Art Wynwood 2013-Miami.Waterhouse&Dodd gallery.London.New York. 2013.Participates in Scope New York 2013.Waterhouse&Dodd gallery.London.New York. 2013.Group show."The naked truth".Plus one gallery.London. 2013."Hyperrealism today"-Museu del Tabac.Andorra. 2013."Lapada".Art&Antiques Fair.Plus One gallery.London. 2013.Group show"The naked truth".Plus One Gallery.Londres. 2013.Group show"Hyperrealism today".Sant Juliá de Lória.Andorra. 2013.Group show."Celebration of 100 years of Everard Read".Cape Town. 2012.Participates in Art Greenwich.Anthony Brunelly Fine Arts.Binghamton,NY. 2012.Participates in Waterfall Mansion Art of New York.Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts.Binghamton,NY.

2011.Collective exhibition.Galerie Archange.Paris 2011.Collective exhibition. Plus One Gallery. London 2011.Collective exhibition."15th Anniversary Exhibition".Everard Read Gallery.Cape Town. 2011.Collective exhibition ."Corpi esposti".Barbara Frigerio Contemporary Art Gallery.Milano. 2010.Collective exhibition "Winter Show" .Plus One Gallery.London. 2009.Collective exhibition "Realism Redefined".Cuadro Fine Art Gallery.Dubai. 2009.Collective exhibition. Plus One Gallery. London 2008.Solo exhibition Albermale Gallery. 2008.Participates in the Fair Art Nocturne Knocke.Belgium 2007.Participates in the Fair "Luxury Please". Vienna 2007.Collective exhibition "Realism". Sammer Gallery 2006.Collective exhibition "The Female Poser" . Sammer Gallery 2006.Works in the "Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes".MEAM of Barcelona 2005.Solo exhibition Sammer Gallery . Marbella. 2005.Participates in the Palm Beach Art Fair. Miami. Sammer Gallery 2005.exhibition Vazquez Kunst Gallery.Holland. 2005.exhibition collective "What is realism?".Albermale Gallery.London 2004.The Spanish Post Office chooses the painting "Nativity" for its reproduction on stamp. 2003.Participates in the Feria DeArte of Madrid .Gema Lazcano Gallery 2003.Collective exhibition "Arcanes Contemporaries" . Clave Gallery 2003.Collective exhibition "Small Format" . Gema Lazcano Gallery 2003.Participates in the Commemorative Exhibition "XXV Anniversary of the Spanish Constitution". Museo Casa de la Moneda 2002.Participates in the International Contemporary Art Fair of Seville .Puchol Gallery . Valencia. 2001.Exhibition Clave Gallery . Murcia 2000. Collective exhibition " Forms and Volumes".Heller Gallery 1999.Participates in the Latin American Art Fair of Caracas .Heller Gallery 1997 .Collective exhibition "Classic and Modern of the reality". Heller Gallery.Madrid. 1997.Works in the Confederación de Cajas de Ahorro de Madrid

WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:

-Dubi Shiff Art Collection.Tel Aviv -MEAM:Museo Europeo de Arte Moderno.Barcelona -IBEX Collection.Germany -Sambricio de Guiu.Colección privada.Toledo -Fundación Tejerina.Madrid -Chapter One Restaurant.Dublin
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