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Isaac Cordal

December 7, 2013, 3:51 am
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Street Artist and Public Artist Isaac Cordal has just finished his most expansive installation of his little corporate and military men to date in Nantes, the city once known as the European capital of the human slave trade. “Follow the Leaders” is “a critical reflection on our inertia as a social mass,” explains Cordal as he describes the massive installation of about 2000 individual pieces.
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Spanish artist Isaac Cordal has an unconventional approach to public art. While most street artists seek to work on an increasingly larger scale, painting the facades of buildings with the aid cherry pickers, Cordal builds miniature sculptures that he hides in unexpected places. A critique of capitalism (in Cordal’s native country, the world-wide economic recession hit especially hard), Cordal’s work focuses on the mass-produced quality of today’s society. Miniature business men in suits are found in forgotten corners of urban sprawl. Cordal uses his environment to stage poignant scenes with the sculptures as his protagonists. Isaac Cordal is opening his debut US solo show at Anno Domini in San Jose, CA tonight, September 5, and the show will run through October 19. Take a look at some of Cordal’s work for the show as well as some street interventions below.

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En écho à son exposition au Temple du Goût, Isaac Cordal s’approprie la place du Bouffay. Mises en scènes dans la réalité de la ville, ses sculptures composent une armée de figures solitaires et mélancoliques évoluant au sein d’un univers bétonné dans lequel une touffe d’herbe ou une flaque d’eau deviennent les fragiles fragments du monde naturel.Sur cette place du Bouffay au caractère minéral, au sein d’un quartier faisant l’objet d’une rénovation urbaine, Isaac Cordal choisit d’implanter une île de gravats issus de bâtiments détruits dans d’autres endroits de la métropole.Des centaines de sculptures de l’artiste évoluent dans cette ruine contemporaine, témoins du caractère éphémère des constructions humaines. L’installation impressionne autant qu’elle incite à la déambulation, à la recherche du détail, au parcours méditatif.

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La reflexión sobre la sociedad actual a través de la escultura protagoniza esta nueva exposición de Isaac Cordal (Pontevedra, 1974) en las salas de la Galería Javier Marín. El modelado del alambre y las sombras inmateriales como capacidades representativas del cuerpo humano que pudimos ver en su anterior propuesta en la galería dan paso ahora al cemento, un material industrial que representa la huella del hombre en el entorno natural, una huella que no se puede camuflar y que ha ofrecido un resultado brutal en la sociedad civilizada. La ciudad es un invento tan antiguo como el caos de seres hacinados al calor y a la crueldad que la ciudad les ha procurado. Ahora bien, la noción de individuo, como unidad de pensamiento y de acción propios, es algo más moderna. Baudelaire recorrió y observó el París reformado por Haussmann. Se dejó arrastrar por la marea urbana, dando origen a un lugar común de la literatura, la filosofía y el arte contemporáneo: la soledad del individuo sumergido en el entorno urbano, la pavorosa capacidad de los grandes núcleos urbanos para engullir la diferencia, para homogeneizar hábitos y ritos, para alimentar la ruina lenta del desarraigo. A través de un interesante discurso de oposición a esa lepra existencial de lo urbano, Isaac Cordal explora el espacio del SOHO-Málaga en esta su segunda exposición en JM, una zona urbana céntrica de la capital malagueña donde se ubica la galería, mediante instalaciones de su reciente y conocida serie Cement Eclipses, un proyecto que discurre entre los campos de la escultura, la fotografía y el vídeo. La escultura fue utilizada como punto de partida para las intervenciones urbanas que han dado origen a la producción fotográfica y audio-visual que reune la exposición. Estas pequeñas figuras de cemento que se integran en el paisaje urbano representan una metamorfosis en la que el ser humano abandona su papel de ciudadano mimetizándose con la ciudad para convertirse en parte de su mobiliario urbano. En un homenaje al ciudadano común, Cordal retrata a perturbados hombres de negocios que se sumergen acompasados bajo el agua de un charco, a un indigente sentado junto a su perro a la espera de algún cambio en la sociedad, a una ama de casa que vuelve del supermercado con bolsas de la compra, o a un personaje que contempla un pequeño e idílico paisaje que encuentra en la soledad de su paseo cotidiano frente a un Museo. De esta manera el hombre confirma su aislamiento voluntario de la naturaleza, camuflándose entre las aceras, las calles y las paredes en su nuevo hábitat natural. Estos seres diminutos también ocuparán los espacios de la galería al igual que ocuparon las calles malagueñas durante un instante o se quedaron a vivir en aceras, fachadas, voladizos o marquesinas del paisaje local. Toda una serie de actuaciones cargadas de imaginación que Cordal aborda en ocasiones con gran sentido del humor y en otras llenas de un cierto dramatismo pero siempre utilizando grandes dosis de emoción. Un mundo de micro-relatos que encierra la complejidad humana y el papel del hombre en la urbe.  
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Tom Fleming

December 7, 2013, 6:57 am
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Since he was a child, Tom Fleming always knew wanted to be an artist. After graduating high school in Putnam Valley, New York, he went on to receive his BFA from the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, graduating at the top of his class in 1988.

In 1990, he landed his first full time position as an artist/designer for the World Wrestling Federation by answering an ad in the New York Times. After three and a half years of a corporate environment, he decided to return to freelance. He immediately accomplished his childhood dream of painting comic book heroes by being commissioned by DC and Marvel Comics to illustrate characters such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman, The Incredible Hulk, The X-men, and all his favorites. Then in 1995, Tom decided not to limit himself to the comic industry alone and moved to Wilmington, NC, where he now resides and works out of his home studio. Tom has illustrated such diverse subjects as Science Fiction/Fantasy, Sports, Wildlife, Landscapes and advertising products, along with his Super-heroes.

In 2000 Tom landed a job as the official illustrator for the Jody Foster movie “The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys” with animation by Todd McFarlane. Since then, Tom has worked on movies & TV shows such as; "One Tree Hill", “Stateside”, “Stay Alive”, “Surface”, "Super" and the NBC TV show “Life”.

Tom is now exploring the world of Fine Art and Galleries with his award winning Giclee prints and original art.


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Laurie Goldstein-Warren

December 7, 2013, 12:39 pm
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Laurie Goldstein-Warren



I am Laurie Goldstein-Warren and I live in West Virginia.

I have been painting watercolors for fourteen years. Art has always been a part of my life. When I was young, ballet, tap and jazz dancing was my creative outlet. I was a dancer in the Rochester Academy of Performing Arts dance troupe until the age of 18. Later on my creative path took me to hair styling. I opened my own salon in New York and competed in fantasy hair competitions. I loved these particular shows because you had to create something never seen before, more avante garde than styles you would see on the street. When I moved to West Virginia in 1998 and found myself in the countryside, I went back to one of my first creative loves, art.



After many years of studying the art of watercolor with some fantastic teachers and mentors, I have been so fortunate to have found success in this field. My artwork has been shown all over this country and was exhibited in China last year. I now enjoy teaching my limited palette techniques in portrait workshops and jurying exhibits around the country.

I found my voice in art… find yours….Create!











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Zhou Tianya

December 7, 2013, 4:31 pm
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Zhou Tianya


Well known Chinese watercolorist Zhou Tianya was born in jingzhou city, Hubei Province, China. Currently he is Curator of the Shenzhen International Watercolor Biennale Exhibition. As a watercolorist, art educator and editor, he lives in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China, with his wife and daughter.
Zhou is a member of China Artists Association, a signature member of National Watercolor Society, USA.artistic Advisory Member for Asian Museun of Watercolor Art. he studied art at the Hubei Institute of Fine Art in Wuhan, and taught watercolor and was Chair of the Art Department at Jingchu Academy of Technology in Hubei Prov..
Zhou has participated in more than 150 solo and group exhibitions and won more than 50 awards for his paintings both in China and abroad, including the Bronze Medal Award of the 10th National Arts Exhibition of the Ministry of Culture of the P. R. China and China Artists Association. He also won one of top prize" Jack Richeson & Co. Purchase Award" in the 89th Annual Juried Exhibition of National Watercolor Society, US (and accepted into the National Traveling Exhibition 2009-2010, one year long tour, six venues), the 1st Place Award in the Watercolor Art Society-Houston’s 32nd International Exhibition and the 2nd Place in the VII Viña del Mar Watercolor International Biennial in Chile, the 2nd Place in the International Watercolor Society(Turkey ) Art Contest. His work was accepted into the 145th American Watercolor Society Annual International Exhibition and Traveling Exhibition 2012-2013(one year long tour, seven venues), and Juried into the Royal Watercolour Society Contemporary Watercolour Competition in UK.
His works can be found in many public and private collections in China, USA, France, Turkey, UK, and Chile. including the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, Zhengzhou Museum of Art in Henan. Hubei Museum of Art in Wuhan, Guanlan Museum of Art in Shenzhen, Jack Richeson & Co. in US. and Enjoy Casino of Viña del Mar in Chile.
His paintings and art articles have been featured in numerous publications, including Watercolor Artist (US), Splash 11-12, International Artists (Australia), Art Magazine (China), The Artist Magazine (U.K.), Takungpao (Hong Kong) , The Art of Watercolor (France), a book about his watercolor art titled The Case study of the Chinese Contemporary Famous Watercolorist Zhou Tianya published by Beijing Art & Design Press in 2010. Zhou also co-authored Inspirations and Technical Breakthroughs - Secrets of International Watercolor Masters with Dr. Ruan Hoe of UCLA, published by Jilin Fine Art Press, China, in 2012.


The main Juried Exhibitions and Awards in Recent Years(Partial Listing):

1999,The 9th National Fine Arts Juried Exhibition /The Ministry of Culture of the P. R. China and China Artists Association/in Jiangsu Museum of Art.
2000,The 5th National Watercolor and Pastel Juried Triennial Exhibition/ China Artists Association/in Gangdong Museum of Art.

2000,The Yaheng Cup-Nationgal Paintings(Chinese painting and watercolor) Juried Exhibition/ China Artists Association/ in Henan Museum.

2000, Golden Award-Heading for the 21st Century:Hubei Painting and Calligraphy Juried Exhibition/Hubei Artists Association/ in Hubei Institute of Fine Art Museum.

2000, Silver Award - Hubei University Teachers' Fine Arts and Photographic Juried Exhibition/in Hubei Academy of Fine Art Museum.

2001,The First National Portain & Fiqure in Watercolor Juried Exhibition/ China Artists Association/ in the Luxun Academy of Art Museum

2004, Bronze Medal Award-10th National Fine Art Juried Exhibition/ the Ministry of Culture of the P. R. China and China Artists Association .

2004,The 2nd Li Jianhen Award-Nationgal Watercolor Juried Biennial Exhibition/ China Artists Association/ in Jiangsu Museum of Art.

2004,Golden Award - the 3rd Guangdong Watercolor Juried Triennium Exhibition/Guangdong Artists Association/ in Jiangmen City gallery.

2005,Excellent Award- the 7th National Watercolor and Pastel Juried Triennial Exhibition/ China Artists Association/ in Guangdong Museum of Art.

2005,Golden Award-the 6th Guangdong Fine Arts & Calligraphy & Photographic Juried
Exhibition/Guangdong Artists Association/ in Longgang Artistic Center.

2006,Finalist-The Classical Fine Arts in the Past 50 Years in Guangdong Province.

2007,Finalist-The 14th Qunxin Award by the Ministry of Culture of The People's Republic of China /in Guangzhou Academy of Art Museum and Xiangfan City Gymnasium.

2007,Arts Works Juried Exhibition to Celebrate the 80th Foundation of The Chinese People's Liberation Army/The Ministry of Culture of the P. R. China /in China Museum of Art.

2007, Dalbe Award(3rd Place) - the 14th Poitiers Visual Art Juried Salon in France.

2007,Invited by the Parliament of Vienne France to Host a two artist Watercolor Exhibition in the Parliamentary House and workshop.

2008,Zhou Tianya and Cao jianxin Watercolor Exhibition in the City of Shenzhen Art Gallery.

2009, M. Graham & Co. Merchandise Award- San Diego Watercolor Socitey's 29th International Juried Exhibition /San Diego Watercolor Socitey/ The Gallery of SDWS

2009, Jack Richeson Purchase Award-the 89th Annual Juried Exhibition of National Watercolor Society andTraveling Exhibition /National Watercolor Society USA/The Brea Art Gallery,Fallbrook Art Center,Cultural Center of Cape Cod,Zanesville Museum of Art,Kerr Arts and Cultural Center,Firehouse Arts Center

2009, First Place Award - Watercolor Art Society-Houston's 32nd Intenational Juried Exhibition‏/ Watercolor Art Society-Houston /The Gallery of WAS-H

2009,The 11th National Fine Arts Works Juried Exhibition /The Ministry of Culture of the P. R. China and China Artists Association/in Jiangsu Museum of Art.

2010,Casino de Viña del Mar Award(2nd Place)-VII Vina del Mar Watercolor International Juried Biennial Exhibition in Chile 2009-2010/Organised by Municipalidad de Viña del Mar and Corporación Cultural de Viña del Mar.Sponsored by Enjoy Casino of Viña del Mar,Chile; and the collaboration of: "Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes"de Chile, "Casa del Arte de la Universidad de Concepción" ,"Centro Cultural "El Austral" de Valdivia and company "El Mercurio S.A.P."/Casino of Viña del Mar,Chile

2010, Merit Award - Watercolor Art Society-Houston's 33nd Intenational Juried Exhibition‏/ Watercolor Art Society-Houston /The Gallery of WAS-H

2011, Founders Award - Pikes Peak Watercolor Society's International Watermedia XVII Juried Exhibition‏/ Pikes Peak Watercolor Society /Cottonwood Center for the Arts in Colorado Springs,CO.USA.

2012, American Watercolor Society's 145th International Juried Annual Exhibition‏/ American Watercolor Society/Salmagundi Club in New York.USA.

2012, Royal Watercolour Society 21st Century Contemporary Watercolour Competition / Royal Watercolour Society / Bankside Gallery in London,UK.

2013, Dorothy J.Corson Award - the 88th Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Open Water Exhibition

2013, National Watercolor Society 93rd Annual Exhibition.

2013, fourth International Watercolours Biennale “Vada + Farba”. Polotsk, Belarus.



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Susan Montague

December 7, 2013, 5:27 pm
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Susan Montague


Biography

Susan is a native of Colorado and currently resides in Denver, Colorado. She received her BFA at Colorado State University in 1981. After many years in the Interior Design Industry, she is now pursuing her love of watercolor painting and drawing. Since she started painting she has been in numerous juried exhibits and has received many awards. Susan is a Signature Member of the American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Texas Watercolor Society. She is a docent at the Denver Art Museum and currently works in the Admission Department at Colorado Academy.

Artist Statement

I love to capture people in watercolor. I am intrigued by human emotion and the human experience. I intuitively choose the people I paint. They represent the common man, those who are not often noticed but still have their story to tell. I want to capture that moment and reveal the emotion behind the mask. Through the transparency of watercolor, I build the character and complexity of a person, layer by layer. It is about capturing the person, the moment and the light. I work from black and white photographs taken during events or while traveling. The black and white format gives me the opportunity to see contrast clearly and allows me to create my own palette.




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Sylvain Lefebvre

December 9, 2013, 2:27 am
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Sylvain Lefebvre


SYLVAIN LEFEBVRE (SYLEF):
TIMELESS VOYAGES


"The sea…if you knock on her door, you will see that if she lets you in, you will never leave again. We go back a long way, the sea and me, and these ships draw us together. Maybe this is why, when I am with her, I never feel alone. I have not actually asked her yet but I guess, if I am still alive today, she must also care for me. Even though, as with any other old couple, neither her nor me will ever raise the subject.
I had sailed for so long on her belly that one day it occurred to me that I had become more a man of the sea than of the land: I have spent more time treading metal gangways and exotic wood decks than walking on dry land. I have not actually finished listing all the ships I helped keep afloat…
Ships like these are no more or have all but disappeared. Some have sunk to the bottom of the ocean, others, which have risen to the skies might well still be sailing above the clouds. Who knows?
Some of them were more fun loving and others more serious in nature but all undoubtedly had a soul; their soul was borne out of human obstinacy − obstinacy is a form of self-belief, this is what drives you to create the impossible…
These ships were impossible. They would challenge nature and scoff at it… Just like a house of cards in stormy seas.
They had a spirit but even encased in steel, a spirit is somewhat fragile. We could compare this to an image on a negative inside a film compartment, which, exposed to the light, disappears only to be replaced by memories… My memories."

Taken from the epilogue of Les Carnets d'un marin , Sylvain Lefebvre (Sylef) Glénat editions..








Sylvain Lefebvre born in Saint Quentin France 1966
Education
Fine Art Tutors London Ecole d´arts graphiques Met de Penninghen Paris Arts Décoratifs Paris



Artista francese di respiro internazionale, reduce dal successo ottenuto di recente all´ultima edizione della London Art Fair, Sylef espone per la prima volta in Italia. Affascinato da un mondo immaginario che evoca un "sud" marittimo bagnato da una luce calda e fatto di tinte sgargianti e di alternanza di ombre e di luci, Sylef inventa, attraverso le sue tele, un universo personalissimo che suggerisce storie straordinarie e personaggi fantastici impregnati però di un'umanità che li rende quasi reali.
I soggetti nascono e prendono corpo grazie alla fantasia debordante di Sylef, che mescola una pittura a base di acrilico ai collages più svariati quali tessuti, scatole di sigari, o manifesti pubblicitari.
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Jo March

December 9, 2013, 2:32 am
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Jo March


'Artist Jo March was born in 1962 and brought up on a family farm in the small Cornish moorland village of Darite in South East Cornwall. In 1985, she graduated with first class honours in History from the University of Sheffield, and returned to the pull of Cornwall, beginning her career as a self taught professional artist.

Jo March's upbringing, living in the Cornish landscape and the people that she met, has been a strong influence on her choice of subject and the depiction of landscape in her paintings. Inspiration for Jo's paintings and limited edition prints is often drawn from the environment and the people of her childhood. She has abiding fascination with the eccentricities which exist just below the surface of rural life and in particular the characters that she observed in Cornwall whilst growing up.
Modern life is gradually and inexorably eroding age-old patterns of life and systems of belief. Jo March landscape paintings are an attempt to capture the essence of the bucolic farm land which has hitherto changed so little in Cornwall.

In addition to her skill as a landscape artist, Jo is also a very accomplished figure painter and her paintings of children are quite captivating. She has also displayed a unique talent for painting greyhounds and has been commissioned to paint Farloe Verdict, the winner of the English and Scottish Greyhound Derbys in 2003 and 2004 respectively.'




























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Kostya Lupamov - Konstantin Lupanov

December 9, 2013, 2:43 am
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Kostya Lupamov  - Konstantin Lupanov





born in 1977
studied Krasnodar State University of Culture and Art
He lives and works in Krasnodar, Russia.


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Alexander Gerasimov - Alexander Gerasimoffs - Александр Герасимов

December 9, 2013, 2:54 am
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Alexander Gerasimov - Alexander Gerasimoffs - Александр Герасимов



Painter, graphic installer.


Was born in 1955 in Riga, Latvia.

He studied at the Belorussian State Institute of Theatrical Art and Design in Minsk.
Since 1978 he has been living and working in St. Petersburg.


Since 1978 lives and works in Leningrad - St. Petersburg. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Member of the Academy of Contemporary Art in St. Petersburg. Participated in more than 300 exhibitions in Russia and abroad.

Since 1985 Gerasimov has been a permanent participant of the exhibitions of the Association of Experimental Art.


Selected Museum Collections:

The Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg;
The City Museum of Sculpture, St. Petersburg;
The Toys Museum, St. Petersburg;
The Diagilev Center of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg;
The Regional Art Museum, Ekaterinburg;
The City Art Museum, Astrakhan;
The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea;
The Radolfetcel City Museum, Germany.



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Ekaterina Yastrebova - Catherine Yastrebova - Екатерина Ястребова

December 10, 2013, 6:08 am
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Ekaterina Yastrebova - Catherine Yastrebova - Екатерина Ястребова





Yastrebova Catherine was born in 1965 in Moscow, a family of artists. Since 1990 she has been actively involved in Russian and international exhibitions. Her paintings are in private collections in Russia, Germany, USA, Italy, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland. The artist in demand in Europe, the salons of its present German and Dutch galleries .










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Elen Zelin

December 11, 2013, 1:06 pm
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Artist painter Elen Zelin was born in Odessa, one of the main cultural centers of the coasts of the Black Sea and the former Soviet Union.
From an early age she studied the basic principles of Visual Art at Odessa Art School. In 1978 she graduated from Odessa Pedagogical University, majoring in Fine Art and Graphics.
Since 1989 worked in Greece. Her works are found in many galleries and private collections.
She is an active member of the Fine Arts Chamber of Greece.
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Tchary Yuri

December 11, 2013, 3:00 pm
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Tchary Yuri





Printmaker, illustrator, and lecturer. Works published in New York Times, as well as American and European publications including Kniga/ Moscow and Anaya/ Madrid.
Born in Lviv, Ukraine. Graduated Lviv Polygraphic Institute in Fine Arts, 1971.
Pictures and graphic papers of Yuri Tchary amaze with their plastic orchestration. Combining lines and flatnesses into an image, before penetrating into the subject you enjoy this endless play of fragmentations and interchanges, this richness of the space in plastic events - in a word, all magic of purely artistic making which Tchary certainly masters best of all in the world. And whatever would be portrayed by the master- catharsis is guaranteed by that how it has been done. Fixedness of drawing, another characteristic feature of Tchary's compositions, was a result of unprecedented sensitiveness of the eye to the scales of “not-light” from the fathomless dark to the lightest white. Light colour symphonies of work on the paper testified: Tchary sees, distinguishes and embodies what the ordinary eye doesn’t see, doesn’t distinguish. But the talent for displaying invisible to the world is given to the artist not only in the sphere of eurhythmics. He is granted to make visible form of that innermost weightlessness, which is called human soul.

Awards
1999 Grand prize winner International competition “ Future Contest”, Los Angeles, Hollywood.
1998 Winner International Contest “The Future Contest”, Los Angeles, CA
1996 Dodge Foundation: Fellowship
1996 Ridgewood Manor Association of Arts, NJ in watercolor, for “ Portrait”
1992 Ringwood Manor Association of Arts for “ Herro” (oil painting)
1989 Silber-Medalie, International Buchkunst Ausstellung, Leipzig
1983 Codener Appfel, Biennalle, der 3, Bratislava

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Mirovlad Palachich

December 11, 2013, 4:53 pm
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Mirovlad Palachich


Mirovlad Palachich cultivates his own style called symbolic grotesque. He draws inspiration from the paintings of old masters.
His artworks are populated with grotesque characters from a fantasy world. They are filled with the spirit of old time, allegories and symbols.



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Andrei Gennadiev

December 12, 2013, 1:11 am
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Andrei Gennadiev

The art of contemporary Sankt-Petersburg artist Andrei Gennadiev blends old Russian traditions with modern twentieth-century expression. Influences upon him range from iconography of Byzantine art to the metaphysical concepts of those Sankt-Petersburg artists who became known as "The Sankt-Petersburg Group". Indeed, the "programme" of the latter group states that "the icon is the most complete and perfect form of the revelation of Beauty of the world. It was they desire to create a new style of painting based on icon's harmonious beauty of design,depth of lyrical filing and bright,complex colour relationships.

Mysticism, which permeates Russian art and thinking also pervades Gennadiev's work. The artist's striving to preserve spiritual values,to penetrate, aesthetic, ethical, and religious strata of life is summed up in his declaration that: " Art is an intermediary between the soul and the surrounding world. It should give man opportunity to explore himself and to better evaluate the events that overtake him.

Metaphysical symbols from a variety of cultures and eras are evident throughout Gennadiev's art. Reaching back to ancient Egypt, the artist uses their astral-occult signs as well as traditional Egyptian form and color.And like the fifteen-century Dutch artist Hieronimus Bosch, Gennadiev employs esoteric Christian symbols in his work.

Andrei is an artist who works in several media.He is an accomplished painter as well as printmaker who excels in lithography and etching. Based on his personal interpretation of nature he creates finely controlled images. By combining a variety of symbols and decorative elements, the artist lends mystery and secrecy to his works. Signs of the zodiac,the fish,a heart of a house, and Chinese symbols are frequently integrated in Gennadiev's etching and lithographs. Like the German-Swiss painter Paul Klee with his "ideographic style",Gennadiev wants his signs to be evocative as visual facts and, at the same time, to stimulate our thinking. He believes that his variations of color and composition in placing these symbols will affect each viewer differently. In fact, his combination of abstract forms and vibrating colors often creates high tension. To explain his use of signs, Gennadiev says: "At different times, I was preoccupied with astrology, palmistry,Eastern culture and Christianity. From each I adopted what was indispensable for the expression of my thoughts and ideas."

The most striking Gennadiev prints are his hand-colored etching. the appeal of these works is their elegant yet enigmatic design and their luminous jewel-like colors. The artist's use of intense red,blue,purple,ore green colors against a black background creates a pulsating sensation. He uses colour blends and deeper tones to magnify the luminosity of a new colour. Touches of gold or silver create a radiance reminiscent of medieval icons and book illuminations. The impact of Gennadiev's colors is often heightened by his fantastic interpretation of his subject matter. Familiar objects are given a surreal treatment.

This complex Russian artist has participated in numerous exhibitions in Russia as well as aboard. His works were first introduced in the United States by International Images in 1984. Gennadiev's artwork are in many museum collections. Asked to describe his artistic credo, Gennadiev explains that " a unity of thought, feeling and action is important. One has only to observe Gennadiev's works of art to realize how successfully he transforms his underlying philosophy into unique images.














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Catherine Fedulova - Екатерина Федулова

December 12, 2013, 2:34 am
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Catherine Fedulova - Екатерина Федулова



Саратовское художественное училище имени А. П. Боголюбова
Class of 2000 · Saratov, Russia


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Екатерина Федулова -  Catherine Fedulova
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Simon Garden

December 12, 2013, 7:22 am
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Simon Garden Artist"Occasionally, just occasionally, one comes across an artist whose work sets the heart beating uncommonly fast. Simon Garden's paintings do just that, drawing the viewer into an extraordinary world, part imaginary, part real"

- Brian Sinfield Gallery

"Garden succeeds in mapping the landscapes of our dreams. He communicates directly to our subconscious, unhindered by rationality. His paintings invite a gut-wrenching sense of personal familiarity and recognition"

- Beaux Arts, Bath

"The rare simplicity and purity of vision in his painting arouses the subconscious and fires the imagination. He is an artist who creates a sense of composition that is classically beautiful and at the same time, daring"

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"The paintings of Simon Garden reveal a parallel world of haunting mystery ....of legends and myths and memories of long ago, all imbued with a golden light and an atmosphere of suspense"

- Derek Balmer, President, Royal West of England Academy



"His work suggests the stuff of myth and legend, but it is never directly translated. The narrative is always oblique, leaving space for invention. Bruegel-like, his creatures, human or animal, immerse themselves in their own concerns"

- Evolver Books - Fifty Wessex Artists



Simon Garden was born in 1960. He studied at Art Exeter School of Art and Design, graduating with a BA (Hons) 1st Class, Fine Art in 1982. In 2002 Simon Garden was elected as an Academician by The Royal West of England Academy of Art.

The talent of artist Simon Garden was acknowledged early in his art career when as a young artist the first showcase exhibition of his contemporary paintings was snapped up within hours of being displayed. Since then Simon Garden has gone from strength to strength building a strong reputation for imaginative and creative British art. Simon Garden has also had a number of successful one man solo art painting shows and participated in various open contemporary art exhibitions.

Simon Garden uses seductive rich colour and texture in his modern contemporary paintings. He is an artist who creates a sense of composition that is classically beautiful whilst at the same time daring. Simon Garden strips his landscapes and nudes down to their most elemental forms. This rare simplicity and purity of vision in his painting arouses the subconscious and fires the imagination, drawing us irresistibly into a world both dreamlike and timelessness.

Simon Garden paintings are regularly shown at the Royal West of England Academy for Art. Garden paintings have also featured at other major British Art Exhibitions such as The Hunting Art Prize. Today Simon Garden has obtained a strong presence in many British Art collections. His contemporary paintings also appear is many private art collections in the USA, Holland, Australia, Japan and Germany.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Simon Garden has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Simon Garden artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.
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Matthew Weatherstone is a Sydney based artist who draws inspiration from the natural world and the many facets of humanity.









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Andrew Ferez

" ... Andrew Ferez, have shown my pictures, which were made as covers for various books. All that you see here is a digital art: pictures that were drawn on computer with my Wacom pad.
Sometimes I use 3d graphics, but, mostly, work absolutely without it."

















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Thomas M Thomson

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Thomas M. Thomson was born in Rota, Spain in September of '68. He has been surrounded and inspired by art from a very early age.

He attended Florida State University, where he focused on the fundamentals of composition, perspective and figural accuracy.

He has pursued an exciting career in art following his graduation in December of 1993.

His mediums of choice are Oil on Canvas and Pencil on Paper


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Jorge Ermilo Espinosa Torre

(Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. 1983)



Visual artist specialized in painting; graduated and obtained a Visual Arts degree from the University of Guadalajara. He has participated and performed studies in various workshops as well as worked with his grandfather, Ermilo Torre Gamboa, who is a renowned mexican artist.



He has participated in more than 30 group shows and 13 solo exhibitions, highlighting “Saudade” (Lisbon, Portigal, 2010) "Delirios" and "Obra Reciente" at Galería Hecaro (Mexico City, 2008 and 2009, respectively), "Murmullos en Babel" at Centro Cultural Olimpo (Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 2008) and "Visiones en Silencio" at Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín (Havana, 2007). He was selected to participate in the Fourth National Biennial of Visual Arts Yucatan 2009. He has also taught both theoretical and practical workshops and has participated in numerous publications texts as well as digital media.












Jorge Ermilo Espinosa Torre

(Mérida, Yucatán, México. 1983)



Artista visual especializado en pintura, licenciado en Artes Visuales por la Universidad de Guadalajara. Ha realizado estudios en diversos talleres además de trabajar con su abuelo, Mtro. Ermilo Torre Gamboa, reconocido artista yucateco.



Ha participado en más de 30 exposiciones colectivas y 13 individuales, destacando “Saudade” en Lisboa, Portugal, en 2010; “Murmullos en Babel” en el Centro Cultural Olimpo (Mérida, 2008) y “Visiones en Silencio” en Casa Oswaldo Guayasamín (La Habana, 2007). Fue seleccionado para participar en la IV Bienal Nacional de Artes Visuales Yucatán 2009. Así mismo, ha impartido talleres tanto teóricos como prácticos y ha colaborado con textos para medios impresos y digitales.








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