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Kirsi Samiola In my work I'm reflecting on to the agony of humanity and diverse limits of live, including thoughts disposability and transience of time. Also adding to the eguation the movable constructions of our society which shape our decisions. I paint on fabric, sheet metal and glass. In addition I make artist's book and art item compilations.

Feeding of Life

20 x 15 x 6 cm

assemblages artist book

2015

Holiday 29,5 x 22,5 x 5 cm assemblages artist book 2017 7

Mari Blomroos-Heininen mari_heininen@hotmail.com

The northern world of ours is a world of all exposing light and strong colours, but also a world of concentrated and heavy darkness, the polar night. It is a realm of silent shadows ceding into twilight and a misty environment of soft, plain shades. I have born into and grown in a culture produced by this northern climate and its people, and I reflect this as an individual and as an artist. It is important for me to feel myself connected to the continuum of past, present and future. The way in which I live and how I see the world, builds my own truth and my own relation with life. I paint empirically and emotionally, portraying encounters with nature and other strong phenomena of life. The journey of being human feels sometimes long, and sometimes shorter. Allthough, what is part of the journey and what part of the journey maker's imagination...

Dream 50 x 60 cm oil on canvas 2017 8

Memory 30 x 30 cm oil on canvas 2016

Marie Sonninen

marie.sonninen@gmail.com I observe life surrounding me. Faces are often the subject of my paintings, through which I interpret the world. I try to incorporate individuals' inner world and a small moment of their everyday life into my creations. Different feelings and stories come to life on the canvas, through brush strokes and colors. I watch the colors and subjects play on top of my paintings. Nature and animals also tend to find their way on to my canvas. Many states of life reflect on the human mind, which then appears as a different facial expression. My paintings awaken emotions. I give the observer space for their own interpretations. I often paint with oil colors, and different techniques offer creative possibilities. Art moves me to new adventures.

Spirit of the Forest

90 x 90 cm

oil on canvas

2017

Spirited Away

100 x 55 cm

oil on canvas

2017

Riitta Santala-KĂśykkĂ¤ I work quickly and intuitively after long processes of thought and visual experimentation. I have also worked as jounalist and cultural researcher, which is why I am interested in the relations of images and words in different cultures. Art has always been my greatest source of joy and fulfilment. I went to Art School AlfaArt in Helsinki and became professional visual artist in 2015. Afterwards, I have continued my journey into the realms of creativity in University of Lapland.

Northern Lights And Bear

40 x 40 cm

tempera on canvas

2017

Northern Lights And Deer

40 x 40 cm

tempera on canvas

2017

Ulla Kajava All my senses open I experience feelings, colors, scents as well as sounds, people and animals, landscapes and items and lights of a visible reality. The experienced reality transforms within me through my emotions into *abstract, colorful painting. Something I have seen or a topic in some other way experienced will stay in my mind and strives itself into a painting through my hand and my paintbrush. I wish that you will stop for a moment and are able to find the things that fascinates you and are meaningful to yourself with the help of your imagination from these abstract paintings.

A Weird Case 40 x 40 cm mixed media 2017

Time Before Us 40 x 40 cm mixed media 2017

Anne London

www.aelondonstudio.com A.E. London was just nine years old when she saw the movie "Born Free,” and nineteen when two lionesses playfully pinned her to a wall at actress Tippi Hedren's Shambala Wildlife Preserve. These two events left a powerful and lasting impression. After graduating from art school, Anne never doubted her calling as a self-described, "frustrated zoologist who paints and draws." Utilizing renaissance techniques, Anne applies four decades of studying anatomy, attending animal surgeries and observing natural behaviors in the wild, to create art that captures the true spirit, physical detail, and emotional depth of our planet’s endangered species. As a signature member of The Society of Animal Artists, she has used her evocative and empathetic artwork to win numerous international awards and helped raise substantial funds for conservation organizations, field research, and anti-poaching units across Africa. Her work has been showcased in international print and television media and used to bring attention to the plight of threatened species on our planet. For Anne, the culmination of 40 years of tireless conservation efforts was founding her thriving non-profit, ARTS FOR ANIMALS, which reaches thousands of children around the world, "connecting creativity with conservation.” Anne’s work can be found internationally in prestigious private and corporate collections ranging from the office of the President of Botswana to the inside of a memorable San Bushman’s grass hut. She resides in New Orleans with her noted marine conservationist husband, Jim Hart. More information about Ann's passions can be found at www. aelondonstudio.com.

Zubonga

91 x 91 cm

Soul of Africa

91 x 101 cm

Adriana Soares

Expressionist by Nature

Art has always been present in her life as poetry and music, but it was in fine arts that she discovered her best way of expressing her view of the world and of herself. For Adriana, art is freedom and must be done with feeling and passion. She lives the moment of creation in all its intensity and yet one can perceive the sensibility in her works. Both sensitivity and color are allied in the composition of her work. Adriana Soares is already an artist who has been awarded national and international prizes. Her art, like her life, is not linear, for there are breaks, beginnings and transformations.

Light in the Darkness 18

70 x 70 cm

acrylic

Explosion 140 x 130 cm acrylic 19

Ana Goldberger

anagoldberger@yahoo.com www.anagoldberger.com Ana Goldberger, Brazilian visual artist, began painting while still in her teens non-representational works, giving her an invaluable experience in dealing with color. Later, she moved to plein air and live model painting, and finally to still lifes and landscapes. All the while creating book covers, logos, greeting cards, tapestries, prints (wood, metal and stone). In the last decade, Goldberger went back to abstraction in parallel with her still lifes and landscapes, as well as to developing her skills in digital art.

Books And Apples

50 x 50 cm

And Fruit And Flowers 70 x 70 cm

Angela Valdrighi Brazilian, born in Piracicaba, state of SĂŁo Paulo, had contact with fields and forests, when she discovered her passion for nature, mainly plants - which are her sources of inspiration. In her walks, she always observes beautiful and organic shapes, trying to replicate them in her art. Fascinated by the wind's melody shaking branches and leaves of trees and by the sound of dry branches hitting the ground, she creates the movement of her pieces. She uses high temperature porcelain that is burnt at around 1300Â°C after being thrown and carved. Golden paint is used to highlight details.

Carmen Lucia Backes Brazilian Decorative Artist

Twenty-one years of Decorative Art Teacher Career. Works in the City of Dois IrmĂŁos, Rio Grande do Sul, teaching the community how to express themselves through painting. The work ARARAS AZUIS (BLUE MACAWS) was chosen for the symbolism that a Guarani folk tale carries. In the tale, an Indian falls in love with the daughter of an Indian Chief and asks the Paje of the tribe to cast a spell on them to stay together forever. The Paje asks them to bring a pair of blue macaws. So they did, and the Paje asked them to bind the feet of the birds to each other. Soon they began to struggle and smack. The Paje taught the young couple to let go the birds because only free and by flying together do they conquer happiness. The macaws are a symbol of fidelity; they remain together for life.

Eliane Amorim

amorim.elianeferreira@gmail.com Visual Artist / Brazil Got a degree in Education with specialization in handicapped audio communication in 2002, is an artist and multimedia, and visual artist graduated by Panamericana School of Art and Design (2007), also had some classes with Mirian Mirna Korolkovas in the jewelry course at Faculdade Santa Marcelina (2006/2007), was also a student of Magnolia Costa in the Art History course at MAM/SP, studied scenografy at SENAC (2008) and ART: History, Criticism and Curatorship at PUC-SP. As an artist has developed several series of photographs as: Craters, Power, A glance at SĂŁo Paulo among others; a series of sculptures called Concretes Malleable made of various materials and even stainless steel laser cut, a sculpture made of aluminum ingot washed in acid suspended in a crystal entitled Power, which was exposed at MUBE, Brazilian Museum of Sculpture. As to painting, she uses acrylic paint because of its practicality and fast drying. In the 80s, she was a student of professor DuĂlio. At that time he used a lot of pencils, pastels and oil paint; it was when he began to make deconstructions. The works were multicolored, made of chalk or pastel, then received a layer of ink and were scraped. These works evolved to the Deconstruction of Patterns, which are large screens or multicolored panels, with chromatic tension effects. The numerous geometric shapes are painted with similar colors, complements and nuances, bringing an energetic and vibrant effect to the paintings.

24th Deconstruction

25th Deconstruction

Celau The artist Celau has always been passionate about all types of arts. He lived his life alongside family artists from other areas, and this fascinated him about artistic life. Celau is a self-taught artist who started painting 15 years ago...his initiation to painting only lasted a year, because living in a small city in Bahia, it was difficult to publicize his work; this left him without any stimulus thus he stopped painting. After 13 years, Celau is back to painting and now to screens...with great inspiration by Pop Art, influenced by Andy Warhol, Basquiat, among other pop icons. Celau's paintings draw attention to vibrant colors and harmonious combination of colors. The artist stands out mainly for the firm trait, where everything is required to be very straight; and also for its abstract pulses that please the eyes and transmit joy.

Marilene Bernardo aliaarte@hotmail.com Brasil

Marilene de Oliveira Bernardo was born in the city of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. At the age of eighteen she went to Rio de Janeiro, where she became involved with the art world. But it was in Ouro Preto, from 1998 on, that she has been dedicating herself wholly to painting, falling in love with colors and shapes. Self-taught, she feels free to mix her colors and complete each work only through the look of the spectator. Her work is quite playful and, at the same time, has great seriousness. Each work is unique as each look is unique, even if you look twenty times.

Holy Mother of Pilar Cathedral 100 x 60 cm Acrylic 2017

Holy Mother of Pilar Cathedral 50 x 60 cm Acrylic 2017

Mariane Nobre My oil paintings on canvas refer to the Brazilian culture and to the Pantanal in Mato Grosso. They bring out all of the kindness and beauty of the traditional women from Pantanal, with typical birds of the region, portraying the indigenous peoples from Amazon and showing them as a symbol for Brazilian nationality. The paintings are focused on different subjects such as the preservation of the environment; Brazil as a source of great inspiration, mainly for the abundance of culture, fauna and flora. I am self-taught, passionate about art since childhood; I always have the human figure in my paintings and like to represent womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strength and beauty in my canvases. I think it's wonderful how we can express ourselves through art in fullness, it is in there that I can reveal myself as a person and as an artist. Having the opportunity to show my artwork in prestigious places is something inspiring and rewarding.

Himba Woman

Alexandre Pena Alexandre Pena was born in Madureira, a suburban area of Rio de Janeiro. He grew up in a resource-poor environment strongly connected to popular art, which soon attracted him to painting, silk screening and tatooing. Without abandoning the artistic activity, he graduated as a lawyer and worked as a professor. Twelve years ago, he moved to MantiqueiraÂ´s Mountains, aiming at devoting himself exclusively to research and development of his artistic work. Since then, he explores varied themes, using a diversity of techniques and materials, and participates in collective events.

Two Drinks, Please 17 x 27 cm pintura acrĂlica s/ tela

Train Station 17 x 27 cm pintura acrĂlica s/ tela

Claudio Edinger Claudio Edinger (b. 1952) has a BA in Economics and has been a photographer since 1975. He is the author of 16 photo books and one novel. Edinger received the Leica Medal of Excellence twice for his books Chelsea Hotel and Venice Beach. He received the Hasselblad Award for his work on LA. He was also granted the Higashikawa Award (Japan), the Life Magazine Award (US), the Ernst Haas Award (US), JP Morgan Award (Brazil), Pictures of the Year (US), Marc Ferrez Award (Brazil), and he has received twice the Porto Seguro Award in Brazil. His photographs are in the collection of Maison Europeénne de La Photographie (France), Museum of Arte of São Paulo, Museum of Image and Sound (São Paulo), Museum of Modern Art (São Paulo), MAR (Museu de Arte do Rio de Janeiro), Museum of Contemporary Art (São Paulo), Pinacoteca (São Paulo), Metronom (Barcelona), Higashikawa Photo Fest (Japan), AT&T Photo Collection (US), Equity International Photo Collection (US), Brazil Golden Art Fund, Itaú Cultural (São Paulo), Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) and also in the main photo collections of Brazil. He teaches History of Contemporary Photography at Casa do Saber in São Paulo. His next book, titled “Machina Mundi”, with aerial photos of Brazil, will be out in the Fall of 2017.

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Betina Samaia

www.betinasamaia.com.br Night is the perfect metaphor for art – in there lies my fascination with it. Art is the biggest mystery. The more we know about it the less we know. By lightening details of night’s vastness I try to expose its secrets. Night is ambiguous, unfathomable. But it also reveals the infinite, the shadows, the stars and the far away lights of town. When your eyes get accustomed to darkness it vanishes revealing night’s simplicity - and impossible complexity. By revealing night’s delicate silence, the fog hiding the dormant secrets of the unconscious dissipates into a breath of light.

Noturnos Amazônia

Noturnos Rio de Janeiro Niterói

Noturnos Goiás Catarata dos Couros 33

Fernando Bianchi FERNANDO BIANCHI, A DIFFERENT LOOK ON THE WORLD Photographer blending innovative technique and sensitivity to capture unique images, the Brazilian Fernando Bianchi, 49 years old, is today one of the biggest names in art photography. Known internationally for his privileged look, he seeks in every picture something amazing and that, when revealed, shows nuances that before went unnoticed. Be it in his photos, of even geometric nature, every detail is important and brings out an incomparable artist. Bianchi is a professional photographer since 1990. He manages to capture the essence of nature to perfection through the symbols of semiotics. A constant element in his photographs is the special revelation digital technique developed by him five years ago: the "High Revelation" that transforms the photograph into something unique, a true work of art. With exhibitions in London, Barcelona, Paris, Portugal, Italy, United States and Brazil, he was chosen in 2016 by Jaguar to show his works in the flagship store of the brand in Brazil. In addition to photographer, Fernando Bianchi is also an award winning director of advertising films since 1996.

Sergio Chvaicer Shapes and light have accompanied me since I was 11 years old when I started photography. In nature or in the studio my eyes see the light that defines the shapes. Forms that perpetuate themselves in photography, thrilled... telling stories without words. I was born in 1953, photographer for the past 53 years, and I say that any instrument of capturing images separates by the photographer's vision a piece of the world to appreciate and to eternalize.

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Ice

Carla Senna Carla Senna is Brazilian, born in Araxรก, Minas Gerais state. She is a self-taught painter that works with mixed technique, mainly with acrylic. Since her adolescence she is a lover of painting, but it was after she moved to Tiradentes, a historical city of Minas Gerais, that she started working exclusively with this kind of art. She enjoys painting canvases, but sometimes also uses demolition wood, material available in the region of Tiradentes that she transforms into decorative panels and gives new life to the wood that was once discarded. Carla does not cling to a single style, but prefers figurative art using multicolored palette, because it is in vibrant colors that she expresses the joy of living, painting and being able to color the world with her art.

Brazilian Roots

50 x 50 cm

acrylic on canvas

Dragonfly acrylic on canvas

Cuscua

Cristina Pignatari Cuscua was born in SĂŁo Paulo and since her childhood she shares an interest for art. A great part of her story was lived in Italy where she was able to enrich her cultural baggage even more with the country's artistic influence. Her first work appeared in 2005. Self-taught, she uses a mixed technique to paint. In a genuine and unplanned manner, Cuscua paints "with her soul." The paintings that were once limited to a small corridor and a tiny room, now have contributed to successful exhibitions: "Rompante do meu ser" (December, 2016), first personal show of Cuscua, at Dalmau Studio; "SĂŁo Paulo inspires art" (January, 2017), at the Art Lab Gallery; "Every Expression" (March, 2017), at the Art Lab Gallery; "Love Inspires" (June, 2017) at the Inn Gallery; "Brazilian Art in the Contemporaneity" (June, 2017), collective exhibition and book launch at Inn Gallery; Collective exhibition "In Art" with tribute to Manabu Mabe, (August, 2017); "Brazil and it's Contemporary Art" (September, 2017), at the Ars Longa Gallery in Helsinki, Finland. In addition to benevolent auctions and decorative samples, Cuscua's works are currently in Brazil, USA and Europe. Always inspired by music and personal experiences, every piece created has a strong rhythm and flow that invites the observer to look deep into himself. Cuscua finds her work the perfect place to strip her soul and allow her deepest feelings to overflow.

Acrilica sobre Tela 180 x 140 cm

Acrilica sobre Tela 200 x 150 cm 41

Rogério Mariano

rmmariano@gmail.com www.facebook.com/rogeriomarianoarte Rogério Mariano’s works are composed by informal abstraction paintings presenting shades of a wide range of color combinations, distributed on canvas in a spontaneous, almost insensible way. The meaning of the painting thus created is supposed to be not only in the canvas, but also in elements of an external reality completed by the eye of the spectator. The artist’s action painting technique is materialized in scratches in the painting caused by the dragging of several objects used for painting the canvas, such as a paintbrush, a spatula, a squeegee, among others, creating some kind of glaze or certain monotype effect, defining recurring patterns and colorful schemes, enabling the sudden appearance of areas between different color fields, recognizable amid the abstract source of the artwork, with no previous schemes.

Abstract LXI 50 x 50 cm Acrylic on canvas

Abstract LXV 50 x 50 cm acrylic on canvas

Gustavo Kuklinski Gustavo Kuklinski was born in 1991, in Rio de Janeiro. He started his artistic life when eight years old, with encouragement and support from his entire family. In these early years, the artist worked an absolutely fluent language with his watercolor brushes. A few years later, math reasoning of programming codes began to occupy his mind. Gustavo started his undergraduate studies as Systems Analyst until he began to understand that art and mathematics at some point would merge. Nowadays he devotes himself entirely to the production of his art, often twofold, transiting through tortuous repetitions in contours that could be decoded by the most attentive; or exploring universes of geometric and abstract colors, or even in a sophisticated way traspassing simple and fluid forms as in his early years of art.

Emerson de Paula Emerson Alves de Paula, a self-taught plastic artist, Brazilian born in the state of Minas Gerais, lived, since childhood, in contact with nature, which directly influenced his work. In 1986, he worked in a prestigious jewelry company, modeling and producing jewelry, getting to know different types of metals, their welding, finishing and fusions. In 1986, he worked as a trainee in a prestigious jewelry company, modeling and producing jewelry, knowing different types of metals, their welds, finishes and mergers. Emerson turned professional four years later. In 2005, he inaugurated his modeling studio and in 2010, as a designer, he launched his own jewelry line. His techniques and knowledge about metals added to the love of nature have grown an unceasing desire to develop new forms, which, in 2013, gave rise to the artist's first sculpture. "Emerson de Paula", signature name of his works, debuted in the world of the Arts in May of 2014, in a Collective Exhibition "Meeting of the Arts", held in Belo Horizonte / MG, where his works were accepted with great admiration by visitors and art critics. In July 2015, one of his works entitled "The Centaur horse" was awarded 2nd place in the "l Show Cultural Institute Exodus and Imperial Award" held in the city of Petrรณpolis, Rio de Janeiro. In September 2015, the same work, he was awarded the prize of best work of the "V Salon of Visual Arts and Literature ABD" (Brazilian Association of Design and Visual Arts) in Petrรณpolis, Rio. In his career, Emerson de Paula has sought to express his feelings and emotions through his sculptures and jewels, developed with a diversity of techniques that satisfy both his personal pursuit and those who observe his art.

In this work entitled "Incomplete", the artist dives between brass and copper wires to draw the threads of life that unites us to the world around us. We live, thus, in a network of threads that connect us to people, situations, ideas, fears, memories and hopes. This bond can be very pleasurable in certain situations, as well as very painful in others. In these connections we often feel as if we have lost a part of us. It is necessary to "pull the thread back", rescuing what has been lost. Get back to being whole!

Incomplete 35 x 24 x 10 cm Mixed technique - Brass and copper wires with iron links 46

Nightmare 57 x 57 x 10 cm Mixed technique - Sculpture on canvas In this work entitled "Nightmare" the artist depicts the unpleasant experiences lived throughout life Nightmares are nothing more than bad dreams that arouse feelings of fear, anguish, sadness and anger. These sensations are brought to light by the artist in the strong colors of the work, in the stormy movement represented in the canvas background texture and by the position of the individual who gives us the sensation of not being able to bear the weight of the misadventures of life.

Carlos Madeira Carlos Madeira, figurative painter, self-taught. Born in Bom Despacho, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He began painting when 18 years old, emphasizing the human figure. He portrays mainly the people. He developed his entire method of work, with his own technique and style. His preference is oil on canvas. His paintings range from soft strokes to loose, balanced spatula strokes.

Printed dress 80 x 80 cm mixed media

Quenches my Thirst 80 x 80 cm mixed media

Lila The Expressionist movement historically had the proposal of showing a personal and intuitive art, where the artist's inner vision prevailed, free to subjectively express nature and the human being. In this sense and in view of the diversity of investigations that it encompasses, we can say that this form of artistic making predates the German movement and continues today, perennial, as the creative force in many great names in contemporary art, unlike other cycles, restricted to their time / spaces. This is confirmed, both in the sculptural work of Lila and in her canvases - of great pictorial impact and which bring her vision that there are varied universes, formed by antagonistic energies. In this phase, entitled "Dimensions", the artist presents the world as a mirror, where plans of "light and not light", in strong signature, quote the human from the viewpoint that the response to our attitudes is an eternal becoming. Infinitely, out and into our existence.

Living Mirror 120 x 80 cm acrylic

Dimensions 67 x 40 x 20 cm Resin or Bronze 51

Márcia Tuca Marcia Tuca is an abstract contemporary painter. She has two kinds of artwork: geometric abstraction with cheerful colors and total abstraction using mixed media with unforeseeable shapes - both on canvas. Her contemporary art collection contains more than 165 works since 2015, showed in more than 20 art expositions in Brazil and abroad, in France, Finland, USA, Portugal and Spain. She was awarded two medals: “Destaque Cultural 2016” (Cultural relevance) and “Medalha Notório Saber Cultural 2016” (life cultural achievement medal). She was published in “Anuário de Artes 2017” from Luxus Magazine.

Manzanara 50 x 50 cm acrylic on canvas 2017

Sangria 50 x 50 cm acrylic on canvas 2017

Dorene Ginzler Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1956, Ginzler began formal art training as a child at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and continued with merit studies at Interlochen, College for Creative Studies and Cranbrook Academy of Art with discovery explorations in various mediums ranging from pottery to painting. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Eastern Michigan University graduating with honors, with majors in painting, sculpture, photography and art history, including adjunct studio work in Florence, Italy. Ginzler has held several teaching positions and participates in numerous juried art shows where she has won awards, acquiring hundreds of private and corporate collectors of her work along the way. Her unique style and passion for design has led to the commission of many specialty paintings contracted through art collectors and interior designers for their clientele. Ginzlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original fine art paintings are for individual collectors, business environments and public installations.

Under the Surface 35 x 35 cm watercolor, sea salt, fiber and paste on paper 2016 54

In the water 35 x 35 cm watercolor, sea salt, fiber and paste on paper 2016

Teresa Asmar

teresa.asmar@gmail.com http://teresaasmar.blogspot.com.br Contemporary artist, with expressionist language. Her focus in painting are abstract figures and colours. She has received many prizes for her work which The Premium of Travel’s painter to Paris, France in 1985, gave the Roberto Marinho’s Foundation. She has taken part on collective and individual exhibitions. Among them, for the National Museum of Fine Arts /MNBA in Rio de Janeiro, which possesses two of her works on painter and engrave at XX century at them permanent Collection. She also has many paintings at Public and Private Collections in Brazil and abroad as well. She’s also the author of very important masterpiece entitled “Ecological Mural -Homage to Chico Mendes”, about the world famous ecologist from the Amazon Forest, shown at State Library on the Rio de Janeiro at the Exhibition Rio Eco-92, it was catalogue and published at the United Nation’s Cultural Agenda - ONU. Exhibitons in New York, Paris/Louvre, Finland, MNBA/RJ/Brazil, MNH/RJ/Brazil

Matheus Almeida http://matheus-almeida.com

This is my favorite series. When a hummingbird touches the flower something happens, colors happens. When we finally meet what we truly aim at something awakens like a boom of color changing us from inside. Those two artworks belong to The Colorboom Hummingbird Series.

ColorBoom 1 (ColorBoom Hummingbird Series) 30 x 40 cm Ink Hahnemuhle 90% bamboo 260g/m3 58

ColorBoom 6 (ColorBoom Hummingbird Series) 29,7 x 42,0 cm Ink Canson 300g/m3 59

Saénz Møller Born in Seville, Spain. Studied at the Limoges School of Arts, France Learned the art of weaving as well as the technique of enamel on copper in Copenhagen, Denmark. Has exposed in Denmark, Paris (Grand Palais) and New York (Hatling Gallery) among others, including in juried expositions. Was awarded in the Biennale of Tuskær in the category of ornamentation. The pieces that are presented here are inspired by the work of Klimt, for whom the artist feels great admiration. A mixed tehcnique is used, sometimes painting on paper, sometimes journal and newspaper clips, and sometimes even book clips. Clips of Klimt reproductions are also used. The series has been created over the past two years.

Pamela Munhoz Pamela Missae Munhoz Carneiro, born at October 29 of 1996, in Isesaki, Japan. The pieces of Pamela Munhoz (artistic name) are inspired by the millennial circus art, that goes from the magical world that the spectators see on the circus, to love, strength, art and the dream of the artist that lives this tradition since she was 8 years old, so, she can bring a little bit of how it was and still is in the world behind curtains and on stage. The pieces are memories and observations of the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; movements and body dexterity - artists with whom Pamela has worked and admired - or even of her own body movements. The painter likes to portray and explore the expressions and feelings that those artists are able to transmit. Being self-taught, Pamela Munhoz started at arts just after she suffered an accident on the stage of a circus. As she liked to paint since a child, she decided to explore the world of colors and paints where she can show through the pieces her love for the arts, evoking the feeling of curiosity in the spectators. The artist has already won competitions of arts in SĂŁo Paulo and her works have been shown in expositions in Brasil and abroad.

Find What I Already Have

50 x 50 cm

acrylic on canvas

2017

When I Close My Eyes

40 x 60 cm

acrylic on canvas

2017

Sarah Janece Garcia www.sarahjanece.com

"My admiration for nature’s creations and love of artistic expression create a need in me to paint. My wish is for each painting to capture the freedom and vitality of nature in unexpected ways. Color, light, movement, and the brief spaces of silent moments are all dynamic elements I find in nature. Therefore, I work to incorporate each of those components in a way that appears as if one has arrived at a moment in nature where all the elements have come together and time stood still for a breath." Sarah Janece Garcia is an artist in Dallas, Texas. She works primarily in watercolor to create unique nature inspired paintings. Sarah’s work is influenced by her passion for art, attraction to color, and love for nature’s beauty. The energetic movements in her organic abstractions, along with vivid colors and a focus on the intricate details of natural elements allow her work to capture nature in both literal and abstract ways. Sarah’s paintings have been showcased at various group exhibitions throughout the United States, including being selected as a finalist of the Hunting Art Prize which is a prestigious annual competition with the most generous annual award in North America. Sarah’s work has won several awards, including having a painting designated as the grand prize winner in an art and design competition hosted by Uncommon Goods. After winning the design challenge, Uncommon Goods chose to offer multiple pieces of her work to their customers. These selected paintings have since been featured seasonally in the Uncommon Goods catalog which reaches millions worldwide. Sarah's unique point of view, attention to detail, and bold artistic expression have caught the eye of many and her work continues to travel worldwide to reach collectors. One such notable collection her work is a part of is the GOLDEN (Golden Artist Colors, Inc.) collection in New York. Sarah’s current line of watercolor work continues to be juried and accepted into nationally ranked art festivals and she has gallery representation in Santa Fe, New Mexico and throughout North Texas. Sarah Janece Garcia’s work will also be a part of international exhibits taking place in the Summer and Fall of 2017 in South Africa (Johannesburg), United Kingdom (London), and France (Paris). More information can also be found at www.sarahjanece.com

Where It Began

Wilson Teixeira

wilsonpaints@hotmail.com The art of Wilson Teixeira, the artist, seems to be traditional but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s figurative, descriptive and not usual because of its individuality. The painter created, for sure, a manner, not a MANNERISM, of setting a segment of nature, the animals, with total freedom, present in the use of unreal colors. Touch paintings, inhabited by cocks, chickens, owls, birds and other, the screens invite touching. With smooth surfaces beside others saturated of pigments and textures, the art of Wilson shows a great and unique unit, allied to the quality of making art. Mali Frota Villas BĂ´as

Closing the Fan (Peacock)

70 x 70 cm

acrylic and oil on canvas

2017

Day of Thanksgiving (Turkey) 70 x 70 cm acrylic and oil on canvas

Vasconcellos

www.jvasconcellos.com J Vasconcellos is one of the most important Brazilian painter live in Europe and USA.After the international Art critic opinion Vasconcellos is part of the Fantastisk Realism and the Modern Symbolism. His color and his excepcional teknik give Vasconcellos one place in the most important group of artist use the spatula and a very special use of pigments and vegetal resina. His universe of symbols result from his dreams and from the memory of his children's time. But also from the dreams of every one of the present time. Vasconcellos have his work in many art galleries in the world, contemporary Art Fair and Museums. And he received important price included the Queen Ingrid from Danmark, the Jyllands Post Kunst Legat and the Gold Medal of the Bienal of Brasilia.

Serie: Dreams and Archetypes The Lady and mine memories 50 x 50 cm Pigment of Rousignon and vegetal resin on canvas

Serie: VELAZQUEANAS: Infanta of mine dreams 50 x 50 cm Pigment of Rousignon and vegetal resin on canvas

Arivanio Alves HISTORIC ARTIST PLASTIC ARIVANIO ALVES Born in 1993, in the city of Quixelô-CE, in Sitio Poço da Pedra. From an early age he was interested in the world of drawing and painting, in adolescence, he began to dedicate himself to the task of reproducing on canvas the way he saw the world. With little resources, alternative materials of lower cost were used to produce their initial works, such as: paperboard, wood plywood, area, recycled and unused material, up to pigments mixed with eggs. Autodidata learned to paint with a style of his own, always chose to represent the human figure in its most diverse aspects: beauty, religiosity, daily life, poverty, etc, are some of his subjects portrayed. The public classify their style of painting as NAÏF Art. The artist uses various techniques and styles for the production of his works. The artist has already had his paintings in individual and collective exhibitions in entities such as: ICEQUI de Quixelô, SESC Iguatu among others. Most of his collection is with close friends of the artist, another part is in his private collection. His best known work is the panel "Quixelôs Indians", a work painted with the indigenous technique of toa, which is currently exhibited at the Jovino Batista de Lucena Cultural Center in the city of Quixelô. In 2016 the artist received an honorable mention at the NAÏF's Biennial of Brazil 2016, whose theme was "Everyone is, except who is not" from SESC Piracicaba-SP, with the screen "As Adventists", this same sample had its period of the exhibition extended until July 2017 at SESC - Belenzinho in the city of São Paulo. The artist had two works selected for the exhibition of the art NAÏF National - 2017, in the city of Mogi das Cruzes - SP in the Boigy bookstore and Cultural Space of the City Council of Aldermen, in the Cultural Center of Suzano-SP and in the Fox House in Paranapiacaba - SP and elsewhere during the year. He has a work in the collection "Sem Parede" which is a non-profit institution that receives works of art. Its organizer is the plastic artist Enzo Ferrara from the city of Mogi Das Cruzes-SP. This collection circulates through collective exhibitions. The artist also had a work selected for the International Biennial of Art NAÏF 2017 of the city of Socorro - SP, organized by the project Totem Cor-Ação. He was one of the artists selected to participate in the documentary "Na Beira Da Cor" produced by SESC Piracicaba-SP with artists of the Biennial NAÏF's do Brasil 2016, available on youtube. Images of his works were used by the Secretary of Culture of the State of Ceará to illustrate the dissemination of the cultural programming of Fortaleza in May 2017. He participated in the II ENCLCE: a meeting of literature and culture Cearense of the state university of Ceará in the Iguatu fields -CE in the year 2017. From July 2017, he became a member of the Association of Professional Artists of Ceará. He was invited by the AVA Galleria de Arte to participate in the 20th anniversary of Art Shopping at the Carousel Du Louvre in Paris, France, which will take place on October 20, 21 and 22, 2017. Four works were selected and a collective exhibition Helsinki in Finland. CRITICIZED BY: Oscar D'Ambrosio www.facebook.com/odambros PhD in Education, Art and History of Culture and Master in Visual Arts, works at Unesp's Communication and Press Office. The art of Arivanio Alves Natural of Quixelô, CE, Arivanio Alves is an artist who illustrates well the genre that many call naif. Leaving aside the question of nomenclature proper, he, self-taught, part of situations of his mental everyday to build a visual work that is an interpretation of the world. What does that mean? Alves, like most popular artists, has in its simplicity its main characteristic. But that does not mean simplism. On the contrary, the way it articulates themes, colors and shapes brings biographical elements and affective memories that raise a very own mental castle. The challenge of knowing and studying popular creators is precisely in understanding how this game takes place. Most of the time, it is not a question of elaborating complex anthropological questions, but rather of exercising our gaze to learn and learn how to do it finds various forms of expression. Arivanio Alves presents a sincerity that makes his art model. Conceptualizing or validating it in the eyes of the learned becomes unnecessary. Your doing crystallizes in the universe of perception. There is a chronicler there, in the sense of living every moment with great power of observation, and a naivete, that allows to live each experience as new and unique. 70

Siomara Almeida I do not think should be classified into a simple and specific scheme the work of Siomara Almeida, so I think we can speak of a astrazionale tension that combines well as a short and utterly interesting view figural on which it is actually alive and visible a controlled gestures with signs / signals where stop - on and off - the modulations blood love / sacrifice, combinations of blue and purple that denote the sensitivity of feeling, those of the green and of yellow thesis to unite the gap that separates from each other. In any case the attitudes of Almeida Siomara towards life will reflect a pictorial personality worthy of full interest, given that everything is clearly visible in harmony concentrated in those jobs of every physical dimension materialized in both landscape drafts, both in the fullness of figures sometimes sensual, with a set fluently led to the conclusion, that the junction nell'inesausto lyrical journey where the intensity meticulous unites extreme sweetness. It 'a path, his, going fast forward but without excess, sail through the sea, creeps into the current Water management, it is quiet in ports and ravines, living in big cities and along - thoughtful and persuasive - autonomous spaces of freedom. The sky is high, as his thought. " Louis Gierut, art critic, in 2014

ARTISTIC RESIDENCE IN SANTA TERESA, RIO DE JANEIRO Cultural institute, Instituto Cultural NĂłrdico Brasil FinlĂ˘ndia (ICNBF) and Arte Vida Arte Association offer the artists from the Northern countries the possibility to stay at a residence in Rio de Janeiro. Residence is in Santa Teresa, which is a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located on top of the Santa Teresa hill, by the centre of Rio, and is famous for its winding, narrow streets which are a favorite spot for artists and tourists. It is a perfect and enjoyable environment to get to know another culture and to create and produce new ideas. Residence will welcome painters, sculptors, authors and photographers from the Northern Countries. Periods in the residence vary between 1 and 3 months and there is also possibility to participate in workshops with children from the project CASA in Rio de Janeiro. For more information, please contact Helena Cardoso, president of ICNBF by e-mail: helenacardoso.icnbf@gmail.com

CASA

Cen t ro de As s is t en c ia S o c ia l e A rt ist i c a

Art School Casa

CASA, THE ART SCHOOL FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN Art school CASA (Centro de Assistencia Social e Artistica) was founded in August 2005 by Helena and Edson Cardoso. Art School is ment for underprivileged children living in the favela of Cidade de Deus - City of God, in Rio de Janeiro. The school’s aim is to help these children fulﬁl their dreams of a better future through the power of art and to give them a constructive hobby and direction in their lives. There are currently 15 children in the school, ranging in age from 4-15 years. We hope that our work will help to prevent these children from ending up on the streets. The Finnish organization, Arte Vida Arte ry, funds CASA. The Finnish artists from our organization have been visiting Cidade de Deus and working with the children. You can also be a part or this valuable project and help give these children a better future.

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