E X H I B I T I O N S E X H I B I T I O N G A L L E R Y G A L L E R Y L O N D O N B A R C E L O N A B A R C E L O N A O P E N A R T 1 7 T H M A R C H
SHANNON ANTEA
DANY MARTINEZ
LIKA SHARASHIDZE
CLICK + CLICK
BRIDGET HARVEY
MALEN MOLL
ANITA LE SECH
HASSAN ISSA
ALEXANDRA CRISTINA
CAMERON G
MICHÉ HAMILTON
WALTER MIRKA
ORIANE INES
PATRICIA FIGUEIRAS
EDISON ALCAIDE
PEDRO VENTURA
NOEL POKRAJAC
INDEX
DANY MARTINEZ
IG: @daniel ernesto martinez https://revistaelestornudo com/ausencia%EF%BF%BC/?
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Daniel Martinez Reyes, 1996, Camagüey, Cuba
Artista de formación autodidacta Entre sus principales referentes se encuentran:
Antoine D`Agata , Annie Leibovitz, Robert
Mapplethorpe, Andrés Serrano, Cirenaica Moreira, René Peña entre otros
Miembro desde 2022 de la Federación Chilena de Fotografía su trabajo se centra en el retrato y la fotografía conceptual Imágenes, todas, con elevada fuerza visual, en altos contrastes o blanco y negro
Muy recurrente en su trabajo es el uso de matices pictóricos , escenarios con colores desaturados y corroidos por el tiempo
Sus trabajos se encuentran en colecciones privadas en EEUU, España, Italia, Brasil y México
ANITA LE SECH
IG: @anitalesech
Website: www.anitalesech.co.uk
Facebook: Anita Le Sech Contemporary Abstract Artist
Anita Le Sech is from the Island Jersey in the Channel Islands Being brought up on an island Anita enjoyed both the beach and countryside which provided her with a free spirit
Anita has travelled extensively over the years visiting South East Asia, the Americas, Australasia and Europe and through this time she has lived in Australia, Czech Republic, England and now lives in France
Through her travels throughout the world, it is hard not to see how the different cultures that she has been exposed to has influenced her work Anita’s paintings are colourful and textural whereby Anita uses many different materials to achieve a more pronounced piece of Art Anita’s medium is mainly Acrylic but she also uses Oil and Emulsion paint For texture Anita uses an array of materials such as stones, earth, wax, cement and adhesive
Anita commenced exhibiting in London 20 years ago whereby she was encouraged by friends to turn her hobby into something more Immediately her work was well received and it was then that Anita decided to concentrate more on her Art work then her 9 to 5 career in the City of London
Soon Anita was exhibiting all over the world and to date she has exhibited in UK, USA, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Portugal and Switzerland, Dubai
Her work has been likened to Jackson Pollock which happens to be her favourite Contemporary Abstract artist due to its size and colours used as well as technique
As well as selling to Private homes, Anita has also sold work to Corporations and Schools in the UK Overall her Artwork attracts a variety of people, with comments such as mesmerising, chaotic with order, colourful and very impactful.
As well as exhibiting, Anita provides commissions which are more personal to the purchaser. Her most recent sales and commissions have been in Dubai and France, UK and Italy.
Hierarchy of Needs
SHANNON ANTHEA
IG: @byshannonanthea
Shannonanthea.com
An exploration of the human condition, inspired by the ideas presented in Viktor Frankl's seminal work, "Man's Search for Meaning." In this piece Shannon explores the theme of the Hierarchy of Needs and the importance of purpose in fulfilling our needs as human beings. Shannon delves into the idea of a hierarchy of needs that transcends mere survival, and instead posits that true fulfilment comes from uncovering one's purpose in life. The concept of actualisation, as a key component of this hierarchy, is poetically rendered as a journey of discovery, where the mind and soul are freed from the constraints of societal norms and traditional concepts of history The imagery of "steppingstones to the universe's deepest mystery" and the idea of our souls "orbiting beneath the stars and moon" imbue the poem with a sense of cosmic transcendence, further emphasising the idea that our purpose in life is not limited to the physical realm
The Circus in the Metaverse
The Circus in the Metaverse explores the convergence of digital and physical realms, blurring societal norms and opening up new dimensions of reality The piece centres around the ID, Super Ego, and Ego - the trio of voices and desires that make up our psyche Asking us whether this new virtual world will offer a unique journey between the three, allowing our true subconscious needs to be revealed
LIKA SHARASHIDZE
IG:@fractalreality1997
Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Lika Sharashidze is a Georgian artist from Tbilisi. Though born into a family of doctors, she knew she’d seek a creative endeavor rather than pursue medicine. Lika went on to study political sciences, after which she freelanced as a journalist, translator, and artist. Lika has stated that her series, “A Fractal Reality” reflects the endlessness of the human subconscious and the eternity of earthly energy. She feels this vibration makes us one.
Having done an online 3D gallery show in 2020 when the pandemic emerged, Sharashidze went on to be featured in USA-published magazine called "Umagazine," which has earned the acclaim of a famed art critic, Jerry Saltz
IG: @clickclickmuzic
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Click†Click is a neo-expressionistic painter, DJ, producer and label owner from Berlin His paintings are mostley influenced by Basquiat, Rauschenberg, Haring & Warhol
He is born & raised in the south of Germany In 2002 Click†Click moved to Berlin and launched his 3 very-own Techno/House record-labels (in 2006, 2013 & 2019) Since then he produces & plays out Techno/ House records under the Name Click†Click
Besides many releases and DJing around the globe, he also started to paint in 2022
His paintings are based on Creatures Of the Night, (Underground)Clubs, Lust, Sex, Muzic, Freaks, Diversity, Dancing, Excess, Love and they are full of lyrics from the music he listens while painting - usually EBM, Industrial, Techno, Avantgarde & Postpunk
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BRIDGET HARVEY
IG. @bridgetmakingart
Website: www bridgetharvey net
Bridget Harvey is an abstract and figurative artist who works primarily in paint, drawing, collage and pyrography Her work is frequently referential to classical imagery and movement which she combines with repetitive line work and colorful palettes to create very physical, yet ripple like images In addition to being an artist, she is also an aspiring skydiver which has strongly inspired her work to create fluid exchanges between aerial atmospheres and physical forms, cultivating a sincere yet dream-like effect
MALEN MOLL
IG: @malenvonfrankenstein
Website: https://malenmoll.wixsite.com/malenmolldesign
https://www latostadora com/malenmoll/
Malén nació en Mallorca Si le preguntas, te dirá que, aun recorriendo mil vidas, querría nacer en cada una de ellas en la tierra que lleva tatuada en cada gota de sus venas, su isla, allí se formó artísticamente de la mano del pintor Joan Vich con quien se especializó en óleo, gouache y acrílicos Continuó su formación académica en la Fundació Antoni Algueró donde obtuvo una inmensa formación en las tintas y el color, tanto tradicional como digital, aprendiendo su mezcla de manera matemática, lo que otorga gran precisión a sus mezclas
Apasionada del arte y de todas sus dimensiones, entusiasta de los cánones y el estudio de la belleza como de la fealdad ha expuesto en galerías de Barcelona, Mallorca, Miami y Suiza tanto de manera presencial como virtual En breve editará su poemario ilustrado Baladas perdidas con la editorial "Talón de Aquiles
Malen was born in Majorca. If you ask her, she will tell you that even going through a thousand lives, she would like to be born in each one of them in the land that he has tattooed in every drop of her veins, her island,. There
she was trained artistically by the hand of the painter Joan Vich with whom she specialized in oil, gouache and acrylics. She continued her academic training at the Fundació Antoni Algueró where she obtained extensive training in inks and colour, both traditional and digital, learning their mixture mathematically, which gives great precision to his mixtures
Passionate about art and all its dimensions, enthusiastic about canons and the study of beauty as well as ugliness, she has exhibited in galleries in Barcelona, Mallorca, Miami and Switzerland both in person and online She will soon publish his illustrated collection of poems Baladas Perdidas with the publishing house "Talon de Aquiles"
HASSAN ISSA
Social media accounts: @iheizen and @colectivo scampi
Artist Hassan Issa's work considers the relationship between memory and visual interpretation, to draw the viewers through a multilayered journey His body of work attempts to trigger the viewers' perceptual parameters walking them through imaginative narratives His works reveal a successful attempt to capture elusive features of the relationship between the surreal and the real: the results of your inquiry show consistency and unity with an effective combination between nuances of tones that communicate a mixture of struggle and emotions Hassan’s work is influenced by the Dada movement, and Flux art with high appreciation of the classical and traditional arts Hassan Issa Has previously showed works in MACAM, Lebanon, MUTUO Barcelona, and is an active founder and Member of the art collective Colectivo Scampi
ORZANA (Alexandra Orzan)
IG: @orzanac / @orzanaart
Facebook: https://www facebook com/cristina alexandra 560
Portfolio:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Dy QzbM0m9TV
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Alexandra Orzan is a normal person, from a normal world She is based in Bucharest, Romania She is a person who has discovered art and her talent since she was a little kid She was inspired by almost everything that was around her How she discovered? Well, ever since she was little she always had a pencil in her hand, drawing everything that she imagined at the time She kept drawing until she saw a few years later that her drawings were becoming better and better She loved it She loved doing it and she wanted to become her best self as an artist so after middle school she applied to “Nicolae Tonitza” Fine Arts High School and she was accepted with the highest grades in drawing, painting and sculpting During the high school years she was specialised in Graphic Arts and she finished with a Qualification Certificate in Graphic Arts obtained with the highest grade and she had an exhibition outside of school where most of her professors went to support her. Soon after, she started a college, but not an art college unfortunately, but she kept drawing and dreaming about being a very good known artist. She began to draw digitally and to become better and better at what she was doing. The name of her artwork that is exhibited in the Art Number 23 Gallery is “LOVE” This digital painting fully represents her emotions, emotions that she experienced being in love: happiness, frustration, heartbreak, calmness, safety, affection and love She thinks that love is the most beautiful thing that can happen to someone, but sometimes is hard, it needs to be, because nothing in this world is perfect and if it would be perfect and thing were easy, it will be boring, the world needs to be imperfect and stay that way, that is what makes it beautiful
CAMERON GAYLE-JOSEPH
IG: @artastikkreations
Website: https://artastik-kreations.myshopify.com/
Cameron is a 12 year old artist who loves drawing Both on paper and digital He started with his first pencil at the age of 7 and hasn't stopped since Inspired anime and various artists on YouTube He wants his art and designs to be seen by people all over the world
MISCHÉ HAMILTON
IG: @by mish / @by mish brandstories
Website: https://www.bymishphotography.com/
Misché es una fotógrafa de estilo lifestyle en Barcelona Originaria de Sudáfrica, un lugar al que viaja varias veces al año, siempre está buscando nuevas experiencias, absorbiendo la energía de su entorno y de las personas que lo habitan A ella le encanta capturar el caos y el amor de los grandes eventos de la vida, pero también disfruta de la belleza de lo ordinario, la quietud de estar en la naturaleza y sobre todo, su momento favorito del día, el amanecer
Trabajando como fotógrafa en Barcelona durante los últimos ocho años, tiene buen ojo para capturar la vida desde todos los ángulos.
WALTER MIRKA
IG: @mirku malt
www.mirkuschka.com
Mirku is an autodidact and emerging visual artist from Cologne, Germany. It was here where mirku got first in touch with surrealism, as Max Ernst was born in Brühl, a small city close to Cologne. But what especially has been influencing mirku's work and worldview is the feminist surrealism by artists such as Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. This fascination is connected to Mexico, an entirely surrealist country in so many aspects, where the artist lived for two years What mirku wants to capture is the beauty, banality and brutality of the everyday, the natural world as well as the human body in motion The artist’s favorite materials are watercolor in all its expressions and ink
ORIANE INES
IG: @orianeines
WEBSITE: https://www.orianeines.com/
Oriane Ines is an emerging figurative painter located in Paris She paints mostly colorful and expressive portraits Her fictive and passionated characters embody feelings such as love, anger, anxiety, also attitude such as snobbery
PATRICIA FIGUEIRAS
@patigold
WEBSITE: https://www.patricia-figueiras.pt/
Patrícia's painting's starting point is based on life experiences, where body movement is the engine for the deconstruction of formatted thinking and motivating the creative thinking
Releasing the mind by means of the body it's the major goal of her paintings
Graphic Designer since 2000, going through a period as an individual entrepreneur (20002005) After this period, she worked at some advertising agencies and design offices
Attended several drawing and painting courses between 1994 and 2000, including the SNBA in the Drawing course and the painting course at A.R.C.O. (Lisbon).
EDISON ALCAIDE
IG: @edison alcaide
Edison Alcaide is an actor, filmmaker and photographer based in East London, UK At 33, he is more interested than ever in discussing lgbtq+ subjects and issues and including these themes in his work Edison recently started working on this project with the objective of exploring the psychology and life stories of queer immigrants, such as himself He started reflecting how the lgbtq+ community grows up feeling like outsiders, and then he became intrigued by the dynamics of moving away and the connection between migrating and queerness These are the first portraits and interviews taken for the project
PEDRO VENTURA
IG: @distinct jpg
PORTFOLIO: https://distinctjpg.myportfolio.com/home
Pedro Ventura, 23 years old, Portuguese artist based in London
Recently finished his Master's in Fashion Photography at the University of Arts London
Currently pursuing a career as an art director, shows interest in various forms of art, such as photography, filmmaking and painting, among others
His work is metaphorical and personal, the artist uses his work as a way of dealing with his emotions
His inspirations include Gregory Crewson, Cho Gi-Seok, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Félix González-Torres
NOEL POKRAJAC
IG: @noel pok
https://www artnumber23 uk/noelpokrajac
From 2009 to 2014 she attended the art school Ortweinschule, where she specialised in Art and Design and Interior Design
Noel Pokrajac is a visual artist born in 1994 in Graz, Austria
After that, Noel also attended the Masterclass of Painting there, which she successfully completed in 2021
Her realistic style is mostly figurative and influenced by the Old Masters and Impressionists She draws inspiration from movie scenes and old photographs
BARCELONA OPEN ART 17th March
PH Alissa Gianotti