AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
DE OUDE KERK 路 AMSTERDAM Saturday, 1st December 2012
www.globalartagency.com
AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
DE OUDE KERK 路 AMSTERDAM Saturday, 1st December 2012
ARTISTS
Agata Lulkowska Aidas Rytis Vasiliauskas Aisha Abid Albert Bellés Portá Alessandro Borgonovo Alexandre Piacsek Alfred Kjerpeseth Alistair Cooke Amiko Kavtaradze Amy Byford Amy Hart Amy Polling Anastasiia Prosochkina Andrey Kulpin Andy Fluon Angelina Aleksandrovich Antonia De Ridder Antonio Russo Aponi Arben Brahimaj Asli Bolayir Asya All Aziralili Bali Sangha-‐Jenkins Banu Cevikel Barryboem™ Baukje Exler Beate Gillson Berry de Bruijn Berto Martínez Brighart Bruno Filho Cristina Otero Carla Broeckx Carlos Burgos Carmen Rantzuch-‐Doll Carol Arbuckle Carola Bjork Christine Greenslade Christophe Fraser Chris Wagner Damian Clarke Damilola Oshilaja Danica Kus Daniel Lober Dean Ildefonse Dennis Verbeke Dineke Bus Dirk Wagemans Duuf Kleyn Dygoro Sasaki Eelco Jongma Ekaterina Kruchkova Elena Vera Solodovnikova Elisabet Persson Elise Kloppers Ellen Stapleton Ellen Ten Kate Erik-‐Jan Kruijssen Ewa Wilczynski Fernando Bayona Femke van Gemert Fleur Le Gros Fleur Van Waaij Florry Vyth-‐Dreese Fredo Nieuwenhuis Gala Caki Gina Gerritsen Giselle Sohm
Giulio Gomes Gus Gültekin Bilge Hannah Hardy Heleen Mos Henk Veen Hmmmbates Ian Smart Ilze Kalvane Imma Merino Inge Van Aalst Ingrid Solesvik Ivana Kosanovic Jaapkore Jaaps Snijder Jack Sawbridge Jan Van Well Jani Javier Martín Jessica Manley Jewel Jie Su Joelle Cabanne Johan Wahlstrom Jorge Guiro Joseph Klibansky Julia Abele Julia Everett Julia Gajewska Julien Niverd Katarin Parizek Katerina Aslanidou Katerina Bodrunova .HQQ\ *ODQGÀHOG Kerstin Klein Koen Wilgehof Kristina Romachkan Leni Smoragdova Lauren Wondra Leon Bosboom Liu Dao Lily Greenwood Ljudmila Vodopic Loes Van Der Holst Louise Morgan Luciënne Smit Lucy Kirk Maartje Meerman Malou Nahuys Manja Jordans Manuela Capraro Manu Marcel Bastiaans Marco Lodola Maria Slovakova Mariana Canet Mariano Gana Marie Keh Marium Agha Marja Vermeij Marsha Metselaar Mart Van Dongen Marta Malheiro Marta Rovatti Studihrad Martin Varholik Martina Kolle Meera Stenfert Kroese Meiyao Chou Melanie Winning
Metin Topa Milja Stupavski Millie Popovic Mohamed Benhadj Mourl Ferryman Nan Zhang Naoki Fuku Nebahat Karyagdi Niki Passath Nilla Palmer Nilwe Nina Boos Nina Tokhtaman Valetova Nini Martini Olga Kvassova Olivia Berggren Olivia Kapoor Oscar Van Garderen Paul Nelson-‐Esch Peter Van De Wijngaart Petra Sluijters Petronela Dostalova Philipp Felle Pia Vang Pieter Buijs Pieter Schmits Precious Neslo Ramiya Lakshman Raymond Van Den Berg Renee Trnkova Rick Keijzer Rien Vörgers Roderik Van Schaardenburg Rohan Samuel Roos Wessels Roy Andres Hofer Sergio Zavattieri Sahatarch Pittarong Sally Porter Sam Shendi Sanne Thunnissen Sarah Cooney Saskia Spitz Saskia Weishut Schaller Seungjae Shin Shadon Shiri Achu Silvana Canobbio Simon Brouwer Stefano Jannuzzi Stephan Konings Steven Thus Sumio Inoue Swadeka Ashun The Wet Painter Thomas Modschiedler Tobias De Haan Ton Aartsen Ulla Wobst Uma Aslam Vincent Messelier Vojko Jeric Wendy Cohen Willem Bergisch Willow Yann Beeckman Yosi Dotan Yvonne Van Lokhorst
GALLERIES
Amstel Art Gallery / United Kingdom Antonio Russo / United Kingdom ArtSpaceSwitzerland / Switzerland Global Art Agency Gallery / United Kingdom & Spain Kir Royal Gallery / Spain Rize Gallery / The Netherlands Pantocrator Gallery / Barcelona, Berlin, Shanghai Stephan Konings / The Netherlands The Funky Art Gallery / United Kingdom
AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE
AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART BY GLOBAL ART AGENCY LIMITED
A collective art exhibition with 200 selected top emerging and well-‐established artists. Coming together from all over the globe for this one-‐day event at de Oude Kerk. A unique opportunity to buy art directly from the worlds’ best artists. www.amsterdamshowcase.com
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Maartje Maartje Maartje Olivia Olivia Olivia Ellen Ellen Alessandro Alessandro Banu Banu Bali Kerstin Arben Marium Alistair Alistair Rien Daniel Carlos Romain Sumio Sumio Dean Dean Ljudmila Ljudmila Lauren Lauren Lauren Gültekin Gültekin Gültekin Nini Vincent Martina Swadeka katerina Asli Carla Nina Vojko Asya Ivana Eva Renee
Meerman Meerman Meerman Kapoor Kapoor Kapoor Stapleton Stapleton Borgonovo Borgonovo Cevikel Cevikel Sangha-‐Jenkins Klein Brahimaj Agha Cooke Cooke Vörgers Lober Burgos Schaller Inoue Inoue ILDEFONSE ILDEFONSE Vodopic Vodopic Wondra Wondra Wondra Bilge Bilge Bilge Martini Messelier Kolle Ahsun Bodrunova Bolayir Broeckx Tokhtaman Valetova Jeric All Kosanovic Wilczynski Trnkova
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Ton Joelle Erik-‐Jan Ulla Leon Jani Johan Ramiya Jaapkore Giulio Peter Thomas Elisabet Christophe Dirk -‐ -‐ Fredo Fredo Mohamed Mohamed SHADON SHADON Kristina Kristina Yann Yann Yann Ellen Ellen Dennis Alexandre Marja Marja Koen Koen Koen Dineke Dineke Amy Amy Gala Gala Mart Mart Simon Jaaps
Aartsen Cabanne Kruijssen Wobst Bosboom Wahlstrom Lakshman Gomes van de Wijngaart Modschiedler Persson Fraser Wagemans Nieuwenhuis Nieuwenhuis Benhadj Benhadj Romachkan Romachkan beeckman beeckman beeckman Ten Kate Ten Kate Verbeke Piacsek Vermeij Vermeij Wilgehof Wilgehof Wilgehof Bus Bus Byford Byford Caki Caki Van Dongen Van Dongen Brouwer Snijder
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Gerritsen Arbuckle Weishut Kalvane Solesvik Smit Wessels van Aalst Jongma Bergisch Shin Vasiliauskas Vasiliauskas Stupavski van Garderen Cooney Kleyn Bjork Van Waaij Keijzer Porter Kulpin Gillson van Schaardenburg van Schaardenburg van Schaardenburg Thunnissen Polling Polling varholik varholik varholik Beentjes Aslanidou Malheiro Gajewska Guiro van den Berg Buijs Niverd Aslam Nelson-‐Esch Prosochkina Nahuys Neslo
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Tobias Angelina Antonia Olga Wet Wet Wet Melanie Heleen Heleen Damian Damian Damian Danica Manuela Maria Julia Marta -‐ Jan Henk
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ALFRED KJERPESETH / Norway
FEATURED ARTIST
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FEATURED ARTIST
#190
www.alfred-‐kjerpeseth.no Born in 1950 in Nordfjord, West Norway, lives and works today as a painter and musician. Is a self-‐taught artist and have particpatet in exhibition in Norway. Paints mainly with acrylics on canvas and paer, using brush and knife.
ANGELINA ALEKSANDROVICH / Ukraine www.aleksandrovich.co.uk
I begin each new piece when I’m getting inspiration, that often seems to appear from nowhere. I’m inspired by life and every-‐ thing that happens around me. When people see my work, I’d like them to love or hate it, just to evoke some emotion. For me it doesn’t matter what, but both feelings of love or hate bring me the same result, that my work has been recognised and appreciated.
ASLI BOLAYIR aslibolayir@gmail.com
FEATURED ARTIST
#40
Artistic activity for me is something like a quest for spirituality. Sometimes I do it ‘as if’ I know where I’m coming from although I don’t know where I’m going. In the end I think we are all somewhat alike... and we all live in this world.
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AZIRALILI / Poland
FEATURED ARTIST
www.aziralili.netgaleria.eu
#G11
My passion-�life-�kind of organized complexity.Life is a creation-�showing what is hidden within us und aroun us. What inspire me -� the science, especially the physic. Parsing emotions,experiences and ideas into images, which are also structural diversity re-� sulting from a record repeating the same elements in the universe. Its rules and laws of nature written in our subconscious and guide us . They decide on what is desirable and attractive ...
ELLEN TEN KATE / The Netherlands ellen-�ten-�kate@hotmail.com
FEATURED ARTIST
#76
I paint for about 8 years and I like to make portraits of jazz and blues artists. My work is full of colours in a expressive style. After several years of study at the art school now i have time to paint again. My website is under construction.
FEMKE VAN GEMERT / The Netherlands
FEATURED ARTIST
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www.femkevangemert.nl I’m a textile artist. I work only with used, worn discarded textiles. I create abstract monumental large scale art pieces like wall-� hangings and tapestries. My focus lies on a single color and all the meanings and associations that occur with that color. The topics in my work are the changing face of the earth, the mental activity of people and the valuation, status humans give to things. 0\ ZRUN GRHV QRW ÀW RQ WKH SDQHOV \RX RIIHU EXW LV YHU\ DWWUDFWLYH LI H[KLELWHG LQ D ODUJH EXLOGLQJ OLNH D FKXUFK , ZRXOG OLNH WR know if there is possibility for other ways to show my work.
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SANNE THUNNISSEN / The Netherlands www.sannethunnissen.nl
FEATURED ARTIST
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LAUREN JAY WONDRA / USA ODXUHQ#ZRQGUDĂ€QHDUW FRP
FEATURED ARTIST
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Lauren Jay Wondra is a highly acclaimed London-�based artist with a loyal international fanbase. As a 2012 Escapist international art contest winner and new representative of the Escapist art movement, she’s currently producing some of the most pivotal SDLQWLQJV LQ KHU DUW FDUHHU WR GDWH :LWK PRUH WKDQ VROR VKRZV LQ /RQGRQ XQGHU KHU EHOW KHU ZRUN FRQWLQXHV WR à DXQW WKH cubist form of Pablo Picasso with the bold and vivacious colour ...
DIRK WAGEMANS / Belgium www.dirkwagemans.com
FEATURED ARTIST
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Collages combined with raw colors and female forms characterize the works of Dirk Wagemans (1979). He often uses popular events or personal experiences as an inspiration to create his works. They are footprints of the life he leads.Patterns, attempts to VWUXFWXUH KLV HYHU\GD\ SHUFHSWLRQV XVXDOO\ DUH WKUHDWHQHG E\ XQOHDVKHG ÀJXUHV 7KH PRWLYH RI 9DQLWDV RIWHQ UHWXUQV LQ KLV ZRUNV Standing both for vanity and ephemerality. The people in his paintings seem to suffer from status fear.Dirk was born in July of 1979 in the city of Leuven (Belgium). He studied art in Heverlee and at the Urban Academy of Leuven. Before going to university, he joined several local art exhibitions where he won a few prizes as a young artist.
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ARTISTS & GALLERIES
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AGATA LULKOWSKA / Poland agata@agatalulkowska.com
#117
3KRWRJUDSKHU DQG PXOWLPHGLD DUWLVW (GXFDWHG LQ Ă€OP GLUHFWLRQ DQG digital media arts (MA, First Honours Degree). Specialising in dance, travel and portrait photography. Working and exhibiting in London, Poland and Latin America. In the past also involved in theatre. Eu-â€? ropean Union Award for her photo installation ‘Almost Like Home’, exhibited in London in 2005. In 2011, her travel photography from Colombia was published in ‘Best Photography Worldwide’ book.
AIDAS RYTIS VASILIAUSKAS / Lithuania aidasrytis@yahoo.com
#153
The topic of nature is predominant in my present paintings. I attempt to express my attitude to the natural forms and phe-� nomena in my works, and to highlight the parallels of natu-� ral and human spiritual ecology. I endeavour at embodying the expressive continuous movement and renewal of vegeta-� tion in my compositions, and I strive to express the musical play that would put the viewer into the mood of contemplation. “Young Wine�
AISHA ABID HUSSAIN / Pakistan aisha.ahussain@gmail.com
#109
Body/Gender has been problematic; an issue that was never admired by the patriarchal dichotomy of the social fabric. The loaded/clichĂŠ doctrine of being born as a woman and never dare to commit what ‘you are not supposed to do’ is backed up hugely by cultural beliefs. In my practice, I am challenging to initiate a debate against all the hugely contingent norms when it comes to gender, class and status. “At My Father’s Houseâ€?
ALBERT BELLÉS PORTA / Spain www.albertbelles.com
#G11
My work stems from a constant search, the desire to connect my personal reality with the world, the desire to create bridges be-� tween the ethereal and the material. From my work I intend to JHW LQWR WKH REVHUYHU FUHDWH FRPPRQ SODFHV WKDW LQYLWH UHà HF-� WLRQ WKDW HQFRXUDJH FURVV WKH WKUHVKROG IURP ÀJXUDWLYH WR DF-� cess the underlying conceptual dimension behind my paintings. ´%XWWHUà \¾
ALESSANDRO BORGONOVO / Italy http://alessandroborgonovo.com/
#9-�10
My production is strictly connected to the use of technology and can be divided into two main categories: 7KH ÀUVW RQH LQFOXGHV DUWZRUNV PDGH E\ KDQG DQG RQO\ ODWHU SRVW produced. The result is printed on baritated paper and edited in a unique piece. The second category consists of works created and projected through different software, then printed in unique pieces as well.
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ALEXANDRE PIACSEK / Brazil www.piacsek.net
#79
Alexandre Piacsek is a Hungarian artist based in London. His original JUDSKLF VW\OH LV VWURQJO\ LQĂ XHQFHG E\ WKH ZRUOG RI FRPLFV VSHFLDOO\ by the french “bande dessinĂŠeâ€? leading artists, featuring detailed drawings, vintage colours, heraldry, and strong characters collected from imagination. His artwork speaks about adventure, and from the spirit of endurance, courage and faith. Limited printing editions with Pen Ink drawings that intend to challenge and instigate the viewer. “The Merchantsâ€?
ALISTAIR COOKE / United Kingdom tefe97nz@kpnmail.nl
#17-�18
“Running Alone Together�
AMIKO KAVTARADZE / Republic of Georgia amiko.kavtaradze@gmail.com
#120
“Magdalina�
AMY BYFORD / United Kingdom www.xhibitcolour.moonfruit.com
#87-�88
Self taught, naive artist. I express through heavy brush stroke and colour. I am hugely inspired by the surrealist movement, the more modern take on naive art and draw ideas from making my normal surroundings abstract.
“Self portrait�
AMY HART / United Kingdom amy@wepickcherries.com
#138
Each piece based on the gritty realisms and truisms akin to the tales of Brothers Grim. When you scratch through the beauty and sugar coating, a sense darkness and mortality prevails ‘momento mori’ – reminders of our mortality. A renewed awareness of mortal-â€? ity, a sense of anxiety about the mutability of life. We are here to SUHVHQW ZRUNV WKDW HYRNH WKH XQLYHUVDO FRQĂ LFW RI GHDWK KHDYHQ hell, judgment and salvation. “Ghost Girl in the Curtainâ€? 13
AMY POLLING / USA www.amypolling.weebly.com/
#170-� 171
“My paintings are my Identity; the woman who is looking for her self awareness & own identity, who is touched by life’s experiences and has become aware of all her endless possibilities and her au-� thentic freedom. My works are short expressive stories, which carry the message of Love, Hope, Pain, Passion and Dreams. I believe that Art can put down many borders & bridges, and reach beyond horizons; bring all cultures back together in Peace & Harmony ...�. “My Secret Garden�
ANASTASIIA PROSOCHKINA / Russia http://an-�prosochkina.daportfolio.com
#186
The most of all I love the time when my brain, my soul and my arms work together, as one perfectly co-â€?ordinated orchestra. It is always interesting to open new opportunities in your artist’s way. In this fast changing world of contemporary art, we shouldn’t lose tradi-â€? tional techniques‌ but we can manage them with modern tools. This cooperation of old and new is very interesting to me. “Fire Danceâ€?
ANGELINA ALEKSANDROVICH / Ukraine www.aleksandrovich.co.uk
#190 S4
I begin each new piece when I’m getting inspiration, that often seems to appear from nowhere. I’m inspired by life and everything that happens around me. When people see my work, I’d like them to love or hate it, just to evoke some emotion. For me it doesn’t matter what, but both feelings of love or hate bring me the same result, that my work has been recognised and appreciated. “I Don’t Eat Pork�
ANDREY KULPIN / Estonia www.andreykulpin.com
#164
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ANTONIA DE RIDDER / The Netherlands http://antoniaderidder.nl
#191
2YHUDO ZDDU LN NLMN ZRUG LN JHERHLG GRRU YRUPHQ HQ VWUXFWXUHQ Strakke lijnen, organische vormen. Ik werk met acryl op doek en mixed media. In het werk “nine-�eleven� heb ik geprobeerd mijn gevoelens in geometrische vormen op het doek te zetten.
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APONI / France www.aponi.eu
#113
Paint to show some ways of giving us freedom, to be released from our constraints, to show news ways for breaking our chains, to learn to unmasks oneself entirely. All my work may be seen as a gradual progression to throw off this yoke. (;+,%,7,216 Š $127+(5 &5,7(5,$ ÂŞ %(5/,1 %,(11,$/ $57 &217(0325$5< (9(17 )5$1&( $57 6$/21 3$5,6 $5728/286( 7KH 3DOPH G¡2U â&#x20AC;&#x153;Amsterdamâ&#x20AC;?
ARBEN BRAHIMAJ / Albania brahimaj@hotmail.com
#15
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ASLI BOLAYIR aslibolayir@gmail.com
#40
Artistic activity for me is something like a quest for spir-â&#x20AC;? ituality. Sometimes I do it â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;as ifâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; I know where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m coming from although I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know where Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going. In the end I think we are all somewhat alike... and we all live in this world.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love of Flowerâ&#x20AC;?
ASYA ALL / Russia www.asya-â&#x20AC;?all.com
#44
Asya All is young Moscow artist (24 years old). She has 42 exhibi-â&#x20AC;? tions in Moscow and Paris. And she found â&#x20AC;&#x153;Asya Allâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Galleryâ&#x20AC;?.
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AZIRALILI / Poland www.aziralili.netgaleria.eu
#G11
My passion-â&#x20AC;?life-â&#x20AC;?kind of organized complexity. Life is a creation-â&#x20AC;? showing what is hidden within us and around us. What inspire me -â&#x20AC;? the science, especially the physic. Parsing emotions,experiences and ideas into images, which are also structural diversity result-â&#x20AC;? ing from a record repeating the same elements in the universe. Its rules and laws of nature written in our subconscious and guide us . They decide on what is desirable and attractive ... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Game-â&#x20AC;?Level 4thâ&#x20AC;? 15
BALI SANGHA-â&#x20AC;?JENKINS / United Kingdom www.baliartbali.co.uk
#13
%DOL LV D ,QQRYDWLYH &RQWHPSRUDU\ 2ULJLQDO $UWLVW ZKR KDV D JURZ-â&#x20AC;? ing love for classical music .This plays a major part in her life, even more so while she paints with deep passion. Using mainly oils to create magical, timeless, fascinating & expressive art loved by all. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creating Art through human expression, passion, movement, energy and exploitation through the love of classical musicâ&#x20AC;? Regular Guest on BBC & Exhibiting worldwide. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sarabande Duelâ&#x20AC;?
BANU BILGINER / Turkey banu.cevikel@yahoo.com
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I got acquainted with mosaic art on my quest for inner peace, it KDV EHFRPH P\ SDVVLRQ LQ OLIH ,Q P\ ZRUNV , UHĂ HFW WKH KDSSLQHVV and freedom that I acquired on this path hoping to spread the same feelings in peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heartsâ&#x20AC;Ś. Creativity plays an important role in my art. I strive for originality in my work. Freedom of expression is something that I truly value and work at. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happinessâ&#x20AC;?
BARRYBOEMâ&#x201E;˘ / Alkmaar bb.boem@gmail.com
#175
Through my work I attempt to examine the human phenomenon; how we understand ourselves and others; What began as a personal journey (of Boomism), has translated into collages of all sorts of images that resonate with us. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Everybody needs a Boom! When peo-â&#x20AC;? ple see my work, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see them smile or nod, then walk away talking about associations provoked by my art. To Boom or not to Boom!. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mud Manâ&#x20AC;?
BAUKJE EXLER / The Netherlands www.baukje-â&#x20AC;?exler.nl
#40
Baukje Exler is specialized in painting with oil pastels which she dissolves with a medium. Colour, light and movement are characteristic for her work. She is mostly inspired by nature and the four seasons. Baukje offers painting lessons and paint-â&#x20AC;? ing workshops. She is selling paintings and she also has her own art library. Next to that Baukje designs her own postcards which she sells in the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Le monde grisâ&#x20AC;?
BEATE GILLSON / Germany www.gillsonart.com
#165
0\ LQĂ XHQFHV DUH Ă&#x20AC;UVW DQG IRUHPRVW HYHU\WKLQJ , VHH IHHO smell,breathe and experience. But i always loved to explore the world of colour. There is a sense of magic and wonder in colour painting 2 unexpected colours for a stunning result. Secondly -â&#x20AC;?to be an artist is to believe in life. To make the viewer happy.
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BRIGHART / The Hague www.brighart.nl
#157
The idea that artists have a special role to play in bringing peace to people and countries appeals very much to me â&#x20AC;&#x153;Participating in WKLV ÂśVWUXJJOH IRU SHDFH¡ Ă&#x20AC;WV LQ ZLWK WKH ZD\ , ZRUN DQG ZK\ , SDLQW
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Bruno Filho Iets over mijzelf: een half leven in europa en een half leven in brazilie, een zwitserse moeder en een Braziliaanse vad-â&#x20AC;? er, een beeldenmaker en een kunstschilder Themas in mijn werk: GLHUHQ PHQVHQ HQ QDWXXU 6WLMO YDQ ZHUNHQ PRGHUQ Ă&#x20AC;JXUDWLHI neiging naar het impressionisme Erkenning in mijn werk als beel-â&#x20AC;? dend kunstenaar: twee jaar geleden ben ik tijdens een expositie van 52 kunstenaars op het Global Child Labour conference ...
CARLA BROECKX-â&#x20AC;?ARTICAKUNST / The Netherlands www.articakunst.nl
#41
My Art is cheerful, bright, funny and comes mostly with big sizes. But still very affordable, even though I have a good nameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reputa-â&#x20AC;? tion. And I love working in order. Hope to see you soon. Please visit P\ ZHEVLWH \RX ZLOO VHH WKHUH Ă&#x20AC;JXUDWLYH XS WR DEVWUDFW SDLQWLQJV LQ DOO NLQG RI FRORXUV 2QH RI WKHP PD\ Ă&#x20AC;W SHUIHFW DW \RXU ZDOO
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CARLOS MARTYN BURGOS / United Kingdom c.m.burgos@hotmail.com
#40
,ÂśP D /RQGRQ EDVHG Ă&#x20AC;JXUDWLYH DUWLVW EURXJKW XS ZLWKLQ WZR FXO-â&#x20AC;? tures -â&#x20AC;? United Kingdom & El Salvador -â&#x20AC;? I create surreal visions of worlds that come from the way we live and feel. Windows to another world, time, place, mood or memory. Images that mani-â&#x20AC;? fest themselves through our feelings, opinions and social environ-â&#x20AC;? ments but are not always acknowledged. A conceptual realism.
CARMEN RANTZUCH-â&#x20AC;?DOLL / Germany www.crdo.de
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Bildene Kßnstlerin Studium an der Akademie fßr bildende Kunst Ausstellungen in Paris, Lyon, Dyon, Thonon, Dänemark USA 9LHOH LQWHUQDWLRQDOH 3UHLVH 0DOHQ LVW I U PLFK )UHXGH DQ GHU )DUEH und expermentieren mit den verschiedensten Materialien.
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CAROL KIM ARBUCKLE / United Kingdom www.carolkimarbuckle.biz
#143
I am a visual artist based in Canterbury, UK specialising in painting. My work uses a variety of mediums and methods whilst experimenting with aspects of chance and random-â&#x20AC;? ness. Exploring the balance of control and chaos. The physical properties of the mediums used affect the out-â&#x20AC;? come and the patterns and surface texture that result. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blueâ&#x20AC;?
CAROLA BJĂ&#x2013;RK / Sweden www.cbjork.se
#160
Not always so remarkable but still most important. Every day. 7KH EHDXWLIXO VPDOO KRUULEOH DQG RIWHQ LQVLJQLĂ&#x20AC;FDQW H[SHULHQF-â&#x20AC;? es that make us who we are, fascinates me. You see, choose and become. With no interruption. The constant change inspires me. I collect and leave messages. And I want to tell stories that are not necessarily just my own. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cluesâ&#x20AC;?
CHRISTINE GREENSLADE / United Kingdom cristolgs@gmail.com
#106
I started painting 15 years ago whilst living in the Andulucian moun-â&#x20AC;? tains, producing surrealist and contemporary art . My new collec-â&#x20AC;? tion of 2010/11 I have tried to simplify the content and only using torn newspaper as my principal inspiration and bold acrylic colours, the characters more cartoon in their appearance outlined with a single line and colours denoting moods and space. A more naive, portrayal in simple form.
CHRISTOPHE FRASER / Switzerland www.christophefraser.com
#61
I want to show the people, a different way of seeing what is around them. This work is about light. The sunlight be-â&#x20AC;? ing in between the mountain chain and a layer of clouds which pushes the light down and makes it more intense, re-â&#x20AC;? Ă HFWLRQ RQ WKH FDOP ODNH ZDWHUV JLYHV D PLUURU DQVZHU WR WKH sky, while being different due to the slight water movements. I am passionate by light. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lake Geneva Sunrise 3â&#x20AC;?
DAMIAN CLARKE / Singapore www.damianclarkeart.co.uk
#199-â&#x20AC;? 201
I want to show the people, a different way of seeing what is around them. This work is about light. The sunlight be-â&#x20AC;? ing in between the mountain chain and a layer of clouds which pushes the light down and makes it more intense, re-â&#x20AC;? Ă HFWLRQ RQ WKH FDOP ODNH ZDWHUV JLYHV D PLUURU DQVZHU WR WKH sky, while being different due to the slight water movements. I am passionate by light. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dorset Paths of Desireâ&#x20AC;? 18
DAMILOLA OSHILAJA / United Kingdom www.grungestudios.com
#137
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DANICA O. KUS / Slovenia www.danicakus.com
#202
My photographic work is about architecture as space, as poetry,â&#x20AC;Ś. I am interested in investigating the unique identity of space in or-â&#x20AC;? der to reveal its character, the depth of insight. My inspiration derives from contradictions, rhythm, darkness, light, structures, material, â&#x20AC;Ś I try to explore the symbolic meaning of constructed forms and cre-â&#x20AC;? ate a spatial ambiguity, an imaginary space. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Untitled 5â&#x20AC;? from the Series Stairs
DANIEL LOBER PAZ / Italy www.daniellober.com
#20
Born in Italy and raised between the USA and Israel, Daniel is an elegant, mysterious and enigmatic artist. Through his deeply intro-â&#x20AC;? spective images that enchant in their sublime state of disrepair to a certainty of immortality, using different formats and photograph-â&#x20AC;? ic media as well as sculptures and installations. Little or nothing is left to chance. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;weighted randomnessâ&#x20AC;? characterizes all the works LQ ZKLFK 'DQLHO UHSUHVHQWV D VWURQJ HPRWLRQ DOZD\V ZHOO GHĂ&#x20AC;QHG
DEAN ILDEFONSE / France dean@artyisgood.com
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(YHU\WKLQJ VWDUWV ZLWK WKH SUHPLVH RI P\ Ă&#x20AC;UVW ORYHV PLVVHG An inability to express my feelings, sinceâ&#x20AC;Ś My works turn around HEARTBEAT feeling. I watch, dissect LIFE, mine and others. 0\ HYHQWIXO \RXWK ZDV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG RI GUHDP KRSH GHFHSWLRQ JUHHGL-â&#x20AC;? ness. My heartbeat youth x-â&#x20AC;?perience was too strong to my heart. I need to express myself, a thing i couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do before. So, words are deliciously important in my work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just In Caseâ&#x20AC;?
DENNIS VERBEKE / The Netherlands www.dennisverbeke.com
#78
Everything around me is tension, attraction and repulsion. I prefer to work with these energies for they provide a challenge for my-â&#x20AC;? VHOI DQG WKH YLHZHU 2QFH D ERXQGDU\ LV FURVVHG LW UHORFDWHV LWVHOI and needs to be examined again. My work explores multiple media and is eclectic by nature. It might be recognisable by its tangible discommode or its excessive adoration for the Happily Ever After.
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DINEKE BUS / The Netherlands www.dinekebus.nl
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DUUF KLEYN / The Netherlands http://duufdewaard.nl
#159
Ik ben een veelzijdig kunstenares,die grensverleggend werkt, en de toeschouwer wil prikkelen,om de diepte in mijn werk te beleven, Ik werk met pigmenten,en door de toevoeging van natuurlijke substanties, wordt het resultaat een kleurrijk en uniek geheel. Ik ben docent beeldende vorming, en tevens ontwerpster van decors en kleding.
DYGORO SASAKI / Japan www.dygorosasaki.com
#121
Dygoro Sasaki is a London based visual artist and photographer, born in Japan. His work shows â&#x20AC;&#x153;The effect of distorted and false memories on re-â&#x20AC;? DOLW\Âľ ZKLFK DUH SRVLWHG RQ WKH QRWLRQ RI ERXQGDULHV Ă&#x20AC;FWLRQ SDUD-â&#x20AC;? dox and reconstruction, together with changes in appearance and the cyclical relationship between birth & death, growth & decay and creation & destruction. It is about â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Message of Mess-â&#x20AC;?Ageâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cicada Shellâ&#x20AC;?
EELCO JONGMA / The Netherlands www.eelcojongma.nl
#150
These 5 images are from a larger series called: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Close to Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; They emerged in the Hortus Botanicus of Leiden and Berlin. The intent ZDV WR WUDQVIRUP SODQWV Ă RZHUV LQWR VRPHWLPHV DEVWUDFW VWLOOHG monumental objects. They are isolated from their surroundings by XVLQJ D PDFUR OHQV FRPELQHG ZLWK Ă DVK 7KH Ă&#x20AC;QLVKLQJ RII DUH 3OH[ prints (1mm perspex + 3mm dibond) wich give vibrant and crisp images. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Close To Nature 3â&#x20AC;?
EKATERINA KRUCHKOVA / Russia www.ekaterinakruchkova.com
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ELENA VERA SOLODOVNIKOVA / Latvia www.elenaverasolodovnikova.com
#G11
I want to illustrate what the earth will look like when human beings disappear, and only animals are left. New era will begin, the time when animals were raised to the rank of the gods will return, as in ancient times, during which animals played a cen-â&#x20AC;? tral role in the religious beliefs and myths of pagan, a time in which it was believed that they possessed supernatural powers.
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ELISABET PERSSON / Sweden www.elisabetpersson.se
#60
I collect impressions and communicate feelings. I am a painter. I also work with graphics, glass and enamel. I am affected by my immediate surroundings. I am affected by events taking place throughout the world. , ZDQW WR Ă&#x20AC;QG HOHPHQWV RI OLJKW LQ JOREDO SUREOHPV DQG SHUVRQDO GLI-â&#x20AC;? Ă&#x20AC;FXOWLHV , VHHN WR FRQYH\ ZDUPWK DQG ZHOO EHLQJ WKURXJK P\ ZRUN I want to bring joy to the beholder of my work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full of energyâ&#x20AC;?
ELISE KLOPPERS / The Netherlands www.elisekloppers.com
#97
The layered objects of Elise Kloppers grow spontaneously during the process or are developed from a concept. The materials she makes by herself and works with, inspires her. To-â&#x20AC;? gether with her handmade paper she used: industrial paper, postal ODEHOV Ă HHFH SODVWLFV WH[WLOH PHWDO DQG ZRRG 9HU\ VSHFLDO LV KHU own idea and technique about free stitching on layered paper with the stitching machine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feathererâ&#x20AC;?
ELLEN STAPLETON / Australia www.ellenstapletonart.com
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Internationally renowned, award winning artist Ellen Stapleton creates colourful and exciting artwork. Specialising in both paint-â&#x20AC;? ing and digital art, she creates elaborate scenes of a vibrant Utopia full of beauty, energy and creation. Her art has been featured in museums, galleries and public spaces around the world and she re-â&#x20AC;? cently won the award for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Best Artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Barcelona Showcase Exhibitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in Gaudiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architectural masterpiece â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Casa Batlloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flamingo Sunriseâ&#x20AC;?
ELLEN TEN KATE / The Netherlands ellen-â&#x20AC;?ten-â&#x20AC;?kate@hotmail.com
#76-â&#x20AC;?77
I paint for about 8 years and I like to make portraits of jazz and blues artists. My work is full of colours in a expressive style. After several years of study at the art school now i have time to paint again. My website is under construction.
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ERIK-â&#x20AC;?JAN KRUYSSEN / The Netherlands www.Erik-â&#x20AC;?Jan-â&#x20AC;?Kruyssen.nl
#50
I was born in 1975. I live and work in Amsterdam-â&#x20AC;?Zuidoost. I have been drawing and painting all my life, developing my own and di-â&#x20AC;? verse style. I get my inspiration in meeting people. You can recog-â&#x20AC;? nize in them emotions and facts of life in a nonrealistic way. You can see in them, whatever you want ...
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EWA WILCZYNSKI / United Kingdom www.ewa-â&#x20AC;?wilczynski.blogspot.co.uk
#46
Ewa Wilczynskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s line of inquiry involves structures of different ways of seeing and what is in-â&#x20AC;?between them. What separates a binary of appearances and how does it affect their relationship? In The Truth in Painting, Derrida referred to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hymen which will draw it into undecidability will not be unrelatedâ&#x20AC;?. Wilczyn-â&#x20AC;? ski correlates the properties of Derridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hymen, and the prop-â&#x20AC;? erties of a contact lens: both membranes create. Dichotomies.
FLEUR LE GROS ¡ LITTLE FAITH / The Netherlands www.littlefaith.nl
#105
Fleur Le Gros was born in 1989. She wanted to record all the beau-â&#x20AC;? tifull things she saw and witnessed. For Fleur it is essential that her photos are emotional, mysterious and elegant. She wants to invite you on a journey to the experience of the photo.
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FLEUR VAN WAAIJ / The Netherlands Ă HXUYDQZDDLM#]LJJR QO
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Colourful and monumental. Monumental canvasses with acrylic, powerful paintings with big colourful strokes. Dynamics with a beautiful colorite are typical characteristics, her own style is recognizable in each work of art. The paintings catch the attention by the exuberant and daring use of colours. A celebration of colours. Exhibitions in several coun-â&#x20AC;? tries.
FLORRY VYTH-â&#x20AC;?DREESE / The Netherlands www.immuno-â&#x20AC;?art.nl
#132
Immuno-â&#x20AC;?art-â&#x20AC;? an emotional experience! Immuno-â&#x20AC;?art is art from sci-â&#x20AC;? ence showing wonderful pictures of immune cells in action. Immu-â&#x20AC;? no-â&#x20AC;?art is used to raise funds to support development of new cancer WKHUDSLHV LQ WKH $PVWHUGDP 1., $9/ &DQFHU &HQWUH %X\ LPPXQR art to become owner of unique art and to support medical progress! Crowd funding donations are also welcome, go to www.immuno-â&#x20AC;? DUW QO FOLFN RQ 'RQDWLQJ DQG FOLFN RQ DFWLRQ SDJH RI 1., $9/ )XQG â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grandioseâ&#x20AC;? 22
FREDO NIEUWENHUIS / Almelo www.fredonieuwenhuis.com
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Wander and wonder.
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The objective of my research is to question the logic of the real-â&#x20AC;? ity of space, and with that point to the notion about a different reality. By dismantling the layers of a visual work of art I want to place the attention to the way it exists in, how do relations inside it function and highlight the drawing as its essence.
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GINA GERRITSEN / The Netherlands www.ginagerritsen.nl
#142
Look. Looking seems obvious. But looking is a form of art. Watch well. Watch differently. What you see, could be you. Look. And then judge. Kijk. Kijken lijkt vanzelfsprekend. Maar kijken is een kunst. Kijk goed. Kijk anders. Wat je ziet kun je zelf zijn. Kijk. En oordeel dan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Detail in magentaâ&#x20AC;?
GISELLE SOHM / Germany www.modsandart.com
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%RUQ DQG UDLVHG LQ *HUPDQ\ 0V 62+0 ZRUNHG IRU \HDUV LQ 3DULV with the Yugoslavian sculptor Davi. She then moved to Monte Carlo where she worked with the Colombian Artist Milthon. Her bronze sculptures evoke human bodies in its ambivalence. 6KH VWDUWHG H[KLELWLQJ LQ DQG ZRQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW DZDUG LQ DQ $UW Competition in 2009 in Cannes France.
GIULIO GOMES / The Netherlands iulio_gomes@hotmail.com
#57
The paintings I make are colorful but I try to leave empty spaces so the viewer can give its own twist to it. In this way the concept of the painting gets transferred to the view-â&#x20AC;? er but everybody experiences it in their own way. If I should describe my art in a few words it would be â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;spunkyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;uniqueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.
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GĂ&#x153;LTEKIN BILGE / Cyprus www.gultekinbilge.com
#32-â&#x20AC;?34
Power and powerlessness are major themes running through my work. These concepts resonate deeply within me due to my life experiences. I paint to express my emotions about how power is manipulated in many different ways. Many of my artworks express a personal story of powerlessness but they are also metaphors for events and behaviours in the wider social, cultural and political sphere. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Uncertain Futureâ&#x20AC;?
GUS / The Netherlands www.facebook.com/gusprojects
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GUS creates beautifully large displays of some of the worlds most LFRQLF Ă&#x20AC;JXUHV XVLQJ WKH OHDWKHU FRPLQJ IURP WKH OHDWKHU IDFWRU\ KHU great-â&#x20AC;?grandfather founded in 1906.
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HANNAH HARDY / United Kingdom www.hannahhardyart.com
#102
Colourful and subdued, humorous and pensive, the innovative works of Hannah Hardy tread a fantastic line. Her tender and dy-â&#x20AC;? namic work explores the magical and natural phenomena. Using visual narrative Hannah creates an interesting coding within her abstracts. Painting using a language which is both intrinsic and uni-â&#x20AC;? versal, Hannah explores the duality of senses between the fragile and the bold which feeds into her prize winning innovative work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Calm in the carnival paradeâ&#x20AC;?
HELEEN MOS / The Netherlands www.heleenmos.com
#197-â&#x20AC;? 198
Heleen Mos tacks in her paintings between what seems essential to cloudless skies always sweeping landscapes. The intense colors pull the viewer into the painting. Getting lost in an open world provides no punishment there is space to formalize your own thoughts. She sends you to the atmosphere of her work but would never wants to force you. This makes the work exciting and particular. ´9HQVWHU $EVWUDFW ¾
HENK VEEN / The Netherlands www.henkveen.nl
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IAN SMART / United Kingdom www.ian-‐smart.com
#G11
The central concern in my practice is ‘Restraint’. I use notions of repetition and meditation throughout aspects of my paintings to create hypnotic and sometimes cold, mechanical surfaces. There are always naturally occurring imperfections. ‘Where the bounda-‐ ries of control end, we move past into the unknown.’ I try to ex-‐ plore this notion throughout my work.
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ILZE KALVANE / Latvia www.ilzekalvane.com
#145
It is snowing in Sahara while peacocks are dancing in Arctic. Wel-‐ come to the world of my art! I am fascinated and inspired by every component of the Universe. This fascination is the source of my passion to paint what I see and feel and what my imagination tells. My goal as an artist is to take You to the journey beyond the hori-‐ zon-‐look, enjoy, dream, imagine, think, be curious! “Polar Sahara”
IMMA MERINO / Spain www.imerino.nl
#140
When Imma Merino was a child, she discovered art as a way to express herself. She passed her childhood and youth studying and becoming perfect in an art form which offers her a way of express-‐ ing all the love she feels for every living thing, and the opportunity of analysing the spirituality and beauty of what surrounds her. Usually she says: “I dream about painting and when I do not paint I feel I am wasting my time”. “Un pensament per ell”
INGE VAN AALST / The Netherlands www.artinge.nl
#149
Inge van Aalst schildert met acrylverf en maakt gebruik van marmer poeder, karton of papier om diepte in haar werken te creëren. Inge werkt laag over laag, dit is een heel proces die ze aangaat met het materiaal en met haarzelf. Ze wil wat verborgen is in haar zichtbaar maken met haar kunstwerken. “Kunst laat je dingen zien, voelen en denken” dit is wat Inge wil bereiken met haar schilderijen. “Communicatie”
INGRID SOLESVIK / Norway http://solesvik.com
#146
I feel related to the abstract expressive style using a visual lan-‐ guage of form, color and line to create a composition. I work from a subjective perspective, to evoke moods or ideas to express meaning or emotional experience. I begin my works out of intuition. I play with color and form, quite fast in the beginning and slower towards the end getting into a rhythm with music as my companion.
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The most dominant techniques that I use are acrylic and oil paint on FDQYDV FRPELQHG ZLWK FKDUFRDO DQG YDULRXV SDLQW Ă&#x20AC;OOHUV WKDW SUR-â&#x20AC;? duce exciting textures. I enjoy working with large scale canvases. 3DLQWLQJV DUH LQVSLUHG E\ VSHFLĂ&#x20AC;F LPSUHVVLRQV IURP HYHU\GD\ OLIH Memory and remembrance are primary sources of information for the inception of a painting. Later on in the creative process I rely on Intuition to complete the work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Man with a Pearl Earringâ&#x20AC;?
JAAP SNIJDER / The Netherlands www.jaapsnijder.com
#94
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JAAPKORE / Mexico www.jaapkore.com
#56
Jaapkore is a Multimedia Art Environment founded in Mexico City by Harriet Payer Anderss and Jorge Esquivelzeta in the Year 2007, developing an original and unique way of creating art in music or sound, photomontage, video and poetry. Jaapkore has as a constant aim to strive beyond clichĂŠs and mainstream wasted shapes and ZD\V RI FUHDWLQJ DUW :H GRQ¡W EHOLHYH LQ Ă&#x20AC;WWLQJ RU FRS\LQJ WR FUH-â&#x20AC;? ate and Be. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digital Grassâ&#x20AC;?
JACK SAWBRIDGE / United Kingdom http://jacksawbridgearchitecture.com
#S5
I make ornate objects that are designed as Geometric Experiments. I set twisting timber shapes against the straight line geometries of Piano strings. The strings can be played and tuned. The Gonio-â&#x20AC;? metric Devices also contain blow molded glass vessels that are con-â&#x20AC;? nected to the tuning systems.
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JAN VAN WELL / The Netherlands www.janvanwell.nl
#208
De indruk dat schilderen hem met schijnbaar gemak afgaat pleit voor zijn artistieke kwaliteiten. De dynamiek en spontaniteit in zijn werk zijn ogenschijnlijk van-â&#x20AC;? zelfsprekend. Waar het vooral om gaat is dat hij een even trefzekere als voortref-â&#x20AC;? felijke vertaalslag maakt van zijn inspiratiebronnen naar de schil-â&#x20AC;? derkunst als een op zichzelf staand fenomeen.
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JANI / Germany www.janiart.org
#53
The concrete, repetitive nature of his work frees his imagination DQG SURYLGHV PDQ\ RSSRUWXQLWLHV IRU DFFLGHQW DQG JUDFH WR LQÁX-‐ HQFH WKH ÀQLVKHG SURGXFW +LV SDLQWLQJV VWDUW LQ RQH FRUQHU DQG ZKR knows where they will end, same as our lives. Starting in one place can lead you to another in no time, but this can be accompanied by the patterns of life, colorful or shaded, good or bad.
“Controlled chaos”
JESSICA MARIA MANLEY / USA www.behance.net/JessicaMariaManley
#G11
I began my photographic journey into my sisters life seven years DJR , ZDV H[SHULHQFLQJ IRU WKH ÀUVW WLPH KRZ D FKLOG JURZV XS and was documenting these moments through photographs. This ZDV WKH ÀUVW WLPH , ZLWQHVVHG WKH FKDQJHV WKDW DQ LQGLYLGXDO JRHV through as they mature and develop into the person that they are to become.
JIE SU / China Jeffsu03@yahoo.com.cn
JOËLLE CABANNE / Switzerland www.joellecabanne.com
#116
#49
Through different viewpoints sometimes realistic or not, the artist invites us on a sidewalk. With subjective and personal feelings, cho-‐ sen territories become revisited landscapes. Result is abstract but never completely, territory is much more sensitive than descrip-‐ tive: sea is suggested with rate and wave, mountain with composi-‐ tion and shape, town with repetition and verticality, suburbs with void and emptiness. The landscape as a personal and subjective ... “City Wok”
JOHAN WAHLSTROM / Sweden www.johanwahlstrom.com I I I I I I I
paint paint paint paint paint paint paint
#54
to keep myself insane. anxiety to be calm. war to have peace. sadness to be happy. the dark to be in the light. death to be alive. a story so that I don’t have to tell a story.
“Give Us Something Real” 27
JORGE GUIRO / Spain www.guirophoto.com
#180
Guiro : all rights reserved
“Anonymous Society”
JULIA ABELE / Germany www.julia-‐abele.de
#134
)LJXUDWLYH DUWLVW ZLWK VSHFLDO LQWHUHVW LQ SDLQWLQJ WKH KXPDQ ÀJXUH and urban life. I like images that stir up nostalgic feelings like quiet places in big cities, contemplating people or deserted childhood places. I use paintings almost like photographs, trying to capture a small moment and make it permanent.
“Constitución”
JULIA EVERETT / United Kingdom www.juliaeverettgallery.co.uk
#205
Julia Everett is an expressive abstract landscape painter based by the river in London. Her use of vivid colours, blended and layered, produce vibrant and ethereal oil paintings. Julia paints from mem-‐ ory rather than life while listening to music, aiming to evoke her H[SHULHQFH RI WLPH DQG SODFH 0XVLF LV D VWURQJ LQÁXHQFH RQ WKH ÀQLVKHG ZRUN DQG PDQ\ RI KHU SDLQWLQJV DUH QDPHG IURP VRQJV “Before the Dawn”
JULIA GAJEWSKA / Poland www.juliagajewska.com
#179
My work captures moments of tranquillity, invoking both the banal-‐ ity and the profundity of the passing of each day. I’m intrigued by the second side of reality and its hidden character. Many of my paintings are landscapes, somewhat abstract, with a QXPEHU KDUNLQJ EDFN WR WKH VFHQHV RI P\ FKLOGKRRG LQ 3RODQG 2E-‐ jects and land have memories, they have a life, there is something poetic and mysterious about them. “Lake”
JULIEN NIVERD / France http://abraman.fr
#183
My work captures moments of tranquillity, invoking both the banal-‐ ity and the profundity of the passing of each day. I’m intrigued by the second side of reality and its hidden character. Many of my paintings are landscapes, somewhat abstract, with a QXPEHU KDUNLQJ EDFN WR WKH VFHQHV RI P\ FKLOGKRRG LQ 3RODQG 2E-‐ jects and land have memories, they have a life, there is something poetic and mysterious about them.
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KATARIN A. PARIZEK / USA
#139
kap5@psu.edu
3000 Miles of Acid Mine Drainage in My Backyard is a group of abstract images of water pollution, which were taken in Central Pennsylvania. These images have been shown in London England and been juried into 8 exhibitions in the US. Diana Stroll, Sen-â&#x20AC;? ior Editor of Aperture Magazine wrote about them. They have won honourable mention awards in the PX-â&#x20AC;?3 (2011) and the IPA (2012) sister organization of Lucie Awards. â&#x20AC;&#x153;3000 Miles of Acid Mine Drainage in My Backyardâ&#x20AC;?
KATERINA ASLANIDOU / Greece
#176
www.katerinaaslanidou.gr
´*DUGHQV HQWHU URRPV VPDOO URRPV Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK V\PEROV DQG FRQQR-â&#x20AC;? tations . Everything is being noted instantly. Facades become Floor-â&#x20AC;? plans. Athenian buildingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Facades throw their shadow and their V\PPHWU\ RQ WKH VWUHHW +XPDQ Ă&#x20AC;JXUHV DUH KDOI KLGGHQ EHKLQG H[-â&#x20AC;? otic plants. The Inside becomes outside and the weaving continues.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exotic Geometriesâ&#x20AC;?
KATERINA BODRUNOVA / Russia
#39
www.theoryofcolour.com
,Q DOO P\ SLFWXUHV WKHUH LV D EXUVWLQJ VHQVH RI UREXVW Ă XLG PRWLRQ but also the unmistakable sensation of being trapped in place: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kinetic at war with (or perhaps in concert with?) the static. The result is a stupendous visual, emotional, and physical state of high dramatic tension.
KERSTIN KLEIN / Germany
#14
www.365skulls.com â&#x20AC;&#x153;My life is a dot lost among a million other dotsâ&#x20AC;? -â&#x20AC;? Yayoi Kusama
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Frog Skeletonâ&#x20AC;?
KOEN WILGEHOF / The Netherlands www.koenwilgehof.nl
#82-â&#x20AC;?84
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Het ontstaan van een schilderij is een verrassend en magisch pro-â&#x20AC;? ces. Ieder schilderij begint met een leeg doek, een sprong in het diepe en de eeuwige twijfel. Maar na een heftig spel met kleur, verf en mijzelf, is er telkens weer een verrassende uitkomst. De verwondering...â&#x20AC;?
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KRISTINA ROMACHKAN / USA www.romachkanarts.com
#71-â&#x20AC;?72
I am a self-â&#x20AC;?taught painter. I paint canvas, cars, all kinds of ob-â&#x20AC;? jects, walls...I experiment with different materials, techniques and forms. I paint through my feelings and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always present. Creativity is just a part of my daily life, its a given, not a choice. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve hold exhibitions in the United States and Europe. Currently I am working with galleries in Holland and France. I also do live painting upon request.
LENI SMORAGDOVA / Russia www.smoragdova.com
#6
Biography Quick Facts NAME: Leni Smoragdova 2&&83$7,21 3DLQWHU )LOPPDNHU :ULWHU BIRTH DATE: November 10, 1983 ('8&$7,21 7KH 6PROHQVN¡V 8QLYHUVLW\ LQ 58 7KH 8QLYHUVLW\ RI the Art in London 3/$&( 2) %,57+ +HDYHQ â&#x20AC;&#x153;When a coat goes out it never forgets to try on a new manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bodyâ&#x20AC;?
LAUREN JAY WONDRA / USA ODXUHQ#ZRQGUDĂ&#x20AC;QHDUW FRP
#29-â&#x20AC;?31
Lauren Jay Wondra is a highly acclaimed London-â&#x20AC;?based artist with a loyal international fanbase. As a 2012 Escapist international art contest winner and new representative of the Escapist art move-â&#x20AC;? ment, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently producing some of the most pivotal paintings in her art career to-â&#x20AC;?date. With more than 10 solo shows in London XQGHU KHU EHOW KHU ZRUN FRQWLQXHV WR Ă DXQW WKH FXELVW IRUP RI Pablo Picasso with the bold and vivacious colour ... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Michellaâ&#x20AC;?
LEON BOSBOOM / The Netherlands www.leonbosboom.nl
#52
Leon worked for over 30 years as a packaging designer and started his own design agency: BrandNew Design. He worked for national and international brands in food and non-â&#x20AC;?food. In 2008 Leon decided to start a new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;careerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; making his own au-â&#x20AC;? tonomous art. Leon has a passion for Spanish bulls; their strength, dynamics and mythology. The combination of Epoxyhars and the bull makes his work expressed powerful, colourful and dynamic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bullâ&#x20AC;?
LILY GREENWOOD / United Kingdom mail@lilygreenwood.com
#118
In 2006, Lily Greenwood became a tenant at Manchester Craft & Design Centre, where work is made and sold in combined studio DQG UHWDLO VSDFH 3XUVXLQJ SDLQWLQJ /LO\¡V ZRUN UHĂ HFWV D ORYH RI nature, instilled from an early age. Subject matter is usually birds, Ă RZHUV RU PRVW IUHTXHQWO\ EXWWHUĂ LHV /LO\¡V ZRUN LV RIWHQ RULHQ-â&#x20AC;? WDO LQ VW\OH EHLQJ JUHDWO\ LQĂ XHQFHG E\ HLJKWHHQWK FHQWXU\ SULQW-â&#x20AC;? makers such as Hokusai and Hiroshige, and Japanese kimono design. ´%OXH %XWWHUĂ LHVÂľ 30
LJUDMILA VODOPIC / Bosnien & Hercegovina www.ljudmila.dk
#27-‐28
0\ ZRUN LV QRW EDVHG RQ VSHFLÀF JHQUH DQG , DFW LPSXOVLYHO\ ZKLOH FUHDWLQJ DUW ZLWKRXW EHLQJ VLWXDWHG PHQWDOO\ LQ ÀUP GHYHORSPHQW plans. I work with oil,paper,acrylic,charcoal,tush -‐ all materials that catches my curiosity. I love the color compositions on large canvases, love the colors that meet and merge,leaving its border into his own imaginative word. Art is a motion which follows the human been throughout the entire development process. “Flagon”
LOES VAN DER HOLST / The Netherlands http://loesvanderholst.kunstinzicht.nl
#95
My work is truly mixed-‐media. I use watercolor crayon, acrylics, East Indian ink, rolled gold, ground shells, sand, pencil shavings and decoration paints to express myself on canvas. My topics are as diverse as life itself. I love combining histories, events and images which fascinate me, into poetic, contemporary stories.
“La Chute (the fall)”
LUCIËNNE SMIT / The Netherlands www.luciennesmit.nl
#147
Dutch artist Luciënne Smit studied from 1990-‐1995 Fine Arts at Ac. St. Joost, Breda, the Netherlands. In her work 2 themes are rep-‐ resented; reminiscence and transience. Reminiscence of the many travels she has made, and transience in the form of traces that humans has left behind in time, at any way. She tries to capture the essence of what made an impression in the countries which she has visited. “Madison Av.”
LUCY KIRK / United Kingdom www.lucy-‐kirk.co.uk
#S10
Although trained in illustration I would best describe myself as an illustrator/model maker/farmer’s daughter. I grew up on a farm in Nottingham and my work is primarily based on my childhood experiences and the interactions of animal and humans, often with notions of dark humour. Lucy’s work explores 2D such as ink drawings through to ceramic ÀJXUHV DQG FOD\ PRGHOV “I’m not frenzy with you no more”
MAARTJE MEERMAN / The Netherlands www.maartjemeerman.nl
#1-‐3
0\ SDLQWLQJV DQG GUDZLQJV DUH ÀJXUDWLYH 2IWHQ WKH\ KDYH D GRXEOH load: the integral theme of my work is ‘Nothing is what it seems to be.’ I try to depict the tension between what is visible and what is really going on.
“Equilibrium II+” 31
MALOU NAHUYS / The Netherlands www.expoamsterdam.nl
#187
Nature is an important source of inspiration for Malou Nahuys. In DQ DEVWUDFW ZD\ EXW GHĂ&#x20AC;QLWHO\ UHFRJQL]DEOH VKH SDLQWV DLU ZDWHU PRXQWDLQV Ă RZHUV VQRZ YHJHWDWLRQ SODLQV VORSHV SODQHWV DQG shores. Abstract, architecturally elements, may suddenly appear in the rough, wild nature and half-â&#x20AC;?readable texts may be part of the WRWDO LPDJH 7KRXVDQGV RI OLWWOH HOHPHQWV DUH Ă \LQJ DQG FLUFOLQJ around on the canvas and form a unity together ...
MANJA JORDANS / The Netherlands m.jordans@planet.nl
#98
I try to use colours as if they are words who make a poem, as if the are notes which make a melody. Says : Joan MirĂł.
MANUELA CAPRARO ANALEUTA / Italy www.manuelacapraro.weebly.com
#203
0\ 0DLQ 2EMHFWLYH LV WR EH DEOH WR JHW LQWR (PRWLRQV %HDXWLIXO Bad, Aware and Unaware I try to make an analysis of myself every time I start a new work if I can concentrate well on Emotion rising then the objective comes to life. The emphasis that I put into my work is to make an extensive search of the essence of things.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nothing is at The Endâ&#x20AC;?
MARCEL BASTIAANS / The Netherlands www.marcelbastiaans.com â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;You are the best in what you love to do the most. Life is amazing DQG HYHU\WKLQJ LV SRVVLEOH¡ 81,9(56(
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Beachâ&#x20AC;?
MARIA SLOVAKOVA / Czechoslovakia www.maria-â&#x20AC;?slovakova.net
#204
Maria Slovakova runs a multimedia label Peace&Cookies based in London and has since her early age, exhibited artwork worldwide. She works in vector, paints acrylic on canvas and wood, often cre-â&#x20AC;? ates large scale murals and installations. She is a co-â&#x20AC;?creator of iP-â&#x20AC;? hone/iPad/iPod Touch app MelvinTiles and can be frequently seen and heard as a performance poet too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lettieâ&#x20AC;? 32
MARIANA CANET / Brazil www.marianacanet.com
#123
0DULDQD &DQHW¡V SKRWRJUDSKV UHĂ HFW DQG UHIUDFW WKH UHDOLW\ 7KH light waves bend as they pass into different mediums in which the energy travels at a distinct speed, causing refraction. In her photos WKH UHDO LV UHĂ HFWHG DQG DW WKH VDPH WLPH UHSURGXFHG GLVWRUWHG and folded back on itself. This is how Mariana Canet can portray in each of the photos the different forms of reality, as the real GLYHUVLĂ&#x20AC;HV LWVHOI ´5HĂ HFWLRQÂľ
MARIANO GANA / Italy mgana1153@yahoo.co.uk
#136
Born in Sardinia (Italy) on 1953. Self-â&#x20AC;?taught,my art, mix of inspira-â&#x20AC;? tional sources from mine travel across the world. Informal painting, UHVRQDWHV ZLWK D SURIRQG VHQVH RI V\PEROLVP UHĂ HFWLQJ DQ HWHUQDO universal message. Movement of strong lines,revealed an exciting non-â&#x20AC;?objective compelling tonal combinations. My oeuvre conveys joie de vivre and positive energy,with the wonderment of life. The Artworks of Kandinsky, Gorky, Pollock, Miroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, Tamayo and ... ´(WKQLFDO *UDIĂ&#x20AC;WL Âľ
MARIE KEH / The Netherlands www.marie-â&#x20AC;?keh.com
#129
Works on cotton and linen. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I believe that nothing can be more abstract, more unreal than what we actually seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Georgio Morandi. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lightstruckâ&#x20AC;?
MARIUM AGHA / Pakistan www.mariumagha.com
#16
Through my work I am interested in understanding appropriate sexuality, and the representation/abuse of the sexes within it, the representation of the external sex organs and the acceptably of the social gaze to go one way, hence contaminating the seeing that it invites. The work is just a chimera of representation and not of suspect realism. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bread of Shameâ&#x20AC;?
MARJA VERMEIJ / The Netherlands www.marjavermeij.nl
#80-â&#x20AC;?81
My paintings are poems which are telling a story in images. When , EHJLQ LW FKDQJHV DOO WKURXJK WKH SURFHV WLOO LW Ă&#x20AC;QDOO\ VD\V ZKDW , wanted to tell.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Awakeningâ&#x20AC;? 33
MARSHA METSELAAR / The Netherlands www.marshametselaar.nl
#S2
0\ Ă&#x20AC;JXUDWLYH VFXOSWXUHV DUH PDGH RXW RI FHUDPLFV WH[WLOH DQG other materials. The stories theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re telling are based on memo-â&#x20AC;? ries, dreams, fairy-â&#x20AC;?tales and everyday impressions, transformed into another story and shape. Characters en props are put together into small misses en scene. Having the size and looks of toys, they soften and dulcify grand themes like death and love, with a poetic, humorous or endearing feeling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Busâ&#x20AC;?
MART VAN DONGEN / The Netherlands http://martvandongen.com/
#91-â&#x20AC;?92
I like to retreat to the attic, drink a glass or two and let my emo-â&#x20AC;? WLRQV Ă RZ WKURZ NLFN DQG VWULNH 8VLQJ WKH SXWW\ NQLIH RU DFU\OLF straight from the jar. As I work through emotions, I like to work ELJ $ SDLQWLQJ LV GRQH ZKHQ , IHHO VDWLVĂ&#x20AC;HG 6RPH SDLQWLQJV GLH WR be revived later. There is no boundaries or voices of teachers cause Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never been taught. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just mart. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Chestâ&#x20AC;?
MARTA MALHEIRO / Portugal http://cargocollective.com/malheira
#178
Having studied Design in Aveiro, Portugal, I learned the basics of graphic design but only realized that I wanted to be an Illustrator after studying Art and Education in Leipzig, Germany. I am now based in London, where I have recently completed my Master de-â&#x20AC;? gree in Illustration. Taking photos with my dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s old camera is one of my passions and I very much enjoy drawing rough, rude faces. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Person You Love Is 72.8% Waterâ&#x20AC;?
MARTA ROVATTI STUDIHRAD / Italy www.martarovattistudihrad.com
#206
Water channels are for me metaphors of time and space; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m merg-â&#x20AC;? LQJ OD\HUV FRUUHVSRQGLQJ WR ZDWHU¡V TXDOLWLHV RI Ă XLGLW\ UHĂ HFWLYLW\ and transparency. My purpose is to place the viewer in a position where he does not understand on which side of the surface heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s standing, where he loses his references and free his imagination. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s crucial for me is the underlying emotion and the thoughts that arise from the photographs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Latent Content -â&#x20AC;? Untitled #7â&#x20AC;?
MARTIN VARHOLIK / Slovakia www.varho.eu
#172-â&#x20AC;? 174
0DUWLQ 9DUKROtN NQRZQ DV 9$5+2 LV QRW DQ DUWLVW ZLWK DFDGHPLF education. His current expression, which evolved naturally through the language of photography (and in the shade of architectonic op-â&#x20AC;? erational mode) appear to be honestly naive, in a childlike way. At the same time, they embrace all the features of a mature and well-â&#x20AC;?mastered visual expression of mixmedia. The deformed, large format prints of own photographs, new or not shown before ... ´/,12 (5525 ,,Âľ 34
MARTINA KOLLE / Germany kolle@art-‐for-‐more.com
#37
Every topic, the colours and composition of each single painting, are given to me in quiescence and are then transferred onto can-‐ vas. My oil on canvas paintings are compensators. The interplay of WKH REMHFWLYH DQG WKH QRQ²REMHFWLYH JHQHUDWHV WHQVLRQ <RX FDQ ÀQG patterns if you look for them, but the real importance lies in the disconnection of the painting from possible associations. ´9HUJHEXQJµ
MEERA STENFERT KROESE / The Netherlands www.meera.nl
#S6
The work of meera is sensitive and fragile which emphasizes the YXOQHUDELOLW\ RI WKH EURQ]H ÀJXUHV 1RWLFHDEOH LV DOVR WKH LQQRFHQFH and joyfulness you can sense from her sculptures. Her deepest in-‐ terest lies in that which passes to form. To touch the invisible bar-‐ rier between the manifest and un-‐manifest. Meera’s sculptures are mostly in bronze. Her ink paintings are inspired by Zen. In command she creates: portraits, grave-‐design, promotional gifts. “Dansing Girl”
MEIYAO CHOU / Taiwan http://www.foxenprincess.nl/
#112
I love a woman. She shines just like a star. I know that and everyone says so. They say that I do not deserve her. However, I dream about her at night. I miss her at my solitude mo-‐ ments. I feel that without her, my life would have no meaning. She is my dream, my creation, the life I want, the person I really am. “Prinsengracht”
MELANIE WINNING / United Kingdom ZZZ JUDIÀWLGXFN FR XN
#196
I like to feel I can step into my pictures, they are melodramatic scenes with a moral tale, inspired by the Dutch Masters of the 17th Century. I describe my work as photographic Illustration, I use all my skills in make up and as a painter to give the work a personal organic element. “Blue Print”
METIN TOPA / Turkey metin@metintopa.com
#141
Human behaviour is the inspiration of my works, either psychologi-‐ cally or socially. I try to capture a proud face, or the shape of a face someone wondering, crying and maybe offenced. Sometimes I am the subject of my paintings as someone else. An angry boy, a broken hearted young man, a guy crying for his dead friend ...To me, feel-‐ ings have no identity or age ...
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MILJA STUPAVSKI / The Netherlands www.mosaski.nl
#155
Mozaiek kunstwerken en sieraden.
MILLIE POPOVIC / United Kingdom www.milliepopovic.com
#114
Through balancing the ornamental and economical line found in suburban liminal spaces, my work focuses on restricted viewpoints. 7KURXJK GUDZLQJ Ă&#x20AC;OPPDNLQJ DQG ' PRGHOV , H[SORUH D QHJDWLQJ process where the internal restraint of the environment provides the parameters of the work. A combination of materials allows a VXEWOH XVH RI QDUUDWLYH LQ IDPLOLDU \HW UHĂ&#x20AC;QHG LPDJHU\ FRPPXQL-â&#x20AC;? cating a point of view on the suburban environment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Homesâ&#x20AC;?
MOHAMED BENHADJ / Algeria http://mohamedbenhadj.blogspot.com
#67-â&#x20AC;?68
The electric-â&#x20AC;?cables in our daily life are here or there as part of what we see. How amazing that those cables are running beside us everywhere we go. Even when we stop, they continue to some-â&#x20AC;? where as we never know where they will end, just like HUMAN-â&#x20AC;?LIFE good moments, bad moments that continue just as cables, Up-â&#x20AC;?and-â&#x20AC;? 'RZQ UXQQLQJ FRQWLQXDOO\ 7KH WUDIĂ&#x20AC;F OLJKWV PDNH WKH GHFLVLRQV IRU everyone about the actual present! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Final Destinationâ&#x20AC;?
MOURL FERRYMAN / United Kingdom www.mourlferryman.com
#122
Mourl Ferryman is a Manchester lass born to Jamaican parents. She exhibits nationally and internationally including Parallax Art Fair, /RQGRQ 8. %$5&(/21$ 6+2:&$6( &DVD %DWOOy 63$,1 DQG 3UD[LV Gallery in Singapore. Mourl is winner of a Departure Gallery Art Prize in 2011 and short listed from an international selection of artists for the Big Chill Art Trail in 2008. Her work is held in private collections throughout the UK. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Selfâ&#x20AC;? Portrait Series
NAN ZHANG SHAW / China www.nanzhangart.com
#115
Born and grew up in China, I studied medicine before moved to USA with my family. In Los Angeles, I rediscovered my early passion and love for art. For the moment, I live and work in London.
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NEBAHAT KARYAGDI / Turkey www.nebahatkaryagdi.com
#125
My paintings isn’t only actualizing my fantasies,dreams in authentic ([SUHVVLRQ RI DHVWKHWLF EXW DOVR UHÁHFWLQJ RXU RZQ FRPPRQ fantasies,childhood dreams in an alienated and isolated world. With genuine, warm keys i turns the art into plastic,genuine ex-‐ pressions. The warm key transitions in my art is like an answer to aesthetic sincerity that has been lost by the day at the valuing SRLQW RI KXPDQ FKLOG WUHHÀJXUH
NILLA’S PHOTOGRAPHY / Australia www.nillasphotography.com
#119
My natural desire to travel and photograph many parts of the world started over 20 years ago. I capture whatever strikes me at a pre-‐ cise moment but strive for images that etch in people’s minds, whether controversial or confronting. Capturing the essence of a candid moment is my passion. I hope you appreciate my work as a true and sometimes raw representation of reality. “Travel Photography”
NILWE / Belgium www.nilwe.com
#128
Raised in a Belgian family of photographers, Nilwe never had to look far for inspiration. After training in animation, she picked up her camera and travelled the world. Eventually settling in the LA art scene, she was taught by masters like Greg Gorman and Ken Merfeld. As a resident artist at the Santa Monica Art Studios, her work was featured in galleries throughout LA, NY, Atlanta and London. ´2QH 'D\µ
NINA BOOS / Germany www.ninaboosart.com
#100
I receive inspirations to my works from the small, mostly amusing occurrences from the “quite normal everyday life”.
“Amy”
NINA TOKHTAMAN VALETOVA / Russia www.valetova.info
#42
Metaphysical realism, visionary art , fantasy art represented in oil SDLQWLQJV DQG GLJLWDO DUW ZRUNV E\ 1LQD 7RNKWDPDQ 9DOHWRYD Experiments with color, composition and dimension make paintings enigmatic and paradoxical. Her works have philosophical depth . With imagination and meditation Nina uses as a student of Eastern philosophy of Zen the archetypes of the unconscious to the under-‐ standing of the universe multilateral thin. “Solar Wind” 37
NINI MARTINI / Germany info@ninimartini.com
#35
... Whatever!
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OLGA KVASSOVA / Russia www.oakart.eu
#192
I work with oil -â&#x20AC;? and acrylic techniques. Painting outdoors (en plein air) is important to me, because in my opinion, it not only give great inspiration to artists, but also helps to create vivacious, true-â&#x20AC;? to-â&#x20AC;?nature, but not photographic paintings. I consider it important not to blindly run with the modern trends, but to remain loyal to my personal and artistic preferences. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Springâ&#x20AC;?
OLIVIA BERGGREN / United Kingdom http://oliviaberggren.com
#135
I am my work, my work is ME -â&#x20AC;? in natural raw material, pure physi-â&#x20AC;? cal form, expressions of the soul. -â&#x20AC;? Exploring the beauty and con-â&#x20AC;? Ă LFW RI VFLHQFH DQG QDWXUH WKH SURFHVV RI HURVLRQ DQG DJH 0DWHUL-â&#x20AC;? als, what they can do and how far I can push them motivate me. I can push them as far as I want, Mother Nature permits room for manipulation of her original conception; The raw materials have WKH LQĂ XHQFH VWUHQJWK DQG SRZHU
OLIVIA KAPOOR / USA www.dollyink.com
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$UWLVW 2OLYLD .DSRRU HQMR\V XVLQJ YLYLG FRORUV LQ RUGHU WR FUHDWH out of the ordinary content. Her work has been recognized in cit-â&#x20AC;? ies such as Paris, New York, and soon to be L.A. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, painting is such an interesting way to convey information, I love it,â&#x20AC;? says Kapoor of her own work.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;Absinthe Minded Dreamsâ&#x20AC;?
OSCAR VAN GARDEREN / The Netherlands www.oscarvangarderen.nl
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PAUL NELSON-â&#x20AC;?ESCH / South Africa expeditionaryclub@gmail.com
#185
My designs, illustrations and artwork are inspired by everything around me and anything that interests me, from music, books, Ă&#x20AC;OPV SRS FXOWXUH SDFNDJLQJ DUFKLWHFWXUH DQG WHOHYLVLRQ , SUH-â&#x20AC;? fer obscure design references, where the viewer needs to think. I submerge myself in an idea and research until I know everything about that subject. Then I try to give the essence of that idea in my designs, illustrations and artwork. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Steady the Buffsâ&#x20AC;?
PETER VAN DE WIJNGAART / The Netherlands www.petervandewijngaart.com
#58
Peter van de Wijngaart is always on the lookout for remnants of hu-â&#x20AC;? man interaction. Among his works are nighttime pictures of rooms made out of trash in Amsterdam, dreamy images of roadside memo-â&#x20AC;? rials and vibrant pictures of life in New York (published in the book New York Minute). In his most recent project, Without Brushing My Hair, he presents intimate pictures of hair bands lost on the street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Without Brushing My Hairâ&#x20AC;?
PETRONELA DOSTALOVA / Slovakia http://petroneladostal.carbonmade.com
#107
7KH HDUO\ FROODJHV ZHUH IRFXVHG RQ Ă&#x20AC;JXUH ZKHUH WKH 'RPHVWLF 6H-â&#x20AC;? ries directed my work further into depictions of violent domestic environments. Here I was building domestic spaces out of war-â&#x20AC;?ar-â&#x20AC;? ticles and imagery and thus I achieved that a living area was com-â&#x20AC;? SOHWHO\ Ă&#x20AC;OOHG ZLWK FRQĂ LFW $IWHU FRPSOHWLQJ D FRXSOH RI SLHFHV IRU WKH 'RPHVWLF 6HULHV WKH Ă&#x20AC;JXUH KDYH UHWXUQHG LQWR WKH ZRUN â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Sitting Roomâ&#x20AC;?
PIETER BUIJS / The Netherlands www.artpeer.nl
#182
A painting says more than 1000 dots!
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PIETER SCHMITS / The Netherlands pieterschmits@planet.nl
#99
A person can be seen from different angles. Each changes the im-â&#x20AC;? age more or less. I paint some variations in order to compare them. None of them represents absolute truth. Together they may give a bit of a clue. The images are derived from everyday photographs. I mainly use thin paint which reacts to the underlayer. It behaves in an unpre-â&#x20AC;? dictable way, like the growing human body, marked, beautiful. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Perspectives I -â&#x20AC;? IIâ&#x20AC;? 39
PRECIOUS NESLO / The Netherlands zoprecious@live.nl
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Passionate,playful, powerful and diverse. These are the keywords that describe my work as well as my persona. (DFK SLHFH LV XQLTXH DQG LV D UHÁHFWLRQ RI ZKDW , VRPHWLPHV FDQ QRW explain in words. The beauty of life is that everyone has the power and freedom to create, so why not create paintings that speak for themselves. “You deserve the world”
RAMIYA LAKSHMAN / Sri Lanka www.ramiya-‐lakshman.blogspot.com
#55
I am a recent graduate of a Biochemistry BSc from Royal Holloway, University of London, and my style of painting greatly mirrors this combination of a methodical yet imaginative mind. As well as view-‐ ing my work from an Artists’ perspective, I have to occasionally decipher the meanings of the spontaneous pen detail in my pieces -‐ hence I can also step back to witness it as one of You. “I Am. Phase II”
RAYMOND VAN DEN BERG / The Netherlands www.rayberg.nl
#181
“De 4 Aardappeleters”
RENÉE TRNKOVA / Czech Republic www.reneegallery.net
#47
My work is inspired mainly by nature and its constantly changing colors and light, which I try to capture in oil and acrylics. Also my garden, to which I often refuge, is a never ending source of vivid inspiration. Painting for me represents inner freedom, is a passion, and a way to express the gratefulness for all the amazing beauty surrounding us. I live and work in Prague. “My Garden Just Before The Sun Goes Down”
RICK KEIJZER / The Netherlands www.keijzerrijk.nl
#162
Rick Keijzer’s works are about the transitory nature of materials, ideas and civilizations. Metal oxidation is used as a symbol for this process. Materials such as wax, silver and gold are used in the works to express the way in which people try to preserve everything.
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RIEN VĂ&#x2013;RGERS / The Netherlands riri@hetnet.nl
#19
Social conditions in the last decades caused my urge to express my involvement in them. Since 1980 I created a personal style of paint-â&#x20AC;? ing that suited the illustration of my subjects. My â&#x20AC;&#x153;mosaic-â&#x20AC;?styleâ&#x20AC;? has as yet not been imitated by any internation-â&#x20AC;? ally working artist, much to my regret . My purpose to enlighten the understanding of our common problems, I seek to use vivid colours and prefer to insert humour. ´2QFH XSRQ D WLPH WKHUH ZDV D IDFWRU\Âľ
RODERIK / The Netherlands www.roderik-â&#x20AC;?art.com
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Roderikâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portraits are known for their ability to capture the perfect likeness of the sitter, using a combination of brisk brush VWURNHV DQG D Ă&#x20AC;QH XVH RI FRORU +LV SUHIHUUHG PHGLXP LV RLO SDLQWHG on linen canvas or board, depending on the subject or preference of the client. He works from a traditional â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sittingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, photographs, or a combina-â&#x20AC;? tion of both. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Queen Beatrixâ&#x20AC;?
ROHAN SAMUEL / United Kingdom rohansamuel@hotmail.co.uk
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Rohanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; paintings isolate visual aspects used in his process-â&#x20AC;?based photography and from memory. Images and presences that in eve-â&#x20AC;? U\GD\ OLIH KH Ă&#x20AC;QGV DHVWKHWLFDOO\ LQWHUHVWLQJ UHĂ HFWLQJ WKH LPDJHU\ in abstract forms based around his fascination of colours and tex-â&#x20AC;? tures. Utilising these aspects Rohan creates abstract paintings of aesthetic beauty with a pungent atmosphere shrouded in the beau-â&#x20AC;? ty of colour and the inviting demeanour of texture ... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Black Series: Redâ&#x20AC;?
ROOS WESSELS / Utrecht http://cargocollective.com/rooswessels
#148
My interests are based in the Human Being. The human being, the human body and the way those two connect. Contact between dif-â&#x20AC;? ferent people, how do we react at each other? How does my body relate to your body and vice versa. But also physically, the relationship people have. When there is attraction between people. Mostly my work contains nude. Nudity helpes me to obey what i want to express. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Samenâ&#x20AC;?
SAHATARCH PITTARONG / Thailand http://sahatarch.com
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Sahatarch is Thai artist, Illustrator and Graphic Designer based in London and Thailand. He graduated from London College of Com-â&#x20AC;? munication in Illustration, Experimental Illustration and Digital Graphic. The style of his works is blending many types of arts and design that is full of color and details. His artworks are private and public collections from many collectors and have been published and shown in many countries all over the world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Empty boyâ&#x20AC;? 41
S. PORTER / United Kingdom http://kunstinzicht.nl
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As with nature people come in all shapes, colours and sizes and I OLNH WR KLJKOLJKW DQG UHĂ HFW WKLV LQ P\ DUW , OLNH WR XVH EROG FRORXUV and shapes to emphasize the environment around me.
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SAM SHENDI / Egypt www.samshendi.co.uk
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Egyptian born sculptor Sam Shendiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work explores the relation-â&#x20AC;? ship between vertical and horizontal and the interplay of gravity ZKLOVW VLPXOWDQHRXVO\ H[SORULQJ WKH KXPDQ Ă&#x20AC;JXUH 6WXG\LQJ DW +HO-â&#x20AC;? wen University of Fine Arts in Cairo his degree focused mainly on producing large pieces of sculpture for public spaces. Firmly based in architectural forms, geometrical elements and modernist mor-â&#x20AC;? phology he brings in a twist of fun and playfulness. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Girl Next Doorâ&#x20AC;?
SANNE THUNNISSEN / The Netherlands www.sannethunnissen.nl
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SARAH COONEY / United Kingdom www.sarahcooney.co.uk
#158
Each painting occupies its own internal sense, nuance and rhythm. Through orchestrating visual components colours and shapes I aim to extend subtle ranges of marks, moments and repetitions through paint. These are slow paintings that require of their audience a close up and considered way of looking. How the paintings formu-â&#x20AC;? late and register is crucial to intent and experience of the work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pixieâ&#x20AC;?
SASKIA SPITZ / The Netherlands www.saskiaspitz.nl
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6$6.,$ 63,7= ,QWHUQDWLRQDO $UWLVW SDLQWHU 2Q WKH $PVWHUGDP Showcase, Saskia Spitz shows oil paintings of the series Flamenco. Although these paintings are inspired on the atmosphere of Anda-â&#x20AC;? OXVLD LW LV QLFH WR VKRZ WKHP IRU RQFH LQ WKH 2OG &KXUFK QH[W WR 7KH Red Light District. Saskia Spitz studied on the Royal Art Academie IRU $UW DQG 'HVLJQ LQ 'HQ %RVFK 1/ )RU PRUH ,1)250$7,21 FRQ-â&#x20AC;? tact and virtual exhibition > www.saskiaspitz.nl â&#x20AC;&#x153;Flamenco cincoâ&#x20AC;? 42
SASKIA WEISHUT-â&#x20AC;?SNAPPER / The Netherlands www.saskia.weishut.com
#144
My subjects are mainly provided by fancy architecture or nature. My fantasy, my sensibility, in particular to structures and colours, my use of different techniques and mixed media, combined with my Jewish background perfect my imagery. With my â&#x20AC;&#x153;optimistic, inventive and warmâ&#x20AC;? peintisseries I aim at distracting my public from all the misery we encounter daily on television, radio or in the newspaper. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Espoir et Gloire (Hope and Glory)â&#x20AC;?
SCHALLER / France http://schallersgallery.wix.com/schaller
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Romain Schaller was born in France in 1976. He lives and work in France. Schaller has exhibited frequently in France as well as in New-â&#x20AC;?York, in Switzerland in Montreux, Spain (Casa Battlo) for Bar-â&#x20AC;? celona Showcase in 2013, his work will be presented at the Florence Biennale in Italy. For this exhibition in Amsterdam, it presents you a painting and sincere staff. He gives his feelings on our uncompro-â&#x20AC;? mising world without cheating. Good exhibition. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Inheritanceâ&#x20AC;?
SEUNGJAE SHIN / South Korea www.seungjaeshin.com
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My work is about the exploration of mediated experiences from SHUVRQDO PHPRU\ VRFLDO HYHQWV DQG FXOWXUDO YDOXHV VSHFLDOO\ Ă&#x20AC;O-â&#x20AC;? WHUHG E\ GLJLWDO HQYLURQPHQW DQG KRZ WKH\ UHĂ HFW RQ RXU FXOWXUDO social and anthropological perspectives. Mediating their modern perception into pictorial space with a vulnerable/versatile eye on external, I try to navigate interior and exterior of narrative in digi-â&#x20AC;? tal frame to carry them together onto painting surface.
SHADON / Surinam www.wix.com/originalshadon/art
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SHIRI ACHU / Cameroon www.shiriachuart.com
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Shiri Achuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art comes from everyday, unsurprising yet unexpect-â&#x20AC;? edly vivid moments, places and objects. She seeks to capture the spirit of her many subjects and make them come alive through form, colour, texture and tone. She draws insight from her travels but in general her inspiration is very broad; from natural moments captured in Africa to colourful carnival moments, from the human form to the human in action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Midnight traditionâ&#x20AC;? 43
SILVANA CANOBBIO / Italy
#111
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I paint from 1991. I attended for nine years school of Italians paint-â&#x20AC;? ers. Then I found my pictorial language,experimenting with new techniques and materials,also not conventional. Special success and critical acclaim have my Galaxies ,symbol of PDQ¡V WHQGHQF\ WR ,QĂ&#x20AC;QLW\ â&#x20AC;&#x153;Her Galaxies are a tribute to his very deep and intense Spiritual Astronomy.â&#x20AC;?( Alessandro Cerioli). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Seraâ&#x20AC;?
SIMON BROUWER/ BAARD-â&#x20AC;?ART / The Netherlands brou6666@planet.nl
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STEFANO JANNUZZI / Italy www.janiart.org
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The concrete, repetitive nature of my works, frees my imagination and provides many opportunities for happy accident and grace to LQĂ XHQFH WKH Ă&#x20AC;QDO SURGXFW 0\ ´VQDLO OLNH FUHDWXUHVÂľ WDQJOH WKHP-â&#x20AC;? selves up the same as life does with its obstacles and repetitive behaviour. The vision of every piece I start is clear in my mind, expressing the idea of â&#x20AC;&#x153;time without timeâ&#x20AC;? however my inspiration can change during the work.
STEVEN THUS / The Netherlands www.st-â&#x20AC;?artworks.nl
#108
Steven describes his painting style as a mixture of abstract and Realism and aims to visualize atmospheres like mystery, tension, and speed. Steven: The closest I can be to myself is when I am SDLQWLQJ ,W IHHOV OLNH WKH ZRUN LV QHYHU Ă&#x20AC;QLVKHG ZKLFK LV ZKDW KH adores the most about artistic work. Next to free work, you can also order paintings about cars, por-â&#x20AC;? traits of persons and animals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hummingsbirdsâ&#x20AC;?
SUMIO INOUE / Japan www.sumioinoue.com
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$ VHULHV FDOOHG 6,/(1=,262 LPDJHV SULQWHG RQ KDQGPDGH ULFH SDSHU a process that takes several months. To see something where noth-â&#x20AC;? ing can be seen, uncovering and evoking unknown spaces with an antique pathos and to provoke oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s imagination, are the primary JRDOV RI 6XPLR¡V DUW +H ZRQ WKH Ă&#x20AC;UVW SUL]H IRU 3KRWRJUDSK\ DW WKH Florence Biennale International Art Contemporary.
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SWADEKA AHSUN / Mauritius www.swadeka-â&#x20AC;?ahsun.com
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Swadeka Ahsun is an international artist, having done many group and solo exhibition both in the United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle-â&#x20AC;?East. Swadekaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic talent is a peculiar blend of Islam and the art of painting. From Islam, she imbibes spiritual and cul-â&#x20AC;? tural awareness which is primarily oriental and arabesque in its nature while the art of painting, which is thoroughly imbued with Western techniques leads her to develop her natural autonomy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Spiritual Gardenâ&#x20AC;?
THE WET PAINTER / The Netherlands www.wet-â&#x20AC;?painter.com
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Without water nothing can exist. No plants, animals, humans or artworks from the Wet-â&#x20AC;?Painter. Since 2005 this art painter dedi-â&#x20AC;? cates his life to water painting. Literally, because in his mixed wet LQ ZHW WHFKQLTXHV KH DOZD\V Ă&#x20AC;QGV LQVSLUDWLRQ LQ SODFHV WKDW FRQWDLQ water; canals, fountains or even the shower. His studio is where there is water. No wonder they call him the Wet-â&#x20AC;?Painter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Number Sixâ&#x20AC;?
THOMAS MODSCHIEDLER / Germany contact@modsandart.com
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Artist painter for over 40 years but also a surgeon in france he started exhibiting in 2011 and has met a good welcome. Doing now mostly abstract art oil painting he developed the ol-â&#x20AC;? IDFWLYH SDLQWLQJ XVLQJ HPRWLRQV IHOW ZLWK HVVHQWLDO RLO WR Ă&#x20AC;QG KLV inspiration.
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TOBIAS DE HAAN / The Netherlands www.tobiasdehaan.com
#189
As a painter I choose to paint in one style only: realism or magic realism. For me personally it is the most interesting style to express myself in. The technique I use is oil paint on canvas. Because of the possibility to paint in layers I can keep changing my SDLQWLQJ XQWLO , DP VDWLVĂ&#x20AC;HG ZLWK LW â&#x20AC;&#x153;Desertâ&#x20AC;?
TON AARTSEN / The Netherlands www.tonaartsen.nl
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ULLA WOBST / Germany www.atelier-â&#x20AC;?ulla-â&#x20AC;?wobst.de
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7R PH ÂśUHDOLW\¡ LV LQĂ&#x20AC;QLWH 7KXV P\ ZRUNV UHDFK IURP IRUPDO WR psychedelic art. In a rhythmical kind of style I i.e. come to a sort of texture or rug fractionizing an outer image. This leads to a com-â&#x20AC;? position arranged into a myriad of cells or coloured segments living an independent existence, a life of its own. 7KH FRPSRVLWLRQ DV D ZKROH LV UHĂ HFWLQJ WKH VLPXOWDQHRXVQHVV RI the dissimular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Protector of the birds (series: Spirits of the rainforest)â&#x20AC;?
UMA ASLAM / United Kingdom www.artintuition7.com
#184
I am a self taught artist ,painting for nearly 14 years. My inspirations come primarily from my dreamstates and meditations.I love the use bright bold colors and my favourite me-â&#x20AC;? dium is oil,however I incorporate other mediums for my collage works. From 2004 to 2008 in the north of Spain, I was fortunate to run and own a gallery exhibiting my works as well promoting other local artists.
VINCENT MESSELIER / Belgium www.ateliermattisse.be
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VOJKO JERICH / Slovenia www.vojkojeric.com
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WENDY COHEN / South Africa www.wendycohen.com.au
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I am a South African born artist living in Sydney, Australia. I have been painting for 15 years but only exhibiting my works since 2004. I have participated in many exhibitions in and around Sydney, Art Melbourne, 5 group shows in New York, Toronto, Ferrara and Flor-â&#x20AC;? HQFH ,WDO\ , DP LQĂ XHQFHG E\ 3LFDVVR GH .RRQLQJ 0LUR DQG &KDJDOO as well as the rich and majestic african culture I was born into.
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WILLEM BERGISCH / The Netherlands www.krommegevel.nl
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Willem Bergisch is geboren Haarlemmer. Een schilder van het klassiek Hollands realisme. Hij woont en werkt in een Haarlems 17e eeuws pand aan zijn schilderijen. De werken in olieverf tonen de ambachtelijke kant van de schil-â&#x20AC;? derkunst. Een bron van inspiratie zijn de meesters van de gouden eeuw die Nederland rijk was. Kwalitatieve kunst die voor een ieder toegankelijk is. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Isis in the river Nileâ&#x20AC;?
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YOSI DOTAN / Israel www.wix.com/yosidotan/yosidotan
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The relationship between conscious and unconscious is the major subject of my works. It goes through mediators such as dreams, the way vision may operate, reality perception and assumptions about evolution and its parallel in the story of genesis. The works are made of recycled wood and pieces of paper that have been cut from magazines, like pieces of reality are taken from other places and time to be used again as part of a new scene, serving a new ... ´2QH ZHHN GUHDP
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KIR ROYAL GALLERY / Spain .,5 52<$/ *$//(5< FRQWHPSRUDU\ DUW JDOOHU\ VSHFLDOLVLQJ LQ SKRWRJUDSK\ FRQWHPSRUDU\ VXUURXQGLQJV FRQVLVWHQW ZLWK WKH WLPH LQ ZKLFK LW Ă&#x20AC;QGV LWVHOI D VSDFH ZKLFK ZLOO EULQJ WRJHWKHU UHQRZQHG DUWLVWV QDWLRQDO DQG LQWHUQDWLRQDO DORQJ ZLWK HPHUJLQJ DUWLVWV Kir Royal Gallery emerged as a space that will never cease to mutate, to change and change, a meeting point of discussion, a space generator and disseminator of ideas, half with renewed hope.
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ARTSPACESWITZERLAND / Switzerland Hybrid contemporary offspaces for art ARTspaceSWITZERLAND is a platform that supports aspiring, young artists from around the world. The ARTspace lodges itself in a suitable location and combines art and gastronomy on a delightful stage. 2XU K\EULG SODWIRUPV HQDEOHV WKH DUWLVWV WR DFKLHYH DQ H[WHQGHG QHWZRUN ZLWK JDOOHULHV DQG DUW FROOHFWRUV 7KH H[KLELWHG DUWZRUNV represent a unique investment opportunity for interested buyers.
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AMSTEL ART GALLERY / United Kingdom Amstel Art Gallery was founded by Leandro Amstel Grasso in 2008 in Milan, focusing on paintings and limited editions of Andy Warhol, Mario Schifano, Willow, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Fluon, Keith Haring, Stefano Bressani & more. Now Amstel Art Gallery PRYH WR /RQGRQ WR D ELJJHU VSDFH LQ 9DX[KDOO FRRSHUDWH ZLWK PDQ\ (XURSHDQ SRS DQG VWUHHW DUWLVW DQG PDQDJH WKH *HQHUDO $U-â&#x20AC;? chive of the Italian light sculptor Marco Lodola.
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RIZE GALLERY / The Netherlands Rize Gallery has been internationally active for several years in consulting and placing high quality contemporary art. We work closely with private and corporate collections for their art collection with a progressive look to grow. Many young collectors are often surprised by our dynamic mix of young and emerging artists like Joseph Klibansky, in conjunction with the known and established names in the international art world. Based in Naarden.
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STEPHAN KONINGS / The Netherlands (QHU]LMGV KHW YHUJHWHQ YHUOHGHQ DQGHU]LMGV KHW YHUVOXLHUGH YHUODQJHQ WZHH Ă&#x20AC;JXUHQ ZDDU LN PHW PLMQ YHUVWDQG QLHW ELM NDQ feitelijk slechts beeldend zijn verwezenlijkt hier, schilderen het moment nu, houden romantisch elkanders hand vast. Stephan Konings Graduated Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
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THE FUNKY ART GALLERY
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PANTOCRATOR GALLERY / Barcelona, Berlin, Shanghai Pantocrator Gallery based in Barcelona, Berlin, Shanghai, shows a group of selected artists.
www.pantocratorgallery.com
Liu Dao
Berto Martínez
Javier Martín
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ANTONIO RUSSO / United Kingdom Art is an expression of mind and soul technique and knowledge are limited imagination is endless, i live by these simple principles of life and don’t like to complicate things, art is a unique way to communicate with people and is there for ever. I don’t really know if I have an artist’s statement or style, I don’t really see the need. I love painting to music and that’s that.
www.arussoart.com
Antonio Russo
Antonio Russo
Antonio Russo
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#G11
GLOBAL ART AGENCY GALLERY / United Kingdom & Spain Global Art Agency Gallery (GAA Gallery) represents a selection of international artists who are curated and selected by the board of Global Art Agency Curators. Selling online and exhibiting worldwide at exclusive events. The Contemporary works vary from painting, photography, sculpture and multimedia. The GAA Gallery artists are well-‐established and the variety of colours, tech-‐ niques and inspiration from their countries is something very special and fascinating to see a mixture of international art from different parts of the world coming together for a great exhibition like Amsterdam Showcase.
www.globalartagencygallery.com
Ian Smart
Carmen Rantzuch-‐Doll
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Rohan Samuel
Albert Bellés Porta
Leni Smoragdova
Aziralili
Wendy Cohen
Alfred Kjerpeseth
BARCELONA SHOWCASE WINNERS
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AWARD WINNERS
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ELLEN STAPLETON Australia
#7-‐8
www.ellenstapletonart.com
Barcelona Showcase 2012 Artist Award.
“Ganesh”
NINI MARTINI Germany
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www.ninimartini.com
Barcelona Showcase 2012 Award.
“1976”
JESSICA MANLEY USA
#G11
www.jessicamariamanley.carbonmade.com
Barcelona Showcase 2012 Photo Award.
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www.globalartagency.com
www.amsterdamshowcase.com
AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE