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Welcome to Lisbon! Atelier Natรกlia Gromicho is proud to host Downtown Chiado 18, the interna4onal exhibi4on that will provide a wide range of ar4sts from all around the world to show their work here in Lisbon.
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general informa6on
Curator | Gonzalo Madeira Dura6on of the Show | February 3–9 2018 Loca6on | Atelier Natália Gromicho Fine Art gallery Rua Nova da Trindade, 5G Piso SL 1200-301 Lisboa - PORTUGAL Exhibi6on Hours | Mon-Sat from 2 to 6pm Private View | February 3th, 2018, 3pm Vernissage Schedule | February 3th, from 3pm - 6pm Website |hZp://mee6ngartgallery.wix.com/chiado Email Address | mee6ngartgallery@gmail.com
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Natália Gromicho | Portugal
A gi@ed painter, in the purest sense, Natália has skillfully created a body of work that is simultaneously lyrical and mysterious, jubilant yet poe4c. Employing these paradoxes, she skillfully applies her raw talent into different mediums and styles crea4ng a sense of flux, depth and dominance. Natália’s work takes elemental images, from nature and the landscape to culture and individuals she encounters on her travels, and transforms using drama4c ploys such as contrasts in scale, shi@s in focus, irrored reflec4ons, staccato images, and mul4ple or layered surfaces. Sensory percep4on for Natália is a spiritual ac4vity, one that leads to a heightened awareness of both nature and culture—this thought process points to a new kind of realism—one that is engaged with the actual processes of life. Yet, it also references the theore4cal avantgarde concep4ons of deconstruc4on emerging during Modernism.
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Refugee | Acrylic on canvas | 160x180cm
Tetris | Acrylic on canvas | 180x160cm 7
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DOWNTOWN CHIADO CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITION Domingo Parada | USA
American Ar9st born in 1941 in Sucre, Bolivia. Studied Art at the Universidad de San Francisco Xavier of Sucre, Bolivia. AFended classes at the Museo de Arte Moderna of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with Brazilian ar9st Ivan Serpa. Considered a pioneer, and one of the most important figures in contemporary art in Bolivia he moved to the U.S in 1966 where he con9nues his crea9ve career. He has exhibited his work more than one hundred 9mes in Bolivia, Argen9na, Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Portugal, Dubai, England, Mexico, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria ,Canada and several states in the U.S. His pain9ngs form part of the private collec9ons in several countries in South America, Europe, the U.S and Asia. His work also figures in cultural ins9tu9ons like the Museo Charcas, Sucre, Bolivia, the Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the PanAmerican Union, Washington D.C., U.S.A., The Phillips Collec9on, La Paz, Bolivia, El Diario Collec9on, La Paz, Bolivia, Centro Boliviano-Americano, Cochabamba, Bolivia, Centro Boliviano-Americano, La Paz, Bolivia, Centro Boliviano-Aleman, La Paz, Bolivia and Universidad Tecnica de Oruro, Bolivia. He represented Bolivia at III Biennale de Arte Americano, Cordoba, Argen9na in 1966. He received an Honorary Men9on in the 1965 Salon Nacional Phillips, in La Paz, Bolivia. In 1969 he received an Honorary Men9on at the "Art & Soul" Exhibi9on in Chicago. He also received an Honorary Men9on in the 1959 Poster Compe99on for the 350th anniversary of the Archbishopric of La Plata, Sucre, Bolivia. He received a First Prize at the 1963 Compe99on of the School of Medicine, University of San Francisco Xavier, Sucre, Bolivia, and the1964 Gauguin Group of Ceara, for his ar9s9c work in Brazil. In 1969 he received The Davina Wilson Prize at The 15th Annual Exhibi9on of The Society of Painters in Casein, New York City, U.S.A. In 1970 he was given The Fabian Zacone Prize by The 29th Annual Exhibi9on of The Society of Painters and Sculptures of New Jersey, Jersey City, U.S.A. In 1971 he was given the M. J. Kaplan Prize at the 17th Annual Exhibi9on of The Society of Painters in Casein, New York City, U.S. A. In 2012 he won the Visual Arts Society Award in the 33rd Annual Mini Works on Paper Exhibi9on at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Alabama. In 2013 he received Third Prize at the Colorful Composi9ons Exhibi9on ,Leading Ar9sts Online Gallery. U.S.A. He represented the USA in two interna9onal art exhibits: “Lisboa Interna9onal Contemporary Exhibi9on” in 2013 at the Mee9ng Art Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal. And at the “Downtown Chiado 14”in 2014 also at the Mee9ng Art Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal. In 2014 he won First Prize at the “35th Annual Mini-Works on Paper” Exhibit at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Alabama.USA. He received an “Honorable Men9on” at the “38th Annual Beverly Arts Center“ Compe99on & Exhibi9on” in 2014. In 2015 won the Patron Award at the “28th Annual Northern Art Compe99on” Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA. 2015, “Honorary Men9on” Interna9onal Art Exhibi9on “ A Tribute to Xavier Carbonell” , The Museum of the Americas & Heights Arts Studios & Gallery
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Realiza6on | Acrylics on D"Arches 300 paper | 57x72cm
Chant | Acrylics on D"Arches 300 paper | 57x72cm 9
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Karl LU | China
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Karl Weiming Lu is regarded as a true global Renaissance man of our 6me who’s life and art span from East to West. He was born in 1962, into a big intellectual and art family for genera6ons in Hangzhou, China. He was a pioneer of Chinese Elite Students Movement of early 1980s, and a civil engineer and building designer in 1980s China. Besides civil engineering and building design, Lu also worked for The New Art magazine of China Academy of Art in mid 1980s, and par6cipated the significant “85 New Wave Art Movement”. In 1991, Karl W. Lu relocated to Australia to have his postgraduate studies in philosophy, and then, interna6onal studies in The University of Wollongong, and University of Sydney respec6vely; and further achieved triple Masters degrees in Art, Design, and Architecture in The University of New South Wales Australia. He has returned to art prac6ce professionally since 2000 and exhibited & published globally in Australia, China, Japan, USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Dutch/ Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Denmark, etc. Trained in both Eastern & Western culture and art tradi6ons, Karl W. Lu always combine the two to create unique hybrid contemporary artworks with his own character, signature, and originality. Lu created his “Memory Series 2002 – 2003”, which posi6vely recalled early 1980’s elite Chinese students’ movement based on his memory of a mul6-disciplines’ student salon ac6vi6es and hot topics in the world culture heritage city Hangzhou, China, where Lu and his friends of China Academy of Art, Zhejiang University, and Hangzhou University, etc. pondered arts, history, philosophy, psychology, art, architecture, and science.
The origin of life | Mixed Technique on canvas | 61x46cm 11
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Son Yeounsuck | Korea
I am contemporary ceramic ar9st and teac her re9red at 2011 in university of South Kor ea. I am interes9ng specially on making cerami c-slab artworks aFached on wood frame. And so my work can exhibit & hang on w all. I think perhaps that my moments of thoug h that momentarily 9pped pass through crea 9ve produc9on process of ceramic-slab artwo rks can play an important part. And so, my ceramic-slab works is various trac es of shapes composed on various abstract d ecora9ve texture & color that be generated carefully natural & accidental and in some cases inten9onally by using various ceramic clay, ceramic clay-slip, various ceramic-mat, transparency & color glaze, general art-brus, ceramic-airbrush, papers like newspaper, bo okpaper, and natural & man-made material etc.. These various traces of abstract shapes loo ks like the same shapes as the surface of t he weathered rock or wood over the years that found in nature. May be, I think vaguely that these various abs tract traces is my representa9ons of a set of si gns(Freedom Sign=Trace) & symbols refere in semio9cs including means that is obserbe d, feeled, thinked in everyday life or in nau re. And also, I design & create on func9onal cera mic-object work like sculpture by using of cera mic-forming techniques like wheel-thrown, coi lling, pinching methods.
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Freedom Sign Trace | Ceramic on Frame | 57x72cm
Freedom Sign Trace II | Ceramic on Frame | 57x72cm 13
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Born 1959 in Cologne, Germany, I start ed photographing in 1979, while the p unk and electronic music scene flouris hed. I am interested in different aspect s by using analog and digital hardware. People, faces, scenes, stories, All in all, I like to explore the unknown, the unt old stories, the unexpected look, the m ystery and secrets of my exposures. As Lisbon is full of untold stories and myst eries, cause of it’s history and tradi9on s, Old houses and city structures tell fai ry tales and fantasies. Therefore I chos e three works from December 2017, I was aFracted by the structures, the mi nimal breaks and fractures, the great li nes and the unexpected colours and liv e, which I could make appear by manip ula9ng the originally taken pictures. I li ke to invite you into a different cosmos , where 9me and space will be light up in a different context. The pictures mig ht drag you, catch your aFen9on, migh t break your usual and natural looking movements. You may start to think ab out the beauty of age, decay and disint egra9on,
Dieter Hanf | Germany
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Falling Path Digital photograph, manipulated 40x50cm
Mushrooms Phantasy Digital photograph, manipulated 40x50cm
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My photographic prac6ce is deeply rooted in the portrait, I feel concerned with the character and psychology of the human be ing. Through the portrait I mul6ply explora6on aZempts of human interiority without being certain, however, to achieve truly delve into the intricacies of the human mind, or translate the plas6c sense , it shows me and makes sense. I oren think of this Giacomes’s reflec6on: “I will never get to put in a picture all the strength he has in mind. The mere fact of li ving, it will already require such and such energy. “ My photography focuses on the quest to become -if possible – the ar6s6c drama6za6on of my own inner feelings, the depths of my experiences, my rela6on ship with the visible world.” My photos also reflect a personal commitment, a posi6on. They should be seen as an act of par6cipa6on and repor6ng rather than an act of registra6on
Monika Ruiz B | Colombia
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Time is coming Digital photograph 60x40cm
Un6l tomorrow Digital photograph 60x40cm
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My name is Maria Dobrican I am an itali an based ar9st originally from Romania my journey as a self -taught ar9st has b een filled with learning experiences. gro wing as an ar9st is an ongoing process t hat I will never stop being inspired.I real ly belive that crea9vity lives in all of us i s for everyone and it is everywhere it's only that our approaches differ in terms of style.The lack of ar9s9c training did n ot stop me from achieving my dream of crea9ng works of Art. Having had no pr ofessional art training it gave me the en couragement and freedom to simply cre ate from my mind and from my heart in stead of trying to find a balance betwee n educa9onal training and personal exp ressions. I use non-conven9onal metho ds and tools to create my artworks.bein g self-taught gives me no parameters on what is right or what is wrong I don't th ink there is any right or wrong in art inst ead I think Art is a free way to express o urselves Art has no Rules Art is freedom Thank you
Maria Dobrican | Italy e - mdobrican@yahoo.it
Blue Abstract I | Oil On Canvas | 100x150cm
Blue Abstract III | Oil On Canvas | 100x150cm
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