INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL MIAMI 2015 CATALOG

Dear friends and art lovers, The Second International Art Exhibition curated by Paul Cabezas is taking place again in Nina Torres Fine Art. An exhibition that is pleased to be exposing artists and giving them different opportunities to better their careers.

Nina Torres Fine Art is pleased to host many events such as the Second International Art Exhibition. Giving opportunities this way to artists in the visual arts, international cultures and weaving locals that enrich the vision of the multicultural city of Miami.

Therefore the Nina Torres Fine Art gallery invites you to visit from August 15th to August 21st the International Art Exhibition curated by Paul Cabezas that will take place at this location. An exclusive opportunity in the only waterfront gallery on North Bayshore Drive, the center where Miami’s most important cultural area will further develop: the Arts & Entertainment District.

As this International Art Exhibition, Nina Torres Fine Art in 1800 Club offers special projects and the space for cultural exchange with the goal of providing new perspectives on global contemporary art practices and trends.

Sincerely,

Nina Torres Director and Chief Curator

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WELCOME LETTER FROM ART CURATOR

I Independent Art Curator and I live in New York almost 30 years usually organize Art Exhibitions in Soho, Tribeca, Chelsea and Midtown Manhattan.

Now it comes a great opportunity in my life to organize a Biennial Art Miami and my eternal gratitude to Nina Torres FINE Art , for believing in my project, Nina Torres, you are a hard worker and admire your passion you have for art.

I want to welcome , congratulate and extend my gratitude to all of the artists from around the world who are participating in this Biennial Art Miami, without you, this event would not be happening.I hope you will accept my invitation to continue on this amazing journey and join me in New York, Miami, San Francisco and Europe.

I am an artist like you and very passionate about life and art, always believe in yourself and I this life everything is possible, and I say goodbye with two words for you all.

From Here to Eternity Paul Cabezas. Editor / Publisher Art Curator www.artenewspublications.us cabezasgallery@yahoo.com paulcabezas7@yahoo.com

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Juan Carlos Ibañez (Colombia)

juancarlosibanez12@yahoo.com www.illuminati.com

Juan Carlos Ibanez

Un mediador entre el hombre y sus multiples espacios La obra de Juan Carlos Ibanez refleja los sonidos, colores o imágenes de diversas épocas y lugares; son intensidades que llegan a los mas profundo de sus perceptores, generando infinidad de preguntas, pero, a la vez logrando crear una pintura textual e iconográfica para que el espectador pueda, asi, construir un sistema de sentido hasta lograr estructural una pluralidad de lecturas.

Juan Carlos Ibanez, es un pintor nacido en Filadelfia, un mágico hogar de libélulas y mariposas nocturnas, de arroyos cantarines y leyendas; esta autóctona hacienda ubicada en la costa atlántica colombiana, fue una tierra heredada por su abuelo español la cual, en sus inicios, perteneció al gran asentamiento indígena de los Yumha. En este “fabulesco” lugar creció Juan Carlos Ibanez al igual que sus preguntas sobre el universo y las culturas que antecedieron al hombre moderno.

“Cuando la violencia llego a las tierras de mi infancia, momento en el que nos toco abandonar todo este mundo mágico, aprendi a describir al hombre en extravio; los colores ocres y los movimientos oscilantes son la viva huella de ese

Apariciones Gestuales 3 Dimensiones: 54” x 73.5” Tecnica: Acrylico en canvas

nomada en huida, agitando el vacio, nutriendo el consuelo y el olvido . Pues, no encontré otra defensa dentro de lo sensible para seguir viviendo”.

El haber vivido su niñez en un lugar donde la hacienda Filandelfia, le permitió a Juan Carlos crear aquellas pinceladas y trazos caracteristicos de su obra denominados “nomadismo” pues su pintura, cual voz del pasado, narra su ayer entre misterios y silencios con un ritmo de infancia y melancolía, y un trazo aquí y alla en fisonomías.

“Mis pinturas son un dialogo permanente entre el hombre y el universo. Muestro en mi trabajo al nomada del nuevo siglo, la enfermedad de nuestra época; hombres agonizantes en el turbio oleaje del exilio, el deslazado, buscando un espacio para ese algo oscuro y desolado que lo habita” Apunte critico de arte de Delimiro del Toro “Asombro de luna, dolor del miedo, bosquejo de luces, estrellas escondiendo pasados, murmullos de calles…. Son parte esencial de la obra de este sensible y visionario pintor colombiano”

Apariciones Gestuales 4 Dimensiones: 48” x 73.5” Tecnica: Acrylico en canvas

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Cecilia Valadez Lopez (Mexico)

cvaladezart@hotmail.com

Retratos de huellas escondidas en el alma

Portraits of hidden traces on the soul

El trabajo pictórico de Cecilia Valadez merece analizarse desde un punto de vista estético-psicológico. Con un estilo expresionista y una paleta monocromática ella nos muestra en la mayoría de sus obras el drama de las mujeres abusadas.

El manejo de la figura humana está muy bien cuidado en sus medidas, y acentuada en sus volúmenes con sus luces, sombras y perspectiva; cualidades típicas en las obras de Cecilia provoca en el publico el interés por adentrarse a la historia de cada una de las mujeres que ella nos presenta en sus pinturas. Muestra de ello es su más reciente obra: “Yo era como un mar dormido” dedicada a Alfonsina Storni.

Destaca en principio la belleza de la figura hundida en el suelo marino rodeada de peces coloridos y vegetación.

Técnicamente ella logro la deformación horizontal del cuerpo manteniendo una perfecta armonía morfológica. El desnudo pasa totalmente desapercibido, ajeno a todo escrutinio de sus partes intimas que ella cubre totalmente con piernas y brazos que se entretejen dando como resultado una expresividad sorprendente. La forma del rostro esta semioculto –como en todas las mujeres a las que ella ha dado vida con sus pinceles-, y es aquí justamente donde afirmamos que la mayoría de su colección plástica son una serie de Retratos de huellas escondidas en el alma.

The pictorial work of Cecilia Valadez should be analyzed from an aesthetic and psychologically. With an expressionist style and a monochrome palette she shows us in most of her works the drama of abused women. The management of the human figure is very well kept in their actions, and their volumes accentuated with lights, shadows and perspective; typical qualities in works of Cecilia causes in the public interest in digging into the history of each of the women she presents in her paintings. Proof of this is her latest work: “I was like a sea asleep” dedicated to Alfonsina Storni emphasizes the beauty of the figure sunk into the ocean floor surrounded by colorful fish and vegetation. Technically she managed the horizontal deformation of the body.. morphological maintaining perfect harmony. The naked nobody will notice, oblivious to everything scrutiny of their private parts covered completely with her legs and arms are intertwined resulting in a surprising expressiveness. The shape of the face is half hidden, as in all women to which she has given life to their Brushes-, and this is precisely where we affirm that most of her plastic collection is a series of portraits traces hidden in the soul.

-UNDER THE SHADOWS-BAJO LAS SOMBRASAcrylic in high relief, 24x36 inch Pintura de una mujer que vive bajo las sombras por ser una victima del delito de la Trata de Blancas, posiblemente es una exclava sexual.

-THERE ARE MOMENTS-HAY MOMENTOSOil on canvas, 14x11 inch.

Autoretrato Hay momentos que tienes que usar una mascara para los demas, o tambien llega el momento que te cansas de usar esa mascara.

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-I WAS LIKE A SEA ASLEEP-YO ERA COMO UN MAR DORMIDOOil on canvas, 17.5x 46.5 inch Esta pintura es un Homenaje a la poeta Argentina Alfonsina Storni (1892-1938) Quien muere de una forma tragica suicidandose en el Mar de Plata en Argentina.

Moises Rayo (Peru)

moisessrayo@gmail.com www.themosesgallery.com

My name is Moises Rayo. I am an artist, and I have a deep passion for painting and drawing. I have the ability to draw and paint realistically and quickly exactly what I see. If you are seeking beautiful, custom fine artwork that is reasonably priced, I can offer several options for you.

Portrait & Commissions Through either a photograph or live settings, I create a treasure to be valued for generations to come.

Original Oil Painting Purchase an original oil paintings from my gallery. You can also send me an image, and I will create an original, custom painting especially for you.

Reproduction Famous Art Send me the name of the painting you admire and the name of the original painter. I will recreate this work for you.

Celebrations Oil on canvas 30x40”

So Deserving Oil on canvas 30x40”

Silver Oak Oil on canvas 30x40” 5

Mayra Viviana Zamora (USA)

miramayraart@yahoo.com instagram.com/miramayraart facebook.com/Mayra.Viviana.Zamora Artist Biography:

Artist Statement:

Zamora was born in Austin and raised in the small town of Tivoli, Texas. She graduated top of her class, receiving numerous scholarships which helped fuel her dream of being an Educator and an Artist. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art and Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi.

My work is all encompassing - of reason, happiness, life, and expression. Beyond general aesthetic lies a meaningful and embraced memory. A moment of my own captured and recreated by the use of Calaveras as variations of family, friendships, and icons. I am able to express these affections using symbolic values from my Mexican heritage and culture.

Zamora currently works at the Art Museum of South Texas as an Outreach Coordinator and Arts After-School Teacher at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center. The painter has participated in exhibitions in North and South Texas, New York City, Los Angeles, Corpus Christi’s Annual Day of the Dead celebration, 1 of 24 artists selected to participate in Phase I and Phase II of the Loteria Mural in downtown Corpus Christi. She is a member of Kspace Contemporary Art Gallery, Nexus Art Collective, RAWartists International Art Group, & V.I.P International Art Group.

Although, calaveras are associated with the Dia de Los Muertos and death, I enliven this concept by placing characters in real and familiar situations; drawing inspiration from the human emotion behind Jose Guadalupe Posada's calaveras and symbolism in Frida Kahlo’s paintings. They are amongst a kaleidoscope of color which pays tribute to a tradition and culture which celebrates life. I pay homage to what I consider the most important elements of art: Line, Shape, & Color. I have an obsession with lines, because to me the line is the most important element of art. The borders and backgrounds are a blend between language and atmosphere.

Zamora incorporates her love of the Dia De los Muertos by depicting family members, icons, & friends in her style flourished with color, happiness, & passion. Zamora pays homage to what she considers the most important elements of art: Line, Shape, & Color. To build a connection with the viewer, Zamora includes a unique vocabulary and hidden writing by creating words camouflaged within colorful patterns and borders.

La Virgen 24”x 36” inches Acrylic on Canvas

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Gathering inspiration from hieroglyphic writing, petroglyphs, ciphers, and other cultures, the geometric shapes are coded with a stylized writing, shyly awaiting discovery. The polychromatic borders and backgrounds help describe the atmosphere; unveiling to the viewer the words and messages which are encrypted.

El Sol 24”x 32” inches Acrylic on Boards

Sirje Okas Ainso (Argentina-Estonia) siriainso@aol.com Ainsoart.com

Sirje Okas Ainso is an artist with a multicultural heritage.

Of Estonian - Argentine background, Sirje spent her early and formative years in Buenos Aires, where she graduated from the National University. She studied Art at the NY State University and now lives and works in Miami, while traveling and exhibiting worldwide.

Her work reflects her international upbringing and her multifarious interests. The focus in her paintings is always the human figure, with a story behind it. Her current work is in the symbolistic vein, narrative and poetical, displaying a deep feeling for the human being in harmony with the natural habitat. Her latest series – Africa on my Mind – was inspired by her memorable 2010 South African adventure.

Golden girl-2012 oil on canvas 40x30”

Jungle Games-2010 oil on canvas 40x30”

Sirje has widely exhibited - in Europe, as well as in the US, Canada and in South America. She has shown her work at the United Nations headquarters in NYC and with the UN Artists Group to benefit the work of UNICEF. In December 2012 she exhibited within the framework of the prestigious Art Basel Miami Beach, during the Miami Art Week. In January 2014 her work was shown at the MIA-ArtFair aboard the megayacht Seafair and at ArtPalmBeach-Modern/Contemporary/Emerging Artists..

She has obtained several awards at juried shows and her work is represented in numerous private collections in many countries.

Jungle spirit- 2012 oil on canvas 40x30”

Africa on my mind-2010 oil on canvas 40x30”

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Zoran Petrusic (Montenegro)

zoranpetrusic66@gmail.com

My painting brings to the fore the idea, attitude, concept, not a specific aesthetic experience based on pictorial elements of the image. For me it is more important approach to the image as the object of analysis, rather than its immediate, sensuous experience. That’s why my artistic process includes one of the most important dimensions that are engaged in general painting can own, and that is the power to launch a man into his own questions, and to put it at the point in question and the necessary review and return to his real, true sense and essence.

Bon Appetit Rene 71cm x 57cm oil on canvas

Easy Rider II 173cm x 114cm oil on canvas

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I Think we Found a Scream 140m x 100cm oil on canvas

Pop icon,the scenes witnessed domination, to the media, and consumer culture, analytical immersion in the world of contemporary events, things and events that occupy my attention. My paintings, collages and drawings bring a sharp and rough picture of the modern world and man tragicomic as “rulers” of the same, at the same time showing the grim reality, reflected primarily in the alienation and uncertainty and disorientation of modern civilization.

Collaterart 177cm x 177cm oil on canvas

Lorna Otero (Puerto Rico)

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Multidisciplinary artist, Lorna Otero (Puerto Rico, 1979), employs photography to create art based on, or inspired by, human relations and their social contexts (Relational Aesthetics). This installation of photographs, serves as a photo album that takes the form of a tree. The work is an interactive community project that doubles as a research tool. Gathering portraits of contemporary families living in a multicultural city, the work challenges the conventions and ideals of what a traditional family is or should be and how these families weave into the fabric of a community.

Resisting the concept of the artist’s authorship, this installation, is created and completed only through the audience’s participation. In essence, Otero’s work is a blank canvas. She creates the support in which the public, through their contribution of family portraits, will build an album that reflects the rich and diverse families of South Florida.

After Lilly Martin Spencer’s, fi!!fo!!fum!! from the Series Portraits, by women artist, archival c-print 36x 43 inches.

In this compelling installation there is a fusion between the public and the private realms and a blurring of the lines that traditionally separate the type of images exhibited in an artistic institution and the everyday images created in domestic or social spaces.

These everyday images remind us of a statement made by author, Brenda K. Marshall regarding the emphasis on differences rather than the identity that characterizes postmodern life: “People (and societies) are perceived as sites of difference.” Ultimately, this album aims to question what the definition of family is today, and to highlight and celebrate the rich diversity of these families that make up this dynamic and ever-changing region.

After Lilly Martin Spencer’s, fi!!fo!!fum!!. from the series, Family Portraits by women artists.2015. archival c-print 36x46 inches

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Carmen Luna Crevizan (Espa単a)

rossaluna1@hotmail.com

Me gusta la pintura desde los 8 a単os, mi sue単o era pintar, la vida marco otros caminos y a los 50 a単os tomo mi primera clase de oleo, esto fue en el 2008, toda esta obra esta hecha desde esa fecha. Por que flamencas, la idea es movimiento y fuerza en la pintura, esa es mi meta, a veces impresionista , la grisalla como base de mis trabajos , es donde mejor me siento.

Azul picassiana oleo sobre lienzo 100 x 81 Amanecer oleo sobre lienzo, 100x81

Flamenca roja oleo sobre lienzo 100 x 100 10

Eva Layerbabuena oleo sobre lienzo 116 x 90

Amor, oleo acrilico-pigmentos tahitianos sobre tela, 100x100 cm

Pia Ojeda Valdés (Chile)

piaojedav@gmail.com

Photo by Alejandro Rossell

Comienzo desde muy niña mis estudios de arte tanto fuera como en mi país ,,,, Mi pintura tiene carácter de impronta ,,,, siento que se me va la vida en cada una de mis obras ,,, tanto es el proceso de reflexión continua , que un día , me doy cuenta que mi intención , es aportar con mi trabajo y con un granito de arena a los demás mi visión ,,,, de vida .,,,, En mi experiencia la alegría y la magia están en el acto de transmitir a los demás , a través de mi pintura , Animo , paz ,,, a una generación que todavía no lo ha dicho todo “ Transmitir mientras me concentro y medito horas detrás de un atril , entre niveles de conciencia cada vez más profundos , encontrando mi interior , sacar lo mejor de mi y mostrar que estamos unidos en lo divino .

Poder plasmar que el cielo nunca es el mismo .... A través de Azules .... Que la luz cambia constantemente , los rayos de sol en un rostro surcado por la vida son como el aire suave ,,, Qué es hoy el momento de ser , bailar y ser felices ,,,, de extasiarse con la vida y cultivar nuestro jardín interior mientras sea posible ,,, Observar con” sensibilidad “ la belleza de las cosas “ En mi taller he descubierto que todas las pequeñas maravillas y grandes espectáculos se unen para llenar mis ojos de lagrimas . Esta contemplación y capacidad para extasiarme con lo simple y con la vida misma me han permitido hacer un balance sobre que es la “ vida “ , haber visto tanto ! , meditado , experimentado tal infinidad de cosas , es un trabajo del EGO que desgasta y vuelve transparente de manera que se puede ver mi vida a través de mi y mi pintura ...

Y yo ver a través de las cosas ,,,,con perseverancia de muchos años de trabajo , hacerme preguntas , tomando conciencia Música óleo y pigmentos tahitianos sobre tela, acrilico 80cmx80cm

que esta en nosotros hacer de nuestras vidas algo prodigioso , creativo , sin dejar pasar de lado “ lo esencial . Sabiendo “ para que ‘ “ hemos vivido “ Todo eso plamado en un pincel .

Me maravilla pensar que al final de mi vida cargada de años ,,, pude evitar tantos golpes , salvar obstáculos , incrementar mi bagaje , enriquecerme como persona evitando envidias y odios , ,, afrontando adversidades , soportando perdidas ,afrontar envidias , que son parte de la humanidad y también grandes dosis de cariño , pasar pequeñas guerras , alborotos sin sentido , para encontrarme aquí y ahora , en paz tratando siempre de no DAÑAR ,, sino aportar al prójimo y hacer de lo intangible algo tangible y onírico .

Espero poder pintar y entregar lo mejor de mi miebtras la vida me lo permita , llendo , viniendo , sintiendo , acogedora , acogida ,, si esperar mucho de los otros , pero estar ahí simplemente si me necesitan . Gozando y contemplando las cosas simples a mi alrededor .

Ese es mi aporte “ abrir un poco los ojos al mundo “ con mi pincel .

Y tener la certeza de dejar tras de mi palabras de Paz , gratitud , y de Vida , sin dañar sino aportar en silencio, que me permitan morir sin morir del todo .

Saber que podemos continuar viviendo en el corazón de aquellos que convivimos y acariciamos en la VIDA ,, Y a través de pigmentos , óleos y técnicas mixtas ... De largos tiempos ,, tal vez , como artista , ATEMPORALES... Seguir creando y tener este sentimiento que he experimentado entre tantas horas de taller que : Somo Eternos .

Laberinto de mis emociones y fuerzas centrífugas y centripetas óleo y pigmentos tahitianos, relieve, tex mixtas sobre tela 100cmx100cm

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Isabel Echevarria (Espa単a)

echevarria_isabel@yahoo.com www.isabel-echevarria.com

The human being is inspiring.

We learn about people from their culture, figures from their past whether real or imaginary.

We comprehend cultures from past glories, hopefully learning from past tragedies.

We learn about ourselves from our heroes or simply from the man next door.

To be able to capture the complexity yet the simplicity of one facial expression is my way of paying tribute to humanity, showing history in the making .....on canvass.

I Remember Mama

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Merman

Tazacorte

Jennifer Broderick (U.S.A.)

jenniferdesigns08@gmail.com

Jennifer Broderick began drawing during her Lexington, Ohio childhood. Drawing was her way to heal from traumas she experienced before age 14. During her recovery, she developed a passion for drawing in pen and ink. At the age of 12, her father, an engineer, gave her first technical pen.

He stressed the importance of technique and discipline, yet encouraged creativity and individuality.

Jennifer creates order out of chaos, obsessing over line variation and resolution. She named her abstract creations “Spontaneous Evolutions”, as she doesn’t plan the outcome of any of her drawings. Each piece takes on a life of its own as she gets lost creating the highly detailed lines, swirls, circles and abstract shapes that at times evoke the works of Wassily Kandinsky, yet are clearly a style all her own.

Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design where she studied Advertising Design and Fine Arts. She believes that her design education has had a strong influence on her fine art work.

“I believe that good design is the foundation of all art. I consider myself a designer as much as I do a fine artist. The difference between the two is purpose.” Jennifer also works as a stationery and surface designer but gets most of her enjoyment creating pen and ink drawings.

“It is my intention that the viewer is taken in by the details and interprets each piece in their own way. I want to establish the strongest emotional bond between me and my audience”.

Jennifer’s passion comes from within. “Making art is as important to me as breathing. It pulled me out of a dark place during my childhood and led me into a world of hope, happiness and opportunities. I want my art to convey the feeling of an unquiet mind that became restful, focused and undisturbed.

“Jennifer Broderick’s art are messages of triumph.” ~ Katherine Kotaw

Nadina Oleander

Azolla Floribunda

Adina Cerfera

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Matias Gomez (Uruguay)

matias-gomez2009@hotmail.com

Las formas, las lineas, las sombras me sugieren formas y mas formas, puedo ver mas allá de lo que se ve cuando dejo que el espíritu fluya con naturalidad.

todo lo creado, somos seres complejos alienados en sus sentidos físicos y apenas intuimos la verdad, somos algo sagrado, hechos a imagen y semejanza de Dios.

Quizá sea pretencioso intentar explicar mi obra, pero mi propósito es dar una vista previa de la conexión con Dia de piscina oleo sobre lienzo 35 cm x 45 cm 2014

Dia de playa en Punta del Este oleo sobre lienzo 50 cm x 50 cm 2013

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Erick Valencia (Colombia)

arterickvalencia@gmail.com Facebook: arterickvalencia

Arterick aborda el arte plástico a través de las variaciones de placer que siente el cerebro humano al estar al frente de una obra de arte. Una variación que requiere y ha requerido a través de la historia del cambio en diferentes formas y estilos para haber podido evolucionar a través del tiempo. De esa manera, Arterick interactua con el cerebro del espectador haciendo un cambio inmediato en la apreciación de la obra, pudiendo pasar del cubismo al expresionismo abstracto decorativo en segundos, pudiendo pasar por el romanticismo y la abstracción geométrica decorativa. En su multiplasticidad, Arterick permite hacer ondulaciones en el área de la pintura artística y en el mundo del arte decorativo; sin perder el objetivo multi-estilo de la obra.

Arterick approach the visual arts through variations of pleasure felt by the human brain, in front of the art.

A variation which requires and has requested through the history of change in different shapes and styles to be able to evolve over time. Thus, Arterick interacts with the viewer’s brain making an immediate change in the appreciation of the work and can change from decorative Cubism to Abstract Expressionism in seconds, and also, can go through the romance to decorative geometric abstraction. In his multi-plasticity, Arterick allows ripples in the area of artistic painting and the decorative art; without losing the multi-style of the art.

Energia Liberada tríptico (30 cm x 3) x 150 cm “Nunca la línea sale a tal velocidad y dinamismo si guerdas tus energías”

Panorama cubista 100 x 70 cm “Tu cerebro puede legar a ser cuadriculado cuando este es tu paisaje”

Diamante perdido 120 x 70 cm No te confíes de tus ojos, allí hay un diamante”

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Santiago Diaz Guichon (Uruguay)

santiagopublicista@gmail.com www.santiagodiazguichon.com twitter@santidiaz88 instagram@santidiaz88 Santiago Diaz Guichon was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1981. He developed many creative skills, specially painting “Electro Art”, Mix Media, Digital Photo Intervention, Art Construction & Installation. He studied Graphic design in Uruguay in 1999. He moved to Mexico City in 2003 and studied workshops about contemporary and conceptual Art. He has had shows in the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) @ Mexico City, Franz Mayer Museum @ Mexico City, Oscar Roman Fine Arts Gallery @ Mexico City Contemporary Art Museum (MUCAY) @ Merida Yucatan, Museum of Art and History @ Leon Guanajuato, Public Library @ Jalisco, Main Hall @ Parliament of Montevideo Uruguay, Reyes Meza Museum of Modern art Reynosa Tamaulipas Mexico.

He currently lives and works in Mexico City.

Miami manager contact Diego Sosa (305)3218733 Entre la delgada linea entre lo figurativo y los abstracción el artista si inspira en personajes de la cotidianidad transformándolos por medio de la imaginación para generar estas “Otras Caras o limitless” que son hechas con 3 tipos de brochas en pintura acrílica Comex y stencil-graffiti sobre tela.

Habla un poco de lo salvaje de las mega ciudades como (junglas de cemento).. donde cada personaje son parte de estas tribus urbanas del sistema capital.

La Peña Mistica oleo sobre canvas mixto 98x80 cm

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Los ojos de estas caras son ojos observadores con mirada penetrates y otras miradas desorbitadas que el artista a tenido la oportunidad de conocer; Los trazos de la nariz, parte de la cara son estilo picassiano que lo demuestra en un trazo espontáneo y sin la base en el dibujo. (utilizando la izquierda) “Otras Caras y Otras cosas” nos dan la impresión de una expo de los años 70s donde el estilo retratista no tanto perfecto era obra de colecciones del elite en NYC y parisino de la época.

Los stencil son cuervos eso trasmiten como las tribus urbanas se sacan los ojos, materiales efimeros generados por una bola insaciable del consumo, donde la competencia esta en la tensión y las caras de la cotidianidad.

Habla un poco también de las drogas indirectas como alteran los estados de ánimo de la gente con los nuevos dispositivos mobiles que a la gente los vuelve zombies.

También el artista se inspira en la cultura olmecas-toltecas de las cabezas cuadradas de estos jugadores de pelota y en las mascaras del carnaval brasileño.

El artista Uruguayo Santiago Diaz Guichon desea que no solo les gusten estos personajes sino que les generen cierto tipo de inquietudes y les trasmita la espectador sensaciones o recuerdos.

Santiago es un artista que maneja varias disciplinas

Jefe de Tribu-mixta acrilico y grafiti sobre canvas, 125x126 cm

Betiana Bradas (Argentina)

Betiana Bradas, nacio el 10 de junio de 1976 en la ciudad de Rosario, Argentina. Realizo sus estudios en Chovet, su pueblo natal hasta su mayoría de edad donde vuelve a Rosario y allí termina sus estudios de diseño grafico y Marketing. Luego comienza a estudiar Bellas artes en la Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Desde su adolescencia tomo diversos cursos con artistas muy reconocidos en su país como son Norberto Luppi, Maria Alicia Vicari, Claudio Roncoli, Norberto Moncarz, M. Davinson , entre otros.

Mas tarde en la ciudad de New York en el año 2013 participo en el seminario en Sotheby’s en “Contemporary Art in NY”, impartido por Kathleen Madeen.

Sus obras han sido expuestas en diversas galerías en Argentina, también a participado en “Art Basel” en Art Center Wynwood y “The Miami Art Expo”, en Nina Torres Fine Art. Actualmente está siendo parte de la Residencia de Artistas ofrecida por Nina Torres Fine Art. Sus recientes trabajos se han enfocado a la sensualidad femenina, en esa capacidad infinita de seduccion. Mujeres que se expresan, entienden, sienten, confían, esperan, callan , se enamoran…. En fin, todo lo que llevamos dentro.

was of age and went back to Rosario where she completed her studies in graphic design and Marketing. She then began to study Studio Arts in “la Universidad Nacional de Rosario”.

From a young age she studied with various renouned artists and she also took very important courses in her country.

Some of the names are those of Norberto Luppi, Maria Alicia Vicari, Claudio Roncoli, Norberto Moncarz, M. Davinson and so forth. She later took part in Sotheby’s “Contemporary Art in NY” course in 2013 which was given by Kathleen Madeen in New York City.

Her work has been exhibited in multiple galeries in Argentine. Bradas has also taken part in the Art Center Wynwood during Art Basel and in the Miami Art Expo that took place in Nina Torres Fine Art Gallery 2015. She is currently participating in the Artist in Residence program offered by Nina Torres Fine Art. Bradas’s recent works are focused in researching women’s sexuality and a woman’s infinite capacity of seduction.

Women that express themselves, understand, feel, trust, wait, silence and fall in love… Bradas explores everything that women have inside.

Betiana Bradas was born in Rosario, Argentine on June 10th 1976. Bradas studied in Chovet, her home-town until she

Silencios 60 x 120cm, oleo Esta obra fue pensada en las mujeres que no se pueden expresa, en esas que desesperan y callan, las que tienen tanto para hablar y sin embargo no pueden. Pertenece a una seri de trabajos de Betiana Bradas que muestra la diversidad de la mujer y la capacidad que ellas tienen para amar.

Deseo 60 x 80 cm, oleo Esta obra fue creada pensando en el deseo de la mujer. En eso que queremos, que anhelamos, es ese sentir que tanto deseamos y pedir a Dios por que eso ocurra. Este cuadro corresponde a una serie que Betiana Bradas viene trabajando pensando en las “mujeres” y el poder se seduccioón que ella tienen.

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Suzanne Blaustein (USA)

pblaust141@gmail.com suzanneblaustein.com

My passion for drawing and painting started as a child. I studied at The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and continued taking courses at the Nassau County Museum of Art and The Art Students League in New York. I’ve shown my work in Galleries in New York and Miami, Florida My most recent work was exhibited at the The Miami Convention Center from December 4th - 7th 2014

I create fabric sculptures on painted canvas. The fabrics are a celebration of colors, patterns and textures. What appears to be a painting is in fact a deep study of texture and color combinations. In essence it is a dialogue between my thoughts, the fabric and the canvas.

Cranberry Cove Mix media, 48x36”

Spaghetti Mix media, 38x21”

Jazz Mix media, 48x36”

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Nipun Manda (USA)

nipun07@hotmail.com

My work is a contemporary statement through the perception on Inner space and Outer space juxtaposing with time and space of life experience, I incorporate visual, emotional and psychological impressions of urban tension, raw emotions and harsh realities tempered with gentle optimism and beauty seeking the combination of objective and nonobjective serves as a matrix between social and cultural spaces.

cognitive world, between the unknown and the known. The works often begin with a general idea I might be reflecting on reactions with cultural and personal events of Inner Space and Outer Space associated with our lives, thoughts, memories, and imaginations. I translate these reactions into works made up of simplified forms, often with outsized proportions, to transcend time and space.

The space we live in on a day-to-day basis, most of us are so caught up living in this world as it is that we don’t have much time or energy to focus on how the world might become better and For many--probably most--people, the reality of those choices are not usually acknowledged consciously, at least not on a daily basis. Such people live according to habit, and exist within choices given to them through mainstream media and educational systems, economic necessity, and immediate need satisfaction. But, if we take time to reflect about it, we find that, in each given moment, we have the ability to choose how we want to perceive the world, and how we want to live in it. If we face up to them, we have fundamental choices to make about who we are in the world, what the world means to us, and what kind of world we want to help create.

I try to paint what I believe in, eliminating any marks or images which feel disingenuous, listening to what the painting is telling me to do rather than imposing my will on the work. In this way, it is my hope that the paintings aren’t driven self-consciously. They should emerge from a more enigmatic, less familiar place. In the process of painting, initiation, manipulation and removal of marks become one of the action and reaction. The paintings emerge slowly, one on top of the other, until they tell me I am done.

By creating art for me the most satisfying way of working is the combination of the abstract and the figure. The freedom of abstraction and the emotions that the figure can carry with the symbolic potential of the objective world and the possibilities abstraction presents in suggesting the unknown.

My paintings operate somewhere between abstraction and the Secrets of Silence 40”x30”- Acrylic on Canvas Price: $ 3,000

It is hard to explain the how and the why. It is easy to make a formal analysis of the work and to position it in the great and diverse continuum of contemporary painting.

My goal is to leave a cognitive space for viewers to fill in.

I want my work to provide a chance to see things from different perspectives with the dimensions of the pieces viewers to become conscious of their physical relationship to the objects and scale proportion and humanity to elicit an emotional and intellectual response in my viewers.

Painting is a wondrous journey for me.

Untitled 30”x30”-Acrylic on Canvas Price: $ 2,500

Falling into Infinity 40”x30”, Acrylic on canvas Price: $ 3,000

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Dan Pietrzak (USA)

dan.pietrzak@gmail.com danpietrzak.com

Daniel Pietrzak is a painter living and working in the New York City area. He was born in 1983. His B.F.A. in illustration was received from the University of the Arts. Dan works with acrylic paint on canvas and utilizes airbrush and aerosols to achieve his abstracted scenes of cityscapes and colorful dreamworlds.

Blue City Acrylic on canvas 24x36in

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City Drip Acrylic on patterned paper on canvas 22x28 in

Lourdes Valdes (Mexico)

De la serie, “Espacios abiertos”, óleo y hoja de oro sobre madera 2015 30 x 25 cm 21

Dorothy Krakauer (USA)

dakrakauer@gmail.com www.dorothykrakauer.com

Exploring areas of the world where I do not live and discovering doors that lead everywhere is fascinating to me. I particularly love the doors of Spain and took hundreds of door and ocean photos. I enjoyed the doors and arched flowers of “An Afternoon Stroll” through Puerto de Mogan de Gran Canaria. The path led us along a peaceful marina lined with brightly colored boats of all sizes. I felt that there was “A Boat for Everyone.” Most of these delightful boats were used for fishing and some just for pure pleasure of being on the water. It was a perfect day with December sun glinting off

the Atlantic Ocean, warming us and the resting boats as we walked. I loved the idea of the boats being “At Rest,” and was surprised and pleased to find a small boat named “Deniz,” Turkish for “sea;” with its “face” away from the dock, ready to go out to sea in a moment. We traipsed the causeway out into the ocean to find a delightful café where we had more than just a “Snack,” but a full lunch featuring fresh fish, of course! Memories of Gran Canaria always soften my day and bring the peace of the earth and ocean into my very being.

At Rest Puerto de Mogan Color Photograph 12x18in 2007

Deniz Puerto de Mogan Color Photograph 16x12in 2007

Afternoon Stroll Puerto de Mogan de Gran Canaria Color Photograph 18x12in 2006

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Iliyan Ivanov (Bulgaria)

iliyani@yahoo.com

With no doubt, human experience in its infinite variety of shapes and forms is the ultimate cornerstone of any creative process. In a work of art this experience is distilled to its purest substance and when it strikes a note, our foundations are shaken. Throughout the ages artists have struggled to capture and preserve the “here and now” inner experience by composing time capsules in pieces of poetry, sculpture and painting or reviving its vitality in a dance, theater and musical performances.

In my work I have attempted time and again to reconcile these two approaches into a coherent program. First, I have adopted the interplay of figurative and abstract imagery as a perspective that offers endless possibilities for creative explorations. I juxtapose realistic images with more expressive abstract brush strokes, thus challenging the viewer to anticipate unexpected metamorphoses form familiar forms to pure color. The fluidity of our sensations – surrealistically over-focused at times but also illusionary dreamy at others- is symbolized by departing from the obvious representations

without fully abandoning the figurative references. Second, from a conceptual viewpoint, these ideas are being amplified by the use of media that reflect the underlying premise. I apply a mixture of “incompatible” pigments of different viscosity and solubility that washes out firmly drawn contours, dissolves thick patches of paint and forms colorful sediments.

These “conflicting” techniques evoke free interactions that spill from one image to the next, suggesting to the viewers that they should “complete” the art work by “connecting the dots” and “filling in the blanks” in their minds.

The process may be analogous to a musical improvisation over classical scales – one could begin and finish at the same key but the journey always takes different paths. The end result, hopefully, is that the spectators will bring into life their own personalized versions of someone else’s art and will transform a visit to a gallery or a museum into an interactive and fulfilling experience- the one that some may say is the cornerstone of creativity.

American Renaissance XII 300

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Dunia Gatica (Mexico)

Entre los bastidores, bocetos y pinceles de grandes maestros mexicanos como Tamayo, Siqueiros, Remedios Varo y Orozco en la galería de la familia, surge la inquietud que despertaría la seria inspiración artística de una pequeña niña; Dunia Gatica.

Su exagerado manejo de la luz hasta lo obsesivo y la técnica con la que trabaja las texturas en sus obras, ha recibido críticas favorables de importantes galeristas y coleccionistas en ciudades como Londres y Miami; su obra es una recopilación importante del contácto que ha tenido con la gente y los paisajes durante sus largas temporadas en medio oriente.

Actualmente, Dunia forma parte del roster de artistas permanentes en una de las galerías de arte contemporaneo más importante de Miami, en la que se expone su última

Triplets acrylic on canvas 100x100cm

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coleccion de pinturas titulada ‘Les Tombes’ (Caídos) un recordatorio metafórico de que los humanos son transitorios, la serie fué creada especialmente para esta exposicion internacional a lado de artistas de 15 países.

Es por ello y gracias a su talento y trayectoria internacional, Dunia ha sido invitada a participar en la feria internacional de arte, MIA SEAFAIR 2012, Miami River Art Fair durante Art Basel en Miami en el 2012-2013-2015 y en la feria de arte mas importante del sur de Francia Art Monaco en el 2013 asi como en Sister Cities Miami Beach 2013 exposicion anual que selecciona artistas de las ciudades hermanas de Miami Beach

Juan Carlos Amaya (Colombia)

Al igual que reconocidos y destacados artistas a través de la historia, Juan Carlos Amaya inicia su carrera artística entrado en sus cuarenta años de edad. El artista después de haber trasegado exitosamente por el mundo de los negocios, retoma su arraigada pasión por el arte, en la cual, demostró destacarse desde sus primeros años de vida, con un galardón que obtuvo a nivel mundial en un concurso promocionado durante su colegiatura, así como otros reconocimientos que logró en el arte en los diferentes espacios de su vida social.

Su amor por el arte, siempre estuvo presente en su vida, más nunca lo consideró como un medio de lucro o de protagonismo, sin embargo, siempre lograba a través de ésta, encontrar la forma de exteriorizar sentimientos contenidos por su personalidad prudente y conservadora.

Es precisamente la razón por la cual sus primeras obras de arte fueron basadas en lo que el artista denomina como explosiones volcánicas y marinas, así como la textura que componen la mayoría de estas, creada a partir de la idea de la lava volcánica. Los rojos incandescentes y la textura grumosa

de los materiales que utiliza en sus primeros pasos por el arte, representan el volátil material volcánico que brota de las profundidades de la tierra y que se asemeja a los ocultos sentimientos que el artista guarda celosamente en su interior y que emergen como una explosión conjunta a través de las pinceladas que conforman sus piezas de arte.

Es por ello, que a pesar de su corto paso por el mundo del arte, logra en tan solo cuatro años, crear con una asombrosa evolución, más de cien obras, pues, para el artista, cada instante dedicado a su trabajo significa, una intensa carrera por retomar su pasión por aquello que le conecta con el mundo exterior en una explosión de sentimientos reflejados en colores, texturas, formas y figuras, imprimiendo en cada pieza, la alocada imaginación de un pequeño, que según Amaya es el tesoro más grande que nace con el artista y que nunca envejece.

The Beatles mixed media installation 32x39 inches

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Vanessa Velib (Mexico)

Vanessa Velib character is not to swim where the currents takes her but against the vast currents that excists in her journey most importantaly from that hard works brings the realization of her dreams. her greatest overture is to project her willingness to live en ecasatic thrills for life. utilizing natures textures and its youthful colors. her caracter has been a reflection of her intensity that portreys for itself.

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Vanessa insperations are only subsets of her emotions that flow naturally and her surroundings such as this harmony transends to her core. Each color is an emotion I feel as well as they are translated into a spectrum of colors. She enjoyes the intenstedies of her abstracts with its willingness to live and enjoy lifes every moment.� Painting takes me to whom I am�.

I単aki Rocha (Spain)

rochaechevarria@gmail.com

This series are first hand studies of my new personal technique in which I use on thin canvass for my Munich exhibition last june 2015. I applied modern serigraphy from my drawings and collages, used acrylic and fluorescent paints to finalize the works. they could be categorized as neo pop art expressionism with tones of impressionism and realism.

Convs series 1,2,3,4 acrylic on thin canvass 89 x 89 cm

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Paz

(Chile)

maria.pazcb@gmail.com www.mariapazcontreras.com

“Let’s be fair with the meaning of Peace.

Real Peace rests in chaos, breathing the divine movement of light”

From december 2014 through May 2015 she won the acclaimed international Art Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai.

International painter. She studied fine arts at The Art Students League of New York. Her work has been shown in different galleries and cultural venues in Chile, Colombia, England, New York and China. On 2014 she had a Solo show at the important Museum of Beijing, China Today Art Museum, called “Zero, The divine Order of the Universal Language”.

Her work is about studying the ancient eastern philosophies,religions and numbers, mixing them with the western ones, using a modern unique technique , in order to have a new and deep comprehension of the essence of human being in times of globalization. Her work is part of different private and public collections.

Mute Scream 31 x 23

Fore against Alchemy 7. 43 x 51

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Mercury 43 x 51

Noni Valentine (Puerto Rico)

nonitheartist@gmail.com

My art represents my deepest emotions, and transitioning moments in life, which are coined by my personal fears, experiences and success. My arrangements throughout my paintings in color, rhythm and movement are schematic, inviting the viewer to move into a space of speculation.

I like to use a variety of subjects and processes in each painting, but I keep my methodology consistent. I layer familiar reproductions of visual and aural signs that showcase modernism as well as diversity.

My paintings are carefully sequenced to evoke my visions into conceptually vivid pieces, grouped around specific themes and meanings. I rely on my desire for beauty, poetry, seduction, and domination. Each and every single piece contains a fragment of myself; each piece is created to unearth myself. My pieces have become vessels to my brightest and darkest thoughts.

Lost 18x24 inches,gouache & acrylic

Victorius Past,Victorius Future, 24x36 inches, gouache & acrylic

Peaceful Disguise, 24x30 inches, gouache & acrylic

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