InternationalBiennale Artists Exhibit
LuminArtĂŠ Gallery | Dallas, Texas
The International Biennale Artists Exhibition showcases a community of well-established artists, whose artwork serves to express cultural diversity, while creating a universal dialogue of creative expression. This collection of artworks displays a varied understanding of technique, media, and subject matter, while typifying contemporary trends in the international art world. Many of the artists featured have been recognized through various awards and distinctions; each artist has endeavored to communicate to a broader audience, creating artworks that have been exhibited and collected worldwide. LuminArtĂŠ Gallery is proud to celebrate the achievements of 42 contemporary artists representing 17 countries, including Austria, Canada, China, Colombia, Finland, India, Iran, Israel, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, the U.S.A, and Venezuela. We are delighted to introduce this creative community to the flourishing Dallas cultural scene.
InternationalBiennale Artists Exhibit
LuminArté Gallery | Dallas, Texas Alicia H. Torres
Colombia, USA
Anica Shpilberg
Peru, USA
Anneli Di'Francis
Finland
Araceli Salcedo
Mexico
Ashok Kumar Aydin Arkun Bronwyn Towle Çagatay Karahan Charlotte Martin Dalia Blauensteiner
India Turkey USA Turkey USA Lithuania, Austria
Edmund Ian Grant
USA
Elisha Ben-Yitzhak
Isreal, USA
Elmadani Belmadani Emilia Garcia Esther Wertheimer
Morocco USA Canada, USA
Flavia D’Ascoli
Venezuela, USA
Francisco Ceron
Columbia, USA
Heinz Körner He Si’en
Austria China
He Zhang
China, Canada
Irene Neal
USA
Jamie Gagan
USA
Jane Ellen Murray
USA
JoAnn Cox
USA
Kicki Granholm
Sweden
Kimberly Berg
USA
Lee Ables
USA
Li Haibing
China
Magi Calhoun
Romania, USA
Malena Peon
Mexico
Matti Sirvio Michelle Muhlbaum Perihan Sadikoglu
Finland, Turkey USA Turkey
Puneeta Mittal
India, USA
Richard Bailey
USA
Robin Antar
USA
Ron Burkhardt
USA
Shawn Man Roland
USA
Sina Khosravi
Iran, Canada
Ted Barr
Israel
Teri Starkweather
USA
Wewer Keohane
USA
AliciaH.Torres
The Door to Remembrance 30� X 40� Acrylic on canvas In my paintings, I manipulate my creative expression using the order and apparent chaos of the stain, experimenting, researching and learning something new every day through a process of trial and error. With a minimum of line contours, I pour light and heavy layers of color, while using vibrant acrylic paints and mixed media. I contrast a radiant palette of reds, oranges, and blues with opaque grays, blacks, and whites, and create a hybrid art form in each composition. In the interpretation of figures, nature, and objects, I seek to discover traits that are relevant to my own reality. The images are ambiguous, sometimes distorted to create abstraction, and the canvas is splattered in a dynamic gesture. With heavy brushstrokes and energetic movements, I leave my desires, fears, hopes, dreams and idiosyncrasies, and I capture my freedom to continue working. My goal and desire is to release my emotions and to communicate them to the spectator in the same way that I feel them, with the same curiosity of reason, while decoding and evaluating them to make a statement. In this way, my paintings speak for themselves without the need for words. I paint what I am, and if there is something magical or secret, that is it. I look at the small details in the symbolic abstraction of the universe, to make the work a gigantic piece of art, full of forms, tactile qualities, colors and movements. Through use of color, texture and organic shapes, my work can affect a conscious and positive change in an individual, while conveying a message.
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AnicaShpilberg
Memories of Rioja 30� x 24� Mixed media Spiral of LIfe. Drenched in color, inspired by experience, shaped by emotion, my art has always been the language of my thoughts. They say more about how I feel, about who I am, than words ever could. I am drawn to express myself through many materials that give strength to my emotions of love, anger and frustration, which allow me to express my heritage. Through my work I seek to bring awareness of the social and cultural clashes that are apparent in our world today; the Spiral of Life in which we find our selves many times. Beneath my work is the unexpected joy that arises from transformation: extracting and magnifying uniqueness while creating something altogether new. These things represent states in my search for the finished work.
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AnneliDi'Francis
Longing 24" x 20" Oil on linen In her paintings and ceramic sculptures, Anneli Di’Francis wishes to open a door beyond every day imagination where human stories and feelings give a new perspective to see the world. Anneli Di’Francis is an art instructor in Finland, where she exhibits regularly. She has also participated in exhibitions throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and in Mexico.
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AraceliSalcedo
Harmony 39” x 51” Triptych Mixed media Araceli Salcedo was born in Mexico City, where she had her first approach to art while obtaining a degree in Interior Design. Her interest in painting motivated her to enroll in various art workshops at the Universidad Iberoamericana and with private teachers. Her journey through painting has led her to experiment with different styles, expanding her studies in techniques such as nude drawing, oil, acrylic, water media, collage, encaustic and tempera, studying these with important personalities such as Beatriz Flores, Catherine Scott, Enrique López and Jerónimo Melo in Mexico and later extending her studies in the United States with teachers such as Carl Dalio, Frank Webb and Katheleen Brenan. Today, she has positioned herself as a well-known artist with a personal and unmistakable style and hallmark.
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AshokKumar
Depth of Blue 32” x 50” Oil on canvas My creations explore human feeling and thought through the imagination of line, form, color and texture, and through the relevant content of shades and strokes. I depict the semi figurative form of human beings, animals, birds and nature in basic drawings, and I paint abstract backgrounds, which have their own importance in establishing a relationship with the subject. Colors depict the subject’s inner and outer thoughts, revealing its essence; the essence of the creation has no boundary or limit, yet has the ability to interpret a cultural scenario. Ashok Kumar studied art at Patna University and at L’Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Marseille, has and exhibited artwork throughout India and France. Ashok’s work can be viewed at:
onlineashok.com
AydinArkun
True Blue 40� x 20� Acrylic on canvas When I take up a variety of motives in my works, I can better understand the subject of the painting itself. Therefore I try to avoid acting in a certain style. I think that especially in this confused world, where man sacrifices himself to his self, art must be one of the freest spaces.
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BronwynTowle
Big Attitude! 36� x 48� Mixed media I am all about the physicality of painting, guided by my imagination and the energy of varied mark-making, bold gestural lines, and saturated color. At times, my work reflects the rich and diverse cultural background of my upbringing in Hawaii: ethnic, primitive, and always inspired by the beauty of the human face or form.
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ÇagatayKarahan
As human beings we are detached from nature, so our relationship with nature is not at peace. As noted by the artist Paul Caranicas:
“We are not living in a beautiful and inspiring world. Fear and victimization are the realities of the lives of people.” The Dark Lands 26” x 41” Acrylic and oil on canvas
I configure my paintings with ordinary static objects of everyday life and with the relationships among these objects. I think that these ties have taken the place of human social groups and behaviors. The individual realizes his relationship with the outside world through these objects. Thanks to these silent witnesses, the individual is strengthened by the confident feelings of belonging, and in a way, he also loses freedom as long as he is connected to the outside world through these objects. The liberation from this feeling of belonging is nothing more than the individual becoming aware of his loneliness. Most of the time, I use photos that I have taken to maintain subjectivity in my paintings. I define the objects as they are, and sometimes as elements of my own fiction. I try to select these elements contained within a place, which are used in daily life or even become waste, and these industrial parts usually form the environment in which I live or with which I communicate. I think that in this way, I can reflect the impression and experience on me, which the objects create.
cagatayinamkarahan.blogspot.com
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CharlotteMartin
Nesting 30” X 22” Gouache, pastel, graphite The realization that there is nothing I can paint, draw or create that probably hasn’t been done before and done better by someone somewhere, gives me tremendous freedom. I’m free to create in any way without the trappings and restrictions that come with competition. There is only competition with myself, always striving for improvement, growth and what is next around the corner for me on my personal art path.
cmartinsart.com
DaliaBlauensteiner
Act 39� x 39� Oil on canvas Dalia Blauensteiner was born 1962 in Lithuania, and studied art at the National University Art Department. After her studies, she worked as an artist in the Culture Centrum, where she organized and participated in international youth projects, decorated stage sets for theatre events, and managed the regional Folk Art Union. Since 2003, Dalia has lived in Krems, Austria, where she has taken part in numerous creative activities including organizing exhibitions and installations, and designing publications and catalogues. Dalia has exhibited her paintings in numerous group and solo exhibitions. Dalia typically paints with oil on canvas, creating abstract compositions, still life and landscapes; her paintings are in private collections and official institutions in Lithuania, Poland, Czech, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the USA.
dalia-galerie.at
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Edmund IanGrant
BeBop 25” x 48” Acrylic, mixed media on board
“Art is remedy, poking and prodding the narcissism of censorship and the status quo of accepted thought.” Grant started his award winning art career at an early age. Playing the saxophone by age seven, he continued through his collegiate years with his own jazz band. After a long hiatus from a professional career, he taught himself to paint in the mid 1980s. Today, his work is collected throughout the United States and abroad. Not only has his artwork been shown in galleries from New Orleans to some of the top galleries of California, but he has been exhibited in Florence, Milan, London, Chianciano Terme, and Tel Aviv. Edmund’s paintings can be viewed in the 2009, 2010, and 2011 editions of the national juried book American Art Collector. Imagination, experimentation with new media, color, line and sensuality characterize his art, as his improvisational skills are translated into the visual aesthetic.
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ElishaBenYitzhak
Jerusalem in God’s Hands 36” X 24.5” Acrylic on canvas Since a young age, painting and sculpture have always been a major part of my whole being. My paintings are about the essence and rhythm of life; all depicting symbols of life the way I see it. I have always strived to reach the ultimate balance in composition and colors. The struggle of making a society more receptive of art has followed me throughout my life. I strongly believe that art plays an important role in every society by transforming thinking and understanding of the immediate surroundings. Later in life I started composing songs and poems. Private individuals, art collectors, galleries and museums around the world have acquired many of my paintings, books and CD’s.
elishasart.com
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ElmadaniBelmadani
Flowers of Happiness 28” x 20” Oil on canvas Elmadani Belmadani is a Moroccan impressionist painter, born in Taza in 1955, who has experienced painting since childhood. Elmadani continued his art studies at the former Italian school in Tangier, and has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Morocco and in other international venues. His paintings are in private collections in several countries and he is the Chairman of the Regional Association “Golden Triangle” of Arts in Taza, Morocco.
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EmiliaGarcia
Valentina 24” x 36” Acrylic on canvas My work is centered on the beauty of our culture, who we are and from where we come. I try to convey images that speak of strength and love through family and celebration, all the while focusing on the spirit of women. Although my influence has been from the great Mexican masters, my inspiration comes from my grandmother’s love and her presence within me. It is through the closing of her eyes that she has opened my eyes to the reality of what I have become.
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EstherWertheimer
Addosso 13” x 10” x 7” Lost wax bronze Esther Wertheimer’s work has been exhibited and commissioned internationally for over 50 years. She has been particularly recognized throughout Japan, Canada and the United States where her 35 public commissions adorn cityscapes, providing beauty and inspiration. During her career, Esther has received numerous honors, awards and prizes for her outstanding work, including the Gold Medal of Lorenzodi Magnifico at the 2009 Florence Biennale. “Sculpture, perhaps the most homocentric of the arts, conveys rhythms and the pulse of life, and invites the personal response of the users of public places. Buildings and terraces, gardens and marks, after all, are for the people.” “Pablo and Francesca”, dedicated to the Dallas Ballet Company, is located in Dallas, Texas.
ewertheimer.com
FlaviaD’Ascoli
Simbolos 25” x 25” Acrylic, collage, aerigraphic Flavia D’Ascoli was born in Venezuela; her early encounters with the ocean, the white sands and the multi-colored sunsets awakened her senses to nature, color and art. In her late twenties, she began her studies and the quest for her inner artist. In the 1990’s, Flavia resumed this quest by taking photography at the Newman Institute, and by studying printmaking and etching at Taller Artes Graficas Huella in Caracas, Venezuela. Flavia began by producing dry point and etching, and then enrolled in Introduction to Modern Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas. In 2000, she went to Italy to study etching at the Institut D’Art Lorenzo de Medici in Florence; after taking several courses in etching and painting/collage at the Art Institute “El Thaller” in Caracas, Flavia started working with collage at the Museum of Art in Corel Springs, Florida. Flavia still continues to pursue her passion for and knowledge of art.
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FranciscoCeron
A Woman’s Heart 24” x 25” Digital art over PVC I think my art is like a window to show the good side of the world, a vehicle for carrying messages of joy and a celebration of life. I use strong and vibrant colors to wake up the child that lives in every spectator. As an artist and a person, acting with senses and feelings, I would say that art works speak more than words. I let my creations talk about themselves. The roots of my inspiration can be found in the colors of my native country Colombia and ancient cultures of America with their graphics and symbols. Other great artists have influenced my artwork as well, with cultural movements like pop art, cubism, urban art, and comics. I try to unite all this multicultural and ethnical diversity in my works using traditional painting techniques and digital technology, reconstituting them through my vision and mixing with my memories, my imagination and my sources of inspiration like love, music, nature, the woman, the earth and dreams.
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HeSi’en
Our BABY 24” x 16” Photography, rice paper He Si’en’s graphic artwork draws inspiration from Chinese culture and representative symbology. The animals depict fate and man with his passions. He Si’en portrays these in a personal light with subtle hints of alphabetical characters. With the colors he uses, he creates atmospheres that make one think of the unavoidability of simply ‘being’ and the spiritual justification for life. One can recognize a recreational aspect with little butterflies, fish and colored characters. The color is applied to the medium using a range of different techniques. The animals, which hold the only real connection with reality, come out through a reflective cloud, but in a precise and uniform way, whilst well founded light and instinctive brush strokes define contrast. In his works there is a love for his heritage and roots, retold through symbols recognized by all.
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HeinzKörner
Golden Stockings Height 27" Wood, art model material, 23 karat gold
Heinz was born in Krems, Austria in 1963, and began a career restoring artworks in 1994. In 1997, he began to take part in painting exhibitions and sculpture symposiums, working with wood and stone. From 1997 through 2007, Heinz attended woodcarver symposiums and exhibitions throughout Austria; in 2007, he participated in the 4th International wood-carver symposium in Inami, Japan. From 2009 to 2011, Heinz exhibited in numerous venues in Vienna including the Palais Palffy, the Villa Wertheimstein, the Rathaus Vienna, and in the Waldmüller Centrum Vienna, working in collaboration with the Community of Performing Artists. Heinz participated in the 2011 International Biennale Artists Exhibition at Gallery Gora in Montreal, Canada, and continues to work as an artistic adviser for international wood-carver symposiums. Heinz assisted in diverse restoration projects in several Southern Austrian churches including the Grafenwörth, the Greinbrunn, the Friedersbach, and the Monastery Göttweig, where he worked on the high altar, choir stalls, summer sacristy, organ and shrine. He assisted on the restoration of the sacral interior of the Krems Church and the Baumgartner Höhe Crucifix of Kolo Moser-Otto Wagner in Vienna. In addition to restoring the complete interior of the Wulkerprodersdorf, Heinz worked in the Technical Museum, the Burgenland, and the Mühlendorf. His international restoration projects include work in Mills, Ohio, and in the Dom von Treviso in Italy.
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HeZhang
Red Club 48� x 60� Oil on canvas Zhang He, born in China in 1963, is a Chinese-Canadian artist based in Montreal. His vigorous abstractions range from austere studies in movement and energy to exuberant explosions of color that express the ever-changing landscape of his emotions. Gestural power and luminous hues reflect the verve and freedom of Chinese calligraphy, while each painting is a journey of selfdiscovery, continual exploration and personal transformation. In his refusal to settle on easy formulae, the artist has induced a process of constant reinvention that has given his art extraordinary power and momentum over the past decade. Recent exhibitions have successfully shown in Canada, the United States, China, Thailand and Italy.
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IreneNeal
Motherhood 28” x 22” Mixed media on paper
"I paint with all that I am, that somehow the best of my strengths will become visible to those who stand in front of my art so they too, can feel in their soul the beauty and greatness of this life.” After graduating from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1958 she married Paul Neal and for the next 16 years lived, worked and studied in Puerto Rico, Brazil, Portugal and Argentina. Currently Irene and her husband enjoy living in the waterfront community of Merrit Island, Florida where her studio is located. Irene has exhibited her works on an international level at numerous museums and galleries. Some locations include: New York City, Paris, Canada, Brazil, and at the Czech National Gallery in Prague, as well as more recently in China and Italy. “She works in a tradition of large size free-form abstraction, originating with Jackson Pollock, the Abstract Expressionists, and the Color Field Painters. She reinterprets this tradition by means of new, state-of the-art acrylic paints and gels, which have undergone an extraordinary development in recent years. In these free-form abstract paintings, Irene Neal aspires to the brilliant accident, the miraculous frozen moment in the flow of paint. Working experimentally with new materials, she has had to improvise her own unique “craft:” ways of organizing herself to paint; mixing and applying colors to keep them clear and vibrant...whether on canvas, wood, plastic or paper, Neal shows herself to be a master painter.”
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JamieGagan
Border Guardian Collage 17.5� x 27� Gold leaf and solar intaglio on masonite I am a printmaker and mixed media artist living and working in Santa Fe, New Mexico for over 20 years. I use photographs, monotypes, solar plate etchings, drawing and found objects as elements in my mixed media pieces. I place equal emphasis on process and content in my creative pursuits. I particularly enjoy developing a sculptural texture on a traditionally two-dimensional surface. In the last few years I have incorporated political and human rights themes into much of my work, weaving news clippings of international issues and events through the compositions. Social commentary is layered with bold color and textural variety at the intersection of art and social responsibility.
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JaneEllenMurray
Kiwi 18" x 24" Oil Putting New Life in Still Life! According to Webster, Still Life is “a picture consisting of inanimate objects” (YAWN). Isn’t it time we put some life in Still Life? Come in close. See the beauty of what nature has created. Drink in that luscious juice running down a slice of orange. Admire the brilliant colors on an apple that entice you to eat it. Discover the intricate patterns in slices of Kiwi. That’s my new look in Still Life! WOW!
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JoAnnCox
Symphony 44" x 58" Acrylic, foam sheets, gold leaf As an artist, I am challenged to create a subject that is not based on the world around us, but one that exists only on the canvas. My paintings are not “of anything” or symbolic of anything, at least not to me consciously. They are simply my paintings. Sometimes people say they see a subject or feel symbolism in a work and that’s okay. I believe viewers should feel comfortable experiencing a work of art from their own personal point of view.
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KickiGranholm
Close But Far Away 19 1/2" x 19 1/2" Oil I was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden, where I also began my artistic career. The big city stress and noise led me and my family to move to a minor village, and now I live in Nossebro. I express myself in painting, mostly in oil and sculpture, ceramics being my favorite material. My ultimate dimension is when I proceed into an infinite, borderless and speechless world. Happiness is being fullfilled by colour, light and form; to be encircled by my piece of art. People, animals and nature inspire me the most, though anything can ignite the process of creation within me.
kickiart.se
KimberlyBerg
Blue Lumina VI 26� x 19� Pastel I believe that artists have an important role to play in changing the patriarchal world in which we live. It is becoming increasingly clear that the present patriarchal military, social, political, religious and economic institutions we live under are no longer workable or sustainable. This is especially true for women who have lived under a patriarchal system, created and governed by men for the last 5000 years. As a male feminist artist, I believe we are living at a significant turning point in human history. A monumental change is happening in regard to the status of women in Western culture and other societies worldwide. After millenniums of nearly universal patriarchal subjugation, many women now have the chance to visualize themselves in totally new ways and reclaim their inherent birthright. I believe the artist can play an important role in furthering this historical transformation. This is because the artist has the unique ability to create a visual image that can inspire viewers to reinvent themselves. As an artist I wish to create a visual experience that lays the groundwork for a change in attitude: one that will allow women to feel confident that they have the ability, strength and resources to take control of their life. Ultimately, this can help us all become more whole and more human.
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LeeAbles
Undersea Eruption 48� x 36� Acrylic on canvas Lee Ables was born and raised in Southern California. His educational background includes Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. State College (B.A. in Art - 1956,) the University of Hawaii (M.F.A. - Painting - 1963,) and the Ohio State University. He is an actively producing professional artist as well as having been an art teacher at the Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu for 25 years, retiring in 1989. He has held membership in several professional organizations and is currently a juried member of the Arizona Artists Guild. He has participated in all of the major competitive shows in Hawaii at one time or another. His work has been in juried group shows in Hawaii, and Arizona since moving there in 1993. Among his solo exhibitions have been the University of Hawaii, Koko Head Gallery, Gallery Nine, Arts of Paradise Gallery in Honolulu, the Village Gallery in Hilo, the Lynn Kottler Gallery in New York, Gallery Three in Phoenix, and Galerie Gora in Montreal, Canada. His work is found in many private collections in Hawaii as well as on the mainland United States, Canada, Mexico and Europe. He is also represented in the collections of the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii State foundation on Culture and the Arts, and the City and County of Honolulu.
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LiHaibing
Left Light 48 x 48 cm Photography Artists are always the sharpest observers and critics, regardless of what kind of society in which they live. The infinite exploration of new lands for their creations should be the ultimate mission of all artists for the purpose of discovering the secrets of humanity in such a diversified society, in order to arouse and enlighten all human beings.
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MagiCalhoun
Journey 17“ x 10” x 11” Ceramic and metal My work deals with the inner world of emotions and dreams. I like to tell stories with clay--stories with universal symbols that elicit different responses in different viewers, depending on their own sensibilities, emotions and past experiences. The virtually edgeless quality of clay forms, unconstrained by preexisting boundaries, fascinates me. It allows me to create my clay narratives free-form. With clay, an edge is not automatically predefined as with a canvas, which has inherent limitations of conventional preexisting shapes. Clay allows me to play with the tension between two-dimensional and three-dimensional boundaries of both mediums, blur the interfaces, and create narratives that flow from one to the other. In this way, I can push the limits of what I do with the clay. Recently, I have added a few other elements like cast metal, wax and wood, or found objects to keep the creative process fresh and exciting and to constantly challenge myself in the studio. There is never a dull moment.
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MalenaPeon
The Pitaya Tree 39” x 39” Oil on canvas Having painted for many years, Mexican artist Malena Peon transforms natural landscape into jubilant shades and tones that merge effortlessly on canvas. Refreshing and liberating, this contemporary artist’s work transports viewers from the white cube cold of the gallery to a fantasyland where nature’s beauty is in its pristine condition. A dexterous painter, Peon takes inspiration from her surroundings, her culture and the modern world. Her work celebrates the birth of every living thing; her media varies from oil, to acrylics, to Chinese inks. Whatever the material, Peon always manages to convey her individual moods and her emotions through multi-colored imagery. Her latest work pays a tribute to her land; where warmth, passion, and life thrive through the romantic touch of her brush. With her expressionistic brush strokes, Peon constructs a euphoric atmosphere that envelopes viewers and elevates them to a state of serenity and joy.
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MattAnzak
Metropolitan 48” x 24” Oil and resin on canvas
Matt Anzak, curator of the International Biennale Artists Exhibition in Dallas, has been traveling regularly since 1998, either creating or exhibiting his artwork internationally. Matt has shown his art throughout the Dallas - Fort Worth area, as well as in Santa Fe, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Miami, London, Paris, Florence and Sydney. Matt has worked with cultural organizations such as ProArt and Contraria Arte in Ferrara, Italy, and Bhavan Australia in Sydney, and is a founding member of the artist group Ivy Paris in Paris, France. His artwork ranges from figure and landscape to nonobjective abstraction and explores a variety of media, technique and subject matter. Matt currently lives and works in Denton, Texas, and coordinates international art events with LuminArté Gallery in Dallas.
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MattiSirvio
Going Up Beyond There 24” x 32” Oil on canvas Matti Sirvio was born in Sotkamo, Finland. Since 2006, he has worked in Istanbul, Turkey. Encouraged by his time in Savonlinnan Taidelukio, which at that time was the only high school specialized in Fine Arts in Finland, he made preparations to study art therapy in England. A call to church work redirected his way eastward. For the following 25 years, Sirvio worked as a pastor in Sweden, Hungary and among the Turkic nations in the former Soviet Union. He lived in Sweden, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and in Kazakstan. He travelled extensively in Central Asia from Turkey to China. After moving to Istanbul, he picked up his passion for painting again. The bright and strong colors of Central Asia and the Caucasus captivated his soul. Sirvio’s style is Semi-abstract Expressionism. His works reflect impressions from the Orient and the North. He is a colorist. Bold combinations of cold and warm colors communicate interesting messages that lead the spectator to consider the fundamental questions of our very existence. The works speak of eternity and invite us with optimism of light to observe and to believe. The tapestry of the cultures and religions of the Middle-East touch the current issues with symbols and joyful details. During the past year Sirvio has exhibited in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, England and Finland. In the near future his work will be presented in Istanbul, New York and Zurich. He is working as a full-time pastor of the Greater Grace Church in Istanbul, and as the director of the Greater Grace World Outreach in Eurasia and the Middle-East.
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MichelleMuhlbaum
Portrait of a Heart 16� x 18� Mixed media Michelle Muhlbaum was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and grew up in New York. She studied in Philadelphia under the late Romas Viesulus, master printmaker. When working on her MFA at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, she let go of the pulling of the print and became absorbed in the sculptural qualities of the metal printing plate. This process led to the assemblages she still creates today. The medium she chooses often depends on the content of the work. In addition to the Biennale in Firenze, Michelle has shown her work abroad with B.B International in Zurich and Berlin. Her work has been collected by the Yeshiva University Museum in New York City where she had a one-woman show. She also has work in the collection of the Contessa Caproni's family Museum in Rome, Italy. Her work has been in juried group shows curated by Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator of the ICA Museum in Boston. She also received an award from artist Bettye Saar.
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ParihanSadikoglu
Girl Mythic Tower in Istanbul 26” x 39” Mixed media Born in Trabzon in 1972, Perihan Sadikoglu began her education in Istanbul, continued her studies at the Painting Department of Graphic Main Art Branch of Ataturk Faculty of Education at Marmara University, and completed her masters education at the English Business Administration Department Foundation of Contemporary Sciences at Marmara University in 1995. She founded her own graphic design agency in 1996, and worked in the field for 6 years. Since 1999, she has concentrated on her paintings and has participated in 11 personal art exhibitions as well as 65 integrated exhibitions. She founded an artistic design workshop in 2002, where she organized studies until 2005. in 2003, she traveled to Egypt taking photographs and videos, examining the civilization for her 2006 thesis “The Impacts of Antique Egypt on Modern Art and A Re-Interpretation.” She worked under the instruction of Prof. Ozdemir Altan at Yeditepe University in 2004, creating paintings with the subject of Antique Egypt that were later exhibited in the Ankara Art Fair in 2005. She also gave speeches with art critic Ümit Gezgin, and sociologist Ayhan Kalaycı on “The Mystery of Antique Egypt.” On March 29, 2007, her thesis titled “The Impacts of Antique Egypt on Modern Art and A Re-Interpretation” was published in English and Turkish under the name of “Antique Egyptian Art and Impacts from Historical Flow to Today." She exhibited her artwork in 2007 at the Alexandria Biennale and in 2011 at the Izmir Biennale.
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PuneetaMittal
Dendrites Clay and horse hair Wall installation With a strong belief that everything that is born, grows and withers away to be yet born again – incessant change from one to another proceeds in an evolutionary cycle – I choose not to be limited to a small corner space that defines who I am and what I must make. To quote Dalai Lama: "Within the seed of the cause of events is the seed for their cessation and disintegration.” The ceramic sculptures I make are simplified in form and use the layering of glazes to create a surface that is an imagined space; through the layers I build landscape and terrain. I find my inspiration from the world, viewed singularly through the lens of an inverted fluorescent microscope. Not far removed from my ceramic process of glazing with minerals and oxides layered on the clay body, my oil paintings have the interplay of colors and the quality of depth that create an inner landscape without compromising the content. I continue to work with ceramic forms that reflect my own sensitivity and awareness of the material itself and its traditions. The pieces that best integrate the form and surface, the spontaneity and fluidity of the clay along with the object’s use, are my personal triumphs. I am excited each time I find a new direction to experiment. As the work progresses, I tend to become more concerned with the overall perspective, and my own personal challenge in trying to know who I am in the context of the world I create and of the one in which I live. Consequently, I pause to look at my own work more critically and objectively.
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RichardBailey
Rocks in Motion 36” x 48” Oil Depicting imaginary landscapes with colors, texture and movement makes me pause to reflect on youthful exploring: treading on cross-bedded sandstone formed from ancient dunes that were uplifted in tumultuous action, eroded and exposed, reflecting the geological formations often studied from altitude while on autopilot. I apply paint in horizontal patterns, reflecting the formation of sedimentary rock; then cause the vertical lifting ‘defying gravity’. The violent formation of the landscape exposes minerals, gems and fossils, yet hosts the growth of foliage. While painting, I recall exploring the rugged western environment, hours of studying geological formations from the cockpit, imagining the forces required to expose my hiking trails.
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RobinAntar
Birth 11”w x 15”h x 8”d Blue onyx, granite base My abstract work is a reflection of my experiences combined with emotion. Each abstract creation is one of a kind, and has a unique significance, which emanates an essence and an aura of its own. The life-like creations from stone, chiseled meticulously to perfection, form a visual extravaganza as well as an intellectual playground of wonderment. Each time you look at apiece, you see something different, allowing you to draw in its beauty through your individual perspective. The true beauty of abstract art is not just what appears to the naked eye, but what lies beneath the surface.
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RonBurkhardt
Terra Orba 38” x 52” Acrylic, enamel, soil on canvas Ron Burkhardt, founder of Notism and originator of Earth Art, chronicles a society whose multi-tasking demands intrude on every facet of life. His raw, anti-tech work preserves the primal spirituality of our shared histories. Born in Jackson, Michigan and bred in the urban cauldron of New York City, this artistic pioneer merges frenetic scrawls with organic gesture; a free-spirited conglomeration of design and obsessive colors moving with linear rhythms in all directions. The bi-coastal Burkhardt has had 50 shows in the past decade and exhibited in dozens of renowned galleries--Philips de Pury, Sothebys and Forbes galleries in Manhattan, Peter Marcelle Contemporary, Southampton, Guild Hall, East Hampton, Paul Fisher Gallery, Palm Beach, Marion Meyer Contemporary, Laguna Beach, One Fine Art Gallery, Chicago, LuminArté Gallery, Dallas, Forster Gallery and Art Basel, Miami. He has been honored at International Biennales in Austria and Florence, Italy, where he won a Medici medal in 2005, and at the American Art Awards in 2010.
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ShawnManRoland
Shhh 351/2� x 36� Latex and oils on canvas I come from a childhood full of encouragement of creativity and achievement, but one also of discord. From my earliest days, I could more easily convey true and honest feelings, thoughts, opinions and reflections of my life and the world, through images than through words. Images leave much open to interpretation, but also reach for a fundamental connection and profound meaning. When a piece of art is complete, it stands on its own and has its own life. I really strive to create things of beauty that mean something to others, as well as to myself, even if that meaning is different for each person who shares them. I see my artwork as addressing issues of isolation, transcendence and the emotional importance of color. I like to incorporate whatever materials I discover that interest me and will get me closer to my vision of that piece, and have learned to use many mediums and tools, freeing me to follow my ideas. Predominately, I use acrylic and oil paints, plaster, wood, metal, resin and any thing else that will work. My art reflects my fascination with color, texture, organic shapes and lines, as well as a desire to illustrate emotions and stories through figurative elements. There is tension in my work between the materials, the textures, shapes and colors and what comes out of it, or images and more illustrative concerns. My most current work has become a melding of sculpture and painting, and is often very organic in form. It can be completely abstract, or figures may emerge out of a fog of color, line and texture.
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SinaKhosravi
#2 3” x 5” White, orange, blue, and red acrylic strings out of canvas My style of painting is premised on the exfiltration of paint through the weave of the canvas. Just as paint lengthens when squeezed out of a tube, my canvases extrude paint-lines. This allows me to explore the sculptural aspects of paint. My approach creates a medium, which is the synthesis of both painting and sculpture. My intention is to work through a problem within the two magisterial media of visual art: painting and sculpture. The problem is this: how far apart are the two mediums? I try to collapse some of the conceptual distance that divides them. This ‘collapse’ happens to favor painting. The canvas has always been the literal base for painting, but how often has paint itself played a sculptural role? By turning the familiar (flat paint) into the unfamiliar (moving paint strings), I am not only paying homage to Russian formalist critics and their concept of “ostranenie,” but I’m also experimenting with a Bachelardian poetics of the granular. My work tends to be smallscaled. The paintings display paint strings that can actually move. Lighting and air flow activate the paintings into something subtly autoperformative. All the paint used in the paintings is pure acrylic, and no other material has been added to the paint. The points of departure for my work have been Jackson Pollock, Lucio Fontana, Mark Rothko, and Eva Hesse. These are now monumental names, but their innovations still reverberate if we value the philosophical conundrum of trying to keep on ‘painting’ in an age of ‘posts’ and digital virtualities.
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TedBarr
The Hand Formation After 9 Weeks 59" x 59" Tar, oil colors, acrylic and lacquer Life and every existing element has a beginning and has an end. I believe that human life, as star lives, moves in cycles. My main interest in my art is cycles; I see it in the movement of stars, galaxies and clusters. I view life in the embryonic stages of pregnancy and in symbols that define religions. While studying the celestial patterns, I wrote 4 basic rules that are applicable to any object in space: movement, gathering, cycles and evolution. These 4 elements are the key bricks in my artwork. In order to depict these elements, I developed the multi-layered tar technique that consists of multi-level layers of cold tar, oil colors, acrylic and lacquer. All these elements are moved on the canvas, gathered by sushi sticks, then multiplied by 10-20 layer cycles.
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TeriStarkweather
Erosion 18” x 24” Mixed media I have embarked on a new body of work that addresses the thought that Teihard de Chardin expressed. He said, “We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” Throughout history artists have depicted angelic beings. My paintings explore the spiritual side of human beings and our connection to the earth, the universe, and each other.
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WewerKeohane
Tea Ceremony in Silk 48” x 40” Mixed media My work is metaphor. Through the invisible quality of understanding the metaphor, I am intuitively guided to the visual interpretations. Through a contemplative process using found objects, recycled ephemera, words, color, metals, the metaphor awakens into a story. When I fully understand the metaphor I move to another, which most often presents itself to me through my dreams or meditations. This is a slow process as I am rarely ready to “art” the metaphors, dreams, visions without processing their meaning in my life, which can take days or decades. This process of art making is my individual and indisputable connection to the divine. To the outside world, the work looks eclectic in nature. To me, it tells the story of my growth and the evolution of my authenticity....my quest to make the invisible visible. The continuing theme within all this work is balance: balance with self, genders, relationships, life. All the metaphors seem to be exploring this deep desire to find a world without duplicity.
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A special thanks to all the talented artists involved in this show as well as to the following JamieLabar Owner, LuminArté Gallery Jamie Labar, artist and owner of LuminArté Gallery, works tirelessly to help bring the arts to the Dallas area through her gallery. LuminArté emerges as a unique, vibrant beacon in the center of the flourishing Dallas Design District and maintains a strong connection to the international design community, to the Arts District and to the philanthropic community. LuminArté serves as a venue not only for established and emerging artists, but also for multimedia events involving nationally recognized musicians and performers.
MattAnzak Curator Matt Anzak, curator of the International Biennale Artists Exhibition in Dallas, has been traveling regularly since 1998, either creating or exhibiting his artwork internationally. Matt has shown his art throughout the Dallas - Fort Worth area, as well as in Santa Fe, San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Miami, London, Paris, Florence and Sydney. Matt has worked with cultural organizations such as ProArt and Contraria Arte in Ferrara, Italy and Bhavan Australia in Sydney, and is a founding member of the artist group Ivy Paris in Paris, France. His artwork ranges from figure and landscape to nonobjective abstraction and explores a variety of media, technique and subject matter. Matt currently lives and works in Denton, Texas, and coordinates international art events with LuminArté Gallery in Dallas.
ElishaBenYitzhak Moderator Elisha Ben Yitzhak was born in Israel in 1943. He studied art at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem and at the Avni Art Institute in Tel Aviv under the guidance of master artists. His paintings are exhibited in museums, galleries, art festivals and private art shows, and appear in numerous publications and electronic media. Elisha moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA, in 1985. About Elisha's art, an art critic wrote: “Elisha’s pictures have a unique and independent style of their own with so much rhythm. Most of his images combine both figurative and surrealistic elements. The colors in his paintings have an impact similar to the effect of pastels in the work of great impressionists. Elisha expresses his feelings, emotions and personal experiences through most astonishing paintings, which are revered around the world and considered extraordinary”.
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