Fine Art Publication
September 2020
Zhongfang Zhang
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Placed Artists
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Honorable Mention
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1st Place
Sebasitan Bianco
Amy Gibson
Fiona Groom
Zhongfang Zhang
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FROM THE CURATOR
Thank your for your interest and support of APERO. APERO is a monthly published fine art catalogue for established and emerging artists to participate in a juried and curated fine art publication. APERO is dedicated to showcasing fine art created by artists from around the world. Our goal with APERO is to help bring artists, art patrons and people together to enjoy an intellectual experience through the presentation of art. Please enjoy this month’s featured artists and their inspiring creative works. - E.E. Jacks
FEATURED ARTISTS
12
Islam Allam
42
14
Luis Ardila
44 Ulyana Korol
16
Sebastian Bianco
46
18
Mark Cattaneo
48 Cameron Lings
20
Casey Cheuvront
50
Gabriel Palma
22
Jeff Corwin
52
Paula Prager
24
Mario Fois Carta
54
Christina Salamon
26
Amy Gibson
56
Theda Sandiford
28
Catalina Gomez-Beuth
58
Nanci Schrieber-Smith
30
Fiona Groom
60
Rui Sha
32
Lori Horowitz
62
Shandy Staab
34
Sara Hupas
64
Sarah Still
36
Belen Islas
66
Luyang Tian
38
Sweety Joshi
68
Nikolay Vlahov
70
Zhongfang Zhang
40 Andrew Keith
Patricia Kluwe Derderian
Bivek Kumar
Islam Allam untit,WaldEeeenKirSsssch-eld | 2020 Digital Art | 11.7 x 16.5 in NFS
Middle East Egypt
Islam Allam byislamallam@gmail.com byislamallam.com
About Islam Allam is a self-taught digital artist and graphic designer who lives and creates in Cairo, Egypt. Allam was attracted to the graphics field from an early age and utilized digital platforms to experiment, create, and explore the digital world. After learning how to employ and create on the Photoshop digital platform, Allam began to use his experience in graphic design to produce digital portraits inspired by the same visual context he preferred and found attractive in movements of traditional art.
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
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Luis Ardila Gmo the Blind Combat Between Theseus and the Minotaur Oil on Canvas | 48 x 72 in $22,000
| 2018
North Carolina United States of America
Luis Ardila luisgermanardila@aol.com ardilaart.com
About My paintings are framed within the traditional symbolism. That means my personal style has been influenced by twentyfirst century syncretism and the school of illuminators and sculptors of the Middle Ages. From ancient times, symbolism has existed as a form of communicating a complex imagery of thoughts and ideas. It is based on matching things that seem to be different in terms of space, time, matter and other defining characteristics, but actually they have equal intrinsic properties and essences so they can be represented by the same symbol.
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2nd Place Sebastian Bianco Abracadabra | 2019 Carrara Marble, Brass Inserts and Patinas | 19.6 x 11.8 x 22.8 in POR
Tuscany Italy
Sebastian Bianco artynautas@gmail.com biancosebastian.com
About Bianco was born in Argentina, and after graduating in the National Fine Art School he moved to Patagonia, where he started his career painting and carving wood, then, after a trip full of culture exchanges, sculpture symposiums, and exhibitions around the world, he discovered Pietrasanta, a famous Art town on the feet of the Marble Mountains in Tuscany, Italy, where he set up his studio, non stop learning and producing. His artistic approach plays asymmetric and organic games creating the structure of each piece, with the intention of balancing figurative images with abstract ones, contrast the material against space, textures with soft shapes. The best quality of Carrara marble is used to handmade create each of the unique pieces. His work is found in various private collections around.
Curator Review Abracadabra The elemental influence of this sculpture by artist Sebastian Bianco, is expressed in the sinew of the stone itself. Bianco has condensed the essence of his work into its purest form whilst embracing its innate vitality. From the cresting movement, to the darker textured portions and smooth swells of speckled marble, this liberated piece evokes a sense of strength and unrestraint. -E.E. Jacks
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Mark Cattaneo GHT | 2020 Acrylic on Canvas, Oxidation Corrosion with Acids on Metal, Rusty Iron, Applicat | 195 x 105 x 4 cm 3,900€
Padova Italy
Mark Cattaneo markcattaneo.9@gmail.com markcattaneo.com
About Mark Cattaneo has an experiential approach based on the direct experimentation of techniques and materials, incorporating them to his own irreplaceable vision, will be a dominant constant throughout his research path. My research is the pleasure to make the relation between the human being and the impalpable dimension which generates chaos clear. In this primordial chaos, where chaos is not synonymous with chaotic, but with this wonderful asymmetrical balance, every choice represents a variation in the wandering of existence and offers new life blood under the form of question marks that become the driving force of life itself. The materials and techniques become languages to talk about the aesthetic and structural, relational and emotional components, in the numerous degrees of conscious.
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Casey Cheuvront Desert Skies | 2019 Oil on Canvas | 18 x 12 x 1.5 in $2,800
Arizona United States of America
Casey Cheuvront caseycheuvront@gmail.com caseycheuvront.com
About My favorite shoes are hiking boots. For years I explored the wildernesses of the Southwest, hiking, backpacking, hang gliding and mountain biking - interacting with our wild places up close and in person. This has profoundly influenced my work. I believe we are incomplete without a connection to, and appreciation of, the natural world, and that we should cherish and protect it. To honor that end, I create impressionist/realism paintings of Southwest landscapes and wildlife in oils, so that my collectors can share in that spiritual relationship. I want to promote deeper respect and connection with our vanishing wild places and the creatures that call them home. Casey studied drawing, painting, and ceramics at CSUF California, and has been influenced by current artists like Bill Cramer
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
21
Jeff Corwin Big Timber Montana | 2020 Photography/Piezography Print | 30 x 40 in POR
New Mexico United States of America
Jeff Corwin jeffcorwin@artworkinternational.com jeffcorwinfineart.com
About Over the years, Jeff Corwin has taken photos out of a helicopter, in jungles, on oil rigs and an aircraft carrier, of famous faces and for well-known corporations. After 40+ years as a commercial photographer, Corwin has transitioned to fine art photography. He gravitates to stark and isolated vistas because they speak to him. His photographs are grounded in design. Simplicity, graphic forms, strong lines or repeating configurations personally resonate. Eliminate clutter. Light when necessary. Repeat. His commercial work won many prestigious
awards
and
garnered
international
media
coverage. Corwin’s career shift into fine art photography is being met with the same serious attention. He is currently exhibiting in several important contemporary galleries throughout the western United States.
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
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Mario Fois Carta Jellyfish 2 | 2018 Mixed Color on Canvas | 100 x 100 cm 500,000€
Sardinia Italy
Mario Fois Carta flytopartgallery@gmail.com mariofois.com
About Mario Fois Carta was born in Nuoro in 1971 where he live and works. Since the end of the 80s begins operating around aerosol art and street’s culture. After several years of intense activity, without breaking away from the artistic spirit that has marked the first expression, Fois come to traditional painting techniques on canvas, with particular attention to the use of color American abstract expressionism. In the mid 90s Fois is one of the founders of “Kentu Concas Kentu Berrittas” an artistic movement characterised by the maximum individual freedom and an intense exhibition activity. In recent years Fois has been protagonist of various Solo, and proved to be able to compare effectively with different techniques’ and formats, moving from micro to macro without ever losing the meaning...
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Honorable Mention Amy Gibson Sometimes She’s Mute | 2020 Oil on Wood Panel | 14 x 11 in $750
North Carolina United States of America
Amy Gibson amygibsonart@me.com amygibsonart.com
About Amy Gibson (1976) Born in Alliance, Ohio and became interested in art at an early age. She started attending private painting classes in the fifth grade and continued into high school. Amy received her BFA in 1999 from the University of Akron with a focus on painting. After college, she shifted her interest from abstraction and became focused on the methods and practices of traditional realism. Amy is a painter and instructor. Her work focuses on still life and portraiture and currently lives Wilmington, North Carolina.
Curator Review Sometimes She’s Mute This singular portrait by artist Amy Gibson, reflects her abilities to penetrate the complex human disposition. The light in her tonal painting absolutely glows and a solemnity and underlying strain of reserve, adds depth to the shadows. A beautiful equity between the sober mood, rich color and overall feeling, has most certainly been achieved here. -E.E. Jacks
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Catalina Gomez-Beuth Just For You | 2020 Oil on Canvas | 36 x 36 in $2,800
MedellĂn Colombia
Catalina Gomez-Beuth catagomezbeuth@gmail.com catalinagomezbeuthart.com
About Catalina Gomez-Beuth was born in Medellin, Colombia, were she studied Fashion Design. Her love for art was deepened during the time she studied design of accessories in Florence, Italy. However, her true passion has always been painting. Her Latino culture and the experiences of diversity and multiculturalism of the daily lives in United States, country where she has being living for the last 20 years, has nurtured and inspired her to celebrate in her paintings what she admire most in this country: the beauty in its diversity. Her art work looks beyond limiting factors such as skin color or ethnicity, reason why all the characters in her artwork are depict in different shades of gray, with vibrant colors around it, leaving the door open for the viewer to connect with the raw emotions.
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
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3rd Place Fiona Groom We’re All Ears | 2020 Acrylic on Canvas | 160 x 4 x 100 cm NFS
Queensland Australia
Fiona Groom croakin@bigpond.net.au fmgfionagroomvisualartist.com
About Fiona Groom began painting in the early 2000’s after completing a variety of art courses which included Certificate II Visual Arts, Diploma of Visual Arts (Fine Arts), and a Double Major Degree in Fine Arts. Professionally Fiona’s activities have included a TV episode on Put Some Colour in Your Life and also several Artist residencies during a variety of exhibitions. Ms Groom has also held the position of Volunteer Gallery Curator at a Local Community Gallery which has given her plenty of opportunity to work with other Artists, organize and present artwork and become involved in an assortment of local community events. Additionally, Fiona has organized and run several children’s art workshops, group exhibitions, art projects, painting workshops, art group tutoring and some community based.
Curator Review We’re All Ears Four precisely posed zebras, gaze attentively at the viewer in this sensitive portrait by artist Fiona Groom. Groom’s academic abilities and contemplative aesthetic, never ceases to amaze. ‘We’re All Ears’ is a balanced, visually dynamic explosion of lines and patterns that absolutely demands attention and at the same time, requires a quiet reverie. -E.E. Jacks
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Lori Horowitz Grieve | 2020 Aluminum Wire, Spun Copper, Woven and Sewn Copper Wire | 28h x 22w x 28d in $3,200
New York United States of America
Lori Horowitz Lorihorowitzartist@gmail.com lorihorowitz.com
About Using eclectic techniques and materials, Lori Horowitz explores the overlooked interactions between individuals, exploring their social disconnect as well as common humanity. Since 2015, she has had six solo exhibitions and participated in numerous national gallery and museum group shows. She is also an independent curator, as well as the former curator and executive director of Studio 5404 Art Space in Massapequa, NY. Currently, she serves on the board of directors and advisory boards for two not- for- profit arts groups. Recently, her work has been featured in the NY Times, as well as local and international publications such as 1340 Art International, Azucar and Apero Magazines, in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris.
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
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Sara Hupas Eruption | 2019 Recycled Paper, Plaster | (2 x) 21 x 16 x 16 cm POR
Zachodniopomorskie Poland
Sara Hupas sara.hupas@gmail.com facebook.com/sara.hupas.art
About Born in 1987 in Prudnik. A graduated from PLSP in Opole. In the years 2007-2010 student of the Opole Art Institute in the field of Art Education in the Field of Fine Arts. She acquired Bachelor’s degree in sculpture under the direction of Prof. Marian Molenda. In 2017 graduated from Cracow Academy of Fine Arts. Diploma in Sculpture Studio IV, conducted by Prof. Józef Murzyn. An annex to the diploma in the Sculpture Workshop in Metal under the direction of Prof. Krzysztof Nitsch and in the Drawing Studio III run by Mrs. Prof. Ewa Janus.
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Belen Islas Pies Ligeros | 2020 Acrylic on Canvas | 27 x 22 in $2,800
California United States of America
Belen Islas hello.beleni@gmail.com belenislas.com
About The art critic for The Argonaut declared Belen Islas’ work “magical realism.” Her work has been exhibited in the US and Latin America and Mexico. The artist has been featured at the stARTup Art Fair and Latin American Art Fair. This year, Belen Islas won the Westlake Art Guild’s mixed media award. She currently lives and works in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband and two kids.
Curator Review Pies Ligeros The expression in this enigmatic and perceptive painting, favors story-telling and the sacred. Belen’s magical use of symbolism via nature, from the chrysalis in hand, to the various elements portrayed, exposes the passage of time and change in a beautifully delicate and connective manner. Her vibrant subject appears to be on a personal journey, in this singular exploration of culture, surrealism and the divine feminine. -E.E. Jacks
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Sweety Joshi Untitled | 2020 Water Colour, Ink, Burnt Paper Bunch | 23 x 33 in $1,200
Maharashtra India
Sweety Joshi sweetyjoshis@gmail.com facebook.com/sweetyjoshis
About Sweety Joshi is an artist of Indian origin who currently resides in Mumbai. In 2005 she graduated in painting from a Fine Arts College in Pune, India. Since 2003 she has to her credit numerous group exhibitions and Artist Residency’s at prestigious locations in India and abroad, including, Edinburgh, Sweden, Spain, Vietnam, Australia. In 2012, she had her 1st solo exhibition “KALOS” at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, She has also participated in numerous art camps and art fairs. In 2014 She had participated in Kochi Biennale. India and 2015 in Gran Canary island, Biennale at Spain. She has also been a part of India Art Fair 2017 in Delhi -India. Yatoo Nature Art Biennale 2020, Korea.
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
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Andrew Keith Curvilineal Beauty | 2018 White Marble | 14 x 12 x 32 in $8,500
Utah United States of America
Andrew Keith andrewjkeith25@yahoo.com andrewjosephkeith.com
About Andrew Joseph Keith is a figurative artist and sculptor who graduated from Utah State University with his Bachelor of Fine Arts in stone sculpture in 2019. He is currently working in collaboration with Proko to create an online figure sculpting fundamentals course.
APERO | SEPTEMBER 2020
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Patricia Kluwe Derderian NYC High Line | 2020 Acrylic on Canvas | 48 x 1.5 x 36 in POR
Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
Patricia Kluwe Derderian patikdartist@gmail.com patikd.com
About I’ve always loved to draw, even the smell of my uncle’s colored pencils inspired me to major in architecture - since art was not an option in the little city where I was raised in Brazil. I graduated and worked as an architect where I used my art as a way of expression for my projects and ideas. It also became my way of thinking. In 2015, I decided to dedicate myself to my art and had the opportunity to develop techniques and skills through inspiring courses around figure painting, plein air oil painting, experimental art… and especially by working with great artists from South Carolina, Georgia, France and more recently by being part of the very rich artistic community of the Tampa Bay area.
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Ulyana Korol Venus | 2020 Oil on Canvas | 100 x 100 cm NFS
Lviv Ukraine
Ulyana Korol uljana.korol@gmail.com ulyanakorol.com
About My passion for flowers comes from my childhood…My mother often used to bring me different flowers from our garden, so I had fun by playing with them and by admiring of their beauty. Having taken colored pencils at a very young age, the first thing I have drawn was a flower. I draw my artistic inspiration from travelling. A lot of amazing subjects often make me literally “hunt” with the camera. The main idea of my art is to transfer the emotion of happiness and love to our nature as well. My passion for photography, especially for capturing in macro format has had an impact on the way I show some particular flower. In my paintings I pay attention to the elegant and delicate close up of flower petals. For more juiciness I use the technique of palette knife painting.
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Bivek Kumar Kashi | 2020 Watercolor on paper | Half Imperial POR
India
Bivek Kumar bivek2211@gmail.com instagram. com/bivek_kr
About My name is Bivek Kumar, I’m an Indian based artist who earns money by working as a Software developer but inside heart loves to paint and planning to open a studio in future. I love painting in watercolor and I pick subjects which show the beauty of my country. I love experimenting with my mediums because what I think is we should always learn new stuff and keep experimenting with the medium. I have been creating art for 3 years and generally connect with the art community by visiting art workshops. My work has been shown at a couple of virtual and non-virtual exhibitions and various social media pages. When people see my work, I hope they can feel the beauty of the subject and will go through some new experiences.
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Cameron Lings Passer Byes | 2020 Digital Illustration | size N/A NFS
Teesside United Kingdom
Cameron Lings cml1998@hotmail.co.uk instagram.com/cameron_lings
About Primary and secondary research become important factors throughout my practice. Usually, this corresponds with patterns, activity and traits throughout our contemporary world. These will often link to themes regarding our environment, and the ever-contrasting imbalance between our natural and man-made world. However, regarding more recent works, the research aspect of my practice leans toward asking the ‘larger questions’ about our so-called-familiar world. ‘Time’ is a theme in which I have shown great interest. Within my current practice, I bring together conceptual, biological, mathematical and hypothetical-based research, and through the means of a body of 2D and 3D artwork, depict how our current understanding of time is something that can forever be brought into question.
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Gabriel Palma A Residential Part of Highland Park | 2020 Oil and Acrylic on canvas | 24 x 36 in $1,200
California United States of America
Gabriel Palma gabepalma08@gmail.com instagram.com/gabeapalma
About I was born in Los Angeles, California to a family of 7 brothers and sisters. At an early age I began drawing and painting, visiting museums and reading books about Monet and Van Gogh. It wasn’t until I was 23, when I met Csaba Markus, famed Hungarian painter, where in which he mentored me. I then went on to study at the Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, receiving a solid base to my art practice. I now reside in Los Angeles, continuing to paint, explore, and exhibit.
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Paula Prager The Stuff That Dreams are Made of | 2020 Acrylic on Canvas | 30 x 40 in $600
California United States of America
Paula Prager papscorp@aol.com paulapragerdesigns.com
About Most biographies include where one has studied, what shows they have participated in, special recognitions and accolades. My own biography has been full of the above mentioned references; however, there comes a time in one’s life when all this seems not so important when one considers where one is right now. Eleanor Roosevelt said, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that’s why they call it the present.” For certainly all my past experiences as an artist, partner, mother and grandmother have made me the artist I am now.
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Christina Salamon Pollination | 2019 Recycled Paper and Acrylic Paint | 33 x 33 x 26 cm 1,900€
Vienna Austria
Christina Salamon christinasalamon@gmail.com christinasalamon.com
About Member of the Association of Professional Artists of Austria. The intentions that initiate and guide me through the making, the stories I’m trying to tell are all related to our human connection with our surroundings, with nature. I am searching for the energy that keeps it all together... the circle of life, our own and of all living beings. My goal is to develop my creativity and find my own forms of expression that can carry my stories to the viewer.
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Theda Sandiford Twilight Off The Bow | 2019 Mixed Media Cotton Rope, Yarn, Chenille and Recycled Sari Silk | 80 x 10 x 12 in $5,500
New Jersey United States of America
Theda Sandiford bondgyrl@gmail.com thedasandiford.com
About Theda Sandiford is an award-winning, self-taught artist based in Jersey City, NJ. Her work has been included in museums and galleries including the MoCADA in Brooklyn, Visual Art Center of New Jersey and the Montclair Art Museum. Her work appears in such permanent collections as Apple, Universal Music Group and Jerry Saltz’s personal collection and her work ‘Selfie-Joy’ was licensed to BET’s hit show, ‘Being Mary Jane’. Theda transforms found and meticulously collected recycled materials into complex mixed media works. Community art making is a key component of her process, creating multilayer
and
multi-sensory
experiences.
Fragmented
identity juxtaposed with the existence of infinite possibilities is a recurring theme in her work.
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Nanci Schrieber-Smith 29 Birds Plus | 2010 Oil on Canvas with Hand-Painted Collage Elements | 48 x 48 x 2 in $8,000
California United States of America
Nanci Schrieber-Smith schrieber-smith@att.net schriebersmith.com/paintings-assemblages
About When painting, my inspiration comes from my non-sectarian daily home life, from current world events and from my world travels. They celebrate the irony, humor and profundity of life. I wish them to provoke questions and dialogue as we make our own personal discoveries on this journey of life.
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Rui Sha Catching the Moonlight | 2019 Porcelain, Wood, Water, Thread, Acrylic | 37 x 8 x 16 in NFS
Beijing China
Rui Sha rui.sha@hotmail.com ruiisa.com
About Rui Sha is an interdisciplinary artist who primarily works in the fields of sculpture and new media. She grew up in Beijing and worked as a furniture designer there before moves to Chicago, where she completed an MFA degree in Art and Technology Studies at the School of Art Institute of Chicago. Her works usually engage with videos featuring the sounds of nature and objects fabricated in wood, fabric, and other. The natural materials that she brings in become the carriers of everyday experiences and emotional expressions. Her work has been exhibited in places such as Roman Susan (Chicago, IL), Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI), CICA Museum (Gimpo, Korea).
Curator Review Catching the Moonlight Deceptively simple and directly authentic, artist Rui Sha’s exquisite piece exudes many sensations. Rather than adhering to conventional expressions and perspectives, Sha speaks in a voice of bold purity. From the clean wood design and rounded porcelain ‘craters’, to the delicately composed threads and her use of natural elements, this highly imaginative work reflects on the introspective, in a remarkably engaging and poetic way. -E.E. Jacks
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Shandy Staab Everyday Treasures | 2020 Oil on Belgian Linen | 22 x 22 in $4,500
Colorado United States of America
Shandy Staab ssstaab@aol.com shandystaab.com
About Paintings created with Shandy’s own inclining’s embrace the equestrian, agricultural and outdoor lifestyles; depicting horses and other domestic animals, wildlife and landscapes. Since realizing her B.A. Fine Art from Colorado State University in 2010, Shandy has continued to pursue creative evolution and education through self study. In the face of an otherwise severed
eventuality,
Shandy
hopes
her
works
inspire
connectivity to something absolute. “I’m deeply inspired in such a way, that few words can muster definition... So; I paint.” ~ Shandy
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Sarah Still Moonlit Gaze | 20119 Acrylic on Canvas | 36 x 48 in NFS
British Columbia Canada
Sarah Still sarah_be@me.com sarahstillart.com
About Sarah is a self-taught realist painter and illustrator who depicts highly detailed wildlife portraits. Living on Canada’s West Coast, she draws inspiration from BC’s rich flora and fauna. She was fortunate to discover her talent at an early age, sparking a life long penchant for creating. Her work has now sold worldwide and been featured on two Canadian postage stamps. Sarah’s current acrylic paintings include monochromatic portraits of animals. By focusing on the values and not allowing herself to be distracted by colour, she achieves a powerful intensity that celebrates the essence of the subject. “My goal as a portrait artist is to go beyond likeness and from it reveal connection. I aim to inspire emotions to the natural world which can be hindered by the busy lives we live in.”
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Luyang Tian Peace | 2020 Digital Photography Printed on Epson Cold Press Bright Paper | 20 x 13 in POR
California United States of America
Luyang Tian seraphlia1212@gmail.com seraphlia.com
About I am a San Francisco based fashion and art photographer.
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Nikolay Vlahov Memories in the Soil | 2020 Mixed Media on Board | 70 x 50 cm 850â‚Ź
Sofia Bulgaria
Nikolay Vlahov ngvlahov@gmail.com artborn.net/en
About I would define myself as a multidisciplinary artist creating in the fields of painting, photography, stage design and writing. In the field of painting I am a mixed media abstract artist who experiments with different techniques, material, objects and media. My work is a declaration of love to the mystical power of colours to uplift the emotional wellbeing and ignite human spirit. It’s a call to people to dare and express the true colours of their being and a poem to the uniqueness of each of us at the same time. I always look for creating and discovering new worlds.
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1st Place Zhongfang Zhang A Thousand Eyes No.1 | 2019 Bronze, Bronze Wire ,Wood, Resin | 1 x 7.5 x 9 in NFS
China
Zhongfang Zhang 3344407@163.com akazhangdesign.com
About Art has defined my life ever since I was little. Creating art has brought me great pleasure; moreover, it gives me even more happiness when other people appreciate my artwork. Having immersed myself in ILL. for years, traditional 2D graphic painting doesn’t satisfy me anymore, ever since I decided that I prefer to represent my feelings from real life. I hungered to create touchable real 3D artwork. Metal arts in Summer 2016. Since changing my major, I have slowly transformed my 2D illustration thinking into a 3D jewelry design mindset. For instance I like to shape and solder metals and practice stone setting, using laser cutting and 3D modeling to make jewelry. Even more, I enjoy the time I spend creating art with my classmates in the school studio. In the future, I intend to open me. Photographer: Luyang Tian
Curator Review A Thousand Eyes No.1 The design and style of this highly imaginative and precise work, is both energetic and visually connective. Artist Zhongfang Zhang has created an edgy yet reflective piece that bends the boundaries of composition and expression. In Zhang’s rounded metal elements, swirls of color and interpretive vision of lenses, perhaps the subject can see through the metaphysical, beyond two eyes and into ‘A Thousand…’. -E.E. Jacks
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INDEX
12
Islam Allam | untit,WaldEeeenKirSsssch-eld | 2020
14
Luis Ardila | Gmo the Blind Combat Between Theseus and the Minotaur
16
Sebastian Bianco | Abracadabra | 2019
18
Mark Cattaneo | GHT | 2020
20
Casey Cheuvront | Desert Skies | 2019
22
Jeff Corwin | Big Timber Montana | 2020
24
Mario Fois Carta | Jellyfish 2 | 2018
26
Amy Gibson | Sometimes She’s Mute | 2020
28
Catalina Gomez-Beuth | Just For You | 2020
30
Fiona Groom | We’re All Ears | 2020
32
Lori Horowitz | Grieve | 2020
34
Sara Hupas | Eruption | 2019
36
Belen Islas | Pies Ligeros | 2020
38
Sweety Joshi | Untitled | 2020
40 Andrew Keith
| Curvilineal Beauty | 2018
| 2018
42
Patricia Kluwe Derderian | NYC High Line | 2020
44 Ulyana Korol 46
| Venus | 2020
Bivek Kumar | Kashi | 2020
48 Cameron Lings
| Passer Byes | 2020
50
Gabriel Palma | A Residential Part of Highland Park | 2020
52
Paula Prager | The Stuff That Dreams are Made of | 2020
54
Christina Salamon | Pollination | 2019
56
Theda Sandiford | Twilight Off The Bow | 2019
58
Nanci Schrieber-Smith | 29 Birds Plus | 2010
60
Rui Sha | Catching the Moonlight | 2019
62
Shandy Staab | Everyday Treasures | 2020
64
Sarah Still | Moonlit Gaze | 20119
66
Luyang Tian | Peace | 2020
68
Nikolay Vlahov | Memories in the Soil | 2020
70
Zhongfang Zhang | A Thousand Eyes No.1 | 2019
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