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First ArtCurated Prize Top Finalists from around the world. Amazing artists are selected from Italy & Solvenia to Japan...Read all about it!
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Giu Ma
www.web
“I was s tional ba ous comp della Fra ticity and vaggio a as well a delicacy
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useppe ariotti
ITALY
balice.it/giuseppemariotti
struck by the emoalance and rigorposition of Piero ancesca, the plasd drama of Caraand Rembrandt, as the poetry and of Vermeer.�
o Giuseppe: attended an art school, so ght. As a child I began to xperiment with color.
gh school art history ape more than Latin or Greek.
I was fascinated by the Italian Renaissance and the great artists of that period, as well as by the Flemish masters. I was struck by the emotional balance and rigorous composition of Piero della Francesca, the plasticity and drama of Caravaggio and Rembrandt, as well as the poetry and delicacy of Vermeer. Modern painting, on the other hand, fascinates me for its freedom of language as well as its capacity for continual innovation. During my university years, my scientific background contributed to the maturation of the two innate aspects of my personality: the imaginative and the rational. Following my degree, in addition to working in my profession, I have also dedicated much time to other artistic expressions. I have drawn comic strips and done book illustrations, as well as graphic art, and I have become deeply interested in digital art. Since the moment I discovered painting this has become a consuming interest for me. I do mostly oil paintings, and the themes I portray are very diverse: I enjoy representing reality, but also adventuring into the dimensions of the imagination and of the surreal, as well as sounding the depths of Man’s feelings and inner life.
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Ulla Gm
www.ullag
Ulla Gmeiner is a virtual artist (painting and objects) from Germany with her own studio in Bonn. She is a member of different art groups and a curator of an International Competition (Kulturpark Tapetenfabrik Bonn) Exhibitions in Germany, Sweden (Stockholm), Austria (Linz), Italy (Bologna) and France (Paris).
“My wo lages and described chance”: and colla a dialogu mentally and I me consciou ment. ”
a meiner
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GERMANY
gmeiner.com
ork (paintings, cold objects) can be d as a “controlled : my paintings ages are based on ue with experiy induced processes eet them with a us artistic develop-
Galleries: Galerie Sassen, Bonn KG 52, Stockholm ArtGermany, Munich Vernissage Atelier, Heidelberg Trevisan International Art, Bologna Carré d’Artistes, Paris Ulla's artistic work was published in different art magazines and books: Prizes Art Majeur Silver Award, 2010 and 2011 Philosophy My work (paintings, collages and objects) can be described as a “controlled chance”: my paintings and collages are based on a dialogue with experimentally induced processes and I meet them with a conscious artistic development. Light, texture and colors play an important role. I like to apply different materials like glass fiber, aluminum foil, eggshells, fragments of old books and wood engravings. My interest in philosophy, mythology and nature subjects is strongly expressed in my artwork. There is often a hidden sense in it which is not directly visible. I always look for “poetic possibilities” that often reveal surreal features and represent the themes of transience. Artistic education in Munich
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Hung Wong
AUSTRALIA
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“I learned Chinese painting from an art master, Mr Lai Yuk-hay in Hong Kong before I migrated to Australia in 1989. I have a studio and create my own style in watercolor and chinese painting. Drawing goldfish is my favorite, which no one did it in this way before.�
The piece shown, Exhibition Of Chine
Meaning of Hung's The title of my piec our fate, but if we h change for the bette are so small that the love and show our
The background of the same pond. W Free from worries, w
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has won a special award in International Contest & Masterwork ese Painting Calligraphy in Shanghai in 2009.
s artwork: ce means "whatever will-be, will be". In our life, we cannot control have good morals and do good things to help others, our fate will er. These days, major disasters happen so often and we as humans ere is very little we can do to predict or avoid them. Let us all show good heart to each other so this world can change of the better...
f the picture means life is an unknown, but we are all swimming in We hope to live in freedom and happiness like goldfish. wars and crimes....become a consuming interest for me. I do most-
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Izum Saji
www.bram
Collections University in Japan Calvin Klein Designers in New York
"Like sp the life o In the ex eternal p the limit Continue the real w find thro spiritual
mi iki
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JAPAN
manda.jp
pace,considering of man, xpression of the possibility without t of a single life, e our search for world that we will ough our l struggle."
Solo exhibitions 1982 Galerie Ichiyo, Tokyo 1984 -96 Kunugi Gallery, Tokyo 2000, 01 Cast Iron Gallery, N.Y., U.S.A. 2006 O Art Museum 2009,03 Gallery Gaku , Tokyo 2010,04 Gallery Gekkoso , Tokyo 2010,06 The blue box Gallery , Okazaki 2011,01 1/FGallery , Tokyo Group exhibitions 1981 -87 Association of Jiyu Bijutsu, Tokyo 1994 -96 Contemporary Art Festival, Tokyo 1997 Salon des Artistes Français, Paris 1999 Salon de Mai, Paris 2001-03 Asian Art Now, Las Vegas, U.S.A. 2006 Grand prix at « Artists Today FrancoJapanese », Tokyo 2006 Galerie Atelier Visconti, Paris 2009,09 Shanghai Art Fair
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Jure Cek
www.ceku
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University of Haw
e kuta
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SLOVENIA
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that there is a ctive of his work e that there have ny changes and es which have alme to see and cris work over such a iod of time. But ection it is the at have brought he biggest.�
ara Saromines-Ganne
waii
According to Renate Bolzer, "In his recent painting, Cekuta has been reducing the intensity of a human figure. Details have somehow disappeared in favour of a stronger texture and forms have been integrated more intensively into the background of a picture. Human body and details are built into a picture in such a way that they cannot be defined at the first sight. Graphic details are no more visible on larger canvases and pictures are more picturesque and homogenous." In his characteristic on-
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Richard A. Moore III
USA
www.rmooresculptures.com
“As for the visual influences ... here they are: masterpieces of Baroque sculpture and movie monsters made of silicone; some significant, some seemingly trivial... ”
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Ann Skre
www.anne
Jeg har utda håndverksfa tutvikling o som har git å spille på og uttrykksfo kene påvirk ideer til vide
Mine arbeid små format ende, spon finner meg håndverk og handle etter tanken. Jeg
ne ede
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NORWAY
eskrede.com
annelse innen kunst- og ag, design, produkog pedagogikk, noe tt meg et stort spekter i forhold til materialer ormer. De ulike teknikker hverandre og gir ere utvikling.
der er både i store og ter i et eksperimenterntant språk og jeg beet sted mellom kunst, g design. Jeg prøver å r instinktet snarere enn g søker å uttrykke det
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Sha Che
www.shan
In 1983, the very first time I picked up a pencil I was amazed that an image could be created with a simple line. Once I discovered the world of sketches, I was hooked. The portrait of self-expression lies within a person’s imagination.
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NEW ZEALAND
n-arts.com
83, the very first icked up a pens amazed that an ould be created simple line. Once ered the world of , I was hooked. rtrait of self-exlies within a imagination.�
For the past 20 years I have been working as an accountant actually. In 2003 when I picked up a pencil again I was amazed that I couldn’t believe how much I love it. I can easily spend over 15 hours on it everyday. For me it feels like only an instant and the only hint I have is the slow ache that works its way up my arm. Art stirs my pulses. I found a space where I can say my say. We are too limited, slight and lonely as human, but art is unlimited. I have come to realize that I have used my artwork as a form of catharsis and through it I am able to express feelings that I could never put into words. My selfhood is optimistic, but I like forlorn beauty. It always resonate inside my soul. My goal is for the viewer to connect my arts, their soul, hence Soulful Studios.paint-
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Cony Welcker
GERMANY
www.conywelcker.de
"Ein Geheimnis der Kunst liegt darin, dass man nicht sucht , sondern findet" Pablo Picasso Seit 20 Jahren klopft sie Steine, haut Schriften in Steinplatten, haucht Muschelkalk und Sandstein, manchmal auch hartem Marmor Kinetik, Leben und Seele ein, sie verleiht diesen Materialien Leichtigkeit oder Strenge, Grandezza oder Humor - kurz, sie schenkt ihren Werken IHRE eigene emotionale Kraft.
In Cony paart sich hohes hand Können, zu dem sie viel phy braucht, mit der zur Steinbea forderlichen Ausdauer.
Nach der groben Bearbeitung lings mit der Flex oder demP mer, danach setzt sie Knüp oder Spitzmeißel ein. Erst zum hält die Skulptur den Feinschli
Dabei entstehen auch Arbeiten nur ein Teil des Steins seine S Schliff zeigt. Ungeschliffenes schliffenes erzeugen optische In der letzten Zeit arbeitet sie a Materialien in den behauene wie „kleiner Drache mit Diama Gertrud“, u.ä. Die Künstlerin beschreibt ihre
„Die Bildhauerei ist ein Prozes abenteuerliche Dinge passier Sie ist spannend wie eine Krim er Hieb sitzen muss – denn w ist eben weg!“
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n, bei denen Schönheit im s und GeSpannung. auch andere en Stein ein, ant“, „Tante Arbeit so:
ss, bei dem ren können! mi, weil jedwas weg ist ,
„In meinen Arbeiten hole ich Echtes raus aus dem Stein und aus mir selbst. Mir ist es wichtig, meine ureigenen Qualitäten herauszukristallisieren. Unsere heutige zerrissene Welt kann nur heilen über innere Kräfte. Ich möchte deshalb möglichst dicht an meiner Essenz sein. „ ShowArtists.com