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Agita Keiri
Agita Keiri was born in Riga, Latvia in 1978. In 1991, her
father enrolled her the J. Rosenthal Art School, then Latvia’s
leading secondary art school. In parallel to a general education,
she studied painting, drawing, composition, and art history.
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Adamo
The paintings of Pietro Adamo are abstract celebrations of
the artist's admiration for the "unpredictable and inexhaustible
record of life". Adamo abandons the monotony of conventional
rendering of geometric forms through his textured surfaces and
rough contours. In his passion to convey emotion, Adamo intimately
works his canvases both applying and removing pigment to create
a tactile quality.
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Aghassi (Boghos Taslakian)
Aghassi (Boghos Taslakian) was born in Lebanon in 1964. He
entered the field of art at a very early age. Blessed with the
innate gift, he began painting and sculpting at the age of eleven.
In 1981, he started to attain formal training in fine arts,
as he enrolled at the “Art Academy of Armenia” taking
courses in painting.In 1986, following a brief stay in Lebanon,
Aghassi continued his artistic education at the “Academia
di Belle Arti di Venezia” in Italy. He returned to Lebanon
in 1996.
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Danielle O'Connor Akiyama
Danielle O’Connor Akiyama is a Toronto-based Canadian
artist who has been painting for twenty-five years. Dannielle
has worked with emotionally disturbed adolescents and oncology
patients for many years. Since leaving her work as a therapist,
Danielle has dedicated herself to the life of painting.
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Alexey Terenin
Born in Moscow in 1969, Alexey was raised in Prague from the
age of four. The son of an architect, he graduated from the
Moscow Architectural Academy in 1992. He never practised as
an architect, being invited on graduation to design a stage
set for Moscow’s State Bolshoi Theatre production of Igor
Stravinsky’s ballet Capriccio.
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Sandra Blow R.A. (1925-2006)
Sandra Blow, painter and teacher: born London 14 September
1925; Tutor, Painting School, Royal College of Art 1961-75;
ARA 1971, RA 1978; died Truro, Cornwall 22 August 2006.
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Noel Bensted
Noel was born in 1970 and studied illustration at Brighton
University and the Royal College of Art. He carried out many
commissions for pubishers before concentrating on full-time
painting in 1997.
Congratulations to Noel Bensted
Finalist for the BP Portrait Awards 2011
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Frank Bentley (1941-2006)
Frank Bentley, a self taught painter, is normally placed amongst
the "contemporary naive" of British painters. His
personalised style has a unique mix of vibrant colour and imaginative
composition and are often drawn neither from life, nor entirely
from the conscious mind, but based on doodle like scribbles
and drawings from his unconscious mind; rediscovering a lost
innocence that only children can compare. Paints mostly harbour/coastal,
landscapes. There is a wonderfully refreshing quality to his
work that lifts the spirit.
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Clifford William Blakey (MFA,
BWS, FIGA)
Frank Bentley, a self taught painter, is normally placed amongst
the "contemporary naive" of British painters. His
personalised style has a unique mix of vibrant colour and imaginative
composition and are often drawn neither from life, nor entirely
from the conscious mind, but based on doodle like scribbles
and drawings from his unconscious mind; rediscovering a lost
innocence that only children can compare. Paints mostly harbour/coastal,
landscapes. There is a wonderfully refreshing quality to his
work that lifts the spirit.
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Ludmila Curilova
Ludmila Curilova is compelled to paint. Her canvas is the 'looking
glass' through which she views and interprets the world. It
is also how she responds to it, expressing herself through colour,
texture and subject. Born in Kishniev, Moldova, Ludmila was
raised in an atmosphere of artistic exploration. Her father
was a set designer and scene painter for Moldova's National
Theatre of Opera and Ballet. Her mother was a ballerina at the
same theatre company and together they instilled a love and
appreciation for the arts in all their children.
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Sergey Cherep
Born in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) on January 24 1969, Sergey
began studying art as a young child. At the age of 3 he developed
meningitis and became paralyzed, unable to walk or speak for
several years. Attending a school for children with disabilities
until he was 7, he began to find comfort in painting. At the
age of 8 he was enrolled in a pre-school for artists and went
on to attend college at the prestigious Serevo Institute. There
he gained extensive knowledge of all the classic art forms,
including European art history, photography, print processes,
sculpture, restoration techniques and painting everything from
still life to portraits
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Sherree Valentine Daines
Sherree was born in Effingham in Surrey. After completing her
early education, she studied at the Epsom School of Art, where
she undertook a fine art courseA young, sensitive and highly
accomplished artist, Sherree has a fascination and love for
people and the social scene. This passion is shown through her
impressionist style on canvas.
Her paintings of Henley Regatta, Royal Ascot and more recently
her images of tennis and golf, have made Sherree particularly
renowned in the sporting world. Many will remember Sherree being
featured on BBC Television painting the Test Cricket Grounds
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Maya Eventov
Maya Eventov was born in 1964 in Leningrad, in the former Soviet
Union. At a very young age she was introduced by her parents
to the great artistic treasures of St. Petersburg. Maya spent
countless hours at her favourite Hermitage museum studying the
works of great masters, especially those of the post-impressionist
period and Russian avant-gardism. The palette of such artists
as Matisse, Gauguin and Renoir greatly influenced her interpretation
of colour.
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Chris Gollon
Chris Gollon is an established name in British painting. Born
London 1953, he has enjoyed many solo museum exhibitions in
the UK, museum acquisitions and public commissions. He has exhibited
at Art Chicago and also with Yoko Ono, David Bowie and Gavin
Turk in ROOT, a crossover exhibition of contemporary music and
art created by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, at Chisenhale
Gallery, London.
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Terri Hallman
Terri Hallman was born in a small town in Wisconsin in 1962.
She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in design from the Minneapolis
College of Art & Design which she attended from 1986 until
1992. Hallman worked in the design field from 1987 until 1991,
winning two International awards for Packaging Design What is
so special about Hallman’s abstract works is that at first
they seem primitive, her subjects are simple.
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Karen Hoepting
Karen Hoepting grew up on a farm in rural Ontario just south
of Owen Sound, a small port city on Georgian Bay. Growing up
in the country usually meant having a lot of nothing to do,
so Hoepting and her siblings would often draw and paint to amuse
themselves. Animals were always an important part of her life
and these were her favorite subjects. She remembers drawing
them as carefully and as realistically as possible. This activity
was a particular source of happiness to the young girl.
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Richard Heeps
Richard Heeps' photography is both art and documentary. He
has pursued a wide range of projects with a superb eye for colour
and composition, and a keen awareness of the narrative behind
the image. His seductive, highly-saturated colours and sophisticated
pictorial structures demonstrate a true love and empathy for
his subject matter - be it cool, descriptive interiors, still
life or landscape. His distinctive style pushes the limits of
lens-based photography without the need for digital manipulation.
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Magie Hamling
Maggi Hambling CBE (born 23 October 1945 in Sudbury, Suffolk
is an English painter and sculptor. Perhaps her best known public
works are a memorial to Oscar Wilde in central London and Scallop,
a 4 metre high steel sculpture of two interlocking scallop shells
on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten. Both works
have proved controversial.
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Vladan Ignatovic
Vladan Ignatovic was born in 1955. He studied Fine Art in private
Summer Academies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After arriving in
Toronto in 1993, he began as an artist for both commercial and
residential murals and participated in numerous local art exhibitions.
Since 1995, Vladan has worked in the animation industry providing
background imagery. His latest work may be seen in the animated
series Anne of Green Gables. Vladan paints both abstracts and
figurative paintings,using oils, acrylics and mixed media.
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Antonio Iannicelli
Antonio Iannicelli was born in Naples in 1952 and has remained
in the area living and working in Castelvolturno. Iannicelli’s
talents as a painter were apparent even as a young child, and
he has continued to take inspiration from his Italian heritage.
Iannicelli is a successful international artist who has won
numerous awards for his work.
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Fabian Jean
Fabian Jean is a graduate with distinction from Concordia University’s
Studio Arts program and a grant recipient from the Ministry
of Cultural Affairs, Quebec. His work can be found in public
and corporate collections including Musée du Québec;
Canada Council Art Bank; Department of Foreign Affairs, Canadian
Embassy, The Hague; Korean Consulate, Montreal; Royal Bank of
Canada;
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Milt Kobayashi
A third generation Japanese-American, Kobayashi was born in
New York City, soon after that his family moved to Oahu, Hawaii,
and then ventured to Los Angeles when he was eight. After receiving
his B.A. in 1970 from the University of California - Los Angeles,
Kobayashi began working as an illustrator. After returning to
New York City, a casual visit to the Metropolitan Museum of
Art permanently altered Kobayashi's artistic direction and prompted
a career change. There he saw Velazquez's portrait Juan de Paraja.
In Milt Kobayashi’s intimate, urban paintings, time stands
still
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Moche Kohen
Moché Kohen admits being struck down by the portraits
expressionists of Egon Schiele, both by laying bare the tormented
psyche of models, their poses unusual even theatrical; as the
nerve of the bill? Viennese artist. Prime drum roll inside,
Bam Bam Bam on beating heart, the temples that buzz, that within
has song accompanied by voices, they argue barefoot in the dust,
determined to extirpate them to become matter. Bam Bam Bam for
Moché Kohen the night is right. It opens all possibilities,
dissipates consciousness
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Kolio Marko
Born in Bulgaria in 1965. Kolio spent much of his earlier years
training in formal art. He studied at the School of Fine Art
and Design and The Academy of Fine Art in Bulgaria. He later
moved to London, England where he showed his work at various
exhibitions and lived in Italy for a period of time where he
studied classical painting and techniques.
The artist was commissioned to paint “trompe loeil murals”
and classic portraits for private collectors in England, Germany,
Switzerland and Italy
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Robert Lenkiewicz
Robert Lenkiewicz was born in London in 1941, the son of refugees
who ran a Jewish hotel in Fordwych Road, whose elderly residents
included a number of Holocaust survivors. He was inspired to
paint after seeing Charles Laughton in Alexander Korda's biographical
film Rembrandt. At 16, Lenkiewicz was accepted at Central Saint
Martins College of Art and Design and later attended the Royal
Academy. However, he was virtually impervious to contemporary
art fashions, being more interested in his favourite paintings
in the National Gallery.
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Oksana Leadbitter
Born in Budapest in 1974, Oksana is the daughter of a Russian
artist who taught her to paint from a young age. At 11 she was
offered a place at the Lithuanian State School of Fine Art for
Gifted Children, which gave her a comprehensive grounding in
the techniques of fine art. She learned the skills of watercolour,
oil painting, sculpture and charcoal and was lucky enough to
be taught by some of the most celebrated artists in the country.
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Frank Paul
Frank Paul was born in London in 1984 and his parents are the
very renowned artists Celia Paul and Lucian Freud. Frank knew
he wanted to be an artist froman early age; he doodled in his
exercise books at school like most of us, only Frank has never
really stopped.When I first encountered one of his drawings,
it stopped me in my tracks and
I knew that I wanted to own it. That feeling of being transported
to anotherplace is something you can readily experience, especially
in Franks work.
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Fabian Perez
Fabian Perez was born on November 2, 1967 in Buenos Aires,
Argentina. As a teenager Fabian was fascinated with martial
arts and fine arts. Therefore, he dedicated himself to study
both disciplines. Karate helped influence his character giving
him great discipline as well as opening him up to other forms
of art. Much of what Fabian learned through his Eastern studies
influenced his paintings.
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Marcus Pearson
For twenty years, Markus Pierson has painted and sculpted a
series of subjects he playfully calls “dogs in suits.”
His coyote series has garnered both critical acclaim and vast
popularity across the world throughout its two-decade evolution.
Pierson, who began painting after a brush with death in the
mid-eighties, was inspired by the Joni Mitchell song “Coyote,”
which led him to adopt these “dogs in suits” as
spokespeople for the ebb and flow of the human condition.
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Paula Rago
Rego was born in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, the daughter
of an electrical engineer who worked for the Marconi Company.
Although this gave her a comfortable middle class home, the
family was divided in 1936 when her father was posted to work
in England. Accompanied by Rego's mother, they left Rego behind
in Portugal in the care of her grandmother until 1939. Her grandmother
was to become a significant figure in Rego's life as she learnt
many of the traditional folktales that would one day make their
way into her art work from her grandmother and the family maid.
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Renzo
Renzo was born on April 11, 1953 in Martinez, California and
raised in the state’s Bay Area within a conservative and
strictly religious environment. As the father of “Lucid
Realism”, an artistic style that draws heavily on Renzo’s
experiences with the indigenous cultures of Australia, Costa
Rica, and Mexico as it expresses the commonality of the human
experience through symbolic, abstract, and figurative expressionism,
he encourages the viewer to perceive the cohesion between the
waking and dreaming states.
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Royo
Jose royo, Born in 1945 in Valencia, Spain, Jose royo, began
demonstrating his artistic talent early. At the age of 9 his
father, a prominent physician and avid art enthusiast, employed
private tutors to instruct Royo in drawing, painting, and sculpture.
When Royo turned 14 he entered the San Carlos Royal Academy
of Fine Arts in Valencia. Upon turning 18 Royo continued his
artistic studies privately with Aldolfo Ferrer Amblat, Chairman
of Art Studies at the San Carlos Academy. He also visited the
major museums in Europe at this time to study the famous masters-Velasquez,
Goya, Renoir, Monet,
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Marcelo Suaznabar
Marcelo Suaznábar was born in Bolivia in 1970 in the
mining city of Oruro, located in the mid-western part of the
country. He is the youngest of six brothers, son of Néstor
Suaznábar Ochoa and Ana María Solari. From an
early age he had a passion for drawing, motivated by his uncle
Enrique Suaznábar, a professional photographer who lived
in the same city. Focusing solely on drawing as the main vehicle
of his creations, he showed a great interest in color from an
early age
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Peter Wileman PROI, ARSMA, FRSA
We are delighted to announce that Award winning artist Peter
Wileman will be visiting our York gallery to unveil his new
collection of fine art originals. You are warmly welcome to
meet Peter at the Exhibition on Saturday 25th June, from 12pm-4pm.
Wine and refreshments will be served throughout the day. Peter
Wileman has worked in the field of art and design for over 40
years. Painting since childhood, after leaving school he worked
for the top publishing company, Hallmark Cards studying lettering
and design.
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Yuroz
Yuroz left Armenia for the United States. Even with a master's
degree, he was unable to find work. But to him, the other homeless
people in Los Angeles were a gallery of portraits waiting to
be painted. Pitied by some, ignored by most, these people were
regal survivors in a society which cast them aside like tin
cans. Yuroz saw in their haunting eyes a reflection of himself.
His early "Hollywood Boulevard" series depicts the
homeless as beautiful and elegant despite the squalor around
them. Soon Yuroz landed a job building models for an architectural
firm by day and slept on the office couch by night. After a
few months he had saved enough money to rent his own studio.
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