Katherine Gallagher
United States
Artist, Katherine Gallagher was born in Chicago in 1959 and grew up watching the classic movies of Hollywood’s Golden Era on television with her mom. She was influenced by the Chicago art scene in the ‘70s and ‘80s and after graduating college, she studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After moving to San Diego in 1987 she participated in many exhibitions in different states and has appeared in several art books and magazines. Gallagher continues to transform her fascination with films of the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s by commenting upon their nostalgia and influence in American culture, through puns and paradoxes of this relationship. The layering of bold, bright colors serves to highlight the artifice of the black-and-white iconic film stills she depicts.
The Outlaw Clint Eastwood Oil on canvas 38 x 48 in.
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VOLUME 13
Designed And Published In California 2019 by World Wide Art Books Inc. www.wwab.us General Manager / Curator: Despina Tunberg Master Editor: Thomas Tunberg, Design & Editing: MT DESIGN Front Cover Susana Beatriz Cicero Confianza Oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm Facebook: SUSANA CICERO ARTE
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“Creativity takes courage.”
- Henri Matisse
Introduction
It seems hard to believe, but here we are writing the introduction to the 13th Volume of International Contemporary Masters! And if we add our other art anthologies, this is the 25th volume to be published by World Wide Art Books, over a span of 13 years. In these books, we have presented the work of over 2,500 artists, from practically every country in the world, about half of these in the International Contemporary Masters series. We have printed a total of over 150,000 books, and the total readership of all the digital books numbers in the tens of millions. This is not a small achievement. When we first started this endeavor, back in 2006, our mission was to create a year to year chronicle of noteworthy contemporary art being created all over the world. We considered that there are no more centers, no more dominant schools or doctrines or directions in art. No orthodoxies, no judges, no arbiters. Just a vast diversity. Democratic, or rather, anarchic. Our approach was simple: to present the work of noteworthy artists from all over the world. The word “noteworthy”, of course, contains a certain subjectivism. For us, it contains two main criteria: something original, an element of inspiration, vision, originality. And secondly, a mastery in the artist’s given medium. But beyond this, to present each artist’s work without comment, to let it speak for itself. Thirteen years later, we think this approach is vindicated. The books have become a recognized standard, a resource for art professionals, collectors, art lovers and teachers. We intend to continue on this path as long as we can, and we hope that when we can no longer do so, others will carry the torch forward.
Despina Tunberg Curator
Thomas Tunberg Editor
Susana Beatriz Cicero
Annie Evans
Nicholas H. Teetelli 14-7 Gary Aagaard 18-21 Jean-Jacques Porret 22-5 Jonathan Doner 26-9 Ramya Manthena 30-3 Regina Thyssen 34-7 Michelle Purves 38-41 Davorka Azinovic 42-5 Mano 46 - 9
Davorka Azinovic Franco Baldazzi Renata Bosnjak Lolita Chin Jonathan Doner Martin Ehrling Gro Folkan Katherine Gallagher Terry Golletz Ingeborg Häberle Ronald Katz
Alan Mahood Elizabeth Malave Mano Tiki Mulvihill Vanessa Nahoul Jean-Jacques Porret Angela P. Schapiro SĂŠraphine Jo-Chi Yu Veryal Zimmerman
INDEX Gary Aagaard (18-21) Janet Allinger (52) Ahlam Alshedoukhy (54-5) Pham An Hai (56-7) Davorka Azinovic (42-5) Franco Baldazzi (53) Renata Bosnjak (58) Haimeng Cao (60-1) René Cheng (59) Lolita Chin (64) Susana Beatriz Cicero (FC) Wendy Cohen (62-3) Betty Collier (65) Alessandra Dieffe (66) Jonathan Doner (26-29) David Whitney Douthat (70-1) Martin Ehrling (72-3) Martha Espinoza (74-5) Annie Evans (BC) Gro Folkan (76-7) Maeva Fouche’ (67) Katherine Gallagher (4,5,69,69) Varvara Gnucheva (78) Terry Golletz (79) Edmund Ian Grant (80-1) Ingeborg Häberle (84) Howard Harris (82-3) Benjamin Haselberger (85-7) Herbert Hermans (88) Stephanie Holznecht (90-1) Ronald Katz (89) Kat Kleinman (92-3) Renáta Laryszová (58)
Chantal Lembege (95) Olga Loschinina (96-9) Alan Mahood (100) Elizabeth Malave (101) Mano (46 - 9) Ramya Manthena (30-3, 102-3) Leticia Maranhao (104) Manuel Morquecho (106-7) Tiki Mulvihill (105) Musto (Musto M. Yildirim) (108-12) Vanessa Nahoul (116) Neumuller (117) Mihai Noroc (113-5) Jesse Nusbaum (118-9) Britta Ortiz (120) Katerina Panagiotopoulou (121) Jean-Jacques Porret (22-5) Michelle Purves (38-41) Hanna Rheinz (122) Diane Sarr (124-5) Armen Sarvazyan (123) Angela P. Schapiro (126) Séraphine (127) Sheetal Shaw (128-9) Hans Simtanda Caspersen (130-1) Helen Sviderskis (133) Nicholas H. Teetelli (14-7) Regina Thyssen (34-7) Bianca A. Turner (132) Amarnath Viswanath (134) Jo-Chi Yu (135) Veryal Zimmerman (136)
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Nicholas H. Teetelli is both a published and international award-winning fine art photographer. He was born in New York City and grew up in lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village. During the late 1960s, and into the 1970s, the Village was a hotbed of culture and the arts. During this period, Teetelli was introduced to art and photography, developing an interest in what would become his lifelong passion. While he took some photography courses in college, Nicholas Teetelli is primarily self-taught. Spanning the last four decades, he has learned, developed, and honed his skills independently, becoming an avid and serious amateur photographer who has recently turned professional. Although he lived and grew up in New York City, he has spent many summers in the Greek islands and has traveled to many other places in the world. He continues to travel extensively in pursuit of noteworthy photographic images. During each journey, with camera in hand, he records much of what he sees, sharing the impression of his mind’s eye through composition, light play, and shape and design. His photographic portfolio is diverse: it includes landscape, architecture, portrait, flora and fauna, underwater, and street photography. He has recently brought his portfolio to the public eye and, in short order, has had dozens of his photographs juried and invited into exhibition at many galleries and museums throughout the United States, receiving many awards for his work along the way. He has won awards in international competitions in Moscow, London and Tokyo, a featured artist at major art shows at Art San Diego, Spectrum Miami, Artexpo New York, has private gallery placements in Vienna, Austria and Bologna, Italy, as well as being a featured gallery fine art photographer on some of Royal Caribbean’s, and now Holland America’s, cruise ships.
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Nicholas H. Teetelli
United States “There is much beauty to behold in this world, moments that the eye captures, the wonders it sees... moments that should be committed to perpetual memory, but sadly only to become fragments of a faded recollection, or more often, simply forgotten. I draw inspiration to record these timeless and special moments, to capture them in my mind’s eye, and through my lens, transforming each image and committing them to permanent form.”
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Arctic Life Leica SL 36 x 27 in.
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Giant On Holiday Oil 48 x 36 x 1,5 in.
God According to Voltaire Oil 48 x 36 x 1,5 in.
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Gary Aagaard
United States
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Blinded by Delight Redux Oil 30 x 20 in.
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Spin Cycle Oil 24 x 18 x 1, 5 in.
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Pretense Bronze, Edition of 3, 16 1â „2 in.
Notorious Bronze, Edition of 3, 7 x 7 x 12 in.
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Jean-Jacques Porret
United States
Jean Jacques Porret’s surreal sculptures transcend the mere human form they represent and instead draw the viewer in with their delicate expressionism, rhythmic movement, and abstract sensuality. The work is never about the figure, but the emotions expressed in the tension of his fluid curves and precarious balance. Though abstract in nature, the recognizable form and innate humanity residing within each piece is impossible to ignore. Thus, we are given a case study in restraint, with the artist utilizing the best aspect of each genre without clouding his final result, creating a self-styled harmony Porret simply describes as “rhythm in space”.
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Lady Of The Night Bronze, Edition of 3, 21 in. Desinvolte Bronze, Edition of 3, 20 1â „2 in.
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Impulse Bronze, Edition of 5, 15 in.
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Working it Through II Digitally manipulated photograph of an original drawing 12 x 16 in.
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Jonathan Doner
United States
Jonathan Doner was born in Missouri and now resides in Keswick, Virginia. He is a self-taught digital artist with several solo exhibitions in the USA and group participations in Japan, England, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and the United States. Dr. Doner is also a theoretical psychologist, with a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University, and has published internationally on art, religion, intelligence, cognition, and perception.
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Contrast IV Digitally manipulated photograph of an original drawing 12 x 8 in.
Jinn Digitally manipulated photograph 18 x 14 in.
Glory Digitally manipulated photograph 8 x 7 in. Studies in Form and Color II Original digital construction 15 x 18 in.
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Expression I Digitally manipulated photograph of an original drawing 12 x 16 in.
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Deep In Thought Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in.
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Ramya Manthena
India
Ramya was born in 1984 and raised in Vishakhpatnam, India in a joint family with five other cousins. Family plays a very important role in her life. She got married in 2004 and moved to Hyderabad along with her parents. She joined in any small art workshops that would help develop her art. It was then, after coming to Hyderabad she realized that she wanted to continue her studies again in art but couldn’t pursue that dream due to children. Her daughter was born in 2008 and son in 2009. After her kids started going to school she found the time and help form her family and decided to give more importance to the ambition of joining an art school and learning under professional guidance. In 2013, she enrolled in MFA Painting at AAU and obtained her Master’s Degree in 2017. Ramya considers joining AAU as her first step towards her goal of opening a gallery in her hometown. Her artwork is published in local newspaper and Wow Hyderabad magazine. She is an awarded artist. She is a member of the FASO and PSOA.
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Daffodils In Heart Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in.
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Falling Petals Oil on canvas 36 x 40 in.
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Scream Oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm
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Regina Thyssen
Austria
Regina Thyssen was born in 1968 in Villach and lives in St. Georgen and Vienna, Austria. She studied Fashion Design at Hetzendorf Fashion School, Vienna. She has had ten solo exhibitions in Austria and group show participation in Italy, Spain, and Austria. Her works belong to private and public collections in many countries and she is an awarded artist.
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Red Explosion II Oil on canvas 70 x 70 cm Red Explosion I Oil on canvas 70 x 70 cm
In Desperation II Oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm
In Desperation I Oil on canvas 30 x 30 cm
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Spring Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm
Heads Oil on canvas 150 x 100 cm
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Transcedence Oil on Belgian linen 55 x 79 in.
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Michelle Purves
Australia
A self-taught, impressionist artist using oils, Michelle Purves commenced painting in 1997. Purves has won numerous international awards including Emerging Artist at Art Monaco 2015, and Runner Up, “Realism� in the Global Art Awards Dubai 2017. She has had many solo exhibitions in Australia where she resides and continues to exhibit internationally. In 2018/19 exhibitions include Tokyo, Miami, San Diego, and New York.
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Romance, 2018 Oil on Belgian linen 24 x 20 in.
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Euphoria Oil on Belgian linen 71 x 95 in.
Elation Oil on Belgian linen 28 x 28 in.
Blooming Oil on Belgian linen 16 x 12 in.
Allure Oil on Belgian linen 28 x 28 in.
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City of Dreams, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 54 x 81cm
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Germany
effect.� Davorka Azinovic was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She studied physics and arts at the University of Zagreb graduating with a Bachelor’s in Science (1989). She went on to earn a Ph.D. in Physics and worked in Research as an Experimental Physicist. In 1995, Davorka moved to Germany. Since 2004 she has been working as a freelance artist and owns an art studio in Munich. She had five solo and twenty group exhibitions in Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Denmark and the USA. Her work is permanently exhibited in the European Art Museum in Denmark. She was nominated for the Palm Art Award and the Kitz Art Award (2017) and won the Winsor & Newton Prize at Palm Art Award, 2018. Her art has been published in several books, magazines and newspapers.
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Lollipop Factory, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 70 x 50 cm
Sunken Civilisation, 2016 Acrylic on canvas 70 x 50 cm
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Dragonflies in Love, 2017 Mixed media on canvas 70 x 50 cm
Flying Pan Flute, 2016 Oil on canvas 100 x 60 cm
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Hungary
Born in 1956 in Hungary MANO studied Art in several courses in Stockholm and Budapest and holds a Bachelor’s of Arts. She has had six solo shows in Sweden, Israel and Hungary and participated in group shows in Austria, Belgium, Romania and Hungary.
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Reading Girl Oil on canvas 40 x 50 cm
Blue Caffee Oil on canvas
Autumn Forest Oil on canvas 110 x 90 cm Sunset Oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm
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Janet Allinger
Lena, Playboy Centerfold, November 1972 Collage using vintage Playboy magazine page paper, varnished onto wood panel 18 x 36 in.
Anne Collage using vintage Playboy magazine page paper, varnished onto wood panel 16 x 20 in.
Gina Collage using vintage Playboy magazine page paper, varnished onto wood panel 16 x 20 in.
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Franco Baldazzi Italy
Of Tuscan origin, Franco Baldazzi was born in Florence in 1969. The atmosphere that always embraces Firenze influenced him to become somewhat rebellious. After school, he decided to express his artistic passion, but the clash with reality soon calmed down his enthusiasm. He decided to frequent the studio of the Spanish painter Mari Carmen Mur in order to understand and see other realities and, perhaps, to understand the “secrets” of this art that fascinated him. Franco embarked on a “normal” working life without neglecting his artistic and creative streak and participated in several local exhibitions. He alternated periods of intense activity with long periods of reflection.
DNA Pazzia/Follia Acrylic on wood panel 90 x 90 cm
With the birth of his three children and his new role as a father, Franco found again the energy and the will to express himself by taking over those ideas and projects that he had set aside. He struggled to go back to the artistic activity and went through a phase he defines as his “black” period, making freehand works in a dark style. Despite the desire to get out of this almost comatose status in order to navigate into the world of color only in 2015, after a bad illness, he succeeded in finding the right energy to speak with colors. A creative and multifaceted artist, as he calls himself, his art is not attributable to schools or movements, it is expressed with strong and contrasting colors, inspired in every way and from every place, in that moment of time equal to a butterfly’s beating of wings.
Vortice Energetico Acrylic on canvas 100 x 140 cm Trasformazione Acrylic on canvas 131 x 73 cm
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Ahlam Alshedoukhy
Clones Mixed media on paper 30 x 40 cm Hidden Strength Mixed media on canvas 76 x 66 cm
Born 1962 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where she lives and works today Ahlam Alshedoukhy graduated from King Saud University (BA Medicine and Surgery, 1989). In 2000 she acquired a Fellowship Degree specializing in Pathology from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her artistic journey began with this specialization, as she was fascinated by the complexity and beauty of the cells of the human body. The microscope became her first tool, allowing Ahlam to see into the inner universe of science and the human body. She focused on her medical career, becoming a Consultant Pathologist and an Assistant Professor. It wasn’t until after more than 25 years of studying and practicing medicine that she decided to independently educate herself in art and pursue a focused approach. Her first exhibition was in 2015, and she has since exhibited in Saudia Arabia, Dubai, Hong Kong, and France including three succesful solo shows. The Suit Case Mixed media on canvas 102 x 120 cm
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The Factory 3 Mixed media on canvas 102 x 120 cm
The Factory 2 Mixed media on canvas 102 x 120 cm
relationships between genders in
are and who we want to be. Another in? And is it really worth it? I get inspired by simple things in my
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Pham An Hai Born in 1967 in Hanoi, Pham An Hai graduated from the Vietnam Fine Arts University and received his Master’s of Art in 2006. He has had solo exhibitions in the Thailand, Vietnam, Hongkong, UAE and group participations in the USA, the UK, Italy, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, France. He works belong to private and public collections in many countries. Pham An Hai has received awards including Selected in 20 Abstractionism Artists of South East Asia 2015 by Sotheby’s, 2nd Prize International Abstraction by Art Competition 2015, The Best Artists International Contemporary 2016 (Italy). Pham’s works are in many private collections with three artworks in the Vietnam Fine Art Museum and two works in the National Gallery Petronas, Malaysia.
Jazz #2, 2019 Oil on canvas 200 x 100 cm
Evening In Wild, 2019 Oil on canvas 200 x 120 cm
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Jazz and Me, 2019 Oil on canvas 136 x 200 cm
Evening Street, 2011 Lacquer, silver, gold on board 100 x 200 cm PHAM AN HAI
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Renata Bosnjak
Lady of Nazareth Oil on canvas 24 x 36 in.
Renata Bosnjak was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1976. She had an interest in art from a very young age, finishing her first piece at 6 years old. At age 16 when the war started, her dream changed dramatically. For the next few years, she would be fearing for the lives of her loved ones and her own. In 1997, when the war had ended, she made the decision to move to America as a refugee. Far from her family, she had to face a new language, a new way of life, and finding a job. Brushes and paint turned into casino cards and chips, but she never gave up on her dream of becoming an artist. Today and self-taught, Renata has managed to develop her personal style using religious imagery, realism, and various works from the old masters.
Archangel Gabriel Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in.
Jesus Oil on canvas 22 x 28 in.
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RenĂŠ Cheng RenĂŠ Cheng is a Mexican, bicultural artist with German and Chinese ancestry living in Mexico and Europe. His skill and creativity span many movements from abstract to hyperrealism. His keen eye and skilled hands depict color and light harmoniously on the canvas. An awarded artist, he has participated in solo and collective shows in Mexico, Italy and the USA (Art Expo NY, Spectrum Miami). All his work is copyright protected by the INDAUTOR and has its COA. He is a member of Badischer Kunstverein in Germany, ARTAC in Mexico, as well as the AIAP, ONG associated to the UNESCO and the IAA..
Glowing Marilyn, 2019 Oil on canvas 80 x 80 cm
Man with Turban, 2019 Oil on canvas 50 x 40 cm
Realism Meets Impressionism, 2018 Oil on canvas 50 x 70 cm
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Haimeng Cao
Exit Digital painting 24 x 53 in.
Industrial Area Digital painting 24 x 53 in.
Tank and Heavy Cannon Digital painting 24 x 53 in.
Emergency Digital painting 24 x 53 in.
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City Rig System Digital painting 24 x 53 in.
Haimeng Cao works as a professional visual development and concept artist for the film and game industry in Los Angeles. He is an alumnus of the Art Center College of Design’s illustration department. His digital techniques of creating highly detailed science fictional city landscapes have significantly contributed to the projects and the companies he has worked for, such as Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, Netease Games in San Francisco, and Framestore in Culver City. Projects including upcoming film Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve. His work has been featured in different digital art media and magazines, such as 3D World, CG Society, Infected by Art, Character Design Quarterly and ImagineFX.
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Wendy Cohen Australia
Wendy Cohen is a Sydneybased artist who has attained a BFA as well as MFA Degrees. Her art practice focuses on the relationship of color, shape, line, and form with realistic components that are communicated in a painterly language.
Beehive Bubbles Busy Buzzing, 2019 Oil on canvas 20 x 30 in.
Surface Texture Profile Style, 2019 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in.
Waves Of Sound Waves, 2019 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in.
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By integrating shapes into a cohesive body of colors and forms in conjunction with collage elements, flowing ideas are arbitrarily manifested that bring attention to the brushstrokes, mark-making, and materiality on the surface of each painting. However, the primary focus of her practice is to transform the static space of each painting with synchronized contrasting colors highlighting its chemistry and resonance.
Cacophony Of Shapes Piled-Up, 2019 Oil on canvas 40 x 40 in.
Zebra Lines, 2019 Oil on canvas 22 x 32 in.
Green Machine Dream, 2019 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 in. WENDY COHEN
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Lolita Chin
Treasures from the Sea Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in.
Blue Glass Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in.
Lolita was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and presently resides in Los Angeles, California. She has had an interest in art since childhood, but did not begin painting until high school and continued her art education at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, and Art Center School of Design in Los Angeles. Since retirement from an office job in 1991, she has had 3 solo exhibits and is actively involved in art associations and group events. Lolita’s work is in private collections.
Guardian Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in.
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Betty Collier Australia
Lord Nelson Watercolor on watercolor paper 30 x 21 cm
Duke of York Watercolor on watercolor paper 30 x 21 cm
Betty has pursued a serious study of Sculpture and Painting from her late 30s onwards, after traveling to Europe on study leave in 1982 and again in 2002, 2010 and to Italy in 2011 and 2015 for Florence Biennale. She has also traveled to Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, South America the USA and around Australia. This has inspired images and experiences for her artistic journey. Betty has received several awards in both Australia and Italy including The Association of Sculptors of Victoria in 2015, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2000 and 1996. The Contemporary Art Society of Victoria in 2013 and 2007 and The Florence Biennale in 2011 and 2015. She has exhibited in 6 solo exhibitions, and over 180 group shows including at the Metropolitan GalleryArt Museum, Las Vegas. Her work is exhibited at Federation University, Ballarat, Australia and private collections in Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland.
Emerald In The Garden Of Eden I Watercolor on watercolor paper 30 x 21 cm
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Alessandra Dieffe Italy
Alessandra Dieffe was born in 1962 in Italy where she currently lives and works. In 1987 she graduated in Sociology from the University of Urbino with a dissertation in Film History and Criticism. She has always had a predisposition to drawing that developed while attending a course with a painter in 1988; then Alessandra has continued as selftaught, enriching her sensibility by seeing various exhibits, by reading art history and cultivating a passion for cinematic art. Alessandra realizes her artworks using digital graphic tools and experimenting with various possibilities offered by new technologies. For improving her skills, she’s taken different online courses such as “Drawing and Painting with Photoshop”, “Drawing with Photoshop Sketch”, “Illustrator Draw: Working Mobile”. She has had 13 group exhibitions In Italy, Germany and New York and Venice, as finalist of Art Prize Laguna 16.17. She was a member of Circle Foundation for the Arts.
La Fanciulla E L’Ape Digital media 73 x 96 cm
La Solitudine Digital media 68 x 38 cm
Marion Digital media 29 x 42 cm
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Maeva Fouche’ United States
“I was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised within a rich Haitian American culture. I graduated from Kean University in Union, NJ with a B.F.A in Interior Design. My time at Kean University has helped shape and guide me through my art career. I’m influenced by art deco, geometric shapes, Picasso’s cubist period, and Pop art just to name a few. I use my skills, experiences, roots, and inspirations to create one of a kind artwork.
Birth Acrylic on canvas 15 x 30 in.
I believe in evoking a feeling of happiness through my work by raising my vibrations when creating. Selecting the right color combinations are also a very important part of my creative process. Not only do I strive for visual stimulation. I also aim to connect on a spiritual level as well. To convey feelings that are reinforced by the depth of color and energy.”
Regal Acrylic on canvas 40 x 48 in.
Intensity Acrylic on canvas 30 x 30 in.
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Katherine Gallagher
Smokin’ Jo, 1985 Oil on canvas 39 x 45 in.
A Kiss is Just a Kiss, 1986 Oil on canvas 40 x 72 in. Mr. M, 1983 Oil on canvas 39 x 45 in.
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Profiles, 1984 Oil on canvas 49 x 43 in.
Mad Man, 2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 36 in. KATHERINE GALLAGHER
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David Whitney Douthat
Blue Bells Oil on canvas 36 x 36 in.
Anchor Points #3 Oil on canvas 24 x 20 in.
Claude Monet proclaimed “ and torment.� Echoing this sentiment, David W. Douthat creates eloquent compositions that resonate strongly in the mind of the spectator through a mastery of interactive expressive color and controlled composition. Integrating hues, vigorous line, and dynamic motion, his works reveal a deep personal vision that showcases his infusion of symbolism and abstraction. Luminously focusing on the gestural complexity of the geometric compositions, he richly infuses his powerful paintings with vitality, capturing the intensity of each moment in emotionally expressive compositions.
Anchor Points #7 Oil on canvas 60 x 48 in.
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Microscopic Oil on wood 11 x 14 in.
The Bridge Oil on wood 12 x 16 in.
idea, feeling, or perhaps a sense of beauty.
warm spirit�. The magic of the mind is that we are all different and it
Outside the Box Acrylic on plaster 12 x 15 in. DAVID WHITNEY DOUTHAT
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Martin Ehrling
Orisha Obatala. Diety Of Piece, Justice And Balance Watercolor on paper 26 x 26 cm
Etienne Mbappe´ Live At Jazz Club Fasching Ink on paper 29,5 x 42 cm
Born in Östra Grevie, Sweden Martin Ehrling lives in Stockholm. He studied Art at Leksand Handicraft School of Sweden and has had sixteen solo exhibitions in Sweden, Japan, Norway, Finland, Botswana and participated in sixteen group exhibitions in South Korea, Armenia, France, Spain, the USA, Japan, Greece, Iran, Denmark, and Sweden. Ehrling’s works belong to private and public collections and in 2001 he was awarded the Carl von Linné Prize (Sweden). He is a member of Swedish Illustrators Association. Orisha Elegba. Diety Of The Crossroads. Open The Senses. Watercolor on paper 26 x 26 cm
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Orisha Yemaya. Diety Of The Sea. Oyster Divers. Watercolor on paper 26 x 26 cm
Nubya Garcia Live At Jazzclub Fasching Ink on paper 29,5 x 42 cm
Orisha Oshun. Diety of Sweet Water. Summer Night Swim. Watercolor on paper 26 x 26 cm
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Martha Espinoza
Lion Fish Watercolor 22 x 14 in.
Cymbidium Watercolor 22 x 14 in.
Martha Espinoza is a bird, marine life, wildlife, and botanic illustrator and artist and Member of the American Society Botanical Artists. On every artwork, she wants to show the beauty that can be found at National Parks, wildlife refuges and biological center of her home country Costa Rica and the rest to the world. Behind every detail, color, shadow, texture and structural pattern of her illustrations and art, there is an entire world of knowledge, observation hours and contact with nature. Ginger Shampoo Watercolor 22 x 16 in.
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understand art more and more.� -- Vincent Van Gogh
Woodpecker Watercolor 22 x 14 in.
Stanhopea Wardii
Watercolor 22 x 14 in.
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Gro Folkan Gro Folkan was born in 1949 in Oslo, Norway and lives between Oslo and Tromsoe. She studied Art at the National Art Academy in Oslo. She has had 29 solo exhibitions of her paintings in leading galleries in Norway and abroad and has also taken part in numerous joint exhibitions. Her works have been purchased by the Norwegian National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo, the National Bank of Norway, Art collections, national universities, institution, and national offices. Her most recent exhibition was in New York in 2019, and she will exhibit in Milano in 2020. The theme of her recent exhibitions is
Freya Acrylic, aluminium, copper, oxidized brass, interference color 160 x 120 cm
Conversation With The Earth Acrylic, aluminium, copper 150 x 100 cm
Groa,Waking Up And Sees Acrylic, metal dust, photographic technique, interference color, oxidized silver, brass, gold 150 x 110 cm
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Lifted From The Earth Acrylic, aluminium, oxidized silver, metal dust 150 x 90 cm
Inanna Acrylic, oxidized silver, metal dust, interference color 150 x 108 cm
Lillith Acrylic, aluminium 150 x 100 cm GRO FOLKAN
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Varvara Gnucheva
Dancing Shadows
Acrylic on canvas 21 x 21 cm
Evening
Acrylic on canvas 12 x 8 in. or 30 x 20 cm
Born in Russia in 1983, Varvara Gnucheva now lives in France. She belongs to a family of famous Russian-French artists, among which Alexandre Benois, Evgeny Lanceray, Zinaida Serebryakova and Alexandre Serebryakov. She perpetuates the traditions of her ancestors, who significantly contributed to Russian and French cultural heritage. At the same time, she has a unique, distinctive and very personal style, which has developed from her education in Russia as a professional icon painter. Member of the International Federation of Artists since 2013, she regularly participates in exhibitions of contemporary art. Gnucheva’s works feature in private and public collections in France and Russia.
House - Well
Acrylic on canvas 27 x 16 in. or 70 x 40 cm
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Terry Golletz
ReparteĂŠ Acrylic on canvas 24 x 24 in.
Terry Golletz was born in 1948 in Southern Ontario and lives in Elora near Toronto. He is an Associate of the Ontario College of Art (AOCA) and has earned his BA in Fine Art as well as his BEd Fine Arts Qualifications. He has had solo exhibitions in the USA and Canada and group participations in the USA, Canada and Germany.
No Laughing Matter
Acrylic on canvas 22 x 28 in.
his portfolio shows not only dedication and a unique style but the
Circle Foundation for the Arts
Jive Dancing Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16 in.
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Edmund Ian Grant
Mind Control Acrylic on canvas 60 x 41 in.
The Big Carriage Ride Acrylic on canvas 60 x 45 in.
Edmund Ian Grant was born in 1950 and now lives and paints in the Napa Valley. It was at ten years of age, he declared that he wanted to be a visual artist. However, it all began at age seven, the Henri Mancini theme song for Peter Gunn, an American TV show, captured Grant’s attention. It was the songs’ iconic alto saxophone solo that convinced him to play that woodwind; he continued this pursuit through his collegiate years eventually becoming an artist, a working musician while never letting go of his dream of becoming a painter. After a long hiatus for a professional career of Dentistry, in the mid-1980s, Grant pursued the visual arts and taught himself to paint. For Edmund, painting, like extemporaneous music was self-discovery allowing his intuition to dominate. His distinctive somewhat cubist abstract expressionistic style employs vivid imagination, compelling storytelling, and innovative use of color. The Tray Acrylic on board 40 x 30 in.
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Here is That Rainy Day Acrylic on canvas 44 x 34.5 in.
The Wine Maker Acrylic on canvas 60 x 35 in.
Presently, Edmund is an internationally collected, award-winning artist whose extensive exhibitions over the last 30 years include shows in many USA cities including Los Angeles, Miami, Dallas, San Francisco, and New York, and international cities; Florence, Milan, Monte Carlo, Tel Aviv, Venice, London, and Paris. He has exhibited at many prestigious art fairs including The LA Art Show, Art Aspen, Art Monaco, and Concept Art Fair, Miami during Art Basel week. Among his numerous awards are the Leonardo Award, First Prize in Painting, the top honor at the International Biennale of Chianciano 2015 and and Second Prize in Painting at the London Art Biennale 2019. In addition, his work is in numerous catalogs and publications including a critical essay by, world-renowned art historian and art critic, Edward Lucie-Smith who calls Edmund a Grant has gallery representation in Manhattan, London, and Berlin.
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Howard Harris
Fisher King Digital photograph printed on aluminum and acrylic 30 x 36 in.
Great Egret Digital photograph printed on aluminum and acrylic 36 x 30 in.
Howard Harris graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute and Pratt Institute. He shows throughout the US and Europe and is represented by galleries in Chelsea, New York; Santa Fe, NM; Florence, Italy and Lisbon, Portugal. Harris creates a kaleidoscope of visual movement as if the image could shift before your eyes. He gives his images a sculptural effect, layering the work using clear acrylic surfaces superimposed with a subtle grid. The images gain dimension and the viewing experience shifts depending on the angle. The process Harris uses was granted a United States Patent, affirming the uniqueness and inventiveness of his works.
Hawk Eye Digital photograph printed on aluminum and acrylic 36 x 30 in.
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Mountain Clouds Digital photograph printed on aluminum and acrylic 36 x 30 in.
Mountain Stream Digital photograph printed on aluminum and acrylic 36 x 30 in.
a synthesis of outer qualities— photographic art represents an attempt to recreate the perceptual In my patented process, I use photographic constructions, a single, often abstracted image is and superimposed on a subtle grid. infuses the image with a sense of by such changes as the angle of combine technology and aesthetics
No Monkeys Digital photograph printed on aluminum and acrylic 36 x 30 in. HOWARD HARRIS
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Ingeborg Häberle Austria
Nepalesisches Mädchen Graphite on paper 28 x 30 cm
Wellington, Willeston Street 23-28, NZ
Acrylic on canvas 120 x 120 cm
Ingeborg Häberle was born in 1950 in Bad Vöslau, Lower Austria and now works and lives in Baden near Vienna. She is a self- taught artist with eleven solo shows nationally and six group show participations in Austria, Spain and the USA.
Khyber Pass Rd, Auckland, NZ
Acrylic on canvas 80 x 100 cm
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Benjamin Haselberger Benjamin Haselberger was born in 1973 in Germany and studied Photojournalism at Folkwang University, Essen Germany. He has had two solo exhibitions in Thailand and Cambodia and five group show participations in Germany. He is an awarded artist and a contributing photographer at Redux pictures, New York City.
A Prostitute Prepares The Meth Pipe, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Color photograph 62 x 41 in.
An Addict Smoking Meth, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Color photograph 62 x 41 in.
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A Meth Addict In An Abandoned House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Color photograph 62 x 41 in.
A Meth Addict, High On “Ice�, Bangkok, Thailand Color photograph 62 x 41 in.
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by these and other names, crystal methamphetamine use is reaching epidemic from homeless children in in Myanmar to locals in the slums of Thailand.
A Meth Dealer, Hiding From Police In An Abandoned Building, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Color photograph 62 x 41 in.
“upgraded” their bags of
for another high. This hunger an eye—startling authorities the rapidly growing number of teenage drug addicts as
recent systematic and deadly is a war on both ice and its users.
A Meth And Heroine Addict On Cold Turkey, Tachilek, Burma Color photograph 62 x 41 in. BENJAMIN HASELBERGER
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Herbert Hermans
Who’s The Rat? Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
Change Tack Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
Herbert Hermans was born in Voorburg, The Netherlands in 1947. He studied law (Master in Law 1975; Ph.D. in 1983) and was a Law Professor at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. From 1985, he followed different courses in acrylic, watercolor and oil painting at the art school ‘Stichting Kunstzinnige Vorming Rotterdam’. He further developed his technique by following courses in the atelier of Clara Miedema in Rotterdam. Bert was nominated in The Netherlands in 2014, 2016 and 2018 for the title ‘Painting of the Year’. He has had more than 25 exhibitions and group participations in the UK, China, Italy, Spain, France, Austria, Germany, Portugal, and The Netherlands. His works belong to private collections in the USA, France and The Netherlands.
Something Is Lurking Around Every Corner Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
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Ronald Katz
Onions Oil on linen 11 x 14 in. Lost and Found #3 Oil on linen 30 x 40 in.
Ronald Katz was born in 1939 in the Union of South Africa and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. He studied Art at Art Students League, Queens College, School of Visual Arts, Parsons. He was a member of Gallery 84 from 1989 -1998, with three solo and several group shows, exhibiting in Atlanta, Georgia and Boston, Massachusetts. His work has been in many juried exhibits, including with the New York Society of Etchers and the Salmagundi Club in New York. Katz’s pieces are included in the collection of the New York Public Library, and in many private collections. He has won several awards in Printmaking.
Lost and Found #1 Oil on linen 36 x 78 in.
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Stephanie Holznecht
Abstract art has become my life’s obsession. I paint the emotions that paint, creating a sense of euphoric peace.”
Just Peachy Acrylic and latex paint on canvas 40 x 40 in.
Cascade Acrylic, fluid acrylic and latex paint on canvas 48 x 36 in.
Living on the Edge Acrylic, fluid acrylic, tempera and latex paint on canvas 50 x 40 in.
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Pastel Dreams Acrylic, tempera and latex paint on canvas 24 x 36 in
Golden Dragon Acrylic, tempera and latex paint on canvas 36 x 24 in.
It’s also a way I can reach my own desires and essential demands out of life.
form.
Veiled Secrets Acrylic, tempera and latex paint on canvas 40 x 30 in. STEPHANIE HOLZNECHT
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Kat Kleinman
Make A Wish Collage on paper 20 x 30 in.
Autumn Ice Cream Cone Collage on paper 8.5 x 11 in.
Determined Collage on paper 16 x 20 in.
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Resilience Collage on paper 20 x 30 in.
Strength In Numbers Collage on paper 11 x 14 in.
Kat Kleinman is a floral collage artist from the Sacramento, California area. She began her career as an artist in 2016, after she retired as a psychotherapist, working with homeless people for 20 years. Her past work is referenced because it does inform her current work with a focus on positivity and making people feel better, if only for a moment. Kat specializes in floral collages because the individual flowers combine to create a new and cohesive form, reflective of the healing process. She takes her own photographs, with the only exception being the occasional gift of a flower photo from a personal friend. It is important to Kat that she uses her own photography because it separates the integrity of her work from those who use more impersonal internet downloads as a source. Each flower is hand cut, a process she calls meditative, and a single collage may require dozens of individual blossoms. Kat is enthusiastic about the potential for color to positively influence emotions, ultimately leading to better relationships between people. She describes herself as saddened by the self-centered rhetoric expressed by current influential leaders, and she is dedicated to creating art inspired by compassion, meditation and right action. Her work has been featured in books, major art exhibitions in the USA, and was most recently seen at the Shibuya Station Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
First Impression Collage on paper 16 x 20 in. KAT KLEINMAN
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Renáta Laryszová
Poppies and Dandelions Mixed media on canvas 75 x 55 cm Meadow Flowers Mixed media on canvas 70 x 50 cm
Renáta Laryszová was born in 1975 in Ostrava, Czech Republic and graduated from the Faculty of Education of the University of Ostrava, the Department of Fine Arts in Painting (Prof. Daniel Balabán). She also works with digital photography, restoring old paintings and writing books for children. Renáta has participated in 72 solo and group shows both at home and abroad. Her work is represented in private and public national and international collections (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Mexico, England, China). Renáta’s art is expressive and she uses various techniques such as washing and scraping the paint. She is member UVU-SVUT Czech Republic.
Pond On The Way To The Minaret Acrylic on canvas 70 x 50 cm
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Chantal Lembege Born and living in Paris, versatile visual artist, Chantal Lembege creates oil paintings, pastel and charcoal drawings. One of her favorite periods in art history is Impressionism. She expresses her sensitivity and symbolic qualities within realism. Chantal studied History of Art and has been painting from a young age, holding national awards. Exhibiting since she was 20 years old she has shown work in France, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Italy, Korea, Japan, and the USA and her work has been published in many books and magazines. As critics have explained her work displays diversity and she doesn’t limit herself to one technique. For Chantal, it is important to be able to express her sensitivity through art employing a variety of methods.
The Beacon Oil on canvas 40 x 60 cm
The Shore Oil on canvas 40 x 60 cm
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Olga Loschinina
Pink Sunset Color digital photograph
Full Face and Profile Color digital photograph
Born in Russia and based in Switzerland, Olga dedicates all her free time to discovering the beauty of the world with her camera. She has traveled across the continents to over 20 countries to capture exceptional nature, city vibes, and culture. Her photos tell us a story of every city and person from a new perspective. Her work hangs in many homes and galleries. Olga’s exhibition experience started in the city of New York in May 2017 and continues to this day.
Infinity Color digital photograph
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Train Graveyard Color digital photograph
Chile Color digital photograph
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Olga Loschinina
Bolivia Color digital photograph
Colored Mountains Color digital photograph
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Cactus Paradise Color digital photograph
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Alan Mahood Alan Mahood is a digital photographer who is heavily influenced by nature and the natural environment. He is an awarded photographer who taught himself to develop and print B&W film at an early age. Alan experimented with SX-70 film manipulation and Polaroid film transfers before moving on to digital photography. He sees digital photography as a further outlet for creativity and experimentation. Alan lives and works in Newport Beach, CA.
Voyage to Nowhere
Finding Wonder
Color digital photograph 30 x 20 in.
Color digital photograph 20 x 30 in.
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Elizabeth Malave
Childhood II Photograph 11, 73 x 7,84 in. Childhood I Photograph 11, 73 x 7,84 in.
Childhood III Photograph 11, 73 x 7,84 in.
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Ramya Manthena India
Yoga Oil on canvas 18 x 24 in.
Self Portrait Oil on canvas 24 x 40 in.
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Ramya was born in 1984 and raised in Vishakhpatnam, India in a joint family with five other cousins. Family plays a very important role in her life. She got married in 2004 and moved to Hyderabad along with her parents. She joined in any small art workshops that would help develop her art. It was then, after coming to Hyderabad she realised that she wanted to continue her studies again in art but couldn’t pursue that dream due to children. Her daughter was born in 2008 and son in 2009. After her kids started going to school she found the time and help form her family and decided to give more importance to the ambition of joining an art school and learning under professional guidance. In 2013 she enrolled in MFA Painting at AAU and obtained her Masters degree in 2017. Ramya considers joining AAU as her first step towards her goal of opening a gallery in her hometown. Her artwork is published in local newspaper and Wow Hyderabad magazine.She is an awarded artist. She is a member of the FASO and PSOA.
Self Portrait 3
Oil on canvas 24 x 32 in.
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Leticia Maranhao Brazilian photographer, Leticia Maranhao has been exhibiting since 2013 in Brazil and internationally. Seven of her photographs were acquired by MAM – Musem of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. In 2018, Leticia won 2nd Place in an international contest of females artists by Contemporary Art Gallery online.
Solitude Golden Way Color digital photograph
Golden Way Color digital photograph
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Tiki Mulvihill
By-Walk Salt Spring Repurposed material embedded in drift wood (sculpture on flour) 67 x 26 x 48 in.
Vancouver Island, 1866-71 Repurposed material embedded in drift wood (sculpture on wall) 35 x 34 x 7.5 in.cm
Multidisciplinary artist Tiki Mulvihill incorporates sculpture, performance, and audio in site-generated installations and sculptural works. Although currently situated in Vancouver, Mulvihill sees herself as a reluctant nomad, moving throughout adult-life between rural and urban communities. This transience generates an ongoing dialogue within her studio practice where she teases the supposed truths we construct in our conflicted relationships with place. Mulvihill’s recent work, constructed of natural and repurposed materials, is realized through pseudo-scientific research and development. It expands through viewer interaction and engagement to bridge the gaps between imaginary and actual: between fact and fiction. Her specific artwork purpose, derived from exploration and evolvement through process, intends to expand unique impulses for individual viewer interpretations. From a conceptual structure, spectators definitely engage in disparate environments, which stimulate humanity response to ‘place’ and people. Themes of heritage, cross-cultural perspectives and Canadian identity are her purpose of significance particularly in the current political climate. Viewers generously open their own knowledge of history and current life when observing artwork, which engages her activity as an artist.
Significant Place Repurposed material embedded in drift wood (sculpture on a plinth) 36,5 x 15 x 15 in.
After completion of the past exhibitions, Tiki Mulvihill plans to create entirely new installations and sculptural pieces while continuing with strategies in the future.
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Manuel Morquecho
My Father’s Flowers 2, Mexico, 2018 Digital photograph 1/5, 40 x 46 in.
Looking For a Way (Buscando Un Camino), Guatemala City, 2009 Digital photograph 5/5 68 x 46 in.
Manuel Morquecho was born in Mexico in 1967 and lives in Washington DC. He started his digital photography studies in 2009 in Guatemala City, graduating in 2014 from Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts in Washington DC. He has had several solo and group exhibitions in Guatemala City, Washington DC, New York, London and Italy. He is an awarded artist, including Second Prize in Photography, London Art Biennale in May 2019 and the 2018 Leonardo First Prize for Photography and Digital Art at Chianciano Art Biennale and twice the Washington DC Government Art & Humanities Fellowship. His works belong to private and public collections in many countries. Manuel also curated photographic exhibitions.
Transition, Mexico, 2016 Digital photograph 5/5 44 x 40 in.
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I Miss You, Washington DC, 2013 Digital Photograph 5/5, 40 x 42 in.
The Ocean, Tulum, Mexico, 2016 Digital photograph 5/5 30 x 20 in.
“My art captures my own realities—the world as I feel it or because it allows me to grasp these “realities” in an instant, without the distortions caused by the passage of time and changing color creating timeless portrayals of my imagination and desires.
The Gardener, Mexico, 2018 Digital photograph 1/5, 46 x 40 in. MANUEL MORQUECHO
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Musto M. Yildirim
Isolation Acrylic 130 x 140 cm
Way Acrylic 100 x 170 cm (Lit with blacklight)
Musto M. Yildirim explores in a constant renewal of technical and aesthetical research by creating a dynamic dialog between matter, light and space to enhance the visual and textural aspect of his works, looking for unusual effects and sensations. In this vein, he’s experimenting with the use of acrylic with luminescence effect under black light exposure, creating herewith a third dimension that invites to an immersive and reflexive journey.
Carnival Acrylic 250 x 200 cm
These researches and projects are formally called Black Box exploration by the artist. The light becomes not only a technical medium but also metaphorical one: Light as a symbol of knowledge and discovery in contrast to obscurantism and ignorance; the Black Box as a system whose inner workings are unknown. A way for Musto to remind the need to question the world.
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The Lost Acrylic 200 x 170 cm (Lit with blacklight)
Politicians Acrylic 150 x 180 cm
Reflexions concerning topics like loss, identity, and memory regularly foster his works. His solitude, his memory, and feelings toward unfairness and human folly seem to give him an inspiration fed with a kind of creative rage. His works also reveal a great freedom and an astonishing ability to mix, combine, confront and contrast. Between the visible and the invisible, White Cube and Black Box, abstract and figurative; between the Orient and the Occident, between to forget and to remember, scepticism and humanism, permanence and impermanence, he’s questioning those boarders and multiplying the points of view.
The Lost Acrylic 200 x 170 cm (Lit with white light)
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Water Fire Earth Air Acrylic 200 x 250 cm
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Musto M. Yildirim
Memory Acrylic 200 x 175 cm (Lit with blacklight)
Exile Acrylic 180 x 230 cm
Musto M. Yildirim was born in the early 60s in Hatay, a Turkish province. He was an apprentice of the painter and graphic artist Mustafa Bencan in Gaziantep. Musto held his first solo show at KĂźltĂźr Merkesi (Arts Center) in Gaziantep. Since 1988, Musto has been experimenting and developing his own unique style. His works can be found in private collections and cultural institutions in several countries.
To Go Acrylic 130 x 150 cm
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Mihai Noroc
Stylized Still Life Oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm
Mihai Noroc was born in 1961 in Ustia Village in the Republic of Moldova, and now lives in Bucharest, Romania. He studied Art at “I VIERU” High School of Plastic Arts and further took classes at I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting. Noroc is a graduate of the Art and Design Faculty of the State Pedagogical University “I.Creanga”. He has had thirty solo exhibits in Moldova and Romania and twenty group participations in the UK, France and Russia. Noroc’s works belong to private and public collections in many countries. An awarded artist, he is a member of the Romanian Union of Plastic Artists.
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Mihai Noroc
Dynamic World Oil on canvas 100 x 90 cm
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Amara Landscape Oil on canvas 40 x 50 cm MIHAI NOROC
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Vanessa Nahoul Of Lebanese origin, Vanessa Nahoul is a Mexican-born artist with 25 years of experience in drawing and painting. She thinks of art as the pause one can take from the violent and difficult world we live in, to reorganize the chaos and achieve the needed transformation into better persons.
Puente De Los Encuentros, 2017 Mixed media 80 x 60 cm
Festin Acuatico II, 2018 Acrylic on panel 31 x 49 cm
Vanessa started her academic studies in art, composition, drawing and art materials in Mexico City. Author of several drawing and painting series, she also has a Postgraduate Degree and a Ph.D. in Psychoanalytic Psychology which has nourished her work and her understanding of the human expression. Vanessa’s artwork has been published in different books specialized in art, she has exhibited her work in at least eleven solo shows and participated in many group shows in Mexico and in Florence, Italy, New York, Miami, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Paris, and Las Vegas. Her work is currently exhibited in Madrid, Spain.
Vanessa was awarded the national recognition: Pergamino de Oro al Mérito Andrés Henestrosa, for her cultural and artistic career and she gives workshops on Art and Psychoanalysis. She has been awarded special recognition by the Lebanese Center in 2009, 2013 y 2014 for her publications and her artistic work. She was distinguished in 2017 with the Doctorate Honoris Cause by the Claustro Doctoral Iberoamericano.
Apacible Compañia, 2017 Mixed media 40 x 125 cm
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Nr.13 (Black & White) Oil on canvas 120 x 90 cm
The Frenchman Roland Oil on canvas 100 x 70 cm
Norma Oil on canvas 80 x 60 cm
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Jesse Nusbaum Jesse Nusbaum, a sculptor from Weston, Connecticut, is best known for creating realistic bronze animals. explained the artist during a recent interview, Nusbaum’s commitment to fidelity is displayed in a unique technique he developed to highlight surface details. The resulting sculptures appear so lifelike that viewers have reported feeling like they have encounter with the actual animal.”
German Shepherd, 2015 100% Hot Cast Bronze 17 x 17 x 18 in.
In November 2017, Nusbaum was inducted into the Silvermine Guild of Artists, one of the youngest artists to become a member of the guild. Nusbaum is represented by Zenith Art & Fashion Gallery in Miami. Currently, the gallery has six of Nusbaum’s bronze sculptures on exhibit. Nusbaum’s work also has been featured in numerous exhibitions in the tri-state area at venues including Carriage Barn Arts Center in New Canaan, CT; Greenwich Art Society in Greenwich, CT; Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts in Mystic, CT; Mamaroneck Artist Guild in Mamaroneck, NY; Stamford Art Association in Stamford, CT; Martin Art Gallery in Allentown, PA; Limner Gallery in Hudson, NY; Ridgefield Artist Guild in Ridgefield, CT; and online with AreaArtist.com, of which he is a member. His sculptures are on display in the University of Connecticut men’s and women’s basketball trophy cases in recognition of their national championships.
African Elephant, 2016. 100% Hot Cast Bronze 9.5 x 8 x 16 in.
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Most recently, Nusbaum was published in Connecticut’s 2019 Edition of “Top 40 Under 40,” in Connecticut Magazine.
” - Connecticut Magazine Nusbaum was recently inducted in “100 Artists of the Future” Art Book, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, which was printed and released in May of 2019.
by curating the best contemporary art from all across the world.” Original Living Magazine’s winter 2018 edition featured Nusbaum’s work in an article titled, “A New Conceptual Art and Fashion.” Nusbaum has sold a number of pieces to private collectors in the United States, and internationally as well.
American Bear, 2018 100% Hot Cast Bronze 11 x 13 x 21 in.
In addition to pursuing sculpture, Nusbaum mentors and teaches drawing, painting and sculpting to public school students in Fairfield County, CT. He continues to conduct private lessons to people of all ages at his studio in Weston and also mentors numerous artists on how to navigate the art world, particularly sculpting. Nusbaum earned a Studio Art Degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Nusbaum maintains a studio in his hometown of Weston, CT.
Spanish Fighting Bull, 2017 100% Hot Cast Bronze 21 x 13 x 19 in. JESSE NUSBAUM
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Britta Ortiz
Close to The Vikings Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm
Untitled Encaustic 21 x 15 cm
Britta Ortiz was born in 1959 in Denmark and has been an artist from a young age having studied with many other artists.
association that I am chairing.� Who Has The Power ? Oil on canvas 50 x 60 cm
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Katerina Panagiotopoulou
Feel 2 Giclée print from handmade analogue pinhole camera on Hahnemuhle paper 59,4 x 84,1 cm Feel 3 Giclée print from handmade analogue pinhole camera on Hahnemuhle paper 59,4 x 84,1 cm
Katerina Panagiotopoulou was born in Athens, Greece in 1979 and lives in London, UK. After the completion of her studies in Art and Design with Distinction from Kensington and Chelsea College, she completed her BA in Photography with First Class Honours from the University of Westminster, London, UK. Katerina has participated in numerous group exhibitions in the USA, the UK, Italy, France, Switzerland and Greece.
Feel 1 Giclée print from handmade analogue pinhole camera on Hahnemuhle paper 59,4 x 84,1 cm
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Hanna Rheinz
The Promise (Das Versprechen) Oil on canvas 100 x 120 cm
Role-Change (Rollenwechsel) Oil on canvas 110 x 90 cm
Hanna Rheinz was born in 1950 in Cologne, Germany and is currently living in the Hamburg area. Hanna has studied Oriental Languages in Japan and Taiwan, Psychology and Psychoanalysis (Germany and Austria), Art with focus on old master’s techniques. She has worked as a clinical psychologist, writer, essayist, filmmaker, director of the Augsburg Jewish Museum and fine artist. She has exhibited in Germany, Luxemburg, Estonia, Italy and she is inspired by the art works of Breughel, Bosch, Alfred Kubin, Max Ernst, Lotte Laserstein, Samuel Bak.
True Love II (Wahre Liebe) Oil on canvas 41 x 33 cm
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Armen Sarvazyan
Sitting Beauty Concrete 34 x 44 in.
Armen Sarvazyan was born in 1939 in Yerevan, Armenia and currently lives in New Jersey, USA. He had several exhibitions in art galleries in Chelsea, New York, NY and in Russia. His works belong to private collections in many countries.
Split Beauty Wood 38 x 14 in.
Sad Thoughts Wood 31 x 15 x 10 in.
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Diane Sarr
Shore Sand Dollars Hand Rubbed Collagraph 18 x 12 in.
Crab Pot Buoys Hand Rubbed Collagraph 18 x 12 in.
Diane Sarr grew up in Michigan earning her BFA at Michigan State University and was a graduate assistant for Studio Art Studies at the University of London. Following a two-year artist in residence and membership in Ann Arbor Gallery, Diane moved to the Northwest. Her work in Washington includes ten years in Layout Design, ten years teaching High School Drawing/Graphic Design, and Artist Trust Edge Graduate. Diane has had exhibits in solo and group shows throughout Western Washington, including at Northwind Art Center, Schack Art Center, City Halls, and Co-op Galleries.
Hellebores Ink with Washington State map 16 x 16 in.
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Apple Season Hand Rubbed Collagraph 18 x 12 in. Northwest Bleeding Hearts Ink with Washington State map 9.5 x 12.5 in.
of pictorial glimpses from nature
The concept of the imagery representing the temporary left behind, or seasonally spent, has grown in scope and meaning. As disappear altogether suggesting surroundings and natural world.
emphasis and contrast for my representational translation onto
on personal, regional or global
Maple Seed Pods Ink with Washington State map 16 x 16 in. DIANE SARR
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Angela P. Schapiro
Broadway Boogie Woogie Digital photograph on aluminum substrate 14 x 11 in
Photographer Angela P. Schapiro, born in England and educated in France, is a former advertising executive and film producer who now makes her home in Upstate New York. Her work is widely exhibited and published both in the US and internationally. Ms. Schapiro is the official photographer of Maverick Concerts, in Woodstock, NY. Other clients include The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Carl Icahn, The King Faisal Foundation, Conrad Black and the Ulster County (NY) Chamber of Commerce.
Ephemera Digital photograph on aluminum substrate 16 x 24 in.
Kodachrome Digital photograph on aluminum substrate 14 x 11 in.
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SĂŠraphine
Silent Tragedy - Pine Ridgeervation Res, S Dakota Acrylic on canvas 10 x 8 in.
political content. My Multi-Cultural Prayer Tree Acrylic on canvas 48 x 30 in.
Brothers Acrylic on canvas 48 x 48 in.
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Sheetal Shaw Sheetal Shaw is a mixed media visual artist. Her work is a reflection of her belief that art is a powerful force to individuals and to the culture. Art has the power to give confidence, renew emotional strength, evoke joy, and serves as a response to life. In her art, she interweaves a personal narrative with cultural memories of life in India to convey positive affirmation, hope, love, survival, and the connection between opposites. Sheetal has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Delhi and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University.
Tri-Angled Boteh 3, 2018 Acrylic, pen and resin on wood 24 x 30 x 2 in.
Composition In Gray, White And Beige, 2018 Diptych Acrylic, pen and resin on wood 18 x 24 x 3/4 in.
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Tri-Angled Boteh 2, 2018 Acrylic, pen and resin on wood 24 x 30 x 2 in.
Tri-Angled Boteh 1, 2018 Acrylic, pen and resin on wood 24 x 30 x 2 in. SHEETAL SHAW
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Hans Simtanda Caspersen Hans Simtanda Caspersen born in 1980 in Tanzania and is a selftaught emerging painter and ball-pen drawer with only three months of formal training. He is based in Denmark, whose works have won a prize and exhibitions nationally. Internationally, he is represented by Black Art In America, Singulart (Paris), Saatchi Art (London) and Shop VIDA (San Francisco), where he designs art inspired original quality apparel, accessories, and home decor products.
White Boy Won’t TAP! Acrylic and graphite on canvas 150 x 120 cm
Ballad Of A Working Queen Acrylic and watercolour on canvas 65 x 90 cm
He draws inspiration from a range of sources— from the martial arts philosophy Jeet Kune Do to the work of masters such as Picasso, Van Gogh, Dali & Basquiat. Simtanda considers himself to be a reckless artist, and works within his own style of expression: QBEYONDISM, which unites typical features from established artistic styles to result in a fascinating fusion of colour, form and perspective. Me, Myself & I Posca Markers and Ball Pen on paper 35 x 25 cm
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The Business Meeting Acrylic and graphite on canvas 90 x 65 cm Sampling Mixed media on cardboard 110 x 140 cm
Far Cry Acrylic and watercolour on canvas 65 x 85 cm HANS SIMTANDA CASPERSEN
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Bianca A. Turner Bianca A. Turner was born in 1971 in Romania and lives in Los Angeles since June 1998. She is a self-taught artist and holds a Ph.D. in International Economic Relations. Bianca has participated in 24 group shows in the USA, the UK, Italy, France, Spain, South Korea and Ukraine and published her art in prestigious magazines including “We Contemporary – The Faces of Contemporary Art” launched in Rome and Kiev at the end of 2017. Her works belong to private, public and museum collections and she is an awarded artist.
Giggling Acrylic on canvas 11 x 11 in.
H2O Acrylic and glitter on canvas 24 x 30 in.
Pennies from Heaven Acrylic, glitter and 1328 pennies on canvas 48.5 x 60 in
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Helen Sviderskis
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA Oil on canvas 22 x 28 in.
Born in Moscow, Helen Sviderskis is an American citizen and lives in Miami. She is a member of the American Impressionists Society (AIS). She studied at the Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts named after Academician Grabar, as well as in private workshops of famous art professors in Moscow. In addition to her career as a painter, she was a fine art conservator and iconographer. Helen studied painting methods by copying remarkable ancient frescoes, Russian icons, and paintings. Knowledge gained in ancient painting methods allowed her to evolve a technique that enriches her paintings and present her subject in an aura of light, vibrant color and freshness Helen continued her art education by participating in seminars of the National Portrait Society and attending lectures in a Master Class in the League of Art Students in New York. Her meritorious skill, talent and her ability to bring to life each work made her paintings very desirable and are in private and official collections around the world.
Deer Visit Oil on canvas 8 x 10 in.
Amsterdam, City of Canals and Bikes Oil in canvas 8 x 10 in.
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Amarnath Viswanath A German resident, Amarnath Viswanath was born in India in 1941. He graduated with a B.Sc. Degree in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta, India, and completed studies at the Ceramic College in Germany with a Degree in Ceramic Engineering. Amarnath uses almost exclusively acrylic colors for his paintings. He started with abstract images but now tends more and more toward landscape works, most of which are memories of his time spent in the USA. Amarnath has exhibited in group exhibitions in Italy, Germany, and the USA, including N3ArtWorldWide Exhibition in Tuscany, and Aspen Art Gallery, Aspen Colorado as well as Art Expo NewYork and in Miami with Art Fusion.
Moonlight Tête-À-Tête Acrylic on canvas
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Jo-Chi Yu Born in Taipei, Taiwan and now living in New York City, Jo-Chi Yu graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a Jewelry Design Degree. She is a Jewelry Designer who always has a passion for creating jewelry in both metalsmithing and design drawing. She loves to create jewelry with various materials in beautiful, vibrant hues. Most of her works are inspired by elements in nature, such as flowers, plants, and animals.
Golden Fishes Sterling Silver, 24k Gold Foil 3 x 1 in.
Rising Hope From Ruins Brass, Sterling Silver, Wood, Resin, Color Stone 7 x 1 in.
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Veryal Zimmerman
Atmospheric Disturbance II Oil on canvas 18 x 24 in.
Light Dispersion Oil on canvas 24 x 12 in.
Looking East at Sunset Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in
Veryal Zimmerman was born in Germany where her father served in the US Military. She obtained an AA Degree from DCC in Poughkeepsie, NY and went on for her BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz, NY. Since her move to Nevada, she has had five exhibits. She has had numerous solo and group exhibits in the USA and Germany. Her works belong to private collectors in Connecticut, Florida, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Norway, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas, Ireland and England. Zimmerman is currently a member of the Nevada Artist Association.
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International Contemporary Masters 2019 Gary Aagaard Janet Allinger Ahlam Alshedoukhy Pham An Hai Davorka Azinovic Franco Baldazzi Renata Bosnjak Haimeng Cao René Cheng Lolita Chin Susana Beatriz Cicero Wendy Cohen Betty Collier Alessandra Dieffe Jonathan Doner David Whitney Douthat Martin Ehrling Martha Espinoza Annie Evans Gro Folkan Maeva Fouche’ Katherine Gallagher Varvara Gnucheva Terry Golletz Edmund Ian Grant Ingeborg Häberle Howard Harris Benjamin Haselberger Herbert Hermans Stephanie Holznecht Ronald Katz Kat Kleinman Renáta Laryszová
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