6th WAG Festival, GAMES 2022, North Macedonia by World Art Games

2022

SKOPJE NORTH MACEDONIA

6TH WAG FESTIVAL AUGUST 22-30, 2022

& WAG STATES CONFERENCE

August 20-22 97 2022

WORLD ART GAMES NORTH MACEDONIA 2022

Skopje August 22-30, 2022

WAG Organization

PUBLISHED BY: WAG International Artistic Organization FOR THE PUBLISHER: Presidents Peter Weisz & Jasminka Blažević Paunović PREPARATION & BOOK COVER: Jasminka Blažević Paunović GRAPHICAL PREPARATION: Goran Jovanov PRINT: Royal Art, 2022

Skopje, 2022

WORLD ART GAMES INTERNATIONAL

WORLD ART GAMES

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E-mail : M : info@wagames.org wag.head.office@gmail.com PRESIDENTS: M : Mr. Peter Weisz Mrs. Jasminka Blaževi

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GAMES 2022 PARTICIPATING STATES

PARTICIPATING STATES

ARGENTINA

AUSTRIA

BANGLADESH

ETHIOPIA

FINLAND

HUNGARY

MEXICO

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND

PHILIPPINES

RWANDA

SOUTH KOREA

Sudan

CROATIA

ISRAEL

NORWAY

ZIMBABWE

World Art Games Skopje, 2022

PARTNER

P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin”

P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin” SKOPJE

P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin”

P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin” Skopje, R.N. Macedonia, in cooperation with the WAG International Artistic Organization August 23, 2022 Opening of the Group exhibition in the large salon of the GALLERY “KO-RA” Concert in the saloon of the Gallery KO-RA – downstairs Vocal Performance on the GREEN GARDEN Poetry event on the GREEN GARDEN of the P.I.Hous of Culture “Kocho Racin”- Skopje, and Children exhibition "My favourite Animal" in the City Garden P.I. House of Culture "Kocho Racin " Skopje is situated in the centre of City Skopje, street Dimitrie Chupovski 20a. We have a long tradition with numerous events from different fields of arts, culture but also from the field of education. This object is old from the of last century and needs a process of renovation to be in all parts of it. At this moment we have the possibility to use a part of the gallery space one larger, one smaller, and one space downstairs where it is possible to realize different events solo and group exhibitions, multimedia events, performances, theater pieces, choir and chamber music, lectures, audio and video projections, space installations. In the spring and summer time is actually our GREEN ROOF with two gardens on the top of the objects, where there are a huge number of different activities - as a book promotions, different celebrations, anniversaries, concerts, cinemas, creative work-shops, etc. It is important that we have inclusion of different profiles of all generations with the intention to develop our cooperation with more countries from the world .

P.I. House of Culture “Kocho Racin”

We have cooperation and different successful projects with numerous institutions from the countries and abroad, as concert of choir of Art School/ from Music " Luka Sorkocevic " from Dubrovnik (Republic of Croatia); Concert of the College of Music "Clare College" from Cambridge (United Kingdom); numerous exhibitions with huge number of renowned painters, sculptors, and artists from R.N. Macedonia presented in the Split, Rijeka and Castle Trakoscan (Croatia), in Center of Culture in Bar and the Museum in Ulcinj (Montenegro), in Malmo (Sweden), in the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in Ottawa (Canada), in the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in Washington (USA). With our Chamber Orchestra, which was active in one period, we had a great concert in the European University in Berlin (Germany), in Warsaw (Poland), in Osijek (Croatia). In the space of this institution we have presented numerous artists from our country and the world, from opera philharmonics, famous writers etc. At the moment is presented a solo exhibition of Paul Wang, from the USA, a well known visual artist. Also, every year on the March 21st, we have an traditional event, with a large group of Visual Artists - Exhibition dedicated to the First Day of Spring and to the Days of Ecology. On February 12th, every year, we have a traditional group exhibition inspired by famous Eternal Tangos and dedicated to Astor Piazzolla. At the end of the year, traditionally we have events dedicated to well-known Macedonian poet Kosta Solev Racin and his book of poem "White Dawn" who inspire a numerous of young poets, as well as painters, sculptors and other different visual artists from the country and abroad, to join us and become a part of our multimedia event. Hope that our project will be one new possibility to develop new events in cooperation with WAG and the other institutions from the world .We are open at every moment for new ideas and a new creative vision, especially with engaging characters of actual global meaning. Safet Kamberi director Violeta Kalikj Art historian, exp.assoc for visual arts, design and architecture 00 389 71 232 706 Snezana Spasovska historian for debate and events of educative character 00 389 71 232 704 Goce Sazdov organizer of traditional concerts of Folk dances Lejla Kahili external secretary of director 00 389 2 3163 739

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ARTISTS

ARGENTINA

Cristina Carri

Contacts Dirección: Pacheco de Melo 2162 - 3 “C” (1126) Buenos Aires – Argentina TE +54 11 9 37854081 Email: cristina@elcampito.com.ar WEB: www.cristinacarri.com/

TRAINING Iconography Studies at the Andrej Rubliov Workshop Different Workshops with the famous French Jesuit Iconographer Pere Egon Sendler Art Curator - Restorative Iconographer of Sacred Art, Director of Escritoras de Icono Taller. I teach the Levkas technique, natural pigments with egg and white wine emulsion, punching, metal embossing and gilding with an Armenian bowl. Restorative. Lecturer. EXHIBITIONS In the country: * Institute of Higher Religious Education* Argentine Catholic University (UCA) * Museum of Art of the City of Buenos Aires José Hernández - * Argentine Scientific Society * Basilica of Our Lady of Buenos Aires - * San Agustín Parish * Museum of Natural Sciences - * Night of the Museums in Capilla del Señor, House of Culture * Exhibition of Byzantine Icons, Russian Orthodox Church, Holy Trinity * Exhibition Schoenstatt Argentina, virtual “Woman unfolds your Gift” Abroad: * 3rd Kolomenskaia Versta Prize (2013, Russia) - Divine Temple Publication * 4th. World Art Games, Slavonski Brod, Croatia, 2017 * 5th. World Art Games, Belgrade, Serbia, 2019 * Virtual submission of a work of sacred art painting * Fraternité International Art Exhibition - México December, 2019 * Virtual submission of a work of sacred art painting * WAG Virtual Exhibition - Morocco December, 2020 * One Thing Hat Make You Smile December, 2020 * X National Meeting of Iconography, Virtual, Cáceres, Spain, 2021 * 9 Month Contest WAG (Painting - Virtual), 2021 * Artist Books 2021 * 2021 Calendar Award

Artworks are Sacred Art on stuccoed boards, painted with tempera, egg and wine

“Coronación de la Madre de Dios”

“Mother of God of Silence” 29 x 30 cm Tecnic marouflage Gold 23 3/4

AUSTRIA

Jadranka Klabučar Gros

Contacts e- mail : jadrankagros@hotmail.com Phone: 0043 664 1444025

Jadranka Klabučar Gros, M.Sc. was born in Zagreb, Croatia. Since 1990 she has been living and working in Vienna, Austria. Jadranka writes poetry and short stories, mainly in Croatian but sometimes also in German and English. Her selected poems were published in more than 30 joint collections of poetry and in three anthologies: “Southeastern Wind“, “New Austrian Poetry- and not a Word of German“ and “We, moving stones“. She also published four books of her own of poetry: “Autumn in My Hair“, “To love: a Continuous Verb“ and “Between the Sea and the Sky“, in Croatian and “Selected Poems“ in German and English translation. Jadranka was actively engaged in the promotion of children’s literary and artistic creative work as a part of the international cultural event “Good Morning, Sea“. In 2005, with a few of other enthusiasts, she founded the Association for Culture “Word – Color – Sound“ in Vienna, and is its current president. Jadranka has been the president of World Art Games Austria, as well as the organizer and the promoter of WAG’s Children Art Projects in Austria since the project’s beginning. As a poet, she participated in the 1st World Art Games 2013 in Croatia and in the 2nd World Art Games 2015 in Slovakia. During the 3rd and the 4th World Art Games in 2016 and also in 2017, she presented Austrian Children’s Art Projects, both in Austria and abroad. In 2019, at the 5th World Art Games in Belgrade, Jadranka got the prize for poetry. She is the member of P.E.N.- Club Austria.

“Family poems” FATHER AND SON

MY SON MOVES ON

I hold my newborn son in my hands, life reflects its face in him. I’m a parent now an eternal prayer, for his every day for his every dream I hear the steps of time marching.

First, they took all his things away and now there remains an empty room no more old gym shoes laying around.

My fear of future holds me tight facing alone a lonely night present moment labile, to be sure, it is unattainable. Today I’m constantly questioning the past: did I do everything right? What I gave, was it my all? Or at life’s exam was I unsuccessful? I give to my son all the good that I can, my hope and power, my dreams and good will. He must carry it now and settle by himself the bill. All the knowledge of life may in my son stay. He now holds the scepter. My son has become a father today.

HE IS GONE The darkness still slumbers calmly, the undisturbed, dazzling Sun still revolves around us. But he is gone. Never again will he string his thoughts in a necklace never again look up in the skies, never again catch the bird’s flight out of the corner of his eye. Never again will he say go! to the heart Never again give power to life. At the end of the road only the night and the sorrow cry.

They also carried the soul away it’s just an empty space that remains. My son is suddenly a big boy: adult, smart, self- conscious. He moves on from his parents’ home, from the home of his adolescence of innocence. It weights heavy on my heart no proper words to say... Finally they took his piano away. One of the workers tapped a key and in the emptiness of the room the sound sobbed . My son has definitely moved. From the home, he spent his childhood in his school days, his first love, and much more, from now on, he will come here only as visitor.

BANGLADESH

Laila Sharmeen

Laila Sharmeen is a leading Bangladeshi-Canadian artist with 11 solos and over 60 international group shows to her credit. In 2011 she won a Purchase Prize at the prestigious 16th Space International Print Biennial held at OCI Museum of Art in Seoul, Korea. She showcased her works at the MEADOWS-Personal Structures project in Venice Biennale in 2017 and 2022. She is a regular participant of major international art fairs including Artexpo New York, Amsterdam International Art Fair, Tokyo International Art Fair, Barcelona Art Fair, Salon Des Beaux Arts, and Paris Art Shopping. She represented Bangladesh in 2013 World Art Games held in different cities of Croatia. Over 400 international artists were invited to the event marking Croatia’s accession to European Union. While in Croatia, she did a 10x 40 feet street painting at the Open University of Umag. Her works are in permanent collection of many local and international organizations including National Museum of Bangladesh, Izmir Cultural Center, the central bank of Bangladesh, The City Bank, Eastern Bank and leading telecom company of Bangladesh, Grameenphone. Her works demonstrate an artist whose sole concern is about devising some playful cultural codes that are intrinsically related to the stories emanated from essential Bengali hearts and psyche. Deeply perturbed by the materialistic greed and alienation of modern man, she has tried to capture the hollowness of modern civilization, the clash of civilization, apartheid, religious bigotry rendering our planet unlivable. But at the core of her heart she is romantic dreaming about a utopian world amidst obscurantisms, hypocrisy and deceit.

“Golden Bengal-1” Acrylic of canvas 30x42 inch 2021

“Golden Bengal-2” Acrylic of canvas 40x30 inch 2022

CROATIA

Boris Pervan

‘No need for temples, No need for complicated philosophy, My heart and my mind are my temple, My philosophy is love.’ Dalai Lama There were five peculiar years in my homeland. We changed the political system, changed currency twice, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled from our own country, then refugees from our neighboring country, the draft, the disappearance of large corporations, high inflation rates, wars…. Soon after the truce in my country I travelled across Tibet and back. At that time, Tibet had been occupied for decades, millions of people sought refuge in neighboring countries, numerous people disappeared, religion was made illegal. Apart from this, the people I encountered there were happy, calm and relaxed, with a smile on their face. As if they lived under a glass dome, sheltered from the worldly events around them. They were happy and content with little things, things that we Westerners probably wouldn’t even acknowledge. Imagine the joy of a Tibetan nomad herding his sheep along the road. All of a sudden he sees a tiny worm, removes it from the road onto the grass. This act of kindness made him so happy to have helped another creature. These people carry their happiness within them, and, as they once told me, they have no religion or faith, it is their way of living.

“Peace”

“Harmony”

CROATIA

Iris Vrus

Contacts: Iris Vrus Pervan Stubište Marušinac 8 51410 Opatija irisvrus@gmail.com tel: +385923043727

I have been an artist my whole life, but art is an ongoing process of changes, thus fitting my nature. This time I have created something completely new. Being connected to the sea, I have found joy in little pebbles of all different forms that have washed ashore. I have combined various stones, an ancient alphabet from this region, my different experiences, the art inside of me and added a little magic to come up with a meaning that goes beyond the meaning of the letter itself. To the pebbles being tossed by the sea and undergoing an alchemy of their own, I add ancient symbols and describe their meanings. This is the process of creating this Glagolic Alphabet. It is pleasing to the eye and can sometimes be used to provide answers. I have written a short manual so everyone can use these pebbles may receive answers to questions we deem important. As a little girl I used to play for hours with buttons that my grandmother kept. I made pictures from these buttons of different colors and shapes. When I was finally satisfied with a creation, I would take it apart and start making another image. Before starting elementary school, I acted in a film ‘’Seventh Continent’ - a piece by a Croatian Oscar winner that left quite an impression on me. In the film, I played the role of a children’s gang leader who gathered all the children of the world with the premise of leaving the world of adults that was a heartless world of cruelty uninterested in children, beauty and goodness. In our imagination we created an island, a continent, and all the children of our planet came to live there. It was called the ‘’Seventh Continent’’. At moments I feel as I have never left this continent. I make things different from anything ever seen before, look at life from a different perspective, and I am always searching for beauty, goodness and meaning.

Azbuka: Glagolitic Alphabet 2021. Set of 32 pieces of the sea pebbles, 20-30mm Book of instructions, six languages, ninety six pages

CROATIA

Jasminka Blazevic Paunovic

Contact: +385 91 531 6504 wag.head.office@gmail.com Jasminka is involved with a different Art disciplines, has created art and won awards and prizes in a various artistic branches - dance and choreography, music and singing, literature and recitation. She received formal art education from an early age - Music school, Solfeggio, Solo singing, Classical ballet in Osijek, and later the School of Rhythmics and Contemporary Dance in Zagreb. Upon completion, she founded and ran the school of contemporary dance for children in Osijek, as dance teacher and choreographer. Jasminka has been reciting professionally for years, and briefly professionally devoted herself to singing, her great love. She worked as an editor and host of radio show on the city radio station, and assistant for movement to professor at the academy. Throughout her life, she occasionally returned to the poetry and periodically published it in magazines. As a single mother, she made a choice to rather spend most of her working life in a stable and secure profession, Economics (24 years, in a state-owned companies and the private sector), but now she works as a freelancer in a different branches, as well as interpreter and recorder of audio books, for the Croatian Library for the Blind People, Zagreb. Jasminka is a member of Mensa organization, which was founded in Oxford, UK, in 1946., and she is the President of the Mensa branch in Slavonia. She was a member of the City’s human resources committee, Osijek. She is one of the founders and presidents of the WAG International Artistic Organization.

IN THE DARKEST NIGHT Lies the structure of your life - Such a beautiful life Made our world of sand In the darkest night PASSION every word of yours bites me Like a boiling water Look The sun’s rays angle shows Life is at the edge A flower rises in a stinking swamp - bloody passion for truth

THE LIGHT I am searching for the light - for the whole my life in the deepest dark No candle to burn me No pin to pierce my gut No rain to blind my wings In the tunnel of the life I am searching for the light - for the whole my life

CROATIA

Peter Weisz

Contact: p.weisz015@gmail.com

Peter Weisz lives in Zagreb, Croatia. Art studied in 1960.s in Paris ( Ecole Nationale Superiore des Beaux Arts ) in class of profesor Clairin He had his independent exhibition as a secondary-school pupil in Osijek. Since then he took part in numerous collective exhibitions all together, more then 200, and he also had many independent ones. Exhibitions were in the following countries...in some cities few times, as well in some countries in more cities. : Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, France, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Israel, Canada, Usa, Mexico, Chile, South Africa Few words ( part from longer text ) from Art critic, philosopher and writer Sasha Mershenjak..from Croatia : “ If we accept the thesis that the universe is contained in every atom, we should admit that the unbound, but skilful hypotheses of Weisz`s personal search and anxiety has a healing force for us, in a way, from the reality around us. He offers us a safe refuge in contradictory uncertainty. He presents us with his cathartic inner personality, his cosmopolitan cross “.......etc. He is one of the founders and presidents of the WAG International Artistic Organization.

“Swamp 1” 50x60 Acrylic / varnish 2020

“Swamp 2” 50x60 Acrylic / varnish 2020

Solomon Ambaye Dimtsu Solomon Ambaye Dimtsu Born Nov 7, 1972 Nationality : Ethiopian

ETHIOPIA

Contacts: Address : Addis Ababa Telephone : +251911946997 +251912690657 E-mail solomonambaye@gmail.com EDUCATION High school Diploma and I have 12 years experience in contemporary art with 10 years professionally in painting and sculpting. CERTIFICATES Training certificate from Addis Ababa city Administration, Bureau of culture and tourism under sustainable social development project on hand crafts. Certificate award on theater and literature training from SEGEL promotion theatrical, literally and advertising service in 2002 Certificate award on development journalism conducted in 2009 in collaboration with Addis Ababa city Administration, Arada Sub city office and Misalea Promotion and Advertising Enterprise. I have a capacity of producing five to seven medium size canvas paintings per month. I have got the skill and capacity of organizing and Promoting different art and cultural events. Conducted training for trainees for 2 months on basic journalism, Advertising, literature and theater, prepared by laureate promotion center in 2002. I am self thought & talented artist Work history and qualities Currently I am a president of World Art Games NC Ethiopia and working as a Manager at Hidase Art and Handcraft Enterprise. I have a capacity of producing five to seven medium size canvas paintings per month. I have got the skill and capacity of organizing and promoting different art and cultural events. EXHIBITIONS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE I conducted on many group and collective exhibitions on different occasions: Alliance Ethio franchise culture centre group exhibition, National museum group exhibition, National Theater art gallery group exhibition, Imperial Hotel group exhibition, Addis Ababa Group exhibition, Addis Ababa municipality hall group exhibition, Federal micro and small enterprise group exhibition in Addis Ababa. LANGUAGES Fluent in Speaking and writing in English. Local... Amharic And Tigrigna

FINLAND

Aune Mattila

Contacts Takalukontie 10 36600 Pälkäne Finland Mobile : +358405429914 E-mail : aune.i.mattila@gmail .com

Quilter and textile artist . I have studied quilting and dyeing at many courses ,both in Finland and in many other countries. Started from 1995 and taking part to many international happenings in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Spain.Studied dyeing and batik in India, Gambia , many studies in Finland, too. Many online lessons by Bonnie Hunter, Dorothy Young, Tara, Kos, Cherylj Birkey, and many others. Exhibitions beginning from 2001. After that many own exhibitions and also with Finn Quilt organisation. I have taking part beginning from 2013 to World Art Games different exhibitions over 15 times. I won a gold medal at textile art World Art Games Exhibition in Croatia year 2007. My works has been featured several times in Finnish quilt association´s ( Finn Quilt Ry. ) magazine. Local newspapers have written articles about my works and exhibitions numerous times providing positive reviews. Pälkäne municipality has given to Aune Mattila cultural prize 24.5 .2021 from Tauno Sairiala cultural fund.

“The hearts locked in boxes” (Laatikkoihin lukitut sydämet) size: 64 x 69 cm Dyeing, design and sewing by Aune Mattila

“Divided Areas” size: 63x53 partly application

HUNGARY

Boglarka G. Horvath I work a lot. The enormous amount of work allowed me to make a living without awards and recognition and made it possible to paint freely without compromise. I’m a painter, therefore I have a hard time with most things that move beyond painting. At the same time, that’s why I am driven by curiosity, getting to know different art sectors and embracing ways of thinking into my own approach to painting. Little by little the thought came to me that I would like to find and bring to a common ground the musicians, poets, writers and painters whom I appreciate. I think the method of illustration is the most appropriate for this goal. With my small illustrations I would like to continue the work of Gustave Doré, Albrecht Dürer and the old renessaince and baroque famous masters’ paintings by combining their mode of representation with the vision of artists known from Duchamp to the present day: I would like to pay tribute and engage in dialogue with writers, poets and composers and musicians from today and recent times who are important and significant to me. Education 2003-2009 University of Fine Arts, Painting Department, 2007 scholarship, Italy, Università di Belle Arti, Macerata; Finland, Poortaan Akatemia, Hungarian-Finnish contemporary art courses,1998-2003 Fine and Applied Arts Secondary School, Budapest, Painter specialist; Kalman Nadasdy 1991-1998 School of Art, Painter specialist; 1990-1998 Csiki- Hegyek Elementary School, Budapest Awards 2009 Bela Gruber Prize, 2008 Pannon Color Prize, 2007 Prize of Erasmus; East- West competition, Goldener Kentaurer Orientering, Munchen, 2006 Barcsay Prize, 2005 Laszlo Ovary Prize, 2003 Endre Domanovszky Nivo Prize; Secondary school, drawing competition, II.prize, 2002 Endre Domanovszky Nivo Prize; Secondary school, drawing competition, III. prize Many Solo & Group Exhibitions / recent solo exhibition: 2022 Napidalok , illustration for poems of Müller Péter Sziámi, exhibition and talking, Kelet galery and cafe, Budapest opening music: Barnabás G. Horváth, viola; Mónika Birinyi, classical singing, talking in the program of kelet kult: Boglárka G. Horváth and Sziámi Péter Müller See, Kitty... drawings and illustration for the writings of Mihály Víg, exhibition and book launch, Károly Kós Art House Budakalász, openning speach: Orsolya Karafiáth writer, poet / book launch, talking about the book with Márta Sarankó Artfan, accompannying concert: Balaton /Mihály Víg, Gábor Horváth, Zsombor Dudás, Krisztián Keszei/ guest: Legát Tibor /Lidérc/

“It didn’t hurt!” (Attila Ménes)

“Bluebeard, see it?” (Gábor Gyukics)

“Skydiving” (Sziámi Péter Müller)

“Dead Poets Society” (Mihály Víg)

ISRAEL

Beatrice Bracha Laszlo

Contacts: Address: 11 Gennessin Str. Givatayim 5341911 - ISRAEL Phone: 972-3-7322101 Mobile: 972-52-3262102 e-mail: laszlo5@zahav.net.il Born on May 1947 in Bucharest/Romania I was surrounded by all types of arts, especially the Architecture, Buildings, Sculptures beautiful Parks and wonderful nature. In 1958 I came to Israel and was exposed to new types of arts, like Bauhaus, oriental & Mediterranean Art. It was only a matter of time when art will burst out of me, finally I began to study at the Institution of Arts “Beit Schneiderman” in Givatayim / Israel, founded by the late famous Artistes Rudi Lehman & Hedwig Grossmann. I concentrated in sculptures, today the teachers are from “Bezalel Academy of ARTS & DESIGN from JERUSALEM. Since 2006 I am a member of the Artists Association Givatayim & Ramat-Gan. I take place in many exhibitions in Rishon-Le- Zion “Artists House” in Tel-Aviv “Tower Gallery”, at the “Habima National Theatre Gallery, Tel-Aviv Harbour Gallery, Ra’anna, Givatayim Theatre Gallerey since 2006-2022 ,Library “Beit-Alon”, Beit- Schneiderman” in 2015 I represented Beit Schneiderman at the “Digital Arts Festival 40 days around the world” Chattanooga Sister Cities &VSA Tennessee USA. 2003-2014 member of “Lions Israel” affiliated to Lions International located in the U.S.A Worldwide Voluntary Association 2013-2014 President of Lions Givatyim 2003-2012 member of “Peace Poster Contest” from 2008 -2012 as Chairman, in this contest children between 11-13 years old draw and express their feelings & thoughts about peace. Those activities inspired me to sculpture a range of doves. I also designed Emblems, Roll-Ups, Shields, Participant & Award Certificates and artistic Invitations. I invite you to enjoy my sculptures.

“Covid 19” Corona/Covid19 in our hands: virus versus life-water & vegetation Height 35cm technique : Terracotta, Acrylic Plastic vegetation

“Diana” Metaphor of Diana goddess of hunting Height 40cm technique : Iron wires covered with dental plaster ,Acrylic

“Country Fiedler” Bronze Height 40cm Note: photographed from two sides

ISRAEL

Ditza Sagi

Contacts: E-mail: ditza.sagi@gmail.com Tel: +972506404111 Facebook: Ditza Sagi I was born in Israel in 1945. I always had a special interest in people and in the cycle of life, in human and in nature. As an artist I express these passions in my paintings. I was attracted to art and interested in people from a very young age, and when I grew up, I chose psychology as my profession. For over 30 years I was working as a psychologist in the Israeli Telecommunication company. When I retired, I chose to fulfill my love and artistic tendencies and started painting. Since then, I studied and practiced with well-known artists in Israel, which deepened and enriched my knowledge, style and techniques In my private cycle as a daughter and a mother, my parents’ aging stimulated a special and significant project. Emotions, body language, our relationships, all of these are reflected in my works, and is a permanent memory of them. In my nature paintings I deal with the obvious and the visible, and also with what is behind and beyond visibility. My style ranges between realism, expressionism and the abstract. Up to date, I have presented 6 individual exhibitions, and participated in 40 group exhibitions in Israel and abroad.

ISRAEL

Hanna Ben Eliezer Curtis

The world of collage art fascinates me. By using magazines and colorful images of still life, interior ornamental design and natural views - new visions are created. The motivation behind my work is based on my personal memories and my own life experience. Symbolically it means collecting the broken pieces of my life and building new ideas. In doing so, a better world is created by putting together torn pieces of paper. I was born in Slovakia (Czechoslovakia) to parents that were holocaust survivors. We immigrated to Israel, (1949) soon after the state of Israel was established when I was only one year old. For 24 years I was the library Manager of the Faculty of Art My prior work and educational experience including high school teacher degree and receiving an MA in Mass Communication and Education from University of Clark at Worcester Massachusetts. During the last few years I had two solo exhibitions of my own and participated in two group exhibitions in Israel. The genre of Collage seems to be very easy to learn and in the last years I had few workshops were elder people and youngsters had succeeded to create their own path with colorful torn papers. It is a pleasure to inspire others by my methods and that of course motivates my creativity as well.

Blue view year: 2021 technique: collage size: 50X60 cm

Day and night year: 2022 technique:collage size: 90 cm Diameter

ISRAEL

Miri Freud Mayblum A multi-faceted artist, lives and works in Israel, Miri masters many forms of artisticexpression, including photography, painting, sculpturing, and embroidery. Her art practice is characterized in bold and vivid colors, and demonstrates aesthetic innovation. Trained in various modalities, Miri is interested in the intersections between the different approaches. While engaging in pure photography, she also does photography embedded drawing and painting, digitally edited photography, and embroidery and photography integrated into fabrics. Miri’s favorite themes are as diverse as her works. She is fascinated by nature, blooming and wilting, as it manifests in trees, flowers, and human beings. She oftencaptures urban moments, while always giving them her unique interpretation. Miri’s artwork has been inspired, among others, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Salvador Dali, Frida Kahlo, and the Art Nouveau Movement. Her motivation derives from a need to express her inner self through documenting color and figure in the world surroundingher. Education & Trainings: Bachelor degree in Education (B.Ed.) and Teacher Certificate from the David,Yellin College of Education (“Seminar Beit Hakerem”), Jerusalem, Israel, Art History, Musicology, Bible and Jewish History Studies at The HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem, Israel, Jewelry Design in The NB Haifa School of Design, Israel Charcoal Drawing under Marcel Janco, Stained Glass Art under Joseph Chaaltiel, Ceramics under Lea Majaro-Mintz, Plaster Sculpturing under Ora Chaaltiel, Drawing and Sketching under Genia Belkine, Oil and Acrylic Painting under Gitit Harel Admissions: The Society for Scientific Graphology (Israel) (SSGI), a graphologist since 2001 Group Exhibitions (Photography): “Israeli Art”, Museu Luigi Bellini, Florence, Italy, “Rock, Paper, Cloth, Scissors”, Diamond Theatre, Ramat-Gan, Israel, “Human World”, Loft8 Gallery, Vienna, Austria,“Contemporary Israeli Art”, Espacio Gallery, London, England, “Carpe Diem”, Center for the Artists, Rishon-LeZiyon, Israel, “Reflections”, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel,“Smiling Fences”, Street Gallery for Israeli Art, Jaffa, Israel, “A Tale of Wondering”, Community Center, Haifa, Israel, “Red”, Yad LaBanim Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel, “Inside Out”, ZeZeZe Architecture Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Performing Arts Center, Herzliya, Israel, “Peace”, Mexico City, Mexico, Ramat-Gan, Israel Group Exhibitions (Oil Paintings) 1982 Haifa, Israel Contacts: Miri Freud Mayblum miri.mayblum@gmail.com +972-545-303-309

“Motherhood” dimensions are 60X80 cm digitally edited photography

“Transparencies” dimensions 113X110 cm digitally edited photography

ISRAEL

Orly Netanel

Works with glass since 2011. Her works include pictures with lighting, clocks, dishes and more. Presented her solo exhibition in beit Yad Labanim, Tel Aviv in 2012, and in several group exhibitions in Tel Aviv in Tel Hashomer Hospital and galleries in Modin and Jaffa. The current exhibition in Tel Aviv opened on June 2017. Has TV program on YouTube “Mixim” programs deal with art, painting, sculpture, music, poetry, literature and realms of the spirit. It seeks to promote creativity, inspiration and healthy and positive thinking. Had PHD in Philosophy of Education. Has three MA degrees in Public Policy, Musicology and Multidisciplinary Art. Wrote a book : “The Challenge of Marriage and Parenting”. Teaches music for 30 years

Works of Glass

ISRAEL

Ronit Koren Illouz Living in Karmiel city, Israel. there I work and teach art in my studio. I am a multidisciplinary artist mainly engaged in painting and sculpture in an iron mesh , or the combination of the two mediums. Finished my curator studies in "Seminar Hakibutzim" college. Have a B.A. in arts from Haifa University. Studied Art education in "Oranim" College, teaching Art for over thirty years and retired from the education system five years ago. I am a member of the National Artists Association, member in Haifa artists union, a member of The Association for the Study of Gender Art Women And a member of WAG an international union (WORLD ART GAMES ISRAEL). In my works I draw images from within my immediate surroundings. I borrow from reality without shedding them. These images are drawn from a collection of objects that I "hoard" Part of collective and personal memory. For me, they echo as exciting happy moments alongside other more painful ones. All of these moments are fractions and parts from "the Entire Scene". Some of the images are taken from photographs I took in open space or from recordings of family-social events. I'm doing this not only for the need to release a heavy, burdening emotional charge. but also, with a strong desire to find cooperativeness and even to inspire identification with the viewer. In my works I combine this image and texture with the desire to emphasize materialism when i create multiple layers. Art is where I can capture the essence of my perception of my world. The open and tangible world alongside this mystical side, is a process that for me constitutes self-reflection alongside emotional moments of catharsis. Over the years, I took part in numerous exhibitions around the country and world. In March 2022 "JOIE DE VIVRE" exhibition in "Al A'AGAM" Gallery, Raanana City, Israel. In December 2021 "Carpe Diem" exhibition in "Artists House" in Rishon Le Zion city, Israel. In April 2020 virtual exhibitions in "MICHAELSON APPLIED" Art Gallery, Israel. In September 2019 exhibition in MEXICO I took part with five children from Karmiel. In June 2019 exhibition in Katovich - Poland. In April 2019 participate in ''Festival basalt stone" in Tiberia, Israel. In March 2019 participating in an exhibition taking place in London, at the "Espacio" gallery. In October 2018 I presents a Solo exhibition called "Diagnosis" in Karmiel, Israel. Over the years, curated numerous exhibitions around the country: In May 2018, curated a Solo exhibition of the artist Meirav kliteinic in Karmiel, Israel. In January 2018 curated solo exhibition of the artist Carlos Dulob in karmiel, Israel. In the year 2017 participated in a joint exhibition in Gallery BenAmi Tel-Aviv, Israel. In July 2017 curated a Solo exhibition by the artist Estie Naalie, Israel. In August 2017 I curated an exhibition of both Jewish and Arab artists called in Nazareth, Israel. In January-July, I curated a moving exhibition "neighbors-neighbors" for Northern artists in Misgav junction and the surrounding area, 33 artists took part in this exhibition. it started in Gallery "Zarcashi" in Sachnin, moved to Baum Gallery in Um -El facham, then to Karmiel culture Hall and from there to an "Art gallery" in Tiberias, Israel. Contacts: Artist - Illouz - Koren - https://www.facebook.com/Ronit Facebook: https://www.instagram.com/ronit_koren_illouz_artist Instagram: mail: ronitcor21@gmail.com

“Amorphous”

50x40 cm Mixed media. imprinting with oil and acrylic on fabric

“Still Life”

“Pomegranates”

50x60 cm. Oil on fabric with painters knife (sleep)

60x70 cm Mixed media. imprinting with oil and acrylic on fabric

“Evidence”

70x60 cm Mixed media. imprinting with oil and acrylic on fabric

ISRAEL

Rumy Renan Rumyana Ivanova- Renan (Rumy Renan) was born on Dezember 5th 1958 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. In 1981 she became a member of the Artist Association of her home city of Gabrovo, Bulgaria. At the same time she was advancing her studies at the University of Veliko Tarnovo, where she graduated in 1983 with a Degree in Fine Arts. Within the peropd 1984 – 1997 she held a position as a fine art teacher in a Secondary Comprehensive School in Gabrovo, Bulgarien. Since 2001 she lives in Israel. Her favorite art techinques have been mezzotint, acrylic on canvase, as well as mixed techinques. Since the early 80’s she has been participating in more than a hundred exhibition on a national and international level in Europe, the Middle East and USA, including the international Art Biennale in Varna, Bulgaria, International Graphic Art Triennale in Sofia, Bulgaria, International Exhibition Ex Libris in New York, USA. Rumy is a member of the National Union of Bulgarian Artists in the Graphic Art Section as well as the Israeli Association of Plastic Arts AWARDS: Second Price in the Graphic Art Section at the National Exhibition of the Secondary School Teachers, implemented by the Union of Bulgarian Artists and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Bulgaria List of most resent exhibitions featuring Rumy Renan’s artworks: 2022 – Annual ExhibitionWAG Israel – Rishon LeZion, Israel, 2021 – Annual ExhibitionWAG Israel - Tel-Aviv, Israel , 2020 – Annual ExhibitionWAG Israel - Tel-Aviv, Israel , 2019 – Annual ExhibitionWAG Israel - Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2016 – Imagination – Bank Hapoalim - Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2015 – Kusadasi International Art Workshop – Kusadasi, Turkey, 2015 – My Favourites – Tel Aviv, Israel , 2015 – Black and White – Kfar Shmaryahu, Israel, 2015 – World Art Games – Bratislava, Slovacia, 2015 – Matkot / Yam, Jerusalem, Israel, 2015 – retrospection, Silver House, Ramat Gan, Israel (solo exhibition), 2014 – Lessedra Art Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2014 – Amiad Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2014 – Picasso Gallery – Castra Art Center, Haifa, Israel (solo exhibition), 2014 – Matkot - Oviedo, Spain, 2013 – World Art Games - Ludbreg, Croatia, 2013 – World Art Games - Umag, Croatia, 2012 – Goethe Institut - Izmir, Turkey, 2012 – exposito, Amiad Gallery- Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2012 – Centro Cultural Nikolas Gallery- Madrid, Spain, 2012 – EsArt Galeria- Barcelona, Spain, 2012 – Ruth Daniel Residence Tel Aviv- Jaffa, Israel, 2012 – La Mascina di S. Cresci- Pieve di S. Cresci, Italy, 2012 – World Art Games (WAG)- Osijek, Croatia, 2011 – Kitor Art Gallery- Kibbutz Magen, Israel, 2011 – Light House Gallery- Tel Aviv Contacts: Israel - Givataim 5320002 - Aravei Nahal 1 - A4 Tel.: +972 (0) 545311064 rumy.renan@gmail.com www.rumy-art.com www.rumy-art.webs.com Facebook: Rumy Renan Art

“Blooming I “ technique: Acrylic on Canvas size: 24cm x 30cm year: 2021

“Blooming II “ technique: Acrylic on Canvas size: 24cm x 30cm year: 2021

Shula Ross

In her sculpture and oil painting Shula is dealing with the issue of womanhood The other motive of her creation is the beloved views of Israel. She has studied history of art in the Hebrew university of Jerusalem and with Israeli known artists Her works are exhibited and published in Israel and abroad: Paris, Munich, Rome, Miami, Shanghai, Belgrade, New York

ISRAEL

Exhibitions: Israely artists-gazette des arte gallery “collection” catalog Hapoalim bank “imagination” “BOOK”israely artists-personal touch “cyclamens&swords”poetry and art magazine CASTEL MUSEUM -”ASH”EXHIBITION BOOK “ART AND HEART” ART WORKS EXHIBITION-MUNCHEN Solo Exhibitions: 2008 ARBEL GALERY-TEL AVIV EFRAT GALERY-TEL AVIV 2012 EFRAT GALERY-TEL AVIV2016 ETHNIC GALERY-TEL AVIV 2022 Contacts: shulaross@gmail.com web: http://shularossart.co.il/eng https://www.shulaross.info/

“Dancers” aluminium 33X32 cm

Uri Netanel Uri Netanel is a composer and a ‘cellist and is active as a musician in Israel and abroad. Uri Netanel was born in Jerusalem and lives near Tel Aviv, Israel. Uri studied music at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem and at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music, graduating with a Master’s degree. Among his teachers were prof. Zvi Avni, prof. Yitzhak Sadai, prof. Leon Schidlovsky (composition) and prof. Shmuel Magen (‘cello). In his catalog of works are songs, chamber music, orchestral and choral music.

ISRAEL

Participated for 2 years in the “Speaking Arts” conferences in Jerusalem, hosted by the Jerusalem Foundation and the Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center until 2012 and which promoted the Arab-Jewish dialogue in the performing arts. His works were performed since 1981 in various places in Israel, among them the Felicja Blumenthal Music Center in Tel Aviv (2016, 2022), the Jerusalem Music Center (2015) and Kibbutz Sde Boker (the Sounds in the Desert Festival, 2015, 2017, 2021). Performances abroad included “Osmose Intermezzo” in Brusselles, Belgium (2019) and “New Music on the Bayou” in Louisiana, U.S.A (2017, 2020). Participated in the 5th World Art Games festival in Belgrade, Serbia, 2019, in which he performed in a concert with Orly Netanel and presented two of his compositions and received a golden medal for his musical activity in the festival. His song cycle “Poems on the Threshold” to Yechiel Hazak’s lyrics was premiered by the Israel Sinfonietta Beer Sheva in December 2021 and is scheduled or planned for further performances. Contacts: Website: http://artistssite.com/urinetanel/ Email: urinetanel@gmail.com

Uri playing Hebrew Melodies by George Perle

Francisco Artolózaga Lujambio Francisco Artolózaga Lujambio’s semblance

MEXICO

My artistic career commenced in November 2020 with the collective exhibition “Entre Arte y Arquitectura (Inbetween art and Architecture)” in Avancer tower, San Luis Potosí, at 18 years old. At that time, my creative process was radically different; it consisted of a bi-color palette, with which I autonomously commenced to trace surreal scenery upon small-scaled paper sheets. These scenes inevitably take us into an exploration of the subconscious, mysticism, and the all-present duality of the cathartic human experience. Artistic evolution, I consider, should be inevitable, giving into its aggressive nature, full of expression and emotion. Therefore my work is now immersed in color explosions, greater and imposing formats, a search for composition, and explorations of figure and form. This curiosity about the self and my surroundings will guide me to confront diverse forms of expression, parting from the fact that one can create anything from everything. EXHIBITION HISTORY: 2020 Entre Arte y Arquitectura (Inbetween Art and Architecture), AVANCER Tower, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Small Works, Zona Uno, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2021 Insania (Insanity), Caja Real, San Luis Potosi, Mexico WOP artsfestival, Tangente 52 Tower, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Frida Khalo Homage art/fashion show, Tangente 52 Tower, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Arte Entre Viñedos (Art Inbetween Vineyards), Viña Cordelia San Luis Potosi, Mexico Dos y Dos (Two visual artists and Two musicians), Flamingos Fine Cocktail Bar, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2022 The Experience, Mercedes Benz Herrera Premium, a collaborative event with Winegrowing “Casa Fronda”, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Artifice, Convention Centre, San Luis Potosi, Mexico

“Ino Hentaro and the Yokai” Pencil drawing on paper 50 x 65 cm

“Kátharsis” Oil bar on paper

“Dialectic Phases” Oil on canvas, 2m x 1m

MEXICO

Ingrid Rosas Ingrid Rosas, a plastic artist and poet from León, Guanajuato, México 1967 Rosas has a BA in Tellecomunications at the Universidad Iberoamericana Campus León, and a Diploma at the Universidad de Salle in History of Art and Art History , and since then she has taken courses, workshops and lectures with world-class teachers in different countries. With more than thirty years of experience in the training of children in the Plastic Arts, Member and collaborator in International Projects such as DIN A4, Terra Del'Arte, Ars Latina, Centro 10 and World Art Games Organization. Selected in international events such as Soho International Art Competition where she was recognized by New York critics, He has participated in Biennials such as Florence, Romania, and Mexico’s among others. She has worked on projects with issues of injustice and peace in different countries, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Cuba, among others. Made murals for altruistic and learning institutions, such as the Commemorative Mural of the 70th Anniversary of the Lux Institute, Memphis Tennesse’s Chapel, Fátima’s Church in Leon, Gto., Saint Maximiliano Kolbe’s Church, etc. Her most representative series Spes ei (Hope) and Essentia in Latin is dedicated to injustice and has been exhibited in Broadway Galleries in New York City, at the Miami Bassel, and in Ars Latina, Tijuana, Baja California, México, and in the M.I.D.A.C Netherlands, among others. She has exhibited extensively in Canada, USA, Cuba, Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, Romania, Mexico, Croatia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Serbia, India etc. Since 2013 she has represented Mexico in the World Art Games, as part of the Mexican Delegation now is currently NorthCenter Mexico’s President of the World Art Games and Founder of Art Spirit, a non-profit organization that leads events and art workshops for charity Institutions to fundraise and promote values. Her work is already part of collections of museums and institutions around the world. Contacts: More information about work and exhibitions www.ingridrosas.com.mx #artbyingridrosas Ingrid Rosas fanpage in Facebook

“Te he encontrado” Mixed Media

“Series Aqua” Mixed Media/ Paper

“Essentia” Mixed Media Canvas

Rodrigo González Gòmez

MEXICO

Born 1999, San Luis Potosí, México Multidisciplinary artist specialized in various pictorial techniques that extend to a variety of formats and media. Since 2016, the year in which he formalized his artistic career, González Gómez has explored traditional painting, from there he has transformed visual language in to murals, leather, ceramics, engraving, serigraphy, lithography, large-scale installations and digital representations. “His work gives the viewer freedom to experience their inner thoughts and interpret the depths of the human experience through moving expressions of mind and body. He has explored both the cultural heritage of his upbringing in Mexico and modern concepts of our relationship with emotions and environment. Roy’s innocent mind constantly leaves us in awe. Developing his passion for art from an early age, attending museums in the center of the capital of San Luis Potosí, where he is originally from, he constantly drew inspiration from the details of New Spain’s convents, temples and art galleries. Always looking for new translations of an anthropocentric concept, Roy continues to explore through different mediums, with a tireless spirit of maintaining creativity and expression as a way of life.” - critique written by Rob Woodcox Statement: I believe nature is everything outside ourselves, and art is that same nature interpreted through the human experience; it is not something vital for our basic survival, and yet we’ve been creating since the first records we have of human civilization. It is vital for the mind and spirit; for the consolidation of identity, culture, community… Art is the truth about the path the human race has traveled. It is very well said that history is written by the winners, but if one wants to know the right face of what has come before us, it is only necessary to see the art that was being created at the time. I intend, as an artist, to contribute to that record and be a mirror of the times we are currently facing. Contact: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soy__roy

NETHERLANDS

Bikkel

Contacts: Mobile: +31 6 51150346 Email: bikkelartist@outlook.com Address: Merellaan 221, 3145 EH Maassluis, The Netherlands Web: www.bikkelartist.com photo by Arturo Figaro

Glass design and paintings Bikkel glass objects and her paintings are included in the collections of famous Museums and Private collections, such as The Curacao Museum, Museum Maassluis, and Museum Voorlinden. Bikkel works with quality Bullseye glass in the fuse technique. For glassblowing she uses glass with as few inclusions as possible. Bikkel uses metal in her glass. “My process of working is spontaneous. I work with vibrant colors, forms and placing objects so as to acquire their textures. Emotions play an important role in this. Everything reflects the warmth of my native Curaçao”. By using the material glass in her art, Bikkel draws attention to the importance of water. Climate change in the Netherlands and the countries around us is making the importance of water increasingly clear. Mostly Bikkel processes metal chicken wire in her glass design. The texture of a barrier is a metaphor for her homesickness to Curacao. The metal used enters into an unexpected relationship with the glass, which often leads to surprises. Bikkel graduated from Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, with judicium exceptional in 2002. https://www.bikkelartist.com 2020. Primo Piano Silver Certificate Award (Bikkel glass design), Palmieri Foundation, Lecce, Italy

“Curacao Bully” glass and metal 30x21x1cm 2021

“Jezus, a statue next to Gummarus Church at Steenbergen, NL” mixed media on canvas 115x75cm, 2021

“A Bird to Love” mixed media on linen 50x40cm, 2022

NEW ZEALAND

Carrie Burke

Contacts: Carrie Burke Carrie.burke@gmail.com (64)0221708767 Why do we make art? I know I like to look at it, and experience it. In all its forms, it does something intangible to my soul. I guess over time I’ve realised the answer lies in that. As makers of art, I believe it gives us another language with which to speak. We are communicating directly with each other, and all viewers-with no need for translation! Our changing climate and how disrespectfully we treat this Earth, troubles and saddens me. I hope to highlight my concern at plastic pollution, and spotlight needless excessive consumption, putting it in people’s minds in a novel, ridiculous and sometimes even humorous way. My ‘useless objects’ body of work is made entirely from discarded, donated or recycled materials. I have committed to explore this, letting the materials be the inspiration, and I’m loving the challenge. The clock used in ‘Out of time’ is the 3rd replacement one at my workplace in 4 years. Even with new batteries they won’t hold the correct time, despite that being their only purpose for existing! Insanely, we continue to re-buy the same clock, from the same supplier- again and again. I feel I have freed the clock from all pretense of function, whilst single use plastic cutlery speaks to the careless ‘disposable’ expectation we have developed with objects, electronics and fashion. As well as creating impermanent site specific sculptural installations (2010-), I have enjoyed exhibiting in joint art events many times, both in my home country of Aotearoa (New Zealand) (2005-2018) and in Europe through participation in WAG events 2013-2016. I was honoured to receive a medal for Jewellery work at the WAG Montenegro event 2016.

“Useless object #1 (For really big consumers)” Sculpture 2022 Wood, discarded objects 1600 x 300 mm

“Collateral damage”

Sculpture 2020 Perspex/Silver leaf/Acrylic paint 400mm x 250mm

*The sculpture ‘collateral damage’ has an image of both sides, it is freestanding.

“Ice melt 2030”

Sculpture 2022 Glass/discarded objects 400mm x 200mm

“Out of time (Useless object #7)” Wall mounted Sculpture 2022 Discarded objects 350mm x 350mm

Lorraine Beattie Lorraine Beattie was born in Wellington NZ & now resides in rural Miranda, Waikato, NZ.

NEW ZEALAND

As a self-taught photographic artist with more than 20 years’ experience, Lorraine is passionate about the art of photography. Her inspiration flows from the colours, light & natural beauty of her homeland NZ and the many places she has visited globally. Her versatility allows her to shoot in many different genres with a unique and contemporary style, subtle, textured, complex, yet simple. She loves to draw the viewer in to the emotion of the moment or environment with her awe inspiring landscapes, seascapes and humanity, with the fervent hope that they will foster greater understanding of mankind and the environment, to identify with, or open the viewer’s mind to the possibilities of what is there, to challenge the viewer to see her art from a different perspective. The Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York has honourably referred to her as a “continental Contemporary Master with deep and cutting photography”. Her work has been exhibited nationwide in NZ and internationally. She has held solo exhibitions in NZ & Florida, USA and participated in group exhibitions in NZ, New York, Miami, Italy, Croatia and Greece. She has been a guest lecturer at the Kettering Buccleigh Academy, UK and presented collections of works at various Rotary events and schools, showcasing some of her travel photography. She has been featured in a number of juried publications in USA. Lorraine has another side to her artistic portfolio. She loves to work with people, capturing special times in their lives such as weddings, family gatherings, sports and special events. With her very candid, photo-journalistic style she is adept at bringing out the passion and emotion of the moment. Contacts: Lorraine Beattie +64 274 743597 lorrbeattie@hotmail.com www.lorrainebeattie.com

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Shimmer

Twilight

Velvet

NORWAY

Elfi Sverdrup

ELFI SVERDRUP 14 - 11 - 1958 The Norwegian interdisciplinary artist Elfi Sverdrup is working as a vocal performer, a jewellery artist, but also composing sound and jewellery performances, working with paintings, drawings, poetry readings and creating sculptures. Elfi Sverdrup masters different northern folk singing techniques. Out from that she has developed her own “free singing style” within Vocal Extended Techniques. Elfi Sverdrup has been the leader of World Art Games Norway for several years. Sverdrup has had countless exhibitions, and has performed in more than 20 countries. She has received several prizes, awards and scolarships. Education: Art college for 8 years: 4 years at The college of Arts and Crafts in Oslo (metal) and 4 years at The Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo (painting). Started to develop her voice in 1977, and has worked with masters within Norwegian kveding, Sami joik, Inuit catajak and different types of Siberian throat singing. Contact: https://www.facebook.com/Elfi-Sverdrups-jobbside-104975047810772/ photos/?ref=page_internal https://www.facebook.com/elfi.sverdrup/videos_by https://www.youtube.com/user/SverdrupElfi/videos http://elfisverdrup.blogspot.com https://www.instagram.com/elfisverdrup/ E-mail: elfi.sverdrup1@gmail.com

STARRY NIGHT Neck jewellery

BLUE FATA MORGANA jewellery sculpture

Jewellery painting

NORWAY

Mathis J. Mathisen

Contact: Mathis J. Mathisen Johannes Sandviks vei 3 H, 3160 Stokke, Norway Mathis J. Mathisen, Writer Born in a small town on the south west coast of Norway in 1937. Educated teacher. Worked for fifteen years in different schools, on different levels. Later attached to Radio Norway as a news-journalist, to the TV-Theatre as a consultant / playwright and to the State Travelling Theatre. A few years I worked as an editor of new schoolbooks. I have published more than thirty books, novels, short stories and poetry for children, young and adult people. In addition to hearplays, TV-plays and other programmes. And a full time cinema movie. I am a member of the Norwegian Authors Association, the Association of Playwrights and the Union of authors of Children´s books´. Active in Peace and solidarity projects in India, China, Egypt, Palestine, Bosnia, Bulgaria. Books and other texts translated into other Nordic, East European, French and German language. Leader of the committee for the Peace Monument in Sarajevo (2000). The first leader of the Norwegian WAG committee and awarded Lifetime Honour membership.

“Morgen i stasjonsbyen”

Signe Elise Hultgren

NORWAY

SIGNE ELISE HULTGREN born in 1963 in Asker, Norway. Live in Stokke, Sandefjord, Norway

Photographer, author and cultural project developer. Manager at a cultural historical museum from 2014-2021 Head of board at Sandefjord Kunstforening (art association/ gallery) from 2017-2021 Stipends / Awards: 2019 : Golden medal photo at 5th World Art Games, Belgrade, Serbia , 2017 : Appointed delegate in GSE (Global Study Exchange) from Rotary Stokke to Hjo in Sweden , 2016 : Lions Club Stokke Honnørpris 2016. This award is given to individuals or associations that have done, or continue to make a great effort for the community beyond what can be expected. , 1994 : SND stipend for the idea and developement of the Art and Craftsvillage, Fossnes 1993. Grûnder : 2009: Idea, development and establishment of Workshop outlets with group of 30 artist/artisans : Verkstedutsalget for kunst og håndverk, Tønsberg 2009,1994: Idea, development and establishment of art and crafts village Vestfold: Fossnes kunst & håndverkerlandsby 1994 Books : 2011 - “Kule Klassiske og Kreative kranser” published by Gyldendal Norske forlag 3.000 ex ISBN13 9788205413931 EAN 9788205413931, 2012 - “Bind en krans “ Translated to Swedish - published in 5.000 ex. at Ica Bokförlag. 2012. ISBN: 9153438755 Exhibitions : 2021 - Bogen Kunstnerverksteder Side 2 av 2 Uten navn 15.09.2021, 00:53 2019 - 5th World Art Games, Belgrade, Serbia, 2019 - WAG - exebition in Germany Erzheausen, 2017 - Grenseløs in Sandefjord Kunstforening. Norway, 2017 - WAG - exebition in Mexico, 2017 - WAG - exebition in New Zealand, 2017 - 4th World Art Games, Slowonski Brod Croatia, 2016 - 3rd World Art Games, Montenegro, 2015 - 2nd World Art Games, Bradislava Other : WAG Norway (World Art Games ) International Children Project. 1995-2021 Projectmanager for more than 100 cultural events in Stokke, Vestfold. 1987-1990 Participated in development and establishment of Norways first private creative vocational school Idefagskolen Contacts: Signe Elise Hultgren, Kirkeveien 9 3160 Stokke mob: 950 11 845

PHILIPPINES

Aliza Marie G. Naagas

ALIZA MARIE G. NAAGAS a.k.a “ZIA” WAG PHILIPPINES NATIONAL COMMITTEE SECRETARY

Aliza Marie G. Naagas or simply “ZIA”, who loves Arts such as sketching and dreams to be a professional painter someday. She experiences rejections, trials, pains and judgement among family members, friends and even to other people… yet she was not tattered and did not stop to continue her journey in pursuing her dreams, which makes her a stronger individual. The process of joining the networking business has taught her many lessons in life through hardship and life’s experiences that made her realize the value of life and the value of helping other people to achieve their dreams… She also believes that people should realize how to live truly and fully to the world we live in, thus believe in their own talent and skills which will make them improve their lives. Zia is so grateful that World Art Games Philippines came as an opportunity in the fulfillment of her World Mission that will uplift the status of our country – The Philippines… “The Glory of Filipino Talent will surely be seen worldwide.” Do not be deceived by her very slender body because this young Girl is a practitioner of Street Fighting Martial Arts and Painting… Lastly, she believes that we should never stop learning and chasing our dreams.

“Fear of the Unknown” size: 24” X 36” medium: Acrylic

PHILIPPINES

Melanie Ibarrientos

MELANIE IBARRIENTOS a.k.a. “Kzy Storm” WAG PHILIPPINES NATIONAL COMMITTEE VICE-PRESIDENT

1989 she first set an International performance by being an artist here and abroad... She really is a born artist and performer and specific experiences made her realize the huge potential of Filipino Talents that was being recognized worldwide... that was realization of MS. MELANIE L. IBARRIENTOS or simply Kzy Storm, until she met Mr. Jean Zen; the President of World Art Games Philippines, and that meeting opened more opportunities in discovering world class talents... Her latest passion in Oil Painting made her explore her ideals, passion and imagination that fueled her passion in helping World Art Games Philippines Advocacy to showcase indigenous cultural arts and in preservation of our artistic tradition. She also believes that every person should pursue their dreams, no matter what it takes and believe that everything is possible with the help of God.

“Darkside” Size 36” X 42” Medium: Acrylic

“My Friend is Misery” Size 36” x 48” Medium: Acrylic

“The King`s path” Size 12” X 16” Medium: Acrylic

PHILIPPINES

Oliver S. Dizon

OLIVER S. DIZON A.K.A. “JEAN ZEN” WAG PHILIPPINES NATIONAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT DIZON a.k.a. “JEAN ZEN”, a God-Loving martial artist yet inclined to visual arts, is a dreamer of impoverishing the lives of the marginalized poor, especially the street children, handicapped and the indigenous members of the society, who aim for a great change in their life status. As he embraces his emotions, his paint brush strikes the background with a deep dark tone combined with intense textured colors against his intriguing subject. Jean Zen is a self-taught international Awarded Artist exploring different types of pigments rendered on a canvas that creates a realistic image. He was molded into a multi-talented Actor in Theater, Film, and Television. He is likewise, an International Stuntman, Fight/Stunt Director, Writer, Street Fighter and a Guitarist.

“Passing Storm” Size 18” x 24” Medium: oil on canvas

“The Last Resort” Size 48” x 55” Medium: acrylic

William Ngendandumwe Born 13/11/1977 in Kigali-Rwanda Nationality: Rwandan Languages: Kinyarwanda, Swahili, French, English, Italian, German, Portuguese Lives in Kigali, Rwanda

RWANDA

Artist Statement I am a multidisciplinary artist. I like to depict life from my own to people and things around me. Any event is my inspiration for me. In my works, I like to represent the ideas and everyday life in abstract. My dream s and my thoughts are in my works. I dream about a clean world free of criminality, corruption, war, injustice…It’s the reason why in many of my paintings I show that message. I like to cooperate with other artists especially upcoming artists because I like to discover the new talents and make them appear. My artist philosophy: “Anything, anyone, anytime is an inspiration” I keep pushing to make my dreams true. BIOGRAPHY William Ngendandumwe began his art career with hand-painted branding work on walls and sign-posts in the mid-90s for local companies, before venturing into portraiture and illustration commissions. His private practice has included a range of works

including competitions, collective and solo exhibitions including: 2017 - Collective exhibition at Hotel des Milles Collines with Yego Arts 2016 - Collective exhibition at Hotel Umubano at Kigali-Rwanda 2014 - suddenly and constantly with Korean Artists in Korean – Rwanda Culture exchange in Yego Arts at Kigali-Rwanda 2014-Collective exhibition at Heaven restaurant at Kigali 2013 - Jaama Festival 2012 - MY DEMOCRACY in US Embassy Residency at Kigali 2011 - Solo exhibition at Heaven Restaurant at Kigali 2010 - Collective exhibition “I HAVE A DREAM” in US Embassy at Kigali 2008 - solo exhibition LA FIESTA MEXICAN RESTAURANT 2002 - awarded 5th place in National Comic Competition Art Private Trainings: 1995-1996 Contact: Email ngendawill@yahoo.es

Sun Heui Kim Born in Gyeon Gju, Soth Korea Own pottery (porcelain) factory 1996 Graduated from Department of Art at Dongguk University 2000 Acquiring a master’s degree in art Euducation at Keimyung university graduate of Education

SOUTH KOREA

Title: Sagittarius, Nam-Doo-Yook-Sung (Mike Dipper), visual explannation: In mythology a poison arrow shot by Hercules is directed at Chiron is pulling a bow in the direction of Scorpio. Chiron leads the way by shooting arrows in the direction of Scorpio for adventurous disciples. inside Sagittarius, the Nam-Doo-Yook-Sung (mike dipper) can be seen from May to August in the southern sky of Korea It is one of the very important constellations that determine the birth, longevity, and luck of life, that is, the meaning of the life And Name-Doo-Yook-Sung (mike dipper) is the head of Hyeon-Mu, (the guardian deity of the northern sea, Hyeon-Mu, is a combination of snake and turtle) and means the beginning of water. For this reason, Nam-Doo-Yook-Sung has been handed down as an object of korean folk belief I hope that Chiron’s Sagittarius and Nam-Doo-YookSung(mike dipper) the symbol of good fortune, will be with me during my trip to north Macedonia. Contact: zeng72zeng@naver.com

“Sagittarius, Nam-Doo-YookSung (Mike Dipper)” size: 35×35×45 material : ceramic, ceramic pigment at high temperature

SUDAN

Ameer Yousif Alsiddig Ameer Yousif Alsiddig, born 1/4/1979, in Madani, Sudan, “In my paintings, there is spontaneity in colors in making aesthetic shapes, which drives me to color, my love for coloring, and cultural, heritage and intellectual expression. The typical way of expression is through semi-realism and abstraction from my sensitivity because it is more expressive and deep in thinking and does not make the eye bored, because in every look of the recipient he discovers more worlds larger than the area of the painting itself. Symbolism makes the artist more profound in thinking and extracting the visual inventory that the artist received from contemplation of the culture or cultures that he learned about and the formation of creative ideas from them. And reflected by a new luster. In my paintings I use some traditional symbols from the surrounding society and Sudanese culture because I am part of this culture. My split in color is what made me deal with color with love and happiness when I start painting and forget all that is taking me away from making painting. I cannot imagine my life without painting” Education: Madani, undergraduate level, University of Sudan, College of Education,2000 2001- 2007 Department of Explanatory Design.

Profession & Projects Teaching art, teacher of Khartoum Amiriya, Khartoum 2006 Art project Luxor International Forum Project name Africa Manifestations of Identity Egypt Art project on directive signs for areas affected by disasters or danger, Tranquil Generations, in France, Lyon, June 2014. The works were sent through the French Cultural Center, Sudan. Artists in front of the Covid-19 project, designed by the UNESCO European Union, Workplace Beirut 2020 online Under lockdown - UNESCO & MEADOWS artists COVID 19 2020 Art festival, Republic Dominica, 27 oct 2022 Art biennial 32/4 - 27.11 2022 Meadows Art Mask, Venice 2022 International online exhibition September 27, 2021 Venezuela Carlos Sanches gallery group exhibition Collections - in a number of museums, institutions and companies Awards Luxor international Studio For Painting (Egypt) le project artstigue ATTENTION (S) Triangle GENRATION HUMANITAIRE, 2014 Creativity under lockdown - UNESCO & MEADOWS artists COVID-19, 2020 Contact: Telephone: 00249912453161, Email: ameeryosif@yahoo.com

Agnes Mupariwa

ZIMBABWE

Agnes Mupariwa Artist Sculptor from Zimbabwe With her mastery of post modernism art movement, Agnes has allowed herself to venture in all sort of sculpting, executing her endowed talent. Such a mixture of different vibes makes her one of the outstanding Zimbabwean, contemporary woman artist. Though she specializes in sculptures like abstracts Agnes has defied the odds, by not limiting herself to the restriction of one particular area, but exploring different types of sculptures to produce marvellous results that could almost resemble utopia, something which anyone who appreciate art would agree with. Achievements and Exhibitions: 2000: Hannover Expo (Expo 2000), Germany 2004: In Praise of Women Exhibition, Harare Zimbabwe 2004: National Gallery by the African Millennium Foundation 2005: Foundation for the Young Women Sculpture Award, National Gallery by The African Millennium Foundation 2006: The first National Competition for Young Women Sculptors, Franchaise Hotel, Zimbabwe 2007: 2nd Price for Originality and Creativity, Decade of Achievements Competition and Exhibition, Guruve Limited, Zimbabwe 2012: Completed Task in the workshop about product Development Modelling and Nordic Design by Fair Trade, Denmark Fair Trade 2015: Arts Exhibition, Chitungwiza 2017: Awarded Honorary Award at Brock Sculpture Awards, Artistic Africa, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 2018: Women National Art Gallery 2020: WAG Zimbabwe NC President “As a visual artist, I believe it is my duty to partake on the tremendous journey that many have embarked on, the journey to solve a social issue and change the world at large, not by many features on my artworks , but a glimpse that catches the eye of the observer”

I Cant hold on When your love is threatened you fight for it. You just cant hold on to the external and internal negativities that can break the bond of love.The artwork depicts two people who really love each other but an existing force cause the two to drift apart. The elongated arms shows how much the person has tried to fight against the outside forces creating a shield to preserve their love and giving their relationship a chance of getting back on track.

Munyaradzi Petricia Dzimunwe

ZIMBABWE

Contacts: Munyaradzi Petricia Dzimunwe Work : Poet/writer Country: Zimbabwe Contact: 00263785908955 Email: mpdzimun@gmail.com

Munyaradzi Petricia Dzimunwe, Artist Poet Munyaradzi Petricia Dzimunwe is a lady in her early 40s. She is passionate about teaching through writings in form of presentations, stories, quotes and poems. As the only child in her family, she embraces empathy in her daily life. Consistency and patience are some of her strengths. She is a mother, herself, to two boys and a wife to Shepherd Naite. Munyaradzi is an esteemed high school teacher of Geography and Indigenous language She is a volunteer - District coordinator for (Women and youth support organisations) ZWAYAT, EWESACCO and COMFWB. Youth and women empowerment, especially in developing countries through teaching and career guidance, is her passion. She has facilitated for Entrepreneurial training for more than 200 women since 2020. Munyaradzi holds a Global MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship, BA degree and PGDE. She is an upcoming social entrepreneur who thrives in inspiring others. ‘’We are learners for life on this earth, I embrace every opportunity to learn, I am fulfilled when I share knowledge!’’

DREAMS As we all dream If only we could dream our own dreams Dreaming in daylight, in our sleep, conversations, hopes and dreams Always remember, We ought to dream our own dreams! Dreams are made, controlled, adjusted Dreams are magnified Dreams are abandoned Dreams inspire If only, we could dream our own dreams!

CALMNESS

Only dreamers can dream Dreams got to be our own We ought to dream our own dreams Magnify, pursue, grow and touch your own dream Dream for a purpose Dream your own dream!

When the storm rages, winds blowing away, When calamity lands, when the tide comes facing you Keep your grip Choose calmness The roaring can be scary, the storm swaying you from side to side Looking like its gonna swallow you up The turmoil will subside Remain firm Choose calmness!

WORLD ART GAMES INTERNATIONAL

WORLD ART GAMES

ARGENTINA

Cristina Carri

AUSTRIA Jadranka Klabučar Gros

Contents

BANGLADESH

Laila Sharmeen CROATIA

Boris Pervan Iris Vrus Jasminka Blazevic Paunovic Jasminka Blazevic Paunovic ETHIOPIA

Solomon Ambaye Dimtsu FINLAND

Aune Mattila HUNGARY

Boglarka G. Horvath

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ISRAEL

Beatrice Bracha Laszlo Ditza Sagi Hanna Ben Eliezer Curtis Miri Freud Mayblum Orly Netanel Ronit Koren Illouz Rumy Renan Shula Ross Uri Netanel MEXICO

Francisco Artolózaga Lujambio Ingrid Rosas Rodrigo González Gòmez

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND

Bikkel

Carrie Burke Lorraine Beattie

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NORWAY

Elfi Sverdrup Mathis J. Mathisen Signe Elise Hultgren PHILIPPINES

Aliza Marie G. Naagas Melanie Ibarrientos Oliver S. Dizon RWANDA

William Ngendandumwe

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SOUTH KOREA

Sun Heui Kim Sudan

Ameer Yousif Alsiddig ZIMBABWE

Agnes Mupariwa Munyaradzi Petricia Dzimunwe

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Medal winners - GAMES 2019

Medal winners 2019

SERBIA, BELGRADE

Medal for Music: Mr. Uri Netanel, Israel Medal for Painting: Ms. Asli Zeynep Kostepen, Turkey Mr. Adil Es Safi, Morocco Medal for Photography: Ms. Signe Elise Hultgren, Norway Medal for Poetry Ms. Jadranka Gros, Austria Ms. Vanessa Garside, United Kingdom

Medal winners with WAG HQ Presidents (from the left side: Jasminka Blažević Paunović, Adil Es Safi, Zexnep Asli Kostepen, Uri Netanel, Peter Weisz)

Medal winner Signe Elise Hultgren

Skopje, 2022

WORLD ART GAMES WAG International Artistic Organization

WAG Festival (GAMES) is Multidisciplinary International Art Festival 6th WAG Festival Artists from 17 States:

ARGENTINA, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, CROATIA, ETHIOPIA, FINLAND, HUNGARY, ISRAEL, MEXICO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PHILIPPINES, RWANDA, SOUTH KOREA, SUDAN, ZIMBABWE Program:

SKOPJE

Group Exhibition, Literary Meeting, Concert Cello & Guitar, Vocal Concert & Performance, Art Workshop, Presentations & Lecturing, Children Project Exhibition Partner & Venue:

P.I. House of Culture "Kocho Racin", Skopje

WAG

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