Artistcloseup - Contemporary Art Magazine #1

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Paola Telesca Need & Greed

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1 Flowers that Bloom at Midnight fibreglass-reinforced plastic, urethane paint 2010

Pumpkin Benesse Art Site, Naoshima, Japan 1994

Shine of Life Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, Norway 2019

Celebrating her 90th birthday in 2019, Yayoi Kusama is a leading Japanese artist and legend as far as art is concerned. While she deliberately makes unique pieces that can withstand the wear and tear of the outdoors, she is renowned for reproducing her art on a monumental scale.

YAYOI KUSAMA

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Summer Patio acrylic on canvas 107 cm x 76 cm 2019

Hilary Pecis is an American artist based in Los Angeles. Pecis was raised in Redding, California close to the border with Oregon. She earned a BFA and MFA from California College of the Arts, in 2006 and 2009.

HILARY PECIS hilarypecis.com

@hilary_pecis

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III Graces in the sun oil on canvas 100 cm x 80 cm 2021

In lumine soli oil on canvas 100 cm x 80 cm 2022

Mater natura workshop graphics: ink on special paper 50 cm x 70 cm 2021

Nastazja Staniszewska- born on 10.02.1996 in Wrocław, Poland. Graduated in Painting at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, in June 2021. She has been a participant of several individual and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad. She does painting, graphics, sculpting.

NASTAZJA STANISZEWSKA nstaniszewska.com

@art.nastazja @art_nastazja

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Hurricane Evacuation Route, still #23 video still, HD video, color, single channel 9 cm x 16 cm 2011-2020

Hurricane Evacuation Route, still #24 video still, HD video, single channel 9 cm x 16 cm 2011-2020

Room With A View, still #3 video still, single channel video, HD, color 9 cm x 16 cm 2011-2020

1994-1998 psychology, art history, media and philosophy studies, faculty of psychology, faculty of fine arts, faculty of letters, faculty of philosophy - University of Hamburg. 2000-2002 stage direction studies - Institute for theatre and musical theatre direction, Hamburg, Germany

JOAS NEBE

www.jsnebe.de @art.nastazja

@joas.nebe

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5 Amour oil on canvas 40 cm x 20 cm 2022

Charlotte is a professional painter and multi disciplined artist. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Charlotte has been studying and practicing visual arts since 2017. Her main focus is the human body and all it’s essence, the shape, texture and sensuality.

CHARLOTTE ROSE

artdirectoryaustralia.com.au/paintings/charlotte-fowler

@charlotte.r.arts

Hunger paper on canvas 50 cm x 40 cm x 2 cm 2022

I use paper and text in my artwork and combine my understanding of the intentions in the text and simultaneously show something personal - their visual beauty and complexity.

HEIDI GLATTRE hglattre.wixsite.com

@hglattrekunst

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Lana mixed media rose art: roses, textiles, and acrylic 20 cm x 20 cm x 2,5 cm 2019

Kites mixed media rose art: roses, textiles, and acrylic 25 cm x 20 cm x 2,5 cm 2021

Been There mixed media rose art: roses, ink, textiles, and acrylic 41 cm x 51 cm x 2,5 cm 2021

Painter and Graphic Designer, Kristine Reiner, presents powerful and contemporary artworks featuring roses. The real roses add texture and dimension to the image, bringing the painting to life. She also specializes in offering classes to help others feel inspired and to create.

KRISTINE REINER kristinereiner.com

@kristinesartwork

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7 Gentil Monstre Bedonnant acrylic 101 cm x 76 cm 2022

Claes Frowein is an artist of French, Dutch, and Canadian nationality. Born in 1988 in France, son of international artist parents. He currently lives between Québec city and Peru. His creative inspiration is an accumulation of his experiences and spiritual journeys.

CLAES FROWEIN @bplrxxiii

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Sequence oil on canvas 120 cm x 120 cm x 4 cm 2022

Stillness oil on canvas 140 cm x 140 cm x 4 cm 2021

The Fall oil on canvas 225 cm x 150 cm x 4 cm 2022

Helen Booth’s recent paintings concentrate on the limitless variations of the single dot. The works explore an impulsive and repetitive way of mark-making that is both gestural and meditative. In life and in Nature, the cycle of birth and rebirth is key.

HELEN BOOTH helenbooth.com

@helenboothartist

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9 Captive Angel (Gefangener Engel) digital photography 150 cm x 65 cm 2000

Need&Greed I digital photography 40 cm x 30 cm 2017

Loosening the Braid digital photography 65 cm x 100 cm 2022

2000-2001: multimedia conception, Academy for Digital Media, Berlin; 1996: Master’s degree, Universität der Künste, Berlin (UdK); 1989-1995: Universität der Künste, Berlin (UdK); 1987-1988: Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin; 1980-1983: Scuola Interpreti e Traduttori, Rome

PAOLA TELESCA paola-telesca.de

@paolatelesca4334

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Jinzo ceramic plaster, mortar, iron, plastic, 5Volt Led, acrylics 38 cm x 12 cm x 8 cm 2022

Socrates acrylics, pastels, markers, spray paint on wood 80 cm x 60 cm x 4 cm 2019

Healing Machinery acrylics, spray paint, pastels, collages on canvas 200 cm x 200 cm 2022

Self-taught, passionate about ancient cultures. His art links a pluralism of attitudes but it is never affected by the lack of uniformity. He paints and sculpts using several mediums to sublimate his studies within energies he has absorbed. “Everything is Art for me!”

ALBERTO BALLOCCA

artsy.net/artist/alberto-ballocca/works-for-sale

@albertoballocca

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11 Moonlight oil on canvas 80 cm x 60 cm 2022

My art is often based on situations from everyday life depicting people on the street of a big city or in the confined space of a cozy cafe. I tries to capture a moment frozen in the middle of the city’s hectic pulse. It could be in Copenhagen, London, Paris or another place.

SANNE RASMUSSEN sannerasmussen.dk

@sanne.m.rasmussen

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Explosion alcohol inks 30 cm x 46 cm 2022

Parthogenesis I alcohol inks 24 cm x 30 cm 2022

Birdspace aluminum 10-20 cm x 10-16 cm x 6-12 cm 2022

Toronto-based multi-media artist Margie Kelk takes an exploratory and experimental approach as she appropriates and reconstructs visual fragments of ideas through diverse media that include ceramic, bronze and aluminium sculpture, animation, drawing, painting and digital app.

MARGIE KELK margiekelk.com

@mskelk

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13 NAKED FEELINGS mixed media 60 cm x 60 cm 2021

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend mixed media 60 cm x 60 cm 2022

MAGNOLY mixed media 60 cm x 60 cm 2020

Anastasia Yanchuk (Nati) is a figurative artist. The principal theme in her art is femininity, the image of women varying across different cultures and ethnic identities. My aim is to create artworks that influence, inspire, and motivate women to be stronger!

NATI

anastasiayanchuk.com

@anastasia_nati

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Love Letters - Simone de Beauvoir to Jean-Paul Sartre, Wednesday [27 July 1938] acrylic, graphite, vintage book on linen canvas 23 cm x 31 cm 2022

Love Letters - John Keats to Fanny Brawne, Thursday, 1 July 1819, Shanklin, Isle of Wight acrylic, graphite, vintage book on linen canvas 31 cm x 31 cm 2022 Love Letters Franz Kafka to Felice Bauer, 20 December 1912 acrylic, graphite, vintage book on linen canvas 23 cm x 31 cm 2022

Cynthia’s work explores the interstices between art and language. Influenced by literature, her text-based conceptual works harness sources of inspiration from language and memory. She achieves an overall aesthetic signature marked by strong senses of mood, poetry and atmosphere.

CYNTHIA GROW cynthiagrow.com

@cynthiagrow_

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15 Spring Rain acrylic 140 cm x 127 cm x 3 cm 2021

A landscape painter with a constant ache in my soul for the outdoors. My art style is all about the natural world and color. I love that each and every moment in nature is unique, holy, and fleeting, and I try to capture this feeling through quickly applying and removing layers.

TRISHA RAYMOND @trisha_raymond_art

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Sea Turtle pencil & markers (Faber Castell), acrylic, tipp ex and white pen 40 cm x 50 cm x 1 cm 2022

I’m an Italian artist, born in Brussels, Belgium and I’m a simple guy who has a passion for art, drawing and photography. I work full-time as a lab technician in Luxembourg, and I draw during my free time. I create mostly for myself, but occasionally also for friends.

ALESSANDRO DE SCISCIO @dsalex03

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17 HOT CHILI PEPPERS IN THE BLISTERING SUN digital art based on photography 60 cm x 120 cm 2022

NEVER SAW A WOMAN SO ALONE, SO ALONE digital art based on photography 60 cm x 120 cm 2022

WHEN THEY KICK AT YOUR FRONT DOOR digital art based on photography 60 cm x 120 cm 2022

Thomas is born in East Germany as the son of a painter in 1958 and later studied visual communication.

Thomas creates his digital art starting always with photography which he processes in his own signature style. His artworks are shown on exhibitions and fairs around the globe.

THOMAS BIENERT t-bienert-art.de

@thomasbienert

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Connection watercolor on 300g/m2 paper 56 cm x 41,5 cm 2022

Unconditional Love watercolor on 300g/m2 paper 38 cm x 30 cm 2022

Look Beyond watercolor on 300g/m2 paper 56 cm x 41,5 cm 2022

Antje has been a painter since childhood. Although she decided to become a doctor of medicine in her adolescence, she never lost contact to art. She calls herself the “painting doctor”. She was born 1962 in Germany and was raised on the country side, always being close to Mother

DR. ANTJE PETERSHAGEN takesometime.de

@antjepetershagen

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19 Dreamers Dream Eternal acrylic paint, sharpie ultra fine marker and micron on 90 lb. bristol board 14 cm x 17 cm 2013

Chasing a Thought charcoal on paper 12 cm x 18 cm 2020

A Woman Out of Time oil pastels and micron on drawing paper 18 cm x 12 cm 2013

Born in Upstate New York in 1969, Ana Bar is a self-taught artist. The artist’s extensive range includes abstract, portraiture, landscapes, nature photography, poetry, and the occasional short story. When asked where she finds inspiration, the most common answer is everywhere.

ANA LILLITH BAR landoflillith.com

@landoflillith

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What about Flowering Fields acrylics, pigments on canvas 150 cm x 180 cm x 4 cm 2022

Michelle has spent her life in the arts. Her background lies in architecture and textile design, where she learned about structure and composition, which she intuitively applies to every canvas. “I feel most alive when immersed in the creative process.”

MICHELLE HOLD michellehold.com

@4michellehold

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Today’s Toys linocut on paper 42 cm x 30 cm 2021

The Cliff of Moen oil on canvas 60 cm x 70 cm x 2 cm 2022

The Cat’s Game with the Mouse linocut on paper 30 cm x 42 cm 2022

I am a doctor and have also studied psychology and health anthropology. I have also made art throughout my life. I first started showing my art to the public in 2010. Since then I have exhibited in many countries and am represented in many art books and magazines.

BRITTA ORTIZ britta-ortiz.dk

@brittaortiz

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Untitled Abstract 2 encaustic wax, nails, and thread on wood panel 12 cm x 12 cm x 1,5 cm 2019

Untitled Abstract 3 encaustic wax, nails, and magnets on wood panel 12 cm x 12 cm x 2,5 cm 2021

Untitled Installation 1 18 acrylic paintings on canvas cut and sewn into summer dresses 2022

My exploration of medium has been my inspiration throughout - pushing materials to see what they are capable of doing - and discovering they have much more potential than previously understood.

LAURA E BAUER @lbauerart

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23 Tip Toe Into My Mind acrylic on canvas 122 cm x 122 cm x 8 cm 2021

Rachel Berkowitz (b. 1993 Columbus, Ohio) grew up in London, England & now lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Rachel graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from the UCLA School of Art and Architecture in 2016.

Rachel exhibits internationally & attends acclaimed artist residencies.

RACHEL BERKOWITZ rachelberkowitzart.com

@rachelberkowitzart

The Missing Piece mixed: oil, acrylic, golden leaf, 3D gold liner 100 cm x 100 cm 2021

In 2010, Anca completed her studies with an MBA at Academy of Fine Arts Nicolae Grigorescu, Bucharest.

Her style of painting is defined by the realistic details with stylized backdrops. Anca currently works at her Studio in Cluj as a full time artist, teacher and volunteer.

ANCA JITARIU GLIGA jitariustudio.com/art

@anca_jitariu_gliga

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Distress Signals digital 76 cm x 60 cm 2020

Seat of the Crown digital 76 cm x 60 cm 2019

The Ask digital 60 cm x 76 cm 2020

Human is a digital artist, and he uses a combination of 3d and 2d programs. His work is a way of showing that we all suffer or experience pain or a kind of unseen coercion; a suffering oftentimes in very private, quiet moments. I print my work in runs of 5.

HUMAN

artofagray.squarespace.com

@human3d

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25 Snake: The Origin pencil, needle pen, acrylic, ink, digital media 6,49 cm x 29,34 cm 2022

The Wild Growth pencil, digital media 35 cm x 15 cm 2022

Twins pencil, needle pen, ink, digital media 29,7 cm x 21 cm 2022

An independent and inspiring illustrator currently studying in New York, Weiyi begins her illustrative exploration in 2003. She embraces her true love of mysterious nature and the charm of Chinese myths and integrates them into her passionate and unique brushstrokes.

WEIYI YAN

weindyiyan.squarespace.com

@weindyiyan

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Inquisitive Soul acrylic 30 cm x 30 cm x 4 cm 2022

Papaver acrylic 50,8 cm x 50,8 cm x 4 cm 2022

Chasing the Night acrylic 40,64 cm x 50,8 cm x 4 cm 2022

​​​​Alice Melo, is realistic acrylic painter, who loves all the fussy details. You can find her at the TETT Centre in her Studio 214A creating, organizing her workshops and teaching private classes. An artist and art educator who loves to inspire and give back to the community.

ALICE MELO FINE ART alicemelofineart.com

@alicemelofineart

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27 Kalimera acrylic on canvas 140 cm x 100 cm x 4 cm 2022

Remember My Face mixed media on canvas 130 cm x 90 cm x 4 cm 2021

Uden Titel, 2021 acrylic, ink , gold leaf on linen 140 cm x 100 cm x 2 cm 2021

Natalia Rose is an award-winning artist based in Denmark whose paintings have been exhibited in USA, England, France, Russia, Nederland and Italy. Her bold narrative-based semi-abstract works explore the connection between the visual language of art and music.

NATALIA ROSE natalia-rose.dk

@natarose53

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The Beat Generation digital painting 40 cm x 60 cm x 3 cm 2021

Bowie Lazarus digital painting 40 cm x 60 cm x 3 cm 2022

Poppies or Something Else? digital painting 40 cm x 60 cm x 3 cm 2021

Four years ago, Veteran British Photographer, Mark Young set aside his camera in favor of the paintbrush.

“I’d always enjoyed relaxing with a pad of paper, but relearning watercolors opened up a new way of seeing the world, and expressing my creativity.”

SPLATTERMARKS splatterMarks.design

@splattermarks

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29 G-Spot Tornado acrylic on canvas 90 cm x 90 cm x 4 cm 2021

The Decline of Empires acrylic and LIT paint on canvas 80 cm x 80 cm x 4 cm 2020

You’ve been Struck by Love digital remix 80 cm x 80 cm x 1 cm 2022

Dex Hannon is an abstract expressionist who uses music as his main source of inspiration. Alongside his traditional work, the artist has developed a new approach to digital art, creating ‘Digital Remixes’ of his painted works. These create a counter message to the original work.

DEX HANNON dexhannon.co.uk

@dexhannonartist

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Un Moche Rose acrylic on canvas 46 cm x 55 cm x 2 cm 2020

I held my first exhibition at the age of 17. Furthermore, I took part in several events. In 2018 I exposed In Montmartre, Paris. In 2019 I started the Collaboration with the famous parisien’s coffee Shop La Caféothèque. In Octobre 2022 I exposed in Carrousel the Louvre in Paris.

ORIANA CARDONA orianaloladolores.com

@oriana.lola.dolores

Summer Kimmy watercolor digital 36 cm x 24 cm x 2 cm 2020

Sharon Volpe is an award winning illustrator/painter that transforms how humans feel on the inside through to the outside using textures, colors, playful themes and symbols. She has collaborated with clients such as Collective Arts Brewing, Maybelline NY, N.C. and State Magazine.

SHARON VOLPE ARTWORK sharonvolpeartwork.com @sharonvolpeartwork

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Summer oil on canvas 60 cm x 22 cm x 2 cm 2020

Deltas oil on canvas 71 cm x 60 cm x 2 cm 2019

Pandemic Room oil on canvas 101 cm x 76 cm 2020

Lauren’s work explores themes of humanity, vulnerability, and empathy through oil paintings and mixed media works. Her paintings hold difficult conversations about beauty standards and mental health with subtly surrealistic figures and portraits.

LAUREN EDMUNDSON laurenedmundson.wixsite.com/website

@lauren_fineart

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Transience 2 oil on canvas 70 cm x 70 cm x 2 cm 2022

Ulyana Korol is an experienced contemporary painter from Ukraine, whose works have been featured in solo and group exhibitions internationally. She works in the technique of paletteknife oil painting. Her canvases emit a warm light and highlight the beauty of nature.

ULYANA KOROL ulyanakorol.com @ulyana.korol.art

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33 On the Ocean Road at Harvest Full Moon paper 42 cm x28 cm 2022

Nomi Schmidt is a self-taught artist who developed her skills and style at home while recovering from a burnout in 2017 where she hit rock bottom on all levels of her existence. This stressfull period became a catalyst and the start of her unique production of artworks.

NOMI NOMI @nomi.nomi.art

Art Greed (Commission done for Kobo Art) oil on canvas 110 cm x 130 cm 2021

Nissa Riyas is a contemporary realistic Indian artist based in Dubai. Her art evolved around her life journey through different people, cultures and continents.Nissa Riyas has received her Master of Fine Arts in painting and Drawing from the Academy of Art University ,USA.

MUBARACK NISSA nisrosella.com

@mubarack_nissa

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The Faker charcoal pencils 420 cm x 297 cm 2020

I was born and raised in Lithuania, in a small town surrounded by forests and lakes. When I was 24, I moved to London. Since childhood, I dreamed of becoming a writer, but I decided to direct all my accumulated imagination to drawing.

ANDREJ ZVIRELO behance.net/andrejzvirelo @az_woodart

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35 In the Country Down Under digital art 41 cm x 64 cm 2021

Gianluca Cuthbertson, under the artist name Janne Karneus, is an independent digital artist and aspiring storyteller and writer. He is half Italian and half Scottish and recently graduated from university. He wants to create interesting stories and artwork to go along with it.

JANNE KARNEUS @jannekarneus

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Lucifer’s Descension acrylic on canvas 30 cm x 30 cm 2020

Small artist from Los Angeles who has been creating art since adolescence. Artworks consist of various subjects, but mainly fictional characters made of different mediums such as watercolor, gouache, charcoal, acrylic, colored pencil, and oils.

ANAÏS @artist.kain

Blindflug mit Vertrauen + Liebe im Gepäck mixed media on canvas 140 cm x 100 cm x 3 cm 2021

Petronilla, born in Germany 1965. Art Study in Indonesia and Europe. Her Mission goes beyond the Ordinary. ART is DIVINE, as so AM I . Her abstract informal expressive Paintings are energetic Manifestations and empowering Art Lovers worldwide to enlighten the World with Love.

PETRONILLA HOHENWARTER petronillahohenwarter.com

@petronillart

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37 Lascaux 1.4.20 Dual-Core II wood, PVC, vinyl, polyester, acrylic 41 cm x 34 cm x 21 cm 2022

Johannes Holt Iversen is a Danish painter and sculptor currently located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is an apprentice of Danish painter and sculptor Erik Rytter.

JOHANNES HOLT IVERSEN holt-iversen.com

@jholtiversen

Vanitas digital photography 60 cm x 70 cm x 5 cm 2010

Graduated in Art History, and an amateur photograper since she was a teenager. She has participated in many international exhibitions and received outstanding international awards. Now she is a Digital Artist, Photographer surrealist, and conceptualist based in Barcelona.

CAMI

camifotografia.com

@mcami64

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Le Tigre oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas 180 cm x 160 cm 2020

Fascinated with the ideation of monstrous creatures since an early age, Jordy Kerwick creations feature menacing beasts that have been enhanced through a fearsome imagination. Delving into the art world through music, this self-taught Australian artist overflows his compositions

JORDY KERWICK @jordykerwick

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Green Horn oil pastel, charcoal, acrylic, cardboard and newspaper mounted on canvas 152 cm x 107 cm 2017

Derek Fordjour is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator of Ghanaian heritage, who works in collage, video/film, sculpture, and painting. Fordjour lives and works in New York City.

DEREK FORDJOUR @fordjourstudio

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Flower Cat 7 cm x 10 cm 2022

Ornament Linework 20 cm x 15 cm 2021

Black Work Flower, and Butterfly 18 cm x 10 cm 2022

Tattooist Sodam has been a professional artist for 16 years. He expresses his authentic feelings in various styles of tattoos such as oriental, linework micro-realism, and graphic tattoos. Many of his clients find Sodam because of his unique interpretation in artworks.

TATTOOIST SODAM @ tattooist_sodam

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Young Bride No. 3 embroidery 98 cm x 76 cm x 2 cm 2021

Young Bride No. 2 embroidery 80 cm x 75 cm x 2 cm 2022

Young Bride No. 1 embroidery 80 cm x 75 cm x 2 cm 2022

1985-1989 Study at Kalisher Art school in Tel Aviv. 1989- Sculpture group exhibition in Nes Harim forest.

2012- Solo exhibition at Mahanim Galery. 2017- 44deegries Art Magazine. 2019- Solo ex. Mahanim Galery.

2021- 2 Group ex. Brill gallery. 2022- 3 Group ex. Lotan gall.

RONNIE NATIV @ronroni2015

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L’immortalité silk 130 cm x 130 cm 2022

Time Machine fine art paper 20 cm x 30 cm x ,2 cm 2022

La Persistance de la Mémoire fine art paper 120 cm x 80 cm x 2 cm 2022

Belgian artist and photographer. The choice of medium is part of her artistic approach. For some photographs, she chooses silk. An innovative concept of wearable art.

YSEULT D. yseultd.com

@yseult_d_

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