An Examination of Current Trends & Original Practices in Visual Art
Published by Circle Foundation For the Arts Cover Image Paul Nam
Circle Foundation
Curated by Myrina Tunberg Georgiou
Produced and Published by Circle Foundation for the Arts This is the 5th issue of Circle Quarterly Art Review (SUMMER 2020)
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Index of Featured Artists
CAROLYN ADAMS
LOREN D. ADAMS, JR.
JEAN-LUC AERTS
JESSICA ALAZRAKI
ALBY
DAVID ALTFELD
BILL ANDERSON
CIS BAKKER
ANGELA BANKS
STAS BARTNIKAS
JUDITH DUPREE BEALE
EDEN BENDER
CHRISTIAN BLAU
ROLAND BLUM
JOHANNES BOEKHOUDT
MICHELLE BOND
ADRIAN BRADBURY
WERONIKA BRAUN
ILSA BRITTAIN
ROYCE SEBASTIAN BROWN
BRUNTON
SNEZANA BULATOVIC
KAREN BURNS
ALEX CARRILLO (ALEXATI)
JOHN CASS
PAUL CHRISTENER
EVA COCCO
GARRY CRUZ
NICK DALE
STEPHEN J. DALY
SUE DANIEL
ALICE DE KRUIJS
GEORG DOUGLAS
ANTOINE DUTILH
KRISTEN EISENBRAUN
PAUL G EMMERSON
HENRY FELDMAN
BARBARA FITZPATRICK
MATTHEW A. FLORIANI
KEITH M. FRANCIS
STEFAN FRANSSON FRIEDHARD
BORIS GARANGER
RICHARD GILLES
ORIT GOLDMAN
MICHAEL IAN GOULDING
MARJATTA HANHIJOKI
CAROL A. HANNA
EMANUELA IULIANA HARRIS SINTAMARIAN
YVONNE HEEMSKERK
THOMAS PATRICK HEFLIN
ISABEL HERRERA
EVA LAILA HILSEN
RUTH ELLEN HOAG
NANDA HOEP
JOLIC
HASSAN KALENGA
ROBERT KAMNATNIK
ERIKO KANIWA
BALTHAZAR KAPLAN
KASHAWELSKI
JIYOUNG KIM
HELI KUPARINEN
SYRA LARKIN
BEA LAST
BARBARA LAWRENCE
T. ALLEN LAWSON
MONICA LEE
DIANE LEVESQUE
ANSON LIAW
JAN LOWE
ROB MACINTOSH
PEGGY MAGOVERN
ROBERTA MARROQUIN
KELLY MARSHALL
HEATHER MCFARLIN
SCOTT MCINTIRE
MONICA MENDES
BARBARA MIERAU-KLEIN
KATHLEEN MIGLIORE-NEWTON
MICHAEL MINER
PAUL NAM
MAURICIO ORTIZ
MICHAEL PRICE
QIMJUNGHWAN
JEAN-MARIE RENAULT
JOAN RYAN
HENRIK SAAR
MARIO SALVO
JOEJENE C. SANTOS
RANI SARIN
PETRA SCHOTT
SHIDOKHT SHAHMORADI
EVAN B. SIEGEL
SIGURBORG STEFÁNSDÓTTIR
S. O. SIVERTSEN
ANNE-KATRIN SPIESS
SALIHA STAIB
SUEX
HAZEL THOMSON
DEBORAH TILBY
THUY-LOAN TONNBY
COURTNEY TOWNSEND
JEREMY TURNER
RALPH TURTURRO
HEGE ULLENSVANG
CONSTANCE VEPSTAS
SUSANNE CECILIE WALTHER
SARAH ANN WEBER
SÖNKE C. WEISS
KATIE WILLES
MARIA WOLFRAM
ANDREW PAUL WYKES
MUSTO M. YILDIRIM
YIHUI YUAN
MEET THE CURATOR
Born 1986 in Athens, Greece, Myrina Tunberg Georgiou grew up on the island of Crete. After graduating high school she moved to Athens to attend the National University of Greece and study Methodology, History and Theory of Sciences. Next, she moved to Santa Barbara, California to study Studio Art at SBCC. Deeply inspired by Professor, Department Chair and sculptor Ed Inks she further pursued an education in Art History and Studio Art. After earning a degree in Design & Technology from the San Francisco Art Institute, Myrina continued to be involved in the San Francisco Bay Area art community working for a variety of art institutions, museums, and galleries. In 2011, she co-founded Kitsch Gallery, an experimental art space in the city’s vibrant, Mission District, which housed 12 artist studios and a gallery space where she co-directed a variety of visual and sound art exhibits. In 2012, Myrina moved from California to Paris, France where she did freelance design work for galleries and publishing houses. Since 2014, Myrina has been living in Lyon, France.
After a decade of experience working in galleries and art institutions in the USA, Greece, and France, in 2017, Myrina created Circle Foundation for the Arts. Inspired by the variety of practices and perspectives in contemporary art and with the main purpose of highlighting the importance of art and culture as an integral part of our social and political lives, the Foundation functions as a platform publicizing the work of remarkable artists around the world.
“The 5th issue of Circle Quarterly Art Review includes 115 artists from around the globe working in a variety of media. This issue comes in an undeniably strange time; amidst a global pandemic, soaring political and social unrest worldwide, collapsing economies and a world order whose foundations are being questioned and increasingly re-evaluated. Although it seems that we are currently navigating the darkest chapter of this journey, as history has shown we will come out of it better and stronger. Art has undoubtedly a lot to offer at this time and its function plays a fundamental role in shaping, experiencing and overcoming this crisis. That said, for me, two are the most important functions of art right now. Firstly, art provides a relief -an aesthetic escape for the exhausting reality both for the maker and the viewer. Secondly, artists right now are contributing to a visual chronicle of this important historical moment. In this sense, all art, whether created with the current events in mind or not, gains new meaning and purpose.
I am very pleased to offer to you once again, the following pages, a unique collection of remarkable artworks worth collecting, and the newest chapter in the story of what art looks like today.”
Myrina Tunberg Georgiou CFA Director
EDEN BENDER
Mixed media on canvas and wooden frame 65 x 85 x 7 cm
CHRISTIAN BLAU
FAKE, 2020
http://www.evacocco.com
Uno Nessuno Porcelain 30 x 15 cm
Coccos • Circle
Light Acrylic on paper 9 x 12 in.
www.sigurborgstefans.is
Untitled Acrylic on canvas 80 x 120 cm
Untitled Acrylic on canvas 100 x 140 cm
Peonies in A Zinc Bucket
Yvonne Heemskerk
ANTOINE
Creation Study, Part 3
https://michaelminerphotography.com
The Art Instinct
MICHAEL MINER
GARRY CRUZ
Solace Oil 26 x 48 in.
A Cowboy and his Blue Horse Acrylic on canvas 57 x 45 in.
Joejene C. Santos • Circle
JOEJENE C. SANTOS
Untitled Acrylic on panel 11 x 14 in.
ROBERT KAMNATNIK
PAUL G EMMERSON
Keith’s work begins with the need to expand or expose an issue that grabs his gut - often this is a reaction to an injustice or a dehumanizing experience. Francis’s work takes a critical view of social, political and environmental issues. Often referencing American history, the work explores the varying
KEITH M. FRANCIS
Claire LVIII
Red Bellied Woodpecker Song and Flight Path
A. Hanna
ANGELA BANKS
Icarus Again & Again
Watercolor and gouache 20 x 20 in.
BLAnderson Artwork
Bill Anderson • Circle Quarterly
BILL ANDERSON
The Lily Count Acrylic on linen 92 x 92 cm
Larkin
“I paint daily in my studio, always experimenting. This piece is smaller than most I do and perhaps because of that it has a compact and purposeful feel to it, reminiscent of some works from the mid-20th century where shapes, color planes and drawn elements combine for a slightly mechanical, somewhat futuristic look. It was that feeling I had, the past looking to the future, that gave me the name.”
Nostalgia Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in.
NANDA HOEP
THOMAS PATRICK HEFLIN
Sequestered Form #4A
Sequestered Form
www.gallery-friedhard.de
Von Blau nach Orange
Carol with Blue Sweater 18 x 22 in.
Woman with Striped Sleeves
on canvas 30 x 24 in.
Royce Sebastian Brown •
Yin and Yang Oil on wood 125 x 170 cm
www.michellebondtheartist.com
The Raft of Fools, 2020
Mixed media on watercolor paper 24 x 18 in.
https://www.emahsin.com/
Emanuela Iuliana Harris Sintamarian
Window In Old Fisherman’s cottage, Fiski, 2014 Watercolor on paper 140 x 117 cm
MARJATTA HANHIJOKI
www.marjattahanhijoki.net
Silk Yarn and Other Things
Watercolor 160 x 120 cm
https://www.stefransson.com
STEFAN FRANSSON
Birch Digital collage 42 x 56 cm
Stefan Fransson
conveying a message in a poetic and articulate way.
Chinese artist Yihui Yuan lives in New York. She received her MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of
https://circle-arts.com/hege-ullensvang
SHIDOKHT SHAHMORADI
Today Was The Day
Acrylic on plywood 79 x 122 cm
www.cisbakker.kunstinzicht.nl
Woman with A Swan
HELI KUPARINEN
http://www.elisanet.fi/kupariset/heli/
Heli Kuparinen
https://www.heathermcfarlinart.com/
The Last Iceberg Enamel on canvas 60 x 48 in.
www.evalailahilsen.no
Evan B. Siegel
facebook.com/barbfitzpatrickart
Barbara Fitzpatrick • Circle
Barbara is inspired by the rich tapestry of life in the Monterey Bay Area and paints both on location and in her studio. Her work is characterized by recognized subject matter with an interpretation that synthesizes the essence of the subject with the qualities of abstraction. “I
All spaces are important to Barbara - both negative and positive.
BARBARA LAWRENCE
Masks and Meanings
Five panels of 30 x 40 in.
DAVID ALTFELD
David Altfeld • Circle
International artist, Mario Salvo has coined the stratigraphic spatula technique. Salvo lives in Rome and has around 1700 works worldwide and almost 900 art exhibitions. He often chairs international art events.
MARIO SALVO
www.jeanmarierenault.net
BEALE
JUDITH DUPREE
Collage 16 x 20 in.
Born in Curaçao, Dutch Caribbean and raised in Costa Rica, Central America, these cultures created a reality of true colors and shapes. As an expressionist artist Boekhoudt has learned that his work can be used as a voice for social justice. His work is recognized as cross strokes. Boekhoudt exhibits in galleries, universities and museums all around the world.
JOHANNES BOEKHOUDT
Pasarela, 2020
www.susanne-c-walther.de
Image of Mr. W Oil on paper 42 x 56 cm
Ballycastle Looking towards Carrowmore, 2012 Oil on board (Triptych) 15 x 60 in.
https://www.facebook.com/monicaleeart
Di
Lee
Night Stalker
Charcoal on paper 30 x 21 in.
Adumu
HASSAN KALENGA
www.michaelprice.info |
HENRY FELDMAN
https://www.instagram.com/ilsabrittain/
Dale Photography
Young male lion watches camera over rocks
Photographic print on paper 60 x 80 cm
MARIA WOLFRAM
http://www.oritgoldman.co.il
Weeping Willow Mixed media collage
Girl in Front of Yellow Wall Digital photograph 105 x 70 cm
T. ALLEN LAWSON
Yellow Tulips Oil on canvas D. 120 cm
PETRA SCHOTT
Talking Cup, 2020 Acrylic and ink on paper 48 x 48 in.
Mestre Zanza Oil on linen 28 x 40 in.
Monica Mendes • Circle
Writing on Stone
Courtney Townsend is a photographic artist who draws inspiration added to the depth of her work and a pursuit of spirituality in the physical world. Courtney works in alternative photography processes,
COURTNEY TOWNSEND
Alex Carrillo (Alexati) • Circle
Alex Carrillo aka Alexati (b. 1988) is a Mexican artist whose work is an interpretation of the world and everyday life through theatrical images that explore glamour, androgyny, eroticism, queer culture, autobiographical themes Lempicka, Jansson Stegner, Francesco Clemente, Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun and photographers like Guy Bourdin, Chris Von Wangenheim, Helmut Newton and Jean-Paul Goude.
ALEX CARRILLO (ALEXATI)
www.instagram.com/alexatiart
Grace Is Mightier than The Sword Oil on canvas 70 x 120 cm
well as F. Drtikol. Brunton is known for portraits of popular Czechs like Milos Forman, Tomas Bata, Vaclav Havel and many others. He is deeply inspired by the female body and spiritualism as well as the concept of Kabbalah. His latest exhibition opened in established galleries in Prague, 2019-20 and was titled “Kabbalah Uncovered”.
www.brunton-foto.cz
Killed by Ego Photograph
Double Dutch Acrylic on canvas 36 x 36 in.
Katie Willes • Circle Quarterly
KATIE WILLES
http://www.dianelevesque.net
Dancing Bear and Savoyard Acrylic on canvas 48 x 40 in.
http://dogsbyja.com
Puppy on Gray, 2019 Oil on board 14 x 18 in.
Jessica Alazraki • Circle
Karen Burns • Circle
Jolic is an abstract artist/sculptor who lives in the Lower Laurentians in Quebec, Canada. She studied Architecture, Graphic Design and Screen Printing on Fabric before becoming an artist. Self-educated, she has been expressing art in many ways and forms for several decades.
JOLIC
Voiles au Vent Acrylic 40 x 40 in.
http://www.illoz.com/liaw
Moments, #03,
www.in-search-of-silence.art
Him and Her Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm
Ann Weber
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