About the curator
American born Brazilian holds a degree in Art History (MFA), at at Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado - FAAP, and Fine Arts degree at; Teresa D’Avila university (BFA), Fatea. Studied Art History at Lorenzo De Medici School in Florence, Italy, printmaking & Sculpture at The Art Student League of New York, paintings, Sculpture at Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. She has been published in several Magazines, Newspapers, numerous art catalogs and Art publications in Brazil as well in Europe, Asia and The United States. Also achieved few awards for her own art.
Artist Statement
The desire to create comes from within; it is a passion to show the viewer my way of seeing and interpreting the beauty of the materials I worked with and what I wish to express through each of my works, whether it be sculpture, painting, prints, or other media.
My work is a collection of experiences, of human emotions, the beauty of nature, its flora, and its fauna.
My art is an abstract representation; in sculpture, I work with lines, planes, and empty spaces, while in painting I explore forms and colors without confining myself to representation.
I enjoy having the viewer stop to analyze each of my works; I take representation and break it down into lines or colors. My favorite subject is our entire environment, through which I express my ideas and emotions, the power to transform, and the power of beauty. My work is intended to explore our reality, always with the desire to move the audience through my creations.
Ana Ulate Costa Rica
Girl between colors
16” x 12”
Acrylic on canvas
Olivia and coco
16” x 12”
Acrylic on canvas ANA
Canada
Artist Statement
Beyond art ...
Push creation to amaze, surprise, incite wondering ... What is, and could be, imagine, dare the freedom to invent a world. The beginning and the end result of the work is a continuous process of moments present an evolution of becoming a painting, a story in itself, from which emerges a new vision of a preconceived idea, such as the human being in his personal journey. The freedom to choose the subject and to comment she represents it. She strolls between figuration and abstraction. Palpable feelings, as she says, She paints emotions. Through this passion, she wishes the observer to feel his own emotion but with as much intensity and depth as she does when creating her work. She is in her element, the connection with her essence, the expression of her personality channeled on her canvas, the importance of painting the world in her own way.
Hoping that her world enchants you.
Céline Pellerin
Céline Pellerin
Diane Zuccheretti
France
Artist Statement
Just as Wassily Kandinsky associated colors with emotions and sounds, I believe in the hidden colors of souls that I attempt to reveal through the faces of my subjects. My work involves gathering fragments of life left along the way by those I encounter, piecing together the small shards of self they leave in their wake. Against a colored backdrop inspired by their aura, I expose for all to see what might go unnoticed behind the masks of everyday life. When I paint each of these beings like a one-way mirror, they think they’re seeing how I view them. But I perceive them from within, interpreting them in ways I allow myself to imagine. I’m drawn to the depth of their existence; the surface means little to me—I capture the imperceptible. I always start with colors, as that’s what I sense first. They correspond to that subtle energy surrounding each individual. Once this delicate halo is set, I carefully shape the face. In each fleeting glance, forced smile, or unspoken word, I find hidden contours that I reassemble to reveal what remains invisible.
And despite the years and the many changes life brings, whether gifts or burdens, we remain ourselves, even if transformed to the point of being unrecognizable.
My lines intersect but rarely converge, because humanity, by nature, is an unfinished story I have no right to conclude. My role is to capture an instant, seize an energy, so that each person can reclaim their lines—their lines of life, destiny, and perspective.
Life is a game
The adaptation
Diane Zuccheretti
Acrylic on canvas
12” x 16”
Diane Zuccheretti
Diane Zuccheretti
Acrylic on canvas
12” x 16”
Janet Rutkowski United States
Artist Statement
“Great art, whether it be visual, sculptural, functional or audio, has a presence, a spirit which it truly felt. I seek to incorporate that presence, that spirit into every piece I create. Art is an unfounded religion whose inspiration comes from a divine source. The power is within each of us, and we should use it in everything we do, in all walks of life. It is the power of transformation. Transformation of the mundane into the divine.”
During my childhood and lifetime, two major influences have shaped my artistic journey: art, with a primary focus on drawing, and a passion for reading. I have consistently been drawn to themes of sci- fi, fantasy, ancient cultures, myths, the occult, and the metaphysical. These elements contribute to the aura embodied in my steel sculptures. Also the theme of escape through the exploration of portals, rifts, and alternative universes.Through the utilization of found objects and reclaimed steel new life is given to discarded materials, transforming the outcast into art—a truly alchemical process.
Janet Rutkowski
Quarantine
Colored pencil, marker and ink on Bristol Board
16" x 13" x .1/2”
Structural Fragmentation
Brushed, Patinated and Flame Torched Steel
17" x 12.5" x 5.5"
Leda Maria
United States
Artist Statement
My artworks are created from my imagination, I always know the subject well, my focus is on the color field, and my composition process is carried out by a set of references that I have been accumulating over time. In this particular series I make a point of bringing photography, interventions with paint, and collage to convert all of this into a visual game where you can recognize objects and textures in isolation, but the abstract set is what makes the desired impact, being something that can transport the viewer into the artworks.
Leda Maria
Fall in Sampa I
Acrylic & Oil on canvas
16” x 12”
Leda Maria
Fall in Sampa II
Acrylic & Oil on canvas
16” x 12”
Artist Statement
Roselena's artwork has cultural roots in classic painting and diverse expressions and forms, like collage, engraving, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, graphics and mosaic. All in a scope of creation with an experimental and innovative approach, matching traditional techniques and languages with distinct material stuff in search of a unique esthetic experience.
Roselena Campos Brasil
Chinese Vase
Collage ( Giclee)
Fine art printed on canvas
16” x 12”
The Circle Collage ( Giclee)
Fine Art printed on Canvas
16” x 12”
Roselena Campos
