Month: April 2021

Artist: Tracie Sperling
Country: United States
Zip-code: 22042
Email: tljbebs@yahoo.com
Website: https://cob-abstractartcreativity-outside-the-box.ueniweb.com/#header
Biography: During the day, I work at my new job as a cargo office agent at Dulles Airport (Washington D.C.) I am currently pursuing modeling and acting on the side. I have gone to 2 professional photoshoots. Recently, I was published by a fashion magazine called MOVER. In addition, I will be in my first movie called Chase’s Shadow which is a film remastered and a sequel to Chase’s Revenge. I play as Erin who is a dark, evil villain possessed by Mr. End. She is also a shadowalker with superpowers.

I incorporate my art as actual fabric designs for clothing and matching accessories. My brand name is called COB Abstractart which stands for Creativity Outside The Box. I started my own business as of January 2019. I have two online stores for my fashion line which are Tracie Sperling and COB Abstract art. In addition, I sell custom made products through an outside manufacturer called RedBubble. I have phone cases, throw pillows and coffee mugs that all have my original design.
Artwork: Japanese Geisha Girl
Medium: Acrylic, Sharpie Oil Paint, Glitter Spray, and Makeup
Dimensions: 24” by 18”

Artist: Christian Orellana Bauer
Country: United States
Email: cjorell@gmail.com
Biography: Christian Orellana Bauer is a multidisciplinary artist working in Portland, OR. They were born in Cuenca, Ecuador in 1995 and moved to Portland as a child. Growing up as a multicultural BIPOC in a majority white city and existing between multiple cultures throughout their life has immensely influenced their artistic practice, perspective of the world, and identity. They graduated with a B.A in Arts and Letters from Portland State University and have shown their work in galleries and events around Portland and Oregon as well as having been recognized by NPR in 2018 under the stage name Iro and the Moon. Their work is a method of exploring both their own identity and a wide range of external themes through this multicultural lens often considering the concept of an ethnocentric v.s ethnorelativist viewpoint, the idea of cultural belonging, and its relationship to race. They enjoy creating out of any and all materials they can get their hands on to make sculptures, photographs, paintings, prints, zines, films, music and more. Their current work revolves around the political climate and cultural shifts in the United States today. They strive to make approachable art that promotes thought, discussion, and parallels between and within both their own cultures/communities in the U.S as well as the world. Ultimately they hope to contribute to the national conversations leading toward the deconstruction of current post-colonial oppressive structures and the foundation of new cultural and political values for the United States and the world.
Artwork: Apart but Together
Medium: Digital Illustration
Dimensions: N/A

Artist: Joseph Sikes
Country: United States
Email: plaidplanet@yahoo.com
Website: JSikesArt.Net
Biography: My name is Joseph Sikes and I learned how to paint from my father who graduated from art school and has had a solo show as well as a number of group exhibits. I have been painting seriously since August of 2020. I paint with Acrylic paint and mainly paint abstracts but now and then I paint a portrait.
Artwork: Apple Tree In Blue
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions : 36″×48″

Artist: Peyton Harshfield
Country: United States
Email: peytonvharshfield@gmail.com
Website: https://www.behance.net/peytonharshfield
Biography: Hello! I am 21 years old and I am a painter, a sculptor, and a maker of creative things. I have a fondness of bright color palettes and playful figures and love integrating those through my work. I am currently working towards a BFA at Northern Kentucky University and am trying to make a name for myself!
Artwork: Deconstruction
Medium : painted wood, acrylic paint, varnish
Dimensions : (L)16″x(W)1″x(H)24″

Artist: Cameron Scott
Country : United Kingdom
Email: cameron@cameronrscott.co.uk
Website: www.cameronscottart.co.uk

Biography: Cameron is a sculptor carving in wood, creating relief, wall mounted stories around his life.  The places the artist has been – Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (his home village), his time in Italy, his recent move to South West England; memories of his childhood, looking out the bedroom window in a small Scottish village hoping for a different life, being a student in the 60s in Aberdeen, working in fashion houses in Italy; and also the people from his life, my parents, my family, and artists who have influenced him.. All these jumbled thoughts become a narrative, slightly surreal, relief carving.

He works in lime wood, which is a beautiful wood to work with, it is easy to work, yet holds its edge so well. It also turns a lovely warm colour over the years

He has exhibited widely from Saatchi Gallery, Centrespace Bristol, Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution, Portico Gallery Manchester, Weston Park Shropshire, Grain Gallery Sherbourne, Cartwright Gallery Bradford, Tricycle Theatre, London, Salford Art Gallery, Castle Cary Art Gallery, Ikon Gallery.

He taught in art schools for 25 years finishing up as a Head of School of Art in Burnley, Lancashire, England.
Artwork : Leaving home
Medium: lime wood relief carving
Dimensions:  W 18ins / H 26ins /  D 2ins

Artist : Cesar Vianna
Country : Canada
Email: cesaravnunes@yahoo.ca
Website: cesarvianna.com
Biography: Cesar Vianna

Cesar Vianna is a multi task Canadian / Brazilian professional artist, he is a member of the International Association of Visual Artists (IAVA). He comes from the city of Sao Paulo (where he studied design and architecture).

For several years he taught how to draw and art history. He arrived atCanada in 2012, where he obtained another degree in Visual Arts at Laval University. He has lived and works in Rouyn-Noranda, province of Quebec, since 2014.

Among his multiple skills, the most important is illustration. Also, he has skills in photography, acrylic painting, watercolor, screen printing, lithography, linocut, wash-off, scratchboard and wood burning. His work is very eclectic. In his journey, he tries to explore the different techniques and his principal strength is the illustration. He draws with pencils, brushes, wood burners, tools and graphic tablet. His goal is to impact the public with his art.

His work is at times realistic, at others surreal / abstract. The artist seeks the perfection of images from the classical past combined with the attitude and abstraction of contemporary arts. The nature and complexity of human forms are its sources of inspiration. He loves to draw and he has a particular interest to combine traditional and digital techniques. Since 2013 he has participated in several individual and group exhibitions in Canada (Quebec), in Italy, in England and in the USA (New York). Also, he won prizes at drawing and photography competitions.

Web sites, social media and contact

Cesar Vianna

e-mail: cesaravnunes@yahoo.ca

web site: cesarvianna.com

web site: http://culture.ccat.qc.ca/boutique/shops/cesar-vianna-design-et-photographie

web site: https://www.gallea.ca/en/artists/cesar-vianna-nunes

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/czarnunes/

Instagam: https://www.instagram.com/gay_art_2020/

ACADEMIC TRAINING

I- Bachelor of Graphic Design 2013 – 2016
Laval University, Quebec (Canada)
    Advanced training (disciplines in the field of visual arts)
• Image generation: drawing (fall 2013 – 90h – Marie Lessard)
• Image generation: photography (winter 2014 – 90h – Rodrigue Bélanger)
• Illustration: exploration (fall 2014 – 90h – Marie Lessard)
• Screen printing (winter 2015 – 90h – Sébastien Lavoie)
• Lithograph (fall 2015 – 90h – Denis Simard)
• Edition illustration (winter 2016 – 90h – Marie Lessard)
• Graphic animation (winter 2016 – 90h – Jean-Jacques Tremblay)

II- Bachelor of Design and Architecture 1996 – 2002
University of São Paulo / FAU-USP, São Paulo (Brazil) – usp.br/fau
    Advanced training (disciplines in the field of visual arts)
• History of art – 480 h
• History of architecture – 480 h
• Drawing and illustration – 480 h – with Minoru Naturo and Claudio Tosi
  Publication:
“Station of light – the postcard of the city of São Paulo” (2002)

ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

I- Lithography II: the digital image
(4 and 5/11/2017 – 12h – Joanne Poitras) – Atelier les mille feuilles, Rouyn-Noranda
II- Introduction to “marouflage” technique
(21 and 22/01/2017 – 12 noon – Louisa Nicol) – Rouyn-Noranda Art Museum
III- Initiation to lithography
(3/11/2016 – 6h – Louis Brien) – Atelier les mille feuilles, Rouyn-Noranda
IV- Painting workshop
(fall 2016, fall 2017, winter 2017, fall 2018, winter 2019, automen 2019 – 230 hours – Martine Savard) – Rouyn-Noranda Art Museum
V- Drawing workshops
(live model – fall 2016, fall 2017, winter 2017, fall 2018, winter 2019, fall 2019 – 70 hours – Martine Savard) – Rouyn-Noranda Art Museum

TEATCHING

I- Professor of Art History and Drawing
Nove de Julho University, São Paulo (Brazil) – uninove.br 2008 – 2012
II- Professor of Art History and Drawing
Vésper School, São Paulo (Brazil) – escolavesper.com.br 2001 – 2011

EXHIBITIONS (WITH JURY) AND DISTINCTIONS

• Through the glory hole / Doable Guys group – New York, USA – online exhibition and at the art gallery (may 2021)
• Art house gallery on line (january – april 2021) – online exhibition and honor award january edition
• Infinity Sketch exhibition – Brooklyn Art Library / art gallery – New York, USA (2021) – online exhibition and at the art gallery, publication of work in the gallery’s infinity sketch book (april 2021)
• Gallea art gallery – permanent exhibition – Quebec , Canada – online exhibition (2021)
• Doodledick art gallery – permanent exhibition – London , England – online exhibition (2021)
• $ 100 per square foot – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (December 2020)
benefit exhibition at l’Ecart des Arts
• 2020 Winter Exhibition – San Diego Museum of Art – San Diego, USA (December 2020, january 2021)
• Ephemeral masculine dream –  Chopperchunky  art gallery – London , England – online exhibition (October – November 2020)
• Drawing from life – Chopperchunky  art gallery – London , England – online exhibition (October – November 2020)
• A Help – Internation Association of Visual Artists (IAVA) – Firenzi, Italy  – on line exhibition – (October – December 2020)
• Sketchbook Project 2020- Brooklyn Art Library / art gallery – New York, USA (April 2020)
traveling exhibition by the United States (2020-2021), permanent exhibition at the library (after 2021)
• Project 14 day portrait – Brooklyn Art Library / art gallery – New York, USA (April 2020)
virtual exhibition / publication of work in the gallery’s portrait book (September of 2020)
• Let’s draw the world contest – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (April 2020)
first prize, virtual exhibition
• $ 100 per square foot – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (December 2019)
benefit exhibition at l’Ecart des Arts
• Ethno Prize 2019 – La Mosaique – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (June 2019)
work “Quiétude” (2014) chosen to be the Ethno Prize 2019
• 10th International Miniature Art (Louise-Carrier Exhibition Center) – Lévis, Canada (June – September 2019)
• Benefit exhibition Parle moi d´amour (Maison des arts Desjardins) – Drummondville, Canada (January 2019) – benefit exhibition at Les Impatients (art gallery)
• $ 100 per square foot – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (December 2018)
benefit exhibition at l’Ecart des Arts
• Art auction (Galerie la Fonataine des arts) – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (June 2018)
fundraising auction at Refuge la bonne étoiles
• 14th Biennial of Art in Miniature (Le Rift Gallery) – Ville Marie, Canada (June – September 2018)
• Exhibition – Rouyn-Noranda Art Museum, Canada (May – June – 2018)
• $ 100 per square foot – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (December 2017)
benefit exhibition at l’Ecart des Arts
• Exhibition – Rouyn-Noranda Art Museum, Canada (April – 2017)
• $ 100 per square foot – Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (December 2016)
benefit exhibition at l’Ecart des Arts
• Illustration competition “image of words” (U. Laval), Quebec, Canada, 2016
second prize, exhibition at U. Laval and at Studio P (presentation evening of the winners, in Quebec City, April 15, 2016, publication in the CEULa literary review “L’Érit primal” and published on the website of the newspaper Le Fil (Volume 51, number 25, 21 April 2016)
• Book cover illustration contest (U. Laval and Éditions Alto) Quebec, Canada, 2016
special mention awarded by the jury and exhibition at the Musée de la Civilization (Quebec)
• Forest Sciences Week photography competition (U. Laval) Quebec, Canada, 2016
SSF public selection prize (right to participate in the exhibition during the year 2016), exhibition at U. Laval (Desjardins pavilion and Abitibi-Price pavilion, from February 2016 to February 2017)
• Interuniversity photography competition 2015-2016 (U. of Montreal) *, Montreal, Canada
selected by the jury for the traveling exhibition (Universities of Quebec)
• Interuniversity comic competition 2015-2016 (U. de Montréal) *, Montreal, Canada
selected by the jury for the traveling exhibition (Universities of Quebec)
• 2014-2015 interuniversity comic book competition (U. of Montreal) *, Montreal, Canada
selected by the jury for the traveling exhibition (Universities of Quebec)
• 2013-2014 interuniversity comic book competition (U. of Montreal) *, Montreal, Canada
selected by the jury for the traveling exhibition (Universities of Quebec)
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (June 2012)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (November 2011)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (June 2011)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (December 2010)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (June 2010)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (December 2009)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (June 2009)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (December 2008)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Exhibition – Universidade 9 de julho – Sao Paulo, Brazil (June 2008)
exhibition of works in the gallery and curator of the exhibition
• Publication of design and art history notebooks – Sao Paulo, Brazil (January 2007)
publication of notebooks by the Vésper school
• Publication and exhibition of the work “Station of light – the postcard of the city of São Paulo” Sao Paulo, Brazil (April 2002)

http: //cesarvianna.com/Concours.php
* Observations in relation to inter university competitions:
1- Organized by the Grouping of University Cultural and Community Animation Services (RESUACC).
 2- Itinerant exhibition: Exhibition center of the University of Montreal, St-Boniface University College in Manitoba, HEC Montreal, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC), University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), University of Quebec at Rimouski , University of Quebec at Rimouski – Lévis Campus, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT), University of Quebec in Outaouais and Laval University

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• International Association of Visual Artists (member – artist)
• Rouyn-Noranda Art Museum (member – artist)
• Ecart des arts – art gallery (member – artist)
• Abitibi-Témiscamingue Culture Council (member – artist)
• Doable Guys (member – artist)
Artwork: Distance
Medium : Watercolor pencil and pastel on paper
Dimensions : 10×8 in

Artist: Ulf König
Country : Germany
Email: ulf.w.koenig@web.de
Website: ulf.w.koenig@web.de
Ulf Koenig’s Biography:

Ulf Koenig lives in the City of Ulm, south of Germany. Since 2004 he works as a self-educated freelance artist and designer. Ulf’s artworks mainly address technology and architecture, reflecting his background in R&D-management. During his career as an artist he has participated in around 50 solo- and group-exhibitions in Europe, Canada, USA, received 12 honors and awards, and has published in 6 art-magazines. In order to combine fine art with novel technologies, Ulf has founded 2 interdisciplinary artists collectives.

Ulf Koenig’s Statement

Art meets Architecture and Physics! Ulf’s sculptures of his series “deformed architecture” – including the head-high wall sculptures “Complex City Complexes” – are composed of tilted space bodies. They are inspired by worldwide extraordinary designs of leaning skyscrapers like the “Puerta de Europa, Madrid”, the “Capital Gate, Abu Dhabi”, and by a lot of related architects concepts, furthermore by modern densely built skyscraper complexes like the “Moscow International Business Center”.
An essential feature of Ulf’s sculptures results from applying physics aspect: if one would fly with a very high, relativistic speed towards skyscrapers one would see the buildings just in such extreme inclinations as the elements in the artworks. This distinctive accentuation of a three-dimensionality shall stimulate art-lovers to walk around the sculptures, to experience the aesthetics and the dynamic of the composition and to play with perspectives.
The style of the wall sculptures is constructivist, in terms of strictly geometrical forms and primary colors, in addition to black and white which match or alternatively contrast to the artwork’s background.
Artwork: Complex City Complex I – Leaning Skyscrapers
Medium : mixed-media wall sculpture
Dimensions : 174 x 100 x 29 cm

Artist: Stacy Nuñez
Country: United States
email: stacy.nunez.2011@gmail.com
Biography:

Stacy Nuñez was born in Los Angeles California and raised in Mesa, Arizona. She is a current animation student at Arizona State University. She loves to put together Lego sets on weekends and uses that time to create stories in her head that later become 3D sculptures and environments.

Statement:

I animate and illustrate digitally as well as create 3D environments. The round shapes and vibrant colors found in my work are inspired by the Saturday morning cartoons of my childhood. I enjoyed the look of those cartoons as they were bright and exciting. These shows were capable of delving into worlds and dimensions of fantasy while still having some semblance of reality, captivating the audience.  My work accomplishes the same effect, relating to my audience while also delving into fantasy.
Artwork: A Camping Dream
Medium: 3D Model, Autodesk Maya
Dimensions: 1920 X 1080 Pixels