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KIKYZ1313
What makes us human, 2016
Graphite, watercolor and white pastel on paper
‘The Progeny of Chaos’
CONTENTS / JUNE 2017
INTERVIEWS OF THE MONTH
Kikyz1313
Querétaro, Mexico
22
Nadia Rausa
Alaska, USA
Evgeniya Golik
(aka Evgola)
San Diego, California
74
104
22
104
ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Roberto Ferri
Taranto, Italy
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FEATURED ARTISTS
08
Featured in the Guide
84
PAMELA WILSON
The best artists you’ll
see at art this month
38
Sarah Jane Stoll
Connecticut, USA
46
Olga Esther
Valencia, Spain
56
Bianca García
Degollado, Mexico
68
Narelle Zeller
Canberra, Australia
84
Jaymi Zents
Ohio, Cleveland
94
Enys Guerrero
Venezuela, South America
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‘Sweet Secrets in Bare Delirium’ 2016
Oil on canvas
Featured Artist
PAMELA
WILSON
Pamela Wilson has built a reputation for works of art that
transcend the commonplace to enter the realm of the
otherworldly, the sublime unknown. She develops haunting
images which create a remarkably compelling narrative.
The physical and emotional isolation of her characters has
emerged as a hallmark of her work. She explores the great
chasm of the psyche, the abyss that opens when you seek to
understand the complex human in modernity. The characters
in her paintings are often called “odd or mad,” or similar terms
denoting something out of alignment with ordinary reality.
She believes that letting ourselves explore the inherent
“distortions” in reality is part of what gives us heart, and
balance. Addressing “beauty” in a painting feels too passive,
and what she is seeking is a psychological moment, a different
kind of beauty, the beauty in absurdity. Pamela received her
MFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where
she was awarded a Regents Fellowship, the Abrams Project
Grant, and a Regents Award for her Thesis Exhibition. She is
currently Mentor Faculty at Laguna College of Art & Design,
Laguna, CA, as part of the MFA Program.
Exhibiting consistently since 1992, her work has been the
subject of 23 solo exhibitions, spanning the United States.
She has exhibited in many museums, including the National
Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington DC, and a solo
exhibition at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY. Her work is
included in many prestigious collections and has graced the
cover of American Art Collector Magazine twice since 2014.
Pamela Wilson
Featured Artist
pamelawilsonfineart.com
‘Calling Down the Poison Moon’ 2016
Oil on canvas
‘When the Wolfbane Blooms’ 2017
Oil on canvas
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Pamela Wilson
Featured Artist
‘Gone’ 2016
Oil on canvas
Pamela Wilson
Featured Artist
‘The Ensorcelless’ 2016
Oil and 24K gold leaf on canvas
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‘The Incurious Came Pirouetting’ 2016
Oil and 24K gold leaf on canvas
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Pamela Wilson
pamelawilsonfineart.com
‘When The Sky Was Round’ 2016
Oil and 24K gold leaf on canvas
‘The Unquiet’ 2016
Oil and 24K gold leaf on canvas over birch panel
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Pamela Wilson
Featured Artist
‘Circus Circus’ 2016
Oil on canvas
Career &
Exhibitions
Pamela Wilson
Santa Barbara, California
She started work in a new direction. She has
been painting new paintings, waiting for time to
experiment with new ideas, make lots of mistakes,
find some magic, and grow! An artist has to keep
growing- to be authentic.
Represented by Evoke Contemporary Gallery,
Santa Fe Rail Yard District, NM, and RJD Gallery,
Bridgehampton, NY.
Education
1992 MFA Painting, Photography
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
1990 BA Art Studio, San Diego State University
San Diego, CA
1983 Fine Arts, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
1980-1983 Fine Arts, Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
1982 Brigham Young University Study Abroad
Program, Florence, Italy
1981 Brigham Young University Study Abroad
Program, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Teaching
2010-16 Mentor/ MFA Program
Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA
1990-92 Graduate Student Teaching Assistant
(Painting, Printmaking)
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Awards
2015 Portrait Society of America FIRST PLACE
(Members Only / Outside The Box)
1991-92 REGENTS FELLOWSHIP
University of California
1992 ABRAMS PROJECT GRANT
University of California, Santa Barbara
1992 REGENTS AWARD/ THESIS EXHIBITION
University of California
1991 HUMANITIES RESEARCH GRANT
University of California
1991 CONTINUING GRADUATE STUDENT GRANT
University of California
1980-1983 TALENT SCHOLARSHIP, Fine Arts,
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
JURYING
2014 SOLE JUROR, Sixth Annual Juried Figurative
Competition/ Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery,
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA
Exhibitions
2016 32ND ANNIVERSARY Exhibition, Waterhouse
Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2016 JAMAIS VU (three-man exhibition w/ Oda
and King) BeinArt Gallery, Melbourne
2016 OUR COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE (Women
Painting Women) RJD Gallery, NY
2016 THE SWEETEST POISON (solo), RJD Gallery,
Sag Harbor, NY
2016 FEMME TO FEMME FATALE
Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 FARENHEIT 911, Lovetts Gallery, Tulsa, OK
2016 FIGURATIVE II, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
2016 LA Art Show, Distinction Gallery
2016 BeinArt Surreal Collective Group Exhibition,
Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2015 ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton
NY, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
More Info
pamelawilsonfineart.com
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Interview by Ramón A.Olivares
kikyz
1313
Artist Statement
- Kikyz1313 was born in 1988 in Querétaro,
Mexico, and creates beautifully intricate
ink, graphite, and watercolor works on
paper. From beneath the initially alluring,
and understated, first impression of the
works, emerge unexpected oppositions
and abject tensions. Studies in the afflicted
wretchedness of humanity, her work is
neither despondent nor obviously gory, but
rather presents an aestheticized nightmare
of sublime abhorrence; ambiguously
gorgeous despite its agonizing discomfort.
She received a BFA from Autonomous
University of Queretaro and had her first
solo exhibition at the Museum of the City
(Queretaro City, Mexico). She has completed
an artist residency at the Nordic Watercolor
Museum in Skärhamn, Sweden.
Showed in several art fairs and group
exhibitions in the USA, Berlin, and London
as recently presented her second solo
show entitled ‘The Progeny of Chaos’ in
Los Angeles, California.
‘Through my work, I am trying to build an
emotional momentum, one that rouses
the intellectual exercise of questioning
one’s vision of reality. While looking
at my artwork, the viewer will begin
to experience a series of diametrically
opposed thoughts and emotions. Initially,
they may feel overwhelmed by the
obsessively intricate and highly detailed
forms, the composition, the technical skill
and the pleasant color vibrations but as
an analytical shift in perception slowly
overtakes them, the viewer unwittingly
grasps the artwork’s inescapably wretched
and subversive subject matter.
This new clarity forces the observer to
re-engage with the work and rethink
their initial opinions until, in some way
or another, the shift takes place and the
observer’s perception of natural things
expands to include elements such as
disease and death itself.
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‘Kikyz1313’
The Artist & Gumiño
While these types of human experiences
are often veiled, the artwork truly embraces
them and functions as a reminder of our
ephemeral existence and places in doubt our
vain and materialistic way of understanding
life.This intellectual exercise will continue
to expand until the conceptual structures
of the artwork, particularly it’s elemental
lack of apparent reciprocity, unwaveringly
pushes the viewer to put them together into
the same aesthetic context.
In turn, a new meaning evolves and gives
birth to a poetic paradox, a concept that
I have been developing for 6 years and
include in each piece that I produce.I also
want to share my own vision of life and what
I think matters the most. Maybe the viewer
will engage with my work in such a way that
it encourages introspection or solves an
issue, or possibly they may become morally
disturbed and confused; but whatever
the outcome, the ultimate intention of my
work is to open a dialog and incite thought
and reflection, which I think must be the
primordial pursuit of contemporary art.
More Info kikyz1313.com
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kikyz1313
Interview
What’s your name?
Why kikyz1313?
My name is Laura Ferrer, but I have
rarely used that name in life.
Since a child, I’ve always been called
Kiki causing through the years to be
a nickname with I identified myself
better, and even introduced myself as
Kiki instead of Laura.
So in my teenage years, at the time
when I started to consider an artistic
life, It felt natural to keep using Kikyz
as an artistic name.
The full kikyz1313, on the other hand,
is a silly story that goes back to my
asthma haunted years, when I was
a very delicate 4-year-old child that
spent the whole days inside the house
playing and drawing.
I was always advised by my father
to sign every single dumb drawing
I made with my name, so I then
figured ‘kikyz1313’ would make it.
I kept using that signature because
it felt right, it had a warm familiar
feeling to it.
Describe your path to becoming
an artist.
I guess it started like most of the artists;
with the luck of never stopped drawing.
Since a child, I used to attend to
summer art classes with other kids,
just for the fun and because I had no
use in other disciplines like dancing,
martial art, swimming courses, (I tried
them all) and was terrible at camping
experiences. So drawing was always
the little shelter where I was better at
it, I guess I just got stuck with it and
kept doing it until I realized that an
artistic journey would be the only life
fitting for me.
And as everyone else who think that
for making a life you need a school
degree; I, at the age of 18 went for
it and graduated from the local
University of Visual Arts, which said I
was an artist.
I’m still not comfortable enough with
my work to call myself an artist, not
even the beginning of my career,
but I did realize that in order to be
recognized and noticed I needed to
give impeccable and unique artworks
to the world, and that’s something I’m
still driven to do.
‘Devouring smile’ 2017
Graphite, watercolor and pastel on paper
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Interview June 2017
Where is your studio and where are you from?
My studio is inside our home in the province of
Mexico, in a small Catholic district called
‘El Pueblito’ (Spanish for ‘Little Town’) and I am
from a small growing city called Querétaro, which
is a 10-minute ride from my studio and a very
conservative place as well.
Tell me about where you grew up and
how your childhood influenced your ideas
about creativity
I never moved from the same place, and the
same city, so I’ve witness the transition from
small town to growing city, and everything that
involves that; the huge contrasts of thinking in
where fervent Catholicism clashes with social
hypocrisy and cultural shame and contradictions
where prehispanic ingrained feeling of ‘pride’
opposes to the high desire to flee the country
and be from somewhere else.
Mexico is a land full of contrasts and contraries,
and I believe that growing up with such an
ambivalent way of thinking and the narrow
social circle I was since little, made me wonder
and question this very same train of though,
influencing in a big way what I am and what I do.
How would you describe your work?
I would describe them, as small-enclosed
scenarios of poeticized human tragedy.
What motivates you as an artist?
I think that the first thing that always comes to
my mind is the motivation to reach the imaginary
‘self’ that’s living in my head.
I always picture the look of an artwork or I picture
an image of myself of ‘How I would like to be’
(emotionally, intellectually and even physically)
and day-by-day, drawing-by-drawing I try to get
closer to the idealized image of things, in hopes I
can achieve it.
So far I’m maybe far from reaching it, but this
one of the thing that drives me to continuingly
improve myself in every aspect of my life.
On the other hand, there is always the
motivation of staggering others with what you
do. To bleed yourself in that piece of paper so
you can thrill an audience with something they
have never seen. To achieve that something that
pierces the gut and lives in the consciousness:
one that can change perceptions and one that
allows you to be remembered.
‘Why so lonely’ 2014
Graphite, watercolor and white pastel on paper
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‘The tender for another´s pain’,
th’ unfeeling for his own . 2016
Graphite, watercolor and white pastel on paper
Tell us a little about these portraits that live
in your paintings’ worlds. Who are they and
what are they up to?
They portray my personal understanding of
human condition: the contradictions, the
senseless behaviors, the gained knowledge,
my obsessions, the blindfoldedness and
fears I perceive in myself thus others, all
jumbled in, floating or resting over and under
different symbols. Decorated with intrinsically
beautiful things with the sole purpose to fool
us in that personal world.
You do have a very distinct, recognizable style.
Thank you, but I honestly find myself wondering if
nowadays that is a compliment or a weak spot.
It’s a very nice feeling to know that all the imagery
you’ve been working on for 6 years is solid enough
to let the artwork speak for it own, but I must say
that this is also a dangerous place that at long
term may cause us to fall in the common place
and in repetition, instead of moving forward to
improvement.
This easy way may be very appealing when most
of the times there’s a fight to feel rejected by our
peers, institutions, or our audience.
But, does anyone would really like to be held in
a place of pleasing others even when a satisfied
mind is at risk?
This is something I’m constantly scared of,
and I try my best to never see myself in such
situation, even when there is always a big load
of insecurities and economic uncertainty. I think
I rather resist this dreadful possibility with the
opposite: and do a lot more confronting and
obscure artworks, a lot more obsessive and
critical, to find different mediums and techniques
so maybe I can achieve that unexpected and
higher perception of reality that I’m looking for.
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Tell me about the first time you considered
art as an actual career.
It surely was in my teenage years, just before the
last year of high school.
I was advised by my family to think about what
would I do for the rest of my life even when I
wouldn’t be paid for it… The answer was easy, as
at the time I enjoyed to draw a lot and an artistic
life was never a such a crazy idea since my mother
paints a lot.
Since then, I considered art not only as a career
but also as a way of life in which I promised to
commit myself entirely.
Did you have any mentors along the way?
I sadly never had mentors, not even in college, but in
my first years in the artistic trade did have a couple of
artists near me that inspired me a lot to be better.
I think the one that really pushed me into the
world of drawing would be Román Miranda, who
was the first artist I knew who lived from art and
who worked on graphite and paper with some
very intricate and fantastic compositions.
At that time I didn’t even know that one could live
solely from drawing!
His work opened my eyes, and even when I saw
his work in persona after 3 years, I kept some
postcards of his work and only by looking at them
was a reminder of where I wanted to be in the
future. Today he is still a huge inspiration, and I’m
happy to call him a close friend.
Are your family and friends supportive of
what you do?
Absolutely, my family has been a huge beacon of
support and encouragement since always, and
there is no possible way I could ever repay or
thank them enough.
‘Sorrow´s piercing dart’ 2016
Graphite, watercolor and white acrylic on paper
‘A soulfully denature’ 2013
Ink and watercolor on paper
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Interview June 2017
What advice would you give to a person
starting out?
I would say that: forget about success, forget
about fame, and forget about money.
Do an introspective search for as long as you need
and search for that significant thing in yourself
that turn your soul on fire, that keeps you awake
at night thinking and that it’s relevant enough to
share with the world.
Then, build yourself artwork that speaks for that
and most important: don’t ever try to please
anyone, but you.
How does where you live to impact your
creativity?
Well… the way Mexico is have really shaped
entirely my whole being. The way I think, the way
I over saturate my compositions, the obscure
imagery, the symbols I choose, the muted smoglike
colors, the subject matters I describe in my
work, etc. They are all projections of what I’ve
seen and lived in this place.
Do you have a favorite book?
The favorite(s) are changing constantly but I find
myself always coming back to the 1900’s horror
fictions authors, these past days with Arthur
Machen and more of his fantastic short stories.
I also have a very special place in my head for
‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury and ‘The Gods
Themselves’ from Isaac Asimov.
‘Ghosts from a griesly sweet scent’ 2016
Graphite, watercolor and white pastel on paper
What is your current album on repeat?
Right now I don’t have and specific album, though
I do insanely obsess over an album in time to
time. But right now I’m constantly repeating on
my headphones a lot of dark ambient, drone,
doom and black metal music.
Who is your role model?
It’s curious but that’s a question I’ve never asked
myself, so this is the first time I’m actually putting
thought on it, and I’m not completely sure If I’ve
had a role model in the past or today. But I’m
certain there have been a handful of artists that
have marked significantly my career and deeply
influenced my artwork.
Of course, there’s been always the aspiring feeling
to be like Dürer or as strikingly raw as Goya, but
mostly in the past year, I’ve been highly influenced
by the chaotic compositions, staggering bright
colors opposing to the muted grayish tones in the
paintings of Justin Mortimer.
I knew his work a couple of years ago and since
then I noticed my works started to become a lot
more chaotic, random and less narrative. In fewer
words: driven only by gut. And it’s something I’ve
been admiring a lot in Justin Mortimer’s work, that
impromptu selection of the characters, figures,
and backgrounds always transporting us to a not
so distant parallel universe of blurred memories
and reveries. I hope to achieve that feeling
through my works some day, even though my
technique and intentions are completely different.
What was the best advice given to
you as an artist?
You could say I live a sort of a secluded life, in a tiny
social circle; therefore it’s very uncommon to find
myself chatting in person with someone else and
even less about my work. So the only strong advice
or critics I’ve ever had are coming from my husband
(painter/draftsman as well) who, after a week of
being sick, found me half of the day crying of stress,
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advised me that we have to choose wisely our
battles, never take more compromises that we can
get. We have to know our limits and work based on
them. And in worst case scenario, when it’s too late
to refuse, then THE HELL WITH IT, that my health
and mental stability were first and it’s better to ‘fail’
the commitment than seriously harming myself in
order to fulfill other’s expectations.
Those days I think I was very close to a metal
breakdown, and after his advice I’ve learned to work
wisely, resulting to enjoying a lot more what I do.
What is your dream project?
I’ve had a strange idea of making paper artworks
that change with the intervention of the audience
resulting in different narratives. Something like
the pop-up and interactive paper books we
find for kids, but with very obscure and realistic
imagery. It’s not so dreamy but a little far from
doing them right now.
Is there anything you want to do in the
next 2 years?
An oil painting series. I’m currently teaching
myself oil painting and about to end a workshop
I’m attending. I’m very excited to keep practicing
and maybe in the near future make very intricate
compositions with very vibrant colors.
I wish to make a series of medium formats and if
they end up decent, to present them in a public
or private space.
‘Laughing while crying’ 2016
Graphite, watercolor and white pastel on paper
kikyz1313
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‘A slumber embrace’ 2014
Graphite, watercolor and white pastel on paper
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Featured Artist
Sarah
Jane Stoll
sarahjanestoll.com
Sarah Jane Stoll is a Connecticut based
painter and illustrator. She is a graduate
of the Maryland Institute College of
Art where she studied painting and
concentrated in illustration. Her artwork
investigates dream realms, mythological
feminine archetypes, cinematic horror,
and symbols of nature. Her work has
been featured in several exhibitions in
MICA and galleries in Baltimore, such as
La Bodega. Sarah Jane currently works
as freelance oil painter and illustrator.
‘Meditating on the Sofa’
2016-17
Oil on canvas
Artist Statement
My artwork delves into the phantasmagorical, mythological
feminine archetypes, cinematic horror, and symbols of
nature. The concept of the monstrous feminine is of great
interest to me because it symbolizes the intersection of
feminine archetypes and horror. It also addresses the uncanny,
due to its mythical and fearful connotation. The uncanny
is bound in the nature of our dreams. I wish to express the
ephemeral quality of dreams through images that dissipate
into a disorder of blurs and fragments
I investigate the experiential qualities of dreams through
painterly abstraction and representation. Realism clings to
what is perceived as absolute, what we know and remember.
Abstraction speaks to the transient nature of things. Through
melting forms, we lose a sense of space in the painting and the
image dissipates into abstraction. It is through the materiality of
paint that I express the emotive and metaphysical. I manipulate
paint through a combination of squeegee dragging, palette
knife scraping, masking, and marbling techniques.
sarahjanestoll.com
‘Anguish.’ 2017
Oil on canvas
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Sarah Jane Stoll
Featured Artist
‘Internal External’ 2016-17
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
‘Pomegranate’ 2016-17
Oil on canvas
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Sarah Jane Stoll
Featured Artist
‘Natura.’ 2016-17
Oil on Canvas
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Featured Artist
Olga
Esther
Olga Esther is a Spain-based painter
and illustrator. she is a graduate of fine
arts from the Polytechnic University of
Valencia, she’s got two art scholarship
in Prague and Mexico. she also holds a
master‘s degree in video games. now,
she lives and works in Valencia.
Olga Esther paints princesses who
don’t want to be princesses, birds who
cry blood, toads who kill themselves
because they are ignored... she uses the
“princess-tales” symbology to talk about
gender and feminism. she paints the
invisible ones, the little-forgotten girls,
those little nobodies in this world, but
above all, all those who although are still
nobody, do not have anyone.
‘Aporia (La Dificultad)’ 2015
Oil on board
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EXHIBITIONS
2016: Group Show Artelibre. Galería Kafell
Zaragoza . Spain
Group Show selected Artelibre. MEAM
Barcelona . Spain
Russafart 2016
Workshop Átika. Valencia . Spain
2015: Exhibition “De todo corazón”
Ballettzentrum Westfalen, Dortmund . Germany
Non Solo Vero
Einaudi Palace, Chivasso (Torino). Italy
2014: Russafart 2014. Workshop Central Art
Valencia . Spain
2012: Spanish Contemporary Painting.
Private Collection of Miguel Bañuls.
Exhibition Hall “José Hernández”
Casa de la Cultura Fuente Álamo, Murcia . Spain
2011: Femenino Plural.
Artist selected by the City of Valencia
Museum Reales Atarazanas . Valencia . Spain
2010: Group Show Reales Atarazanas.
Sponsored by the City of Valencia . Spain
Gallery Val i 30. Exhibition “El clavo ardiendo”
2009: Solo Show. Rus. Valencia. Spain
2008: Spanish Contemporary Painting.
Private Collection of Miguel Bañuls . Xaouen . Morocco
‘De reinas tuertas y países ciegos’ 2016
Oil on board
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olga esther
instagram @olgaesther.pinturas
‘El Cuervo’ 2015
Oil on board
‘La Astrónoma y el sapo ignorado’ 2016
Oil on board
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olga esther
instagram @olgaesther.pinturas
‘De reinas sabias y sapos suicidas’ 2016
Oil on board
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olga esther
Featured Artist
‘La Madriguera’ 2015
Oil on board
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olga esther
Featured Artist
‘La Locura’ 2017
Oil on board
‘Estudio sobre la Belleza’ 2015
Oil on board
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Featured Artist
Bianca
García
In my art my main goal is to create
artworks capable of transmitting
emotions to the viewer, my technique
focuses on creating vibrant and
mysterious artwork using oil on canvas.
Fine and delicate touches that give a
touch of mystery and sensuality that
reflects a bit inside me. Resulting in an
artwork which is able to express all the
beauty that my eyes and my soul have
captured and kept inside of me, the
whole feeling transmitted right through
different eyes. Stories I am able to
imagine or see, because I firmly believe
that the greatest source of expression
find it in a intense look, in which they
have their own language.
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Artist Statement
Bianca Garcia is a Mexican artist in oil
painting and an Art teacher. Born and
raised in Degollado Jalisco. Beginning
at a very early age, she was strongly
influenced by a great artist, her father.
He is a sculptor, So she started drawing,
taking inspiration from the drawings that
her father made for her.
The expressions on the faces that he drew
while she watched him were fascinating
to her, and those special moments,
were her first inspiration to go into this
amazing world of art. That started it all,
but her passion is not only for painting
faces, it is also to capture expressions,
emotions and feelings from mysterious
and enigmatic eyes on a canvas.
She has been involved in the art world
since she was a little child. that is
why she has become a self-taught
artist. But she is still seeking to find
and create all that fascinates her and
to improve her technique.
She has been showing her work in
Mexico, and in international exhibits
as United States, Portugal, Madeira
Islands, Czech Republic, Russia, and
coming soon Spain. In her art her main
goal is to create artworks capable of
transmitting emotions to the viewer, her
techniques focus on creating vibrant and
mysterious artworks using oil on canvas.
Fine and delicate brush strokes that give
a touch of depth, mystery, and delicacy,
which reflects a little of her perception
inspired by femininity.
She is currently planning a new oil
painting gallery in which she will
seek to project her particular style
which she is passionate about with
realistic faces, showing the harmony
and her interpretation from eyes and
its magical mystery.
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Oil on Canvas
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Bianca Garcia
Featured Artist
‘Melancholy creature of darkness’ 2017
Oil on Canvas
‘Bianca’ 2016
Oil on Canvas
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‘Inner self portrait’ 2016
Oil on Canvas
Bianca Garcia
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‘Secrets’ 2016
Oil on Canvas
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‘Reincarnation’ 2017
Oil on Canvas
Bianca Garcia
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‘Something wild’ 2017
Oil on Canvas
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Featured Artist
Narelle
Zeller
Narelle Zeller is an emerging
contemporary realist painter based
in Canberra, Australia. Drawing
inspiration from the people around
her, Narelle strives to give her work
a substance that people can connect
with. She finds realist painting to
be a powerful creative force, which
can capture a moment in time and
bring it to life with an honesty and
understanding of color, light, and form.
Currently, under the mentorship
program of artists David Kassan and
Shana Levenson, Narelle is busy
developing her skills further in the
medium of oil paint.
‘The Girl in the Chair’
Acrylic on canvas
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Narelle Zeller
Featured Artist
‘Tobias’
Acrylic on canvas
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‘Kiah’
Acrylic on canvas
‘When you’re not looking’
Oil on canvas
Narelle Zeller
instagram @narellezeller
‘Hailey’
Oil on canvas
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Interview by Almudena Rguez.
Nadia Rausa is an illustrator based in Alaska, USA.
She is intrigued by the relationship between nature
and humanity as a deep connection with love,
thought, and energy. She strives to portray stories
with this underlying relationship, along with various
cultural, psychological, and religious aspects. She
enjoys exploring the female figure that interacts with
animals and nature. She strives to represent beauty
and vulnerability in her subjects.
Nadia mainly works in watercolor, ink, gouache, and
colored pencils. Outside of doing illustrative work, she
is the Creative Director & Co-Founder of R2C2 Studios,
a photo and film studio in Alaska, as well as the Art
Curator & Co-Founder of One to a Thousand, an online
community for artists and writers.
Photography by JL Chabotte
Instagram @jlchabottephoto
Nadia Rausa
Interview June 2017
Let’s dive in at the beginning of your story.
Tell me about where you grew up and what
your childhood was like.
I mainly grew up in Alaska and was raised in a
multicultural home. My mom was from Korea
and my dad from America, so I grew up learning
both Korean and American culture. When I was
growing up, I remember being encouraged to
draw, be creative, and play outside. Playing
outside was very magical for me; I imagined vast
worlds around me and built stories upon them as I
played. I think I got myself into trouble sometimes
with how much my head was “in the clouds,” as
some people would say. As I grew older, I learned
to control when I allowed my mind to wander,
but every once in awhile, it still has a tendency to
wander without me realizing until someone jolts
me out of my head.
Describe your path to becoming an artist.
It actually wasn’t until I was in college that knew
I wanted to become a professional artist. I think
my path really started when I began graphic and
web designing about 11 years ago. It was very
technical, but still artistic. I think that skillset has
an influence on my art nowadays, although I try
to be much looser with my paintings than I would
have been with a graphic design piece.
I definitely feel like I’m still new to art, but I love
this path that I’m on right now. I love being able to
say that I’m an artist when people I ask what I do
for a living. Being an artist may have not been a
childhood dream, but it’s my dream and plan now.
Was there a moment when you realized that
Illustration was what you wanted to do?
It was in my sophomore year of college that I
realized art, particularly illustration, was what I
wanted to do for a career. Before the semester
was over, I changed my major to art after some
inspirational words of encouragement from a
coworker, who was an art major. That year, I
realized there is so much more to art than we,
as a society, are raised to think. Without art, we
wouldn’t have movies, video games, illustrated
books, and so much more! I was (and still am)
determined to be a part of it. I ended up not
finishing my Bachelor’s degree and left college in
December 2016 so that I could pursue building my
portfolio full-time.
Tell me about “One to a Thousand”.
One to a Thousand is an online community that
my best friend, J.L. Chabotte (the writer of us two)
and I started. It all started when we both wanted
inspiration and more motivation to draw/paint
and write more regularly. I would make art that
would inspire a short story, and she would write
a short story that would inspire me to draw or
paint. We thought that other people might enjoy
the concept, so we started a Facebook group,
which anyone is welcome to join and partake in.
We recently started a website, which is currently in
beta. We are hoping that we can fix the bugs in the
site and have it opened to the public very soon!
‘Year of the Rooster, 2017’
Watercolor & Ink on Cold-Press Watercolor Paper
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‘Year of the Dragon, 2017’
Watercolor & Ink on Cold-Press Watercolor Paper
Have you had any mentors along the way?
There were a few professors in college that
really helped guide me through my art, but one
in particular really stands out: John Barton. He
was my professor for only a couple of classes,
but I loved working with him because he gave us
students a lot of freedom. The assignments always
made us think of our own solution, rather than
being told exactly what to do. To me personally,
he was always the one, to be honest with me
about my work and nudge me in the direction I
needed to go. Currently, I don’t have a particular
mentor, but I know that if I ever had a question,
John and the other professors from my college
would be happy to answer them.
been and are incredibly supportive of me being
an artist. It’s a big leap, especially when I currently
have a small portfolio. It definitely helps to have
such a large support group; I’m not sure what I
would do without them.
Do you feel a responsibility to contribute to
something bigger than yourself?
Yes, I do. I hope that one day I will travel the world
as a missionary to help those in need of food, water,
and clothes, and bring the joy of art along with me.
I love learning about different cultures and it would
be phenomenal to help preserve other cultures,
learn their ways, and spread the love of God.
Are your family and friends supportive
of what you do?
Very much so! Both sides of my family (birth family
and my husband’s family) and my friends have
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Marker on Paper
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‘Blossoms, 2017’
Ink & Watercolor on Cold-Press Watercolor Paper
What advice would you give to
a person starting out?
Study and make art every week, if not every day.
One thing I regret is not being more diligent with
creating a schedule for myself, until recently. I’ve
recently set a schedule to make myself get tasks
done to start building my portfolio. I know that
if I had practiced and made art every week, I’d
be a lot further than I am now. Also, don’t worry
about your art supplies when you’re first starting
out. Make do with what you have and build up
from there. Don’t allow what you don’t have to
stop you from achieving your goals and dreams.
Always remember: it’s the artist who makes the
art, not the supplies! And my last piece of advice
would be to get on Instagram as soon as you
feel comfortable. Always use hashtags, take your
photos in the daylight, and post at whatever time
research says is best for your time zone (for Alaska,
it seems like between midnight and 2 am are
prime times to post).
How does where you live impact
your creativity?
We have a lot of wildlife in Alaska and I absolutely
love it! I love exploring the relationship between
animals, people, and nature. It’s an incredible
feeling when there’s a moose in my yard, or a
crane, or really just any animal. I’m hoping to go
to Denali this summer to see the various types of
animals out there.
What does a typical day look like for you?
My days are very busy, but I always try to make
time for relaxation at night. I celebrate my
Sabbath on Mondays, but every other day I’m
either working on art, or I’m working on tasks for
R2C2 Studios, a photography and film business
I co-founded with J.L. Chabotte, her husband,
and my husband. My day typically starts off with
checking any comments or messages I’ve received
on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube, reading
devotionals, eating some breakfast,
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Instagram @jlchabottephoto
Who is your role model?
Artistically, I would say Leonardo da Vinci. I just
love how many subject matters he dabbled in--
drawing, painting, inventing. He just seemed like
an incredibly interesting person. Currently, I really
look to the artwork of Audra Auclair, J.A.W. Cooper,
Daria Theodora, and Sara Tepes for inspiration.
‘She never knew defeat’, 2017
Ink on Cold-Press Watercolor Paper
and then I beginning my tasks for that day, which
I plan that morning while having breakfast. Tasks
can range from sketching, painting, bookbinding
(or other handmade craft-related things), or any
art-related tasks for R2C2 Studios. What I do in a
day really depends on prioritization.
Do you have any favorite videogame?
My all-time favorite video game is Alice: Madness
Returns. Not only do I love the dark and twisted
story, but the visuals are absolutely stunning. I
also enjoy Borderlands, as it was the game that
my husband and I played the most while dating.
One could say we bonded over it.
What is the best piece of advice
you have received?
To build your own dream--not someone else’s. I’m
not sure who it came from, but my husband used
to work as a call center agent and was helping a
woman on the phone. Near the end of the call,
she said that he sounded smart and wasn’t sure
why he was working for someone. She asked him,
“Do you want to build someone else’s dream
or your own?” It really resonated with him, as
he’s always been the go-getter type. Whenever
I feel discouraged about my art, I remember
that question. Do I want to work as an admin or
receptionist at a company that I don’t really care
about? Or do I want to build my own dream, or
as I have recently been calling it, plan of being an
artist? Sure, the former option is easier, but the
latter is far more fulfilling.
Do you have a favorite book?
Oh my, this is a difficult question! I can’t say
that I have a particular favorite, even when I
break them down by genre. My favorite series
is probably A Series of Unfortunate Events by
Lemony Snicket. I also really enjoyed the Dark
Secrets series by Elizabeth Chandler. And just
about any book by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
I know that isn’t very specific, but I have such
difficulty narrowing favorites down.
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‘Curiosity’, 2017
Ink on Cold-Press Watercolor Paper
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Featured Artist
Jaymi
Zents
A recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists
Fellowship, Jaymi Zents maintains a studio in Ohio,
working on her sculptures, paintings, and drawings.
Graduating from the Cleveland Institute of Art with
a BFA in drawing in 1997, she has freelanced for The
Health Museum of Cleveland, Picker International,
and Kaleidoscope Animations, as well as having
served as the Resident Artist for the Cleveland San
Jose Ballet. Jaymi also worked with the education
department at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Her
work is in private collections in Canada, the United
Kingdom, the United States, and Belgium.
‘Frost’ 2012
Pencil, oil on birch
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Jaymi Zents
Featured Artist
Artist Statement
Drawing is the most cherished time that I have. There is a
meditative element to getting lost in all of the details of a
beautiful surface with a simple pencil. Organic surfaces have
always provided the source and inspiration for my work. It began
with skins and stained rice papers, eventually encompassing
stained silk and wax. Any surface that literally had a life and a
history of its own was a potential surface for finding figures. As
a kid, I was always looking for animals and figures in the clouds
or the wood paneling. Birch was a natural progression. Initially,
the birch was a means of extending my love of landscaping
and gardening into the Winter season. So many of the forms
and curiosities of nature could be found in each piece of wood.
The tree itself had endured untold stories. It had sustained
life, each knot indicative of a branch that fed the tree itself, but
also supported animals and insects. There is a microcosm in
the remnants of life, in relics, that is profound and fascinating.
Stains, knots, and growth rings quickly give way to spider webs
and roots, wings and blood vessels, and a vast array of biological
forms. I have deep respect for the life that was lived and wants
to honor its beauty. Hopefully, my girls are an extension of
that beauty. The female figure is symbolically in keeping with
notions of sustenance, nurturing, and fertility that are so much
of my interest. I strive to draw women who are self-aware, yet
empathetic. Women with an intelligence and depth beyond
their physical beauty. Their solitude is their peace.
‘Ascension’ 2017
Pencil, oil on birch
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Jaymi Zents
Featured Artist
‘Gatekeeper’ 2012
Pencil, oil on birch
‘Immersion’ 2011
Pencil, acrylic on birch
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‘Kalypso’ 2017
Pencil, oil on birch
‘Timber’ 2014
Pencil, oil on birch
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Featured Artist
‘Invocation’ 2014
Pencil, oil on birch
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Featured Artist
Enys
Guerrero
My name is Enys Guerrero, since I was a little child I
dedicated a huge part of my time to the arts. I have been
always influenced by history moments like Renaissance
and Victorian age, at the same time the fantasies themes,
the Romanticism and tragedy also was a source of
inspiration to me. I graduated with nineteen (19) years
old as graphic designer and I start my artistic career
since them. My works have been published in artbooks,
tarot decks, postal cards and magazines like Infected
by Art Volume 2, 78 Tarot-The Tarot of The Water, 78
Tarot Carnival, Zodiacal Postal card set by Aura-Scope,
Infected by Art Volume 3, 78 Tarot Astral, Ladies of The
Steampunk Magazine, Kultur Magazine, Digital Templum
Magazine, among many others.
At this moment I am working with 78Tarot Editorial and
Braiinz Publishing, at the same time that I’m working
on personal projects. You can find some of my original
pieces being auctioned on Strange Dreams Surreal Artist
Collective Facebook page and at The Rabbit Hole Artist
Collective Facebook page.
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Enys Guerrero
Featured Artist
‘The Keys of the Savage Garden’
Acrylics, watercolors, color pencils,
pastel and inks on opalina paper
‘Como Cierva Sedienta’
Color pencils, gouaches, acrylics,
pastel and coffee on opalina paper
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Enys Guerrero
Featured Artist
‘Memento Mori’
Acrylics, watercolors,
color pencils, pastel and
inks on opalina paper
‘Natanya’s
Wonderland’
Color pencil, watercolor,
inks, coffee and acrylics
on opalina paper
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Enys Guerrero
Featured Artist
‘Forest Spirit’
Acrylics, watercolors, color pencils,
pastel and inks on opalina paper
‘Forest Memories’
Acrylics, watercolors, color pencils,
pastel and inks on opalina paper
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Featured Artist
‘The Moon’
Acrylics, watercolors, color pencils, pastel, inks and markers on opalina paper
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Interview by Ramón A.Olivares
EVGENIYA
GOLIK
“Deep gazes, halos, long necks, blossoming skins, gold leaves,
secrets and stars...”
Evgeniya Golik (aka Evgola) is a Russian born pop-surrealist
based in San Diego, California.
Inspired by the European Renaissance, Russian Orthodox icons,
Slavic folklore, fairy-tales and modern pop culture (fashion,
photography, cinematography, music), Evgola’s art combines
a classic sensibility within a contemporary setting, something
which artist-self defines as ‘Neo Renaissance’.
Using a variety of media, her work joins real world portraiture
with imaginative and often surreal narratives to highlight and
reveal her subject’s personalities.
Evgola’s haunting paintings and drawings are doors to a mystical
realm, one which showcases a myriad of beautiful human
faces and fantastical creatures, that seek to express their secret
through esoteric language.
Evgeniya has been working notably with The Oceanside Museum
of Art (OMA), Museum Of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Museum
of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) and New Americans
Museum (NAM) as of latest. Her art have been exhibited in various
Galleries within the USA and Europe, as well as being published
and commissioned by private collectors all over the world.
Photography by Keshav Dahiya
www.dahiya.us
Instagram @drdahiya
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Photography by Anna Buster
www.annamos.com
Describe your path to what you’re doing now.
I’ve been drawing and painting since I can
remember. It’s not been a straight path to what
I do now. But art and daydreaming have always
been my salvation, my happy bubble I was
hiding into whenever I felt like it, on my good and
bad days. I remember being a kid, and besides
doodling in my albums, I would often spend hours
browsing through books of fairytales illustrated
with some of the best Russian and European
artists. Later on it was Art History books.
My mother is a librarian and big books lover, so
we’ve always had a great selection of books at
home. Definitely it had huge impact on me as
growing artist. I thank my father for the artistic gift
he pass on me with his genes. And yes of course
Art School and degree in Architecture and Design
have helped to improve my skills.
Did you always want to be an artist?
No, I’ve tried to avoid the inevitable for a while.
I grew up in a world of stereotypes, where artist
as actual job title pretty much did not exist. I had
to think about earning money as soon as it was
possible, so art was not an option at that time.
Architecture and Design were a good compromise
for me in those years. I kept painting and drawing,
but only for a pleasure of my own and my beloved
people, just as my hobby. And I got an actual
office job. I was fighting my karma for years, until I
realized that art is what I do best as a professional
and I actually enjoy it the most. I found ways to get
paid by being creative and using my artistic skills.
So it was time to leave the office and pursue my
dreams. Life is too short, we exist to do something
we love! Even if it can be a real challenge at
times, that’s the only way to grow, give our best to
society and live in peace with our-selves.
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‘Balance (2 Swords Tarot)’
Acrylic, colored pencils, silver and gold
leafing pen, ink pen on wood panel
‘Phoenix’
Mixed Media
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Evgeniya Golik
Interview June 2017
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Vladivostok, it’s a diverse modern
city, sea port very East of Russia. I was living
there till the age of 24, still most of my life. So
excuse my English, haha.
You said you grew up in Russia. What was
the art like there?
It was impressive, because only the most
talented people were artists back then, few
brave ones who had true passion for art
without compromises. There were not as
many because of the money struggle factor,
especially in Perestroika times. Generally art
was classical, realistic, monumental, patriotic,
at times impressionistic. Mostly portraits of
people with great stories, still life, history,
genre, landscape paintings from what I can
remember. Definitely a high academic level,
very strong school.
What do you do for inspiration?
For inspiration... I just keep my eyes open. I get
inspired from everything I see. It can be people
with unusual characteristics, endless beauty of
nature creations, events happening in the world,
different cultures, places I visit, also interesting
stories, favorite movies or even the medium
itself that I happen to use... And of course I
look into the past of art history for inspiration
(European Renaissance fascinates me the most)
and follow modern art tendencies, thanks to
internet and social media it’s easy to do.
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What motivates you as an artist?
Do you want to know the sad truth? Deadlines,
haha! Before I started to work with galleries and
to do commission art, I had a lot of unfinished
pieces. And I want to thank my ego for pushing
me to constantly improve my technique and get
my name out there. Only half-joking. On a serious
note... Through art I’m trying to express what I
feel, to share different vision and perspective with
others, to show that we - humans - are beautiful in
any version nature has created us and the world
is a magical place, full of miracles, mystery and
charm. I know my work resonates with emotions
of many other people, so I’m on a mission of
doing it for them. And I practice art for my-self as a
healing therapy, meditation or escape.
What kinds of projects are you working on in
the studio right now?
I’m working on one big social project. I had an
honor to be selected by the New Americans
Museum to work on “Muse mural project”
(Artist Interpretations of San Diego Museums).
I’m happy to represent NAM especially since I
consider my-self “new American”, so I can feel
the essence of museum’s mission on all levels -
personal, emotional, political. It’s at the concept
developing stage right now - producing sketches
and a large painting before I perform an actual
mural. Concept paintings for several museums by
different artists will be exhibited on June 17 at La
Bodega Gallery, San Diego. Also I have one group
show “Furs, Tails, Feathers & Scales” coming up
at Distinction Gallery, Escondido on June 10,
working on one animal inspired painting for it.
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‘Liberty’
Mixed Media
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‘Fear’
Acrylic, colored pencils, ink pen on wood panel
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www.annamos.com
Tell me about the first time you considered
art as an actual career.
I guess when I first sold my art piece at the gallery
and when I started to get requests for commission
portraits and murals.
Tell me about body painting.
I made my first face and body painting attempts
about 7 years ago. It started as just fun, painting
friends at home gatherings and festivals in whose
sweet times I used to party. Then little by little
it became my second (after fine art) passion,
and additional career. I do body painting as live
performance at various events, also for magazine
editorial photo shoots, for TV, for fashion shows,
for ComicCon and such. I also teach body and
face painting at the Makeup Academy. Body
art is a very special way of self-expression and
connecting to your model. It’s quite a speedy type
of painting, I usually have no more than three
hours to complete it. Human skin is an amazing
live canvas, the whole process of transformation is
pretty fascinating and exciting.
Are your family and friends supportive of
what you do?
Extremely supportive! And it means the world
to me! So grateful for having such loving, caring,
helping and understanding people in my life.
Although they are my biggest distraction as well,
but I don’t mind it - best distraction ever!
How does where you live to
impact your creativity?
When I moved to California I got merged into a
multi-cultural society. And it definitely transformed
me as an artist and as a human in general -
expended my horizons, enriched inspiration. Plus
San Diego has a very welcoming art community. I
was lucky to find several artists friends in this city,
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Interview June 2017
who are always ready to help with an advice, to
share experience. There are some very talented
people up here, a lot to learn from.
What is your favorite music?
I like many different music genres. Pop Rock,
Indie Rock, Alternative, New Wave, Trip Hop,
Blues, Chill out, Psychedelic Trance and most of
electronic music. I think I will never get tired of
listening to Depeche Mode. Although my most
favorite is live music.
Do you have a favorite book?
One favorite? No. If you look at my library shelves
you’ll find mostly art history books, contemporary
magazines and books about artists I admire the
most. When I was younger I used to read sciencefiction
novels by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, Kir
Bulychev, Victor Pelevin...
Who is your role model?
I don’t have one role model, but I truly admire
several female surrealists: Frida Kahlo, Remedios
Varo, Leonora Carrington. They are great
example of strong spirit, unique style and
unstoppable passion for art.
What advice would you give to a person
starting out?
Stay faithful and sincere to your-self, don’t think
about “what others will say”, don’t try to create art
everyone will love - most important that you love
it. It’s impossible to please all. Your audience will
discover your talent when the time is right. Find
something that makes you different from the rest
and develop it into your unique style. Be patient,
work hard, keep learning, keep experimenting and
always give your best.
What is your dream project?
Back in the days I dreamed about being book
illustrator (children’s fairytale books especially),
perhaps it is still one of my wishes to come true.
But my dreams have gotten bigger since, literally...
I dream about large scale paintings, meaningful
murals of social, public character. So I guess my
dream is coming to life, since it’s exactly what I’m
working on right now.
‘Under the skin’
Oil, acrylic, gold leaf, vinyl / paper
butterflies on wood panel
Photography by Anna Buster
www.annamos.com
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‘Honey and Bees’
Oil, graphite, colored pencils on wood panel
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‘Free as a Bird’
Mixed Media
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oberto ferri
Artist of the month
‘Evocazione’ 2017
Oil on canvas
ROBERTO FERRI
Artist of the month
Roberto Ferri was born in Taranto
in 1978. In 1996, he graduated from
art school “Lysippos” of Taranto.
He began to study painting on her
own and moved to Rome in 1999,
explores the research on ancient
painting, the beginning of the
sixteenth to the nineteenth century;
in particular, he devoted himself
to painting Caravaggio and the
academic (David, Ingres, Girodet,
Géricault, Gleyre, Bouguereau, etc.).
In 1996, he graduated from the
Liceo Artistico Lisippo Taranto, a
local art school in his hometown.
He began to study painting on his
own and moved to Rome in 1999,
to increase research on ancient
painting, beginning at the end of the
16th century, in particular. In 2006,
he graduated with honors from the
Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.
His work is represented in important
private collections in Rome, Milan,
London, Paris, New York, Madrid,
Barcelona, Miami, Qatar, Dublin,
Boston, Malta...
His work was featured in the
controversial Italian pavilion of
the Venice Biennale 2011, and has
exhibited at Palazzo Cini, Venice in
the Kitsch Biennale 2010.
‘Il Rito’ 2016
Oil on canvas
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Artist of the month
‘Cupo Fuoco’ 2016
Oil on canvas
‘Il Dono’ 2016
Oil on canvas
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‘Torso-Maschile’ 2014
Oil on canvas
‘Nella Nebbia’ 2016
Oil on canvas
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‘Lacrime D’avorio’ 2015
Oil on canvas
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‘Il Sospetto’ 2015
Oil on canvas
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