Culture Black Fine Art Expo 2023 Program

MEET THE ARTISTS
Antoinette
Savage
ANTOINETTE SAVAGE, AN EXCEPTIONALLY SKILLED SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST FROM
COLUMBUS, OHIO, THRIVES IN THE REALMS OF MIXED MEDIA ART, DOLL MAKING,
SCULPTURE, AND WEARABLE ART. THROUGH HER ARTISTRY, ANTOINETTE DELVES INTO
THE DEPTHS OF SYMBOLISM, USING HER CREATIONS AS A MEDIUM TO EXPLORE HER
PROFOUND CONNECTION WITH HER ANCESTORS. HER ARTISTIC EXPRESSION THRIVES
ON THE USE OF VIVID AND VIBRANT "KOOL-AID" COLORED FABRIC SCRAPS, WHICH
HAVE BECOME HER SIGNATURE PALETTE.
SHE HAS EXHIBITED NATIONALLY AT THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK DOLL SHOW,
ATLANTA GA., FLORENCE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS, HISTORY AND SCIENCE, FLORENCE, SC,
CHICAGO MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY, CHICAGO, IL, AVERY RESEARCH CENTER
FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, CHARLESTON, SC. HER WORKS ARE IN
MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. IN 2019, ANTOINETTE WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE CUBA ARTIST EXCHANGE WHICH CULMINATED IN A GROUP EXHIBIT AT THE
LOLO GALERIA-TALLER.
HER ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE GARNERED ATTENTION FROM VARIOUS
PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, COLUMBUS ALIVE, AND THIS
WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS BEXLEY. HER COLLECTIONS CAN BE FOUND IN ESTEEMED
ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CONVENTION FACILITIES
AUTHORITY AND THE HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN ART COLLECTION IN COLUMBUS,
OH, AS WELL AS WARHOL & WALL STREET AND THE WILLIAM H. THOMAS GALLERY IN
THE SAME CITY. HER WORKS CAN BE ENJOYED AT THE GREATER COLUMBUS
CONVENTION CENTER AND HER PERSONAL STUDIO.
ANTOINETTE IS CURRENTLY PURSUING A B.A. IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AT
CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY. ALONGSIDE HER STUDIES, SHE SERVES AS AN
INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AT COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOLS.
MY NAME IS NAREL ASHENE ALSO KNOWN BY NARELART.
I’M AN ARTIST & FILM MAKER IN COLUMBUS OHIO, & FOR THE PAST DECADE I’VE BEEN
THROWING SOLO SHOWS TO GET MY WORKS KNOWN TO PEOPLE WHO ADMIRE ART,
STATE TO STATE AND I’VE GAINED LOTS OF SUPPORT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT SINCE.
BORN AND RAISED UNTIL MY TEEN YEARS IN ETHIOPIA, AFRICA, I’VE DEVELOPED A
UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AND ARTISTIC INFLUENCES GROWING UP, BY ADMIRING
ETHIOPIAN ART WORKS CULTURAL/AND MODERN AND RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS FROM
EUROPEAN PAINTERS SUCH AS RAPHAEL SANTI & DAVINCI TO MENTION A FEW. AFTER
MOVING TO THE STATES I HONED MY ART CALLING IN MY TEEN YEARS BY INTENSE
LESSONS AND HARD WORK.
Narel
Ashene
I LOVE PAINTING OIL, BUT MY WORKS CONSIST OF MULTIPLE MEDIAS. MY WORKS ARE
REPRESENTATIONS OF MY THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES. AN AFRICAN BORN KID, & U.S.
RESIDENT WHO SEEN BEST OF BOTH WORLDS…I FULLY COMMIT TO EXPRESS MY UP
BRINGING AND CULTURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE NO SEEN OR HEARD OF YET. MY ABSTRACT
PAINTINGS EVEN PORTRAY PIECES OF AFRICAN HISTORY AND RICH CULTURE, IN A WAY
IT HASN’T BEEN PORTRAYED BEFORE. I DO SURREALISM, PORTRAIT, LANDSCAPE
PAINTINGS AND THEY ALL SHOW THE DEEP CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF WHO I AM
AND WHAT I STAND FOR.