ALEXANDER KOSENKOV - RU Title: Botanical garden, 2012 technique: oil on canvas size: 80x100 cm FACTORY-ART <strong>gallery</strong> TURN ON, TUNE IN! pag. 30
CRAIG LAROTONDA - US EDUCATION: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Illustration SUNY at Buffalo, 1992 Understudy with Alan Cober,Jerry Pinkney, and Kathy Howell WORK EXPERIENCE: Professional Illustrator 1992 – Present Work directly with <strong>art</strong> directors/clients/publications from concept tocompletion of all illustrations. Provide multiple preliminary sketches and final <strong>art</strong>work for deadline sensitive assignments. Created illustrations for Time Magazine, Universal Pictures, New York Times, LA Times, The Washington Post, etc. Illustration award winner: Society of Illustrators (New York & Los Angeles), Communication Arts Magazine and Print Magazine. Artist 1990 – Present Painter, Sculptor, Curator and Gallery Owner Across the mediums of painting, collage, sculpture, and found-object assemblages, my creations range from FACTORY-ART <strong>gallery</strong> TURN ON, TUNE IN! pag. 31 striking nightmare visions, breathtaking idealizations, and haunting prophecies of human error’s toll. Painter: Develop <strong>art</strong>work from preliminary drawings to final acrylic or oil paint on wood or canvas. Sculptor: Learned mask making and sculpture process when studying in Italy; assemblage pieces are created from found objects. P<strong>art</strong>icipated in Solo and Group exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, Santa Monica, Santa Fe, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Palm Springs, Buffalo, Scotsdale, San Francisco and Paris. Triptych painting appeared in the Academy Award winning movie “Traffic.” Curator and Gallery Owner: Curated several group shows in San Francisco and owner of Revelation Studios and Gallery. Art Instructor 1992 – Present Teacher (Buffalo, NY): Taught <strong>art</strong> at Campus East Elementary, the Friendship House and the Jewish Community Center; teaching method was hands-on instruction with demonstrations of drawing and painting. Workshop Instructor (San Francisco, CA): Taught six to eight week workshops at the Independent Artist Movement; Sessions: “Venetian Mask Making”, “The Art of Business: How to Promote Yourself as an Artist”, “Intro to 2D Composition”, and “Open Studio Figure Drawing”. Guest Lecturer P<strong>art</strong>icipated in the Visiting Artist Series at Fredonia State, the University of Kansas and the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. Gave 60 minute presentations to students on being a working <strong>art</strong>ist and illustrator. Artist statement My figurative works are introspective and meditative interpretations of the human condition imbued with a sense of time. My source of inspiration is the dichotomy of existence; the brutality and the beauty; the subconscious and conscious; the spiritual and the physical. Working in acrylic and oil paint, collage, and sculpture/ found-object assemblages, my creations range from striking nightmare visions, breathtaking idealizations, and haunting prophecies of human error’s toll. My <strong>art</strong>work explores the unspeakable nature of consciousness and the experience of life and death. Craig LaRotonda 2009