Cheryle G. Galloway, born in Zimbabwe, is a US-based photographer. She has lived in South Africa and Brazil, before settling in the US. After completing a BA in Communication Science and becoming a mother, Cheryle was drawn to the visual art of photography as a medium for story-telling and interpreting her experiences. Through self-learning and participating in a series of Leica Akademie workshops, Cheryle’s work was surrounding nature, street and portraiture.
Born 1968, Stuttgart, Germany. Lives in New York, NY.
How would you describe yourself and your artwork?
I describe myself as a thinker, showing my images with a personal style and where each image shows that precise moment in just a few seconds and also the character is transmitting what I have in mind. I try to take pictures with ideas that I feel attracted to since the beginning, leaving my mark as an architect. I studied for my Bachelor’s degree in architecture in Mexico. I have a double nationality; Mexican and Lebanese.
What is a barrier you as an artist overcame? Is there anything that enabled you to develop your work as an artist in your life?
As an artist, I don't have much trouble expressing myself. Because I've absorbed a lot of things, and I've always expressed them as art, and my expression has always evolved. The problem with my activities as an artist is how to get people to see my work. I'm not rich, so I needed some ingenuity to spread my work. We've solved them by using the Internet effectively, but it's not perfect yet. We will have to continue to deal with those problems.
Born In Central- Finland 1978, self taught . Youngest child of three. As a child, always drawing something. Wanted to learn more. Inspired by fathers abstract painting, he made a decision to someday become an artist.
Elly Cho has exhibited around the world and holds numerous awards. Her art explores the intersection between nature, the environment and human behaviour, across various mediums including mixed media, video and performance art.
Fina Ferrara is a mexican performer and video artist. She has been invited to perform in MARCO Contemporary Art Museum, MUNE Museum, EL CENTENARIO Museum, and FAMA Contemporary Art Fair in Monterrey, Mexico.
I was born on 30 January 1993 in Lisbon where I live and work. In 2014 I graduated in Sculpture from the University of Fine Arts in Lisbon and in 2018 I completed my master’s degree in Painting by the same University.
Chrice MAYOUMA is a French contemporary painter born in Brazzaville, Congo in 1985.
Passionate about painting and drawing since his childhood, he is an unconventional and self-taught artist who did not follow a classical academic path.
Having done his artistic education at home, he has always drawn from his daily experiences to work on his creations as a diary.
Angelo Vanoni was born in Daverio, a municipality in the province of Varese. After attending the Brera Academy he moved to Florence, Rome, New York. He currently lives and works in Bologna.
What is the meaning or creative inspiration for your work? We’re curious what the narrative or story is to what you are producing?
We humans are creative by nature. For me, painting is something that frees me from everyday constraints. It allows me to take a deep look at the questions of life and to understands our desires and aspirations – besides philosophy, religion, ethics, ethnology, sociology. To search, explore, create playfully - like a child. Ultimately, it’s about experiencing the world in a non-rational way and trying to understand it.
DID YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO CREATE RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING?
Yes, the concept may be clear in my mind, and ideas may be there but I believe in the process of the becoming of the work. If I get out of the way, and stay quiet enough to tune in to my inner being, I then see the work unfolding with different eyes. There is great wisdom within us, so why not work together with this innate wisdom, than against it?
Dr. Joe Ferry holds several academic degrees including that of Ph.D. Dr. Ferry is a Grammy Award Winning Record Producer as well as an Award Winning Filmmaker and author. Though having never taken an art lesson in his life, Dr. Ferry has developed a unique style that is quickly becoming very popular in the USA and Europe.
Jae Young Park was born in Korea in 1973 and graduated from Sunhwa Arts Middle School and Kaywon Arts High School. He also holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Chung-Ang University.
From 2003 to 2021, he had 15 invitations and solo exhibitions. In addition, he has received several special awards. 2021 London Art Biennale “Painting Award”, 2021-2020 Aesthetica Art Prize/Future Now: 100 Artists Selection, KNOT Award Excellent Artist Selection, CICA Museum of Art 'Korean Young Artist Selection, Korean Art Award (3 times), Special Exhibition Art Song Eun Art Award, Received the Seoripul Art Award, and participated in famous groups such as Hangaram Art Museum, Sejong Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, and Seoul Arts Center. In 2007, the work sold out at Christie's in Hong Kong.
It was also exhibited and sold at 2020 SCOPE NY, 2019 Asia Contemporary Art SHOW, 2019 ART ASIA, KIAF2007, DOORS ART FAIR 2015 and 2018, and Affordable Art Fair Milan.
How do you go about beginning a new piece? Do you have an idea already in mind, or do you start working with materials or sketches to find the departure point?
The process begins with immersion in a specific topic, research information and attempt of studying it from various sides. After pondering for a while and determining material, form, colour and texture, I begin to create. However, I still am open to some changes in this stage as I believe in evolving during the making process.
Did you have an idea from the beginning of what you wanted to create?
After a year of experimenting with the technique and the basics of weaving, including making flower scenes and then small portraits, I got a larger loom, where I immediately started with my clear statement for African women.
Alexandros Reichenbach was born in Aschaffenburg (Germany) on 21.02.1998. He grew up billingual, as his parents were German (Father) and Greek (Mother). By the age of two (2000), he moved with his parents to Thessaloniki (Greece). There he attended a german kindergarden and afterwards a greek elementary school.
Imaginative, aesthetic, thought-provoking, they are the traits of Momo Meng's artwork. Momo loves observing society, exploring the deep emotions of humans and animals, and capturing them in her art. She creates works to be the voice for the voiceless, the powerless, the hopeless, in order to fight against the absurd, the violence and inequalities. She wishes her creations could resonate with the audience, raise their awareness, and be the standing point to fight for a better future, a better society which has variety, equality, unity, a healthy environment, and respect for all living beings.
Russell was born and educated in England, he now resides in Australia. After many years of promises Russell finally became a full time artist in 2015. He finds inspiration for his work from our landscapes and the many natural wonders that they contain. Russell usually works with acrylic paints using palette knives. He is an environmentalist, he hopes that his landscape painting is a connection for people and reminds them of the importance of protecting and caring for the environment.
Ming Ying (b.1995) is from Beijing and currently lives and works in London. Now she is having MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art (2018-2020). Her works are almost exclusively in oil paint.
Her recent works mainly reflects a kind of collision between reality and unreality that can happen in the everyday world, such as when listening to music or seeing something familiar that creates a mental image. Such collisions intersect with daily experience. She is interested in the sense of such collision which is produced in a delicate relationship of contradiction and harmony in painting.
