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Interview with Grisell Vargas

Interview with Grisell Vargas

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Throughout my personal and professional life, art has been an invaluable source of joy and empathy, helping me navigate the many challenges I’ve faced. Engaging in creative expression whether through sculpture or painting provides me with a unique outlet for my feelings and emotions. The beginning of the creative process is particularly exhilarating; it allows me to manifest ideas that only existed in my imagination into something tangible. This transformation fills me with a profound sense of joy and accomplishment.

Interview with Mona Niko

Interview with Mona Niko

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

The blend of Persian and Arab cultures from Iran to Dubai shaped my art with a unique fusion of patterns, colors, and themes, reflecting both tradition and modernity. Moving to the USA opened a new world of inspiration and allowed me to experiment boldly with mixed media, adding depth and texture to my work. Embracing textiles and various materials has made my art more tactile and immersive, each piece a testament to the freedom and creative evolution found along this journey.

Interview with Rita Schoonmaker

Interview with Rita Schoonmaker

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

My creative exploration began in earnest  through the full-time pursuit of a BFA during 1972-1976, fortuitously, an exciting and remarkable point in time. After graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, I continued to create and show locally while working in related creative fields.
Always forward-looking, I typically test related forms of expression and mediums in the pursuit of inspiration. That being said, my current work reflects a journey marked by flowing lines and color relationships expressing observations made of the less tangible through acrylics on high quality papers.

Interview with Owen York

Interview with Owen York

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Owen York is an American Fine Artist who works primarily in mixed-media, and regularly uses drawings, oils, acrylics and watercolors. Formally trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, he considers himself a Modern Impressionist, while his work can be reminiscent of pop art or comic book art with themes ranging from space opera and sci-fi to to music, post-apocalyptic, politics or guns.

Interview with Karen Smith

Interview with Karen Smith

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

I have always loved classical paintings and to bring them back to life with often the simplest of novelty tweaks. The challenge is appealing to the general public with such a niche subject, which may not appeal to everyone. I find graffiti is equally as fascinating and my interest began when visiting New York for the second time in 2014. Many of my own photographs taken from the streets have been the inspiration and backdrop to some of my early image creations.

Interview with Frank Hoeffler

Interview with Frank Hoeffler

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

A native of Wisconsin, Frank Hoeffler began painting at an early age. He is a classically trained professional artist who graduated from The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Peck school of the Arts. His formal training included advanced studios and multiple artistic mediums. His style varies from realism, impressionism, expressionism, nonrepresentational, to abstraction.

Interview with Zelda Cavanaugh

Interview with Zelda Cavanaugh

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

I've noticed that no matter the city or the cultural backdrop, people respond to my work in similar ways. It’s a reminder that we all wrestle with the same fundamental issues—mental health, identity, connection, the struggle to make sense of our own minds in a world that doesn’t slow down. The themes I explore—vulnerability, resilience, the friction between humanity and technology—cut through cultural differences. They reach a part of us that’s universal.

Interview with Dr. Lowly

Interview with Dr. Lowly

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Dr Lowly’s (Low Lee Yong) artistic journey is a unique tapestry woven from diverse life experiences. While medicine and healthcare technology were his initial pursuits, a deep passion for art ultimately led him to fully embrace this creative path.
His prior experiences as a doctor, motivational speaker, author and health technology entrepreneur, spanning over two and a half decades, have profoundly shaped his artistic practice. Dr. Lowly brings strategic thinking, a spirit of innovation, and a keen understanding of human connection to his art. This unique blend allows him to approach each creation with focus and a sense of adventure.

Interview with Tamara Michel

Interview with Tamara Michel

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

My artistic development was formed under the influence of both, eastern and western European, cultures. The pulse of life of culturally diverse metropolitan cities like Moscow and Vienna allowed me to get close to world art master pieces and international famous artwork.
My love for impressionism was born visiting numerous museums of the Russian capital, while studying I was often in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts attending regularly exhibitions. After moving to Vienna I was inspired later by Austrian artists as Gustav Klimt and focusing much in my own artwork on Austrian landscapes, churches and architecture.

Interview with Simone Monney

Interview with Simone Monney

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

My artistic journey is a reflection of my inner self, driven by a deep desire to create harmony and well-being. I believe that well-being is an integral part of a broader art of living, which is why my multi-sensory installations embody my vision for the future. These installations are designed to offer a holistic experience, inviting viewers to connect with both my art and the world around us. I truly believe that each of us has a mission in life, and mine is to inspire harmony and love through my creations.

Interview with Carla Kleekamp

Interview with Carla Kleekamp

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

In the late 1980s, while visiting the Frans Hals Museum in the Netherlands, I stumbled upon a small exhibition of Japanese watercolors near the exit. In that moment, I knew this was exactly what I wanted to learn.
After that, I studied an old Japanese technique called ‘Njimi’ with a Chinese teacher for five years. In the early 1990s, I received a bursary to go to Japan."

Interview with Giora Carmi

Interview with Giora Carmi

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Everything that we encounter, as we live with active senses, creates, in response, patterns of movements in the subtle energies of our body. There are the obvious ones, the emotions that we recognize and that have been given names in our culture, like sadness, worry, joy, etc., and there are many more, to which we have not given names. That’s where it starts to be interesting for me. This is where I go with my art.

Interview with Jenny Bennett

Interview with Jenny Bennett

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

When I begin a work, I usually establish what it's about;- i.e the basics of line and form are blocked in, sometimes over a monocoat of colour, or if I want a really pure light colour to be present in the finished work I will apply this directly on to a white base. As the work progresses I often lose control and direction in some parts and although this can be difficult to work through and resolve, it is where the creativity sets in and the original vision may evolve. When I am in 'the zone' I am not making conscious decisions, I just seem to know what to do.

Interview with Despina Kyriacou

Interview with Despina Kyriacou

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Photography

My vision can sometimes take an abstract quality, playing on the illusion of two dimensions and highlighting the interplay of light on surface textures. These elements combine to create a visual language, where perspective ambiguity and the fluidity of light and colour blend, inviting the spectator into another visual dimension that is abstract, to look deeper into elements of our world and question our relationship and co-existence with it.

Interview with Marco Secchi

Interview with Marco Secchi

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Marco Secchi is an accomplished photographer renowned for documenting the UK Royal family with a thoughtful balance of access and ethics. Capturing moments that are both intimate and grandiose, Marco Secchi ensures personal boundaries are respected while telling compelling visual stories.

After relocating to Ljubljana, Marco presented a black and white photography exhibition offering a fresh, minimalist perspective of the city. By focusing on light and shadow, the absence of color invited viewers to engage more deeply with composition and emotion.

Interview with Trần Quang Đại

Interview with Trần Quang Đại

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Trần Quang Đại (b.1992) embarks on a global odyssey, carrying a suitcase brimming with life's precious moments. A prominent public figure, Dai's academic background includes a graduation from ULAW HCMC in IP Law and making his way to be a lawyer at Judicial Academy. Presently, he utilizes the medium of memory as a means of expression, providing us with a glimpse into the imprinted imperfections of coexisting memories.

His ongoing performance practice, embodied in the poignant question "How are you these days?", serves as the artist's voyage into the realm of art. Đại’s artistic endeavors intertwine with the realm of non- profit art therapy, enriching his journey with a profound impact on both himself and those who engage with his installations.

Interview with Hazu Ionut

Interview with Hazu Ionut

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

By creating new and innovative works of art, I hope to leave a lasting mark in the world of art. I hope that my work will raise awareness of important issues to challenge power structures and inspire social change. Leaving behind works of art that provoke thinking from a visual point of view, I hope to leave a legacy that will be appreciated by the next generations of artists.

Interview with Paul Scott Malone

Interview with Paul Scott Malone

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

How we, in art, transcend the perils of life is by falling in love with our own characters, our interiors or landscapes, scenes, nudes, tigers, cityscapes, strange abstractions ... your model, your dog, your nation ... and we let that love speak in our work. It's the fundamental philosophy of fine art: to uplift by sharing ourselves with each other and thereby create a civilization based more on love than hatred, one heart to another. "Spill the beans on yourself," as Falkner advised. The viewer can see it in the artwork whether they know it or not, and we respond most fondly to those works that expose the most.

Interview with Nicola Barth

Interview with Nicola Barth

ContemporaryArtCurator
Contemporary Art, Interview, Painting

Nicola Barth, born in 1966 in Mölln, now resides near Frankfurt am Main, where she pursued a master's degree in German language and literature at JW Goethe University. Her initial passion for writing books shifted as she embraced non-representational painting, seeking to express the profound and permanent metamorphosis processes that elude verbal articulation. Her art delves into the interstices of existence, merging opposites and embracing ambivalence. It reveals an unseen world beyond the obvious, inviting viewers to immerse themselves in the poetry of transitions.

Interview with MaRIK (Maria Kontogiorgou)

Interview with MaRIK (Maria Kontogiorgou)

ContemporaryArtCurator
Painting, Contemporary Art, Interview

MaRIK (Maria Kontogiorgou) is an accomplished multidisciplinary artist, animator, and illustrator with over a decade of professional experience. She holds an MA in Animation from the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol and has developed a unique expertise in digital and mixed media. Her work seamlessly blends traditional and modern techniques, and she has gained recognition for creating compelling visual narratives across a variety of media.

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