Boris Indrikov was born in Leningrad in 1967 and lives and works in Moscow. From 1991 - 1997 he was a book designer and worked as an illustrator for the popular science magazine "Chemistry and Life". He has been a member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the UNESCO International Federation of Artists since 1998. Has exhibited works at a number of shows in Russia and abroad (Art-Manezh 2002, 2003, Drommar (Sweden, Nykoping 2004) and others). He currently works in painting, graphic design and small-form plastic. He works mainly in fantastic realism. His pictures are in the HORIZON gallery (Netherlands), and private collections in Russia, Sweden, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan and the United States.
Родился в 1952 г. в г. Калининград (ныне Королев) Московской области. В 1976 г. окончил Московское высшее художественное училище ( б. Строгановское) по специальности реставратор. Любимый стиль живописи – "обманка" ( atrompe-l'oel) -старинный голландский стиль. С 1997 г . он является членом международной федерации художников Профессионально – творческого союза художников России. Выставки.
Jean-Pierre Bedarrides was born in Aix-en-Provence on 15 March 1954. From his youngest age he was attracted by drawing an colour, and started a carreer as a technical and advertising draughtsman. He was first attracted by landscapes and by water-colour painting, his first exhibition took place in Aix-en-Provence in 1985. In 1986, a publisher asked him to illustrate a work about Aix-en-Provence in water-colours. Then, highly interested in chiaroscuro and still-life painting, he turned to oil painting. As always concerned with details and the good quality of his work, he makes his supports himself (canvas fixed on wood panels with skinglue and palster) and paints with thinned amber. This technique had been used by the Flemish painters since the 13th.C. After several journeys in Marocco, elated by the beauty of landscapes and light, he realize 2 exhibition in Aix-en-Provence, on this theme where were grouped still-life painting and landscapes
Английская художница Жозефин Уолл (Wall Josephine или Celestial Journeys). Жозефин работает, в основном, с акриловой краской, которая позволяет ей быстро рисовать и создавать много текстур и красочные эффекты. Она вдохновляется работами Артур Ракхама, сюрреализмом таких художников, как Magritte и романтизмом прерафаэлитов. Джозефин также является и скульптором и создала несколько уникальных фигурок.
ELENA ILKU is a native of Ukraine, where she earned a Masters degree in History of Art and Design. She currently lives and works in British Columbia. She started her career as a professional artist in 1985, and since then has been extensively travelling, working and exhibiting her work throughout Europe and North America. She continued her artistic education in France and the United Kingdom, which helped her to develop a unique style of painting.
Elena produces highly original work, in which there is a release of emotion and a strangely captivating balance between abstraction and figuration. The signs and symbols of Slavonic Icon, one of her favourite subjects in early works, continue to evoke the feeling and memories of old times. Elena is a master at depicting familiar surroundings but by way of suggestion. She succeeds in expressing a deeply felt sense of unity and wholeness, balancing colour, form and composition. The consequences of this process are powerful yet elusive.
DANNY McBRIDE was born in 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, and has spent all of his working years in the arts as a musician, composer, singer and artist.
First as a musician, composer and songwriter, Danny made world tours with the likes of David Hasselhoff, Chris de Burgh and Joe Cocker. His illustrious music career has netted him several gold and platinum records and a profile that still keeps him newsworthy. In 1996 he wrapped up a US and Taiwan concert tour and began to slow his pace.
Danny, now a painter, moved to British Columbia and began a new phase in his life. He is a self-taught artist whose unique figurative style soon emerged. His acrylic images come alive on canvas in textured still-lifes and smoothly finished ladies in hats. His art is always exciting as he creates scenes that are light-hearted and fun. His images are frequently sculptural in form, with layers of paint built up on the canvas, creating a very textured and bold composition.
His paintings have made a large impact with collectors across North America and Europe.
Mihail Aleksandrov is one of the most successful artists to have left the former Soviet Union. He works primarily in oil, tempera and watercolor.
Aleksandrov was born in 1949 in Vilnius, Lithuania and immigrated to the United States in 1980, settling in New York City. He has had many one-man shows in the States and has been collected in more than twenty countries worldwide.
His paintings pulsate with a vibrant spiritual energy. He never forgets his Russian r oots, which shape the mystical framework of his paintings. His paintings also reflect his personal belief that faith is at the center of our existence.
An artist with the technique of the masters, the style of Fellini and an imagination - with which to dazzle us. His current series of portraits is of highly stylized characters set in a surreal time warp.