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Andrew Scanlan
Britain
Although born in the UK, he have lived and worked in Arabia for the last 25 years. The United Arab Emirates, has immersed my senses in a diverse melting pot of cultures, traditions and colour. It has also proved the perfect hub to discover the Far East, India and the rest of Arabia. Andrew embrace these experiences and drink in the sounds, smells, colours and people he had come across. His art was fuelled by amazing characters, countless faces and the vast pallet of colour the world delivers to me on his travels. 'I like to play around with the idea that there is an order within chaos!. I have always been fascinated by the way the brains perceive the world around us. Everything we see is represented by countless microscopic cells of colour. The closer we view these cells the more random they appear. Then when we pull away the brain stitches these cells together to generate an image. It is this phenomenon that I use to create my paintings.", says Andrew.
Aleksandra Ogorkiewicz
Poland
Graduated of European Academy of Art in Warsaw, Master in Graphic
design. Since 2010, a member of the Union of Polish Visual Artists. Her graphic works was shown
on over 50 collective national ,international exhibitions as well as on several individual exhibitions.
In November 2019 her painting "Karmic Love” took part
in group exhibition in Rome Italy, and second "Endless” in group exhibition in Abu Dhabi, 2019.
She mostly focuses on oil and acrylic painting with structural experiments.
Her Acrylics include structural pastes and they are combination of figurative fast painting with
explosion of strong colors which are nothing like cosmic space. Her oils are more detailed and
subdued in colors focused on figures.
Two totally different styles and one Author who tries to capture the complex nature of women:
powerful, weak, sensitivity, different ways of perceiving the world. She is putting also a bit
of universe, space and nature to her paintings.
Professionally, she also works as a graphic freelancer, passion in digital arts, children’s and
fantasy illustrations. She runs her own Redhood Art Studio ( with over 120
students) where she is working with children and adults, leading classes in drawing, painting and
computer graphics.
Azin Rezaei
Iran
Azin, also known as Azinaura in social media, hails from Tehran, Iran, born in June 1993. Her artistic journey began with a passion for painting, leading to a degree in visual arts and current studies in psychology. For five years, she shared her expertise in Photoshop and design while working for a medical photography and film editing company for a decade. Azin's artistry spans various media, with a preference for pencil and oil colors in her paintings. She holds the title "Kharazmi" in sculpture and has showcased her works in five exhibitions in Iran until 2014. She expresses her emotions and reactions to events through writing, and she enjoy writing and literature to the extent that she feels the need for more expression through painting.
Chris Barley
France
After having spent a large part of his life travelling the world, Chris Barley, a French artist concentrating on contemporary abstract painting, is now based in Dubai since 2001.
Due to his nomadic past, he takes pleasure in evoking distant places, atmospheres and memories with his painting.
He is dedicated to the expression of emotions and energies through colors, textures and movement.
With a background of psychologist and the practice of martial arts, Chris explores the possibilities of painting as expression of the body and the mind; he uses abstraction as a way of communicating physically and emotionally, in an attempt to start resonating with people's unconscious.
Babita Shamji
Canada
Born and raised in Canada, with an Indian origin, Babita Shamji started pursuing her art career since 2017.She set out from Canada in 2005 on a new voyage to West Africa, resided in a few nations over a period of ten years, and then found herself in lovely Dubai. She started off taking art classes as a hobby, but eventually decided to enroll in a formal course that led to her receiving a Fine Artist certification from the prestigious Lotus Educational Institute Dubai.
Art has always been a part of her life, and have always had this magnetism towards Visual Arts, Dance, music and the performing arts. Her figurative abstract works is an embodiment of who she is as an artist. She connects the lines and shapes to forms and gestural marks to achieve it modern effect finding herself the essence with minimal details and limited colour palette. Babita was motivated by the freedom of expression, hence she excels at abstract art. She enjoys incorporating a variety of media into her artwork, such as collage, charcoal, chalk, and textures, to provide depth. She has produced a number of abstract figurative African pieces that have appeared in exhibitions and caught the attention of notable curators and collectors. She had shown her artwork in Italy, Canada, Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.
Cathy Deniset
France
Cathy Deniset is a French, full-time artist who started painting in the late ’90s. She learned painting in Paris under the tutelage of renowned artist Christoff Debuschere and had already honed her skills by the time she arrived in Dubai in the late 2000s.
Building on her numerous years of practice Cathy is now excelling not only in representing cars and motorbikes – her historical favourites! – but also portraits, and increasingly abstract works. Passionate about the Emirates where she resides, Cathy wanted with humility to honour its leaders.
Since then, Cathy Deniset is expressing on each art piece her emotions and sensibility, whether abstract or figurative style. Dubai atmosphere offered her also the opportunity of merging her talents through speed art, live painting and VR painting.
Eric Kwadwo Afranie
Ghana
Eric Kwadwo Afranie, a visionary mosaic and collage artist, has embarked on a unique artistic journey that not only captivates the eye but also serves as a powerful medium for promoting environmental conservation. Born with a passion for art and a deep appreciation for the interplay between nature and man-made materials, Afranie's work stands as a testament to his commitment to sustainable creativity.
He seamlessly integrates artificial materials with natural ones. His artworks, adorned with materials such as stone, colored glass, plastic, recycled leather, newspaper, African print cloth, beads, and electronic waste, showcase a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation. His portraits, whether of the famous or ordinary, capture the essence of human expression distinctly and authentically. The themes he tackles are diverse, addressing social issues and cultural nuances with a profound impact on the audience.
Leo Lee
China
An outstanding representative of the young generation of Chinese Calligrapher Leo Lee who unlock the secrets of “Chinese Calligraphy”, who demonstrate the post-modern freehand brushworks in wooden table-top decorative, folding fans, handscrolls and other traditional paper styles used for the craft, in combining the classical expression and artistic conception calligraphy concept, with ancient method.
The displayed artworks were of top level, comprehensive style and rich forms, which amply demonstrated the charm of Chinese calligraphy.
Lene Pieters
South Africa
Lené dabbled in art from a young age. Her fast-paced paralegal career was disrupted by a severe
health condition. She required a creative outlet,
which she found in art school on weeknights.
While also teaching craft classes on weekends,
Lené soon discovered a passion for color and
texture in her works. The beneficial impact on her
mental well-being spurred her on to continue her
research into creativity.
UNISA's Bachelor of Visual Arts degree beckoned
and Lené progressed through a substantial
portion of the credits before relocating to Dubai
and putting the official studies on hold. Her own
studies, however, continued unabated ever since
and she has amassed a considerable body of
research, experimental works and a vast collection
of creative tools. Mixed media is the perfect
vehicle for her style of experimentation. Lené is a DED licensed NFT artist, editor,
writer and also coaches people to explore
their creativity in their work, whether as
writers, artists or corporate professionals'
intent on expanding their creative thinking
mindset.
Mohammed F.S Awad
Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Awad is a Saudi Artist & owner of 3D Artworks Gallery. He specializes in 3D Orientalist reproduction artwork. The Gallery was opened in April 2018, specializing in 3D Orientalism art. He is based in Saudi Arabia, and he have participated in many international art events and fairs. As an artist he feels there are many ways to express himself. Over the years he has experimented with many themes, products & different techniques. He believes that the 3D embossing process has enabled him to express himself in the greatest way possible. Finding the correct theme, research, history, resources, and, most importantly, your personal touch. His new findings are just getting started.
Each work of art by Awad evokes a complex tapestry of feelings and fascination by deftly navigating the delicate interplay between two-dimensional and three-dimensional realms. He gives his artwork depth by using the 3D embossing technique, which is similar to the Neo-Expressionist movement's pursuit of unfiltered emotional expression through striking images. However, his distinct Middle Eastern touch, derived from the rich Bedouin cultural tradition, distinguishes his work. The combination of textural relief and compassionate storytelling results in a distinct style that merges Neo-Expressionism, Middle Eastern culture, and an examination of the human condition. His work pushes us to explore the hidden regions of emotion, culture, and memory, making it an exceptional and thought-provoking addition to the modern art.
Vasilisa Eliseeva
Russia
We live in a magic world…
Where Past and Future, different people, different countries and nations are
somehow interconnected in some strange and unexplainable way. Sometimes we
manage to see the cause and effect. Most of the time we cannot.
I remember how this notion of interconnection of people and events; their
interdependence stunned me, the Art School teenage student then, for the first time
after reading Ray Bradbury ‘A Sound of Thunder’ short story.
Ever since I’ve been seeing this subtle kind of ‘power network’ embracing people
and events throughout my life journey: shifting countries and cities, giving births
to my four children, graduating from the Nizhniy Novgorod State University (M.A.
Fine Arts, diploma with distinction), teaching Arts & Crafts in the Russian Music
Center for almost 20 years, participating and prize-winning of numerous
international events and exhibitions, seeing my former students graduating from
the well-known art academies all over the world, sending my paintings to private
collections from Moscow to London, Kyiv to Dubai, burying my loved ones…
I’ve got a strange, though strong feeling that an Artist always has kind of
responsibility of keeping this fragile balance of interdependence between men and
matter, healing and fixing the damaged segments of this ‘network’, or highlighting
the problematic spots of it – with her works of art. Like a ‘band-aid’ applied on yet
another open wound of humanity and nature.
Such is my Mission… Such is my Creed…
Vidhu Raghavan
Dubai
My name is Vidhu Raghavan, and I am a Dubai-born artist from India. I make fractal digital art inspired by the infinite light, tranquility, and unconditional love I experience in my meditations.
I make art for my own happiness and to create a gateway for people to activate consciousness and go on this journey. My art is devotion and celebration. I am envisioning the spiritual dimension. I am materializing the unseen.
I have not tried to be anything or become anything. It just flows through me. What I am or what I will ever become.
I am just an instrument for this sacred imperishable light reflection.
I am not to be credited, but the source.
I am a digital artist and I make art using software. I use Cinema4D, Maxon, Adobe After effects, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Encoder and more.
I love technology and the possibilities with technology are way higher than traditional ways of executing an ideology. With traditional paints you can’t make the colors that I can make. That only a computer can make.
I am also into animation and virtual reality, so technology is my only go-to.
I do like traditional artworks, but its limitations are very high compared to the ways of futuristic technology. Due to the limitation of traditional methods, I choose digitalized means of art production.
Zena Yachoui
Lebanon
Zena Yachoui have claimed that “It is time to think differently with Contemporary Abstraction. My paintings can keep the people to release stress and makes them emotionally express the feelings with lines and colors. Bright colors characterize the work of mine”. Her canvases and distinct use of color departed from what she initially became known for, but a sense of clarity and simple appreciation for the world pervades everything she touches, with patterns connecting feminine nature.
The weaves webs of color and explosive lines on her canvases, examined identity and environment. Zena’s paintings featured prominent brushstrokes that sometimes form faint shapes. They also reflect personal narratives and memories that shape the artist’s identity.
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