Roland Dumbadze, 1948 | Figurative painter

Georgian painter Roland Dumbadze, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of industrial graphics.

Since 1978 he was working at the Public Broadcaster as a graphic painter, at Tbilisi Design Research Institute and Mose Toidze Art Professional Educational Centre. He has created the design of the sportswear for the Georgian National Football Team.

Since 1990 he was living in Moscow. He opened children's art studio and played important role in creation of the "Arbat Gallery" and helped many Georgian artists with organization of the exhibitions in Moscow.

Zahi Issa, 1962 | Abstract painter

Syrian artist Zahi Issa was born in Aleppo, Syria. Lives and works in Foggia, Italy. Versatile and refined painter trained in the atelier of his father, the painter Jak Issa.

Numerous solo and group exhibitions in the major European countries. Had his first exhibition at the age of fifteen years.

Z.L. Feng, 1954 ~ Watercolor painter

Growing up in Shanghai, Chinese-born American painter Feng began painting at age seven and never stopped, experimenting with different mediums, including pastel, oil, and egg tempera, before choosing his favorite, watercolor. "With watercolor you cannot cover your mistakes, so you must know what you are doing", he says.

He finds inspiration for his lovely landscapes in the countryside of the New River Valley: "Usually I go around - to the river, the forest, the lake - to try and find interesting compositions".

Those familiar with Feng’s art are also captivated by his portraits of the people of Tibet, Native Americans of New Mexico, Southern farmers and others.

Stéphane Heurion

Nacido en Uccle, en 1964 en una familia de artistas, reside actualmente en Lustin. Posee una licenciatura en Bellas Artes realizada en el Institut Saint-Luc, en Bruselas. Estudió diseño gráfico y trabajó en agencias de publicidad en París y Bruselas. Mas tarde cambió hacia la historieta. Es muy buen dibujante, buen colorista, y basa sus obras en la captura del gesto y en la composición simple y directa. Es profesor de la Escuela de la Acuarela de Namur. Stéphane Heurion ganó el Premio del Público, 2 º Premio del Jurado Aquarelliades Thiérache 96 (Francia) y el Premio del Jurado del Salon de l’Aquarelle de Belgique Internacional 2001.

Mariana Palova | The Art of Alchemy

Mariana Palova is a Mexican painter and writer. She finds within the positive a living and colorful metamorphosis- the essence of her own cosmogony.

Playing with the influence of her experiences and her transformations, Mariana surrounds herself with an aura showing special devotion to the nature elements, analogies, the substitution, human monsters and the astrologic environment.

Despite her young age and relative inexperience, her work has slipped quickly into important art/social circles.

Equally rejected and loved, Mariana's sensitive artwork, evokes overflowing passion and a philosophy of life based on the beauty of human metamorphosis and the allure of imagination, eschewing all that is sick and grotesque in the world.