American painter and illustrator Tristan Elwell was born and raised in New York City, where he graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended the School of Visual Arts on a full scholarship, graduating in 1990 at the top of his class. While at SVA he also worked as a painting assistant to noted photorealist Charles Bell. After college, Tristan quickly established his career as an illustrator, and in 1994 he joined the staff at SVA, where he teaches illustration and painting.
Ludmila Curilova is an Moldovan painter. Curilova's work is influenced by illusory theatre art and it retains the decorative quality of a fairy tale setting. Within her paintings on paper and canvas, warm, rich colors glow with an almost magical essence. At times her figures exist in a subdued dreamscape amidst fruit and flowers. While Curilova uses traditional media and tools: acrylic paint, brushes and art knive, she also experiments with small clay sculptures.
Russian painter Alexander Daniloff was born in Donetsk. From 1987-2000 he organized personal exhibitions and participated in numerous collective exhibitions and cultural actions in Nizhni Novgorod, Moscow, Norilsk (Russia), San-Francisco, Los Angeles (USA), Venlo, Horst, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Helsinki (Finland), Barcelona (Spain). In 2000 Daniloff moved to Italy in Rovigo (Venetian province), where he currently lives and works as a professional artist. For 4 years he has collaborated with City Theatre of Rovigo for creating illustrations for playbills. He collaborate as an illustrator with the magazine "Vsemirnyj Sledopyt" of St. Petersburg.
