Michail Kudinow, 1961

Michail Kudinow painter and graphic was born in 1961.
Education:
1977-1981 Lugansk Fine Art School, Faculty of Painting.
1986 -1993 Academy of Fine Arts Saint-Petersburg, Faculty of Painting.
Lives and works in Saint-Petersburg.

Mélanie Bourget, 1972 | Ceramic sculptures

Mélanie Bourget’s work focuses on the human being. She creates Figurative sculptures in a contemporary yet a little offbeat style, oscillating between Realism and Fantasy.

Then she subjects them to the raku technique. Big busts of women with crazy hairstyles, mysterious and dreamy little characters are in a few words the poetic and fragile characters that live in her world.

Raku is an enamelling technique of Korean origin, that was further developed in Japan in the sixteenth century.

These creatures are alive; they transmit deep and mixed feelings.

And through the cracks of glaze we can see with accuracy the human soul…

Mélanie thinks of her mysterious characters as poetic, fragile creatures that transmit deep feelings.

Through her art they come alive and through the cracks of their glaze we see the human soul.

Antonio Mancini | Verist painter

>Antonio Mancini (14 November 1852 - 28 December 1930) was an Italian painter.

Mancini was born in Rome and showed precocious ability as an artist. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823-1901), a painter of historical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorous brushwork, and Filippo Palizzi.

Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in 1872, he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon.

Pablo Picasso / Alda Merini | Alla tua salute, amore mio

Sono folle di te, amore

che vieni a rintracciare

nei miei trascorsi

questi giocattoli rotti delle mie parole.

Ti faccio dono di tutto

se vuoi,

tanto io sono solo una fanciulla

piena di poesia

e coperta di lacrime salate,

io voglio solo addormentarmi

sulla ripa del cielo stellato

e diventare un dolce vento

di canti d'amore per te.

Pablo Picasso 1881-1973

Kacper Kalinowski

Jean-Claude Dresse, 1946 | Visionary painter

Jean-Claude Dresse was born in Charleroi on 8th September 1946. He studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi where he mainly worked with Marcel Gibon. In 1985, he held his first personal exhibition in Brussels. Since then, he has regularly been exhibiting in Belgium, in France and in the Netherlands. In 1990, he made, for the Belgian State, a 90 m2 monumental fresco in the entrance hall of the new administrative area of the city of Charleroi.

Evgeni Gordiets / Евгений Гордиец, 1952 | Surrealist painter

Евгений Гордиец is a Russian* trained contemporary surrealist phenomenon. Scouted at the age of five as a child prodigy, Evgeni attended the National School of Fine Arts: received his Masters Degree from the State University of Fine Arts and his Ph.D. from the State Academy of Fine Art, all in Kiev, Ukraine.

After concluding his studies, he joined the National Art University as a Professor of Art.

Natalia Vetrova

Natalia began exhibiting professionally after graduation in 1995 from the Stroganov Academy of Art, she was qualified with a Master of Art Criticism and as a Designer. Her longing for inspiration and fresh ideas took her through Asia as a member of geological expedition. Ultimately, Natalia’s travels led her to the natural beauty of Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1997. Natalia opened her Studio of Art and Design, where she teaches and works.