Elena Shlegel, 1965 | Romantic painter

"An artist lives partially in a dream - just like a poet does. I strive to reflect something impossible to exist…to allow an audience to see beyond the reality, to make up its own fairy-tale, to become a participator and a creator. And thus to feel happy for a moment…" says Elena Shlegel.

Jeff Nishinaka, 1981 | Paper sculpture

American sculptor - a third-generation Japanese American born and living in Los Angeles - Jeff Nishinaka is the world’s premier Paper sculptor with a prolific career that spans 30 years.

Nishinaka attended UCLA and graduated from the prestigious Art Center College of Design, where he first experimented with paper art and sculpture. Nishinaka’s commercial portfolio includes Bloomingdale’s, Galeries Lafayette, Le Bon Marché, Credit Suisse, Polo Ralph Lauren, Pfizer, Sprint, The Peninsula Hotel, Visa, Penn State University, Paramount Pictures and Coca Cola among others.

Gaston La Touche | Post-impressionist painter

French painter Gaston La Touche (1854-1913) post-impressionist painter, draughtsman and pastellist was a leading colorist of the late nineteenth/early twentieth centuries, who associated with all the important artists of the period.

He was close friends with many of the Impressionists, but chose to follow an independent path in both technique and subject matter.

His extraordinary imagination revealed itself in his wonderful depictions of monkeys, fetes, balls, theatrical subjects and interiors, all tinged with a wry sense of humor.

Igor Zenin, 1948 | Dreaming Spirit

Moldovan Photographer Igor Zenin has been a photographer for over 45 years.

His work is well known in Europe far beyond the borders of his home country the Republic of Moldova.

A talented photographer's lens captured a lot of significant events and famous people, including visit to Moldova of the first man in space cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin back in 1966.

In 2007 over 80 works exhibited in Strasbourg during the winter session of PACE.

Later works of Igor Zenin appeared on covers of several editions of the Council of Europe.

Jasmine Le Nozac'h, 1970 | Abstract painter

At age 14, Jasmine Le Nozac'h - Belgian painter, began her art studies at the St Luc School of art in Belgium, continuing at the Beaux Arts School in Tournai.

Over 8 years, she first studied photography, graphic arts and plastic arts.

She then left for Paris to learn the trade of interior decorating at the Higher Institute of Decorative Painting - Ipedec.

In 1993, she passed her diploma with flying colors; finishing top of her year.

André Minaux | Abstract painter

French painter André Minaux [1923-1986] was an drawer, lithographer of figures, still lifes and landscapes, engraver, illustrator, sculptor, who began as one of the post-war group of young French artists interested in a certain return to realism. He is considered as a 20th century painter belonging to «la Nouvelle École de Paris».

Born in Paris. Studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs 1941-5 under Brianchon.

First one-man exhibition at the Galerie des Impressions d'Art, Paris, 1946. Awarded the Prix de la Critique 1949. Exhibited in 1949 and 1950 with the group 'Homme témoin', which also included Lorjou, Buffet and Rebeyrolle.

Rumen Nikolov Dimitrov, 1975 | Abstract Figurative painter

Bulgarian painter Rumen Nikolov Dimitrov was born in Dezde. From 2002 live in Spain.

Kim Nelson (1958-2015) Symbolist painter

Australian painter Kim Nelson lives and works in the foothills of the Brindabella mountain range, near the Australian National Capital, Canberra.

He has been a finalist in the Black Swan Prize, the Country Arts Energy Prize, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize amongst many others.

He has completed work for UNICEF, and completed major commissions for media mogul Rupert Murdoch. His work can be found gracing the walls of such headquarters as News Corp., New York and the Australia High Commission in London.

In 2013 Nelson was named Yass Valley Shire 'Citizen of the Year' in the Australia Day honours for his work in the community and specifically for the YASSarts initiative.