Ilyas Aidarov /Ильяс Айдаров, 1956 | Paris painting

Ильяс Айдаров was born in Kazan. He graduated from Moscow Architectural Institute. Corresponding Fellow of Russian Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the Republic of Tatarstan, Honoured Artist of Tajikistan, Member of the International Academy of Art and Culture, Member of the USSR Union of Architects, Member of Artists Union of Russia (MOSH), Member of Moscow Union of Artists (MSH), Member of Artists Union of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Ilyas has been awarded the top state and communal awards in the arts field. For an unprecedented exhibition in space aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has been honoured entry into the Guinness Book of Records (Russian branch).

DU Kun 杜昆, 1982 ~ Revels of the Rock Gods | Surrealist painter

DU Kun /杜昆 born in Sichuan, China, in 1982. Under the influence of his art teacher father DU began studying painting from the age of four, later graduating from Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts’ Oil Painting program. Today he works between Tianjin and Beijing as his base, and is particularly widely renowned as a young Chinese artist for his creativity and the brilliance of his techniques. Further, since his student days, in addition to his work as a painter DU Kun has been applying his talents in the field of music. He made his professional debut as a rock musician while still at art school, and has since frequently demonstrated his musical prowess.

Philipp Weber, 1974 | Hyperrealist painter

German painter🎨 Philipp Weber tells the stories that move him, using a hyperrealist style. Realism, pop, composition and an attempt to find an inner truth determine the artist’s approach, which places women at the heart of his cyclical works.

Like Mel Ramos, Philipp Weber depicts the artificiality and the clichés of the fashion and advertising world. His young women pose as if for a photo shoot for a glossy magazine, providing a blank canvas for men’s dreams, thus picking up on a traditional artistic theme.

Tricia Cherrington Ratliff | Still Life /Portrait painter

Tricia Cherrington-Ratliff is an artist who paints with a specific goal of leaving behind works of art that will be meaningful to future generations.

Having grown up in the shadows of the Music Hall of historic Tarrytown New York, painter Tricia Cherrington-Ratliff credits New York's vibrant art scene with inspiring her to create fine art at a young age. Unconsiously, the history of her surroundings gave her a lifelong sense that a beautiful work of art outlasts a generation and speaks to those who come later. She considers artwork a legacy to be passed to others.

Ron Di Scenza, 1954 | Ballet dancers

Ron Di Scenza is an Italian/American painter, known for working in the Figurative style.

For biographical notes -in english and italian- and other works by Di Scenza see:

• Ron Di Scenza, 1954 | Figurative Impressionist painter.

Trisha Adams | Impressionist landscape painter

Trisha Adams was born and raised in California. She went to college at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri with a year's honor study in Oxford, England. She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in psychology, but it was her work as college yearbook editor which sparked her choice of vocation. She moved to Virginia and began working in the advertising department of a local newspaper. Because of her interest in computers, she quickly transitioned to desktop publishing and opened her own graphic design firm in 1985. After selling her business in 1990, she joined a color printing company establishing their electronic prepress department and retail service bureau.

Andrée Bienfait, 1956 | Figurative pastel painter

Andrée Bienfait was born in Belgium where she spent her youth and there began to paint under the guidance of painters of her native region, the Ardennes.

She started art classes in high school Izel (Gaume), then continued her studies in the Ecole Supérieure des Arts in St Luc in Brussels.

With the desire to further her profession, Andree went from Belgium to Alsace in order to study with the renowned Claude Lapointe at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg.

In 1981, Andrée Bienfait moved to Strasbourg, in north-eastern France, working as a book illustrator for over 20 years, mainly books for children and young people (there’s a considerable list under Bibliographie).

Luxo N. P. 1972 | Figurative Abstract painter

Luxo N. P. was born, lives and works in Salt Lake City. He is best known for Impassioned Freedomism Art movement. If you search in a dictionary reference for the word impassioned you will find definitions "filled with intense feeling or passion" and search online the word Freedomism you will discover the definitions "the doctrine that man has freedom of choice in his actions". Viewing at Luxo’s paintings from this leverage point, one can truly understand why Artist like Luxo express intense passion with no styles boundaries but inspire by imagination to interpretations of our world.