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Diana, (Detail) Statue with foundation,
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We are very proud and excited launching a very special Each artist is provided the opportunity to feature in our
edition known as the Gold List: Top Contemporary Artists of special Gold List edition of the magazine where an exhibition,
Today. This special edition of the international Art Market collection off their work displayed alongside an in-depth
Magazine features an in-depth review of extraordinary artists feature article and biography. With a readership that reaches
making waves in the art community. more than sixteen thousands throughout the world (including
The featured artists are among the most exciting and North American and European markets) and a distribution
promising talents to emerge in recent years, and we are network that reaches art curators, gallery owners, and
incredibly proud to recognise their excellence, providing a investors, this offers each talented artist the opportunity for
platform to help expose these amazing artists and their work newfound levels of exposure.
to the world.
08. JOSHUA MIELS | IN TWO MINDS 78. SERGIO CAMPOREALE | THEATRICAL ART
14. FEROMONTANA 84. BRIAN SOSTROM
20. DEBI OULU | PENETRATION 88. DORON GAL- ADONI
24. MARCO BATTAGLINI | ARTPOPCLASSIC 92. RAPHAEL PEREZ | PANORAMIC TEL AVIV
28. MALLY ELBAZ ALMANDINE 98. TANYA ISAACSON
30. MARITHA VAN AMEROM 100. ASSAF BASSON
32. MICHAL SHELLY 104. URIEL CAZES | JEWISH LIFE
34. NELLIEN BREWER | TEXT WORKS 110. NIVA DOTAN
38. ORA NISSIM | WORLD OF COLOR 116. LELA MIGIROV
40. DANA ZALTZMAN 120. ORNA NAOR
46. SAMANTHA FRENCH | SWIMMERS 124. CATRIONA CAMERON
52. EMILY HARRIS 126. EMERICH MEERSON
54. DR. LILAC ABRAMSKY-ARAZI 128. AYELET BOKER
56. GUY ALONI | THIRTY SEVEN MOMENTS 134. ZVIKA HORESH | RIDE WITH THE WIND
60. LIKA RAMATI 138. YNIN SHILLO
64. BORIS LEIFER 142. PAUL MICHAEL MONTELONGO
68. PEGGY LEE 144. WHITNEY BABIN
70. AGITA KEIRI | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE 146. DAPHNE HOREV
76. JOYCE POMMER 150. ELHANAN SIMHAYEV

TOP ARTIST
JOSHUA MIELS
IN TWO MINDS
Done dirt cheap, 120cm x 90cm, Oil on canvas

IN TWO MINDS
Joshua Miels explores the emotional
state of mind that we attempt to shield
from society, and how a face is often
a faade. For one to truly understand
what someone is going through can
be proven as a difficult task. When
we look at someone, we believe
we can read their inner emotions. A
face can express an array of feelings
from happiness to sadness - we can
appear composed in the toughest of
situations if we wear the right mask. In
Two Minds deals with the actions and
emotion we portray to mask the inner
turmoil and emotional hardship. People
give false fronts, to give the illusion
that they are fine. This is particularly
true with males. Men are still being
asked to live up to old fashioned
expectations be strong, be brave, be
protective.
Dark days, 120cm x 90cm, Oil on canvas
Supremacy, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas
Many of these things may be unattainable

for individuals and this can be particularly
emotionally damaging. As the poet E. E.
Cummings wrote, The greatest battle we face
as human beings is the battle to protect our true
selves from the self the world wants us to be.
We all portray and mask emotions in various
ways, on the assumption that we are being
judged on face value. I want to challenge this
assumption. Through my portraits I aim to
express the ambiguity of psychical emotion
by limiting what feelings my subjects portray.
These large-scale paintings of males, most of
whom I know personally appear somewhat
nonchalant. Unable to immediately relate to
direct human emotions, viewers look past
what they see at face-value, prompting people
to question the real individual. As a male
with a family history of anxiety, addiction and
depression I have witnessed firsthand how
people can fool even those closest to them.
They are torn between two-minds one is the
real-self and the other is the way society wants
us to be. Choosing which state of mind to be in
can be a difficult task.

Manik, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas How much for cash, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas
JOSHUA MIELS EXHIBITIONS

- 2015 Hill Smith Gallery, South Australia
Joshua Miels is a contemporary
artist who looks to capture the - 2015 Metro Gallery, Armadale, Victoria
vulnerability and emotions of people - 2014 Metro Gallery, Armadale, Victoria
that they try to hide from others. - 2014 BMG Art Gallery, SA
Spending countless hours, adding
- 2012 Greenhill Gallery, North Adelaide
layer upon layer of paint, Joshua
produces artworks that are not only - 2012 AP Bond Gallery, Magill, South
striking but deep and powerful. Australia
Painted with predominantly oil - 2012 Espionage Gallery, Adelaide, South
paint, each piece starts off with a
Australia
subject, but with a large amount of
experimentation, each and every - 2011 Ap Bond Galley, Magill, South
piece of art takes its own journey. Australia
The Artworks challenge the viewers
to draw upon their own emotions
and personal experiences.

Silenced, 120cm x 90cm, Oil on canvas The Collector, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas
AWARDS
- Emma Hack Art Prize (finalist) 2016
- Harford hardwood prize for portraiture 2015
(finalist)
- Black Swan Prize for Portraiture (finalist) 2015
(finalist)
- Lethbridge 10,000 small scale prize 2015
(finalist)
- Anzac Art Prize 2015 (finalist)
- Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (semi
Finalist) 2014
- Kennedy Art Prize (finalist) 2014
- Percival Prize for Portraiture (finalist) 2014
- Emma Hack Art Prize (finalist) 2014
- Doug Moran Prize for Portraiture (semi
Finalist) 2013
Hilly, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas

Dissociative, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas

Omega, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas The Don, 160cm x 130cm, Oil on canvas
JOSHUA MIELS
IN TWO MINDS
Website: http://joshuamiels.com/
email: rawcreative@optusnet.com.au

TOP ARTIST
FEROMONTANA
THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE OEUVRE

The work of Feromontana is of human creation and thought.
characterized by a fascinating This is fascinating, because
triple of division into emotion, Feromontanas work seems easily
ratio and the playful dimension accessible to the viewer. It brings
of the space. Each one is out lightness and a sense of life.
accompanied by a work category, It is colorful and affirmative.
though not determined: statues, The geometrical forms - circles
painting and relief. In their and squares - represent the
interaction, we recognize the mathematical underlining of
references to the world of the the work. This way, our left and
future. The secret is: there right hemispheres are equally
are no high-tech devices of a activated: what initially seems
digitalized computer landscape, fragmentary fits seamlessly into
but deeply profound elements each other.
The thinker, 251x100x70cm

STATUES
Gardens and statues are the
combination of art and nature.
Feromontanas large sculptures
accompany us on the way. The
colorful figures are a subtle
reminiscence to the past. The
inner eye can see them in the
countryside the same way as
on the platform of a skyscraper
in a high-tech metropolis, no
matter what the continent is.
Ancient statues often survive
showing the bare surface of
the material of which they
are made. For example, many
people associate Greek classical
art with white marble sculpture,
but there is evidence that many
statues were painted in bright
colours. Feromontanas figures
recall this. They are occupied
with colorful circles. Thus,
the symbolism of the circle of 4 Seasons, each statue with
culture becomes evident. foundation, 211x60x46cm

Diana, Statue with foundation,
278x85x55cm

The kingly gift, Statue with foundation,
253x110x70

PAINTINGS
The graphic works of
Feromontana, on the other hand,
are determined by a clear and
analytical construction. Here, the
square becomes a central element
and forms another principle of
the design. Circle and square are
mathematical elements in this
context. They become part of
an analytical language, which at
the same time gives us a riddle:
Squaring the circle for our Minds.
Rectangle painting Nr 3, 240x160cm, (each rectangle 10cm x 10cm), Oil on canvas.
Squaring the circle is a problem
proposed by ancient geometers.
It is the challenge of constructing
a square with the same area as a
given circle by using only a finite
number of steps with compass
and straightedge. This part of
the work is a reference to the
concrete art. In the context of a
global economy, one can say that
whoever has one of these works
in his business rooms is inspired
by this puzzle of field of colors
and shapes. As we learned from
digitalization, pattern recognition
is the kings discipline of the
future.
Two blue flying donuts, 90x60cm, Oil on canvas.
RELIEFS the title produces a strange lightness, but also about

The relief forms the irritation of the thoughts. a depth that makes you
bridge between sculpture Suddenly, completely think. By now, our inner
and concrete art. In this new images emerge in images oscillate between
category of work, a more our minds. Instead of the the outside and the inside.
fundamental aspect of message of a street artist We see that the future can
human culture is involved. I love Graffiti, we see the also be gloomy. We take
Feromontana uses disadvantages of fulfilling the view of the object,
language for irritation and ones dreams too early as travel inside, reflect, think,
association. For example, well as the breathtaking and return to Feromontana.
consider the lettering: heights of a loft and hear We go back to the gardens
I LOFE GRAVVITY the trembling voice of with the sculptures or find
together with the title of gravity. We are oscillating ourselves in business rooms
the relief drop out. The between heaven and earth. where his works are part of
interchanging of only a few At this point, Feromontana the whole.
letters in combination with not only tells us about

Flying red spots, 200x200cm, Oil on canvas.
BIOGRAPHY AND OVERALL

INTERPRETATION
Even if we want to know who the artist is, we do
not know whether there is a man, a woman or a
collective behind the pseudonym. Feramontana
unites everything. What we understand is the
message. The mixed future awaits a hyper-connected
understanding of the world. Hyper-reality presents
a kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where
physical and virtual realities have merged. The
lifestyle is not bound to any particular place. It is
liquid and spontaneous. Regarding Feromontanas
oevre, Homo Ludens: a study of the play-element
of culture by the cultural historian, Johan Huizinga,
must be mentioned. He divided human beings into
Homo Sapiens, wise men (or women for that matter);
Homo Faber, men who are productive and active;
and Homo Ludens, men or women who play - who,
as postulated by Huizinga, are the originators of
creativity, art and culture. Pure reason, or no more
than diligence, would be nothing without play. This
truth is shown in the work and in the biographical Facebook: www.facebook.com/feromontana.art
definition of the artist Feromontana. Website: www.feromontana.com
Contact: art@feromontana.com

TOP ARTIST
DEBI OULU
PENETRATION
Debi Oulu is as bright and intense as her She received her BA in communication
newest series of light sculptures, titled from UCSD. After traveling alone for a
Penetration. Her passion shines from year in the Far East, she moved to Israel,
the first moment you meet her. where she worked as a 3-D animator
and Web Designer before becoming a
Being an artist is who I am, full-time artist. Her formal art studies
every moment of the day. Its began with the artist Yehezkel Cohen,
about exploring the rules and continued at the Midrasha School of Art
boundaries we imagine to be and then under the mentorship of the
real, and then going beyond them. The professor of art, Henry Lee Anderson,
language of art is how I communicate this in his bronze casting foundry. She
most fluidly. has also studied at Shenkar College
of Engineering and Design in their
In addition to the language of art, Oulu Community Based Art program. In
speaks both English and Hebrew fluently. her first solo exhibition, Penetration,
Born in Arizona, the artist grew up in an Oulus sculptures change the way we
intellectual Jewish home. Her fathers view portraits. Her portraits penetrate
paintings, sculptures and violin music through the outer body, to expose the
exposed her to the world of art. inner essence of the person.

She intertwines her illuminated
cables with different objects
that contain narratives to
craft portraits which are more
revealing and raw than any nude
could ever be. It was important
to show hoe people look from
the inside, not how we usually
lavel a person based on sex, age
and color. As Doron Polak, art
ciritique and curator stated,
The illuminated cable sculptures
of Debi Oulu delves deeply into
the philosophical concept of body
both physically and metaphysically
in a stunningly executed manner
that has followed Oulu throughout
her artistic career. The illuminated
cables are bright white bodies
that capture the viewers eye
during the day, and at night, they
sweep the viewer into a sensual
and dramatic vortex.
For the past three years, Oulu

has also been creating large
interactive art installations at
Israels Burning Man festival,
Midburn. The Midburn
community has given me a
platform to create, collaborate,
and build my wildest dreams, says
Debi Oulu adds interactive
Oulu.
and multimedia elements which
elevate her works from static
objects to a comprehensive experience
which enables the visitors to touch
and become part of the art work. Her
installations, video art and multimedia
creations express her desire to reveal the
naked truth, to connect, to touch and to
find the common denominator between all
people.
-Dr Dalia Hakker-Orion, art critique
While exhibiting in galleries, Oulus

favorite venues are alternative non-
art spaces where she can bring art into
contact with people in everyday settings
such as bus stations, schools, public
streets, night clubs and festivals. She has
exhibited in Israel, Italy, Australia, New
York, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Las Vegas.

DEBI OULU
PENETRATION
Website: http://debioulu.com/

ARTPOPCLASSIC
BY MARCO BATTAGLINI
I am God, send me money.
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TOP ARTIST
ARTPOPCLASSIC
BY MARCO BATTAGLINI
Through a subtle interplay of multiple realities

overlapping in the chronotope, Battaglini evidences
the contradictions in mental models about the
temporal contrast (chronological), and the cultural
and linguistic barriers. Compositions which at first
seem logical, immediately reveal temporal and spatial
limitations that are disruptive in the interpretation
of reality. Battaglini invites us to think that in
todays global village, with the democratization of
culture, the evolution of knowledge, information
immediacy, immersed in the heterogeneity, the
Patchwork Culture forces us to confront with a need
understanding beyond our geographical boundaries
of time. The uniqueness of the Italian artist Marco
Battaglini is probably to conceptualize the possible Keep smiling.
coexistence of the ideals of classical beauty with
the anti aesthetic, the combination of the divine elements drawn from Pop art - elitist superiority, merged with an
and refined with the vulgar, through a composition an inter-textual puzzle rich with art that emphasizes the popular
that can complement different realities in an eternal references. Here we see classic culture of the masses, converging
instant. His research of multidimensionality leads works of art transported to the in an attempt to subvert and
him to overlap different temporal, spatial and cultural present day, re-contextualized relative the value we attribute to
realities, where everything seems to make sense in a contemporary art and social Art with a capital A. Battaglini
This is ultimately Battaglinis purpose: to remove setting where new messages are revitalizes the subversive qualities
barriers that distort the perception of reality. Without sent that require the cooperation of Pop art itself by placing the
a doubt, the work of Marco Battaglini (Verona, of the receiver. This fusion offers elements of that tendency in
Italy, 1969) echoes the anxiety inherent in Western us a clear view of the artists a contemporary setting. The
society during the 21st century. This artists work inclination toward exposing confrontation that Pop elicited
confronts us with an esthetic shock, a style charged the intrinsic contradictions of in I am God, send me money its
with eclecticism and a touch of humor that brings a the human condition, drawing moment by inserting mundane
smile to the spectators face while begging questions inferences from the contrasts elements into the sphere of art
about the dogma that underlies current artistic and that result from the juxtaposition has ceased to be what we would
social scenes. ARTPOPCLASSIC captures the main of essentially antagonistic artistic deem subversive, immersed as we
characteristic of Battaglinis work, specifically the styles: the traditional current, are now in a context where mass
inclusion of elements drawn from classic art alongside with its general connotation of culture has clearly achieved the

Nosce te ipsum
status of a phenomenon a
condition from which there
is no turning back. From
this perspective, the work
of Battaglini represents
a fusion of classical art
with Pop art the latter
with its own connotations
and converts both to
fragments of a new esthetic
that is, in some way, a
reflection of the eclecticism
and the fragmentation
that are hallmarks of
postmodernism.
All you have is...

Persevera, per severa, per se vera.
The uniqueness of
the Italian artist
Marco Battaglini is
to conceptualize the possible
coexistence of the ideals of
classical beauty with the anti-
aesthetic, the combination of
the divine and refined with the
vulgar, through a composition
that can complement different
realities in an eternal instant.
ARTPOPCLASSIC
BY MARCO BATTAGLINI
Website: www.marcobattaglini.com
Website: www.artpopclassic.com
Last night I dreamt... email: battaglini.imagen@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
MALLY ELBAZ ALMANDINE

ALMANDINE - A
natural mineral purple
gem tends to Bordeaux.
The building blocks of my
creations are based on
the almandine gems. The
gems are stones, and in
some Jewish traditions,
stones are metaphor for
a persons distress. I hold
a philosophical concept
of how to deal with human distress. It seems that
the stones that I played with as a child, stones that
accounted a world of images, hold a double meaning
now that they constitute the cornerstones to the
images of my creativity. The creation of the painting
itself consists of small pieces that are weaved into a
kind of chain of small colored stones.
Top: Go Away. 2012. 80x60 cm. Acrylic on canvas

Left: If i was2013 40x60 cm. Acrylic on canvas
The image of these pieces of traditional embroidery. Before

stones stands for the pieces he died, hed taught me this
of life that are twined into craft. My perception of the
a whole. A whole lifetime. world is of the tapestry.
A lifetime that consists That is, life according to this
of numerous childhood understanding, is made of
experiences and memories little bits of happiness and joy
that have had substantial that are juxtaposed to chaos,
influence on my mental being. sadness, and pain that exist
On top of that, it seems that in the world and affect us all.
there is also the derivative of Little bits of life experiences
my forefathers in Yemen. My and childhood memories
grandfather and my late father undergo idealization with time
were engaged in the sewing and are intertwined in our
and embroidery crafts in Sanaa. lives as adults. This emotional
My father was a tailor who experience gains a significant
also knew the craft of making a form and shape from which I
sleeveless pullover from goats draw the imagery in my current
and sheep wool. He sewed work (small pieces of stones
them for the deputy of the and embroidery made by my
king in Yemen. My late father father).
also mastered the Yemenite

A blue king 2016 50x70 cm. Acrylic on canvas Dancing 2014 50x70 cm. Acrylic on canvas
Evening 2013 120x90 cm. Acrylic on canvas Clouds 2016 100x70 cm. Acrylic on canvas
Website: http://www.almandineart.com/
email: almandine55@gmail.com

M A R I T H A
TOP ARTIST
VAN AMEROM
Maritha van Amerom is a an art student for three years, of tangibility. Maritha van
South African born artist she made a dramatic career Amerom has participated
with European roots. My change and started working in numerous exhibitions in
earliest memories as young as full-time artist in 2009. Her South Africa and her work
artist transport me back to fascination with the human forms part of collections world
my German Grandmother, a body, its form, shape, reaction wide, including Australia, New
Fine Art Graduate from the to elements like gravity or age Zealand, Dubai, Netherlands,
University of Graz, Austria. is the basis from which she Ireland. Maritha has been a
Apart from input from works. The most intriguing is finalist in the Thami Mnyele
numerous well-known artists the underlying, often invisible Fine Art Awards (2014) and
throughout my career, my emotion inside that body, SPI Portrait Awards (top 150,
grandmothers passion for art which translates and becomes 2015). She has also been
can still be singled out as one alive through hands, posture, selected as one of the Gold list
of the biggest influences in my eyes and movement. Often Top 60 emerging international
art career. Having her Masters the challenge lies in the artists of today (March 2017,
degree in Psychology, Maritha ability to see the emotional Art Market).
practiced as Psychologist for and the imperceptible and to to be , 100cm x 70cm, Ink &
many years. After enrolling as give it form, life and a sense Acrylic on paper with embossing

all in this together , Ink & acrylic on paper, 70cm x 100cm
Are you OK? is probably the most important

question youll ever have to answer. Because right
now whether youre aware of it or not all the
relationships with the most important people in your life are
strongly influenced by a combination of how you feel about
yourself (OK or not OK) and what you think of them (again,
OK or not OK)
- Transactional Analysis - Dr. Eric Berne, Dr. Thomas Harris
I believe our decisions and ultimately our life, are directly

linked to the way we see ourselves as well as the way we see
others and the way they see us. I find that my work often
reverts back to the human race and our constant need of
approval, rather than just being who we are and being
OK with that. The viewer is therefore mostly presented
with various elements from which they can draw their own
conclusions or internal dialogue.
OK, 70cm x 100cm , Ink & Acrylic on paper
Left: when control is not enough ,

70cm x 100cm, Ink & Acrylic on paper
Website: maritha.net
email: maritha.art@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
MICHAL SHELLY
In my Urban series I was mainly thin-

king about the metropolitan environ-
ment that is more familiar to me, where
I identify myself . . . Tel Aviv, which is a city that
brings out the excitement as well as isolation.
The crane is an exciting motif of destruction and
construction; power and vulnerability; the contrast
between the sky and the water on the land, bet-
ween darkness and light, between noise to silence
. . . All of which serve as examples of issues that
inspired me. I didnt use photos or dealt with the
challenge of painting a particular place, but tried
to immerse myself and concentrate in a dialogue
that faces the shapes and the shades that appear
on the canvas spontaneously and wake up topics/
sensations/ images that were branded into the
memory of my lived reality, and around the topic
called city.
Urban 9. 170x100cm. Oil on canvas.

Urban 1. 170x100cm. Oil on canvas. Urban 7. 170x100cm. Oil on canvas.
Urban 5. 170x100cm. Oil on canvas. Urban 4. 170x100cm. Oil on canvas.
Website: http://www.michalshellyart.com/
email: michalshelly1@walla.co.il

TOP ARTIST
NELLIEN BREWER TEXT WORKS

Nellien Brewer is
a South African
artist. She was
born in Greytown,
KwaZulu-Natal,
in 1961. She
qualified as
a Landscape
Architect from
the University of
Pretoria in 1982,
and spent the
next 20 years in
this profession.
Fine arts, however, always remained her first love,
and she enrolled for the BVA degree at UNISA
(University of South Africa) which she completed
in 2011. She has participated in a number of
local and international exhibitions such as the
Ekurhuleni National Fine Arts Awards/ Thami
Mnyele Fine Arts Awards, where she was one
of the Top 15 artists in 2008 and 2014, and
received the Art on Paper merit award in 2009.
Her work was selected for the national Sasol New
Signatures competition in 2010, 2013, 2014 and
2015. In 2011 one of her works was selected for
the CIVA Biennial Conference Juried Exhibition
at Biola University, Los Angeles. IN 2013 her
work was selected for the Me.Ek exhibition,
Brewer, Nellien. Coagulation series Image 1 (2007). Digital print on archival
which was curated by Prof Elfriede Dreyer for medium, 420mm x 600mm. Edition size 5.
the ABSA KKNK in Oudtshoorn, and in 2015 she These works contain various passages of Scripture which have been meaningful
to me over the years.
was invited to participate in the Vera World Fine
Arts Festival in Lisbon. In 2016 her work was
selected as one of the Curators Choice works in each contain an entire book of the Bible. She employs a
the Vision: An Artists Perspective exhibition at variety of media in her art making, and her work has become
Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, USA. Her work was also increasingly computer-based as a digital drawing facilitates
included in the 2016 Search for Meaning Book a level of detail impossible to achieve by hand. Her work is
Fair, Art Exhibition at Seattle University, USA. She represented in the permanent exhibitions of UNISA and the
is interested in mans search for meaning against WWB Foundation, as well as numerous private collections
a background of natural complexity, and started both local and international.
working extensively with text during 2007. She
is currently working on a series of works which

I grew up in an Afrikaans Christian family
on an isolated farm in KwaZulu-Natal,
South Africa. As a child, I unquestioningly
accepted the faith of my family. At boarding
school and later university, I drifted away from the
Christian teachings I had grown up with, although
this was not really a conscious choice. I never
considered myself to be anything but a Christian,
but in retrospect, I had subconsciously absorbed
different ideas so that my own worldview became
somewhat muddled. I enrolled for the Visual Arts
degree at the University of South Africa (UNISA)
quite late in life, after practicing as a Landscape
Architect for about 20 years. When I was in my
second year of the Visual Arts degree, my father
passed away. At the same time our family farm was
lost in a land claim, and my brother and his family
left South Africa primarily as a result of crime. This
shaking of my foundations caused me to look at
life from a different perspective. Suddenly I had
very little interest in making art for arts sake. My
father had been a very devout man, and I started
to explore the beliefs I had grown up with but had
rebelled against as a teenager. At UNISA we were
discouraged from working with sentimental topics
such as religion and family. So, in trying to find a
way to explore the loss and grief without becoming
sentimental, I started experimenting with the use
of Scripture using transparent glue on transparent
sheets of plastic. The text was visible only when
activated by light. Although I had started working
with Scripture from an emotional place, I loved
the visual and conceptual results, and so did the
lecturers. The following year I wanted to continue
my exploration of text as a medium, but I struggled
to justify the theme conceptually. The book
Darwins Black Box by Michael J Behe led me to
start exploring natural complexity and the concepts
of evolution versus creation. At this time I started
working with digital text which turned out to be
more appropriate than handwriting for exploring
themes of complexity.
Brewer, Nellien. Duality (2009). Digital print on archival medium, 2000mm x 1000mm, Edition
size 10. This work contains text from the Book of Psalms.

TEXT WORKS
DESCRIPTION
The text works are
images based on natural
organisms such as various
lichen varieties which
have been enlarged. These
images are interpreted
in digital text which is
deliberately kept small
and uniform (Arial font) so
that visual interest is only
achieved by combining
the units, and not by any
interpretation or digital
enhancement on the part
of the artist. There are no
short cuts or visual tricks
the works are created
in Photoshop literally by
typing letter for letter.
Each completed work has
taken months to do, and I
Brewer, Nellien. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in
am only able to complete
Thy sight (2008). Digital print on archival medium, Edition size 10.
approximately one per
This work contains text from the Book of Psalms.
year. The completed
works are sold as a series
of editions, similar to
When I was explaining my made it all come together. I are a meditative activity
any traditional printed
proposed concept at a crit became fascinated by the fact which brings order within
art work eg etching,
session, one of the lecturers that algorithms can be written the frenetic pace of modern
Monotype, etc. I keep the
rather irritably suggested for any natural pattern, but life. Art, for me, has become
editions low a maximum
that I should Stay away from not for abstract thought or intertwined with spirituality
of 10, with the exception
the grandiose concepts, and speech. The text interpretation to such a degree that I can no
of the first edition, which
start at the beginning! This became a metaphor for longer completely separate
works as follows:
inspired me to investigate complexity and the design the two. I strive to express the
The Beginning as defined by code underlying all natural intangible in a tangible way,
FIRST EDITION
Science and Religion. Science systems. The text works have and am constantly challenged
(FIRST FRUITS)
simply holds that a singularity become something of an to explore ways of combining
Works containing a book
preceded the Big Bang. This obsession. I am in the process the natural with the spiritual.
of the Bible without any
is a point at which all the laws of creating a number of text I explore themes of mortality
additional text. The image
of Science break down. On works which each contain an and immortality, different
is not full or complete,
the other hand, Christianity, entire book of the Bible. As I worldviews and philosophies.
but it does function as an
Judaism and Islam all accept type every word, the process Predominantly, however, all
art work. Owing to the
that God created everything, is extremely time-consuming my art-making revolves around
fact that this is Scripture,
out of nothing, by the spoken and I am only able to complete giving visual expression to
the first edition is my
Word. The exquisitely simple approximately one work per The Word.
First Fruit series. I do
statement in John 1:1 In the year. At the same time, the
not make any profit out
beginning was the Word hours spent typing Scripture
of this edition, and the

works are donated to charity or other
worthy causes. The works are signed and
numbered, but I am not able to set a limit
to this edition as I have no idea what God
is planning for it. The numbered works
are not likely to be more than 5 or 10, so
this will still be a limited edition of sorts.
SUBSEQUENT EDITIONS
Continuing the filling of the image, I add
more Scripture from another book to the
image, and this becomes the +1 series
eg Mark +1. The additional Scriptures
are chosen randomly as I feel led to do
on the specific day. This is a new work
and is then sold as a limited edition of 10.
These works are dated as 2010, 2014,
for example, where 2010 would be the
date of the completion of the First Fruit
work, with 2014 being the date when
new text was added. Once the edition
of 10 has been sold, I add more text, and
this becomes the +2 series.
Brewer, Nellien. John (2010). Digital print on archival medium, 500mm x 500mm. Edition size MULTIMEDIA WORK
unlimited. This work contains the entire Book of John. The text works have become the
foundation for most of my work, and I
have experimented with printing and
laser-cutting or laserengraving on media
such as Perspex and wood. I sometimes
combine text with photographic work,
and I also use printed versions of the text
images as a base for oil or charcoal work.
Brewer, Nellien. Mark (2011). Digital print on archival medium, 500mm Website: www.art.co.za/nellienbrewer
x 500mm. Edition size unlimited. This work contains the entire Book of Mark. email: nellien.brewer.art@gmail.com

ORA NISSIM WORLD OF COLOR. MODERN JUDAICA
Jerusalem in Abstract,
140x80cm Oil on canvas.
Ora Nissim, An Autodidact strokes are safe. Through which

Avant-garde artist. Her paintings it builds character and situations
are characterized by strong figments of her imagination, and
colors, turmoil, mobility, dream, she makes them harmonious
fantasy and reflection of ones composition soothing the eyes
daily life and Jewish experience, of the beholder and it creates
past and present. curiosity and interest.
The religious duality of her The creative process flows
life, from her childhood in naturally to her, and is saturated
Mea Shearim beyond the with feelings and sensuality.
contemporary art world, reached Religious human character
its limit in each of her pieces. serves as the creation of light,
On the one hand - delicacy of placing itself in a deep internal
the brush, on the other hand - mood, and expresses its own
Rampage colors on the canvas, language and own unique
the celebration of the senses are innermost feelings.
endless. The works of light detected
Creative fire burning in her dance with whom she sweeps
bones, and she moves between the viewers and fans. In her
classic style and freestyle. oil painting, texture creates a
Palette of rich, deep colors, It dynamic, which flow with air
adopts unique fingerprint that of holiness and thus achieves
Western Wall in Blue, 80x90cm, Oil on canvas.
can identify by every place in volume, depth and sense of
the world. standing in view of creating
Ora uses a skill, her brush three-dimensional.

TOP ARTIST
In my art, I create new

worlds, worlds that To Nissim, Judaism is
I want to live in, For multifaceted. Her paintings
example, with my paintings of Jerusalem are full of
of the colorful hassidim, color, whimsy, vibrancy
the white background and heart. She references a
symbolizes Hashem [God]; teaching that the Jerusalem
and all the colors of the of gold represents Mashiah,
hassidim represent not the the future redemption.
Judaism that I grew up with, All of the colors coming
the black and white, but together on the canvas
the colorful, progressive are to her all the different
Judaism that you see today, types of Jews and residents
the multicolored experience of Jerusalem, including Jerusalem in purple and green colors, 80x140cm, Oil on canvas.
that is open to all Jews. Muslims and Christians,

I dont like the labels. I who are all moving forward
practice Judaism today toward this future.
in a much more real way.
I dont look at things as The colors match and
haredi or secular. I found work together well, but
my own path, and you the challenge for her as a
can see it in my artwork. I painter is to never enter the
dont focus on the fearful realm of kitsch. My life has
aspect of Judaism, which is been so colorful, like my art.
what I knew growing up. I I had to have courage to
practice out of joy and love, go my own way and be an
which is what you see in my innovator. My art is really Jerusalem Atmosphyre. 60x110cm Oil on canvas.
paintings. symbolic of that journey.
I paint Judaica art, but not She attributes her success

in the standard way that to the courage that was
reflects Judaism of the required to express
past. I wanted to paint herself and describe her
Judaism today and in the experiences through
future. I dont think about art. She currently has
what Im going to paint paintings in New York,
beforehand; there is no Canada and in the
plan. I feel. Waldorf Astoria Hotel in
Jerusalem.
Nissim is quite successful,
selling paintings to big By ARIEL DOMINIQUE
HENDELMAN
buyers all over the world.
Website: http://oranissim.com/
email: ora.nisim1@gmail.com
Dance and in color, 100x120cm, Oil on canvas.

TOP ARTIST
DANA ZALTZMAN
Old Cup, 2016, Oil on wood, 40x30cm

DANA ZALTZMAN
by Dr. Smadar Sheffi
Self Portrait, 2016,Oil on linen,90x70cm
Dana Zaltzman encapsulates fragments

of time, fragile shards in which the
awareness of the transient becomes
acute to the point of anxiety. She paints
scales in painful detail, absurdly weighing
feathers, groundsel flowers, or paper
bags with metal weights on the opposite
weighing pan. The iconography of the
scales of justice is rooted in Egyptian
art. The Book of the Dead describes how
seem to arise from Zaltzmans oeuvre Plastic Bag, 2013, Oil on linen, 60x50cm,
the heart of the deceased is weighed
beautiful, painful paintings, with
on a scale: if the heart is lighter than a
consummate self-awareness. Zaltzman
feather, the departed is awarded eternal
has thus been developing her style in
life. Christian iconography depicts the
relation to art history and contemporary
Archangel Gabriel weighing souls on
trends. The paintings feature transparent
Judgment Day, while medieval painters
brushwork that seems to be hovering over
depicted personified Justice as a
the canvas alongside of crisp rendering
blindfolded woman holding a sword and a
of objects. One can almost feel the cold
scale. Dana Zaltzmans paintings of scales,
metal or the rough surface of the leaves
like the majority of her works, are devoid
she depicts, as Zaltzman studies the
of festive tones but are imbued with
limitations and lies in reflecting realities.
sumptuousness and a sense of awe. White
Her ability to create the illusion of objects
feathers are not exotic at all, neither are
is amazing, but her goal is not to hold
groundsels, which grow wild, their seeds
the mirror up to nature, as Shakespeare
dispersed with a breath of wind. These
wrote in Hamlet, describing acting (and
items fill the glowing pans of the scale,
art in general).
being weight against iron weights, as if
Zaltzman has created a twilight zone of
challenging them with a combination
reality and its near disappearance. It is as
of hope, innocence, and despair which

if she is beseeching viewers through her
scales paintings to weigh the vulnerable
and transient as compared to the metal,
to delight in earthly beauty, and await
Judgment Day.
Dana Zaltzmans (b. 1982, Israel) quest

for art education has taken her on a
journey off the beaten path of Israeli
art. While she was an art student at the
Tel Hai Academic College, Zaltzman was
studying figurative painting in the private
studio of Amir Nir on Kibbutz Hagoshrim
(2005- 2007). She then traveled to
Norway to study with Odd Nerdrum, an
artist whose works are greatly impacted
by Rembrandt and Caravaggio, offering a
renewed observation of kitsch. Zaltzman
then traveled to Florence to study at the
Florence Academy of Art (2009-2012),
an American school in Italy, continuing
the tradition of 19th century French
academic painting.
Top: Home, 2016, Oil on Linen, 70x140cm
Top Left: Onion, 2016, Oil on wood, 20x30cm
Left: Cartons,2016, Oil on Linen, 108x91cm

Scale and Feathers,2016, Oil on Linen, 56x46cm

Scale and Ropes, 2014, Oil on Linen, 60x50cm Paper Bag, 2015, Oil on Linen, 40x30cm, Private Collection
Blue Case, 2013, Oil on Linen, 65x110cm

Scales and Groundsels,2013, Oil on Linen, 60x80cm
Fan and Groundsel, 2013, Oil on Linen, 55x70cm
Website: http://www.danazaltzman.com/
email: danazaltzman@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
SAMANTHA FRENCH
Underwater swimmers
Samantha French is a young American artist, born and
raised in Minnesota, USA who creates large-scale oil on
canvas pieces. Samantha has a beautiful impressionistic
style utilizing loose brush strokes and vibrant colors in her
paintings. Her current body of work explores the idea of
escape, the tranquility and nostalgia for the lazy summer
days of her childhood. The underwater portraits portray
people both in and out of water in the midst of perfect
tranquil moments captured gracefully with oil paints.
French actively exhibits her paintings and is included in

many private and public collections throughout the country
while her work has garnered extensive international and
national press. She is a full-time painter and keeps a studio
in Brooklyn, New York.

Ive always loved painting
the figure, and my first
water themed piece was a
painting of an old photograph of my
mother and aunt at the lake in my
hometown when I was a baby, maybe
14 or 15 years ago. With this ele-
ment of nostalgia and these beautiful
abstracted qualities of green reflec-
tions in the water, I knew I had found
something that deeply resonated
with me. My early work was slightly
more ethereal and less structured
than it is now, but the progression to
underwater swimmers was organic.
I was using a lot of found imagery,
vintage bathers, old family photos,
imagination mixed with studio shots.
Every painting lends something to
the next and the more I worked, the
more I learned about what I wanted
from the next piece and the better my
technique became. Im still learning
every time I go into the studio and try
to keep pushing myself further. It was
a natural progression to the pool ima-
gery after moving to NY and needing
the control of my own photography.
I started taking photos of people
swimming from above. I bought an
underwater case for my camera not
long after, really transforming the
work into what you see today. I grew
up in a pretty idyllic area where lakes
were down basically every road. There
is something so serene, floating in the
tepid water of one of quiet lakes, just
you and nature.
Top Left: Chlorine prisms, 36x48, Oil on canvas
Right Top: Reflection, 34x34, Oil on canvas
Right: Breaking the surface, 58x58, Oil on canvas

My paintings are frequently based
on pools now and reflect more of
a southern California/ mid-century
aesthetics, but my memories and
the feelings I get thinking back
about those childhood summers
are still in the work, just slightly
idealized and adapted to the life I
lead now. Also, pool waters allow
for a better reflection that now
plays an important role in my pain-
ting. I consider myself a figurative
painter but the reflections and re-
fracted light add an abstract quality
to the work. Having the figure as a
reference point allows me to focus
on those abstractions that the
reflections in the water provide.
Along with the contrasts they bring
to the work, discovering how he
two things react with one another,
such as how the light bouncing off
the skin mimics the ripples in the
water above is very fascinating to
me. It looks chaotic, but there is a
rhythm to it. The patterns are a di-
rect reflection of the waters reflec-
tion and how it is moving. There is
almost a filter over the figure, the
skin tones arent natural and going
into each painting is different.
Theyre transformed and distorted
into shapes and colors and lend
themselves to intricate and to be
exposed to fluid mark making.
Isolating these brief moments
where someone is about to break
the surface of the water or slowly
breathing out to stay under just a
little longer. Taking a static image
and showing the movement that is
just about to happen and freezing
it for eternity.
Top Left: Lagoon Verde. 57x64,

Oil on canvas,
Left: Lagoon Verde; topside,

57x64, Oil on canvas,

Top Right: Sea Change, 64x72,
Oil on canvas
Right: Mid morning light, 48x60

(122x122cm), Oil on canvas,

I keep hearing every few years that
figurative painting has made a
comeback, I didnt know if left. Ive
always preferred figurative realistic paintings
so maybe Ive always looked for them. I dont
know the future of painting as a whole - if I
could predict it, Id say Id probably be rich.
You see a lot of trends come and go every
few years and as much as I love a lot of what
is going on right now its not very influential
to my work. Im just going to keep tinkering
away at what I would like to see and the rest
of the art world can do whatever it likes.
Top Left: Moon tides; suspended

reflection, Oil on canvas, 30x40
Middle Left: Free fall; weightless,

Oil on canvas, 30x40
Left: Idlewild, 48x60, Oil on canvas

Just breath, 62x76 Oil on Canvas
SAMANTHA FRENCH
Underwater swimmers
Website: https://www.samanthafrench.com/
email: info@samanthfrench.com

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EMILY
HARRIS Ferris Wheel in the Sky 16x20x1.5
Emily graduated from Georgia

Southern University with a degree
in Arts, concentration in Art
History. Because of her love for
both art and the history behind it,
she is constantly inspired by her
travels and specifically Old World
architecture. She loves to create
using multiple layers of various
mediums and colors; something both
visual and tactile. Her inspiration
often comes from things such as
ancient architecture in Italy, to the
bright and vibrant, yet seasoned,
doors and facades of historic cities
like Charleston, SC. Emilys desire
is to continue creating art that
is reminiscent of historic ruins,
architecture, and the processes
that went into its production while
adding the occasional twist.
Somewhere off Tradd each 6x12x1.5

My art is abstract,
usually consisting
of mixed mediums.
I am constantly inspired
by my travels as well as my
knowledge of Art History
and Old World architecture.
I love to create multiple
layers of mediums and
colors; something both visual
and tactile. The ancient
architecture found all over
Europe, to the bright and
vibrant, yet seasoned, doors
seen in historic cities such as
Charleston, all drive the end
result of my work. My desire
is to continue creating art
that is reminiscent of historic
ruins, architecture, and the
processes that went into its
production, while still adding
in my own pop of flare here
and there.
-Emily P. Harris
Untitled 9x12x1.5 Neutral 12x24 Fiddle Leaf 18x18x1.5
Website: http://www.emilyharrisart.com/
email: info@emilyharrisart.com

TOP ARTIST
Wandering fish, acrylic on canvas, 97x163, 2016
Dr. Lilac Abramsky-Arazi
Lilac is an artist working with painting and

dance. She has a PhD in neuropsychology.
Lilac lives and works in Israel and has
exhibited in Israel and internationally.
Sasha, acrylic on canvas, 125x104, 2016

Different pulses, acrylic on canvas, 163x123, 2016 Temptation, acrylic on canvas, 128x105, 2016
My background is neuropsychology and movement.

My art acts underneath its aesthetics. It fosters
inner movement within me and hopefully, the
observer. The paintings tackle feelings and emotions in
an indirect, sideways manner. Staying longer with them
unravels things which cannot be seen at first sight. The art
is frequently dense, not always convenient. The paintings
often lack a clear point of reference, and one can choose
whether to stay with the discomfort or move on. The initial
stage is often less conscious, then I let go of the painting
and return to it later. My art is characterised by multi-layers,
textures, movement and restless relationships.
Putting on a happy face, acrylic on canvas, 125x104, 2016
Website: http://www.lilacabramsky.com/
email: labramsky@gmail.com
Black & White III, acrylic on canvas, 105x125, 2016

TOP ARTIST
GUY ALONI
THIRTY SEVEN MOMENTS
Photography for me is more than a passion,

more than religion, it is my journey. One man,
one camera, one lens, exploring the secret
alleys, revealing the hidden stories of our amazing world.
My name is Guy Aloni, a worldwide street photographer

based in Israel. My first experience with a camera
started during the 90s when I was serving in the Israeli
security services. A film camera, hidden in a bag with
an external push button located in my pocket. My
biggest challenge was to try framing while the camera
is actually far away from my hand. I have missed a lot of
important frames not as a result of the gear quality or
incorrect technique. Suddenly I realized that I need to
change my relationship with the camera, I need it to be
a part of me, a physical part that I can feel. I know that
it was my first day as a street photographer. But back
then I didnt understand it. It took me several years to
acknowledge it.

ONE of the essential concepts of street
photography is called The Decisive
Moment. The fraction of a second
the blink of an eye, where all of the
essential ingredients of content, form,
transient all merge into one frame.
As my photography style, I chose to
display people as the central theme
in that moment, using the camera as
a part of my body, to bring the viewer
close enough to touch the scene, close
enough to feel like a real part of that
moment - where it all merges.
My childhood was in a rundown

neighborhood in Haifa, Israel, growing
up in an area where people dealt with
scanty means, mix of races and different
religions. All were definitely a major
factor in the photography style that I
have chosen. It allowed me the ability
to have an intimacy with the streets and
its stories. This passion for photography,
found a dignified place to express itself.
In October 2016, I was chosen by the
Israeli Museum to present a part of my
work in the most significant exhibition
in Israel called Local Testimony along
with the World Press Photo exhibition.
Even though It wasnt my first exhibition,
nor my first competition I think it was
that special moment when i realized
that my destiny is going back to the
early 90s. In the coming months I invite
you to join me in my journey, share my
secrets, ideas, concepts and techniques.
But above all, I will reflect my subjective
truth. Sometimes truth can be cracked
or broken, yet I believe imperfection is
the real beauty. The following frames
were taken over the years in different
locations around the world. I named my
journey - Thirty Seven Moments.
Yours,
Guy Aloni.

2017 just started, but I feel that
I have my most important frame
of the year.
Wounded from the terror attack in
Jerusalem, January 2017, finished
army officers course are coming on
wheelchairs to get their ranks. Salty
tears frame.

GUY ALONI
THIRTY SEVEN MOMENTS
Website: http://aloniguy3377.wixsite.com/guyaloniartefoto
email: aloni.guy3377@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
LIKA RAMATI
Soprano , tribute to Maria Callas 90x80cm quality c print

signed and numbered 1 of 8

Dior Twins 100x55cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8
Photo by iftach seri
Im a Visual artist, a fine art

photographer and a designer.
Im in love with the concepts of
womanly beauty, nature and power of the
female. Art for me is a way of expressing
truth, translating my soul evolution in
time and space, transforming energy into
form and color. Its an impulse, a life force,
which I am drawn to pass forward. Im
playing with a process of dressing and
undressing layers of my fantasy world, all
with my original photographs. Ive studied
fashion design at Shenkar TLV and moved
to the NYC scene, founding and decorating
the legendary downtowns Yaffa Caf and
Simone Martini Bar. My Artistic language
has no limits, from street art to interior
design and international art exhibitions.
The role of art is to raise questions about
ourselves and our mirrors. Diva , tribute to Shoshana Damari 100x82cm, quality c print signed and numbered 2 of 8

Nun 100x64cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8
Dionysus Twins 100x64cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8
Medina 90x40cm quality c print

signed and numbered 2 of 8 des Truffes pour la Reigne 60x70cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8
Jerusalem 50x40cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8
Lucky Strike 100x67 cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8

Looking Up. 50x38cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8
The role of art is to bring joy,

beauty and harmony to the world
as well as to raise questions
about ourselves and our mirrors.
- Lika Ramati
For the past ten years Lika Ramatis art was

exhibited in international art shows around
the world in Milan, Paris, New York, London,
Miami, Monte Carlo and Israel.
Her work also appeared in numerous art
books , magazines and press.
Website: http://www.likaramati.com/
email: likaramati@gmail.com
Capella of Time 70x52cm quality c print signed and numbered 1 of 8

TOP ARTIST
Morning, 2015, Oil on canvas, 61x97cm
BORIS LEIFER
Boris Leifer was born in Ukraine in 1946. In 1969-1975
he studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts,
an institution linked to traditional European painting.
Subsequently, he worked as a set designer for the Russian
theater. His images indeed surrender a distinct theatrical
quality: the flowers, the fruit, the still life and the women.
Usually set against a dark background, these images
radiate with light in a manner reminiscent of the still-life
renditions of the 17th-century Italian artist, Michelangelo
de Caravaggio (15711610).
He graduated from the Repin State Academic Institute
of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (Leningrad, now
Saint Petersburg, Russia) in 1975. He is a member of the
Union of Artists of Russia and of the Israel Union of Artists.
Leifer participated in regional, district, republican, all-Union
exhibitions (USSR), as well as in expositions abroad (in the
USA, France, Sweden, Italy, Israel, etc.). He also took part in
the International Art-Expo exhibition in Moscow in 1998.
Grandmother Fania,2015, Oil on canvas, 42x42cm

Leifers work can be found in many museum collections
around the world, such as: The Israel Museum
(Jerusalem, Israel); The State Russian Museum (St.
Petersburg, Russia); The Moscow Museum of Modern
Art (Moscow, Russia); The Chicago Art Museum
(Chicago, USA); The Picture Gallery of Torre-Canavese
(Torre-Canavese, Italy); The Yaroslavl Art Museum
(Yaroslavl, Russia) and in the National Gallery of the
Republic of Komi (Syktyvkar, Russia).
Perusal of the images on Leifers canvases
is awe-inspiring, not because of the comparison to
Caravaggio, but due to the feeling that the painterly act
itself glows with internal, virtually sacred light. Indeed,
Leifer himself stresses the importance of light in the
process of creation, noting that on a sunless day he
refrains from painting altogether. He further adds that
while painting a composition of flowers, he thinks of
a musical composition, striving to create a balanced
harmony.
It seems that Leifer in his figurative images strives for
utmost, Platonic purity. The white vessels depicted on
his canvases seem to produce internal light and glow,
as described by Philostratus, an appearance which is an
illusion of sorts, an illusion of a simple reality, beautified
to become seductive and pleasing. The illusion is, in
fact, a contradiction in terms: the illusion of materiality,
and the illusion of beauty and brilliance engulfing it until
the aforesaid materiality seems to dissolve entirely.
Leifer seems to compete with the limits of ability, with
nature itself.
Respect and praise for the painterly act in the world of
antiquity stemmed from profound admiration for the
artists skill in creating an illusion of a mimicry of nature,
intended to convey the yearning for harmony between
man and nature, and the difference between nature
and culture.2 The artist vanquishes nature, so to speak,
with his brush. It is important to note, however, that
although the qualities of the work of art in antiquity
were gauged by its faithfulness to nature, it was not
devoid of spiritual context. Naturalism and mimesis
(imitation of nature) in fact served a form of thinking
which reflects, on the one hand, the place of nature
and divinity in human life, and on the otherthe social
apparatus. The ripeness of the grapes, for instance, was
directly associated with the Dionysian world, whereas
the lushness of the pomegranates was tied with the
Top: Morning, 2010, Oil on canvas, 90x70cm
Left: : Rest, 2013, Oil on canvas, 102x76cm

Still Life with Pears, 2016, Oil on canvas, 4570cm
White Still Life, 2015, Oil on canvas, 61x51cm
opulence and fertility of the Earth goddess,

Demeter. As a social expression, Roman still
life represented the diversified refreshments
offered to guests, xenia, symbolizing the
hosts generosity and natures abundance.
All foods presented to guests as part of the

Still Life with Grapes, 2015, Oil on canvas, 40x60cm
ceremony of bringing the stranger (xenos)
and extending hospitality, under the auspi-
ces of Zeus, God of Hospitality. Opulence is
a godsend, as indicated in Euripidess play
The Bacchae: When the women perform
the divine rite, milk and wine spring from
the ground, and pure honey oozes from the
branch sanctified to the god Dionysus.
on a leafy branch is yellow honey already

within the comb and ripe to stream forth if the
comb is pressed; and on another leaf is cheese
new curdled and quivering; and there are
bowls of milk not merely white but gleaming,
for the cream floating upon it makes it seem to
gleam.
Still Life with Apricot, 2015, Oil on canvas, 61x76.5cm

- by Nava Sevilla Sadeh
December 2015

Old Age, 2013, Oil on canvas, 82x66 cm
Website: http://boris-leifer.com/
email: boris.b.leifer@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
Disorganized Harmony, Acrylic on Canvas, 36 x 36 each Diptych
PEGGY LEE
managing an art career for
herself. She has a strong
work ethic and keeps
busy as a full-time artist.
Her level of creativity
is outstanding and her
stamina to continuously
produce works is
endless. She has received
numerous awards
from art exhibitions or
competitions, and at the
same time she manages
to educates her students.
Peggys work has
influenced both Korean
and American culture.
Peggy Lee was born in Seoul,
Her work continues to
South Korea and has lived in the
be inspired by mutuality
United States for a long period of
in people, technology
time. Having been educated with
and networking, and also
a bachelors degree of fine arts
by making connections
from Korea, she studied art in the
through people daily.
United States as well. Since the
beginning of her stay in America,
she has been educating art to
students for over 15 years while
Sanctuary VII, Acrylic on Canvas, 72 x 48

Message From the East II, Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 48 x 2.5 Message From the East, Acrylic on Canvas, 48 x 48 x 2.5
To Not Resist, Acrylic and Oil Pastel on Canvas, 36 x 36
Human connection is about being of a selfless nature.

Outside forces, such as technological advances, media or
some of the demands of society, affect or compromise
what we truly intend on feeling when we attempt to perform
communication. To me, communication should be raw and
straight from the heart with the right intent. Many times we are
disillusioned by the constant imagery that is pounded into us day
by day or may not have the courage to say what we truly mean.
This in turn, affects what we do, how we behave, and how we
speak to one another. That is why my paintings reflect the need
for more unity, togetherness, and equilibrium. The numerous
amount of species in the universe are mysteriously interconnected
some way and somehow. In order to live harmoniously and with Inner Voice, Acrylic, Stucco, and Oil Pastel on Canvas, 72 x 48
understanding, we must grow awareness and educate others about
the dangers of being too involved with distraction or negativity so
Website: http://www.peggyhlart.com/
we can become more close-knit as a community, as a society, and email: Peggy@PeggyHLart.com
eventually as the formations of the world.

TOP ARTIST
AGITA KEIRI
The Italian Renaissance
Art is like an essay which tries to create
a space around its observers in which
they might hear what the soul of the
artist wishes to whisper to their hearts. I dont
know my audience, their life stories, their hopes
and struggles, but I do know that I would like for
my paintings to give them a call for a moment to
stop, to be silent, to contemplate and to pray, to
laugh or to cry, but in any case to share feelings.
Humanness and uniqueness are what unites
me with the audience. For me, true art leads
to moments that glide past the mind towards
deeper and more meaningful places.
I challenge myself to present ones sacred world
through a human beings physical appearance.
The heroes and heroines of my paintings are
neither ideal, nor strangers, but objects of
exploration. The main goal is not to draw a
viewers interest only to the visual images, but to Agita Keiri in the studio
what is behind it.

There are two main types of
paintings. The first depicts the
sense of eternity that breaks into
a heros heart when he feels alone.
The second shows humans who
sell themselves into the bondage
for a dream of happinessthey are
the kings of theatre. Everything
happens to themlove, mysticism,
jealousy, betrayaland may bring
fame, but precious little for the
heart. Writer Dale Carnegie would
call them the people who play the
games. I portray them in the series
of paintings inspired by Venetian
carnival masks. The masquerade
is bizarre and full of contrastsa
blend of operetta, circus, clownery
and tragedy. I was born and grew
up in Riga, Latvia, but since 2012
have been living in Edinburgh,
Scotland. In parallel to a general art
education in secondary art school,
I have studied painting, drawing,
composition and art history since I
was 12 years old.
During these years, and later in
the University of Art, I developed
technical skills and mastery of
composition. Those years were a
time of self-reflection during which
I experimented with different
media and artistic styles, including
Top: Agita Keiri In the Garden; Bottom: Agita Keiri Swimmers;

Agita Keiri Three Daughters of spending hours in the library studying reproductions of works by
the worlds greatest artists (as books were the only way to see such
works in Latvia at that time). My favorites were and remain Italian
Renaissance painters and Flemish and Dutch painters of the 14th and
15th centuries. In 2003, I completed a masters degree in figurative
painting and drawing. I have discovered that my artistic heart is truly
stirred by the subtleness of human expression. I have tried to follow it
to explore the subjects that move me, and I have found realism to be
the best medium to express my art. As an artist, I express myself with
the interplay of colors, the lines, rhythm of form, and space.
I most frequently paint bodies and faces of the female kind. A womans
image is associated with beauty, eroticism, emotion, intuition,
gentleness and the soul. Unlike male power and directness, a woman
is like a delicate mystery. For example, the classical goddess Venus has
been a long-lasting popular symbol of idealized love in the Western art.

Agita Keiri The Bath of Venus; 65x70; Its a wild symbol which represents love and sexuality in
various expressions.
I idealize people, being raised from the everyday routine.
I enjoy painting people, because with their temporal,
passion, as actors and observers, they bring movement and
the human sense of time to the vast and still universe. In
the painting process I not only portray their bodies, but also
explore their inner worlds as I imagine them. My favorite
media is oil colors, because I like how painting using those
colors flows and the way I can make different consistencies
from them. I like strong and concrete drawing. Lines
give borders and clarity to the form of the figure. I think
monochrome works best my first sketch is always in black
and white. But right now I am working with colors, and
then I feel most comfortable working with cooler, softer
colors.

It is more difficult for me to bridle and
harmonize bright, loud colors - those
I mostly use like accents. I think this
comes from growing up in the North
where nature is cold, and silvery- grey
for most of the year. I rarely know how a
painting will turn out until I complete it.
It is more like solving a riddle with a set
process: Sketching the dominant rhythm
of the composition Painting, including
resolving unexpected technical and
compositional issues. The finishing details
and embellishments, the last step, the
detail work, is very important in my work
because many times the intuitive choice
of particular details give the work its most
profound meaning. At the same time,
I almost never feel that a work is
complete choosing the right place to
stop remains the most difficult part of the
painting process for me. A painting is a
mirror of the world - spiritually, aesthetic
and morality -
a mirror of time in which the artist lives.
As I continue to find myself in the creation
of these works, I am gratified when others
can also see the beauty and meaning in
them. I cannot imagine what I would do if I
werent an artist. I have been poisoned by
the process of creation. It is a personal and
secretive process.
Top: Agita Keiri Masquerade ;
Left: Agita Keiri Masquerade in Gods

Agita Keiri Out of Love ; 200x115; Oil on canvas.Signed.
AGITA KEIRI
Website: http://www.keiriart.lv/index.html
email: a.keiri@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
JOYCE POMMER
Connecting Spaces. 30x48, diptych.
mixed media on canvas (handmade.
papers, ribbon, acrylic, gesso)
through the colors, shapes and layers by the early Abstract Expressionists
that work their way into and around the such as Kandinsky, Klee and later, Hans
space - often by a collage of handmade, Hofmann, I seek the emotion of the
monoprint & marbled papers, fabrics painting by way of the unconscious.
and other diverse textural materials onto My goal now is to continue this
a surface of canvas. Spontaneity and process through further exploration
movement are important as the materials and alterations making small and larger
travel through the space forming pieces using varying layering techniques,
relationships. Some paintings arise from exploring the space with new textures
applying gesso over earlier paintings, and materials along with using acrylic
sanding them down and letting parts colors, adding and taking away to
of that imagery come through. Others produce the intriguing and mysterious
are the direct application of materials layers. Having my studio in the Garment
My paintings evolve out of
onto the surface. Each completed vision District in Manhattan has had a profound
my subconscious in a free
portrays a sensitivity and fragility along effect on the different materials I am
flowing process - I do not start
with a strong visual image. The image is exposed to and their vast possibilities.
with a preconceived idea or
abstract, but the feeling is solidified and - Joyce Pommer
plan. The space comes alive
they become conversational. Inspired

Secret Spaces . 36x36 inch. mixed media on canvas
(acrylic, handmade papers)
In the Wind. 30x24 inch. mixed media on canvas
(acrylic, handmade papers, gesso, ribbon)
Joyce Pommer was born in Gallery, NYC. Her painting

Quincy, Massachusetts and To a Land Beyond received
studied at The Academy of an Award of Merit from Four
Art College in San Francisco, Points Contemporary January
The Art Institute of Boston 2014. Joyces work was on
and the Art Students League the cover of Art Voices maga-
in New York City. She has zine summer 2014 issue with
exhibited widely in solo and a feature story. Her painting
group shows and art fairs Pathways was selected to
in New York and across the be in the 2016 Art Annual
country; her work is in nume- at the Danforth Museum in
rous private collections. Her MA. Upcoming news: 2 works
larger earlier, more colorful were selected to be in the
works on canvas were in a winter 2016/2017 issue of
solo exhibition at Southwest the Studio Visit magazine ju-
Minnesota State University ried by Jessica Roscio curator
Art Museum in Marshall, at the Danforth Museum and
MN in the summer of 2008 the WomenArts Quarterly Green Space 1. 27x23 inch. mixed media on canvas
and her work was purchased Journal will be publishing her (acrylic, handmade papers, fabrics)
for their collection. A 2012 mixed media works in the
article by Siba Kumar Das next 2017 issue. Joyce lives
was published on Green Door and works in New York City,
magazines blog site Field maintaining a studio in the
Notes, reflecting a 2-person Garment District.
http://www.joycepommer.com/
exhibition at the Skylight
email: pommerart@rcn.com

TOP ARTIST
SERGIO
CAMPOREALE
Theatrical Art
Sergio Camporeale .La belle gardiniere .

Sergio Camporeale was born in 1937, in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. Camporeale is an Argentine
visual artist with a long, well-respected
international career. He specializes in the
work of Watercolor, Acrylic and printmaking
that combine the expressionist trait with the
delicacy of the material. He graduated from
the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano
Pueyrredn in 1961 and has exhibited in Buenos
Aires, Paris, Tokyo, Lisbon, New York, Singapore,
Miami, Panama, Lima and Bergamo. In 2011 he
participated in the exhibition of Latin American
artists of Italian descent in Washington D. C.
Camporeales works are owned by art collectors
which present their collections in museums in
Switzerland, United States, Venezuela, Colombia
and Argentina.
I try to force the viewer

to incorporate into the
work and to discover many
meanings that can bring him
in his conversation with me.
He can step in and complete
Un cuento para armar. (diptico).
the work by himself. Acrylic on canvas 100x185 cm
-Sergio Camporeale

My feeling against the
white cloth is a kind of
vertigo that makes it
impossible for me to interact
with the same. I feel that I am
on the brink of an abyss. It is
true that for some artists this
is perhaps some light that they
need for their work, but this is
not the case for me. It impressed
me much when I was talking to
some of my writer friends who
told me about the problem that
they had against the sheet of
paper in white. They had to put
any phrase or lyric or something,
as to get dirty and thus be able
to begin writing. In general, I
cover fabric with colors that I left
over and use them as a trigger to
start a new adventure.
I never know which way to go,

not where I go. I have a remote
idea of what I represent ...
Contrast is exactly what I do not
want to represent, in contrast
to the idea that the work is a
mirror of myself and others. I am
always interested in studying
and finding new ways to deepen
my painting techniques, the
language of painting. That made
me acquire the tools I use to
grow and to be able to explain
my world. This currently seems as
an eccentricity, and this happens
in most art schools.
Top: Sergio Camporeale .Levitacion ll.
Acrylic on canvas. 73x92 cm
Sergio Camporeale .lts beautiful.

Acrylic on canvas. 100x70 cm

Top: Sergio Camporeale, Porky and Sergio Camporeale, El gran salto - (diptico)

A set of images or scenes from the past, causal allegories can at least show that the work may be a mirror, to force people
guess or not, and the comic is also an iconographic source that to dissociate it from the aesthetics of the banal, of obscene,
interests me. I try to force the viewer to incorporate into the and feel that it has not lost the desire to the illusion. I seek the
work and discover many meanings that can bring him in his complicity of the viewer in creating another reality, to unravel
conversation with me. He can step in and complete the work what is happening in the work and turn this into poetry ... I
by himself. Perhaps everything resembles a collage of the 21st know its difficult, but I think art in general has become a bluff,
century and represents my attempt to join my work with poetry. insignificant, where the search of nonsense and zero, is itself
The college plays in the paradox of investing and moving visions the underlying snobbery mediocrity.
of the unknown. These images have no relation with the other, There is a marketing strategy of nowhere, where this becomes
as in the content of a dream. It is the spectator into the work an initiatory and snob power, and the public understands where
and go to the many tracks, signals, signs, diagonals, to elucidate there is nothing to understand.
a reality that is unclassified.
The theatrical aspect of my work is that often there are
characters that move from one work to another, like an actor
who acts in a first act, and then reappears in the third.
Each painting is a riddle without a solution, they are unconnected
scenes that are not reached to know very well what happens
Top Left: Sergio Camporeale, Eva y el
between people and scenes that star in it. The opportunity to
clarify a story that never ends is left to the viewer.
Top Right: Sergio Camporeale, Hombre de
Your mood will allow you to read the work differently. I try to

SERGIO
CAMPOREALE
Top: Sergio Camporeale .El viaje de Eva
Website: https://www.artsy.net/artist/sergio-camporeale
Sergio Camporeale,, Tango blues. Acrylic email: scamporeale37@gmail.com
on canvas. 90x130 cm

TOP ARTIST
BRIAN SOSTROM
Nature and the beauty of emptiness have heavily inspired Brian
Sostroms paintings. The atmospheric images are not intended to
communicate a story, but rather to create an intriguing visual poem.
His recent art pieces are acrylic paint on Plexiglas.
The slick surface of the plastic sheeting makes an excellent surface for subtle
brushwork and mark-making. The flip side of the Plexiglas is covered with
layers of transparent textures that harmonize and compliment the painted
image. Glass beads and iridescent paint are often incorporated into his work
and alter the appearance of the surface as the lighting and angle
of view shift.

As a child I grew up in small rural
towns in the Pacific Northwest.
My father was an engineer for the
National Forest Service and we frequently
relocated for his work. All of my finest
memories revolve around the tranquility
of nature and the peace and solitude
that I only found there. My father has
always painted, at least since Ive been
around. I would watch him painting on his
homemade easel, wishing I could do the
same. When I was 9 years old, my parents
purchased a hobby set of acrylic paints for
me and I was never far from them. When
I went to college at Washington State
University, I was experimenting with all
types of mediums and began learning
about computer generated art and design.
Digital art is an interesting pursuit and

has kept me afloat financially but my
passion is still painting. Acrylics have
lured me back with their ever-expanding
catalog of new mediums and materials.
In the last few years I have experimented
with Plexiglas and acrylic paint. This has
once again been a dramatic change for
me. I paint with translucent acrylics on
Plexiglas and build textures and reflective
surfaces on the back of the Plexiglas.
I am combining traditional techniques
with unusual materials in a way that
encapsulates a lot of digital ideas, layers
and depth but in a very physical way. I
have solo shows at regional colleges and
art galleries in Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Alaska. The challenge for me now is
balancing my time between the computer
and the brush.
Lap, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 16x16inch, 2016
Moment, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 18x18inch, 2016

Wander, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 48x36inch, 2016 Make you blue, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 18x18inch, 2016
RESUME: ART SHOWS:

1992 Graduated from Washington State Solo Show, BPA, Bainbridge Island,
University with a BFA in Graphic Design and WA, February 28th-April 1st 2018
Painting Solo Show, Lower Columbia College,
Longview, WA, February 14th-March
1992-1993 Waterfront Press, Ballard 8th, 2018
Washington. Darkening Light, solo show,
I spent this year creating illustrations and Community Gallery Twisp Washington,
working on advertisement layouts in their September 30th-November 11th 2017
three publications. Solo Show, Baker City May 2017
The Beauty of Nothing, solo show,
1993-1994 Manley and Associates Center for Arts & Histroy/Lewis-Clark
Created digital art for many video game State, January 13th-March 18th, 2017,
projects. Began learning 3d modeling and Lewiston, Idaho
Make you blue, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 18x18inch, 2016
rendering programs. Nature: James M. Lilly, Susan
Rochester & Brian Sostrom, Maude Exhibit, Mighty Tieton, August 8th
1994-1996 Boss Game Studios Kerns Art Center, July 22-August 26th, October11th, 2015, Tieton, WA
Lead Artist on a number of game titles for 2016, Eugene, OR Shifting Baselines: The New Normal,
multiple gaming platforms Shadows of the West, Solo Show, Group Exhibit, Confluence Gallery
Blue Mountain Community College, 2015, Twisp, Wa
1996-2009 Snowblind Studios March 31st-April 28th 2016, Cartography, Group Exhibit, Ryan
Cofounder and Artistic Director Pendleton, OR James Gallery 2015, Kirkland, Wa
Call of the Clouds, Group Exhibit, The Big Sleep, Group Exhibit,
2005 Snoqualmie Wine Lables artEast, January 15-March15, 2016, Confluence Gallery, 2014, Twisp, WA
I illustrated 8 wine labels for Snoqualmie Issaquah, WA Postcards from the Edge, Group
Wines. They ran until 2014 Miniature Exhibit, Group Exhibit, Exhibit, Imogen Gallery, 2012, Astoria,
Confluence Gallery, Nov. 21st 2015- OR.
2009-2011 Jan. 9th, 2016, Twisp, WA Passionately Pink, Group Exhibit, C
Freelance illustration and full time painter Empty Spaces: studies in texture Art Gallery, 2010, Seattle, WA
and transparency, Solo Exhibit, Stormy Weather Show, Group
2011-current Ember Entertainment Main Street Gallery, October 2015, Exhibit, Cannon Beach Arts
Ketchikan, AK Association, 2010, Cannon Beach, OR.
Art Director and Artist
10 x 10 x 10 Tieton, Group

Valley Pond, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 16x16inch, 2016 Waning Light, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 16x16inch, 2016
Open Water #3, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 10x10inch, 2016 Winter Sun, Acrylic on Plexiglass, 16x16inch, 2016
BRIAN SOSTROM
Website: https://briansostrom.com/
email: blspainter@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
Black And White, 180x90 cm, mixed media on canvas
DORON GAL- ADONI

Taking responsibility for
everything existing in my space,
everything appearing in my life
is from within me. It is the result
of all the actions I have taken in
the past, and those I am taking
at the present time, at this given
moment. Cause and effect.
This is my karma. When I come
with joy I plant seeds of joy and
happiness which will be reflected
in my reality. When I come with
generosity, the generosity will
surround me. When I come
with love, I will see love present
around me. Each person strives
for harmony in their life.
Inner peace, liberation,
The search,
acceptance. The desire to find
The passion,
peace of mind and to discover the
The passion that leads the search
ways to achieve it!
What am I looking for?
This common denominator
What is everyone looking for?
inspires me to create something
Quietness, calmness, harmony,
out of the commonality that
peace? Getting close to myself.
exists in all of us. The special part
Getting close to myself and
of that cannot be explained, but
bringing together all of the
is present in each and every one
separate parts of myself.
of us. The bone, the source, the
The journey, the process
soul, the being. The pure sense The Ball. 120x100 cm, mixed media on cardboard
Acceptance. Being complete.
of presence, that once we let

go of holding our thoughts, it is not mine. I remind myself
perceptions, everything to respect and honor the lives
we think we know and are of others who have a part in
simply present, we become my life as partners in the great
living God and it is in that journey called life. As the data
place where magic happens appearing on the screen of my
and everything is possible reality, enabling my growth, I
out of the infinite number of wish to take responsibility for
possibilities. I create out of the reality I created! I try to be
the passion for the search. generous towards myself and
The search for harmony and towards everything used to
peace, which lead to unity. materialize any of the infinite
The joy guides me to a special potential that exist within me,
and festive combination of just as the creation is generous
Acrylic colors that will wake to me. I act with grace,
up the DNA of experience, compassion and true love and
that can be found in each at every time I receive a gift.
one of us. I wish to awaken I say thank you! Have I said
us to celebrate life right now, thank you today for the life
out of love, compassion, I received and the wonderful
generosity, kindness and hospitality? I am grateful
unity. A celebration; we were for the signs and symbols of
invited to celebrate at this unity that arose within me
moment on earth. We were and appearing in the works.
given a body and time, and I am pulling them out of the
air to breathe. We were given memory of the soul within me
the magnificent nature and that strives to be present in
in it, trees and flowers and this world and to connect to
all living things and people, the familiar place from which it
to take the journey with To came. A place of purified love,
grow with. This generosity is where all the pieces come
not to be taken for granted. together to one great light.
There are times when we The light of absolute love that
forget that we were given this exists in all of us.
gift with love and we start to
make demands, to accuse, to Dorons creation is a journey of
judge, to be angry, to destroy discovering the joy, love, unity
out of unnecessary ego, as if and peace that reside within
trying to control this generous us. His wish is that his work
gift. Nothing belongs to us. will inspire as many people
Everything is loaned for a as possible to connect to the
limited time. I am just a visitor greatness that exists within us
of a brief moment in this grand just because we were created,
living room of the creation. and unite as many hearts with
I remind myself at every joy, love and peace...
moment that I must respect Amen.
the creation for its hospitality
and act accordingly! I cherish
every detail that appears in
front of me, as a reminder, that
Transparent Dreams, 160x80cm,

Mixed media on canvas

Left: restart, 90x120cm
Top: Life crate, 90x80cm

DORON GAL- ADONI
Website: http://www.dorongaladoni.com/
email: dododo03@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
Balloons over Tel Aviv, 250X150 cm 98X59 inch, acrylic on canvas 2015
RAPHAEL PEREZ
Raphael Perez - Born in Jerusalem in 1965, state in a positive, upbeat, happy, liberal way.
twenty-three years old, lives and works in Peretz paints nave paintings with bright lights
Tel Aviv, studied art at the College of Visual of pamphlet which, in relation to the European
Arts in Beer Sheva. His work was shown at winter, have been a huge success in promoting
Tel Aviv Museum of Art and he had some solo tourism to Israel. Perez began to draw the naive
exhibitions, too, like in Janco Dada, at As Artists style since 1997 under the influence of his work
House in Tel Aviv and in many other Art spaces. with young children. Over the years, his work
in the field, drawing and painting in notebooks
In 2010 he was chosen to produce the Israeli and diaries images of childhood. This experience
campaign of the Ministry of Tourism and works strengthened his love of color and expressive
naivete appeared in the city of London and simplicity of children. Perez is working in the
the United States, where his work was shown tradition of naive painting. He paints mainly in
on huge billboards, buses, trains, et cetera. He the urban landscape of the cities of Tel Aviv,
had 30.000 wallets with his paintings printed Jerusalem, Haifa, Safed and international cities
on them distributed freely in the metro of like London, New York, Nice and Paris.
London, his naive paintings appeared on 50
Aitoniim England and the aim was to promote
tourism to Israel and the presentation of the

Sarona Park Ttel Aviv, 200X150 cm 59X78 inch, acrylic on canvas 2015
Practice description of the familiar

urban landscape, iconic and
wellknown Israeli cities
- Tel Aviv, but mostly there are also
paintings of Jerusalem, Haifa,
Safed, London, New York ....
- Description of the idealization of
reality - and a desire to beautify
the reality.
- Save Frsfktibh- mostly non-
breakdown even remote details.
- The use of repeating patterns -
Multiple details.
- Warm colors and goats.
- Focus on the outlines and
contours.
-Characters flat, lacking volume,
repeat themselves -
Tel Aviv Beach, 250X130 cm 98X51 inch, acrylic on canvas 2014
No matter texture, expression,
correct proportions and anatomy.

Wedding on the boat on the beach of Tel Aviv, 200X150 cm 59X78 inch, acrylic on canvas 2013
Hyarkon Park Tel Aviv, 200X80 cm 78X31 inch, acrylic on canvas 2016

THE PANORAMIC TEL AVIV
OF RAFI PEREZS PAINTINGS
Rafi Perez, an artist living in Tel Aviv, paints urban

landscapes of the central places of his hometown.
Peretz strolls the city, scrutinizes the commercial
and entertainment centers, the architectural,
geographic and historic landmarks, depicting his
unique personal point of view. All these places are
adorned in a festive manner, which render a sense of
belonging, intimate encounters and good time. The
routine day-life of couples is a way of expressing his
private aspiration for family life. His scenes are often
the usual activity in public places like a promenade
in the park, walking on the seashore, or sailing on
Tel Aviv Skyline, 250X160 cm 98X63 inch, acrylic on canvas 2015
the Yarkon river. Tel Aviv of Perez is a town in which
young couples and families fill the streets, the
gardens, the sea-shore, the houses, the verandas,
namely every corner of the town. The figures in
his paintings are almost uniform, having the same
homogeneous shape which intensifies the feeling of
a big-town herd.
The motive of the group unit that Peretzs paintings
deal with has been used by a former artist -
Yochanan Simon, who painted mostly the Kibbutz
life. Simon that lived and worked in the Kibbutz,
used to express the communal life and the human
pattern of the kibbutzniks, where there are all equal.
Peretz, very much like Simon, has contributed to
the Israeli society the most important value that it is
seeking the sense of identity and belonging.
As the citizen of Tel Aviv, Perez maps his territory

and marks its borders reminding its historic heritage. Colorful Tel Aviv, 250X150 cm 98X59 inch, acrylic on canvas 2015
Unlike other local artists, Perez seeks to express the
existence of its citizens and their deep love for their
city. Peretz chose to paint the historic landmarks renovating, merging the old with the new the Bauhaus
of Tel Aviv also as a tribute to the well-known artist style with the high-tech glass-and-steel buildings. All
Nahum Gutman - who lived, painted and loved this city these sights are expressed in Peretzs works from a
all his life. Gutman as a native, was the first to experience non-conventional angle, in rectangular formats, imitating
the most constitutive events of the city ( such as the first panoramic view of a city that is celebrating a century.
oil lamp of the streets, the first music concert, the first
pavement), and in his works he restored these unique Daniel-Kahane Levinson - Curator
moments and events preserving their magic. Perez like
Gutman marked the city as the object of his love and the
city, in return, decorates itself so colorful and energetic
as one that is asking to become a city that never stops

Luna Park on Tel Aviv, 200X140 cm 78X55 inch, acrylic on canvas 2016

Jerusalem Center of the world, 180X180 cm 70X70 inch, acrylic on canvas 2013
RAPHAEL PEREZ
Website: www.facebook.com/amondamon
email: rafi@art4collector.com

Hush, Series: Red Thread, Oil on Canvas, 30x30 inches Cousins I, Series: Red Thread Oil on Canvas, 30x30 inches
TANYA ISAACSON
Born in Connecticut, Tanya moved games and educational software.
to Boston to attend Massachusetts For more than two decades, she
College of Art where she received her devoted her artistic skills to elevate
BFA in Illustration, graduating with visual standards of art and design in
Honors and awarded the Art School corporate media.
Associates Award of Excellence for While balancing her professional life in
the Department. Freelance editorial the digital arts, Tanya also maintained
work for various magazines and her more personal endeavor as a
publications paved the way for what fine artist and a painter. Inspired
would become an unusual creative by the human figure, drawn to
career path in the digital arts. portraiture, drama, theatrical lighting
Pioneering the new world of digital and narrative/ conceptual work, she
media and computer gaming, Tanya seeks to create work that engages the
worked with some of the most viewer, draws them in, and provokes
prominent software and gaming contemplation. It is her intent to rouse
companies creating elaborate and that emotional connection between
sophisticated digital illustration and the subject and the viewer.
animation for numerous published

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This is evident in her current series of Within the last year, Tanya has received
work, which she has titled, The Things recognition for her paintings, and has been
that Bind Us, a psychological series using selected to exhibit with The Guild of Boston
metaphorical images, executed in a realistic Artists, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club In
and representational manner, to convey a NYC, National Association of Women Artists,
message of human commonalities and self- as well as other various local galleries and
empowerment. venues. In addition, her work was selected as
Tanya resides in the Boston area, with her a Finalist, in The Artists Magazine Annual
family and three mostly grown children. 2016 Art Competition Portrait and Figurative
Most of her time is devoted to painting in Division where there were more than 5,900
her Framingham studio working on multiple worldwide entries for this division.
painting series and commissioned work.
She has a name, and it is Defiance , sleepwalker, Series: The Things that Bind Us,
Series: The Things that Bind Us, Oil on Linen, 36x47 inches
Oil on Linen, 18x23 inches
Website: http://www.tanyaisaacsonfineart.com/
email: taisaacson@gmail.com

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ASSAF BASSON
Assaf Basson was born in Israel in 1964.

He is father to Yair and Zoe, and lives
and works in Tel Aviv. Basson studied
at Tel Aviv University, his main subjects
being Cinema, Television, Arts and
Philosophy. He worked for many years in
the film and television industry in various
channels as an author and filmmaker.
For the last 15 years he was teaching
Cinema, Arts and Psychology until he
stopped and found himself engaged
to his love of painting. He only began
painting in 2014. Basson is using plastic
Credit Cards instead of regular painting
tools such as brushes. In materialistic
world-controlled corporations in all
aspects of life, personal credit cards
become the person of another identity - 'Mental state city', 130100 cm, oil on canvas, 2016 Tel aviv.
financially and materially. Basson is using

the plastic card to brush the creation of
another world which is open, free and
unbound.

Each work is revealing striving to take off and
itself anew. Basson is an fly - literally.
autodidact and does not He has a strong desire
feel any commitment to get up in the morning
to any school, although with good energy and is
he does see Marcel passionate to fly in his
Duchamp and Jackson television studio with
Pollock as a major the smell of paint and
source of inspiration. turpentine, to dance
His house became a on the canvas with
television studio with music playing in the
an abstract landscape background. He claims
which changes every that it is the music
day. The music dictates which paints colors on
the frames, the scenes his canvas. In his first
and shots unnamed year as an artist he has
anointed with oil colored already sold most of
purely on the white his work in Israel and
screen. It is the raw around the world.
material from which
made his cinema. 'My Color tissue', 120120 cm, oil on canvas, 2016 Tel aviv.
- Lori Pszenica.
The sets are created
Art Curator.
and changed every
day - to tell their own
story. Assaf Basson,
handsome, charismatic,
Embroidered city, 12090 cm, oil on canvas, 2015 Tel Aviv

Top: My female avatar, 6565 cm, oil on canvas, 2016 Tel aviv.
Left: Spark, 100100 cm, Oil on canvas, 2016, Tel aviv.

moisture, 100100 cm, oil on canvas, 2016 Tel aviv.
ASSAF BASSON
Website: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=553599468
email: bassonassaf2@gmail.com

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URIEL CAZES
-Jewish Life-
Uriel Cazes was born in 1954 He showed his work in several
in Haifa ,Israel, where he also countries. In 1989 he started his
spent some of his childhood in a cycle Jewish Life which he uses
Kibbuz. Supported by his father to paint about different aspects
and his older brother, he star- of the Jewish culture and religion.
ted to study art at The School Besides that he was successful
of Art and Fashion in Tel Aviv. with landscapes displaying Israel
After finishing military service and Ibiza, also with his bridges
in Israel, he moved to Germany as a symbol for intercultural
and continued studying with the exchange and understanding. He
support of Professor Sotirios was showing his art not only in
Michou from Stuttgart Art Aca- galleries, also in Churches and
demy. In Israel, he was supported institutions with cultural and
by Mordehai Omer, the former religious backgrounds. He took
curator of Museum Tel Aviv. He part in Art Focus Holon in 1995
lives in Germany and mostly whilst he had several exhibitions
Ibiza, where he has his studio. in Israel.
Benjamin - Goblet, series the 12 tribes,

2015 - 89x116cm - Oil on canvas

Since 2012 he is represented
by the Pashmin Art Gallery,
showing his work at art fairs all
over the world, at Art Shanghai
2012, Scope NYC 2014, Art-
Canton 2014 and Palm Beach
Art Fair in January 2015. In
addition, he took part in the
group show at the Pashmin Art
Gallery, Hamburg 2013 Figure
and Space and in a group
show at the Museum of Rus-
sian Art in Kiev / Ukraine. In
2016 Uriel took part in a group
exhibition in Beijing, China at
MOCA Museum of contempo-
rary art with the title Borders
and Bridges.
Blue Angels watching - 2013 - 113x146 cm, Oil on canvas
Way to Moria - 2015 - 200x150cm, Oil on canvas

Shabat Hamalka - 2011 - 113x146 cm, Oil on canvas Levi - Shield, series the 12 tribes, 2015 - 89x116cm - Oil on canvas
Uriel Cazes paints figurative, but anti-

naturalistic. His figures are indicated
with a broad brush stroke and in addition
highlighted by black contours. His works
consist of mostly large, iridescent colored
boxes interfere more or less hard against
each other. The stylized people involved
in largely indifferent, monochrome surface
formation.
The figures in Cazes works, has a strong

expression of the faces. He rarely focuses
on a single figure that he is in the room.
His characters share the space in the
picture and immediately side by side or
one above the other. The figures seem
familiar and yet each figure is individually
and dominant in her own room.
Ruben - Flower, series the 12 tribes, 2015 - 89x116cm - Oil on canvas

Issachar - Stars, series the 12 tribes, 2015 - 89x116cm - Oil on canvas Gad - Tent, series the 12 tribes, 2015 - 89x116cm - Oil on canvas
...he who performed miracles - 2015 - 89x116cm, Oil on canvas

Top: Miriam and Moseslaw boards - 2015,
200x150cm, Oil on canvas
Left: Simeon - Castle, series the 12 tribes, 2015,

89x116cm - Oil on canvas

Juda - Lion, series the 12 tribes, 2015 - 89x116cm,
Oil on canvas Website: http://urielcazes-art.com/
email: cazes.uriel@gmail.com

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NIVA DOTAN
Violet - sculpture 60x70cm Mtal
110
Niva Dotan is a multidisciplinary The question What is the point of
artist. She spent most of her life my life? keeps bothering her and
in Europe, in Paris and in Brussels, her work, and lead her to study and
studying and practicing the modern to understand what is the main pur-
and contemporary art world. During pose and meaning of Creation.
her studies in the Academie des In her earlier works, we can notice
Beaux Arts Uccle Bruxelles, for 7 a personal feminist declaration,
years, she exposed her art in many but, over time, we can see a sort of
collective exhibitions and made solo submission and understanding of
exhibitions over Europe. the goal of her existence and her
sticking to it.
The changing environments made The flat, two-dimensional work
her dance in two different circles; gets three dimensions of material
one of the reality and the other of and color layers, reflecting her
magic and illusion. Dotans art is inside and spiritual feelings into the
full of colors, daring and outside a materials.
consensus way of thinking. Both changing emotions and femi-
ninity ranged in circles, between
Her creation is an attempt to despair and hope, to unite the
communicate and feel better with pieces into a one piece and heal
people who are really interested to the wounds. Sometime we can see
know her and to accept her as she many small women in one work,
is. making together one big woman,
La dance de la vie et de la mort

- Biannale Venezia 200x200cm
Mixed Media on canvas.

bigger than all her parts including eternal
force, behind a lyric expression. Daring to
show this force, trying to add something
more from her, is what Niva calls adding
your sesame grain to art; Struggle to find
it, and never give up! is her declaration as
an artist.
Dotans works are permanently presented in

Automne Galerie in Brussels, alongside ma-
jor artists, and are also presented in Artnet
- a professional arts website.
The work La dance de la vie et de la mort

has been exposed in Venice (Italy) on the
56th Biennale in 2015. The work Feu has
been shown in Florence (Italy) at the Uffizi
Museum in 2016.
A flash of light lightens the contemporary

art scene, to present Niva Dotans art to the
world; it is a very intense painting in which it
is possible to perceive not only the pictorial ta-
lent of the painter, but above all the deep and
intense will to communicate with people. Niva
Dotan expresses feelings and moods through
the pictorial gesture, and lets us enter into a
world made of symbolic ruffles and touching
shades, in which the spectator can get lost and
find himself in a more confident awareness.
Art meets Heart, she says, creating an ex-
plosive mix, in which the abstraction of reality
becomes a new way to reach the knowledge at
full pictorial capacity.
Dott. S. Russo (Uffizi catalogue)
Top: La fleur dorient 100x120cm.

Raine. 100x120cm.

Blanche neige. 100x120cm. Mixed Media on canvas. Connection cercles 100x120cm. Mixed Media on canvas.
I have a respect and an admiration for avant-garde.

I identify with the artist who struggle for renewal,
originality, change, refresh and adding what I call; Le petit
rien or the Sessamy grain. This little contribution to art in
the mirror of time, is my statement as an artist.
- Niva Dotan

Top Left: Flotter. 100x120cm.
Top Right: Magica 100x120cm.

Libert 100x120cm.

La dance sanguine. 100x120cm. Website: http://www.israeliartmarket.com/product-category/niva-dotan/
Mixed Media on canvas. email: nivadotan@hotmail.com

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LELA MIGIROV
The inspiration
for all of my work
is the people
I love, people I meet,
music I hear, books I
read, the city I live in,
rain, sorrow, happiness
The infinity of the
depicted world creates
a dreamy and magical
place, where objects
emerge in mysterious
ways, triggering
amazement. I compose
my art by establishing
a tight connection
between my energy and
feelings, converging
a movement of spirit and a
in one specific magnificent
storm of emotions conjuring up
moment. During the painting
captivating colors. I invite you
my senses are troubled and
to explore your subconscious
the desire for freedom at
in a fantastic journey into the
these moments becomes the
world of dreams, suggestions,
core of the creation which is
emotions, magical strengths,
directed with no predetermined
mystery and expressive power.
direction. I approach the canvas
with vigor and imagination
that express my mood at the
moment of creation, at times
tempestuous and at times
subtle. To me, every creation Left: Les rives.120x80cm. Acrylic on canvas.
is an endless melody, a light,
Top: Adi.50x80cm .Acrylic on canvas.

Vivaldi.Spring.60x60cm.Acrylic on canvas. Vivaldi.Summer.60x60cm.Acrylic on canvas.
Clochard.30x30cm.Acrylic on canvas. Vivaldi. Winter.60x60cm.Acrylic on canvas.
During the painting my senses are

troubled and the desire for freedom
at these moments becomes the core
of the creation which is directed with no
predetermined direction.

Dreams.30x40x3cm. Acrylic on canvas.
Linspiration pour toutes main sur la toile, et cela sans

mes oeuvres me vient des suivre un quelconque plan
personnes que jaime, des prconu par mon esprit.
personnes que je rencontre, Avec vigueur et imagination,
de la musique que jcoute, sexprime sur la toile mon
des livres que je lis, de la humeur du moment, parfois
ville o je vis, de la pluie, du tumultueuse et parfois toute
chagrin, du bonheur en nuances. Pour moi, toute
Linfinit du monde cration est une mlodie
reprsent cre un lieu sans fin, une lumire, un
onirique et magique, o mouvement de lesprit et
des objets apparaissent une tempte dmotions
mystrieusement, suscitant traduits par des couleurs
la stupfaction. Les liens envotantes. Cest pour cela
intimes qui se tissent que je ne me limite ni un
entre mon nergie et mes style pictural particulier, ni
sentiments convergent une technique unique.
en un instant magnifique Je vous invite explorer
et singulier celui de votre subconscient un
la cration, celui o je voyage fantastique dans
compose mon art. le monde des rves, des
Quand je peins tous mes suggestions, des motions,
sens sont en veil et alors un des forces magiques, dans
dsir irrpressible de libert le monde mystrieux de la Muse.20x30cm. Acrylic on canvas.
sempare de tout mon tre; puissance expressive.

au cur mme de la cration,
ce sentiment conduit ma

Labirynth.60x60cm. Acrylic on
LELA MIGIROV
Website: http://art-lem.com/
email: migirovl@gmail.com

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ORNA NAOR
Orna Naor is a Street Photographer, a lecturer
and a member of the Israeli Street Photographers
collective URBANICA. Her street photography
is shown in brick and mortar galleries in
Israel and abroad, Including Local Testimony
Photojournalism exhibition 2016, as well as in
various Street Photography groups over the net,
which in some of them she is an admin. Naor
has her unique and creative way of approaching
street photography. She focuses on human
moments, on emotions and on creating her own
story. Her work was published in various street
photography books and magazines (WePhoto
Street, World Street Photography 2015,
MonoPix, We Street, Israeli and International
Lens Magazine).

SERIES: CHILDREN AROUND
THE WORLD
Children all over the world are
being exposed to different lives,
ceremonies and standards, to
which they react with their eyes.
Sometimes one can see their
fear, sometimes their disgust,
sometimes their happiness. As a
street photographer, I find their
stories the most honest ones,
and their future to be the most
important goal.
Children are children,

wherever they are, but
their childhood is so
different from place to place, from
culture to culture; the childrens
eyes, looks and body language
speak to me in all of my journeys
around the world. This is a collection
of childrens images who touched
my heart.
-Orna Naor

People live in a dumpster, Guatemala 2016; coming Website: http://www.ornanaor.com/
from villages to the big city they collect the garbage email: orna.naor@gmail.com
answer sell it, and this is their home.

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Happiness, This 50 x 40cm 2014 acrylic on canvas
CATRIONA CAMERON
Catriona Cameron, British artist, I started painting in November 2012
resident in Switzerland. as a relaxing hobby and gifting my art
to friends. Since 2014 I have offered
My abstract style of painting not only the original artwork for sale,
contains three key elements but also created derived art products
- Bright colors such as handbags, scarves, prints,
- A certain 3D effect puzzles, figurines etc.
- A quirky, creative attitude.
I have had exhibitions within Switzer-
My paintings fall into a variety of the- land, Denmark and Italy and I have
mes - abstract, comical, animal, people, sold paintings to America, UK, and
landscape, floral and a series of Alcohol Australia as well as Switzerland.
Art my interpretation of drinks seen
under the microscope. My entire portfolio is available to be
seen on the following website and plea-
se contact me for more information on
the derived products.
I Met A Wolf, 30x40cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2016

Aye See Land, 60x20cm Graffiti spray & acrylic paint on canvas, 2016
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS:
QUID TU VIDES? I MET A WOLF

Originally painted in landscape, An adult wolf doesnt have
it can be viewed in any rotation blue eyes, but in my painting
and look like a humming it does. I Met A Wolf, was
bird/kingfisher, an angel inspired by a brief conversation
with a sword, a carnival-like with a Met policeman who
headdress or bird- like figure. had amazing blue eyes. The
Its Latin title reflects this paintings color choices
What do you see? continued with the Boys in
Blue uniform reference and
AYE SEE LAND the title linked to the UKs
I like playing with titles and Metropolitan police force,
this is an intended mix up commonly referred to as the
of words and ambiguous Met.
meanings. I wanted the
painting to look like rolling TECTONIC SOLAR KISSES
landscape and the sea, along Inspired from an image of the
with the early morning blueish sun captured in ultraviolet
autumn light seen in Tuscany. light and its name is partially
reflected in the title.
HAPPINESS
Inspired by Agoes Antaras
photograph, Together We Are
Happy, this was very relaxing
to paint and I really enjoyed
Tectonic Solar Kisses, 40 x 40 cm acrylic & spray paint on canvas. 2016
myself creating it.
LEO SUNSHINE FIRE

A fun abstract created with
my favorite choice of colors
and complete with a little lion
figure in the center.
Quid Tu Vides?, 40x30cm Acrylic on canvas. 2015
Left: Leo Sunshine, 30x24cm,

Graffiti spray & acrylic paint on canvas, 2016
Website: http://www.colourfulcatcreations.com/
email: catrionacameron1969@yahoo.co.uk

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Oil on canvas, 81x116 cm, signed.
EMERICH MEERSON
Emerich Meerson is a French painter never demonstrative; its evocative.
who was born in Germany. Thats because the artist -- inspired
by childhood, the family, love, faith --
Its hard to classify Emerich Meerson always looks for the truth hidden behind
using a particular school or a trend, the visible world. Sometimes profusely,
because of his abundant creativity sometimes sparsely, he transmutes
and his constant pursuit of plastic the vibrations of the material, the
expression. His Individuality is strong and coexistence of order and disorder, the
recognizable in all his work, which is, first movement toward becoming rather than
and always, full of emotion. an image stuck in the present. His work
is rich and enriching.
Looking at one of his drawings, one
of his paintings, one of his sculptures,
always inspires questions, feelings and
reflection. Emerich Meersons work is

Oil on canvas, 60x81 cm, signed. Oil on canvas, 60x81 cm, signed. Oil on canvas, 73x100 cm, signed.
The rhythms breathe, imitating

a version of nature that has been
organized by Emmerich Meerson.
This is definitely concrete
abstraction.
Each vision corresponds to a

response from the outside to
the inside, from the heart of
man to the soul of the world.
Everything here is contained in
the gesture, the writing and the
silence. Curling, dancing, shapes,
territories, a labyrinth-tree rising
and extending to the surface,
behind which I invite you to
look at the shivering rainbow of
nights-days-water and fire.
Emerich Meerson has been

exhibiting for about twenty years,
first in private surroundings,
then in individual and group
exhibitions.
Oil on canvas, 60x81 cm, signed.
Website: http://www.israeliartmarket.com/product-category/emerich-meerson/
email: emerich.meerson@gmail.com

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AYELET BOKER

Ayelet Boker, Artist. Painter. Lives and works
in Tel Aviv. Painting: landscapes, nudity
,three dimensional, impressionist style,
Pointillism, minimalist and surreal oil on
canvas technique.
Photography by Tamar Almog
Painting, for me, is a powerful tool of

expression and dialogue. The ideas for
my paintings are inspirations that I get
from cities, like the uniqueness of construction
sites, as well as from the bible, death, desires,
sole searching dreams and from the chaos of
uncertainty. After the paintings are ready, I dye
them in layers of Oil paints and add to them
more shades, depending on my feelings at the
moment, and try to be as accurate as I can in
every detail.
I like to create, in my paintings, a sense of
roughness which pours and reflects the obvious
self on my painting canvas. I draw using the
technique of oil on canvas in a variety of styles,
varying from being impressionistic, realistic or
surrealistic, depending on the type of dialogue
that I create with my experiences. Oil painting
allows me to paint the charming richness
of colors and the creation of an additional
dimension of roughness. Working with layers
enables me to revitalize my paintings and shape
them without compromises, until I come to
the conclusion that I have nothing more to add
to my painting, and it truly expresses a self-
integrated experience.
The old city, 50x70cm, Oil on canvas.
Left: Beit sheaarim, 80x120cm, Oil on canvas.

Akko, 100x100cm, Oil on canvas.
In my work, I often draw contrasts, either in the same painting

or, sometimes, in a series of different paintings.
This could be showcasing a conflict between a new
life and death, a conflict between the sacred and
the profane,between the reality and disillusionment etc. In
addition, I like to draw sacred and ancient cities, where every
stone, rock cover and structure tells its story through its
painting.

Right: Jerusalem, 100x70cm, Oil on canvas.
Bottom: Bethany 140x100cm, Oil on canvas.

Top: Akko, 90x120cm, Oil on canvas.
Left: The religious 80x60cm, Oil on canvas.

Or-el 90x70cm, Oil on canvas.
AYELET BOKER
Website: http://www.ayeletboker.com/
email: bokerayelet@gmail.com

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Extreme, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 100x178cm
ZVIKA HORESH
RIDE WITH THE WIND
Zvika Horesh was born in 1968 in Jerusalem.
his uniqueness as an artist and as a designer
is characterized by his ability to bring to the
creative process his talent and experience in
a variety of work mediums. Product design,
architectural design, drawing, sculpture,
photography, proficiency in graphic computer
mediums, all of these together, allow him to
create art out of inspirational creative space. In
his works, the artist directs graphic scenarios
layered with the techniques of painting on
canvas, digital print, collage and photography.
The artist moves across the spectrum between
New Media methods and more veteran
methods in New Media in visual arts - painting
and sculpturing.

Head First, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 100x134cm
PREVIOUS MAIN EXHIBITIONS
Zvika Horeshs works of 2017. Center of education, Science & Culture -

art are inspired by the Macau, China. FEBRAURY 2017
Pop Art and Street Art.
2017. RIDE WITH THE WIND
These types of work
China, Guangzhou. Redtory. Contemporary Art
are characterized by Gallery. JANUARY - MARCH, 2017
intense bursts of color,
typographic content, 2015. POPULART - MY NEW HEROES.
and dominant color Pop Art exhibition in KASTIEL Gallery.
strokes where the main Tel Aviv, Israel.
objects are assimilated
2015. ART EXHIBITION in Montreux,
in scenarios of color, and Switzerland.
maintain a harmonious
symbiosis with the 2014. URBANIX Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
accompanying graphic Pop Art exhibition.
objects.
2010. RIDERS IN THE WIND.
Dudu Gerstein / Tzvika Horesh, Gerstein Gallery,
Tel-Aviv, Israel

Team of one, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 100x146cm
The first exhibition RIDE sick children, victims of

WITH THE WIND was first hostilities, Palestinians and
presented together with the Jews alike.
famous international artist In these days the solo
Dudu Gershtein in 2010 at exhibition RIDE WITH THE
the Gershtein gallery in Tel WIND is being displayed
Aviv. in Redtory - Contemporary
The exhibition displayed Art Gallery in China -
50 of the artists works Guangzhou and in galleries
of sculptures and in Macao & Beijing in honor
paintings. The works of 25 years of diplomatic
illustrated the beauty, relations between the
aesthetics, perseverance, Chines and the Israeli
determination and strength nationals.
of the group together for The artist was reordered
the cause of sacrifice and by the Ministry of
giving. Foreign Affairs of Israel in
The exhibition received Guangzhou and displayed
great interest among more than 40 works As an
collectors and cyclist artist. Horesh handles with
groups in Israel. All of the the modern urban culture
exhibitions proceeds were by making it an object of
given to the Alin hospital that gives a representation
in Jerusalem, a hospital for and expression to the All around, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 100x149cm.

To the light, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 100x163cm
social and cultural trends,

processes in a wide range
and the various subjects
that draw inspiration from
the urban terrain.
The art works address to
the collective awareness,
to the experience which
is an integral part of
Untitled, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 139x100cm Urban ride, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 139x100cm
the process of life and
environment.
The artist attaches great
importance to aesthetic
pleasure for its own
sake, since as Immanuel
Kant wrote, the beauty
of the beautiful things
is not a private matter,
their beauty is due to the
experience and emotional
pleasure that they create.
Tempo, 2016, Mixed media on canvas, 88x171cm
Website: www.zvikahoresh.com email: zh.crtv@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
YNIN SHILLO
Photography. Flora, 2270. 44x30cm.
Ynin Shillo (born 1960) is a conceptual Shillo created oil paintings on canvas,
interdisciplinary artist, Represented by multi-dimensional works, collages and
I am a conceptual AMSTERDAM WHITNEY GALLERY, assemblage. In 1994 he left to the
interdisciplinary artist. My Chelsea, NYC, USA; Initiator and mountains to what eventually became
work is charged with local Curator of the AVI Festival (Art Video fifteen years of wandering in Israel and in
pure substance elements, both International), Winner of the LORENZO Europe with no possessions, no money
ancient and contemporary, and IL MAGNIFICO Prize; 2013-2014, and no identification papers when all
in theological and Genealogical Elected to the International Exposures that he took was a sleeping bag, a violin
materials, dealing with issues project and Isra - Drama By The Drama and a Torah book. This journey was
of man- place - Language at Center on the name of Hanoch Levin, largely in seclusion, away from human
this time, substances that are The Rabinovich Foundation & The Israeli society. In 2010 he came back to live in
very tense between holism and playwrights Association. His work is Jerusalem and returned to practice the
deconstruction. exhibited in Museums, Biennales and plastics of art.
Galleries around the globe. In the 1990s
he received a grant from the Jerusalem
Municipalitys Urban studio. In the studio

Photography. Flora, 2768. 44x30cm. Photography. Flora, 2357. 44x30cm.

Photography. Between Benjamin to Judaea.
2946. 44x30cm.
Photography. Between Benjamin to Judaea.

1352. 44x30cm.

Top: Photography. Between
Benjamin to Judaea.
2744. 44x30cm.
Right: Photography. Between

Benjamin to Judaea.
2417. 44x30cm.
http://yninshillo.com/
email:shilloart@gmail.com

TOP ARTIST
PAUL MICHAEL
MONTELONGO
work and learn more on

his own. Not having a
computer at home, Paul
took advantage of this
opportunity spending
time there even on
Paul Michael Montelongo, a
days when he had no
digital artist living in Santa
classes. The next course that
Clarita, CA was born in 1979.
would take him even deeper
Having an appreciation for
into Digital media and change
art at an early age, from pre-
his direction to digital art, was
school through high school
Photoshop 5.0. Chris Acune
you could always find him
Hasen was the Photoshop
drawing and creating. People
instructor, and Paul soaked up
would always say he was going
everything that was taught to
to be an Artist when he grew
him. He had found his calling
up, with his Mother being an
with digital art, and Photoshop
artist herself along with his
was his main tool. Paul did
Grandfather, passing on this
not jump into becoming a
great talent to him. Starting
digital artist right away; during
with a pencil, then moving to
college, he went on to use his
a pen and then to charcoal to
Photoshop skills as a graphic
create each of his earlier art
designer. He soon spent the
pieces, it was not until college
coming years growing his talent
that he was introduced to the
as a freelance graphic designer,
concept of digital media. The
providing work for clients
first computer art class he took
from startup to medium size
was Painter, taught by Dale
businesses with branding, logo
Harvey at Rio Hondo
development and marketing
in Whittier, CA. He was
designs. Even with a nice
fortunate enough to have Mr
career as a graphic designer for
Harvey not only push him in
16 years, he knew this was not
each of his assignments and
where his passion was.
projects, but also allowing him
HEART - Red Heart - My first digital art piece inspired to stay in-between classes to
by my draw of distress and beauty.

FALLEN - Glacier - The fallen angel cast from the DA DE LOS MUERTOS - Amor Estrao, meaning FALLEN - Villein - This fallen creature has
heavens that now dwells in the highest peek of the snow Strange Love is inspired by my cousin, Candace Dovie. become the caretaker of the free lands in which
capes. Inspired by folklore and fantasy. she dwells. Inspired by folklore and fantasy.
In February 2016, now married

with 3 kids, Paul decided to take Theres a hidden
hold of that passion and create appreciation in finding
for himself. Encouraged and life in something that has
motivated by his wife Melissa, he been cast away for being old or
created his first 6 piece series,
even broken. My work combines
Heart. His first creative piece
Photoshop with photography to
titled Red Heart, which was the
convey my creative imagination.
birth of the design style he would
eventually adopt throughout the
The beauty of distress I combine
theme of the series and even with that of each model gives a
within the next two. As a digital perfect balance for each piece
artist, he is thankful for the created. Being able to take what
opportunity to finally create with was an idea or a concept, then see
the imagination and talent God it finally completed in print form
had blessed him with. Urks Design is a rewarding feeling as an Artist.
is the final stamp of claiming this Knowing that people appreciate
art career as his own, taking on a my work is amazing, and finding
nickname given to him growing freedom in creating for myself is
up. Paul now brands himself as a
deeply rewarding.
digital artist, using the same skills JACKALOPE - Luna A piece created for a
Jackalope Art Fair event, I created my version
he had used for so many years as of this mystical creature combining inspiration
from my wife.
a graphic designer.
Website: http://www.urksdesign.com/
email: contact@urksdesign.com

TOP ARTIST
WHITNEY BABIN
Sun City. Oil On Canvas 24 x 25 x 1.5
Headlights. Oil On Canvas 12 x12 x 1.5

In my art, I explore the and the depiction of light and
world in which I live. My motion. For me, the city has always
artwork is a personal been an intriguing environment.
exploration of my environment I experience it as something that
and emotions. Each individual never sleeps; it seems more like a
views his or her surroundings in a living organism than a place. During
unique way. As an artist, I have an the day, people overpower the city.
opportunity to portray images of The buildings become a backdrop
my everyday life through my line to the diverse crowd wielding its
of vision. Living in Philadelphia and way through the streets. However,
Lancaster has had a vast influence at night, the city itself comes to life
on my subject matter. My interest and the people are the backdrop.
in depicting an urban environment The lights and the sounds create
gradually developed into a an atmosphere all their own.
fascination with the city at night,

City Reflections. Oil on Canvas 20 x 20 x 3 Rhythm & Blues. Oil On Canvas 18 x 18 x 1.5
Never Change. Oil On Canvas 11 x 14 x 1.5 No Left Turns. Oil on Panel 18 x 24 x 2
This energy of changing light

and motion makes it a place of
constant interest for me and has
created a vast subject for me to
work with in my paintings.
Website: http://www.whitneybabin.com/

TOP ARTIST
DAPHNE HOREV
After sunset. 80h x 110w cm. Digital Art.
beyond. While painting, I set

myself free from the grasp
of everyday perception of
reality. In recent years I have
found myself increasingly
combining gold color in my
work. To my feeling and
understanding, the use of
gold disconnects the subject
matter from the real context
and takes it to metaphorical
and symbolic levels. I have
Engaging with been painting for many
Art, for me it years. In recent years I combine
is like looking digital tools in my work.
into my microcosm self and
then down into the human
experience here on earth and
Moonlit flight. 130h x 110w cm. Digital Art.

EXHIBITIONS
AND
PUBLICATIONS:
The national theater
Habima, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016
The national theater
Habima, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Hangar 11 Gallery, Jaffa
harbor, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015
Art & About gallery,
Jaffa harbor, Tel Aviv
2015
44 Degrees Online Art
Magazine Colors 2016
Israeli Art Market - The
Big Exhibition 2015, 2016
Expo 2015 Millan ,
art exhibition in Trezzo
SullAdda, Italy 2015
The city gallery of Kfar
Saba , Israel 2004
Haaretz Gallery
Magazine -The Red
exhibition
Neville gallery, Toronto ,
Canada 1987
Carlyle gallery, Tel Aviv,
Israel 1986
Like ships that pass in the night. 115h x 100w cm. Digital Art.
Golden sunset flock. 85h x 120w cm. Digital Art.

Longing in motion . 95h x 130w cm. Digital Art
Tropical nocturne Homage to Van Gogh. 100h x 140w cm. Digital Art.

As in heaven so on earth. 100h x 110w cm. Digital Art.
Transformation. 90h x 120w cm. Digital Art.
DAPHNE HOREV
email: dafna.horev@gmail.com
Website: https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/703934

TOP ARTIST
ELHANAN SIMHAYEV
Elhanan Simhayev, (b. 1972) is an Israeli
Photographer, originally born in Azerbaijan, in
Baku. Married with three children, started his
photography experience five years ago in an
autodidact way.

Photography is a moment in the frame, and all
our life is made up of such a framework. But
our brain tells us to join life in the finished film,
leaving us without the opportunity to see every moment
separately. For me, photography is a tool which allows
to combine the past, present and future developments
in one frame and see life in its real perspective and
composition.
email: elhanan.s.r@gmail.com

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14. FEROMONTANA 84. BRIAN SOSTROM

20. DEBI OULU | PENETRATION 88. DORON GAL- ADONI

28. MALLY ELBAZ ALMANDINE 98. TANYA ISAACSON

30. MARITHA VAN AMEROM 100. ASSAF BASSON

32. MICHAL SHELLY 104. URIEL CAZES | JEWISH LIFE

34. NELLIEN BREWER | TEXT WORKS 110. NIVA DOTAN

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54. DR. LILAC ABRAMSKY-ARAZI 128. AYELET BOKER

60. LIKA RAMATI 138. YNIN SHILLO

64. BORIS LEIFER 142. PAUL MICHAEL MONTELONGO

68. PEGGY LEE 144. WHITNEY BABIN

70. AGITA KEIRI | THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE 146. DAPHNE HOREV

76. JOYCE POMMER 150. ELHANAN SIMHAYEV

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While exhibiting in galleries, Oulus

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Through a subtle interplay of multiple realities

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Top: Go Away. 2012. 80x60 cm. Acrylic on canvas

The image of these pieces of traditional embroidery. Before

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