2012 COMPETITION
"Fountain of Life" 58” x 17.5” x 17.5”, Metalized resin, 2011
Mexican sculptor, Leonardo Pereznieto, is one of the co-founders of Post-Romanticism in Mexico. He has exhibited his work in prominent museums and galleries in Florence, London, Paris, Frankfurt, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, and many more. Some of his awards include a Best of Show: Gold Medal at Italy Award for Visual Arts, Premio in Firenze. He has delivered over 50 lectures around the world: including the NY Academy of Art, University of Michigan, and Celebrity Centre in Florence.
Pereznieto’s recent works consist of sculptures made of metalized resin in blue and silver color. He states, “Like Romantic artists, my work captures human feelings, sensuality and beauty in a way that mirrors and at the same time idealizes visual reality.” His sculptures have a lifelike quality, which is nevertheless full of imagination and fancy; a delicate sensual touch; a passionate sense of the spirituality of earthly existence.
"Blacksmith" 5.8” x 5.9” x 13.8”, Claw Hammer, 2011
Park, Ju-Hyun was born in Busan, Korea. Park has received B.F.A in design at Dong-Ah University and M.F.A. in sculpture at Busan University. He has received awards and selected as emerging artist from number of competitions. He constantly participates in many competitions and in diverse group exhibitions in Korea and Japan.
Park portrays the desire that people seek in their daily lives using materials such as hammer, bat, sickle, wooden spoon, and scissors. In his work, “Story of Tools”, he realistically illustrates various stories with humor and irony in a theatrical way. He engraves the imagery generated by the tools and explores the relationship between tools and human beings through his vision.
"Coalesce 2" 24” x 36”, Acrylic on Canvas, 2011
Steve Hickok was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and his work has been featured internationally in cities such as New York, Chicago, London, and Paris, and he was recognized in the 2011 issue of Art in America. For over twelve years he has collaborated with younger artists, educating and encouraging them in the pursuit of their careers. Hickok, himself, was the youngest artist accepted by the Suzanne Brown Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona where he exhibited along with Fritz Scholder and Ed Mell.
In his latest series, "Stories and Squares," he focuses on the stories of adopted children who are emotionally in chaos and pain and how they are saved by love. Their recovery is life-affirming. Using the faces and the handprints of children adopted by friends and family, he combines a variety of techniques as well as photographic images from different parts of the world. Steve approaches each square as if it already has its own personality.
"Uncomfortable Nap" 35.8”x 28.6”, Oil on Canvas, 2011
Kim, Ji- Young received her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Painting at the Hong-Ik University in Seoul, Korea. Kim has had numerous solo and group shows in different galleries located in Seoul, Beijing, Chicago, and New York. She also was selected as one of the artists at Kumho Art Studio Residency.
Kim begins her process by making a collage of several images to create unique compositions, then she paints them together onto her choice of background to create her special allegories. She tries to evoke thoughts and emotions through the viewer so that they could find an alternate reality which hasn’t been realized yet. Through her juxtapositions of the eccentric images she wishes to “stimulate the viewers’ external eye, open up unlimited possibilities for free thoughts and ideas in our perception.”
"Light and Color" 40"x40", Mixed Media, 2011
Kim, Wan received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Design and Painting in Youngnam University in Korea. He has exhibited his work in many places such as Cube Gallery, Kwanhoon Gallery in Korea, Sunshine International Art Museum and Shanghai Municipal Art Gallery in China. Kim also won the Grand Prize Award and an Excellence award from Daegu Municipal Art contest and Pohang International Art Festival.
Kim uses lines as his main focus. In Oriental philosophy, straight lines display the spiritual world or ‘Zen’, which emphasizes experiential wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. He makes straight lines with different colors not only to express an energetic spirit, but also for his own experiments. Kim creates the rough texture by cutting a bind part of the book in half and putting it on top of the canvas. The coarseness of the book creates a straight line, allowing him to play with different colors to give distinctive character.
"Photism #12" 20"x28", Photograph,2011
Oh, Se-Chul received a B.F.A. and a M.F.A. in photography at Nihon University in Japan. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in Tokyo,Seoul, and Taiwan, and participated in many group exhibitions in Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and U.S. Also he has received awards from Tokyo’s international professional photo fair, 2nd Tokyo international Photo-Biennale, and Konika image promoting foundation scholarship. His work has been collected by Nihon University and Kiyosato Photo Art Museum.
Oh’s recent works possess a specific technical quality that plays with colors, saturation, lighting, and texture. While some of his photos can be seen as documentations of neglected spaces through the aftermath of a rapidly developing megalopolis, others simply have the purpose of exposing new shapes of weathering and corrosion through his own perspective.
"The Judgement Tree" 20"x24", Oil-based Ink, Enamel, and Modeling pasteon canvas, 2011
Tana Kazakowitz was born in Minsk, Russia where she studied Fine Art. Her work has been exhibited in many galleries such as Wheelhorse Gallery in New York, The Museum of American Art New Britain, and White Space Gallery in Connecticut. Also her work was collected by the Museum of American Art New Britain Connecticut.
Tana explores her own experience and develops personal emotion in her paintings and drawings. With her abundance of details and bright palette, she creates remarkably textured scenery in her work. Her work also speaks for human individuality as she believes that “New Art -- high tech, bold, multi- form, yet not lacking in something of the human essence. Modern spirit must not allow modernity to exceed the limits of good taste.''
THE EXHIBITION OF 2012 WINNERS
We provided the group exhibition of 2012 winners in our gallery on January 12 - January 22, 2012 (Chelsea, New York) and December 01 - December 11, 2011( Seoul, Korea)
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