The Comic Art of John Pham
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John Pham is a Cartoonist living in Los Angeles who works in comics, animation and printmaking. He is a winner of the Xeric grant, as well as nominated for the Ignatz and Eisner awards. He self publishes his ongoing comic series Epoxy, and his strip J&K was collected by Fantagraphics in 2020. It was named one of the best graphic novels of the year by the Guardian. You can find more of his work below:
www.substitutelife.com
Jaina Cipriano Artwork
Jaina Cipriano
Jaina Cipriano is an experiential designer, filmmaker and photographer exploring the emotional toll of religious and romantic entrapment. Her worlds communicate with our neglected inner child and are informed by explosive colors, elevated play and the existence of light in the dark.
Jaina writes and directs award winning short films that wrestle with the complicated path of healing. Her second short, ‘Trauma Bond’ is a dreamy, coming of age thriller that explores what happens when we attempt to heal deep wounds with quick fixes. In 2023 Trauma Bond took home the grand prize at the Lonely Seal International Film Festival.
Jaina’s photographic works are fabricated by hand in her Lowell studio. Working with Jaina is often described as cathartic and playful. Her photographic work has been shown at Griffin Museum of Photography, the Photographic Resource Center/Boston, PhotoPlace Gallery VT, Medium San Diego among others.
She is the founder of Finding Bright Studios, a design company specializing in set design for music videos, immersive spaces and public art. Jaina is the owner and executive director of the longstanding Arlington International Film Festival. She has collaborated with GRRL HAUS, Boston Art Review, and was a Boston Fellow for the Mass Art Creative Business Incubator, a finalist in EforAll Merrimack Valley and was a participant in the city of Boston’s Un-monument augmented reality workshop.
jainaphoto.com
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Laconia Gallery, The Empty Mirror, Boston, MA, 2023.
Boston University 808 Gallery, Dreamscapes: Finding the Light Through Immersive Design, Boston, MA, 2022 Beacon Street Gallery, The Infinite Mirage of Rapture, Brookline, MA, 2022.
Griffin Museum of Photography WinCam Gallery, The Infinite Mirage of Rapture, Winchester, MA, 2021.
Shelter in Place Gallery, Empty Spaces,
Boston, MA, 2020.
Gallery Seven, Directed Imagination, Maynard MA. Curated by Kelli Costa and Nick Johnson, 2019.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Kingston Gallery, TOO HOT!, Boston, MA. Juried by Jessica Roscio, 2024.
Cambridge Art Association, Blue 2023, Cambridge, MA. Curated by Abigail Ogilvy, 2023.
Rivalry Projects, collective selection / selective collection, Buffalo, NY. Curated by Camilø Álvårez, 2023.
Medium Photo, Size Matters, San Diego, CA. Curated by C. Meier, 2023 Photographic Resource Center, Night of Film, Cambridge, MA, 2023.
NE Sculpture, Artifactuality, Minneapolis, MN. Curated by Allison Baker and Jannell Hammer.
The Curated Fridge, Winter 2023, Somerville, MA. Curated by Brian Piper. Leica Gallery, Inward Outward, Boston, MA. Curated by OJ Slaughter, 2022.
Panopticon Gallery, First Look 2022,
Online, 2022.
The British Journal of Photography,
Edition 365, 2021.
Rhode Island Center for Photographic Art, Behind the Lens Plus 2021: Women in Photography, RI, 2021.
Emerson Contemporary Gallery, Digital Dreams, Boston, MA, 2020.
PhotoPlace Gallery, Altered Realities, Online Gallery. Middlebury, VT. Curated by Brooke Shaden, 2019.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Gampat, Chris. “5 Women Photographers You Should Teach Your Kids About.” The Phoblographer, 16 Feb. 2024, www.thephoblographer.com
Photographie, L’Œil de la. “Jaina Cipriano.” The Eye of Photography Magazine, 16 Dec. 2023, loeildelaphotographie.com
Gampat, Chris. “The 12 Most Inspirational Photographers of 2023: A List of the Best.” The Phoblographer, 9 Dec. 2023, www.thephoblographer.com
Gampat, Chris. “Jaina Cipriano Is the Best Thing since Gregory Crewdson.” The Phoblographer, 3 Dec. 2023, www.thephoblographer.com
“As Luck Would Have It Artist Feature – Jaina Cipriano.” 13FOREST Gallery, 19 July 2023, 13forest.com
Sleboda, Kathleen. “Newly Remodeled 808 Gallery Opens with Immersive Show Exploring Fantastical Worlds.” Boston University, 23 Sept. 2022, www.bu.edu
COMMISSIONS
Who Invited Them?, 2024, Providence, RI, Level 99.
Cartoon Fire Pits, 2023, Boston, MA, BRM Production Management and Massport.
Butter Bench, 2023, Boston, MA, Johnny Cupcakes.
PUBLIC ART
NERVOUS SYSTEM, 2023, Boston, MA,
Isenberg Projects, Boston Art Review and The Fenway.
Tiny Memphis Room, 2023, Boston, MA, Boston Art Review.
The Art of Paul Torres
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Artist Statement:
Naturally gifted with a keen observation of life, including the cultural, social, political and religious landscape in the world we live, Paul Torres’ art embodies a rich imagination and is laced with social commentary with a soulful interpretation of everyday life. Paul was born and raised in Santiago Chile, in Las Condes, his birth name is Pablo Torres Urmeneta, his interest in art began at age three after being introduced to comic books. Early on, Paul also became influenced by Hollywood films, such as Film Noir, Horror, Detective and Westerns, and also by European Art, such as Baroque, Impressionism, Surrealism, and American Art.
Coming to the United States for one year and again at the age of 9, Paul fell in love with the art culture of Los Angeles. After immigrating to the United States permanently at age 18, Paul served in the U.S. Army, and became a U.S. citizen at 21 years old. He attended Otis Parsons Art Institute, and then in 1998 he received his Bachelor of Fine Art in Illustration/Fine Arts from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He had the privilege of studying with several prominent artists, such as Daniel Greene, Jan Saether, Albert Handell, and many more, and also worked for many years in the Animation and Movie industry, as a character and background designer. He was a key character designer for a few seasons for DIC Entertainment “The Real Ghostbusters”, an animated TV series, he worked on “Cool World” by Ralph Bakshi, and many TV Shows and Films.
Paul actively shows in Los Angeles, across the U.S., and internationally. He has been a featured Solo Artist at various Galleries such as La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Grand Central Gallery, Chimmaya Gallery, The Hive Gallery, among others. And he has been part of many two person shows, and group shows such as the Copro Gallery, Distinction Gallery, Rico Gallery, The Hive Gallery, Muckenthaler Cultural Center among many others. Paul was also represented at the rental and sales gallery in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He has been written about in Cultcrusher, Legend, Juxtapoze, Reddoor magazine, Browndwarf Compendium Magazine, The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration and many more publications and sites throughout the world.
Paul currently resides in Alhambra, California, with his beloved wife, Clara.
If you are interested in purchasing any of my work, or have any questions or comments, just email me at: paultorres9@yahoo.com.
www.paul-torres.com
www.instagram.com/paultorrescom
Maila Nurmi – Vampira
Maila Nurmi, was the original Vampira on TV. She hosted the The Vampira Show on ABC-TV in Los Angeles from 1954-55. She was friends with James Dean, Orson Welles, Marlon Brando and many other Hollywood celebrities. Her style and look inspired a generation of Goths.
GLAMOUR GHOUL BOOK IS AVAILABLE HERE:
Kevin Nance Photography
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kevin Nance is a freelance photographer, arts journalist and poet in Lexington, Kentucky. His photography has been exhibited in galleries, libraries and hospitals in Lexington, Chicago, Portland, and other cities, and published in book form in “Even if: Photographs and Haiku” (University of Kentucky Arts in Healthcare, 2020). His writing and photography have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Poets & Writers Magazine and other publications. As an arts journalist, he currently contributes regularly to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Ace Magazine and UnderMain.
https://kevinnance.tumblr.com/
Delia Ciccarelli Artwork
About the Artist
Delia Ciccarelli is an Italian illustrator. She has published several books of her illustrations to make people happy in the World. At 4 years old, Delia splashed drawings and colors on the walls of her parent’s home, which made them very happy, and they kept them with love. When she was 19, she began animating characters for television and cinema at an animation studio in Rome. She studied Architecture at University but left after completing 27 exams. Afterwards, she studied at the Academy of Illustration in Rome and has since worked with publishers in the UK, Faroe Islands, Italy, US and Australia. Delia is a nature lover, loves taking long walks in the natural world with her little pigeon, Sun, whom she loves very much — to think, inspire, recreate and imagine. She also likes to take little trips in her car (with Sun pigeon too) discovering new places.
You can view Delia’s work on instagram @deliaimagination
The Art of Maja Lindberg
BIO
Maja Lindberg lives and works in Lomma, a small seaside town in the south of Sweden, where she runs her own company, Majali Design & Illustration.
She started her career as a ceramic artist and became an illustrator in 2010 after a quick stopover in web design. Through the years, Maja has developed her own style that is quite distinct and recognisable.
Since 2020 she has worked closely with an esteemed art agent, who has facilitated exciting opportunities for her to showcase her art in various forms and mediums. This partnership has allowed Maja to take on diverse projects that challenge and inspire her, while ensuring that her unique style and vision remains.
In addition to her store and commissioned works, Maja has also made her mark in the literary world. She has illustrated and co-authored several books, bringing her illustrations to the pages of stories that captivate readers of all ages.
ARTIST STATEMENT
As an illustrator, I work primarily in the program Procreate on my Ipad. My creative process begins by immersing myself in the narratives that inspire me. Whether it’s working on commissioned projects from my agent, Jehane, or creating prints, I approach each piece with a dedication to capturing the essence of the story.
The versatility of digital illustration allows me to blend different styles, from whimsical and playful to sophisticated and elegant, adapting to the unique requirements of each project. With an arsenal of digital tools at my disposal, I can manipulate color, texture, and composition to create a visual language that engages and communicates effectively.
In my illustrations, I weave together elements of fantasy and reality. I find inspiration from the mysteries that surround us and the depths of human emotions, the duality of light and shadow, joy and sorrow, hope and despair.
My goal as a digital illustrator is to captivate, inspire, and transport viewers to a world of imagination. I want to create an emotional connection between the viewer and the artwork and through my illustrations, I aspire to evoke curiosity, laughter, wonder, and a sense of familiarity.
LINKS
Website: https://www.majali.se/
Instagram: @illustrationsbymajali
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maja.lindberg
Shop: https://shop.majali.se/
Etsyshop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/majalin
Courtney Parsons Art
The Art of Courtney Parsons
BIO
Courtney Parsons is a graphic designer and illustrator from northern Virginia. She is the co-creator of a coloring book series titled Color Your Way USA, a history-themed coloring book series. She derives the inspiration and themes of her work from animals, nature, and the universe around her.
View more of her work at courtneymparsons.com.
Phantasm: Art of Natalie Shau
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I work mainly in digital media and my pieces are mix between photo manipulation, 3D elements and digital painting/drawing. I enjoy creating surreal and strange creatures, fragile and powerful at the same time. My style was influenced a lot by religious imagery, fairytales illustrations and many classical and modern painters.
BIO:
Natalie Shau is mixed media artist and photographer based in Lithuania (Vilnius). She found interest in fashion and portrait photography as well as digital illustration and photo art. Despite her personal work, Natalie also creates artwork and photography for musicians, theater, fashion magazines, writers and advertisement. She also worked as an art director for a short 3d movie of Kamel Ouali musical “Dracula.”
PRINTS:
If you are interested in fine art giclee prints – you can email me directly and i will provide you full information about price, edition and size of work you are interested in. Please note that copies are very limited and I have only few or even one copy of work sometimes as I do only very limited edition prints. They are all signed and numbered by hand.
CUSTOM PORTRAITS:
I can create a custom art portrait based on your photograph. Please contact me for details.
BOOKS:
purchase books here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/240626494/tangled-tales-art-book-by-natalie-shau
and here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/240529309/lost-in-wonderland-art-album-by-natalie
CLIENTS:
Lydia Courteille jewelry
Kamel Ouali
Kara expo
Island Def Jam
Ogilvy & Mather
Sony BMG
Century Media
Nuclear Blast
Trisol
Metropolis records
Peaceville Records (Cradle of Filth)
Michel LAFON
Actes Sud
Simon & Schuster Books
Bloomsbury Publishing
Cadbury
Le Livre de Poche
GALLERIES:
Opera Gallery (USA)
Kat von D’s Wonderland gallery (USA)
Corey Helford Gallery (USA)
Vanilla Gallery (Japan)
Dorothy Circus Gallery (Italy)
Cabinet des Curieux (France)
Last Rites Gallery (USA)
STRYCHNIN Galleries (Germany)
Phillips de Pury & Company gallery (USA)
BOOKS:
Tangled Tales (self published)
Art that Creeps (Korero Books)
PRESS (publications, features):
LAMINATE most wanted
Zillo (Germany)
“WeAr” magazine (Germany)
“PHOTO+” magazine (South Korea)
“The Big Issue” magazine (AU)
“New York Arts” magazine (USA)
“Hi Fructose” magazine (USA)
“Juxtapoz” magazine (USA)
“Fantasy” magazine (USA)
“Refused” magazine (USA)
” EXOTIQUE 3″ magazine (USA)
“Computer Arts” magazine (UK)
“XFUNS” magazine (South Korea)
“Public Art” magazine (South Korea)
“Elegy” magazine (France)
“Vogue” magazine (France)
“Palace Costes” magazine (France)
“Muze” magazine (France)
“Computer Arts” magazine (France)
“Photo” magazine (France)
“Cimaise” magazine (France)
“Gazette de l’Hotel Drouor” newspaper (France)
“HDL” magazine (Israel)
“One Small Seed” magazine (South Africa)
“FEFE” magazine (Italy)
“INSIDEART” magazine (Italy)
“PLAYBOY” magazine (Lithuania)
“Stilius” magazine (Lithuania)
“IEVA” magazine (Lithuania)
“Pravda” magazine (Lithuania)
“Panelė” magazine (Lithuania)
“InFashion” magazine (Lithuania)
“UrbaNation” (Lithuania)
“Adoba” magazine (Czech Republic)
“PhotoArt” magazine (Czech Republic)
The Art of R.S. Connett
ARTIST BIO
Robert Steven Connett is a self-taught artist living in Los Angeles, California. His beautifully realized visions of an unseen world teeming with vibrant and complex lifeforms open windows into a universe that we rarely contemplate. Microscopic biological phenomena in nature, flora, and fauna, particularly oceanic origins, provide Connett with bountiful inspirations. His imagination ensures his creations rise above the natural and inhabit a sphere somewhere between the familiar and the extraordinary. Connett masterfully brings a sumptuous and bizarre underworld into existence, a remembrance of a time when life was plentiful and mysterious before the current great extinctions began.
LINKS
Website: https://grotesque.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rsconnett/
Shop: https://rsconnettart.bigcartel.com/
Derek Art
ABOUT DEREK
What’s buzzin’ cousin? Lemme clue ya’ to what Derek’s been up to these most recent dims n’ brights. He’s makin’ art like … no-tomorrow-style. This cat’s got a way long history of scratchin’ out art for lots of king-sized bigwigs like Marvel Comics and Cartoon Network. But nowadays he strictly digs the gigs that let him beat his own bongos.
He gets a large charge creatin’ art for a whole heap of way-out events such as the Tiki Oasis, Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, Tales of the Cocktail and even Spain’s Wild Weekend! He’s also laid out art for several righteous rags like Barracuda, Atomic, and Tiki Magazine. And like, most recently he’s been interviewed and featured in some nutty overseas mags … Playboy Brazil, Cover Magazine in Venezuela and the French art mag HEY! Now if that don’t send you into orbit, you’re runnin’ on the wrong kinda fuel!
But what really flips his switches like … too much, is makin’ with the Van Gogh routine. Derek’s had his paint splatters well-hung in galleries all over the world. MondoPop in Italy, Outré in Australia, Vertigo in Mexico and La Fiambrera in Spain to namedrop just a fewsville.
Derek has also been commissioned to create art for such hi-falootin’ fat cats as Shag, Elvira, The Brian Setzer Orchestra and Pixar director Lee Unkrich! Crazy, man!
Like … Derek would rather juggle chainsaws than be a nine to five pencil-pusher so you know these days he’s diggin’ a one-way ticket to Flipsville! See ya soon, baboon!
derekart.com
IG… derek.art
FB… DEREKart
TW… @DEREKart
Paul Rabinowitz Photography
BIO
Paul Rabinowitz is an author, photographer and founder of ARTS By The People, a non-profit arts organization based in New Jersey. Through all mediums of art Paul aims to capture real people, flaws and all. He focuses on details that reveal the true essence of a subject, whether they be an artist he’s photographing or a fictional character he’s bringing to life on the page.
Paul’s photography, short fiction and poetry have appeared in many magazines and journals including New World Writing, Waxwing Literary Journal, Pif Magazine, Courtship of Winds, Burningword, Evening Street Press, The Sun Magazine, Grub Street Literary Journal, The Montreal Review, The Metaworker, Adirondack Review, Bangalore Review, Grey Sparrow Journal, The Oddville Press and others. Paul was a featured artist in Nailed Magazine in 2020 and Mud Season Review in 2022. Paul was nominated for Best of the Net in 2021 for his Limited Light photo series and also nominated for the Maria Mazziotti Gillan Literary Service Award. Paul is the author of Limited Light, a book of prose and portrait photography, and a novella, The Clay Urn. Paul is working on a multimedia novel called Confluence, and has completed a poetry collection called truth, love and the lines in between. His poems and fiction, Little Gem Magnolia, Villa Dei Misteri, Confessional and The Lines In Between are the inspiration for 4 short films. Villa Dei Misteri and Little Gem Magnolia won best Experimental Films at the RevolutionMe and Oregon Short Film Festivals.
Paul has produced mixed media performances and poetry films that have appeared on stages and in theaters in New York City, New Jersey, Tel Aviv and Paris. Paul is a written word performer and founder of The Platform, a monthly literary series in New Jersey, and Platform Review, a journal of voices and visual art from around the world. Paul’s videos, photography and poems appeared in his first solo exhibit called Retrospective With Reading Glasses at CCM Gallery in New Jersey. He is currently at work co-writing a television series with author Erin Jones called Bungalow.
ABOUT PAUL’S PHOTOGRAPHS
This selection of photos comes from Paul’s ongoing photography series, Limited Light. The series was born from a desire to photograph artists in a way that captured the essence and emotion of their art, rather than focusing solely on their physical appearance. Because of Limited Light’s unique aim, the portraits often grew to become a collaboration between Paul and the artists–the final product coming out of a mutual trust and a shared understanding of the ultimate goal. The process of taking these photographs has adapted over time, but each photo featured here was taken in a sixty-minute session. Purposefully, Paul had never seen most of the artists before meeting them to take their portraits–he’d only witnessed their art.
The artists Paul has worked with for this project range from poets to dancers to painters. There is no manipulation of the photographs, so what you see is what Paul saw when he took the photo. The name–Limited Light–comes from the fact that the only equipment Paul uses is camera; therefore, he has to rely on natural lighting and embrace how the subject is transformed by the changing light. This project, he says, has taught him how to accept uncertainty and see beauty in the variables he can’t control.
Paul’s photographs have been published in Escapism Literary Magazine, The Sun Magazine, Courtship of Winds, Burningword Quarterly Journal, The Montreal Review, The Metaworker, Open Arts Forum, Grub Street Literary Journal, Waxwing Literary Journal and was the featured artist in Nailed Magazine in October, 2020 and Mud Season Review in 2022. Paul was nominated for The Best of the Net in 2021 by Burningword Magazine for his Limited Light photo series.
Several of the photos below are featured in his first book, Limited Light where he mixes his portraits with narrative prose. and also appeared in his solo show at CCM Gallery in New Jersey called, Retrospective with Reading Glasses.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PAUL’S ART:
https://www.paulrabinowitz.com/
Nick Bryant Artwork
Nick Bryant is a tattoo artist, working out of Dark Light Studios in Fort Collins, CO. He’s been tattooing for over eight years professionally, getting his start in Seattle, WA. Tattooing is his passion—striving to give clients his best work, and a great experience in a welcoming environment. This series is an ode to a couple of his favorite artists, Norm Collins aka Sailor Jerry, a tattooer, and Bill Waterson, an illustrator/cartoonist and the creator of Calvin and Hobbes. Nick combined the art of both artists into some really fun images to hang on the wall or get tattooed. Both have happened.
If you’d like to see more of Nick Bryant’s work, you can see his most up-to-date pieces on Instagram at @wolfantlers
The Art of Amy Earles
BIO
As a fallen limb, bent spoon, snow melting over stone.
Inward life veering toward largely empty landscapes. Collector.
History, miniatures, shapes dug from the earth, animals, awkward postures, hair,
long necks, textures, scents, window views.
Something out of time, flattened, studied, uncertain and uncomfortable.
Small, ineffectual mirror.
Amy Earles
Links:
pushedunder.com
https://www.instagram.com/amy_earles/?hl=en
The Art of Ryan Heshka
ABOUT:
Ryan Heshka is an artist and illustrator, born in Manitoba, Canada. He spent a lot of his childhood drawing, building cardboard cities and making super 8 films. Formally trained in interior design, he is self-taught as an artist. Ryan’s illustrations have appeared in publications such as Vanity Fair, Esquire, Playboy, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and others, as well as art magazines, American Illustration and Communication Arts. His artwork has been featured on the cover of BLAB!, and his work has been featured at galleries in North America (Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA; Richard Heller, LA; Copro Nason, LA; Orbit Gallery, NJ; Rotofugi, Chicago) and Europe (Feinkust Kruger, Germany; Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Italy). Ryan’s work is known for its surreal scenes, humor, pop culture references and visual language similar to comics and cartoons. He lives and works in Vancouver.
Ryan Heshka Art
https://www.instagram.com/ryanheshka/?hl=en
Stewart Francis Easton Art
The Art & Craft of Stewart Francis Easton
THE ARTIST
Stewart Francis Easton is a visual storyteller based in London who works in thread, ink, paint and digital media. Easton received an MA in Illustration and Animation. He has had a number of solo shows both in the UK and USA as well as being involved in numerous group shows in the UK and USA.
Breaking the traditional boundaries of craft, Stewart Francis Easton’s work fuses together hand embroidery, sonic art and design-based illustration. He has been removing the ‘storyline’ of a visual narrative by creating geometric/graphic forms in stitch.
This reassembling of his work ethic in a conscious measured layout enables the viewer to be free of their preconceptions of story. Some of his artworks are part of private collections in the UK and internationally.
www.stewarteaston
@stewarteaston
Carolyn Adams Photography
Artist
Statement:
I find pleasure in discovering the artifactual
nature of common objects, the sacred proportions in landscapes and urban
scenes, and the perfect imperfections in birds and animals. This
series of photographs taken within, and in observation of, various Pacific
Northwest homes, ships, WWII coastline surveillance buildings and other
structures, explores the voyeuristic nature of human curiosity.
Bio:
I grew up in a family where something was always being made, repaired, or embellished. I earned a BA in Humanities from the University of Houston-Downtown, and have pursued art and photography as hobbies for many years. In my native Houston, Texas my works have been included in exhibits such as “Houston Collage Underground” at DiverseWorks, and “Earth Visions” at the Museum of Printing History. In my new home of Beaverton, Oregon, my photography and collage have featured in a “Beaverton Arts Mix” exhibit and in “#YourArtMoment”, an online gallery of works by local artists.
Links to Online Works:
Some of my art and photographs can be found at these links:
https://changesevenmag.com/artwork-winter-2020/#jp-carousel-15410
https://changesevenmag.com/artwork-winter-2020/#jp-carousel-15409
https://feralpoetry.net/when-im-playing-gta-and-they-make-me-shoot-an-elk-by-olivia-kingery/
https://feralpoetry.net/lemon-cream-by-peach-delphine/
Liz Brizzi Art
Liz Brizzi Bio
A native of France, born of Italian parents, Liz grew up in Los Angeles.
Inspired by the world and her travels, her keen eye captures the forlorn areas of our cities which she in turn transforms into scenes that whisk viewers away to an altogether different place, one filled with wonder and discovery.
She manipulates her original photography onto acrylic painted wood panels, then layers each piece with washes of color resulting in strikingly original works of art. Her mixed media paintings aim to cast a light on the lost and forgotten segments of the cities in which we live.
Liz graduated in 2002 from Otis Art Institute with a BFA in Illustration and now works as a graphic artist from her studio in Los Angeles.
https://www.lizbrizzi.com/
Carl Lozada Art
The Art of Carl Lozada
Donated to the nursing department in Long Beach Memorial Hospital.
Donated to Ladder 11 Company, in New York City.
Showing now through July at The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles.
Artist Statement
I have been painting most of my life, picking up an ethnic style that exemplifies my experience as a Filipino/Jew living in Los Angeles. I am impassioned by the movement of todays culture. I am bound by expressing my feeling and need for belonging. Through my work, I try to show the struggles I faced being a person who never really fit in. Though my work went through a lot of changes, I always try to emote the feelings of the time: from troubles with mental illness and my highs and lows (literally). In my early art career and life I realize one thing that gave me hope to push on. I have found that nothing is perfect, including art. I realize the mistakes can have a more important value than the successes. Though I strive for success, I have learned to love my failures and try to keep them in my art. I realize, that if I try to see me through someone else’s eyes we are all the same. We basically go through the same things and the same struggles. Mistakes can be beautiful too.
www.carllozada.net/illustration.html
Art Experience
The Hive (2020, Feature Artist)
Venice Art Auction (2013-2018, Charity Art Show)
La Luz De Jesus Gallery (2002-2018: Group Show)
Hale Art Space (2013: 2 Man Show)
Van Eaton Gallery (2012: Group Show)
Angel Project Food (2012, Charity Art Show)
Hale Art Space (2012: Solo Show)
Clare Foundation (2010-2012: Charity Art Show)
C.A.V.E Gallery (2009: Group Show)
The Hive (2007: Feature Artist)
The Hive (2007-Now: Monthly Group Shows)
Brea Gallery (2003-2006: Group Show)
Cannibal Flowers (2006-Now)
Monkeyhouse Toys (2006-Now)
De Vorzon Gallery (2001)
