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Artista Victor Kalinin
Biography:
VICTOR KALININ
Victor Kalinin was born in the village of Zalesovo in the Altay region in 1946. He studied in the Surikov Art School in Krasnoyarsk in 1960-62 and in the Art School of Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) in 1962-65. He continued his education in the Stroganov College of Arts and Industry in Moscow in 1965-71. He joined the Union of Artists of USSR in 1974.In 1995-2006, he taught painting in the Stroganov College of Arts and Industry. Victor is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
Victor has exhibited his works since 1966. Among his recent personal exhibits are those in Kampen Galleri in Oslo, Norway, in 2002, in New Hermitage One gallery in Moscow in 2002 and in the Central House of Artists in Moscow in 2006. His most notable recent group exhibits include Abstract Art in Russia: The Twentieth Century in the Russian Museum in 2001, Road in Russian Art in the State Russian Museum in 2003, Times of Change in the State Russian Museum in 2006.
Victor’s works are found in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, The Radishchev Art Museum in Saratov (Russia), the Dresden Gallery (Germany), the Fine Arts Museum of Lodz (Poland), the National Gallery in Bratislava (Slovakia), the Peter Ludwig Museum in Cologne (Germany), the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (USA), the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (USA), as well as in other museums and collections around the world.
VICTOR KALININ
Victor Kalinin was born in the village of Zalesovo in the Altay region in 1946. He studied in the Surikov Art School in Krasnoyarsk in 1960-62 and in the Art School of Nizhny Novgorod (formerly Gorky) in 1962-65. He continued his education in the Stroganov College of Arts and Industry in Moscow in 1965-71. He joined the Union of Artists of USSR in 1974.In 1995-2006, he taught painting in the Stroganov College of Arts and Industry. Victor is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts.
Victor has exhibited his works since 1966. Among his recent personal exhibits are those in Kampen Galleri in Oslo, Norway, in 2002, in New Hermitage One gallery in Moscow in 2002 and in the Central House of Artists in Moscow in 2006. His most notable recent group exhibits include Abstract Art in Russia: The Twentieth Century in the Russian Museum in 2001, Road in Russian Art in the State Russian Museum in 2003, Times of Change in the State Russian Museum in 2006.
Victor’s works are found in the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, The Radishchev Art Museum in Saratov (Russia), the Dresden Gallery (Germany), the Fine Arts Museum of Lodz (Poland), the National Gallery in Bratislava (Slovakia), the Peter Ludwig Museum in Cologne (Germany), the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum (USA), the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum (USA), as well as in other museums and collections around the world.
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Artista Raul Camilo de la Vega Diaz
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Biografìa:
NOMBRE: Raúl Camilo de la Vega Díaz
FECHA DE NACIMIENTO: 22 de Octubre de 1963, Berna, Suiza.
CIUDADANO: Cubano
EXPOSICIONES PERSONALES:
2002 Casa de la Poesía, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.
2002 Centro de Prensa Internacional, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.
2001 “Exposición personal Permanente”, Capitolio Nacional de la República. Ciudad de la Habana.
Cuba.
2000 Capitolio Nacional de la República. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Banco Metropolitano S.A., Ciudad de La Habana. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Edificio Habana. Miramar Trade Center. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 DITA. Miramar Trade Center. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Hotel Ambos Mundos. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Asociación Canaria de Cuba. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Hotel Colina, Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Galería Ciudades del Mundo, Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científico Médica. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1999 Inauguración Rincón Cubano, Hotel Comodoro, Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1999 Centro de Prensa Internacional. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1999 Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1999 Casa matriz Cadena Hotelera Gran Caribe. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1998 Casa Matriz Banco Popular de Ahorro (XV
Aniversario). Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1998 Convención del Turismo (Pabexpo 98). Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1998 Bodeguita del Medio (En saludo al 56 Aniversario de
su fundación). Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1998 Bodeguita del Medio (Inauguración
de La Bodeguita del Medio de México). Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1998 Galería Bisart, “Bazar”, Varadero, Matanzas. Cuba.
1998 Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1998 Centro de Prensa Internacional. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba
1997/98 Casa Matriz Cadena Hotelera Gran Caribe. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1997 Hotel Palco. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1997 Galería Bisart, “Bazar”. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1997 “Expocuba“. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1996/97 Centro de Prensa Internacional. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1995 Hotel Victoria, Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1994/95 Fábrica de Picadura de Tabaco de Exportación
“Clavel 13”. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
1991 Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Meteorología, Casa Blanca, Ciudad Habana.
Cuba.
1981 Estado Mayor Regimiento Habana EJT. Ciudad de la Habana.
1981 Estado Mayor Regimiento Habana EJT. Ciudad de la Habana.
EXPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS
2007 “Luz de su ausencia”, Convento San Francisco de Asís. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2006 Colores de Cuba, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones. Arguineguin, Gran Canarias. España.
2006 Floristería El Oraval, Arguineguin, Gran Canarias. España.
2005 Boutique “Chadey”, El Tablero, Mas Palomas, Gran Canarias. España.
2005 Policromias de Cuba, Galería Arte Canarias Galdar, Gran Canarias. España.
2004 Policromías de Cuba, Galería Arte Canarias, San Mateo, Gran Canaria. España.
2004 Taller Galería José Martí, San Mateo, Gran Canaria. España.
2003 “Sueños reales”, Restaurante Galería “Nuevo Sauce”, Doctoral, Gran Canarias. España.
2003 II Bienal Artes Plásticas y Salud Mental. Centro de Prensa Internacional. Ciudad de la
Habana.
2003 Cuba Arriba!. Convento San Francisco de Asís. Ciudad de la Habana.
2002 Evento ACSA, Maqueta de la Habana, Ciudad de la Habana, Cuba.
2001 “Aquí estamos!”. Galerie im Tulla Tullastraße 25, 68161 Mannheim, Alemania.
2001 Bodeguita del Medio. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2001 “Signos e Imágenes”, Hotel Inglaterra de Cuba.
2001 “Intercambio Cultural”. UNAM, México, DF.
2001 Palacio de la Revolución, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
2001 Galería FAMA, Ciudad Habana, Cuba.
2001 Casa Simón Bolívar. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Galería “L” Fayad Jamís. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Expo “Luces y sombras para tres finales”, Capitolio Nacional. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 “Facetas de Facetas” Asociación Cubana por la Amistad y solidaridad de los Pueblos. Ciudad
de La Habana Cuba.
2000 Expo Villa Tarará. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Expo E.S.T.I. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Expo Hotel Palco. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba.
2000 Expo Hotel Neptuno. Ciudad de la Habana.
2000 Expo “Lo uno en lo diverso”. Capitolio Nacional. Ciudad de la Habana.
2000 Centro de Prensa Internacional, Ciudad de la Habana.
2000 Expo "Variedades del 2000". Centro de Prensa Internacional, Ciudad de la Habana.
1999 Expo "Cuba hacia un nuevo milenio". A & B Antiques Galery. Panamá.
1999 Casa de la Cultura de Playa. Ciudad Habana.
1999 Asociación Canaria de Cuba. Ciudad de la Habana.
1994 Centro de Prensa Internacional. Ciudad de la Habana.
1974 Universidad de Oriente. Santiago de Cuba.
11 de agosto de 2012
Artista Victor Bregeda
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Biography:
Victor Bregeda, 1963, is a painter working in the surrealism and metarealism styles. He was born in the Russian city of Taganrog into a family of painters. He was attracted by the Dutch school of painting. The artists who most inspired him were Leonardo da Vinci, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Max Ernst, Nicholas Roerich, and he states, "I also like the French school of the 18th and 19th centuries... and in addition, the works of Andrew Wyeth. My artistic abilities are in my blood, thanks to my forefathers, and I grew up in a strong creative environment". Bregeda's key directions are working with en plein air landscapes, still lifes and portraits, done in a metarealistic style with a strong influence of subconscious philosophy. The artist uses a mélange of techniques, materials and styles and tries to invent new ones.
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Artista Ron Hicks
Biography:
Ron Hicks’ works have been characterized as a blend of representational art and impressionism. Some critics have compared them to paintings by Rembrandt and Daumier. The 41-year old artist translates his own moody visions with a muted palette and rarely uses pure color. He particularly favors the variety he finds in gray. “Gray allows me to capture atmosphere, mood, and layers of emotion,” he says. “Gray sets the tone for the rest of the painting.”
Shelves in the artist’s studio are lined with art books about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler, and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks’ main muses-John Singer Sargent, Edgar Degas, and Diego Velazquez. As an artist, his philosophy involves guiding the viewer though a painting, much like his artistic idols, by striking a balance between revealing too little and not enough detail. “It’s a very delicate balance,” Hicks says.
It’s no surprise that Ron Hicks spurns the academic approach to figure painting, which requires exactness-too stiff and boring, he says. It’s also a method that can yield models with pained expressions. His creative process involves explaining an idea for a pose to a model and then waiting for her to strike a comfortable facsimile. “The best postures are the ones that just happen; then the models stay comfortable,” he says. “I don’t want to paint a pose that is unnatural and has nothing to do with actual life.”
If one asks Hicks about his favorite subject matter he replies without hesitation, “figures and interiors.” But he quickly qualifies “figures” by saying that painting them is really about painting shapes of color. “I am a shape guy. By that I mean I see things more in terms of shape rather than the objects or people,” he says. “Everything is about shape, medium shape vs. large shape, lighter shape vs. darker shape.”
Ron Hicks has been interested in art since he was 4 years old and growing up in Columbus, Ohio. His mother pursued art as a hobby and took correspondence courses. The young Hicks would scan the critiques of his mother’s works and then trace some of the assignments himself.
As his talents became known in his neighborhood, he was called on to draw things for community events. In high school, he learned how to use his skills as a weapon.
After high school, Hicks attended classes at the Columbus College of Art and Design on scholarship. He eventually moved west where he graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art and studied at the Art Students League there. Today he credits his teacher with exposing him to a new way of seeing. “A light bulb was turned on. I started seeing things in terms of shapes and edges, texture, line and color,” he says. “I no longer saw painting as a way of just transferring information; I started looking at what I wanted to say in a piece.”
After graduating from college, Hicks worked for a time as a freelance illustrator. He also worked as a manager for a satellite dish company while he painted at night. “Maybe it’s three years of night painting that gave me my subtle palette,” he says half-jokingly.
Now Hicks paints full time with every show he creates selling out. His goal is to travel around the world and spend enough time gaining a deeper understanding of the people of the counties he visits. “If you are not moving, evolving and solving problems as a painter, you are dead. I don’t want to be one of those artists that says, ‘This is a nice flower painting. Now let me do it again and again.’” Hicks says. “My goal is to keep my work as fresh and new as possible.”
Ron Hicks’ works have been characterized as a blend of representational art and impressionism. Some critics have compared them to paintings by Rembrandt and Daumier. The 41-year old artist translates his own moody visions with a muted palette and rarely uses pure color. He particularly favors the variety he finds in gray. “Gray allows me to capture atmosphere, mood, and layers of emotion,” he says. “Gray sets the tone for the rest of the painting.”
Shelves in the artist’s studio are lined with art books about Nicolai Fechin, James Whistler, and William Merritt Chase. There are also volumes featuring Hicks’ main muses-John Singer Sargent, Edgar Degas, and Diego Velazquez. As an artist, his philosophy involves guiding the viewer though a painting, much like his artistic idols, by striking a balance between revealing too little and not enough detail. “It’s a very delicate balance,” Hicks says.
It’s no surprise that Ron Hicks spurns the academic approach to figure painting, which requires exactness-too stiff and boring, he says. It’s also a method that can yield models with pained expressions. His creative process involves explaining an idea for a pose to a model and then waiting for her to strike a comfortable facsimile. “The best postures are the ones that just happen; then the models stay comfortable,” he says. “I don’t want to paint a pose that is unnatural and has nothing to do with actual life.”
If one asks Hicks about his favorite subject matter he replies without hesitation, “figures and interiors.” But he quickly qualifies “figures” by saying that painting them is really about painting shapes of color. “I am a shape guy. By that I mean I see things more in terms of shape rather than the objects or people,” he says. “Everything is about shape, medium shape vs. large shape, lighter shape vs. darker shape.”
Ron Hicks has been interested in art since he was 4 years old and growing up in Columbus, Ohio. His mother pursued art as a hobby and took correspondence courses. The young Hicks would scan the critiques of his mother’s works and then trace some of the assignments himself.
As his talents became known in his neighborhood, he was called on to draw things for community events. In high school, he learned how to use his skills as a weapon.
After high school, Hicks attended classes at the Columbus College of Art and Design on scholarship. He eventually moved west where he graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art and studied at the Art Students League there. Today he credits his teacher with exposing him to a new way of seeing. “A light bulb was turned on. I started seeing things in terms of shapes and edges, texture, line and color,” he says. “I no longer saw painting as a way of just transferring information; I started looking at what I wanted to say in a piece.”
After graduating from college, Hicks worked for a time as a freelance illustrator. He also worked as a manager for a satellite dish company while he painted at night. “Maybe it’s three years of night painting that gave me my subtle palette,” he says half-jokingly.
Now Hicks paints full time with every show he creates selling out. His goal is to travel around the world and spend enough time gaining a deeper understanding of the people of the counties he visits. “If you are not moving, evolving and solving problems as a painter, you are dead. I don’t want to be one of those artists that says, ‘This is a nice flower painting. Now let me do it again and again.’” Hicks says. “My goal is to keep my work as fresh and new as possible.”
Escultor Richard MacDonald
Biography:
Richard MacDonald 1946 | American figurative sculptor | Cirque du Soleil
A native Californian, Richard MacDonald - american sculptor, was educated at the prestigious Art Center College of Design and received a Bachelor of Professional Arts, Cum Laude.In the 30 years of his artistic career, Richard MacDonald has achieved international distinction for his sculpture, paintings, and drawings, and has been the recipient of many national and international awards. He has also held numerous one-man shows and exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and the Orient. His fascination with the human figure and human emotions has led MacDonald to focus on sculpting figures of mimes, dancers and athletes, each of which conveys a sense of joy and pays tribute to the beauty of the human form.
Richard MacDonald 1946 | American figurative sculptor | Cirque du Soleil
A native Californian, Richard MacDonald - american sculptor, was educated at the prestigious Art Center College of Design and received a Bachelor of Professional Arts, Cum Laude.In the 30 years of his artistic career, Richard MacDonald has achieved international distinction for his sculpture, paintings, and drawings, and has been the recipient of many national and international awards. He has also held numerous one-man shows and exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe and the Orient. His fascination with the human figure and human emotions has led MacDonald to focus on sculpting figures of mimes, dancers and athletes, each of which conveys a sense of joy and pays tribute to the beauty of the human form.