MISHA GORDIN

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LEE JEFFRIES

Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Close to the professional football circle, this artist starts to photograph sporting events. A chance meeting with a young homeless girl in the streets of London changes his artistic approach forever. Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The photographer knew that the young girl had noticed him but his first reaction was to leave. He says that something made him stay and go and discuss with the homeless girl. His perception about the homeless completely changes. They become the subject of his art. The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: «Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait.» From then onwards, his photographs portray his convictions and his compassion to the world.

SLAVA FOKK

Slava Fokk is a Russian painter who combines elements of postmodernism and Russian symbolism. He is particularly interested in late medieval masters and Northern Renaissance. Slava's remarkable technique with meticulous fidelity in drawing, modeling and color, masterful compositional sense and innovative approach to surface textures and media, give him a unique ability to flirt with greatest masters creating visually astounding interpretations of timeless masterpieces refracted through inspiration of modern vision. Slava Fokk was born in 1976 in southern Russia in a family of artists. Since early childhood Slava was surrounded by a creative atmosphere of art studios and workshops. In 1997 he graduated from Repin Krasnodar Art School as the top student of his class, and his work was subsequently selected to represent the top ten most talented graduates at the school's 85th anniversary. Slava worked and exhibited in his home city of Krasnodar until 2001, when he was noticed and signed by Moscow Gallery Zero, the oldest and one of the most prominent galleries in Russia. In 2007 Slava received the First Award in the “Art and Time” category at the very prestigious First Moscow “Tradition and the Present” Art Festival . After numerous successful expositions for several years by Gallery Zero, Slava was invited to exhibit in the U.S. He currently lives and works in California, and exibits in several prominent galleries across the U.S.

PINA BAUSCH

FRED CALLERI

FRED CALLERI was born June, 1964

Education: – Maryland Institute College of Art 1989-93

Fred Calleri was born in Maryland and moved to Flagstaff, Arizona in 2001. Fred has been interested in art throughout his life as well as a gifted draftsman since childhood. Early influences were Renaissance painters and the Masters of the early 20th century. Calleri’s son Brodie has the middle name of Wyeth,taken from the great illustrator N.C. Wyeth.

Fred Calleri’s experience at The Maryland Institute College of Art from 1988-1993 was a watershed event for him. There he was an Illustration and Graphic design major. The excellent training he received opened the window to all fields of art. Ironically, Fred took one painting class in college (the smell of turpentine made him ill) and only became seriously interested in professionally painting after the birth of his son in 1997.

After an extensive period in Graphic Design and Marketing, Calleri decided to move to Flagstaff and take advantage of the history, scenery, people and especially the astounding light offered in the western regions of the U.S. A recent move has brought Calleri to Santa Barbara, CA. By studying artists such as Zorn, Sargent, Vermeer, Sorolla and many others as well as living masters today, Calleri aims to reproduce classic and romantic images using the master’s palette and mood to create an emotional reaction.

Fred covers a wide range of styles and subject matter. As he explores different paths, the figure resonates throughout each piece. While exploring the figure and representational painting in general, Calleri found by adding a slight distortion he was free to let the image take him where it wanted to go. Calleri injects into his images a romantic and mysterious quality.

Now starting to evolve is a smoother blending of the representational with the quirky distortion, as well as an effort to create a deeper narrative with the work. The historical or “period” nature of the work lends itself to the style and reaches back to a seemingly simpler time. This theme resonates with casual observers and collectors alike. Using vintage reference photos, live models, and imagination, the work is then created on Masonite Panel or Canvas.

Currently Fred uses each piece as a new lesson. The desire is to have a goal for each piece that may relate to mood, palette, light or expression. By looking at the way Sargent used his palette or Vermeer’s light and use of pattern, Calleri is able to garner a small lesson from that and use it from that point onward.

JEANNE LORIOZ

JEANNE LORIOZ was born in France in 1954 and studied at the ‘Ecole Superieurs des Arts Appliques’ in Paris.