Month: September 2024

Anthony Rondinone is an American painter born and raised in the Bronx, New York. His expressive stylistic portraits are his tool to convey the raw emotions that are common in poor immigrant communities such as his, like addiction, isolation, depression, and anger.

With his works, the artist aims to encourage self-reflection and tap into the viewer’s emotions, asking them to establish a personal connection with the featured characters in order to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and others. In establishing this intimate moment of confrontation, the artist shows that there is a certain beauty in sadness or even in the ugly side of humanity.

“I’ve been using certain pop characters to portray different groups in society. Sesame Street reminds me of the Bronx, and each character has started to represent a different type of personality from where I grew up. For example, Cookie Monster is the typical addict you would pass by on the street without thinking twice, but he actually is an incredibly sad character when you stop to think about his life.”

The artist currently lives and works in New York, USA.

Born in Florence, Angela Susini has been passionate about art and drawing from a very early age on. When she was only 10 years old, she illustrated her first book. She then went on to win a scholarship and graduated in fine art restoration and conservation of Cultural Heritage from the prestigious Opificio Delle Pietre Dure in Florence. After graduation, she worked in restoration as well as interior design.

Despite growing up surrounded by Renaissance art, Susini has a deep love for abstract and contemporary art. Over the years, she has lived in Florence, Japan, and Paris, until finally moving to London and Brighton & Hove, where she is currently based. Each of these different places she resided has provided her with its own individual inspiration which now finds its way into her work.

Working with colours and shapes rendered in a gouache technique, the artist aims to convey a sense of inclusion and unity. Skin toned glazes and a soft neutral palette are her tools to share a message of solidarity at a time when acceptance of diversity is fundamental.

Her artistic process is one of observation. The artist often makes use of photography to capture something that catches her eye. Back in her studio, she then creates an individual colour palette and starts the sketching process on paper before moving on to one of her handmade canvases. Susini’s artistic process is a continuous intuitive evolution until she is finally satisfied with the result.

Lately, the artist has been working on a collection of abstract paintings on paper and experimenting with heavy body paints to be able to create more three-dimensional pieces. Angela Susini currently lives and works in Brighton, UK. 

Amy Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to Melbourne in 2000 to study fine art at the Victorian College of Arts. The artist has worked across a range of creative industries including theatre design, art directing, interior decoration, graphic design, and teaching.

Depicting organic matter through idiosyncratic means, Amy Kim’s work integrates the real with the surreal. By merging interlocking geometric shapes and a bold, tenacious use of colour, the artist re-interprets figures, faces, scenes and settings in a highly individual manner.

While her work is primarily abstract in form, its meaning is not. Through her practice, the artist observes and examines life’s inequalities and the multidimensional conditions of being. Kim’s concepts stem from daily life experiences, posing an opportunity for observation, reflection, and emotional response.

Finding the perfect, congruous blend of constructivism, fauvism, expressionism and surrealism, her work pays homage to the commonalities that exist between these groundbreaking styles. 

The artist currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. 

Australian artist Amanda Johnstone has a background in fashion and design. She has degrees in both fashion design and makeup artistry, and has, throughout her career, known a strong focus on fashion and film.

Today, her artworks are inspired by the finer things in life: from high-end designers to  fashion icons. They showcase a blend of rich colours, striking landscapes, evocative textures, and precious materials. Uniting her passions for interior design, photography and contemporary art, Johnstone’s original pieces are crafted with both digital tools and traditional collage methods. The artist skillfully embellishes her pieces with 24k gold leaf, silver leaf, oil sticks, acrylic paints, or charcoal to create one of a kind originals. The final results are multi-dimensional creations that will truly elevate any living space.

Each piece is designed to celebrate and hero the power of femininity by bringing together both personal and universal passions and desires that find their expression in feminine nudes or luxury fashion.

In addition to her bustling artistic career Amanda Johnstone is also a partner in an International Italian furniture, lighting and art showroom. The artist currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

Alexandra Ciorcilă graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Fine Arts and Design in Cluj-Napoca. Already from an early age, did the artist start to develop an artistic identity, acquiring skills and expanding her knowledge during her teenage years at one of the art high schools in the country.

Mostly working in oil on canvas, Ciorcilă’s colour pallet is dominated by cool tones. Fascinated by the issues surrounding what it means to be human, the artist depicts the protagonists of her visual universe in their most vulnerable state, diving into matters such as intimacy, personal life and space, the subconscious, dreams, and even death. Ciorcilă’s most recent artistic investigations dive into social matters such as the housing crises and the loss of intimate space.

The artist currently lives and works in Cluj-Napoca.