Founded in 1974 in an old munitions plant, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is home to a very largest collection of publicly accessible working artist studios. Historically it was a torpedo factory and munitions storage site. Marian A. Van Landingham (born September 10, 1937) spearheaded the transformation of the decrepit former military storage building into the Torpedo Factory Art Center. In 2006 she was designated Women’s History Month Honoree by the...
Mathias Will is an artist based in Hamburg, Germany working mainly in the fields of film, performance and graphics. He’s interested in mixing and melting these media. Cities and street live are inspirations of his work: Interventions and disruptions of daily routine with performances by “The white man”; a difficult character. Films with new perspectives and a non-narrative approach. Graphics that comment the ugliness and the gracefulness beauty of things...
La Maison des artistes francophones is an artist centre of contemporary art that works with the francophone community in Manitoba as well as the French-speaking community at large. It supports the promotion of works in all disciplines via exhibitions, exchanges, workshops and artist residencies. Through networking and partnerships, it encourages openness to forms of expression from elsewhere to energize the community. It provides special support to emerging artists in the presentation...
The Fondation Zinsou is an exhibition space for contemporary art in Africa located at Cotonou in Benin.
Evan Steenson is an emerging Canadian conceptual artist who works in painting and digital media. He is a member of the 1313 Gallery and lives and works in Toronto. OUTPUT Avoiding formalism and representation, Evans compositions present us with a renegotiation of the art-as-object versus art-as-image discourse. Often presented in series, each individual composition becomes an integral component in the larger concept. As such, these works pose new questions around...
I’m a french artist living in Brazil. Suffering from achromatic, I’m very sensitive to bright light. Sometimes, I wake up, and I open my eyes… The colors are still a ” burning” scream, just a violent scene… just to be there. … no more red, no more green, only a line going out. I use mostly oil pastel, acrylic painting and China ink on cardboard or canvas in vivid contrasts to...
I was born in 1979 in the Cantal, and after a lot of traveling between Montagnac , Nantes, Paris , Perpignan and many other cities, I settled in Rochefort . I paint since I was 12, but for a few years, I have been fascinated by the oil painting. I like painting because I think it’s a quick and easy method to express my emotions. I freeze a moment of my life...
Le Village des arts de Dakar is a cultural showcase of Senegal. It is located in Dakar , on the road to the international airport Léopold Sédar Senghor, between the Leopold Sedar Senghor stadium and the bridge of the CICES .
I’ve been an architectural and commercial photographer in Vancouver since 1983. My preferred subjects are architecture and interiors and I’ve developed an excellent eye for buildings as photographic art. I’ve shot products, executives, travel, theatre, and more. My images are marketed around the world through AGE Fotostock and Canadian Press Images. Architectural Photography I have a clean style with classic composition, strong contrast, and great textures. I provide architectural, commercial, corporate, and advertising photography services...
It’s from the sea that everything began. When Olivier Bezombes was young, his grandfather told him his campaigns and made him dream of far countries. In the French Navy for more than 20 years, Olivier has sailed over most of the seas of the world, and he has covered all the continents. He had seen some of the most beautiful things and some of the biggest disasters, the excessiveness and...
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