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Tamara Michel, born in Ukraine, studied in Moscow and has been living and working as a freelance artist for 30 years. She paints various pictures with oil and watercolor, has her own style, likes to experiment closely with colors, changes her style, but her love for joyful colors remains.
Margaretha Gubernale sought a way in her artistic expression through which she could harmoniously unite physical and spiritual ideas in figurative and symbolic form. With this style, she expands the message of her metaphysical parables beyond all boundaries. To achieve this, she simultaneously employs surrealistic, abstract, and figurative elements to connect everything on Earth with the heavens.
Born on August 11, 1956, in Çorum, Turkey, he embarked on his artistic journey with oil painting in June 2006. For two years, he honed his skills under the guidance of Hızır Teppeev at an atelier in Ankara, dedicating his weekends to perfecting his craft. Currently, he works as a freelance artist in a charming, restored atelier that was once a house built in 1926. Located in Edremit, Balıkesir, Turkey, this space became his creative sanctuary in September 2010. Here, amidst a setting rich with history, he continues to explore and express his artistic vision.
António Adauta started working as an artisan in 1990 when student in Coimbra “rediscovered” the mosaics of Conímbriga. He adapted its patterns to create an Arraiolos stitch framed handmade embroidery.
Christophe Szpajdel, a talented artist from Belgium with Polish roots, has made Devon his home since 2006. An expert in calligraphy, typography, lettering, and logo design, he gained international fame for creating iconic logos for extreme metal bands like Emperor, Enthroned, Impiety, and Moonspell.
Despite this visibility, Klaus remains true to her artistic values. She refuses commissioned work. Her paintings must arise from inner necessity—not from external demands. “My work should be honest, not adapted.” Her goal: to create pieces that bring joy and light into everyday life. In a complex world, that is her message—through color, form, and a deeply felt sense of imagery.
Vasco Diogo is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher whose work spans experimental cinema, video art, performance, animation, drawing, painting, sound art and electronic music, poetry, mobile media, and artificial intelligence. With a foundation in film theory and artistic research, he integrates practice and reflection, constantly testing the boundaries between disciplines, tools, and states of consciousness. His work emerges at the intersection of aesthetics, technology, and inner transformation.
All His Works express His soul but also Passion and Love, Purity and Spirituality because, as He used to say, he sculpted guided by Celestial Inspiration. The Peace and serenity that enveloped His soul are emanated from the faces of His sculptures that ranged from the sacred to the profane.
As a painter, Harry Salmi likes the feeling of freedom and peace which he can experience again and again with his new works. Deep emotion. Expression. Being in love with the painting process and living for those moments is what drives Harry to create.
Massimo Vito Avantaggiato is an Italian composer, writer, and visual artist. He is a professor of Electroacoustic Composition and History of Electronic Music at Italian conservatories. His interdisciplinary practice explores the spiritual dimension of existence, using music and visual art as means to reveal and communicate the inner essence of all things.
As an artist, a visual artist Symona Colina reads between the lines of perspective opening heart and mind to the boundaries of consciousness and perception. Slipping through the doors of perception where time vanishes, finding a deeper awareness of the world and our place within it.
Fina Ferrara is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist whose work spans performance, video art, and installation. Trained in dance and theatre, her practice is anchored in the body as both a site of vulnerability and a vehicle for transformation. Through bold, emotionally charged actions, she explores the limits of expression, the wounds of silence, and the rituals of reclaiming one's own voice.
I am from Lithuania. Drawing has been my favourite activity since childhood. When I was working as a teacher of Lithuanian language and literature, I enrolled in the Music Academy to study directing. For 3 years I have been delving deeper into Third Millennium Psychology, based on Western and Eastern philosophy. I studied Art History at the Art Academy.
As a self-taught creator, he embraces experimentation and boundary-pushing to bring his evolving creative vision to life. His signature “squeeze and splatter” technique—an expressive choreography of acrylics on large canvases—results in works that are both spontaneous and emotionally resonant. Each piece is a vivid testament to his autodidactic spirit and his commitment to dynamic abstraction.
Serendipity, time and technique each play their part during the process of creating the paintings. It takes a lot of time to create her work, which makes it possible to add a new idea during the process. This stands in strong contrast with all the superficial images that we are surrounded with most of the day. She creates a more complex strip story from all the images we see every day.
Syndy had intended to become a people portrait painter, but her passion for animals and nature and meaningful art, has taken her heart, as she found the human faces masked by our human condition, she thus decided to take a not so well travelled road, hoping that it may enlighten a conversation, a thought, a change, in how we view other sentient species. ‘Be their voice in the wind’.
Sukey Camacho It’s a self taught Artist and, She is Born in Mexico and Currently living in United States of America. Studied Classical European Art for 4 years at a private school in Sofia Art Academy in Dallas Texas and now she’s winning a Multiple International Awards with the most prestigious Elite Certifications Artist merit with the Recognition Globally and Considered ones of the International Investable Artists with the Art Market Experts prestigious Brand for Art Collectors Investment for Her Unique Genuine and Authentic Style Method the Viceversa View and 360°rotation view in the most of her Authentic and Unique Masterpieces of Art.
Mara Montagna has always loved painting since she was a child, but her educational and professional journey led her to teach for 42 years. She managed to bring painting back into her life by attending night school at her hometown art high school. This experience allowed her to give her painting a professional edge and pushed her to search for her artistic identity.
Her works are emotional, intuitive, evocative and passionate. And the statements are different: with some pictures she just wants to express a passionate joy about the beauty of life and the beauty of art. Other works have a socio-political background. They want to warn and awaken: the destruction of our planet and the extinction of so many animals for commercial purposes must be stopped! Our most important goal must be to pass on this wonderful planet to future generations intact and worth living in.
Born in Höxter, Marion Schmidtke explores natural motifs above and below the water’s surface, using acrylic and oil paints on large-scale canvases. Inspired by nature, she fuses abstraction with natural elements. Through layering and a sense of stillness, her works are marked by luminous colors, light, and depth.
