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Featured Artist – Mista Fig

Considered an ‘outsider artist’, I express through sculpture, exploring my ideas using a variety of media.
Inspiration for my art, comes from dreams, myths, intuition and adventures.
My work is mainly figurative with root influences from what I experience—–the pain and pleasure of life.
I aim to create with passion and freedom, to tell a story through my work, of my life and the life of others.

Each sculpture is individual and an edition of one….

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Mista Fig – Tau, UK
Instagram

Considered an ‘outsider artist’, I express through sculpture, exploring my ideas using a variety of media.
Inspiration for my art, comes from dreams, myths, intuition and adventures.
My work is mainly figurative with root influences from what I experience—–the pain and pleasure of life.
I aim to create with passion and freedom, to tell a story through my work, of my life and the life of others.

Each sculpture is individual and an edition of one….

 

" CELEBRITY # 2 " from the series, ' Girls on Tour ( who haven't yet toured ).....' Medium Mixed Media ------ after creating her shape, I dressed " Celebrity #2 " in layers of mosaic, thinly rolled treated lead, glitter paint, diamante, found objects plus some inspiration..... Size Life Size
” CELEBRITY # 2 ” from the series, ‘ Girls on Tour ( who haven’t yet toured )…..’
Mixed Media —— after creating her shape, I dressed ” Celebrity #2 ” in layers of mosaic, thinly rolled treated lead, glitter paint, diamante, found objects plus some inspiration…..
Life Size
' Learning to Fly ' from the series , " My little people that have come down from the hills....." Medium Mixed Media ------ created from found objects, put together in my ' Frankenstein ' way, then dressed and highly decorated, including thinly rolled treated lead, wax, glow paint, altered objects, plus some inspiration....... Size 42 inches / 107 centimetres tall
‘ Learning to Fly ‘ from the series , ” My little people that have come down from the hills…..”
Mixed Media —— created from found objects, put together in my ‘ Frankenstein ‘ way, then dressed and highly decorated, including thinly rolled treated lead, wax, glow paint, altered objects, plus some inspiration…….
42 inches / 107 centimetres tall
" Sexin' Up Minnie '' from the series, ' My little people that have come down from the hills....' Medium Mixed Media ------ created from found objects, put together in my ' Frankenstein ' way, then dressed and highly decorated, including layers of feathers, paint, altered objects, plus some inspiration....... Size 26 inches / 66 centimetres tall, plus plinth seat
” Sexin’ Up Minnie ” from the series, ‘ My little people that have come down from the hills….’
Mixed Media —— created from found objects, put together in my ‘ Frankenstein ‘ way, then dressed and highly decorated, including layers of feathers, paint, altered objects, plus some inspiration…….
26 inches / 66 centimetres tall, plus plinth seat

Featured Artist – Marilyn Richeda

My creative process is based on working intuitively from feelings, memories and my imagination. I usually work in a series which can lead me into extensive exploration of an idea and form. Form is an essential element in my work. My secondary focus is to develop different types of surfaces that will enhance and support the form. I can’t say enough about color. In many ways, color is the most important part of every piece I make. The dance begins as soon as I start brushing the glazes onto bone dry terra-cotta. The clay draws the slips and glazes in, sometimes making a particular sound; I like that. I layer the slips and glazes until I achieve a result which is emotionally satisfying to me. The use of color is more emotional than logical. Although my figures are pared-down minimalist in outside appearance, I mean for them to have complicated and subtle inner lives. For me, they carry the heavy weight of emotional fragility. They are simultaneously grotesque, beautiful, repulsive and mesmerizing. The figures I create, some creepy and dark, are not to be found on the street, but rather in one’s imagination or dreams creating an alternate universe. My use of wagons, carts, wheels, boats and chairs place the figure in or on an object to transport them to another place.

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Marilyn Richeda – South Salem, NY
Instagram

My creative process is based on working intuitively from feelings, memories and my imagination. I usually work in a series which can lead me into extensive exploration of an idea and form. Form is an essential element in my work. My secondary focus is to develop different types of surfaces that will enhance and support the form. I can’t say enough about color. In many ways, color is the most important part of every piece I make. The dance begins as soon as I start brushing the glazes onto bone dry terra-cotta. The clay draws the slips and glazes in, sometimes making a particular sound; I like that. I layer the slips and glazes until I achieve a result which is emotionally satisfying to me. The use of color is more emotional than logical. Although my figures are pared-down minimalist in outside appearance, I mean for them to have complicated and subtle inner lives. For me, they carry the heavy weight of emotional fragility. They are simultaneously grotesque, beautiful, repulsive and mesmerizing. The figures I create, some creepy and dark, are not to be found on the street, but rather in one’s imagination or dreams creating an alternate universe. My use of wagons, carts, wheels, boats and chairs place the figure in or on an object to transport them to another place.

Gentle Empathy Medium Ceramic Size 7.5"h x 8"w x 4.25"d
Gentle Empathy
Medium
Ceramic
Size
7.5″h x 8″w x 4.25″d
Put Together Medium Ceramic Size 14.25"h x 15.5"w x 4.5"d
Put Together
Medium
Ceramic
Size
14.25″h x 15.5″w x 4.5″d
It's Complicated Medium Ceramic Size 14.5"h x 8.5"w x 11.5"d
It’s Complicated
Medium
Ceramic
Size
14.5″h x 8.5″w x 11.5″d
The Searchers Medium Ceramic Size 17.25"h x 6.5"w x 15.5"d
The Searchers
Medium
Ceramic
Size
17.25″h x 6.5″w x 15.5″d

Featured Artist – Fernando Carpaneda

Fernando Carpaneda is an underground punk artist. He works with clay sculptures and paintings. His main theme is always the human being.His sculptures and paintings capture subjects that reflect the extraordinary side of the human element. Homeless people, punk rockers, pop stars, unknown artists and outcasts are recreated to the minutest detail in his clay sculptures. Parts of the artist’s own clothing are hand tailored into miniature wardrobes. In the style of the 17th century paintings of secular subjects, human hair and modern day relics are incorporated into each piece to reflect a sense of capturing a moment in time. The artist takes his inspiration from the urban element and uses the language of the street along with his own experiences with punk rock and street life. His bold artistic statement as a punk activist is painstakingly expressed through this controversial work. Often sexual in nature, his “In your Face” approach to the acceptance of sexuality and the Punk lifestyle are recreated to provoke and inspire the observer.

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Fernando Carpaneda – Freeport, NY
Instagram

Fernando Carpaneda is an underground punk artist. He works with clay sculptures and paintings. His main theme is always the human being.His sculptures and paintings capture subjects that reflect the extraordinary side of the human element. Homeless people, punk rockers, pop stars, unknown artists and outcasts are recreated to the minutest detail in his clay sculptures. Parts of the artist’s own clothing are hand tailored into miniature wardrobes. In the style of the 17th century paintings of secular subjects, human hair and modern day relics are incorporated into each piece to reflect a sense of capturing a moment in time. The artist takes his inspiration from the urban element and uses the language of the street along with his own experiences with punk rock and street life. His bold artistic statement as a punk activist is painstakingly expressed through this controversial work. Often sexual in nature, his “In your Face” approach to the acceptance of sexuality and the Punk lifestyle are recreated to provoke and inspire the observer.

His voracious engagement in the cause of diversity and punk culture led him to exhibit at Art Basel in Miami, the Tom of Finland Foundation in California, The Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis and The Leslie Lohman Museum in New York to name a few. His works are included in multiple art collections, galleries and museums around the world while also appearing in publications as The Best of Punk Globe Magazine, alongside Debbie Harry, Jamie Oliver(UK SUBS),Sid Vicious,Earl Slick,John Lydon,The Adicts,Glen Matlock,Joe Dallesandro,Andy Warhol,Pauley Perrete also in Treasures Of Gay Art, a book featuring Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Jean Cocteau and many others. In June 18, 2012, some of his works were selected and exhibited at Times Square in New York, during the opening of the exhibition Art Takes Times Square. The works were exhibited in 10m² LED panels covering 23 floors (Nasdaq screens, Thomson and Reuters, Clear Channel Spectacolor, and A2aMedia’s Port Authority) the exhibition was seen by over 1 million people.

Award

Fernando Carpaneda was named as a Juror’s Choice for Visual Art at the 2016 Seattle Erotic Art Festival. “The Rebirth of Punk” sculpture was one of three pieces of art to receive the award.

Mars Bar Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 5"x6"
Mars Bar
Acrylic on Canvas
5″x6″
Mars Bar Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 5"x6"
Mars Bar
Acrylic on Canvas
5″x6″
CBGB Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 20"x 30"
CBGB
Acrylic on Canvas
20″x 30″
KEN Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 20"x24"
KEN
Acrylic on Canvas
20″x24″

 

Featured Artist – Joyce Thornburg

RAW AND INTUITIVE
I am a compulsive artist…I paint everyday because I have to!

My images are raw and intuitive. Colors harmonize in unexpected ways and exuberance often collides with angst.

Faces predominate my work, many in frontal gazes that meets the viewer head -on; faces as maps that reveal places we’ve been…or may be going.

In the words of Zorba the Greek—

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Joyce Thornburg – Asheville, NC
Instagram

RAW AND INTUITIVE
I am a compulsive artist…I paint everyday because I have to!

My images are raw and intuitive. Colors harmonize in unexpected ways and exuberance often collides with angst.

Faces predominate my work, many in frontal gazes that meets the viewer head -on; faces as maps that reveal places we’ve been…or may be going.

In the words of Zorba the Greek—

I embrace everything…the full catastrophe, speaking to the human condition of joy and triumph, suffering and celebration.

ARTIST BIO
Working studio/gallery at Wedge Studios in The River Arts district Asheville, N.C. 2009-current

Member of the Circle Foundation for the Arts, London.

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
American Folk Art Gallery/ Asheville 2007-2009

Atelier Gallery /Asheville 2007-2010

Attic Gallery /Vicksburg, MS 2012 to current

Beverly Kaye online gallery/ 2015

Cherry Bounce/American Politics / William King Museum Abingdon, VA., September 2016-January 2017

Saatchi Art / Urban Edge, New Street Art collection 2016

MUSEUM AFFILIATIONS/COLLECTIONS:
Victor Keane collection at the Bethany Mission Gallery/ Philadelphia, PA.

Title Dance of Impermanence Medium Mixed Media on panel Size 36" x 48"

Dance of Impermanence
Mixed Media on panel
36″ x 48″
Title Sad Clown Medium Acrylic on Strand Board Size 18" x 24"

Sad Clown
Acrylic on Strand Board
18″ x 24″
Title Homage Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 30" x 31"

Homage
Acrylic on Canvas
30″ x 31″
Title Jolly Good Fella Medium Mixed Media on Panel Size 12" x 12

Jolly Good Fella
Mixed Media on Panel
12″ x 12

Featured Artist – Glynn Galloway

Glynn Gallowayis a self taught artist that has been described as an “oblique artist”; not parallel, not perpendicular, not outsider but definitely not mainstream. He creates unusual mixed-media, assemblage sculptures that are constructed primarily of antique objects he has collected from antique stores and markets from every region of the world. Glynn integrates these vintage items with wet-molded leather, stiffened fabrics and hammered metals to create extraordinary, free standing and wall mounted sculptures. His engaging fusion of period artifacts and new materials is achieved through the use of time-honored artisanal methods such as cuir bouilli and metalsmithing. The end results are distinctive sculptures imbued with an eccentric mix of the incomparable patina that nature has ingrained on the antique objects, the vibrant air brushed finishes he applies to his leather components and the stunning “flame painted” designs he sears into his copper elements.

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Glynn Galloway – Las Vegas, NV
Instagram

Glynn Gallowayis a self taught artist that has been described as an “oblique artist”; not parallel, not perpendicular, not outsider but definitely not mainstream. He creates unusual mixed-media, assemblage sculptures that are constructed primarily of antique objects he has collected from antique stores and markets from every region of the world. Glynn integrates these vintage items with wet-molded leather, stiffened fabrics and hammered metals to create extraordinary, free standing and wall mounted sculptures. His engaging fusion of period artifacts and new materials is achieved through the use of time-honored artisanal methods such as cuir bouilli and metalsmithing. The end results are distinctive sculptures imbued with an eccentric mix of the incomparable patina that nature has ingrained on the antique objects, the vibrant air brushed finishes he applies to his leather components and the stunning “flame painted” designs he sears into his copper elements.

ARTIST STATEMENT 2019

“If only there were a way to wear rust and verdigris as clothing! Nature has found the perfect formula to transform common, ordinary items into brilliant works of art with the color and texture that only prolonged exposure to the elements can achieve. How incredible it would be if you could wear the distress marks, cracks and other signs of disintegration like jewelry to enhance that remarkable ensemble! Personally, it is the bling and trinkets that draw your eye to look a little closer and appreciate the details of a well styled outfit.

“My creations are dressed in the attire of rust and decay, as if time and nature had embellished them in a colorful palette of unique and vibrant visual textures. They are collaborations with nature and the long forgotten craftsmen who created the exquisite lines and details of the antique components. They are also born in consort with the housewives, carpenters and laborers who used these items over the years and bestowed upon them the character of imperfection. My foremost intention is to enhance these elements with modern, repurposed materials and capture the beauty and spectral energy of those bygone times. In the process, I strive to create a coherent, meaningful work of art with unmistakable historical allusions outfitted in the apparel of contemporary twists!”

Title Sonoran Fireball Medium Mixed Media Assemblage, wet molded leather, hand hammered copper, antique objects Size 36"H x 21" W x 48"D

Sonoran Fireball
Mixed Media Assemblage, wet molded leather, hand hammered copper, antique objects
36″H x 21″ W x 48″D
Title The Man on the Bus Medium Mixed Media Assemblage, wet molded leather, antique objects Size 16"H x 10"W x 6"D

The Man on the Bus
Mixed Media Assemblage, wet molded leather, antique objects
16″H x 10″W x 6″D
Title Pucker Medium Mixed Media Assemblage, wet molded leather, antique objects Size 26"H x 18"W x5"D

Pucker
Mixed Media Assemblage, wet molded leather, antique objects
26″H x 18″W x5″D
Title The Scream of Nature Medium Mixed Media Assemblage, stiffened fabric, antique objects Size 17"H x 11"W x5"D

The Scream of Nature
Mixed Media Assemblage, stiffened fabric, antique objects
17″H x 11″W x5″D

 

Featured Artist – Sally Mandl

I am endlessly inspired by the natural world that surrounds me/is me. My drawings are portraits of you and me. My name is Sally Mandl and i was born and raised in Montreal (but ran away to the country as soon an i turned 25. Right angles aren’t my thing – surprise, surprise). Growing up i was always encouraged to be creative in any and every way possible. Both my parents and brother are artistically inclined and i really do feel like it’s in my blood. My veins are full of it.

My work is a depiction of how strange it is to be alive. We are all just vibrating sacs of fluid. Temporarily eternal fleshy temples living beside and within each other. Teeth and hair and fingernails floating through space and time.

What a world.

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Sally Mandl – Quebec, Canada
Instagram

I am endlessly inspired by the natural world that surrounds me/is me. My drawings are portraits of you and me. My name is Sally Mandl and i was born and raised in Montreal (but ran away to the country as soon an i turned 25. Right angles aren’t my thing – surprise, surprise). Growing up i was always encouraged to be creative in any and every way possible. Both my parents and brother are artistically inclined and i really do feel like it’s in my blood. My veins are full of it.

My work is a depiction of how strange it is to be alive. We are all just vibrating sacs of fluid. Temporarily eternal fleshy temples living beside and within each other. Teeth and hair and fingernails floating through space and time.

What a world.

Title Eclipse Medium Pen on paper Size 8.5x11

Eclipse
Pen on paper
8.5×11
Title Dehydrated Medium Pen on paper Size 8.5x11

Dehydrated
Pen on paper
8.5×11
Title Mother Medium Pen on paper Size 8.5x11

Mother
Pen on paper
8.5×11
Title Silver Tongue Medium Pen on paper Size 8.5x11

Silver Tongue
Pen on paper
8.5×11

 

Featured Artist – Cat Vaganay

My paintings are a critical response to the political and cultural issues crystallized through the social media anonymous human interactions. Beyond emoticons and slashing words, and through enigmatic appearances, my work puts a grotesque, loud, distorted, and caricatural emotional reaction on faces that never “face” each other.

Through the context of emails, texts, Instagram and Facebook posts, those imaginary faces hide behind bold, blunt, and aggressive tirades illustrating the fragmentation of human interactions. Jean Michel Basquiat, Franz Kline, and Robert Motherwell are my most significant influences when using percussive, and raw brushstrokes to build a snapshot of the emotional reactions to these exchanges.

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Cat Vaganay – Norwell, MA
Instagram

My paintings are a critical response to the political and cultural issues crystallized through the social media anonymous human interactions. Beyond emoticons and slashing words, and through enigmatic appearances, my work puts a grotesque, loud, distorted, and caricatural emotional reaction on faces that never “face” each other.

Through the context of emails, texts, Instagram and Facebook posts, those imaginary faces hide behind bold, blunt, and aggressive tirades illustrating the fragmentation of human interactions. Jean Michel Basquiat, Franz Kline, and Robert Motherwell are my most significant influences when using percussive, and raw brushstrokes to build a snapshot of the emotional reactions to these exchanges.

Title Untitled 3 Medium Mixed media Size 48in x 32.5in.

Untitled 3
Mixed Media
48in x 32.5in.
Title Untitled 2 Medium Mixed media Size 48in x 24in

Untitled 2
Mixed Media
48in x 24in
Title Untitled 16 Medium Acrylic Size 20in. X 20in.

Untitled 16
Acrylic
20in. X 20in.
Title Blue Medium Acrylic Size 51in. X 45in.

Blue
Acrylic
51in. X 45in.

 

 

Featured Artist – Philippe Halabudra

Featured Artist – Philippe Halabudra

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Featured Artist

Philippe Halabudra – Brooklyn, NY
Instagram

Title Nemmbus Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 32x32 inches

Nemmbus
Acrylic on canvas
32×32 inches
Title Meropppe Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 32x32 inches

Meropppe
Acrylic on canvas
32×32 inches
Title Dippphdda Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 32x32 inches

Dippphdda
Acrylic on canvas
32×32 inches
Title Elluum Tonall Medium Acrylic on canvas Size 32x32 inches

Elluum Tonall
Acrylic on canvas
32×32 inches

Featured Artist – Bird Trash

Artist, printmaker, painter, etc. Concentrating on the peripheral and the overlooked. Based in Houston, TX

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Featured Artist

Bird Trash
Instagram

Artist, printmaker, painter, etc. Concentrating on the peripheral and the overlooked. Based in Houston, TX

Title Edifice Medium Screenprinted by hand Size 11"x14"

Edifice
Screenprinted by hand
11″x14″
Title Giraffe Ladder Face Medium Screenprinted by hand Size 11"x14"

Giraffe Ladder Face
Screenprinted by hand
11″x14″
Title Threshold Medium Watercolor Size 11"x14"

Threshold
Watercolor
11″x14″
Title Shaman Medium Screenprinted by hand with watercolor detail Size 9"x12"

Shaman
Screenprinted by hand with watercolor detail
9″x12″

Featured Artist – Elizabeth Hermann

Featured Artist – Elizabeth Hermann

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Featured Artist

Elizabeth Hermann

Grafting and merging are boring. They happen in nature. Collisions are interesting. Explosions don’t happen so often in nature—they require a particularly human capability for catastrophe. E started broken, continues hungrily, and pursues art content relentlessly. E encourages explosions. E’s agenda considers art’s democratic potential, the intrinsic overarching umbrella nature of the medium, collaboration and writing as imperative components in the process, and graphic design’s trend toward the fine arts in the post-print interdisciplinary environment. E wants your discarded bits, the castoff trash of restless purchasing power. Artists regularly claim technologies that are no longer commercially viable, but E also repurposes cultural elements and physical junk. This includes cardboard boxes and entire carnivals. Instead of justifying how these themes fit together, E argues they cannot without some fire. As famed thinker Franz Ferdinand queried, “What’s wrong with a little destruction?” E’s sandbox includes Adobe Illustrator, Potassium Ferricyanide, and civil disobedience. E’s work spans succulents, melted plastic, and guerrilla projection. Instead of justifying how these coexist, E breaks the one off in the other. And yes, then adds fire.

Title Baby Bud Medium Sculpture Size 6" x 5" x 1'

Baby Bud
Sculpture
6″ x 5″ x 1′
Title Flaccid Gun (aka: Dicknozzle) Medium Scuplture Size 5" x 3.5" x 1"

Flaccid Gun (aka: Dicknozzle)
Scuplture
5″ x 3.5″ x 1″
Title Purslane Medium Sculpture Size 7" x 6" x 11"

Purslane
Sculpture
7″ x 6″ x 11″
Title Superman Medium Photography Size 12" x 12"

Superman
Photography
12″ x 12″