Ludmila, 1958 | Surrealist painter

Lyudmila was born in Russia in 1958. Lives in Portugal since 1991.

She studied painting at Albuquerque Mendes, Porto.

Training seminars led by master Daniel Hompesch.

Drawing and painting course at SASI Art School in Florence and scientific illustration under the guidance of biologist and illustrator Fernando Correia.

Member of Portuguesde Art Fantastica - UTOPIA.

Ludmila's works have been acquired by collectors in Portugal, Italy, USA, Sweden, Russia, Germany.

Maria Rita Pires, 1975 | Figurative and Paper sculptor

Maria Rita was born in Minde, Portugal, and felt her “fascination for clay” with only eleven years old. She began her studies in ceramics at ARCO - Center for Arts and Visual Communication (Centro de Artes e Comunicação Visual) in 1995, having concluded her degree in Ceramics and Art History in 1998.

She has developed her work in her own studio, and has participated in various interior design projects.

Her work is diversified using various materials, from porcelain to paper and cardboard, and includes the production of installations of mixed techniques.

John Frederick Lewis | Orientalist / Genre painter

John Frederick Lewis RA (London 14 July 1804 - 15 August 1876) was an British painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in exquisitely detailed watercolour or oils.

Lewis lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, and (after his return to England) painted highly detailed works showing both realistic Genre scenes of Middle Eastern life and more idealized scenes in upper class Egyptian interiors with no traces of Western cultural influence yet apparent.

Anna Ancher | Skagen painter

Anna Ancher (1859-1935) was in reality the only Woman painter among the Skagen artists, a fact that was mirrored in her paintings, which depict the world of women.

She painted many women - many more than men - and these women were often alone.

A typical Anna Ancher motif was a single female figure in an interior setting - a bedroom or a living room - quietly occupied with a task or merely thoughtful and withdrawn.

This contemplation is a very characteristic trait in Anna Ancher’s female figures.

Chidi Okoye, 1961 | Abstract painter / sculptor

Nigerian born painter Chidi A. Okoye graduated with a distinction in sculpture from the Institute of Management and Technology in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1988.

For the next six years he taught sculpture and drawing at Federal Polytechnic Oko Anambra State Nigeria. During this period, he created an outstanding collection, not only sculpting, but painting and writing as well.

In Nigeria, He had his national solo exhibition “Textures of Life” and launching of his book “Lamentation” at national museum Lagos in 1993 sponsored by Mobil Producing Nigeria.