Vladimir Zhdanov, 1959 | Siberian landscape painter

Russian painter Владимир Жданов was born in Omsk and currently lives in Gatchina, St. Petersburg.
Theme of creativity: the Siberian landscape, the images of ancient Russian cities and royal residences, still life, female and children's portraits.
His works are in many private collections in Russia and abroad, in particular: the German foreign minister, the mayor of New York, the consul United States in St. Petersburg, at the American Embassy in Moscow. About the artist filmed two movies, one of which was presented at the All-Russian Festival TV film in St. Petersburg in 1998. In 2000, the chief researcher on the art of the twentieth century. Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, DM Dmitrienko recommended purchase of contemporary art two works by the artist as having high artistic value.

Matthew Scherfenberg | Figurative photographer

Matthew Scherfenberg is an American photographer.

"Most of my work focuses on the human body, the form I think is most beautiful to human eyes.

Often I attempt to distill out all the identity and emotion and present only the aesthetic element. This is not meant to be sterile. I want to provoke. I want to stimulate. I want whatever the observer feels to come from inside themselves. I make art for the sake of art.

I do some commercial work, but mostly art for gallery shows".

Frode Nyboe, 1980 | Surrealist /Minimalist painter

Norwegian painter Frode Nybø, a full-time-painter, was born and live in Aalesund, Norway, a place where mountains, fjords and wheater gives inspiration. In recent years painting as a hobby has developed into a passion.

I`ve explored both oil and watercolor as medium - but these days I only use acrylics for my paintings. It suits my patience better. The natures colors, phenomena and lights are my resources for inspiration.

Velichko Roman, 1968

Russian painter Velichko Roman /Величко Роман was born in Biysk. In 1993 he graduated from the Aircraft Institute, Flying Apparats Department in Harkov. More than 15 years he has been indulged into graphic design.

His creative work picks out with romantic features such as striving for the concentration of philosophy with art, the expression of freedom of rational, use of symbols independent of rational interpretation. Each of his works is the expression of unique emotional state that makes the audience get deep in thoughts and involved into the creation. The painter's creative work is the reflection on himself, the connection of inspiration and skills.

Santos Hu, 1955 | Surrealist painter

Chinese painter Santos Hu [胡文賢], alias Wen Shyan Hun, was born in the South of Taiwan and began to study Fine Arts in his home country at the Superior School of Fine Arts in Taipei.

In the early 1980’s, he moved to Spain to expand his artistic knowledge at the prestigious University Complutense of Madrid, from which he graduated in 1988.

Ever since 1987, he has continuously exhibited in Spain as well as in Taiwan.

Antoine de Villiers, 1977 | Abstract painter

South African painter Antoine de Villiers hails from a small town in the dry, northern part of South Africa called Potchefstroom.

Here she developed her natural artistic skills from the day she discovered that crayons could draw on walls and years later she subsequently studied graphics and web design at Potchefstroom University. In 1996 she devoted herself full-time to painting and ran a studio in Stellenbosch.

Igor Belkovsky / Игорь Белковский, 1962

Igor Belkovsky [Игорь Белковский] works in the classical realist style and fluent in technology multilayered paintings by old masters.
His paintings are meticulous execution, beautiful harmonies and attention to detail. When working on a portrait of the artist the most attention has focused face of the portrait and the transfer of its internal state.

Bill Bate, 1962

Born in Liverpool, British painter Bill Bate graduated from St. Martin's school of art with a BA in fine arts.

He works largely with oil and his particular characteristic is the nebulous smokey aurorer surrounding striking life forms which is enhanced only by his exquisite use of brush strokes.