Antonio Masini (1933-2018)

Antonio Masini nasce a Calvello (Potenza) nel 1933. Compie gli studi classici e subito dopo frequenta lo studio di Domenico Spinosa dell’Accademia di BB.AA. di Napoli.

Nel 1960 si laurea in giurisprudenza.

Nello stesso anno partecipa alla Mostra Nazionale di Pittura “1º Centenario della Rivoluzione Lucana” e gli viene assegnato il primo premio.

Nel 1970 espone con altri sette pittori italiani al Palms Shore Club Gallery di New York.

Nel 1972 espone con un gruppo di artisti umbro-toscani al Palazzo dei Priori a Perugia.

Con la Galleria Sant’Ambroeus di Milano partecipa nel 1975 e ’76 al Salon International d’Art, Art 6’75 e Art 7’76 a Basilea (Svizzera).

Victor Koulbak / Виктор Кульбак, 1946

Victor Koulbak was born in 1946 in Moscow, where he studied at the Art School from 1958-1964.
He then spent two years working as a draughtsman for various publishing houses. In 1966, he was admitted to the Polygraphic Institute of Moscow, where he studied for three years.
He then continued to work as an illustrator to earn his living. Five exhibitions in which he tried to show his work were closed down two-to-three hours after opening.

Philippe Loubat, 1962 | Surrealist painter

Philippe Loubat was born in Montpellier and currently lives and works in Languedoc Roussillon, France.

He dedicates himself exclusively to painting since 1980, and after 10 years of intensive research and self-taught experimental work, he maintains an assiduous presence in several renowned stages of international contemporary art, such as: Lineart - Gand / Belgium, Europ Art - Geneva / Switzerland, Holland Art Fair - La Haye and Art Twente - Almelo / Netherlands, St’ Art - Strasburg, Artenimes - Nimes, Grenoble, D’art - Nice / France, and Art New York and Art Expo - New York / USA.

He is also represented in various private and institutional collections, as well as in the Museum of Contemporary Art MAC, in Bahia, Brazil.

Jeffrey Batchelor, 1960 | Surrealist painter

Jeffrey Batchelor definitely deserves a lot of attention having displayed the richness of his talent with his oil on canvas paintings.

He demonstrates an interesting approach to the scenes he paints, creating very magical and fun effects.

Conceptually, his work ranges from straight realism to surrealism, and from rectangular canvases to shaped canvas panels.

Lev Kaplan /Лев Каплан, 1967 | Magic Realism painter

Lev Kaplan was born 1967 in Lugansk, Ukraine. He spent a lot of years in Kiew, Ukraine, where he studied architecture. In 1992, he moved to Germany with his family. Today he lives in Stuttgart where he works at an advertising agency as an art director. He spends all of his leisure time painting and creating graphics as well as illustrating children's books.

Roland Dumbadze, 1948 | Figurative painter

Georgian painter Roland Dumbadze, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Faculty of industrial graphics.

Since 1978 he was working at the Public Broadcaster as a graphic painter, at Tbilisi Design Research Institute and Mose Toidze Art Professional Educational Centre. He has created the design of the sportswear for the Georgian National Football Team.

Since 1990 he was living in Moscow. He opened children's art studio and played important role in creation of the "Arbat Gallery" and helped many Georgian artists with organization of the exhibitions in Moscow.

Zahi Issa, 1962 | Abstract painter

Syrian artist Zahi Issa was born in Aleppo, Syria. Lives and works in Foggia, Italy. Versatile and refined painter trained in the atelier of his father, the painter Jak Issa.

Numerous solo and group exhibitions in the major European countries. Had his first exhibition at the age of fifteen years.

Z.L. Feng, 1954 ~ Watercolor painter

Growing up in Shanghai, Chinese-born American painter Feng began painting at age seven and never stopped, experimenting with different mediums, including pastel, oil, and egg tempera, before choosing his favorite, watercolor. "With watercolor you cannot cover your mistakes, so you must know what you are doing", he says.

He finds inspiration for his lovely landscapes in the countryside of the New River Valley: "Usually I go around - to the river, the forest, the lake - to try and find interesting compositions".

Those familiar with Feng’s art are also captivated by his portraits of the people of Tibet, Native Americans of New Mexico, Southern farmers and others.

Stéphane Heurion

Nacido en Uccle, en 1964 en una familia de artistas, reside actualmente en Lustin. Posee una licenciatura en Bellas Artes realizada en el Institut Saint-Luc, en Bruselas. Estudió diseño gráfico y trabajó en agencias de publicidad en París y Bruselas. Mas tarde cambió hacia la historieta. Es muy buen dibujante, buen colorista, y basa sus obras en la captura del gesto y en la composición simple y directa. Es profesor de la Escuela de la Acuarela de Namur. Stéphane Heurion ganó el Premio del Público, 2 º Premio del Jurado Aquarelliades Thiérache 96 (Francia) y el Premio del Jurado del Salon de l’Aquarelle de Belgique Internacional 2001.