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| Moustafa Al-Hatter |
 | Biography: Artist Statement
The important change of my pictorial background took place In the Caribbean, I found myself immersed in the tropical light, which suggested an approximation and rediscovering of color, but the big change happened in Egypt I was touched by its ancient civilizations. Maybe the transformation in Egypt and in the Caribbean was due to the accumulation of remembrances of my travels to different countries all over the world that were finally settled and allowed the technical and stylistic form of my painting. Moreover I began to capture those magical and mysterious moments of life, from the obvious that can be seen by my eyes, to the visionary that is perceived by my heart and soul.
In my work of art, I abandon the representation of reality, and stayed away from mundane affairs. There is an intention to paint from my memory, which gathers and moulds the remembrance of travels, promenades in mysterious old civilizations, and in tropical latitudes. The conventional means of expression is put aside, thus allowing spontaneity with the intention of preserving directness and originality of the living experience.
I have placed my art into compartments, while maintaining a sense of unity. The small painted panels project a microcosm, each of which emerges from a wide rectangular background, suggesting the macrocosm. Moreover, the small panels reveal a subtle intention to represent the finite world in which we live, and to project it as the result of the infinite creation. Painted compartments differ in shape, movement and palette, sometimes suggesting the discontinuity of the cosmos. Nevertheless, I seek the impressions of the infinite world.
I abandon the easel for the table, on which I can place larger panels, and meet the need for more room and full control. I like to increase both the size of the surface to be painted, as well as the area in which I display the activity. One senses that these paintings represent an achievement in a wider context that of the simple support surface.
I do not use color to paint, but to give the spiritual and musical sensation which flows from my enigmatic interior. In other words, I reach the heart of the observer by intensifying all the colors of my palette, thus allowing the mind to find peace and harmony.
One of my concerns is to establish the unity color-movement in order to turn the painted space into a piece of art. In addition to the process of placing the color, trying not to repeat the same range of tones.
To describe the spiritual significance of my installation. I advocate that the highest meaning of my work of art is always Unity, and showed how it reveals and leads to the principal Unity, and how it reflects the mystery of the manifestation of the One in the many, and the multiplicity in that Unity.
In my work of art, I don’t seek to lead the eye to an imagined world; on the contrary, I liberate it from all preoccupations of the mind. It does not transmit a specific ideas, but a state of being, which is at once repose and inner rhythm...the purest simile for the manifestation of divine reality, which is the center throughout, in each creature, and in each cosmos, without any being or any thing being able to claim to be in its sole reflection, creating an unending reflection of centers in each other: the “unity of being.”
SELECTED PERIODICALS
1996
- June, La Nueva Al-Fida, issue no 56 (the whole page): El Pintor Moustafa Al Hatter, written by Blanca Guzman, Caracas, Venezuela.
- May 26th , La brujula – Guia Cultural – Publicacion del CONAC : Fuera de Limites, Exposicion de Moustafa Al hatter, Caracas, Venezuela,
- May 10th , El Nacional, Moustafa Ahmad Console de Egipto, Miembro de Honor de la Associcion Venezolano De Artistas Plasticas, Caracas, Venezuela,
- April 22nd , El Universal Newspaper, social 3-17 : Las Pinturas del Consul de Egipto, Caracas, Venezuela,
- April 12th, El Universal, Social, Comentarios Del Momento, En La UCAB, Caracas, Venezuela.
- Excellencia Magazine, Year 9, No 13, Page 37: Exposicion de Pintura “Camino al Sol”, Caracas, Venezuela.
- Excellencia Magazine, page 18: Moustafa Ahmad “Esencias”, written by dra Milagros Bello (Sociologa de art, Historiadora de Arte, Criticio de Arte, Y Curadora de Arte Actual), Caracas, Venezuela.
- Excellencia Magazine , page 21: Miembro de honor, Caracas, Venezuela.
1998
- November 29th, Le Progres, issue no 251: UN Embassdeur peintre expose au Centre Culturel Espagnol. Cairo, Egypt.
- November 16th, Al Ahram Newspaper, Cairo, Egypt.
- November 16th, Al Akhbar Newspaper, Cairo, Egypt.
- November 15th, Al Ahram Newspaper: Art and Diplomacy, by Makram Honeen, Cairo, Egypt.
1999
- February 28th, Al Ahram Newspaper: The color and light in the art of Moustafa Al Hatter, written by Abdu Mobasher, Cairo, Egypt.
2000
- October, The Diplomat Magazine, page 3: Ambassador of Egypt Moustafa Al Hatter exhibit in Panama, Cairo, Egypt.
- August, El Diplomatico: Embajador Al Hatter, Dona Sus Pinturas, Panama City, and Panama.
- August, El Despacho de la Primera Dama Magazine: El Embajador de Egipto Dona Sus Pinturas, Panama City, Panama.
- July, El Mundo Social, page 38, Panama City, Panama.
- July, Al Gomhorya Newspaper, second page, written by Mohamed Ismael. Cairo, Egypt.
- July 3rd, El Siglo Newspaper, written by Adriano Herrera Barria, Panama City, Panama.
- June 29th, El Panama America. Last page: Danza de Fuego, Panama City, Panama.
- June 25th, El Siglo Newspaper, page 8: Moustafa Ahmad, Pintura y erudiccion, by Adriano Herrera Barria. Panama City, Panama.
- June 19th, La Prensa, page b15: Al Hatter Expone en Panama, by Manuel Vega loo, Panama City, Panama.
- June 19th, La Prensa, page b15: Entre el lienzo y la Diplomcia, by Manuel Vega loo, Panama City, Panama.
- June 18th, La Prensa, Panama City, Panama.
- June 18th, El Panama America: colores viajeros, by Marilina Vergara, Panama City, Panama.
- May 1st, El Siglo Newspaper, by Adriano Herrera Barria. Panama City, Panama.
- April 8th, El Panama America: Moustafa Al Hatter edited by Agustin Del Rosario, Panama City, Panama.
- March 27th, El Panama America: Dimensiones Milenarias, by Raul A. Bernal, (the whole page), Panama City, Panama.
2001
- April 8th, El-Siglo, Dimensiones Milenarias.
- April 3rd, El Panama America. Panama City, Panama.
- April 2nd, El Panama America, Panama City. Panama.
- March, El Mundo Social, Dimensiones Milenarias” una muestra de art, Panama City, Panama
- March 30th, El Panama America. Panama City, Panama.
- March 30th, El Estrella De Panama, page c1 (the whole page) Dimensiones Milenarias, by Alejandra Aruz, Panama City, Panama.
- March 28th, La Prensa, Panama City, Panama.
- March 28th, El Universal, page 29, Arte Entre Egipto y Panama, by Eivilyn De Luz. Panama City, Panama.
- March 26th, Moustafa Al Hatter: Expone en el Museo de arte Contemporaneo de panama, by Maria Luisa Fernandez, Panama City, Panama.
- March 25th, El Universal, page 34, Dimensiones Milenarias en Panama, Panama City, Panama.
- March 26th, La Prensa, page 68, Panama City, Panama.
- March 23, El Siglo, page 11: Embajador de Egipto, Gran Exponente de las Artes Plasticas, Panama City, Panama.
- March 22nd, El Esteria de Panama, page c7, (the whole page): Dimensiones Milenarias en Museo de arte Contemporaneo, Panama City, Panama.
- March 20th, El Siglo, page 27: Moustafa Al Hatter, Panama City, Panama.
2002
- August 25th, Al Ahram Newspaper, page 10, Navigation with colors and music, the Journey of Al Hatter, written by Abdu Mobasher, Deputy Chief Editor, Cairo, Egypt.
- January, The Diplomat Magazine, Exhibition of Ambassador Moustafa Al Hatter in Panama, Cairo, Egypt.
- September 6th, Al Gomhorya weekly Newspaper, second page, Ambassador Al Hatter, written by Mohamed Ismael, Cairo, Egypt.
- May, Nisf El dunia, page 40, Ambassador Al Hatter Navigating in colors, by Mohamed Nasser, Cairo, Egypt.
2003
- July, El Mundo Diplomatico, issue 58: Arte y Cultura, Panama City, Panama.
- June 23rd , El Panama America: De Egipto A Panama, Panama City, Panama.
- June 22nd, El Siglo, page 32: Gran Noche de art y Cultura, ofrece el Embajador de Egipto M. Al hatter, by Miguel Moreno (whole page), Panama City, Panama.
2004
- December 12th, Al Ahram Alektsady Magazine, issue 1875, page 12, written by Rabyaa Shahyn, Cairo, Egypt.
- September 12th, Al Ahram Newspaper, page 10, Ambassador Al Hatter, written by Abdu Mobasher, Deputy Chief Editor, Cairo, Egypt.
- August, Al Wafd Newspaper: The Creative Ambassador, by Ezz Eldeen Nageeb, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 30th , Al Ahram International Newspaper, year 128, issue no 42970, page 7: Ambassador Artist, The Inspiration of Moustafa Al-Hatter by Amany Elkasas, Cairo, Egypt.
- July, The Diplomat Magazine, issue 106; My Journey with colors, by Moustafa Al Hatter, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 26th , Al Ahram Alektsady Magazine, issue 1855, page 13;
When a Diplomat have the Art and the Violin, written by Rabyaa shaheen, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 21st , Al Ahram International Newspaper, year 128, issue no 42961, page 5: Ambassador Al Hatter, the Artist Sophist by Amany Elkasas, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 18th , Al Ahram Newspaper; the Ambassador Artist Al Hatter, written by Nagwa Alashry, Deputy chief Editors, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 15th , Al Akhbar Newspaper, year 53, issue 16295: The Diplomacy of Colors, by Abunadarh, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 8th, Al Wafd Newspaper, year 21, issue 1063: Ambassador Al- Hatter at Opera House. By Dr Moustafa Alrazaz, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 6th, Al Wafd Newspaper: The Peace at the Ambassador Al-Hatter Exhibition, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 5th, Al Esboaa Newspaper, issue 382, page 17, the Journey of Ambassador Al Hatter with Colors at Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 5th, Al Ahram Newspaper, last page, by Mona Ragab, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 3rd, Al Mosawar Magazine: the Exhibition of Al Hatter at Opera House, Cairo, Egypt.
- July 1st , Al Akhbar Newspaper, year 53, second page; Ambassador Al-hatter, Art and Diplomacy, his Journey toward the Light, by Thorya Darwish, Cairo, Egypt.
- June 30th , Al Gomhorya Newspaper, second page: The Journey of Ambassador Moustafa Al hatter with colors, Cairo, Egypt.
- June 4th , Al Ahram Newspaper, page 32: at Opera House tomorrow, Art and Diplomacy, by Makram Honeen, Cairo, Egypt.
2005
- February 12th, Al Ahrm Alarabi Magazine, year 123, issue 412, Art Exhibition for the Diplomats, written by Elsayed Rashad, Cairo, Egypt.
- February, Sout Elneell Newspaper, Second Edition, Ambassador M. Al Hatter, written by Fawkya Yasyn, Cairo, Egypt.
- February 7th , Alomaal Newspaper , year 39, issue 1920, Ambassador Al Hatter, written by Hyam Abdelhafyeez, Cairo, Egypt.
2006
- December 12th, Alektsadya Newspaper, issue no 4805, Moustafa al Hatter, Painting without frames as a symbol of unlimited abstraction, Saudi Arabia.
CATALOGS AND BOOKS:
2009:
- Unlimited Abstraction: The Journey of Al Hatter Towards the infinite, published by AuthorHouse, USA, (under printing).
2005:
- Light Inspirations: a catalogue for the exhibition at Al Ahram newspaper, from January 9th to 20th, Cairo, Egypt.
2004:
- My Journey towards the Colors: a catalogue for the Exhibition at Opera House, from July 5th to 14th, Cairo, Egypt.
2003:
- My Abstract Sculpture Paintings: a catalogue for the Exhibition at National Library of Panama, from June 18th to July 20th, Panama City, Panama.
2001:
- Dimensiones Millenaries: a catalogue for the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary art, from March 26th to April 28th, Panama City, Panama.
2000:
- La Danza Del Fuego: a catalogue for the exhibition at National Bank of Panama, from May 20th to June 7th, Panama City Panama.
1998:
- Camino Al Sol: a catalogue for the exhibition at The Spanish Culture Center, from November 16th to 30th, Cairo, Egypt.
1997:
- Camino Al Sol: a catalogue for the exhibition at The National Library of Venezuela, from May 22nd to July 27th, Caracas, Venezuela.
1996:
- Fuera De Limites: a catalogue for the exhibition at The Catholic University Andres Bello, from 11th to 26th, Caracas, Venezuela.
EXHIBITIONS
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2005
January 9th to 20th, the main art hall of Al Ahram Newspaper, Cairo, Egypt.
2004
July 5th to 14th, the main hall of Opera House in Cairo, Egypt.
2003
June 18th to July 20th , at ‘Biblioteca Nacional de Panama’ the National Library of Panama, Panama City, Panama.
2001
March 26th to April 28th, exhibition at “El Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Panama’’ the Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City, Panama.
2000
May 20th to June 7th, at “Casa Museo del Banco Nacional de Panama". Panama City, Panama.
1998
November 16th to 30th at "Sala de Exposiciones del Instituto Cervantes", The Spanish Cultural Centre in Cairo, Egypt.
1997
May 22nd to July 27th, at “Biblioteca Central’’ de la Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela.
1996
April 11th to 26th, at “Universidad Catolica Andres Bello’’, Facultad de Humandidades y Educacion, Centro Loyola, Caracas. Venezuela.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2005
February 7th to 21st, exhibition for diplomats in Shadicore Gallery Cairo, Egypt.
1997
May 10th, the Hall Pro-Venezuela, on the Day of the Plastic Artist in Caracas, Venezuela.
1996
August, the Art Hall, to celebrate the XXVI Anniversary of the Autonomous Institute of Maquetia International Airport, “Victor Milan Gallery”, Venezuela.
1996
July 6th , exhibition organized by the College of Venezuelan Architects, the Venezuelan Association of Plastic Architects, and the Piquer Foundation with seat in Caracas, Venezuela.
1991
August, a collective exhibition organized by the Embassy at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
1985
October, a collective exhibition organized by the Embassy at the Egyptian Culture Club (Nasser), Khartoum, Sudan.
1978
January, a collective exhibition organized by the Embassy at Holiday Inn Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia.
1975
August, a collective exhibition at El Ghory Cultural Palace, Cairo, Egypt.
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City: 147-29 , 182nd Street, Springfield Gardens State: NY Country: USA Birthyear: 1948 Galleries: SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2005
January 9th to 20th, the main art hall of Al Ahram Newspaper, Cairo, Egypt.
2004
July 5th to 14th, the main hall of Opera House in Cairo, Egypt.
2003
June 18th to July 20th , at ‘Biblioteca Nacional de Panama’ the National Library of Panama, Panama City, Panama.
2001
March 26th to April 28th, exhibition at “El Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Panama’’ the Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City, Panama.
2000
May 20th to June 7th, at “Casa Museo del Banco Nacional de Panama". Panama City, Panama.
1998
November 16th to 30th at "Sala de Exposiciones del Instituto Cervantes", The Spanish Cultural Centre in Cairo, Egypt.
1997
May 22nd to July 27th, at “Biblioteca Central’’ de la Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela.
1996
April 11th to 26th, at “Universidad Catolica Andres Bello’’, Facultad de Humandidades y Educacion, Centro Loyola, Caracas. Venezuela.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2005
February 7th to 21st, exhibition for diplomats in Shadicore Gallery Cairo, Egypt.
1997
May 10th, the Hall Pro-Venezuela, on the Day of the Plastic Artist in Caracas, Venezuela.
1996
August, the Art Hall, to celebrate the XXVI Anniversary of the Autonomous Institute of Maquetia International Airport, “Victor Milan Gallery”, Venezuela.
1996
July 6th , exhibition organized by the College of Venezuelan Architects, the Venezuelan Association of Plastic Architects, and the Piquer Foundation with seat in Caracas, Venezuela.
1991
August, a collective exhibition organized by the Embassy at Sheraton Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.
1985
October, a collective exhibition organized by the Embassy at the Egyptian Culture Club (Nasser), Khartoum, Sudan.
1978
January, a collective exhibition organized by the Embassy at Holiday Inn Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia.
1975
August, a collective exhibition at El Ghory Cultural Palace, Cairo, Egypt.
Awards: - Honorary member of the Association of Venezuelan Plastic Artist from 1996.
- Member of the International Association of Plastic Artists, UNESCO, from 1997 up tell now.
-Member of the Panamanian Association of Plastic Artists from 2000 up tell now.
CATALOGS AND BOOKS:
2009:
- Unlimited Abstraction: The Journey of Al Hatter Towards the infinite, published by AuthorHouse, USA, (under printing).
2005:
- Light Inspirations: a catalogue for the exhibition at Al Ahram newspaper, from January 9th to 20th, Cairo, Egypt.
2004:
- My Journey towards the Colors: a catalogue for the Exhibition at Opera House, from July 5th to 14th, Cairo, Egypt.
2003:
- My Abstract Sculpture Paintings: a catalogue for the Exhibition at National Library of Panama, from June 18th to July 20th, Panama City, Panama.
2001:
- Dimensiones Millenaries: a catalogue for the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary art, from March 26th to April 28th, Panama City, Panama.
2000:
- La Danza Del Fuego: a catalogue for the exhibition at National Bank of Panama, from May 20th to June 7th, Panama City Panama.
1998:
- Camino Al Sol: a catalogue for the exhibition at The Spanish Culture Center, from November 16th to 30th, Cairo, Egypt.
1997:
- Camino Al Sol: a catalogue for the exhibition at The National Library of Venezuela, from May 22nd to July 27th, Caracas, Venezuela.
1996:
- Fuera De Limites: a catalogue for the exhibition at The Catholic University Andres Bello, from 11th to 26th, Caracas, Venezuela.
Media: mixed media Style: abstract Subjects: geometric shapes | | Vincenzo Balsamo |
 | Biography: (Painter/Engraver) Vincenzo Balsamo was born in June 1935 in Brindisi, Italy. He lived in Rome, Paris, Verona, now he lives in Corchiano, Italy. He studied at the San Giacomo Art School, Rome. Main exhibitions took place at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, National Gallery of Modern Art, X National Quadrennial, Chiostro del Bramante - (Rome); European Biennial - DUBROVNIK; Découvertes Nef Victor, Carrousel du Louvre - (Paris); "Santa Apollonia" Art Center Venezia, Nagahama Museum - (Japan); Museum of Modern Art - Arezzo; Matalon Museum - Milan; 4th Beijing International Art Biennial; Modern Art Gallery - Cento; Lu.C.C.A. Center of Contemporary Art - Lucca; A.C. Art Museum Beijing, Yixing Art Museum, Guangzhou Mayland Art Gallery, European Commission - Brussels; Art Fairs: Shanghai, Miami, New York, Canton, Moscow, New Delhi, Los Angeles, KIAF, Beijing, Toronto, In Arco, London, Bologna; Milano, Torino, Verona, etc.; and several participations in biennial/triennial of print.
Vincenzo Balsamo paints since the fifties. His first artworks are figurative paintings. They regard Italian landscapes (Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio, Campania) particularly intense and intimate where the pictorial technique, composed by vibrant brush strokes, delights in a sort of play of fantastic tonalities.
During the seventies Balsamo stops painting figurative works: It is the so-called “first abstraction” period where he actually returns to the coloured background of the landscapes, but without a hint of figuration and separated by a black sign that becomes the texture of the memory. During the late seventies Balsamo researches and experiments.
Decomposizioni (1975-76) are informal, material, full bodied works, harsh in their pictorial expression.
Nebulose (1977-78) are not envisaged as a celestial world, but as a mental and internal journey in search of the right balance between the gestural mark and - alongside and upon - the colour.
Evocazioni (1978-79) are complex and introspective works characterized by strangely deformed, surreal and fantastic figures, symptoms of weariness and doubt.
In the early eighties Balsamo strives to regain his expressive thought and spends time at his easel in order to rediscover a new, more congenial world. It is the so-called “second abstraction” period and he paints works inspired by an abstract-cubistic concept.
In 1987 begins the “Lyrical Abstraction” phase where the sign, the colour and the light are made up among them as if they would peer into the human "I"
City: Corchiano State: (Viterbo) Country: Italy Birthyear: 1935 Galleries: 1957
- BRINDISI, "Civic Centre" - Italy
1961
- ROME, "Il Camino" Gallery, 2 - 12 March - Italy
1963
- ROME, "Zizzari" Gallery - Italy
- MILAN MARITTIMA, "La Bottega" Gallery - Italy
1965
- ZURIGO, "Burdeke" Gallery - SWISS
- CARPI, "Del Ridotto" Gallery, 28 February - 11 March - Italy
1966
- ROME, "T. Volsci" Gallery, 10 - 21 May - Italy
1967
- ZURIGO, "Burdeke" Gallery - SWISS
- TARANTO, "Magna Grecia" Gallery, 24 June - 5 July - Italy
- OSTUNI (BR), City-Hall - Italy
1969
- BARI, "La Bussola" Gallery - Italy
- GENOA, "Carlevaro" Gallery - Italy
1970
- PALERMO, "La Vetrinetta" Gallery - Italy
- TURIN, "Viotti" Gallery, 30 May - 12 June - Italy
- ROME, "Lisi" Gallery - Italy
- ROME, "Zizzari" Gallery - Italy
1971
- RAVENNA, "Le Arti" Gallery, 20 February - 9 March - Italy
1977
- ROME, "Tevere" Gallery - Italy
1988
- GENZANO (ROME), "Infiorata Exhibitions Halls" - Italy
1989
- ROME, "Campaiola" Gallery - Italy
- ROME, "MR" Gallery - Italy
- HAMBURG, Forum "Kunst Messe" - Germany
- ASIAGO, "Excelsior" Gallery - Italy
- NICE, Palais des Exposition - "Art Jonction International" - France
1990
- VENICE, Vincenzo Balsamo "Sintesia", "Santa Apollonia" Art Centre, Solo Show, 7 July-2 August - Italy
1991
- GENZANO (ROME), "Panna" Gallery - Italy
- MILAN, "International Contemporary Art" - Italy
- ROME, Expò of ROME - Italy
1993
- BOLOGNA, "Art Fair" - Italy
- FLORENCE, "Attualissima" Fortezza da Basso - Italy
1994
- PARIS, "Découvertes" Porte de Versailles - Nef Victor, 23-28 March - France
- PARIS, "Lansberg" Gallery - France
- CANNES, Palais des Festival "Art Jonction" - France
1995
- ROMA, "Vincenzo e Roberto Balsamo due generazioni a confronto" "SOUTHERN Art Gallery" 14 December-12 January 1995 - Italy
- FINALE LIGURE, "ValenteArteContemporanea" Gallery, Solo Show, 8 July-8 September - Italy
- BARI, Levante Fair "Art Expò " - Italy
1996
- NEUILLY, "Centre Hospitalier" - France
- GENEVA, Palaexpo "Europ'Art" - SWISS
- GENT, "Line Art Gent" International Art Fair- Belgium
- L'AQUILA, Vincenzo Balsamo "The singing color", Abruzzo Museum-Spanish Castle, "Anthological Exhibition", from 1959 to 1996", 28 September-28 October - Italy
- ARPINO (FR), Vincenzo Balsamo "The singing color", Boncompagni Ducal Palace, "Anthological Exhibition", from 1959 to 1996", 9 November-5 January 1997 - Italy
1997
- BAGNOCAVALLO (RA), Vincenzo Balsamo "The singing color", Polyvalent Centre, "Anthological Exhibition", from 1959 to 1996", 16 March-6 April - Italy
- ROME, Vincenzo Balsamo "The singing color", Egypt Academy, "Anthological Exhibition", from 1959 to 1996" - Italy
- MANTOVA, Vincenzo Balsamo "The singing color", Ducal Palace - Isabella of Este Rooms, "Anthological
Exhibition", from 1959 to 1996", 12 April-4 May - Italy
- SPOLETO, Vincenzo Balsamo "The singing color", Two Worlds Festival - "Gianluigi Fontana" International Art Gallery, 26 June-27 July - Italy
- MILAN, "Telemarket" Show Room - Italy
- ROME, "Telemarket" Show Room - Italy
1998
- PORDENONE, "Pordenone Art Fair" - Italy
- PADOVA, "Art Expò '98" - Italy
- BOLOGNA, "Telemarket" Show Room - Italy
- CUNEO, "Tronci" Gallery - Italy
1999
- VERONA, "70" Gallery - Italy
- BARI, Levante Fair "Art Expò" - Italy
- FORTE dei MARMI, "Faustini Arte" Gallery - Italy
- FERRARA, "Studio d'Arte Melotti" Gallery, Solo Show, 13 February-14 March - Italy
- VENICE, "International Contemporary Art" - Italy
- ATLANTA, "Recent Paintings", Tula Art Center - Galleria San Marco, July 9 - September 8, Georgia - U.S.A
- PARIS, "Carrousel du Louvre" - France
- VERONA, "C&S Arte" Studio - Italy
- PADOVA, "Art Expò '99", Solo Exhibition - Italy
2000
- TURIN, "Telemarket" Show Room - Italy
- CHIERI (TO), Vincenzo Balsamo "NONSOLOASTRAZIONE", "Cornici e Design" Gallery
4 - 30 November - Italy
- ROME, "Telemarket" Show Room - Italy
- CUNEO, "Tronci" Gallery - Italy
- MONTECATINI T. ME, "Telemarket" Show Room - Italy
- VELLETRI (ROME), "Porta Napoletana", Solo Show - Italy
2001
- GENOA, Orsini Palace , "Telemarket" - Italy
- TURIN, "RonchiVerdi" Circle , Solo Show - Italy
- BRUXELLES, Palace of "European Parliament", Solo Show - Belgium
- VERONA, "Kahn Art" Gallery - Italy
- NAGAHAMA,"Nagahama Museum", Solo Show within the "Artists Club Exhibition 2001", 2001.11/1-11/15 - Japan
2002
- MESSINA, "Conca d'Oro" Gallery , by Personal Collection "Works years '60" - Italy
- FINALE LIGURE (SV), Vincenzo Balsamo, "The light spot of the fluctuation", Chiostri S. Caterina - Oratorio de' Disciplinanti in Final Borgo, Anthologycal Exhibition, 24 August-29 September - Italy
- FINALE LIGURE (SV), Vincenzo Balsamo, "the memory pathways", "ValenteArteContemporanea" Gallery, Works on Paper, 24 August-29 September - Italy
- MILAN, "Telemarket" Show Room, "The labyrinths of the colour" - Italy
- TURIN, "Telemarket" Show Room , "The labyrinths of the colour" - Italy
2003
- SUZZARA (MN), "Pont - Aven" Cultural Association of Contemporary Art , "Il Segno e il Colore" 18 January-2 February - Italy
- VITERBO, Miralli Gallery, "The unlikely dogma identity", Works on Paper - Italy
- VITERBO, Chigi Palace, "The unlikely dogma identity", Works on Canvas - Italy
2004
- FREMANTLE (Perth), Greh James Sculpture Studio Gallery, "Vincenzo Balsamo", Solo Show - Australia
2005
- FERRARA, "MINI" (Unpublished Works of small size), "Melotti Art Studio" Gallery 23 April-22 May - Italy
- TURIN, "Archivio di Stato", Anthologycal Exhibition, "The Odyssey of light and colur", (works from 1955 to 2005), 6-30 September - Italy
- MONTICHIARI (BS), "13nd Contemporary National Art Fair", Anthologycal Solo Exhibition, "Vincenzo Balsamo: The Uncontaminated Charms Of Sign", curated by Claudio Cerritelli - Italy
- VERONA, "art(verona05", "Gallery of Modern Art - Marco Canepa", Solo Exhibition - Italy
2006
- VITERBO, "VITARTE" - Contemporary and Modern Art Fair - Italy
- PIETRASANTA (LU), Vincenzo Balsamo - New Works, "Enrico PAOLI Art Gallery", 8 July-4 August - Italy
- FINALE LIGURE (SV), Vincenzo Balsamo "favola racconto - form/ale", "ValenteArtecontemporanea" Gallery, 27 August-30 September - Italy
- VERONA, "art(verona06", "ValenteArtecontemporanea" Gallery , Solo Show - Italy
- PADOVA, "Art Expò 2006", Solo Exhibition - Italy
- ROME, "R I P A R T E", International Hotel Art Fair - Italy
2007
- MILAN, Vincenzo Balsamo "L'eco musicale della Lyra di Ermes", "Luciana Matalon Foundation Museum",
Solo Show, 10 May-8 June - Italy
- MODENA, Vincenzo Balsamo "The Breath of the Infinite", "MOdenArte Gallery" - Anthological Exhibition - Italy
- ISEO (Bs), Vincenzo Balsamo "The Breath of the Infinite", "MOdenArte Gallery" - Works on Paper
5 October-1 December - Italy
2008
- MASSA MARITTIMA (Gr), Vincenzo Balsamo "Tracce Universali", "Palazzo dell'Abbondanza", Solo Show, 18 January- 24 February - Italy
- BOLOGNA, "Tracce Universali", "Bologna Art Hotels", Solo Show - Italy
- NORTH MYMMS (Londra), "Ecstasy Down", Paul Marks and Vincenzo Balsamo, "HF Contemporary Art Gallery" - Uk
- MANTOVA, "The courage of the equilibrium", "Palazzo della Ragione", Solo Show - Italy
- VO' (Pd), "WINE AND ART - The Cabernet 2007 with Vincenzo Balsamo", "Parco del Venda Wine Factory",
label show with a little exhibition - Italy
2009
- VITERBO, "VITARTE", "MAG'ARTE" Gallery, 14-16 March, Solo Show - Italy
- PADOVA, "ArtePadova 2009", "Accademia" Gallery, 13-16 November, Solo Show - Italy
2010
- LONDON, "London Art Fair", with the "HF Contemporary Art" Gallery, 13-17 January - UK
- GENOVA, "ArteGenova 2010", "Energenesi" Gallery, 26 February - 1 March - Italy
- PORDENONE, "ARTE Pordenone 2010", "Energenesi" Gallery, 10 - 12 April - Italy
- PESCARA, "Segni di una luce interiore. A colori", "Art Space - Genti d'Abruzzo Museum", Graphic Works from 1990 to 2008, 15 April - 16 May - Italy
- AREZZO, "Alchemies and other lyricism", "Civic Gallery of Contemporary Art", Works from 1989 to 2010, 08 May - 27 June - Italy
- BEIJING, "The 13th Beijing International Art Exposition", "Energenesi" Gallery, 19 - 23 August - China
- CANTON, "Art Canton 2010", "Energenesi" Gallery, 10 - 13 October - China
- MOSCOW, "15th Art Manege Moscow Art Fair 2010", "Energenesi" Gallery, 1 - 5 December - R. Russa
2011
- New Delhi, "The 3rd edition of the India Art Summit™ 2011", "Energenesi" Gallery, 20 - 23 January - India
- CENTO (FE), Vincenzo Balsamo "Isotopies and Changes", "Aroldo Bonzagni" Modern Art Gallery, Solo Show, 12 February - 03 April 2011 - Italy
- AREZZO, "Bellezza e verità nella pittura di Vincenzo Balsamo", Solo Show - Works from 1989 to 2009, within, "ARTEXpo Arezzo", 17 - 21 March - Italy
- AREZZO, "ARTEXpo Arezzo 2011", "Energenesi" Gallery, Works on paper, 17 - 21 March - Italy
- BERLIN, Vincenzo Balsamo "The beauty of life", HF Contemporary Art London/Berlin Gallery, Solo Show,
7 May - 4 June 2011 - Germany
- VENEZIA, "Energenesi" Gallery, Solo Show with works on canvas and on paper, 20 May - 20 July - Italy
- VILLAFRANCA di VERONA, "Vincenzo Balsamo. Il codice dei segni", Solo Show, Civic "AUDITORIUM",
24 June - 17 July - Italy
- VENEZIA, "Energenesi" Gallery , solo show with an art works selection, June - August - Italy
- SHANGHAI, "Shanghai Art Fair 2011", "Energenesi" Gallery, 14 - 18 September - China
- TORONTO, "ART TORONTO 2011", "Energenesi" Gallery, October 28-31 - Canada
2012
- LOS ANGELES, "LA Art Show - Los Angeles 2012", "Energenesi" Gallery, 18 - 22 January 2012 - USA
- NEW YORK, "Artexpo New York 2012", "Energenesi" Gallery, 22 - 25 March - USA
- ROMA, Vincenzo Balsamo "The Lyrical Abstraction 1987 - 2012", Chiostro del Bramante - "Le Gallerie - Le Sale" Art Space, Solo Show, 17 July - 13 September - Italy
- SEOUL, "KIAF2012-Korea International Art Fair", "Energenesi" Gallery, 14 - 17 September - South Corea
- LUCCA, "Vincenzo Balsamo. Rewriting the nature", Anthologycal Solo Show, "Lu.C.C.A. Lucca Center of Contemporary Art" from 25 November 2012 to 3 February 2013- Italy
2013
- BRINDISI, 1927 - Brindisi - 2013 "From the memories of the visible to the signs of the infinite", Retrospective Exhibition at: "Palazzo Granafei Nervegna", from 5 April to 6 May 2013 - Italy
- FROSINONE, "Bellezza e verità", Solo Show, "Villa Comunale", 13 - 26 April - Italy
- BRUSSELS, "The thought becomes sign, the color becomes light", Solo Show at: "European Commission",
from 13 May to 27 July - Belgium
- LATINA, "Finalmente l'Arte", Solo Show at: "Ex Garage Ruspi", from 7 to 24 June - Italy
- BRUSSELS, "The thought becomes sign, the color becomes light", Solo Show at: "Monte Paschi Bank",
from 1 August to 2 September - Belgium
Media: oil Style: abstract Subjects: light and color | | Zaher Bizri |
 | Biography: Zaher El-Bizri is a young Lebanese artist. He specializes in painting and mixed-media pictorial and plastic arts.
He developed a refined expertise in watercolors, in oil paintings, charcoal drawing, and graphic design, with a highly skilled use of Information Technology tools besides classical artistic media.
El-Bizri focuses principally on representational and pictorial depictions of everyday scenes and quotidian intimate public spaces, of diverse characters and portraits, while being particularly inspired by the Levantine Mediterranean cultural milieu, and primarily by the architecture of the medieval quarters of the ancient Lebanese port city of Sidon (Saida). His artistic endeavors explore the profound promising potentials that remain presently contained within classical styles in painting, as well as experimenting with abstract configurations in pictorial art. His artistic activities are also situated within urban places, and they act as inspirational catalysts for stimulating dynamic cultural practices in the public domain in the form of installations, sculptures, and series of murals.
El-Bizri received his Diploma in Fine Arts (Beaux Arts) in 2000, from the Lebanese University in Beirut. His prolific artistic productions and creative works have been exhibited on a regular basis since 1998 in numerous prestigious art galleries and venues. He has been also formally invited to participate in multiple international and national artistic events and cultural festivals organized by art associations, cultural societies,and diverse distinguished learned institutions, including the UNESCO, The Arab Cultural Club (Beirut), the Centre Culturel Français, and the Forum de Beyrouth. He furthermore received several awards and honorary citations in recognition of his artistic talent and the merits of his oeuvre. His work has also been communicated in public talks, reviewed in collective monographs, and covered by the press, in addition to various radio and television interviews.
City: Saida Country: Lebanon Birthyear: 17-1-1977 Galleries: - UNESCO Palace, Beirut 2007.
- Khan El-Franj, Saida (April 2007).
- The Lebanese Artists Association for Painting and Sculpture, Beirut (January 2006).
- The Lebanese Artists Association for Painting and Sculpture: Shouayfat,
Beirut (July 2005).
- The Lebanese National Solidarity Exhibition: The Lebanese Artists Association
for Painting and Sculpture, Beirut (March 2005). and 30 others... Awards: - Committee for Commemorating the Heritage of Abey: Abey, Mount Lebanon
(21 August 2005).
- Al-Day’a Exhibition: Beirut (04 June 2004).
- Damascus Exhibition (02 December 2003).
- The Arab Cultural Club (1 July 2003).
- The Lebanese Army: An honorary award after the military service (10 June 2003).
- The Resistance in Lebanon: (27 February 2002).
- The Union of Syndicates of Officials in Banks in Lebanon and The Lebanese
Artists Association for Painting and. Sculpture: the second prize in the
competition for the best Poster in celebrating the Lebanese Independence Day, Beirut
(5 December 2001).
- The Development Association of Gemayzeh: Gemayzeh, Beirut (28 November
2001).
- The Houdou’ Nisbi Forum: Voice of the People Broadcasting, Beirut (25 October
2001).
- Committee for Commemorating the Heritage of Abey: Abey, Mount Lebanon
(27 September 2001).
- Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA) Honorary Award: UNESCO,
Beirut (29 October 1999).
- Cultural Council of South Lebanon Honorary Award: Beirut (April 1998). Media: watercolor Style: realistic Subjects: people, portraits and characters | | miháy bodó |
 | Biography: Mihály Bodó (b. 1957) studied sculpture at the Falculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona. His studies of painting are related to the well known Torres Garcia Atelier (TTG). His teacher and friend was the genial New York painter, sadly no longer with us, Bruno Fonseca. One of the most important characteristics of this training is the reworking of traditional painting through a constructive approach.The new generation of this atelier to which Mihály Bodó belongs, attempts to convert painting, using the most recent knowledge and emotions in fine art, into the "celebration of vision" (Nietsche). The general decadence of culture affects the painter as much as the viewer. Despite the recent slump in cuality, painting can still continue to weave its age-old threads. Let´s not forget that painting connects with the deepest human mysteries, and should not be left to the mercy of transitory fashions.
Mihály Bodó´s work, from the earliest paintings onward, presents a unified search: expressivity, construction, a full knowledge of the profession, complete preparation of drawing and plasticity, metaphysical content and the complex use of colours and materials.His earlier studies of engineering and philosophy probably influence the rational structure of the paintings, but behind the image burns a temperament of original talent. In each painting there is an interweaving of pictorial analysis and synthesis. This does not contradict the fact that, according to Bodó, "a piece of work in itself is not important, but rather the daily renaissance and functioning of the atelier, because the vitality of the atelier relates the enigma of personal life with other human thinkers, alive or dead."
CV: Fészek Galéria, Desidea Studio(HUNGARY), Galeria Trama, Galeria Llucia Homs, Galeria Columna, Galeria Greca (SPAIN), Galerie La Belle Hortense (FRANCE), City: barcelona State: barcelona Country: spain Birthyear: 1957 Galleries: Fészek Galéria, Desidea Studio(HUNGARY), Galeria Trama, Galeria Llucia Homs, Galeria Columna, Galeria Greca (SPAIN), Galerie La Belle Hortense (FRANCE), Media: oil Style: expressionistic Subjects: other | | Michael Bowdidge |
 | Biography: Since leaving college I have used a wide range of found materials in order to explore aspects of transformation and identity. Six years ago I started to work with computers. This use of 'visual sampling technology' has always seemed like a natural progression from my previous practice. Each print originates from a digital photograph (or sometimes from a combination of several) which is then heavily manipulated using imaging software until it begins to lose its original identity and starts to become something new.
This process of improvised abstraction often leads me back to images which contain suggestions of pictorial space which were not present in the original. The finished piece represents an intuitive attempt to capture, distil and make explicit some aspect of place or experience in an image which still remains mysterious. I am trying to make work which simultaneously invites and confounds the viewer. In order to do this I am searching for a visual language which is both accessible and yet capable of subtlety and depth.
The quest for ‘presence’ is also of great importance to me, though I find it very difficult to say exactly what this quality entails. I only know that it is either there or it is not. Trying to understand this phenomenon is one of the driving forces behind my artistic practice.
Working exclusively from my own photographs for the past eighteen months has led me to a growing awareness of the underlying themes of my art. I am inspired by the post -industrial area in which I live (the Lea Valley in London and in particular the canal on which my boat is moored) and find the imagery which surrounds me strangely resonant. The grass grows, water flows and machines rust.
In these things I find myself.
City: London State: England Country: United Kingdom Birthyear: 1967 Galleries: United Kingdom:
Black Bull Gallery, Fulham.
Alternative Arts, Soho.
Tom Allen Arts Centre, Stratford.
Changing Room Gallery, Walthamstow.
Hornbeam Environmental Centre, Leyton
Pintxos, Barbican.
The Green Space, Dulwich.
The Arthouse, Deptford.
Second Floor Studios Gallery, Greenwich.
Moonbow Jakes, Brockley
The Surgery, Nunhead.
Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich.
United States:
Lincoln Center, New York Media: other, Digitally manipulated photographic composite Style: other Subjects: other, Everything and Nothing |
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