Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Awards - February 2022


Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - February 2022

Congratulations to Róisín Nolan @rooshmulan

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Awards - January 2022


Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - January 2022

Congratulations to Muindi Muia @muindimuia

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Awards - December 2021

Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - Desember 2021

Congratulations to Anamika @contemporaryartist.anamika

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My name is Anamika, a visual artist from Muzaffarpur (India).

2. When did art become part of your life?
Art has been a part of my life since childhood.

3. How long have you been making art?
From childhood, I was attracted to art. After completing my basic education, I completed my bachelor's and master's in fine arts in 2016, and after that art became my life.

4. What shows that the art scene has evolved over the last few years?
Nowadays art is shown in different ways such as virtually; especially at the time the pandemic started, it was very pronounced. More than ever we had the opportunity to connect with galleries, and take part exhibiting in all over the world.

5. Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
Currently, I am working on the project titled - “the world's biggest womb – Nature”. Nature means not only our surroundings, it relates to our behavior too.

6. Where do you do your work?
I am currently living & working in Delhi NCR (India).

7. Do you work from life, from photographs, or from imagination?
My work concept is from nature and the way of presentation is from an imagination that makes my work unique.

8. What technique (applicable for art) do you use?
I love to use watercolor on paper mostly. But, these days, I am playing in mixed media on paper and canvas too.

9. What is the role of the designer/artist in society?
I think an artist has the best opportunity to give a message through the paintings while people are enjoying it.

10. Where did you study?
I completed my bachelor of fine arts from Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya University, MP (2010-14), Master’s in fine arts from same university (2014-16).

11. What would you call your style?
Abstract

12. What's the best thing about being an artist?
The best thing about being an artist is the freedom to express myself.

13. What's the worst thing about being an artist?
The worst thing about being an artist is that usually, our work is more appreciated after death.

14. How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?
It is very interesting to take some different views, different observations.

15. Who or what inspires you?
Nature and relation between each and every beings inspires me a lot.

Awards - November 2021

 




Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - November 2021🏆Congratulations to INI USORO @ini_v.2.0 

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Your name, where were you born? Write a little about your character.

My name is Iniobong Usoro, I was born in Benin, Edo State.

When did art/design/photography become part of your life?

Art has always been a part of my life, however, I started painting professionally in 2020.

How long have you been making art?

I have been making art for 25 years now.

What shows that the art scene has evolved over the last few years?

NFTs

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?

Charla Marschalk, an American abstract portrait artist.

Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?

Started this project last year, where I'm transforming memories and experiences into pieces of art that could be easily relatable.

Where do you do your work?

I currently work from my sitting room in Ajah, Lagos State, Nigeria.

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?

I work from photographs and my imagination.

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?

I paint with acrylic paint on stretched canvas. I also create scribble drawings with ink paints

What is the role of the designer/artist in society?

Well, personally, I feel artists create work that reminds us of the past, show us what's currently happening now, and shows us what the future can/will be.

What is the place of your work in society?

My work illustrates the upbringing and life of the average Nigerian which most of my viewers relate to. And I do a lot of storytelling through my art, which brings some sort of emotions to the audience. So, I feel my art plays a big role in society by connecting different people of various backgrounds and cultures to a moment on canvas they can easily relate with.

Where do you feel design/art is going?

Honestly, I feel art is heading to a place where there's less creativity. People create art just to monetize it and not to connect with people.

Where did you study?

Art? the internet, lol. I studied Architecture in the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

What would you call your style?

My style of art is figurative and surreal.

What's the best thing about being an artist?

It's the freedom to express myself.

What's the worst thing about being an artist?

It's the freedom to express myself.

How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?

I want people to interpret my work differently.

What you draw/paint/design, is it part of your personality?

Yes, it is.

Who or what inspires you?

The complexity of life and the fact that each individual has a completely unique and different experience of it.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?

First of all, I'm an aspiring artist, lol. My little advice is that "as an artist, you have everything you need to grow"

Awards - August 2021


Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category
Artist of the Month - August 2021
Congratulations to A.Raposo @ art.raposo
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Awards - July 2021



Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - July 2021
Congratulations to Besjana Kryeziu 🏅 @artworkbesjana
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I am Besjana Kryeziu a visual artist from Kosovo, currently living in Belgium.
I have a strong character that I also show in my paintings going to my goal to the
end.

When did art/design/photography become part of your life?

First when I was started an art course it was just a curiosity to learn some lessons but
since then Art is part of my daily life.

How long have you been making art?
I discovered love for art in 2009.

What shows that the art scene has evolved over the last few years?
Nowadays art is shown in a different ways such as virtualy, especially at the time the
pandemic started it was very pronounced. More than ever we had the opportunity to
connect with galleries, and take part exhibiting in all over the world beside the
general public.

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
In the beginning I was influenced by Rembrandt and Claude Monet, but now I do not
have one in particular, there are many wonderful artists from all over the world who
display their work, and a good work is always a big impetus for an artist.

Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
I am currently working on a painting series called “Women’s World” a dedication to
women expressing the world of her, starting from beauty and spanning the soul,
fashion, shapes, power, profession, courage, passion, motherhood, figuration,
overthinking, responsibilities, simplicity, sensuality, confidence in herself, etc.
Her figuration is so beautifully created, but still often prejudiced.
The message of these paintings is to feel good and colorful inside of herself no
matter what others think - above all the inner beauty matters. With this series, I want
to show that women are superior!
Women must believe in the potential they possess!

Where do you do your work?
I like to work on my living room and usually all the cute mess is there.

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?
My art is like a mosaic of all but usually I work from my imagination because is very
important to show the inside energy and the individuality in the unique way.

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?
During art work I really like to experiment and I think that over the years my periods
have been divided into different techniques, for example during my studies my
favorites have been oil paints, while I have a large number of works with the
watercolor technique and now there is a time that last 3 cycles are developed with
acrylics.

What is the role of the designer/artist in society?
I think an artist have the best opportunity to give a message through the paintings
while people are enjoying it.

Is there a purpose to your design/artwork?
My goal is that when someone sees my art to feel better and find themselves in these
artworks, also my art always conveys a message.

Where did you study?
I earned Bachelor and Master is degree from University of Prishtina – Kosovo (2015
and 2018).

What would you call your style?
My work is an abstract art with a colorful world that express a different dynamic
emotions.

What is the best thing about being a artist?
The best thing of being an artist is that you can show your momentary emotions.

What is the worst thing about being a artist?
The worst thing of being an artist is that usually our work is more appreciated after
the death. People forget that Art is not just a passion but it is a profession too that
needs to invest on it.

How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?
This happed often on abstract paintings and when I create I express myself but this
does not mean that the others will see in the same way like me, anyway I feel very
good that most of the time visitors have been able to take the good energy through
colors even if they do not understood correctly my creation.

How do you feel after you finished or while you are designing/painting?
While I’m working is a great feeling putting together the idea with all the combinations
of colors. My process of a painting goes through 4 to 5 phases and the final moment
when you have managed to unfold all these ideas together as you imagined is a
miracle.

What you draw/paint/design, is it part of your personality?
I don’t want to do just a painting so I try to choose carefully what to express on my
canvas and being focused on the strong message so yes in my paintings are part my
personality for sure.

Who or what inspires you?
I get inspired from a lot of things as music, travelling, nature, books, photography,
sand while I am seeing a good art in social media.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?
Start the art if you want to heal the soul by transferring your emotions to the canvas,
creating your own world through colors.

Awards - June 2021

 


Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - June 2021

🏆Congratulations to Arpa Mukhopadhyay 🏅  @arpa.mukhopadhyay
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Awards - May 2021

 

Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category 

Artist of the Month - May 2021

🏆Congratulations to Fernanda Morales Tovar 🏅 @fernandamoralestovar
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💻 @thearligallery

When did art/design/photography become part of your life?
My art became part of my daily life right after I finished my Bachelor of Arts studies. Although in previous times I was making art, I consider that when I was facing the end of my study period and accessing a constant search for the development of my profession, it was necessary to establish art within my daily routine, and above all the importance of being constant in my work.

How long have you been making art?
I would speak of ten years ago when I started my art studies. Although since my childhood I had been doing some works that allude to some condition of art, the period of studies I establish as my beginning stage to making art, since from this moment I consciously determined that my profession would be from the production of artistic works.

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
I admire many artists. My interests in the work of other artists range from the solutions of Byzantine art (through representations where the flatness and ruggedness of the bodies are remarkable through their shape contour) o the approaches where the optical conditions are decisive in the construction of the paintings (speaking of the Renaissance). But thinking of contemporary artists, I admire the work of Francis Bacon, Mark Tansey, Stephen Bush, Rafael Canogar, Lizzie Gill, Phyllida Barlow. Also among the contemporary artists that I admire are undoubtedly my colleagues/friends painters

Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
The series that I am currently working with, I have titled 'Archeologies of the environment', is a series of oil paintings that have emerged since 2014 and continues in my current work. In this, I explore the analogies and dialectics existing in the environment that promote the conjunction of nature and urban devices in everyday life. Through a visual archeology that is based on the interpretation and proposal of intersection signals in spaces, humans, stories, ruin, and landscape; through the use of pictorial values as descriptive and schematic levels of representation, rhythm, and color. To be alternative landscapes, mediated by the imagination, that imitate the future of the individual in the face of the daily illusion that everyone faces.

Where do you do your work?
My studio is based in Mexico City

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?
I work with the support of images (exhumed, from archive or own photographs), to which, I reassign or add interests that are mediated from the imagination

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?

Painting, and particularly I use to painting oil on canvas


Is there a purpose to your design/artwork?
To be an instrument that makes possible a different look at reality, to "contemplate" it, under a different staging; that arises from the impulse to confront my/our immediate surroundings.


Where did you study?
I earned my MFA and my BFA in Visual Arts from the National Autonomous University of Mexico


What would you call your style?
I think of my painting to be inserted within the current problems of painting. In this case, my painting aims to respond to contemporaneity (if there is any) in painting

What's the best thing about being a artist?
I love the process to make a painting because sometimes it becomes a long time, in which there is a high level of reflection and decision-making. Not only about the work in progress but about personal conditions or general thoughts.

What's the worst thing about being a artist?
The worst thing about being an artist is that there are periods of great uncertainty. Not only in terms of talking about capital compensation but also about uncertainty at the end of a painting and not knowing where the next work is going. Also, being a practice that is incorporated into daily life and that occupies most of the artist's time, there are conditions such as learning, going to visit places, events between friends or family that are postponed, because there must be a daily routine and constancy in art


How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?
It is very interesting to listen to the interpretations of the spectators for my work because, without a doubt, every observation motivates me or questions me on my practice

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?

Enjoy the process of production and learning of art, as well as to assume oneself as an artist, with all that this implies: to be art a priority, a routine that is incorporated into our daily lives, a constant process of learning and risks

Awards - April 2021



Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - April 2021 
🏆Congratulations to Memo Art @memo_art91
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Awards - March 2021

Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - March 2021

🏆Congratulations to Lale Huseynova 🏅 @lalahuseynoffart

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Awards - February 2021

 

Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - February  2021

🏆 Congratulations to Eva Lubimaya 🏅 @eva_strazova_travel

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Write a little about you. Yeva Klok. Odessa Ukraine.

When did art/design/photography become part of your life? 9 y.o

Where do you do your work? in my home

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination? I do photographs of street life.

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use? Photographs.

What is the role of the designer/artist in society? Think life is so hard, let`s do it little better, bring happiness.

What is the place of your work in society? I think women love it .

Where did you study? I graduated from the University of art, having finished the theater college and professional tailors college.

What would you call your style? Happy style.

What's the best thing about being a artist? Feel freedom.

What's the worst thing about being a artist? Always feel responsibility from what you bring for people.

How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently? I want to surprise them by littles details of nature.

How do you feel after you finished or while you are designing/painting? How many things I want to do more.

What you draw/paint/design, is it part of your personality?

Who or what inspires you? Positive people.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists? Do not follow.

Awards - January 2021


Artist of the month: 🏆Congratulations to Goldengen Art Print @goldengenprint


Awards - December 2020

Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category Artist of the Month - December 2020.

🏆Congratulations to Eva Luziany @eva_luziany

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Your name, where were you born? Write a little about your character.
I am Eva Luziany, and I am an artist. I was born in Russia, in Orenburg region.
I am clear introvert! My life is art. I like to paint,to sing,to write poems and to read.
When did art/design/photography become part of your life?
Where did you study?
I started to draw in early childhood. My first exhebition was ,when I was in a children daycare.
And since that time I always draw and paint. I also graduate the State Moskow University of Industrial Art,named after Stroganov.
Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
I have many favourite artists, but there are the most favourite from contemporary art : Slava Fokk, Anna Berezovskaya, Jose Louis Cenna, Kseniya Lavrova, Andrey Remnev and Tanita Veranes.
Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
When I make my art, I use all, that is available : nature, real people, photographs, and, of course, my imagination. Sometimes I see my objects in a dream.
Where do you do your work?
I usually work at home, so I can work any time of day or night.
What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?
I always use for my art acrylic colours, sometimes I also use markers or collage details.
What is the role of the designer/artist in society?
I think, that my art is not by chance. I have possibilities to change the World, and I am trying.
What is the place of your work in society? Is there a purpose to your design/artwork?
I preach ideas of Peace,Love and Creation.
My general character is a Woman. She is a mystical person, Mother,Lover, Creator of New Life...
I enjoy the process of creating something new. I like experiments, I think it helps me to find my own style,my own way in contemporary art.

Awards - November 2020

Artist of the month November 2020

Artli Gallery presents - winner in the category
Artist of the Month - November 2020.
🏆Congratulations to Assa Lucky @assa.lucky
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Your name, where were you born?
- My author's pseudonym is Assa Lucky and now it is my main name. (My full name is Taisiya Lakovskaya but all friends, relatives, and colleagues call me Asya.) I was born in Russia in the city of Leningrad, now it is St. Petersburg
Write a little about your character.
- I am curious, purposeful, I like to work alone, and spend my leisure time with loved relatives ,friends and pets.
When did art/design/photography become part of your life?
- As far back as I can remember, I have always painted. Therefore, painting became a part of my life as I became aware of myself.
How long have you been making art?
- My mother sent me to the artist's studio for painting and drawing when I was 4. Since then I have been doing fine arts.
What shows that the art scene has evolved over the last few years?
- It seems that the changes in the art scene exist because of the Internet, borders are blurred; people can communicate and exchange thoughts, feelings, regardless of location. Culture is becoming global, and the art scene is becoming global.
Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
- My favourite theme in creativity: the relationship of people and the relationship of people with their pets. And now I am making four projects in parallel. The first one is called “Salvation in Art” - it is 7 canvases about the main and more common arts. In my opinion, art heals, and through art and creativity, all dreams can come true. The second project is called "Winnie the Pooh and everyone" - these are 4 large canvases - I paint them in honor of my friend, whose image looks like a good-natured honest strong bear. The third project is called "Mia is my Chihuahua dog" - a project in which paintings are constantly born under the inspiration of my beautiful dog. The fourth project is called "Arnold Schwarzenegger and his pony and donkey" - this project is about my impressions of the news about the modern life of Arnold Schwarzenegger with his pets, a donkey and ponies, who all live in the same house. I think this is funny and cute.
Where do you do your work?
- I work most of the time in my workshop. I also have a husband, a dog and a cat, so there are plenty of other things to do besides painting.
Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?
- I work from photographs and imagination.
What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?
- I paint with oil paints and a brush on canvas.
What is the role of the designer/artist in society?
- It depends on what is called a society. Society is free to choose. If in general, so an artist is a profession as all other professions.
What is the place of your work in society?
- In the society of the Russian art scene, my works are considered the works of an aspiring artist.
Is there a purpose to your design/artwork?
- I have a goal - I want to exhibit my paintings in Romania, USA, Great Britain and France.
Where do you feel design/art is going?
- I think that art is a reflection of public moods and desires, feelings. Art changes with people, and people strive always to new.
Where did you study?
- In 2009 I graduated from the St. Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy named after Baron Stieglitz, specialty Design.
What would you call your style?
- It is abstract and pop art realism.
What's the best thing about being a artist?
- The ability to create, love and make money.
What's the worst thing about being a artist?
- That in the life of any other person, regardless of profession, the absence of love
How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?
- I am happy when they like my paintings, but when they don’t like them, I remember that my paintings cannot be good for everyone.
How do you feel after you finished or while you are designing/painting?
- For me painting is my favorite pastime. When I finish the work, I'm glad.
What you draw/paint/design, is it part of your personality?
- Yes, all my paintings are part of my personality, my personal growth.
Who or what inspires you?
- I am inspired by beauty in general, painting, people, literature, music and Christianity.
What advice do you have for aspiring artists?
- I will advise you to draw a lot, paint a lot and never give up
Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
-Yes! It's
colinrobertsart
mashareva
andreylublinsky
taraszheltyshev
pino_oliva
lesleygrainger
genievefiggis

Awards – October 2020


Artist of the month – October 2020 

Arvind Kumar Dubey

Delhi born

Write a little about your character?

I am a freelance artist, straight, like to roam all over the world even on other planet, always looking for something unusual things, love to talk  on any topic, also love poetry. 

When did art become part of your life? 

Through my childhood I like to paint, but continuously since 2006 art become my life partner. 

How long have you been making art?

Since 2006 I am making art.

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?

Yes, I Van Gough, and artist Raqib shaw is my favrouite artist

Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?

Where do you do your work?

Yes I am working to create fusion of our Mythological incidents and stories with modern scenario specially our youth and their personal, social, political and ethical issues.

I do all my work at my home.

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?

Yes I do my work through life and imagination.

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?

Acrylic on canvas through brush I love to use for my creation.

What is the role of the designer/artist in society?

Artist have very important role in society, its our duty to aware and intertain our generation through our art, there is always something which only artist can see, its our duty to reveal it for general mass and spread the beautiful things of nature which we have saw through our artistic eyes.

What is the place of your work in society? Is there a purpose to your design/artwork?

As other artistic fields art also have there place.

Art is going well, need some more attention form general mass, more art galleries are required to showcase artist's work in all over the city, schools and collages should offer their students to see the work.

Where did you study?

I studied from Delhi college of Art.

Where do you feel design/art is going?

Few percentage of Mass always waiting for something form us to see.

How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?

When people interpret differently is show some other angle of our artwork which we didn't felt. 

What would you call your style?

Its like a relation, its create a attachement while making artwork, when we finish it, it give us lots of happiness and memories. Sometimes my artwork reflect my personalities.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?

Always create the stuff which give you something to think possitively and happiness and fun for viewer.

Arvind Kumar Dubey 🏅 @arvindart84

Awards – September 2020


Artist of the month – September  2020

Manuel Adame Jimenez

I was born in Peñalosa, a town in Córdoba
When did art / design / photography become part of your life?
Art is always part of oneself, I think it ends up blooming and dawns in life.
How long have you been making art?
More than 26 years
What shows that the art scene has evolved in recent years?
In the clarity of consciousness in interpretation ... an existential being communication with the creative master of existence ...
Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire?
Dalí ... Goya - Leonardo Da Vinci - Van Gogh
Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
A harmonious creative painting in my style painting with the inner being
Where do you do your work?
At home
Do you work from life, from photographs or from the imagination?
From the inner self ... intuitive with the inspiring vibration
What technique (applicable to art / design / photography) do you use?
Oil ... in digital the mobile phone ... in photography an Olympus
What is the role of the designer / artist in society?
Harmonic creative painter
What is the place of your work in society? Does your design / artwork have any purpose?
Evolved through art ... a creation of life
Where do you think design / art is headed?
Towards oneself to the source being existential
Where did you study?
In France in a Spanish school ... in my town where I was born in Córdoba and in a town in Barcelona ...
What would you call your style?
Harmonic creative
What is the best thing about being an artist?
The spirit of life
What is the worst thing about being an artist?
Clean the brushes
How do you feel when people interpret your design / artwork differently?
The work connects with the person and visualizes its own interpretation
How do you feel after finishing or while you are designing / painting?
In peace made happy
What you draw / paint / design, is it part of your personality?
Of course it's part of my evolution
Who or what inspires you?
Love the heartbeat be existential
What advice do you have for aspiring artists?
That they learn from what they do and enjoy the moment

@manuseruno
https://unificacionser.ning.com/

Awards - August 2020

 

Artist of the month: Digbijayee Khatua.

Where were you born? Write a little about your character.
I was born in Kendrapada district of Odisha.
I am now practicing my painting in Delhi as a painter. I prefer to live a simple life, I spend most of my time practicing art.

When did art/design/photography become part of your life?
As a child, I was fascinated by art, from the time my mother painted on the walls of our house. My father was a history teacher, my father always did and talks about history, and then I became more interested in art. When I started studying at Art college, I became more interested in art after seeing the Patta paintings and temples in Odisha.

How long have you been making art?
I finished my bachelor's degree in Odisha in 2012 and my masters in Delhi in 2015, the last five years I have been practicing my art.

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
Not a one particular artist, I'm mostly influenced Indian traditional art, like miniature painting (Orisan Patta Paintings) and I have attracted towards people, ideas and concepts that provide an alternate way of understanding life around me.

Can you tell us more about the project you are currently working on?
My currently practice is vastly influenced and marked by my shift from Odisha to Delhi and personal
encounter with the ever- changing landscape, evident in my recording of minute details – both real and
imagined. Fusing stylistic elements drawn from miniature paintings and the traditional Patta paintings
(Indian traditional painting). The idea portrayed the value of image reading and sense of diversity between
Machine and urban picture. In the painting it gives the scene of manmade clouds and deserves the costume of urban.

Where do you do your work?
I have my art practice Delhi and now my current studio located at the Kaladham Society in Greater Noida, UP.

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?
In my research I intend to identify local people in city so I would like to visit local place, I take some
photographs and some images from the net as reference and some from my life experience from
imagination then I compose my artwork.

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?
Watercolors as a medium are most important for me because I find it very effective and playful. Currently I am exploring the unique ways to articulate the beauty and spiritual essence of this medium. I have been working with watercolors for ten long years, which have created a great interest in me to play with it.

What is the role of the designer/artist in society?
The artist is like a mirror of society, seeing what is happening in society through his art. Good things in
society reach out to people and make people aware, through art we can learn about our past. Through his painting, an artist informs people about the future and the present.

What is the place of your work in society? Is there a purpose to your design/artwork?

I have been observing in my day-to-day life, how the city life is moving with unnaturalness, illusion and
pollution but everybody still feels lively with man-made beauty and complications. The pictorial surface in my works gains various perspectives and layers browsing through compartmentalized renditions of the city.
I would like to present its cons, which are affecting our human lives. Along with it, side-by-side, I will be developing a work, which is the Artist Diary.

Where did you study?
I received a Master’s degree in Fine Arts in 2015 from College of Art, Delhi University, New Delhi, and a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts in 2012 from B. K. College of Art and Crafts, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha

What would you call your style?
Where I am able to easily cut the papers that I paste and make layers giving it a 3d effect. The pictorial
design gains various perspectives and layers browsing through compartmentalized renditions of the city,
that do not shy away from rather romanticized and significantly embellished assortments of various
mediums and materials.

What is the best thing about being an artist?
An artist must first know himself. How to find out about your art culture and how artists can bring
awareness to society through their art.

What is the worst thing about being an artist?
I do not think there is anything wrong with being an artist, sometimes you have to work hard to make
money, but this is life. I think that if an artist dedicates his life to his art, he will have absolute success.

How do you feel when people interpret your design/artwork differently?
Sometimes it seems to me that art has no language, as if a person sees my painting and associates his
lifestyle with that painting. I love it so much people see different art and tell different stories and if I find out too much I will try to bring it to my next work.

How do you feel after you finished or while you are designing/painting?
I get a lot of pleasure when I start my painting with a subject, when the work begins with a lot of subject
matter and color takes on a shape, so I get a lot of pleasure from watching detailing. When the painting is finished, I feel very happy and try to figure out how to do the next thing better.

What you draw/paint/design, is it part of your personality?
Yes my art is a part of my personality, every work I do, my personal life, is connected with my past and
present. I do everything I do with my life experience and present situation.

Who or what inspires you?
I have influences Orissan Patta painter and a long list of ideas and concepts as an artist, artisan, writer and movies.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?
As an artist, I would say, first of all, you love your art, you have to know what you can do, develop what you can do and dedicate yourself to art, and you will be successful one day.

@digbijayee_khatua

Awards – Jily 2020

Artist of the month – Jily 2020

Emily Shih! 🏅 @cat2791

My name is Emily Shih. I am an self-taught artist who lives in Taiwan. I work primarily in
acrylic and watercolor. My artwork has been shown in exhibitions in Taiwan, New York, South
Korea, South America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.

When did art become part of your life? / How long have you been making art?
I fell in love with creating art at an early age and has never stopped in the pursuit of this passion.
I started to paint in 2009 and I have been painting for 11 years.

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
Paul Cezanne's artistic concept has a great influence on my work.
He pays great attention to the volume of the objects and the depth of the images. For this reason,
he gave up the linear perspective method. This volume is not expressed by lines, but by the
color blocks freely combined by the author. I personally admire Cezanne's works and his art
practice and persistence in art.

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?
Most of my works are depicting natural landscapes, such as sunsets, mountains and rivers,
reflections of water, places I have travelled and places I want to go. In addition, I like the
themes of positivity, optimism and joy. I want people to look at my artworks and feel the same
thing that I do - peace, happiness, joy and always believing in something good.

What technique (applicable for art) do you use?
I use the color block composition to paint because I feel that using this method can make the
image present a good 3D effect, and the flat color block has more tension than the traditional
realistic painting. Such color blocks are like a large piece of rough-cut colored paper, layer by
layer to create depth of field and 3D effect. This silhouette style is very attractive to me and can
give people more reverie and fun. I think flat coating without shadows can bring a sense of
volume, and bright colors have a decorative effect.
Before I paint, I use image processing software to segment the image, and then I arrange the
geometric shapes and various hue blocks alternatively and simplify the details of the scenery. In
the process of painting, I will adjust the shape and color to make the picture present a
harmonious effect. I would like to show the spatial extensity, rhythm and the impressionism
with the colors, and furthermore I hope to construct new imagery and resonance visually.

What is the role of the artist in society?
In times of uncertainty, art is more than beauty or decoration — it's a tool. Art can heal and
bring us together even when we're apart. I hope my role as an artist is to inspire, connect, and
collaborate.

How do you feel when people interpret your artwork differently?
I think art is subjective, so everyone's feelings and preferences for art vary from person to
person. I hope that people can feel peace, harmony and joy when they look at my paintings, but
if they have different feelings and interpretations, I can accept it, because it may bring me new
inspiration.

How do you feel after you finished or while you are painting?
For me, art is about falling in love with something, it’s about the feelings it conjures up inside
you. Since I started painting, I have been very interested in it, because it can bring me strength,
calm, moving and sense of achievement.

Who or what inspires you?
My artworks are inspired by nature's beauty. I love using rich and vivid color on painting. By
piling up different shapes of hue blocks, I transform the realist world into a bright and splendid
world of my own. This is how I praise nature, and a way of self-expression.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?
Continuous creation! To give yourself more opportunity to increase the chance of exposure and
try new things. In addition to enriching your own inner, setting a goal for yourself is also very
important!
The path of an artist is not easy and lonely, but it is your choice. Many people give up and quit
in the middle of the road, and many people's dreams are killed in reality before they start. So put
your mind, stick to it, and don't forget the original intention. I think this is the mentality that you
must have as an artist!

What I can say and what I take as advice for myself is Stay true to yourself. 
Never forget why you started, and your mission can be accomplished.

Awards – Jine 2020

Artist of the month – Jine 2020

Clara Aden

Elizabeth Omolara Adenugba also known as Clara Aden is a professional studio artist, an illustrator, story board and urban artist. She has been illustrating professionally since 1999 and eventually earned her spot as Assistant Production Manager and Art illustrator, Hearts magazine. She attended Federal Technical College Yaba. She is one of the representatives of the Alumni of Hamazon ACADEMIA at the German Green Me Global film festival 2016, with the experimental short film titled "Ripple" which celebrates the theme of the festival "Ocean, Water and Life." Clara Aden is the Vice President of Female Artists Association of Nigeria (FEAAN), President, Beyond borders Artists Association of Nigeria (BBAAN) 
She has won awards in several competitions, including at the 1999 UNFPA International poster contest (third place), Art for Fela Anikulapo-kuti 2007, Olokun festival foundation art competition (2007) and was listed among the five best visual artists at National Patroit Portraiture and Immortalisation awards (2010). She is the winner of the Global Network Research development(GNRD) freedom of expression 2015 art competition in Norway. 2nd place winner Buddy bear design 2016 art competition organised by German Embassy Abuja. 
The winner, Gani Odutokun award for Excellence in Art contest 2016 by African Art Resources Center. The winner, Numatville Nigeria culture art competition 100 Top finalist Interpretation of the Union Bank Stallion art competition 2017 The winner, Numaville Nigerian art culture art competition 2018 2018. Beneficiary of the 2018 international artist in residency program organised by Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin Shyllon Art foundation(OYASAF) Finalist, 2020 the banality of evil in our daily lives project, Berlin, Germany. Seventh place winner, International Poster contest 2020 by Advocates for Silenced Turkey, New York. She collaborated on a project and workshop series "Opencity Lagos". 
A culmination of a year-long investigation of various interpretation of openness within the context of "mega city" of Lagos as well as number of cities across the globe. She recently coordinate a project,"Beyond prisons" a collections of workshops sessions with prison inmates in Ikoyi, learning artistic and social skills that will aid them in their life transition while incarnated upon release. She recently participated at Project Space Lagos project. One of the off program for the Lagos Biennial 2019. A one week intensive experimental residency project curated by Nigerian German curator Emeka Udemba. Her drawing installation addresses the issue of the impact of climate change on the environment with focus on Lagos city and its inhabitants. 
She recently participated at Project Space Lagos project. One of the off program for the Lagos Biennial 2019. A one week intensive experimental residency project curated by Nigerian German curator Emeka Udemba. Her drawing installation addresses the issue of the impact of climate change on the environment with focus on Lagos city and its inhabitants. Clara Aden works in oil acrylics and pastel her principal medium is charcoal and pencil. Clara Aden lives in Agboyi ketu Local Government area, Lagos state.
@claraaden

Awards – May 2020

Artist of the month – May: Lokesh Nayak 

          

My name is Lokesh Nayak persuing BFA from Indira Kala sangeet Vishwavidyalaya khairagarh-491881,india (@nayak2208)

When did art/design/photography become part of your life? / How long have you been making art?
During my school studies art is my hobby then after 12th my interest/my feelings getting stronge towards art.

Do you have a particular artist whose work you admire of?
I inspired by my colleague seniors Bikash chandra senapati.

Do you work from life, from photographs or from imagination?
YES,I take reference from photographs N imagination and elements/topics.

What technique (applicable for art/design/photography) do you use?
All artists have their own sense, techniques, concepts, thoughts for art,my techniques is I start my pencil work from one side and end.

What is the role of the designer/artist in society?
I feel mavalous when people say that "this work is not a work ,it is a print" after looking my works.

Who or what inspires you?
I mostly works on farmer's life and food elements.

What I can say and what I take as advice for myself is?
One thing I say, never be vanity of yourself.