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ABN seeds. In his hands, these overlooked natural objects reveal their complexity and subtlety. "Nature is so big, it can be hard to grasp," says Sroka. "But when I hold a single leaf in my hand, that is something I can relate to. It's more tan- gible, more real. T is is what I try to do with my art: Show the natural world on a personal, more human scale."
KAL GAJOUM • www.kalgajoum.com • Born in Tripoli, Kal Gajoum's interest in art was sparked at an early age. In fact, he was only 10 years old when he entered his fi rst art competition. He has studied and worked in Tripoli, Paris, Malta and Quebec. He now concentrates on cityscapes and still lifes using his palette knife techniques in oil on canvas.
JOHN STUART • www.johnstuartstudio.com • John Stuart captures unrepeatable mo- ments in still images. Whether carefully planned for a commercial shoot or an instant that he sees and freezes in time, Stuart is an artist whose work cannot be easily categorized. In the studio or on location, still life, landscape or people; Stuart works fl uently, making the most diffi cult shot appear eff ortless.
LEONARDO TIZI • www.leonardotizi.com • Leonardo Tizi lives and works between Rome and London. He has exhibited his work in a variety of environments in It- aly and abroad and organized as curator a number of art shows. He also works as an interior design photographer and was involved in a long and fruitful collabora- tion with Fabiana Roscioli, a photogra- pher who specializes in nudes.
TAHLINE TORANIAN • www.tahline.blogspot. com • "Drawing and coloring were as natural to me as breathing, thinking back to my earliest memories," says Tahline Toranian,. "Something never felt right though, until I took a random glance at a box I had in the corner of my apartment one day," recalls Toranian. "It contained drawings I had completed years earlier. Upon pulling out these works and thinking to myself, 'T ere is
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no way I can make a career out of this,' it took less than a second for a simultane- ous thought to follow: 'I am going to make a career out of this.' I have not looked back."
MARJOLIJN VAN DEN HEUVEL • www.marjolijnvandenheuvel. com • Antwerp-based artist Marjolijn Van den Heuvel has a long track record of success in the arts, having studied fashion design at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. She has worked as a designer for Yves Saint Laurent. Now a full-time artist, Van den Heuvel creates paintings, drawings and sculptures.
Daniel Sroka's Heliotrope
VLADIMIR VOLEGOV • www.volegov.com • Born in Khabarovsk, Russia, Vladimir Volegov began painting at the age of three. Beginning in 1984, Volegov began participating in—and winning—inter- national competitions for poster art. He moved to Moscow in 1988, where he quickly became an in-demand commer- cial artist, working with notable Russian publishing houses to design posters and album covers. Almost 15 years ago, Volegov began experimenting with the striking fi gurative work he creates today, for which he utilizes vibrant color palettes and bold brush strokes.
JUDITH WEINSTEIN • www.judith-w.com • "My art is inspired by color and the joy it brings to life," she Judith Weinstein of her paintings, which she creates with oil, acrylic and pastels. "My favorite themes are landscapes and cityscapes," she says. "Even if I could fi nd the right words to properly describe the atmosphere I try to bring to my paintings, I would rather have my paintings speak for them- selves."
HEATHER WHITESIDE • www.whitesideart. com • A professional artist for the past
20 years, Heather Whiteside has lived all over the world, and it shows in her work and penchant for cityscapes. With a keen ability to capture the energy and history of a place, Whiteside's work is at once modern and nostalgic. Her work has been featured in more than 30 magazines. In the spring of 2012, Whi- teside will begin yet another chapter in her life and career, opening an art studio in the New York City area.
MARTA WILEY • www.martawiley.com • Born in Coyocan, Mexico, Marta Got- tfried Wiley had the unique opportunity to grow up and develop as an artist from a very young age within a diverse, cultural mecca—in the very same place that Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo lived and painted. Wiley was guided and sup- ported in her artistic explorations by her grandmother—herself an accomplished artist, recognized by the Mexican gov- ernment as a National Treasure. Wiley has shown and sold work in nearly 300 galleries, museums and trade shows throughout the world, and her work has been published and licensed through a variety of major publishing companies.
For more information on this year's
slate of artists at Artexpo New York, visit www.artexponewyork.com. ABN
MARCH/APRIL 2012