A Snare
Anna was born on June 4th, 1984, in Warsaw, Poland, to a family of artists.
Throughout her education, she has completed several programs and specialized degrees in art
and fashion design:
• Graduated from Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński High School – a division of the Maria Bratkowska
Clothing Vocational School Complex in Warsaw with a fashion design track. (2006)
• Bachelor’s degree in Film and Stage Makeup at the Warsaw School of Arts. (2008)
• Graduate degree at the Warsaw School of Arts in the Costume and Stage Prop Design Studio led
by professor Andrzej Łubowski. She defended her thesis in Painting under Professor Błażej
Ostoja-Lniski. (2010)
• Master’s degree in fine arts at the Academy of Film, Art and Design in Łódź, Poland, with a
major in Creative Costume Design under professor Monika Kanios-Stańczyk. (2012)
• Post-graduate degree in pedagogy at the College of Social Studies in Łódź (UNS) with a major
in art therapy under professor Marcin Siejda. (2014)
Anna is also an avid B&W photographer and traveler. Her richly mixed media works with an unconventional approach to form appeared in a number of both solo and group exhibitions in Poland and abroad.
She combines her creative drive with an educational calling. Anna teaches workshops and courses
in painting, drawing, fashion design, stage costume design, art history, fashion design history, and
tailoring. In 2012, she founded the SUE ANNE ART STUDIO, which in the past decade has served the local community and students of all ages and backgrounds. It has also attracted students from throughout the Warsaw area and other locations in Poland.
She also teaches academic-level courses and high school art classes. Anna is a member of the Association of Polish Artists and Designers, the Friends of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and The Society for Encouragement of the Arts “Zachęta” in Warsaw.
My works frequently feature a mask motif. It is a reference to the desire to disguise what we want to conceal from others – our fears, our fragility, facial expressions that give away our reactions to situations or persons. I am interested in the theme of carnival, commedia dell’arte, the Orient, but also the matters involving politics, religion, and the hues of a variety of landscapes.
I combine a variety of media and techniques: traditional weaving, painting, and assemblage. I encourage a discussion on various matters concerning the natural environment, emotions in both direct and indirect ways. My goal is to trigger imagination, and I welcome occasional subject ambiguity, leaving an opportunity for anyone to stumble upon a part of themselves.
I enjoy experimenting with materials; I utilize fragments of used clothes, styrofoam, and fabric leftovers. I sew both by hand and with a sewing machine. My work includes tufting, experimenting with both 2D and 3D, emotions, sensory and tactile experience, internal
structure.
A Storm Of Chaos
His beginnings began with the respect of many artists. But he didn’t know how to show his work to many people all over the world.
However, he, who is full of passion, recklessly visited numerous galleries through his website, applied for the contest, and took steps little by little.
As a result, my work was first introduced to exhibitions and magazines through galleries from around the world, including “Germany, France, Britain, and Spain.”
Since then, he has won a total of three contests through the ART SHOW interior gallery, and recently participated in a group exhibition at Times Square in New York hosted by “Artist Talk Magazine.”
I am Joon-Young Lee, a Korean abstract Artist. I didn’t major in art, but I liked art so much that I started studying painting by myself. However, as I felt the need for art education and began to receive education, it became an opportunity to find my identity little by little.
In the early days, he began to find ways to express emotions by painting portraits, and as time went by, he learned abstract genres. Inspired by all the materials seen in the infinite space of dreams, I began to paint, but I felt a distinct lack of identity and began to explore constantly. However, various problems began to bother me and the trip was not smooth. So when I was in despair, I forgot about it. I began to focus on the importance of life and gained knowledge while reading books and learning the reason for life through communication with people.
As a result, I was able to accept and heal the parts that I was afraid of because of the hidden beauty of art. WEB 3 Communicates with many people in the world, and the story in progress through the platform at the time of opening is constantly exploring the author himself. The changes that I felt are reconstructed and expressed in a work.
A Stretch
Stanislav “Standa” Riha
Visual artist, photographer, and writer
Member of CARFAC
Born in 1952 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. He grew up in Lesser Town (Malá Strana), surrounded by great medieval and modern art and artists that caused his desire to create. From early childhood, he enjoyed drawing and later painting; as a young man, he focused mainly on surrealism. His artistic attitude was shaped by many art courses in childhood, followed by art training by MgA Milos Saska and work in set production of the Realistic Theatre.
In 1980, he lived for a year in Grinzing, Vienna, Austria, and then moved to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Enchanted with the natural beauty of British Columbia, he dedicated the first few years to realistic nature themes and then switched to Surreal and later Surreal-abstract creative work.
In the last three decades, I have been creating wall-mounted, cast resin, and aluminum sculptures combined with canvas and gold leaf and exploring the computer as an art tool for creating digital artwork.
All my life, I have loved to create art full of emotions and feelings, “soul,” with the satisfaction of fun. I am interested in the balance and composition of colors and objects rather than the reality of the items.
The direction of the last two decades has been aimed at understanding and, through artwork, expressing the human struggle of emotions and adaptations. For the past ten years, I have been polishing my creative work in the Surreal-abstract style.
The main motto of my artwork is: Just as in a good story, the readers have space to create their image; in a good picture, the viewers can form their account.
A Sweet Treat
My ya’ll is an authentic one being from Texas. After a career as a nurse, I turned to photography as a way to express myself. I compromised on my childhood vocational dreams and found that my desire for storytelling was much more suited to be done through my camera. I am self-taught when it comes to photography, although I have wonderful peers who willingly share their knowledge and experience. (An extra special thank you to the boy in my life who has been supportive from day one.) I have been fortunate to connect with audiences and galleries that enjoy my artistry.
I started reading when I was 4. I had a voracious appetite for the words that formed music, poems, plays, and novels. Growing up, I wanted to be a librarian by day and an author by night. At many key moments in my life, I failed to communicate what I needed to say because I couldn’t find words that seemed powerful enough to encompass my thoughts and feelings. I was often misunderstood. However, with my camera; my voice, and my thoughts finally found an outlet. My photographic approach is to try and capture movement or color in a way that creates a visceral response from the viewer when seeing a subject captured in this way. I want to draw the viewer into the visual story that unfolds when I use my camera to seek out the essence of my subjects. Stories breathe life into images and forge connections to art in a way that still fills me with awe.
A Terrible Experience With Extremely Dangerous Drugs
I’m Joseph Gattulli, an artist based in Long Island, New York.
My work centers around the key themes of both healing and closure. The body of work is an expression and representation of my own internal healing process.
The individual marks, patterns, and shapes both intentional and accidental are an artistic expression of emotion I am either healing from or manifesting within the piece.
My use of color is intentional and representative of various emotions. Passion and energy are conveyed through the use of red hues. Darker hues such as black symbolize ignorance, sorrow, and evil – both experienced and felt. The use of white hues is for innocence and the feeling of fear.
The physical shapes within my work are also symbolic; the key one being circles. I am drawn to geometric shapes without divisions or are uniform and complete. This unity, without a clear beginning or end, is much like life and our experiences – we don’t always need to know where we are starting and where we are going.
A Tree In Springtime
I was born in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and grew up in Michigan. I earned master’s degrees from Northwestern University and Yale University, and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Iowa and Michigan State University, where I graduated as a member of the Honors College. I also pursued graduate studies at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan and completed the Study Asia-Teach Asia Summer Program at Kalamazoo College. One summer, I studied organic chemistry at DePaul University and was the best student in the class. At these universities, I was an excellent student and became a member of many honor societies. When I am not creating art, I enjoy playing musical instruments, studying science and engineering, learning languages, and writing poetry. My poems have been published in the Seven Hills Review (twice), Panoply, the Ekphrastic Review Challenges, the Ekphrastic Marathon Anthology, and several anthologies published by the Moonstone Arts Center.
I create art in a variety of media, including watercolor on rice paper, pastels, photography, printmaking, pencil, and charcoal. I also write poetry, which has won awards and been published, and play a variety of musical instruments alone and in various ensembles. In addition, I have a strong educational background in science, math, and engineering. In whatever visual arts medium I work, nature is usually my subject, whether I am portraying a single flower or animal, or landscape. Sometimes, I feel that focusing on details can increase my understanding of a subject. However, I do try to maintain a balance between concentrating on important minutia and retaining the overall, far-reaching view. I find that many subjects in nature can seem fleeting and ephemeral, yet I feel that they possess a timeless constancy as well, and I attempt to communicate this. In my art, I like to explore how nature, imagination, literature, and science collaborate together to enrich our lives.
A Un
octagonia
Japanese designer/artist
Born in Chiba Japan, in 1983.
After working as a stylist/visual merchandiser for an apparel brand for 12 years in coordination, visual planning, and designing, he became an independent designer.
As an artist, he works on digital illustrations that highlight Japan’s unique culture and customs, expressing his respect for Japan’s unique sensibilities and predecessors by drawing Ukiyo-e (Japanese ancient art) in a contemporary style. He is working to contribute to the world and expand recognition overseas.
I am grateful that my work met you. I hope this little happiness will color your life.
Arigato.
A View From The Park
Lisa Stavinoha is an American contemporary painter, mixed media artist, published author, creative instructor, photographer, and videographer/filmmaker. Lisa is a long-time environmental and women’s rights activist whose fiery passion for the environment has given her the opportunity to work with people all over the country to inform and expand the dangers of ignoring climate change. She has works displayed in galleries and private collections across the United States and Canada.
My art is my story. I embrace Mother Earth and the women she created. By sharing what affects women and the environment, I tell a story of darkness and light of abuse and love. Using vibrant bright colors, moody dark colors, and nature-inspired textures my art transcends age, race, cultural boundaries, and ideologies. Through lines, patterns, and space the strength and beauty of a planet and women combine to tell an amazing story. We are all one, we are all beautiful, and we are all strong.
A View Of Beach Figures
I was born and raised in NYC, but mostly in The Bronx. I attended CCNY, where I graduated with a BS in Mathematics and an MA in Mathematics Education. I taught high school mathematics in the Bronx. I have always been interested in the arts and started writing poems and playing guitar at age 19. I studied poetry under Professor Robert O’Clair. I studied guitar at The Guitar Workshop. I studied painting and drawing at SUNY Purchase. I have had paintings in 8 live group shows at Jones Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri, paintings at 5 live group shows in Arbor Gallery, Carmel, NY, paintings and photos in 6 live group shows at Putnam Arts Council in Mahopac, NY, and 1 painting in a live group show at the Mahopac Public Library. Also, I have exhibited in many online shows. I have exhibited at HMVCGalleryNewYork virtually since its inception for 3 years. A wonderful state-of-the-art gallery with outstanding artists! My poems have been published.in magazines, books, and at HVMOCA. I performed some of my poems in April 2024 and 2025 at HVMOCA with numerous other artists at Writing The Walls. I self-published a children’s book, ”Mr. Fine Goes to the Eye Doctor,” in 1993. My principal artistic interest has been abstract painting and drawing for the last 12 years, but I have written many poems as well. I live in Putnam County, NY.
My work in fine arts has principally been in 2 classes of abstract paintings: oils and water-based paints. However, I have completed numerous works in drawing. I focus on color, texture, methodology of delivery, and composition. In composition, I am interested in positive space and negative space as well. I believe the painting/drawing is a manifestation of my emotional state of both conscious and unconscious feelings.