Monday, February 23, 2009

Introducing Winners of the 1st NeoPopRealism Starz International Art Competition

Introducing 1st International NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition Winners Grigory Gurevich (USA), Frederique Krzis-Lorent (France) and Paolo Scalera (Ireland)

Grigory Gurevich, NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition, 2nd Place (2009)2nd Place: Grigory Gurevich (USA) was born in Russia and received his Masters degree in Art from Academy of Fine and Industrial Arts in St. Petersburg. Now he resides in the United States.
Grigory is a former professor of St. Johns University in New York and faculty member of Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts Grigory Gurevich (New Jersey, USA), Esse Homo. Pencil drawing on paperin New Jersey. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist and print-maker, he had over 400 exhibitions in the United States and Europe. He conducted hundreds of sculpture workshops in Italy, Denmark and USA. Grigory's bronze tableau of seven life-size figures "The Commuters," sculpted in 1985 is installed at the Newark Penn Station in New Jersey.
His book "Reflections" features 17 linocuts, etchings and mixed media prints. This book can be found in the print collection of New York Public Library, the Rare Book collection of Newark Public Library, the Library of Saint Bonaventure University collection, and Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in Russia. He created and patented a manifolding book, which also can be found in the libraries of Brooklyn Art Museum and Columbia University of Chicago.
He is the founder of "Arts on the Hudson" after school art program for gifted and talented students of Jersey City...
Grigory's motto: "There is nothing more permanent as CHANGE." His website is www.grigorygurevich.com

Frederique Krzis-Lorent (France), NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition, 3nd Place (2009)3rd Place: Frederique Krzis-Lorent was born in 1956, in Rouen, France. In 1982, she has received her Advanced degree in Architecture D.P.L.G. She was working as an architect and textile designer... Professor of Applied Arts for 5 years, in 2001 she has received her Diploma in art therapy. Today, she is dedicating her life exclusively to the ART.
"Faithful to the straight line, FrederiqueK often constructs her canvas starting from squares, a figure of rich symbolism that particularly suits her. To be rigorous is not to be rigid... FrederiqueK invites us to escape from the impotence, to Frederique Krzis Lorent (Loos, France), Sauge. Oil/Canvas, 60cmx92cmreact differently across our anguish. She is fascinated by fashion, and its refinement, its fabrics, her ideal of thinness, its light, its brilliance and its elegant women, its evanescence and its mystery. Behind the appearance, FrederiqueK paints woman in her modernity...." said art critic Alain Coudert.
Frederique Krzis-Lorent paints in her place in Lille, France. In her work, she focuses on the light, calm interior, the woman, nature.
Stylish and sophisticated, her art works carry sign of the contemporary world with its glamour and amazing uniqueness. She said to the NeoPopRealism Journal that she is influenced by the Greek art and its manner to look at the human body through its sculptures (school of Praxitèle); by the Italian renaissance for the construction, the looks, the drapes, the colors, the dough thinness, the woman… Angelico, Filippo Lippi; by Vermeer for the light - the post-impressionists to touch it canvas; and the Russian constructivism (20s) because the color has a preponderant place in the reflection of the latter, and also because she is an architect.
She uses old techniques. "The Néopopréalism imposed to me as an evidence, by my state of mind and my taste for the feminine portrait..." Frederique added: "My goal for the future is to show my canvases in the United States."
For more information visit
www.frederique-k.com

Paolo Scalera (Ireland), NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition, Honorable Mention (2009)Honorable Mention: Paolo Scalera (Ireland) was born in Italy. Now he lives in Ireland. Paolo's connection with Italy inspires his work through using the chiaroscuro technique. His work possesses a sense of simplicity, feelings of nostalgia and romanticism; his camera captures his emotions and joy of life.
Paolo Scalera (Dublin, Ireland), Protest 2000. Photography, 40cmx50cmPaolo Scalera has worked
as a freelance photographer for many publications, including Elle Japan, The Irish Independent and Food and Wine Magazine. He exhibits his work since 1999, and developed a form of printing images using traditional printing techniques. Paolo created series of black-and-white images using the photographic darkroom, without digital imagery and manipulation...
For more info visit: www.paoloscalera.net

Introducing Winners of the 1st NeoPopRealism Starz International Art Competition

Introducing WINNERS of 1st International NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition online: Grigory Gurevich, Frederique Krzis-Lorent and Paolo Scalera

Visit NeoPopRealism Starz competitions website at www.neopoprealismstarz.com

Grigory Gurevich, NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition, 2nd Place (2009)2nd Place: Grigory Gurevich (USA) was born in Russia and received his Masters degree in Art from Academy of Fine and Industrial Arts in St. Petersburg. Now he resides in the United States.
Grigory is a former professor of St. Johns University in New York and faculty member of Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts Grigory Gurevich (New Jersey, USA), Esse Homo. Pencil drawing on paperin New Jersey. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist and print-maker, he had over 400 exhibitions in the United States and Europe. He conducted hundreds of sculpture workshops in Italy, Denmark and USA. Grigory's bronze tableau of seven life-size figures "The Commuters," sculpted in 1985 is installed at the Newark Penn Station in New Jersey.
His book "Reflections" features 17 linocuts, etchings and mixed media prints. This book can be found in the print collection of New York Public Library, the Rare Book collection of Newark Public Library, the Library of Saint Bonaventure University collection, and Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in Russia. He created and patented a manifolding book, which also can be found in the libraries of Brooklyn Art Museum and Columbia University of Chicago.
He is the founder of "Arts on the Hudson" after school art program for gifted and talented students of Jersey City...
Grigory's motto: "There is nothing more permanent as CHANGE." His website is www.grigorygurevich.com

Frederique Krzis-Lorent (France), NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition, 3nd Place (2009)3rd Place: Frederique Krzis-Lorent was born in 1956, in Rouen, France. In 1982, she has received her Advanced degree in Architecture D.P.L.G. She was working as an architect and textile designer... Professor of Applied Arts for 5 years, in 2001 she has received her Diploma in art therapy. Today, she is dedicating her life exclusively to the ART.
"Faithful to the straight line, FrederiqueK often constructs her canvas starting from squares, a figure of rich symbolism that particularly suits her. To be rigorous is not to be rigid... FrederiqueK invites us to escape from the impotence, to Frederique Krzis Lorent (Loos, France), Sauge. Oil/Canvas, 60cmx92cmreact differently across our anguish. She is fascinated by fashion, and its refinement, its fabrics, her ideal of thinness, its light, its brilliance and its elegant women, its evanescence and its mystery. Behind the appearance, FrederiqueK paints woman in her modernity...." said art critic Alain Coudert.
Frederique Krzis-Lorent paints in her place in Lille, France. In her work, she focuses on the light, calm interior, the woman, nature. She said to the NeoPopRealism Journal that she is influenced by the Greek art and its manner to look at the human body through its sculptures (school of Praxitèle); by the Italian renaissance for the construction, the looks, the drapes, the colors, the dough thinness, the woman… Angelico, Filippo Lippi; by Vermeer for the light - the post-impressionists to touch it canvas; and the Russian constructivism (20s) because the color has a pre
ponderant place in the reflection of the latter, and also because she is an architect.
She uses old techniques. "The Néopopréalism imposed to me as an evidence, by my state of mind and my taste for the feminine portrait..." Frederique added: "My goal for the future is to show my canvases in the United States."
For more information visit
www.frederique-k.com

Paolo Scalera (Ireland), NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competition, Honorable Mention (2009)Honorable Mention: Paolo Scalera (Ireland) was born in Italy. Now he lives in Ireland. Paolo's connection with Italy inspires his work through using the chiaroscuro technique. His work possesses a sense of simplicity, feelings of nostalgia and romanticism; his camera captures his emotions and joy of life.
Paolo Scalera (Dublin, Ireland), Protest 2000. Photography, 40cmx50cmPaolo Scalera has worked
as a freelance photographer for many publications, including Elle Japan, The Irish Independent and Food and Wine Magazine. He exhibits his work since 1999, and developed a form of printing images using traditional printing techniques. Paolo created series of black-and-white images using the photographic darkroom, without digital imagery and manipulation...
For more info visit: www.paoloscalera.net

Also visit NeoPopRealism Starz Art Competitions web site and the NeoPopRealism Journal.