Áron Zsolt MAJOROS is a contemporary sculptor, born in 1982 in Budapest, Hungary, lives and works there as well. From 1997 to 2000, Áron studied at the Building and Decorative Arts School, Budapest (HU), Faculty of Stone Sculpting. From 2001 to 2008, he did his masters degree, Master: Pál Kő, at the Sculpture department of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest (HU). Along the years, Áron received several awards such as the Finta Award in 2005, the ELTE Botanical Gardens, Special Award (Award of the “I give you hope and future competition) in 2007, the Príma Junior Award in 2008, the Ezüstgerely Award in 2011, the Award by the National Association of Hungarian Artists - Reality and Illusion- in 2012, the Reformation and Tolerance Award in 2013, and finally his latest awards were taken in 2014: NKA, alkotói támogatás, awarded at the “Labirintus” competition, awarded at the “KÓD” competition.
Solo exhibitions:
2016 "Lélekkeret / Soulframe”, Contamporary Hungarian Gallery, Dunajská Streda (SK)
2014 Solo exhibition with Éva Mayer, Vörösmarty Társaság, Székesfehérvár (HU) "KÓD” competition, awarded
2014 "Transvision”, (with Éva Mayer), Halászbástya, Saint-Michael Chapel, Budapest, (HU)
2013 Liminal Spaces, (with Hajnal Miklós), Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest (HU)
2011 Language course for beginners, Faur Zsófi Gallery, Budapest (HU) 2010 Gallery 13, Soroksár (HU)
2009 Parthenon Fríz-Hall, Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest (HU)
An emerging Lebanese contemporary artist, Haifa was born in Beirut. She lived and studied at the American University of Beirut where she received a bachelor degree of arts. In the midst of the civil war, she decided to move to Paris where she stayed for 5 years. In Paris, Haifa studied at the Academie Charpentier and at l'Ecole Superieure des Arts Modernes (ESAM), where she was awarded a diploma in 1993. Then she moved and lived in Libya for 1 year, where she was highly attracted by the beautiful colors lighting the sky of Libya.
Since 2005, she has been following art courses at St Joseph University (UPT). Haifa's art reflects a civil war that she lived in Beirut and which for her was an amalgam of distress, fear and sadness, but at the same time of youth, joy and hope. Her paintings are also an expression of light, color and a message of hope ina currently turmoiled Middle East. She paints life's realities in a pictorial harmony of colors and shapes to express a soul searching for moments of joy in the darkest moments of humanity.
In her first solo exhibition (Zaman Gallery, Feb 2016), the artist interpreted "stolen moments" of hope and joy in an amazing mixture of colors and movements. Her second collection exhibited collectively at "Le Crypte, Saint Joseph" was clearly influenced by the Syrian and Libyan refugee crisis. In her paintings, she reflected the tragedy of humans having left their lands and homes, giving them a well hit path to the future. The artist also helped in the arts for life fundraising exhibition for Tamanna. She also participated in the Alumni Arts craft festival (AUB reunion 2016), and exhibited at the Palais de l'Unesco Beyrouth.
At her latest exhibition "Distracted Harmony" held in October 2017, Haifa shows that life is a series of challenges that we overcome by clustering and bonding together no matter what our beliefs, thoughts and inclinations are. Despite our differences, our encounters affect us all creating the true reality. A reality that has harmony within so many distractions.
Karim Tamerji, an Architect & Self-taught Artist, was born and raised in Beirut city. As a rebellious youngster, Karim always felt the urge to voice the daily struggles of the Lebanese people. His artistry expands in diverse forms and techniques; from a small canvas to street murals and socially engaged installations. In his art, Karim expresses the individual psychological confinements collided with the social and political concerns of the people around him.
To name a few of his accomplishments, Karim holds a Guinness World Record for "World's Largest Glowing Graffiti". Additionally he has collaborated with many notable companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Mazda, Head & Shoulders and several other internationally established Companies, Artists and Designers.
Karim also participated in many live performances and has held multiple workshops in events, schools and universities
Born in 1987, Malika Melody Bkaili is a French Lebanese artist residing in Lebanon. She graduated from the École d'Art Plastiques, a preparatory school for the Beaux-Arts de Paris, following up with the celebrated Studio Berçot before obtaining a second degree in Marketing and Merchandising at the London College of Fashion. She then worked in the field of fashion design for more than five years both in Beirut and Paris working with renowned designers.
In recent years, Malika has decided to return to her first love and nurture her passion for the Arts. She completed her first residency in the city of Asilah, Morocco known for its distinguished International Art Festival at the Palais Raïssouni in April 2017. The paintings produced during the residency were later exhibited at the Festival International d'Art Contemporain de Marrakech in May 2017 where she contributed to a fundraising initiative for a retirement home and orphanage in Marrakech. In September 2017, she held her first solo exhibition at dePrague in Beirut.
Marc Jung lives and works in Berlin and Erfurt, where he was born in 1985. He got his diploma in Fine Arts at the Bauhaus-University in 2011. From 2009 till 2010, he worked in the painting class of Prof. Daniel Richter at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna. In 2014, he finished the degree of Meisterschüler at the Hochschule der Bildenden Künste in Dresden. Since then, he works as a free artist and took part in a big number of national and international solo and group exhibitions.
The work of Marc Jung is characterised by the fight between rules and anarchy, harmony and destruction. He combines the dirt from the streets with conceptional theories of the fine art universe and wants to blow up traditional genre borders. Jung is a mad realist trying to reproduce everyday issues in a very sarcastic and ironic way. His art is a punch in the face of reality.
Sami is a Finnish professional artist who graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki (FI) in 2007 (MA), and from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2013 (MFA). Sami has been active since 2007 and Art has been his full time job ever since. His main interest in painting has lately been line and rhythm. Sami has already had gallery and museum exhibitions that include both installations and large-scale paintings. He works with passion and tries to express the depth of his feelings with the rhythm and won many awards from 2006 to 2016.
Private exhibitions:
2016 "Empty Head", ARTag gallery, Helsinki and "Lust for Line", Jyväskylä ; Art Museum Holvi.
2015 "Viivan himo - Lust for Line", MUU Kaapeli, Helsinki and "The Final Countdown", Gallery G12, Kuopio.
2014 "Elossa - Jees I Like It!", Gallery Titanik, Turku.
2013 "Painting Miles Davis", Viapori Jazz, Helsinki, painting performance and "Piilo", Gallery Jangva, Helsinki.
2011 G12, Kuopio and Gallery Katariina, Helsinki.
2010 Academy of Fine Arts gallery, Helsinki and Gallery Maaret Finnberg, Turku.
2009 Salo Art Museum.
2008 Gallery Rajatila, Tampere and Gallery Nefret, Turku.
2007 Gallery Gjutars, Vantaa and tm gallery, Helsinki.
2005 Gallery Huuto, Helsinki and Gallery Jangva, Helsinki.
Tunisian born, Taher started his artistic journey as an artist during his days as an actor in Paris and Los Angeles / He originally began painting the walls of his home as a way to release his emotions before performances / After receiving positive feedback from visitors he decided to commit to painting full time / Since that turning point 8 years ago, his artworks have been exhibited across Europe, Japan, USA, Tunisia and Morocco / His technique is based on constructing the composition by layers / Taher’s artworks are strongly influenced by the Abstract Expressionism movement, as well as Berlin street art and African masks.
Exhibitions:
> Cutting Edge - Collage Group Exhibition Öffentlich · Gastgeber: Prophit Art Zine und Lula Valletta Von 17. März um 18:00 bis 19. März um 18:00 2017
> Enter Art Foundation . Vernissage . 50 + 44 Contemporary Artists Berlin, Germany. February 2017
> Group Collage exhibition, Sebatopol Center of Arts, California, USA. January 2017
> Solo exhibition, Musk & Amber Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia. September 2016
> Group Collage exhibition, Ludwig Gallery, Berlin, Germany. August 2016
> Group Collage exhibition, Dada 100 years after, Agora Gallery, Berlin, Germany. June 2016
> Affordable Art Fair Milan (paintings), Gaudi Gallery, Madrid, Spain. March 2016
> Group Collage exhibition, Gaya Gallery, Tunis, Tunisia. December 2015
> Solo Collage exhibition, Espace les insolites, Tanger, Morrocco. October 2015
> 30 days arround the world, Pop-up Art Gallery, Berlin, Germany, July 2015
> Collective Connective collage group exhibition. Kado Bar, Tokyo, Japan. April 2015
> Collective Connective collage group exhibition. Chef d'oeuvre Gallery, Osaka, Japan. May 2015
> Black. Ethnik Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 20 March > 29 March 2015
> Finders Keepers. Art Share LA, Los Angeles, USA, March 2015
> Simulacrum solo collage exhibition. Atelier MilanaSmokvine, Rijeka, Croatia, February 2015
> GlueHeads, Alternativ Gallery, Berlin, Germany, January 2015
> Mini-prints, Heiki Arndt DK Gallery, Berlin, Germany, November 2014 - March 2015