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Rafael Vargas-Suarez, known as Vargas-Suarez Universal, is an internationally recognized contemporary and visual artist from Mexico, now living and working in Brooklyn. We have recently seen his work in an art magazine (we didn’t take notes so we couldn’t remember which one it was) and we immediately liked what he does. Whether it is on large-scale wall drawings, on the surface of discarded satellite dishes or on paintings or photography, ...

For this new ‘Art in…’ post, we wanted to share with you a great artist from Canada. Last year we posted about the beautiful lampwork beads by Canadian artist Sherry Bellamy, now we would like to introduce you to Stéphanie Martineau. She was born in Hull, Québec in 1977 and she earned a degree in Art and Design from l’Université du Québec en Outaouais in 2002. Her drawings have a special feeling, a retro style and Art deco look. ...

Our previous post in our Art in Sudan section was dedicated to Sudanese artist Ahmed Abushariaa; today we are pleased to introduce you to another great Sudanese artist: El Tayib Daw El Bait. El Tayib is in his forties, he was trained at the School of Art and Design in Khartoum and lives in Nairobi, Kenya. What makes his work so interesting is his freedom to create: paintings (acrylic, oil) or textile design for fashion house KikoRomeo, El Tayib Daw El ...

As the Sama Gazette was created by Max Dana, an artist herself, we had to also mention Art in our coverage of what is currently happening in Sudan on ‘En Route To Sudan’. So today we are glad to introduce you to Sudanese artist Ahmed Abushariaa, born in 1966 in Sudan and graduated in fine and applied arts from Sudan University, Khartoum in 1990. An introduction to Abushariaa’s paintings by Prof. Elimo Njau, Director, Paa Ya Paa Arts ...

If you had a bad start to the day, if the weather is cold, rainy and grey outside and if you are not in a good mood, then we have something to show you. Her name is Jen Stark and she hand cuts sheets of paper to make amazing and colorful paper sculptures. In an interview with ARTLURKER in 2008, when asked: ‘What draws you to color?‘, Stark said: ‘I have done one or two black and whites but I like using color a lot more. I am really ...

Tim Simmons is a photographer from London, UK. He was born in 1955 and lives and works in London and Norfolk. Simmons is a photographic artist we like a lot since we first saw his work during the London Art Fair in January 2010. By adding artificial lighting on his photos taken by night, he accentuates details and city, forest and mountain landscapes inspire many questions about beauty and fragility, about how we perceive an environment we, most of the ...

You may have never heard of Leon Botha before. We didn’t either until we read Max Dana‘s last blog post she published a few days ago on her blog. With simple words, Max gets to the heart of the matter and tell us who is South African artist Leon Botha, his work and why he is so inspirational to her. You are going to meet with a true artist. Photo credit: Gordon Clark ‘Unity is Strength’ From The Who Am I? Transgressions photo ...

After our first post: Art in Canada: Lampwork beads by Sherry Bellamy and then Art in USA: Terraform Sculpture by Robert Cannon, today we are going to Jakarta, Indonesia with Mayumi Haryoto. She worked in a game developer studio, for advertising agencies, in film production houses, and also for records label companies. And one day, she decided to quit her job and focus on her own career and be an illustrator. We were very impressed by her work and ...

We were like hypnotized by American artist Robert Cannon‘s work he calls Terraform Sculpture. What would an artist like Cannon, B.A. with distinction in Architecture, Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut), could do with concrete and moss? Amazing sculptures! We selected two of them from the Terraform Sculpture Imperial line to illustrate this post: left – Gauntlet (72 x 60 x 32) and right – Bucephalus (38 x 24 x 12). But you can see ...

We love Art, all kind of Art. We follow the work of many, many artists. Hundreds of links of websites filled with beautiful works made by inspired and creative artists. So it was time was share them with you, as we already did before but with one little change. We received emails from Spanish, Swedish, American, Mexican and other readers asking us why we didn’t talk about this particular artist, coming from their country… So here we are dear ...