Faustine Puras (*1976) was born in Hong Kong, as a child she builds dimensional spaces of paper, photos and clay. Nowadays,by using artificial light and an architectural vision she bring the third dimension into her work.
For photographing she uses an Hasselblad 503CWD with digital back. With these techniques she seems to be challenging the boarder of photography and painting.

She is fascinated by land- and seascapes, rust and degeneration in natural materials.
By combining the different techniques she brings an extra layer in the work and makes it more intimate.
It even emphasizes the absence reality.

In her latest work the photos become more abstract and you can see her fascination for architecture, landscapes, lineart, and minimal expression.

The most remarking action in her work however, is the fact that she destroys the original work, after taking the picture: The picture becomes the work.

Website: Faustine Puras
Contact email: info@puras.be

VITA

2007 Hanseart, Hamburg
2007 The Donnie2007 Winners: First Honorable Mention: Torso, Female - Dieter Bruhns
2007 The Best Artwork of the Month (February07) submit.manscostyle.com
2006 Exhibition “Paintings and Assemblages - Reduce Reuse Recycle” Fort Worth, Texas
2005 Workshop “Scherbenbilder” , L�beck
2004 Exhibition “merz-art” , L�beck
2003 Summer-Exhibition “merz-art” , Pronstorf, antique & art
2002 Exhibition “imperfects” , Universit�tsklinikum L�beck
2002 “Malerweekend” , Reinbek
2001 Exhibition “Kunst im Glashaus” , Stockelsdorf
2000 Expo2000 “Imperfects”
1999 Exhibition “Scherbenbilder” , L�beck
1998 Exhibition “Harlekine” , L�beck
1981 “Kunst am Bau” , Sandesneben
1973 - 93 practising Highscool Teacher . Sandesneben
1973 Exhibition “Fotomontagen” , Kiel
1969 - 73 Studium Kunstp�dagogik, Mathematik
1949 born in Luebeck/Germany

Website: merz-art scherbenbild//collage
Contact email: dieterbruhns@aol.com

Hello, my name is julianne richards. I am an artist/musician/songwriter/painter-my “job” has been primarily a songwriter, and I have records for sale. However, I have been painting for about six years. I now paint daily, and have created a studio in my NYC apartment where there is nothing but PAINTING. From sketches of ideas, to the canvases where those very “ideas” have come to their fruition- I paint to-live-to-live-to- paint. Thus, it is from those endeavors that i bring you this collection of some of my latest paintings, as well as some of my mixed media work: pastel and charcoal…2006 was one of those years of massive upheavel…but with reflection, and finally, understanding and learning.
UPDATE:
The year 2007 has started off with the fury of creativity, and painting has become a daily, hourly, central focus in my creation of Art. I hope to bring forth my best work thus far, and I am up for challenge. Thank you to everyone who has supported me, purchased my art, and given words of encouragment. It shows, and I will respond in the making of new and focused paintings.
Warm Regards,
Julianne Richards

You can check out my blog, updated regularly with new paintings, thoughts, comments and plenty of other information at:
http://www.colorspeaker.com

Website: The Colorspeaker
Contact email: jr.colorspeaker@gmail.com

The final deadline for the three mail art calls:
“1tst INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART BIENNALE IN GREECE”
�Refugee Solidarity Chain�
�The Argonauts�
Is 20 November. (stamp of post)
( http://all-three-greek-mailart.blogspot.com/)
We call the artists of the world to take part, sending their works.
We a lot thanks to the artists that sent already their works.
The natural exhibitions are programmed, they become at the end of year in Athens, in galleries that will be announced shortly.
The exhibition “Argonauts” it will become in the municipal art gallery of Larissa on 8 December.
The other two will become later in Athens.

Electronic documentations they are published already in the pages:
http://1st-mailart-greek-biennale.blogspot.com/
http://mailart-greece-refugees.blogspot.com/
http://mailart-greece-argo.blogspot.com/

Thomai Kontou
Painter, mail artist, curator of the projects.

e-mail: uxa53@yahoo.gr
thomaikontou@gmail.com
URL: www.artmajeur.com/kontou

Website: “1tst INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART BIENNALE IN GREECE”
Contact email: uxa53@yahoo.gr

I’m an artist who is interested in moving the boundaries of art. I’m an artist, a musician, and a typographer designer.

I love the esoteric topics and the frivolity of pop. I like being inside this contrasting formula: the spiritual human potential and the conditioning of the society of consumption.

I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

- ExpoTrastiendas 2007, Bs As,Argentina
- PURO DISE�O 2007, La Rural, Bs As,Argentina
- PERIFERICA 2006, Centro Cultural BORGES, Bs As,Argentina
- EXPOTRASTIENDAS 2006, CENTRO DE EXPOSICIONES, BS. AS, ARGENTINA
- “SOLVE & COAGULA”, GALERIA PLAT, 2005, BS. AS, ARGENTINA
- PREMIO FUNDACION OSDE 2004, BS. AS., ARGENTINA
- PREMIO SALON NACIONAL BELLAS ARTES 2003, PALAIS DE GLACE, BS. AS., ARGENTINA
- 5+1 ARTISTAS, Museo Metropolitano, 2003, Bs As,Argentina
- MIAMI ART MUSEUM, FAMILY DAY, PAINTING LIVE, 2003. MIAMI, FLORIDA, USA.

Website: www.ricardocrespo.com.ar
Contact email: ricardocrespo@ricardocrespo.com.ar