Tessa Valo

Artist

*17.August 1985, PRAGUE

Born in Prague, the cultural heart of Europe, where arts flourish and artistic talents are nourished, Tessa Valo became devoted to fine arts at an early age. On her way towards artistic enlightenment she met Russian artists who taught her and made a lasting impression on her art. She is living, working, creating, studying in and enjoying the nice lifestyle of Norway. Her social anthropological research on Indian culture brought her to Lucknow for several months, where she is currently creating and preparing an exhibition.

Website: Anthroartgallery
Contact email: tessa.valo@gmail.com

DONRAY, a.k.a. Donald A. Ray, grew up and lived in Texas. Some of his most formative years were spent in New York (1993-1999). He lived and worked in East Texas until 1990; the “Deep Ellum” area of Dallas, Texas from 1990 to 1993; the “DUMBO” area of Brooklyn, New York, 1993-1995 and in Manhattan from 1995 to 1999. In New York he became friends with critic and curator James Harithas, founding director of the Station Museum in Houston,and critic Ruth
Bass of ArtNews Magazie, Rock musician, Jim Thirlwell (aka Foetus) whose portrait he painted and artists Knox Martin, Norman Bluhm, Mel Chin and Irv Tepper. He attended the lectures of Knox Martin at the Art Students League in New York and Martin became his very close friend and mentor.
Donray has developed a painting style emphasizing motion using acrylics and pastels. His art is generally metaphorical focusing on the dynamic nature of life and the yearning of mankind for spiritual enlightenment and fulfillment.
Donray’s work has been exhibited in New York, Washington, D.C., London, UK and Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. He currently lives and works in Tarrant County, Texas.

Website: Donray, Artist

DONRAY, a.k.a. Donald A. Ray, grew up and lived in Texas. Some of his most formative years were spent in New York (1993-1999). He lived and worked in East Texas until 1990; the “Deep Ellum” area of Dallas, Texas from 1990 to 1993; the “DUMBO” area of Brooklyn, New York, 1993-1995 and in Manhattan from 1995 to 1999. In New York he became friends with critic and curator James Harithas, founding director of the Station Museum in Houston,and critic Ruth
Bass of ArtNews Magazie, Rock musician, Jim Thirlwell (aka Foetus) whose portrait he painted and artists Knox Martin, Norman Bluhm, Mel Chin and Irv Tepper. He attended the lectures of Knox Martin at the Art Students League in New York and Martin became his very close friend and mentor.
Donray has developed a painting style emphasizing motion using acrylics and pastels. His art is generally metaphorical focusing on the dynamic nature of life and the yearning of mankind for spiritual enlightenment and fulfillment.
Donray’s work has been exhibited in New York, Washington, D.C., London, UK and Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston, Texas. He currently lives and works in Tarrant County, Texas.

Website: Donray, Artist

Alexandra Dementieva�s main interest is application of social psychology and perception in multimedia interactive installations. Her video work integrates different elements, including behavioral psychology and developing narrative through a point of view of subjective camera.

Her interactive installation projects attempt to widen mind’s perception possibilities by different production means: computers, video projections, use of sound bands, slides, photography, etc. By making certain historical, cultural and political allusions her exhibition sites create the frame within which the idea develops. The projects explore spectator�s depths of perceptional experience and interaction of an individual spectator with the exhibition proper, as well as with other visitors. The object on an installation or its production means become less important to her than the mind of a user. Thus the latter becomes the center of the project or the main actor of the performance.

Website: alexandra dementieva
Contact email: ademxl@gmail.com

From his postgraduate studies in 1989 to the present, Ying Yong Chun’s paintings have recieved critical acclaim and praise.
His paintings have been bought and sought after by collectors and artists alike. Demand for his works continues unabated as requets for portrait and compositional works increase every year.

Website: Artist’s official website