Bonafide Icon is a NYC- based contemporary graphic designer and illustrator, whose works are influenced by both popular advertising and sports/sneaker culture combined with references from 90′s nostalgia.
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These realistic paintings are by Linnea Strid who is a painter who lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.
Solo exhibitions:
2013. “A Quiet Place” (w/ Stephanie Buer) Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. “Washed Up And Left Behind” Galleri Diana, Uppsala, Sweden
2012. Forsbacka Bruk, Sandviken, Sweden
2012. Gästrik Konst, Sädesmagasinet in Gysinge, Sweden
2011. “As it falls over you” (w/ Nathan DeYoung) Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. Polishuset, Uppsala, Sweden
2009. Café Kingsgården, Lindesberg, Sweden
2009. “What The Water Gave Me” Galleri Kocks, Stockholm, Sweden
2009. Björk and Berries, Högbo, Sweden
2009. “Klotter” Kulturkiosken, Gävle, Sweden
2008. Kafé 44, Stockholm, Sweden
2008. “Brott Mot Icke-mänskligheten” Galleri Lucy Ford, Stockholm, Sweden
2007. “Insidan Utåt” Kulturkiosken, Gävle, Sweden
2003. Club Nórdico, Fuengirola, Spain
Group exhibitions:
2013. “God Konst”, Galleri Movitz, Stockholm, Sweden, coming up Dec 21 – Jan 2
2013. Konstdraget, Förvaltningshuset, Gävle, Sweden
2013. “LAX/PHL”, group show curated by Thinkspace, Gallery 309, Philadelphia
2013. Asia Hotel Art Fair at Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong
2013. “LAX/HKG” Group show curated by the Thinkspace Gallery, at Above Second Gallery, Hong Kong
2012. Pangeaseed Touring Art Show, US West Coast
2012. “Sur-Realism”, Arcadia Gallery, New York
2012. “Wild At Heart: Keep Wildlife in the Wild”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. “Picks of the Harvest”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. “Femme Fatale”, Cella Gallery, Los Angeles
2012. Affordable Art Fair at LA Live in Downtown. Los Angeles
2011. “Impetus” an exhibition curated by Thinkspace, The Joseph Gross Gallery at the University of Arizona, Tucson
2011. “Literal Eyes”London Miles Gallery, London
2011. “LAX / PDX” a curated exhibition from Thinkspace at Together Gallery, Portland
2010. “The New Realism” Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “5 Year Anniversary Group Show”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “Love Conquers All: Art For Equality “, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “The Next Generation – a New Chapter in Contemporary Art”, London Miles Gallery, London
2010. Art Walk Culver City, Los Angeles
2010. “Vision”, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “LA 3010″ WWA Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “Give Me Space to Think” Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. “Fresh” Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2010. Klubb Selma at Orange, Uppsala, Sweden
2009. Gustaf Engström Galleri, Uppsala, Sweden
2009. “In Process”, Carlson Tower Gallery of North Park University, Chicago
2009. Galleri Panorama Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2007. “Cute/Execute”, Galleri Art Lab, Stockholm, Sweden
2007. “En Annorlunda Verklighet”, Konstcentrum, Gävle, Sweden
2003. Museo de Historia, Fuengirola, Spain
2003. Casa del Ayuntamiento, Los Boliches, Spain
2002. Area de la Juventud, Fuengirola, Spain
2002. El Colegio Sueco, Fuengirola, Spain
2001. Euromarket, Mijas, Spain
2001. AHN (Asociación Hispano Nórdico), Fuengriola, Spain
2000. Euromarket, Mijas, Spain
2000. AHN (Asociación Hispano Nórdico), Fuengirola, Spain
Canadian artist Francois Chartier is behind these vivid and realistic still life paintings you can check out more of Francois art here at http://www.francoisc.com/.
Inner Circle
80 x 80 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013
Maitre D’
66 x 80 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2012
Born in 1959, Jorge Santos is of Portuguese descent. His childhood was spent in Luanda, Angola before his family fled to Lisbon, Portugal in order to escape a violent political agenda. As Portugal sunk into its own revolution, Santos relocated to the United States in 1982. Through out these years, the artist consistently honed his draftsmanship as a form of escape from life’s unrest. Particularly struck by an Odd Nerdrum show at Forum Gallery, NY in the 90s, Santos began to experiment with and use paint thereafter.
Jorge Santos paintings are a profound display of picture making for the sheer purposes of formulating an all but transparent narrative via highly technical draftsmanship and paint handling. As a self-taught artist, the evolutionary process of his work is often subject to reconfiguration, repositioning, and refinement until the grand conclusion is met. Narrative is of such importance that even compositional concerns may be subordinate to the inclusion of a necessary motif in the storyline.
Night Fishing
67 x 106 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2012
Mail Order Bride
60 x 68 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2010
Dropping Notes
48 x 60 inches, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013
Raudiel Sanudo is an illustrator/painter/graphic designer based out of Guamuchil Sinaloa Mexico. He studied graphic design at the University of Las Californias in Tijuana and graduated in 2001. Aside from graphic design, he has been an illustrator and painter since 2003.
