Carlos was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He has always been interested in arts and crafts and has been dedicated to working as a Jeweller since 2005. He has exhibited in Encounters every year for the past 11 years. His jewellery brand ‘Esquirlas’ features original work designed and made by Carlos Sanchez and Marianna Teixeira. Early […]
Bea Eggli exhibited in Encounters in 2017. She is a Venezuelan photo-designer born in Caracas and she graduated from the Bern School of Design in 2016. She has participated in several joint and individual exhibitions in Switzerland and France. Her series CIUDADES INMATERIALES (Immaterial Cities) was on show in Encounters in 2017. This was a work of […]
Elizabeth Cemborain was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1959, where she lives and works. You can watch a four-minute film as she introduced several of her digital landscapes at Encounters Art Space in May 2017. Click on the link below. Elizabeth graduated as an Architect from the College of Architecture and Urbanism, Central University of Venezuela in […]
Born in Caracas, Fernando studied at the Instituto Neumann and he complemented his studies with professional practice in carpentry and industrial design. In his recent work, the dialectical tension between representation and materiality in his work seems to capture one photographic instant, a present built from different dimensions of time providing an environment of architectural enclosure in […]
Flor was born in Venezuela and lives in the United States. Her driving force is “to communicate through the joy of art”. It is this commitment to explore nature of ‘joy’ that shapes her work. She travels widely and inspiration comes unexpectedly. There is delight in an architectural structure, a loved dwelling, a city’s geometry, […]
Luke is a professional photographer based in Sussex. After working on contract for 10 years with the global news and picture agency Reuters he has expanded his portfolio with a wide range of magazine, newspaper, business and corporate clients. Luke has won national and international awards including the Reuters Photograph of the Year 2012, the […]
Showed in Busan and in Encounters in 2015 and again in Encounters in 2016. Edgar Sánchez shaped major developments in 20th century Venezuelan art. His influence continues unabated in the 21st century. Most recently, the exquisite poetic dimension of his landscapes brings the emotional depth of a great symphony into colours, shapes and forms. Sánchez was […]
Felipe Herrera is a Venezuelan visual artist who was born in 1947. From 16 years of age he began to build his artistic personality exploring the world of totemic sculpture and achieved early success, participating in prestigious salons nationwide, one of his first exhibitions took the name: Sculpture and its Possibilities. Later, he studied art […]
Jonidel exhibited in Encounters in 2014 and in 2015. Jonidel Mendoza (Born: Maturin, State of Monagas, Venezuela, 1975) has a body of that stands out immediately, in part because of its exceptional coherence. It has an ambiguity that allows multiple ways to express its contents. It is more than a way of expression. It is a philosophy […]
Noemí Márquez exhibited for the first time in Encounters in May 2015 and her work returns in 2018 with new pieces, recently shown in a major exhibition in Caracas. She wishes to say that: “Earth… it is magic word that holds much significance… belonging, motherhood, country, fortitude, union, passion, sand, dust. “My sculpture is closely bound […]
Showing in Busan and in Encounters May Festival in 2015, she has exhibited in Encounters every year since 2012. Gaudi Esté was born in Los Teques, Venezuela in 1947. She studied painting in Richmond (UK) and at the School of Visual Arts in Venezuela. Her early career was devoted to handmade wooden toys. Since that […]
Abelardo Giron exhibited in Encounters in 2013 and in May 2015. Much of Abelardo Giron’s work uses oil paints. He explores the symbiosis of a luxurious semi-tropical landscape, previously inhabited by indigenous tribes, with powerful surrounding industrial elements, which now dominate his native land, El Tigre, in Venezuela. Here strong forces related to the vast industrial complex […]
Ricardo is a Venezuelan photographer whose has a gift for enlightening us about the world around us. His wonderful photographs of the montains that surround his home city is far from conventional. The mountains are a presence rather than a photo opportunity. They are always there, impacting how the city functions but never front of […]