Richard was born in 1955 in Shoreham by Sea and he was educated at Reed’s School in Cobham Surrey, before studying photography at The Arts University College at Bournemouth followed by a brief spell as photographer and an illustrator for The University of Hull magazine. From 1976 he travelled through South America Asia and Australia […]
The featured work is ‘Scarlet Flight’. It is one of the latest works by Romany Mark Bruce. This new collection was meaningful indeed. The embedded narrative emerged from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, which surrounded the artist during a precarious creative, and physical journey. Suddenly, the artist re-took command of his brushstrokes as he […]
Yole Quintero was born in Caracas, Venezuela.she writes: “My work is about performance, cultural identity, femininity, visual pop culture and politics; often evoking elements that triggers questions about social statements and stereotypes. Currently, my major interest has been the relationship human/technology, especially the social aspects of cyber-culture: Social media, computer mediated communication, interactivity, among others. My practice […]
Mariana is a jewellery maker. She writes: “Welcome to Esquirlas, a jewellery brand with modern designs and traditional techniques where everything is made by hand. In our workshop, every piece is born with a concept translated to paper with simple lines and live gestures. Then, is the materialization of the piece which completes the process. For us, […]
During the lockdown and the preparation for the Winter Edition Exhibition an exciting idea was developed by artist Rafael Rèverón for a drawing project to be developed in conjunction with Encounters Art Space’s artists. It was a project to be called: Being-human-in-Your… A Portrait-in-Between. This was inspired by a comment written by Jaime Sabines (1926-1999 […]
Andres Sanchez is a sound artist. He is the founder of Zurcos Records that was launched in 2007. Current projects include a limited editions of cassette tapes for sale in TapeInvaders, with the music being available for downloading. In 2018 Andres will present the soundscape for a new film that is currently in production. Further details will be added to this […]
Annemette Beck is the founder of Beck & Kinch Textiles, a company that was that was launched in 1979. Today Beck & Kinch is internationally acknowledged for its unique and hand-woven textile productions. Working on an architectural scale, Beck & Kinch specialise in bespoke works for leading international fashion houses and architects as well as hotels and retailers. The designs […]
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 […]
Cristobal Ochoa exhibited in Encounters in 2016. he studied Fine Arts at UNEARTE School of Fine Artsand was awarded a Prize in Ceramic Sculpture in the Salón Nacional de las Artes del Fuego, in Caracas Venezuela in 2009. Ochoa has had participated in solo and group shows including in South Korea, China, France and Colombia. […]
Dave Francis became interested in photography when he was 8-years old and it was his passion throughout his teenage years. He exhibited photographs in the first edition of Encounters and he has photographed the event every year since then. In 2017 he worked with Andres Sanchez to make the video artwork The River and the […]
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 […]
Inko Ai Takita is a UK-based manga artist. She was born in Kyoto, Japan, and studied art at Kyoto Zokei University of Art & Design, before moving to England, where she studied at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design. Since then Inko has worked as a Manga artist delivering workshops around UK, including British […]
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, […]
Francisco Itriago exhibited in Encounters in 2012. He has enjoyed a long career which has mainly developed in Venezuela. His works have been shown in the US, Europe, and the Czech Republic.
For Encounters 2017, Garcia-Garcia developed new work to illustrate architectural universes, a tribute to Venezuelan kinetic art, full of lights and tropical colours. His pieces are composed of several layers of architectural plans, which are juxtaposed, colouring and dialoguing between them, through new lines. All this forming a kind of “palimpsestos” of traces of an ever-evolving […]
Gisseline was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied architecture for two years, and made some works of art, design and decoration, including jewelry design. She describes her work: “I can express myself as an artist through lines, curves and geometric shapes. I get inspired when I experiment with light, shadows and reflections that produce geometric […]
Mette Maya Gregersen exhibited in Encounters in 2012. She writes: “Lost in a world that builds itself around the making process, and finding the physical form of that world manifest itself in the clay, is what makes the structure and gives it energy. I work in two quite different ways. One is the making of waves […]