Send your application to the email ssolopintura@gmail.com with the following requirements:
Maximum of 5 pieces (pictures jpg, png to 300 dpi). Each file must be identified as follows Name, last name, the title of the piece, and nationality.
Example: Miguel Urrutia: Lucid Dreams: Moldova.
In a word document, place the pictures of the pieces with their respective datasheet:
Title of the work:
Technique:
Dimensions:
Year:
Nationality:
CV maximum 200 words Contact information: email, Instagram (optional)
Clara Sexton: Dream Cat: Canada
As a mixed-race, 2nd-generation-born Canadian, I have a varied background of family history that influences me. Exploring themes of identity as a person of colour, I use research relating to ancestral religion, ways of life, mythology, folk tales, patterns on clothing and objects; and unique cultural features. My family is originally from the West Indies in a small country called Guyana. They immigrated to Canada in the 1960s where they quickly assimilated into Western culture. In my work I examine these roots and how things have changed over time. Embracing my Hindu - Persian heritage, I look into ways ancient artworks were created. With identifying motifs and symbolism, I incorporate this into my work in Arabesque detail. While attending OCAD University and making interactive art using microcomputers and sensors, I participated in a student exhibit at Leo Gallery; My group displayed "Future City", a floating, LED-powered architectural model that was an idealized futuristic city borne of our own imagination. I began painting in 2021 and aspire to have my works shown worldwide. I have shown my works in local galleries and cafes, such as Feed It Forward in Toronto. I have painted small outdoors murals for my garden and windows.
Richard Sexton Richard Sexton is an emerging artist based in Toronto, Canada, who began painting Killifish, Canadian landscapes, and cats since the COVID pandemic started. Being born in Wales, U.K. and immigrating to Canada as a youth, Richard began a career as a computer programmer and spent 10 years in the California computer industry before returning to Canada. Richard went to Waterloo University, where he learned technical and botanical drawing. Being from a family of technical illustrators and builders, he created pieces such as stained glass and wooden sculpture, and was trained by Joel Hagan in computer-aided art in the 1980's. In the 1990's Richard provided technical support for in the Andy Warhol Retrospective show at the Aud Art Gallery in New York City. Richard is also a published photographer that specializes in creating freshwater aquarium biotopes and capturing the image of rare fishes and plants; with his photos appearing in magazines such as Tropical Fish Hobbyist in the early 2000's. Since his painting journey began in 2021, he has created prints of his original works on canvas onto t-shirts and clothing for sale locally and internationally.