For Michael Van Zeyl, portraiture is much more than a one-sided translation of the artist’s point of view taking form in a subject. It’s an engaging visual dialogue that renders a soul in light, shadow and pigment, continuing the conversation for future generations to appreciate.
Michael Cheval was born in 1966 in Kotelnikovo, a small town in southern Russia. He grew up among paints and brushes, canvases and easels.
Robert Hagan is an artist from Australia. “I was born in Murwillumbah, NSW Australia and spent my youth between Brunswick Heads and Chillingham in and about the beautiful Tweed Valley. I attended Murwillumbah High School and excelled at nothing very much other than football and the final exams which got me a scholarship to University. 4 years later I graduated with an Arts degree in Economics and a Diploma in Education.
Masaaki Hikida (疋田 正章) is a Japanese artist, Born in Kyoto 1978, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Ritsumeikan University and went on to become a painter.
Marco Grassi born in Reggio Emilia on May 6, 1987, is an Italian artist, lives and works in his native city.
Fukui Ouka ( 福井欧夏 ), is a Japanese realist artist, living and working in Tokyo ( Japan ). Fukui’s work is based on the principle of the “real world” (the model is actually placed in front of the canvas to be painted).
Hasan Saygın was born in 1958 in the Karamanlı district of Burdur (Turkey). He spent his childhood in primary and secondary school in Karamanlı. In those years, while he was working with his family in the beet, anise, onion and wheat fields during the summer holidays, he was always interested in painting.
Yovka Mechkarova [Йовка Мечкарова] was born January 12, 1976 in the town of Kalofer, Bulgaria. She graduated in art education for Applied Arts in the town of Troyan in 1995. She currently resides in Veliko Ternovo (Bulgaria).
Veneta Docheva is a modern talented artist from Bulgaria. Its picturesque language is unique and does not look like the language of contemporaries, nevertheless it is universal, understandable and attractive, both to the simple spectator, and to the experienced professional.
Anne- Christine Roda defines a highly original interpretation of the portrait: in her work the painting is entirely subjugated to the portrayal of man’s fragility.