Unity in Variety

Gabriel Fine Art is honoured to present you with the work of 12 highly talented international Artists this September:

Ruty Benjamini
Jason Clarke
Annabel Collins
Lois Cordelia
Adam Fenton
Sara Jane Harper
Alexander Lee
Paul Wuensche
Lisette Ranga
Marco Rossati
Mark Sheeky
Yoyne

Proprietor of Gabriel Fine Art gallery, Beata Maria Rzepecka says, “We are very excited to introduce you to 12 highly talented, international Artists this September. They came from very different backgrounds and have different styles. They all developed unique ways to assimilate real world images, personal ex-periences and their imagination into inspiring art works.”

Ruty Benjamini is a London-based ceramic artist. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, she trained at Birmingham Polytechnic and studied at Camberwell College of Art, London. She’s a part of the Skylark, Southbank – based, artist run gallery. Benjamini about her work: “I think of my ceramic work as a personal journey exploring my identity, connecting to my roots and expressing the process of growth, evolution, and the layering that makes up a whole.”

Jason Clarke is an artist who uses art therapy to help manage his illness. Jason draws every day, creating incredibly powerful and detailed pictures that give a glimpse into the troubled mind. He’s been widely exhibited in the UK and his work has had excellent feedback. Clarke says about his work: “I was offered my first solo exhibition in 2010, and was amazed at the reception I got. This inspired me to submit elsewhere and whenever I am selected or even short listed I feel a great sense of achievement and pride. These are hard emotions to accept for someone with an illness like mine. My work was also used by the Birmingham Rep for their brochure about Bedlam – a festival of mad ideas. 10,000 copies were printed and distributed across Birmingham. Recently my artwork has become a more organised chaos. It has evolved, as I have, as my illness has. “

Annabel Collins is an innovative artist with a background in textile and design. She studied at Manchester School of Art and London College of Fashion. Annabel’ s unique approach to oil painting arrives from her love of illustration and screen printing. This process impacts her work as she carefully selects and mixes tonal shades for a distinctive and successful colour palette. Annabel feels most comfortable working on paper as this permits great hand drawn detail. The oil colour comes secondarily and is liberally applied to give a sense of depth. Annabel’ s subjects are mainly architectural.

Lois Cordelia is a prolific artist and illustrator in cut-paper, acrylics and mixed media, based at her studio in Ipswich, United Kingdom. She works in diverse styles, ranging from intricate cut-paper designs to bold and energetic acrylic paintings, and has exhibited widely across the United Kingdom. Lois' work is inspired by cultures, mythologies, languages and spiritual traditions from around the world. It has been featured in a short film, Habibti (Panacea Productions, London, March 2010), and as front cover and vignette book illustrations (Birdbook series, Sidekick Books, 2011, 2012, 2014).

Adam Fenton is a graduate from Goldsmiths University in Fine Art and History of Art. His art practice looks at the historical importance of landscape painting, specifically during the late nineteenth century and how it was employed to signify status through ownership. Fenton says: “My work takes on the form of wall based work and installations. Paintings are treated as objects themselves, component parts to sculptures and assemblages. Boundaries between found objects and crafted forms are blurred. Rather than taking a finished painting as its only product, my work also incorporates processes, beginning with an appraisal of the landscape physically and as an image. Exploring processes of perception, the model-copy dichotomy, the resultant product is often a visual collection of these endeavours.”

Sara Jane Harper is a Wrexham - based painter and potter. The female figure is a dominant theme in her work. She’s interested in the accidental and unintentional aspects that emerge from the creative activity. She says about her work: “I like to rub, scratch and wash the surfaces, creating layers and allowing images to appear and disappear. I work intuitively and my inspiration comes from many sources including children’s art, outsider art, philosophy, nature, archetypal symbols and the ancient.”
Alexander Lee was born in 1975 in Blackburn, England. His background is Fine Art and he studied at the School of Fine Art Claremont in Perth Western Australia. His detailed pencil drawings and paintings have been widely exhibited and his Art Work sold internationally in Sweden, Norway, Australia, England, Hong Kong, Germany and Austria.

Paul Wuensche is a London-based figurative artist. He has had several solo shows in London, as well as exhibiting in numerous group shows including the BP Portrait Awards, The Discerning Eye, and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Although he works on portraits, nudes and still lifes in his studio, he also paints outside throughout the year. His approach to landscape painting has developed over time, and plays an important role in his overall practice.

Lisette Ranga is a native New Yorker, born in 1974 in the Bronx. She graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Imaging and Photographic Technology. After graduating from RIT, she was recruited by the Walt Disney Company to support animated movies and manage a high-end photography studio. From there she went on to Canon, empowering world-class photographers, in their renown Explorers of Light Program, to transition their art to the digital era. In 2012 she received her Masters in Professional Studies in Digital Photography from the School of Visual Arts . Ranga has already been included in various exhibitions including Art to the Avenue - Greenwich, CT, Gillard’s Art Gallery - Bronxville, NY, Uncommon Skin, curated by Michael Foley, School of Visual Arts Gallery - New York, NY and Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea, London. Ranga currently lives and works in New York City.

Marco Rossati was born at Reggio Emilia (Italy) in 1943. He studied at the “Istituto d’Arte” and at the “Accademia di Belle Arti” in Rome with Mino Maccari, Renato Guttuso, Franco Gentilini, Ferdinando Bologna. He later taught in the same Academy. He went – and is – going through different artistic periods. Many of his works belong to well known collectors (Bettino Craxi, Silvio Berlusconi, Rocco Barocco, Brian Sewell, Paolo Portoghesi, Claudio Strinati...) and museums. Marco also made paintings and sculptures of large dimensions in public and private buildings in Rome. He has been a guest in the radio and television for interviews about his work and about general art issues. He collaborates as a critic with several newspapers and magazines. He publishes as poet and writer.

Mark Sheeky is a UK based self-taught painter and craftsman with a diverse range of skills. He runs his own sound effects library and compose music on commission for the computer game industry. As an artist he primarily paints oil paintings and design art objects, which include a variety of craft techniques from gilding and metal/jewellery work to plaster work, working with stone, wood, plastic resins and other materials. Mark says: “What is new excites me, so I'm always pushing towards any limits. I love being pro-active in promotion and art creation and engage frequently with local arts organisations, from poster and video production to organising poetry nights, art markets and festivals, to performing piano or readings.”

Yoyne (Piotr Nowak) is a London-based multidisciplinary artist. He is a graduate of Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design (SAPU) and he also completed Furniture Restoration Course at London Metropolitan University. Yoyne about his work:” I tend to translate my perception of the world into colours and forms and then place them onto various objects, which this way become ‘canvas’ of my paintings. These paintings then can tell multiple stories; it all depends on the viewer which story is told. Apart from using ‘traditional’ canvas I tend to ‘recycle’ and use old pieces of furniture, mirrors and fabrics to paint on them. This way my art, my painting also becomes an ‘object of everyday use’. I believe that this world of colours can reflect emotions and memories – it can create new feelings and can heal – it’s a creative surge that can engulf you once you start to explore, feel and respond. It all depends on how you take it.”

This is the fourth exhibition at Gabriel Fine Art. The gallery located in the Old Paradise Yard was opened in May this year. The surrounding buildings were formerly a Buddhist Centre, which has been transformed into a brand new creative hub to bring together creative entrepreneurs, artists, designers, photographers and film makers.

Beata Maria says, "The mission of my gallery is to provide a high-quality source of visual Art and Inspiration. It is my aim to promote vibrant, engaging and inspirational art when promoting talented artists from all over the world. As a gallery owner, I intend to present carefully selected exhibitions of Art when organising shows for talented artists throughout the year.”