THE SCENIC ROUTE | ART ON PAPER 2023
Abi Polinsky · Brad Fisher · Camila Varon Jaramillo · Exit Ceren · John Anderson · Joseph Conrad-Ferm · Lyora Pissarro · RJ Raizk
The Scenic Route invites you to pause and consider the beauty of choosing the slower, more picturesque path. The artworks capture the essence of meandering through visual landscapes which inspire wonder and remind us of the immense value in embracing the joy of exploration.
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About The Artists
Abi Polinsky
Abi Polinsky is a photographer and visual artist based in NYC. Strongly inspired by European art between 1950 and 1980, as well as fashion photography between the 1980s and 2000s, he uses out-of-the-box set design, color processing, and lighting to create distinct portraiture and commercial work. Polinsky strives to create images that grab the viewer immediately and become even more pleasing to look at with time.
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Brad Fisher has shown extensively in the Hamptons and New York City throughout the span of his over 20 year career. His work encompasses themes of humanity, animal companions - particularly dogs, architecture, and sexuality. Fisher's passion for his art has created a dedicated collector base, including Hollywood and New York icons such as Renée Zellwegger, Drew Barrymore, Designer John Barlett, and Photographers Richard Phibbs, and Arnaldo Anaya.
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Camila Varon Jaramillo
Working as an architect, designer, and artist over the past 10 years, Camila has worked in design and production for pavilions at the London Design Biennale and PMQ Hong Kong. She’s also created installations, murals, and exhibitions across New York that have been featured in E-flux Journal and Airmail Weekly. Most recently she’s shown her work at New Collectors Gallery, VillageOne Art and was featured in Artsy’s Curator's Picks for emerging artists for her works shown at Selena’s Mountain.
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EXIT is an art project and a design brand founded by spatial designer and artist Ceren Arslan. The brand specializes in concept architecture, spatial design, and storytelling. EXIT’s work spans a range of disciplines, including set design, creative direction, experience and interior design in physical form and it is a design catalog in digital media.Ceren Arslan is a spatial designer and an artist based in New York City. She has been working and collaborating with brands as a concept designer expanding beyond her background from architecture.
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John Anderson
John describes his fine art process as a meditative practice requiring intense focus and control of his media. Repetitive graphite strokes create a dynamic metallic contrast to the paper background. Precise white lines and the application of color appear where graphite is not applied. This two-dimensional process creates the illusion of three-dimensions. The work of intricate geometric abstractions demonstrates precise and concentrated time dedication to each unique piece.Based in the Mad River Valley, Vermont John Anderson creates a variety of fine art pieces as well as architectural murals and custom art tables. His long and successful career in architecture heavily influences his artwork.
see moreJoseph Conrad-Ferm
Joseph Conrad-Ferm is a self taught painter who did not discover his need to paint until age 26. With over 1,000 finished works on paper, canvas, and wood, Ferm's paintings are in public and private collections worldwide. His work is extensively used by interior designers and has been featured in design publications in the US. He currently resides in Cape Cod, MA.
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Lyora Pissarro
Lyora Pissarro is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She completed her formal education at Hunter College in NYC after doing her foundation year at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The artist focuses on painting utopian landscapes. She explores the idealistic by embracing technology and layering light art into her canvases. Described as the “ultimate young painter” in GQ magazine, Lyora Pissarro has held exhibitions in New York, Texas, Boston, Utah and London. Her public art installations can also be found amongst the desertscape in Ventucopa, North of Los Angeles. Lyora also holds intimate art classes and lectures at the renowned Crosby Street Hotel.
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The work of RJ Raizk tends to resemble the internal and external environment that he immerses and surrounds himself with. His process consists of using applications consisting of repetitive and free flowing strokes to create works that are complex structurally but rhythmic visually. For his paintings, the artist’s method of bleeding pigments and stains through solid paint and other mediums results in what resembles a dying or staining process. The cellular structure of plants and the cosmos and his method of bleeding pigments and stains through solid paint are inspiration to his pattern and paint work. RJ Raizk is currently based in New York and New Orleans.
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