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Profiles:: Artists You Should Know

This page features profile information about artists that I highly respect and admire. Their work influences me greatly. I am happy to say that these artists are my personal friends and colleagues.

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Artist Profile list::

David Sandum :: http://wp.me/p2SFO-C6

Nung-Hsin Hu :: http://wp.me/p2SFO-xV

EnikOne :: http://wp.me/p2SFO-yT

Ted Mikulski :: http://bit.ly/rZ8kvY

Nina Buxenbaum :: http://bit.ly/vYp0fv

BORBAY :: http://bit.ly/roLQO6

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Artist Profile:: David Sandum

I met David Sandum on twitter about 3+ years ago. We became fast friends and mutual lovers of each others work. David’s use of color, style and subject matter engulf you instantly. You find yourself cast into his work. His friendly warm energy is contagious! I have participated in his fund raising event for the Moss Library in Moss, Norway in 2010, and I am doing so this year again. Read the full info here :: http://bit.ly/zmHVwj

David Sandum was born 1971 in Gothenburg Sweden. Today he resides in Moss Norway and has a studio at Gamle Pikeskolen (since 2003), where he also teaches several private students. Location: Moss, Norway.

David is self-taught, even if he studied art history at the University of Utah. He see’s himself mainly as a colorist – and expressionist. Feelings, energy, and emotions are very much key to his work. The people he paints are never real portraits, “but inner portraits.” Scandinavian influences are Munch, Karsten, and Sparre. Other influences are The German Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) movement (1911-1914) spearheaded by Kandinsky; and continental masters such as Gaugain, Van Gogh, Bonnard, and Matisse.

A quote by Matisse sums it up well: “I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.”

Sandum has had several solo gallery exhibits and has carried out commissions in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the US.

Website: www.davidsandum.com
Twitter: @DavidSandumArt
Facebook art page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/David-Sandum-Art/198087786416
Read CV here: http://www.davidsandum.com/aboutcv.html

Selected interviews/links:
Ten Minutes with Painter David Sandum: http://pioneerproductions.blogspot.com/2011/06/ten-minutes-with-david-sandum.html
Mousetouch Visual Arts Magazine: David Sandum – I paint emotion: http://musetouch.net/blog/2011/03/21/david-sandum-i-paint-emotion/
Interview: artist David Sandum, the man behind #twitterartexhibit http://svorsk.posterous.com/interview-artist-david-sandum-the-man-behind
David Sandum: A colourful journey http://www.elusivemoose.eu/2010/02/david-sandum-a-colourful-journey/
Chronically Creative: Painting Thru Depression with David Sandum: http://www.magpie-girl.com/20100729/chronically-creative-painting-thru-depression-with-david-sandum

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Artist Profile:: Nung-Hsin Hu

I met Nung in 2008 while she was working on her MFA at LIU’s CW Post campus. Right from the start I admired her conceptual video works and large scale prolific sculptures. In 2009 I was invited to create a Video Art program for the Streaming Festival’s Special programs archive. Nung’s work was featured in the international exhibition.

BIO:: Nung-Hsin Hu was born 1981 in Taiwan. In 2006 she moved to New York to pursue her MFA in Fine Arts at Long Island University. Since she earned her MFA in 2009, Hu primarily has been working in sculpture, installation, and video. She has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad. In 2008, Hu was honored with the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center. In 2010 she received the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning’s Van Lier Fellowship, Taipei Artist Village’s Boundary-Break-Through Project Grant, the NYFA-Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists and the fellowships from the I-Park residency, CT, as well as the Casa das Caldeiras residency in São Paulo, Brazil.

Nung is currently coordinating the video group “Traffic Jam.” A three month community based video project residency in the Taipei Arts village, Treasure Hill from Jan 9, 2012- April 8, 2012

TRAFFICJAM is a project-based collective that unites international artists in an urban environment. Intercultural collaboration and communication through artistic engagement is one of the goals for the group. Sharing a common interest in the medium of experimental video, the group was created to collaborate and to inspire one another while exchanging ideas through the creative process. These artists had previously collaborated through the Exquisite Corpse Video Project since 2008. The difference between these projects are that TRAFFICJAM #1 Sao Paolo, Brazil and TRAFFICJAM #2 Taipei, Taiwan are based on the artists interacting among themselves in a real urban space to create the final work, while previous projects were based on swapping files online and meeting for discussions on virtual forums.

TRAFFICJAM #1 was the first edition of the project that intends to migrate internationally collecting experiences for new work. TRAFFICJAM #2 has been schedule in Taipei, Taiwan for 2012 where a group of thirteen artists from 8 different countries will gather to develop their own work, (Brazil, UK, Canada, Germany, Taiwan, Colombia, Slovenia and Sweden). TRAFFICJAM #2 will be based at Treasure Hill Artist Village (THAV) for three months (January till March 2012). THAV is an unique historical village part of Artist-in-Residence Taipei (AIR Taipei). It provides a platform for a diverse cultural collaboration across artistic disciplines encouraging exchanges between International and Taiwanese professional artists.Through an intense period of residency, living and working together, each artist will create a video in response to the host city. The final works will reflect personal perspectives on a wide range of social, cultural and political issues that the artists have encountered while in Treasure Hill village and Taipei city. At the end of the three months residency , the artists will hold a final exhibition at the Cross Gallery at Treasure Hill Artist Village sharing their unique experiences with the local communities and public. The show will include TRAFFICJAM # 2 videos as well as the students video works from

the workshops.

Here is the Traffic Jam website (the previous project in Sao Paulo)

http://trafficjamproject.wordpress.com

Traffic Jam is the transformation from the previous group ECVP-

http://exquisitecorpsevideoproject.wordpress.com

Nung’s personal website :: http://nunghsinhu.com

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Artist Profile:: EnikOne

I met EnkiOne about 6 years ago. He was one of the first artists that I discovered on Flickr. We connected and have remained in touch there and beyond. I was inspired by Enik’s synthesis of graffiti, street art, and graphic design techniques. He also utilizes screen printing and stencil methods as well. This gives him an edge to create multiple versions of his work. I find that this makes a lot of his work narrative. The characters and images tell stories. As a viewer you will get absorbed into those stories. Enik’s work is engaging and aesthetically interesting, there is always something new to see. His production output is quite prolific as well. I also enjoy the way that he exposes and shares his works with the world. It is diverse and multidisciplinary. I learn something new each time that I cruise by his sites.

BIO:: EnikOne b. 1972, Los Angeles. Raised in the urban ecology of Southern California, EnikOne absorbed the graffiti and smog filled skylines, yet always paid close attention to his two greatest influences: his sister, an accomplished painter and photographer as well as his father, also a influential photographer. Mimicking the images that surrounded him, he began scripting graffiti during skateboarding excursions and his “throw-ups” and “pieces” became a part of L.A.’s vernacular, adorning freeways, yards, and the occasional metropolitan edifice. Encouraged by local artists, EnikOne’s work matured into an amalgamation of graphic designs, mixing his street art, graffiti, typography, stencils, stickers, paste-ups, and silk screens into a unique style emblematic of the City of Quartz but still unlike most works available. With over two decades of perfecting these methods on the streets, EnikOne has earned the attention of national and international artists, earning prizes in Los Angeles, Portland, and Germany and received invitations to show his work in Italy and South Africa to name a few. Impossible to ignore, EnikOne was asked to join the Hit+Run tour in 2005 and is among the favorites of the many talented works exhibited in these well-attended shows. He continues to experiment with images, wedding the pantheon of graphic design features with a style applauded by the art loving public. Currently, EnikOne resides with his wife & daughter in the Eastside of Los Angeles.

: Works by EnikOne

Check out EnikOne’s site here:: http://www.enikone.com

Check out Enik’s flickr:: http://www.flickr.com/photos/enicone/sets

: Works by EnikOne

This month EnikOne was asked to a paint new car coming out in 2012 called the Chevy Sonic. This is the 3rd car painted in the series, along with some design inspired from skater Keelan Dadd. You must check out the video links here::

Part 1

Part 2

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Artist Profile:: Ted Mikulski

I met Ted Mikulski on twitter over two years ago. We connected right away. He is one of the most energetic and prolific artists that I know. He does more than dabble in several different mediums, he integrates them all together through a unique experimentation process. Ted’s style is self expressive, witty and also production based. Ted is a leader and a teacher. He has a lot to say and share. I witnessed this right from the start of our connection. Effortlessly, Ted organizes many different things together to find their relationships and their contrasts. He activates people to new levels of awareness. He is the author of a great book titled: “Art is Dead”. The book questions art appreciation in America. You can check it out here – http://www.artisdeadbook.com. Ted has been showing his work quite a bit this year. He had a solo show and curated a group exhibition in the Chapman gallery at Iona College where I teach intro and intermediate sculpture, as well as art appreciation. They were two of the best shows that I had experienced this year in that space. I can’t leak the details as of yet, but I will be participating in a big three-man show this coming spring in NYC with Ted and Borbay. We are all looking forward to it. The connections that I have made with these artists continue to prove the power of social media.

: Artist :: Ted Mikulski

Bio:
“Ted Mikulski is an innovative artist with a studio based in Connecticut. Ted studied architecture and applies his knowledge of space and form to his art. He likes large surfaces, which allow him to be freer with paint and material in order to express an overall concept. He combines media to develop figurative and non-figurative elements to work in the cohesion of an exhibition or presentation space. Originally known for his abstract expressionism, he has branched out into installation work and pop-art hybrids. As an accomplished author and adjunct professor, he is an emerging figure making his mark on the New England art scene. With innovative and bold art that consistently draws in its viewers, he is an artist to watch.” -Steve Stone, Artist.


Works by Ted Mikulski

The Norwich record published a great article about Ted and his work here:: http://thenorwichrecord.com/?p=1897

Find Ted here below::

website: http://tedmikulski.com/
blog: http://tedmikulski.wordpress.com/
twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/TedMikulski
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ted-Mikulski/126060460571

Link to the original Post here:: http://bit.ly/rZ8kvY

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Artist Profile:: Nina Buxenbaum::

I met Nina in the spring of 2005 shortly after being hired at CUNY York College in Jamaica, NY. She has since become the coordinator of the fine arts program, a colleague and friend. I was first struck by Nina’s work in 2007 during a faculty exhibition that took place in the campus gallery. Her large vibrant paintings and expressive drawings created great visual contrast and complimentary tension towards each other. I really enjoy the way that her works speak to each other, as well as to the viewer. She continues to produce high quality paintings with exciting, thought provoking content that makes the viewer look deeper into themselves, and others. Her work takes me to a reflective place, where I am induced to create narratives.

Nina Buxenbaum was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY to a politically active, multi-racial household. She received her MFA degree in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in drawing and printmaking. Ms. Buxenbaum has participated in residencies at the Cité Interational des Artes in Paris, France, the Skowhegan School of Painting, Skowhegan, Maine, The Artists Alliance in New York City, and the Byrdcliffe Artist In Residence, in Woodstock, NY. Her work has been included in several exhibitions including the Studio Museum of Harlem (NYC, NY), Samson Projects (Boston, MA), the Kentler International Drawing Space (Brooklyn, NY), the Ingalls Gallery (Miami, FL), and Rush Arts (NYC, NY). She is currently an Associate Professor of painting, and the Coordinator of Fine Arts Discipline in the Department of Performing and Fine Arts, at York College in Jamaica, NY.

Visit Nina’s Official site here:: http://www.ninabuxenbaum.com

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Artist Profile:: Borbay

Borbay is one of my favorite artists. He is a painter and a super creative. Borbay and I met over twitter. Yes, that’s right, on twitter. (@borbay) We connected through mutual contacts re-posting each others links. We established a connection right away. He has since become an outstanding guest lecturer for my art appreciation course at Iona College, as well as a fellow exhibition partner. Borbay curated a great show of diverse artists downtown last April. I was lucky to be included in the show. We have upcoming exhibitions in two different venues this winter and spring of 2012 here in NY.

Voted Time Out New York’s Most Creative New Yorker in December 2009, Upper East Side artist Borbay has painted textural portraits and famed locations around the world, including The Guggenheim, TriBeCa Grand, Woolworth Building, Elaine’s, Chrysler Building, Hancock Tower (Chicago), Runaway Bay (Jamaica), Welcome to Las Vegas Sign and San Marco Cathedral (Milan). His work is comprised of collaged New York Newspaper headlines, and layer upon layer of acrylic paint. Driven to capture the actuality of society, this series visually displays the paradox of love, lust, murder, sex, sports, betrayal, triumph, religion, rape and politics in one place… concepts any person reading a daily newspaper will see juxtaposed without a second thought.

Borbay’s recent #KingsOfHipHop exhibition opened to a capacity crowd in the Meatpacking District, and was covered in Forbes. Beyond the canvas, Borbay branded Bomb Wines, which launched to great fanfare in Montclair, NJ. His architectural impressionist collage paintings have been featured in Time Out New York , Wall Street Journal Japan, New York Post, Whitewall, The Huffington Post, The Source and more. Process-driven, Borbay shares the creation of each piece through social media, posting frequent updates to his blog, Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts. If art plus social media is the new frontier, Borbay intends to be at the forefront. Check out what he is currently working on here:: http://bit.ly/so3kiA

Check out Borbay’s official site here:: http://www.borbay.com

Borbay and Ryan Seslow will be exhibiting a 2 man show together this January 2012:: STREET LEGAL will open on Sunday 1/22/2012 at the Chapman Gallery, Iona College.