ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH 2019

Exhibitor presentations of ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH 2019

Texts about the exhibitors of the 21st Art Fair ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH in September 2019.
You can find the complete exhibitor list on https://www.art-zurich.com/files/2019/exhibitors/index.html

Aile Gallery (Seoul, South Korea)
Aile Gallery is a contemporary art gallery and exhibition space located in the heart of the art and fashion district Gangnam in Seoul. It promotes Korean artists at national and international level. Aile Gallery is currently dedicated to the promotion of 5 exclusive artists and 20 active artists. Aile Gallery presents different artistic contents, educational programmes and exhibitions.
Artists at the fair: Kang, Ho-Seong / Yoon, Eun-Jeong / Shin, Yung-Hun / Yun, So-Won / Hong, Su-Jin / Yoo, Ji-Hee / Kim, Kang-Tae
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Fondation Artists-Way (Saint-Légier, Switzerland)
Fondation Artists-Way, as an art platform and with gallery work, is building a bridge between Switzerland, Kosovo and the metropolis Tel-Aviv (Israel).
Artists at the fair: Leo Ray / Johanan Herson / Max Morron

Artisyou Gallery (Paris, France)
Artisyou Gallery is exhibiting a wide selection of multiples by American, Japanese and French artists of the 1970s and 1980s under the exhibition name "Lithomania". Multiple works by Robert Motherwell, Andy Warhol, Richard Lindner, Sadamasa Motonoga, Pierre Soulages and ceramics by Pablo Picasso will be shown. Artisyou Gallery was founded in 2000 by Annick and Olivier Habib. The gallery, based in Paris and Saint Tropez, concentrates on abstract post-war paintings. A monographic solo exhibition of Geneviève Claisse, Wifredo Lam, François Arnal and Jacques Doucet was also held. Previously, the gallery also concentrated on the Japanese school Gutai (Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Senkichiro and Atsuko Tanaka, Chiyue Uemae, Yasuo Sumi).
Artists at the fair: Enrico Baj / Bernard Buffet / Sonia Delaunay / Sadamasa Motonaga / Henry Moore / Nicholas Monro / Robert Motherwell / Andy Warhol / Sam Szafran / Wallace Ting Prices from 1600 to 25000 CHF.
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artS (Dietlikon, Switzerland)
Sylwia Smoron presents the program "Art Design - exclusive art made for you! Prices from 2000 to 10000 CHF.
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ateleria (Waedenswil, Switzerland)
Catherine Waser creates astonishing two- and three-dimensional works through strong abstraction of concrete photographs or by inspiration from nature.

BAP Galerie (Ibiza / Paris)
BAP Gallery presents paintings and sculptures by Gisela Engeln-Müllges, Anastasios Paraskevopulos, Marie Perrakis, Haydée Laborin and Rose Marie Bellemur under the exhibition title "The Discipline of Simplicity".
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Pedro Blas (Zurich, Switzerland)
Pedro Blas was born in Caracas (Venezuela) and now lives and works between Barcelona and Zurich. After studying at the School of Design in Caracas, he continuously developed his passion for drawing, painting and photography. At the fair he presents current works under the title "A Study in Symmetry".

K. Mira Ceti (Hamburg, Germany)
In large works painted in oil, K Mira Ceti tells not only existential questions but also everyday stories in the form of contemporary realistic painting. Prices from 1700 to 11000 CHF.

cpleyer photoart (Esslingen, Germany)
Christina Pleyer, Austrian by birth, photographs, individual artist with an chosen home near Stuttgart, photographs differently than most. Breaking the laws of traditional photography, Christina Pleyer expresses her creative vision in mostly abstract artworks. In her works, she shows an alternative view of beauty and aesthetics. Prices about 9000 CHF.

Francesco Cusumano (Buelach, Switzerland)
Francesco Cusumano came from figurative art to abstract painting. He creates a very personal pictorial world with light/shadow games and perspectives. In the visual interpretation of experiences and feelings, grey tones in particular help to clearly separate or bundle the various nuances.
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Duarte-Artists (Germany / South Africa)
Everett Paul Duarte is a contemporary South African artist whose abstract paintings reflect colour, life and creative power in an organic formal language. Exploding, flowing, constantly new and reappearing forms appear in a constant state of transition. The visual language he creates on the canvas is both powerful and fascinating - everything is in motion, pulsating, captured for a moment.
Frances Schandera-Duarte paints, glues, layers with oil pencils and paint, ink, gauze, rubble and various papers her mostly meditative pictures. White offers her the largest imaginary pictorial space, from which visionary elements flash up that permit a variety of interpretations. With lively surfaces and idiosyncratic structures, she creates mysterious images with and without representational references. Her works cause the viewer to move in order to obtain as much information as possible about the picture's surface and material.

Kunstgalerie Frischherz (Ibach, Switzerland)
The art gallery Frischherz presents painting art and sculptor sculptures. Judith Frischherz is showing works by the Aargau artist Heinz Marzohl as well as her own.

Gloria Galovic (Wettingen, Switzerland)
In her photographs, Gloria Galovic captures insights into life by confronting herself with the world. Galovic captures reality and receives isolated fragments of it. Her artistic work is always about confrontation. The photographer also captures the reactions to her "hunting behaviour", e.g. at tourist hotspots.

Susette Goldschmid (Zurich, Switzerland)
Susette Goldschmid explores the macrocosm and microcosm in her pictures. The pictures consist of thousands of small silver dots, realistically painted on a dark background. In this way, the artist visualizes universal themes such as devotion and passion, connectedness and struggle. Prices from 3000 to 5000 CHF.

Halde Galerie (Widen, Switzerland)
Halde Gallery presents contemporary paintings and sculptures at the fair. Halde Gallery represents selected young talents as well as established artists. At the fair, the gallery presents artworks that represent timeless and aesthetic positions and delight the soul in the classical sense.
Artists at the fair: Kimberly Kiel / Richard Cole / Angela Morgan / Evelyne Brader-Frank / Alice Teichert

Harang Gallery (Seoul / South Korea)
Harang Gallery specializes in advising Korean artists. Its aim is to promote emerging and established artists from Korea internationally and to introduce international artists to the local art scene. Gallery Harang establishes close relationships with collectors, curators and art professionals worldwide. This year's exhibition concept at the fair is based on modern and simple artworks that convey peace and tranquillity in an overburdened picture world. Some of the artworks are painted on traditional Korean Hanji paper. Artists at the fair: Kwon, Yong-Ja / Park, Hee-Sook / Park, Hyun-Ju / Kim, Seo-Yeon / Kim, Yoo-Sun / Kim, Young-Woo / Ha, Ul / Goh, Dong-Ryeong / Jung, Min-Yeong
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Dayami Hayek (Cully, Switzerland)
Dayami Hayek creates works deeply connected to the soul, full of silent happiness and sadness. Using colours and brushes, her art is nothing less than a struggle for the soul. Dayami Hayek's works can be seen in an exclusive presentation at the fair.

Kerstin Hochuli (Horgen, Switzerland)
Kerstin Hochuli takes her inspiration for her work from nature, using natural and self-produced materials. In order to tell of hidden life processes such as becoming, passing away and transformations, the artist uses stylistic means of abstraction.
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Home’Art (Brussels, Belgium)
Home'Art presents modern abstract paintings and sculptures, among others by the American artist Gordon Hopkins. His works find their strength in a unique technique and the use of strong colours. Outlines of everyday objects appear over multiple layers of paint and form landscapes.
Artists at the fair: Gordon Hopkins / Mark Hopkins / Myriam de Lafforest / Severine Loisel

Ink Gallery (Genève, Switzerland)
Ink Gallery shows acrylic works by Grégoire Murith alongside etchings by Alexandru Trifu. The themes are geometric abstraction and contemporary minimalism. Ink Gallery collaborates with around 30 artists.
Artists at the fair: Grégoire Murith, Alexandru Trifu
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JonaQuestArt (London, UK)
JonaQuestArt is a young art gallery from Greenwich, London. At the fair the gallery presents contemporary works by international painters and sculptors having their roots in Africa. The exhibition covers a kaleidoscope of dynamic colours, media, textures and positions itself at the interface of culture, aesthetics and philosophy.
J. Suyi, a British Nigerian artist, uses abstract art to explore her cultural identity. She creates colourful, textured works and involves the audience in exploring philosophical and cultural issues.
Joss Rossiter uses oil pastels, ink and acrylic to create colourful, semi-abstract and expressionist portraits.
Muktair Oladoja is an illustrator from the southern part of Nigeria. In his works, he weaves complicated pen and watercolour carpets from repetitive patterns on delicate rice paper. He is inspired by market scenes, festivals and cultural traditions from the early days of the Yoruba country in Nigeria. JonaQuestArt also shows Shona sculptures in Zurich, which were created by Nyanhongo sculptors from Zimbabwe. The masterful stones of Gedion and Ronald Nyanhongo bear witness to emotion and simplicity. An important aspect of these works is that they are rarely presented in a unified form, but with different markings and textures on the surface through which the natural colour of the stone can be seen.
Prices from 550 to 13000 CHF.
Artists at the fair: Gedion Nyanhongo (U.S.), Joss Rossiter (U.K), J Suyi (UK), Alexandra Moskalenko (UK), Inna Bolund (Belarus), Lee Panizza (U.K), Raphael Sagage(UK), Peisy Ting (Malaysia), Solomon Okpurukhre (Austria), Chema Rivas (Spain), Ronald Nyanhongo (UK), Euwitt Nyanhongo, Samir Shareef (Sudan), Muktair Oladoja (Nigeria)
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Therese Kaufmann / bildertheke.ch (Bubikon, Switzerland)
Therese Kaufmann presents small and large paintings in watercolour, oil and acrylic. The pictures are a interplay with the elements water, fire, wind and earth. The subject of nature does not appear by chance, the works are often created in outdoor painting. Prices around 3200 CHF.

Robert Korizek (Zollikerberg, Switzerland)
Robert Korizek realizes since decades photographic projects in different regions of the world. He creates works with statement, power and style. On the occasion of the fair, Robert Korizek presents a selection of large-format photographs of Arctic ice landscapes in Greenland. The meticulously composed and lavishly executed photographs were preferably taken under dramatic light conditions during the midnight sun, when darkness falls, or in fog and rain. Common to all these situations is the perceptible, majestic, often mystical aura of inhospitable remoteness and the apparent transience of the seemingly eternal ice. These subtle but essential impressions and moods complete the photographic image with emotions, and it is only thanks to this captivating combination that works of meaning, power and aesthetics are created. For the realization of this project, Korizek was mainly on small ships or manoeuvrable boats - at any time of the day or night, in any weather. Prices around 2000 CHF.
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Kunstschür (Stein am Rhein, Switzerland)
Kunstschür shows concrete art by Willi Hofmann (Frauenfeld) at the fair. His acrylic paintings are well thought-out works with a geometric and ingenious arrangement: clear, precise elements in the form of lines, squares, rectangles, triangles or circles are combined and effectively combined to form a perfect whole. The lively works radiate balance and harmony but can be charged with tension or explosive. Prices from 2000 to 3500 CHF.
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Elena Lagun (Zurich, Switzerland)
Elena Lagun dominates the canvas in different art styles: Pastel, realistic portraits, scenes with oil, abstraction with acrylic, minimalism with charcoal. At the fair, the artist from Minsk (Belarus) will present her encaustic works, a painting technique developed in Greek antiquity in which the colours are bound by hot wax. Elena Lagun creates landscapes and seas.

Galerie Manualis (Evian-les-Bains / Paris, France)
Gallery Manualis is an art gallery founded in 2019 by Jurata Wajda, sculptor and art restorer from Toruń (Poland). The Gallery works internationally and promotes contemporary art and unusual artists from all over the world. Manualis presents paintings, graphics and sculptures in various styles - from abstraction through expressionism to hyperrealism.
Artists at the fair: Miroslaw Pawlowski / Jurata Wajda / Ada Kaminska / Janka / Agnieszka Nienartowicz
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Paméla Maria (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Paméla Maria studied classical art in Belgium and industrial design in the Netherlands. The "beauty of everyday life" and the theme "Nothing is what it seems to be" are guiding themes in her work. Nature is an important source of inspiration here: zooming in on patterns, structures and light in the (urban) landscape. In her works these impressions merge into each other and result in new compositions of endless colours. The reliefs are made of yarn and paper or cardboard, photographs depicting the calm landscape of Holland. The subtle use of colours and detailed texture is a refined play with light and determines the character of the artworks. Colour plays an important role in this process; the seemingly flat surface is transformed into a multidimensional relief. Several series are inspired by the way in which water and air influence each other, creating an endless array of colours.
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Annette Mewes-Thoms (Hamburg, Germany)
Annette Mewes-Thoms presents an extensive presentation with works on the subject of LINE. For many years she was artistically occupied with the element of water and the study of its surface reflections. She tried to depict the essence of water without portraying it. It was reduced more and more to the line. Now the artist applies layers and condenses lines on several levels, creating moving structures and even visual sensations. Prices from 500 to 7000 CHF.
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Beatriz Mínguez de Molina (Barcelona, Spain)
Beatriz Mínguez de Molina is a visual artist, architect and art historian. She lives in Barcelona and Madrid. In her extensive works and projects, she combines various disciplines such as video, photography, sculpture and installations. As an architect, she specializes in ephemeral, temporary architecture. In her works, she processes spatial sensations in particular. The photographs and video work also convey to the viewer the feeling that spaces create. In the series "Gradients" she skilfully combines geometry and landscape.

Shuk Orani (Hamburg, Germany)
The multimedia artist Shuk Orani shows paintings from his series "Homosaphia_2000" with the theme Human Civilization. In excerpts from the world of our species, human behaviour (e.g. superficiality, exuberance, egoism, narcissism) is depicted in the form of moments. Prices from 850 to 14500 CHF.
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Bhanu Palam (Chennai, India)
Bhanu Palam draws inspiration for her works from cosmology and spirituality. Born in India and grown up in New York, she uses painting techniques such as henna to unite her different cultural roots.
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Simon Kessler aka Rafka (Zollikon, Switzerland)
Rafka takes the viewer on a journey through the sparkling universe of his great paintings. A mixture of special pigments and colours / dispersions provides the effects. The refined pigments only really come into their own through light irradiation.

Jean-François Réveillard aka JfR (Engelberg, Switzerland)
JF Réveillard likes to define himself as a cross-media image maker. His work always revolves around a central theme with strong statements. He is influenced by philosophy and modern life. His creations use the latest techniques, but always remain grounded. JF Réveillard applied the new technologies in his works early in the 1980s and launched one of the first European WebTV’s and a digital TV studio in 1997.
At the fair, the artist presents his latest multimedia installation RELIQUIAE 2019, which deals with a dystopia in which man downloads his consciousness in dream-like forms. The already lost state of nature disappears completely and exists only through relics (remnants) that are maintained by machines. JfR poses the question of the traces that our existence and civilizations will leave behind. He refers to the challenge and role of art to guarantee permanence and sustainability. Does art have any meaning as a message or merely as an artefact in a future in which man is gradually losing his place on the planet?
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- Video Performance

Ruth Gallery (Bertrange, Luxembourg)
Ruth Gallery is a young and innovative gallery from Luxembourg. The gallery focuses on contemporary Asian art and pop art from the USA and the Middle East. Ruth Gallery also represents the artists Françoise Abraham, Michael Waizman and Devin Miles. Prices from 2200 to 11000 CHF. Artists at the fair: Bui Van Hoan (Vietnam), Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong (Vietnam), Michael Waizman (Israel), Dganit Blechner (Israel)
Artists at the fair: Bui Van Hoan (Vietnam), Lieu Nguyen Huong Duong (Vietnam), Michael Waizman (Israel), Dganit Blechner (Israel)
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Susanne Senn (Hittnau, Switzerland)
Susanne Senn and Roger (Sandy) Sandmeier present abstract works on canvas and in stone (agate art). The works are built up in layers, creating spontaneous effects with natural contrasts.

Smart Ship Gallery (Tokyo, Japan)
In 2011 Smart Ship Gallery was founded in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. Smart stands for the promotion of creative thinking. This is how the Gallery wants to connect art with society. Contemporary spirit and social background have a great influence on the creation of works of art. Smart Ship Gallery supports artists who constantly develop their global perspective and thus participate in the flow to future generations. Creative ideas are of great value to society. Smart Ship knows that people have a fundamental interest in art, they long for a tangible expression of themselves. In addition to promoting Japanese artists, Smart Ship is also committed to the international promotion of traditional Japanese techniques and expressions. Smart Ship also actively presents artists from overseas in Japan.
Artists at the fair: Katsuyo Matsumaru / Katsuya Ueda / Linmay Komine / Noriko Takaoka / Taeko Tsunoda / Yoshiharu Ohya
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J. F. Sochurek (St. Poelten, Austria)
The work of the Austrian artist J. F. Sochurek comprises acrylic colours on aluminium and acrylic plates or canvases, picture and wall objects with anodised aluminium tubes and epoxy resin, installations, mirrors as picture carriers, spatial objects and works in public space. J. F. Sochurek is artist of the Cooperative Contrapunktum.
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Kristina Sretkova (Berlin, Germany)
Kristina Sretkova is active worldwide as an artist. Her large, colourful and luminous paintings are very popular wherever she shows them. Prices from 1500 to 8000 CHF.

Stella Art (Tokyo, Japan)
Stella Art presents Takeda Souun, one of the most famous calligraphers and Kanji artists in Japan. Takeda Souun creates works of art that inspire people to lead an active life full of recognition and happiness. He believes that an exponential wave of well-being and gratitude in society will eventually create a peaceful and better world. With great respect for the traditional calligraphic ways, Takeda Souun does not hesitate to go new ways to create calligraphic works. In its combination of ability, competence, energy and creative spirit, calligraphy is one of the most powerful spiritual art forms in which words are brought to life. Meditation is central to this creative process. The work of Takeda Souun has an enormous positive power.
Artist at the fair: Takeda Souun
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Silvia Strobos (Kuesnacht, Switzerland / Niederlande)
The main theme in the works of Silvia Strobos is the different ways in which people are connected. Human interaction is visualized with colour and canvas. Her paintings are composed of many layers of people, which are often not visible at first sight. This corresponds to the sometimes incomprehensible and complex human interactions, which continue to change through the use of the Internet and social media.
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TAT Shona Art Gallery (Gisikon, Switzerland)
Shona stone sculptures from Zimbabwe have been present on the international art scene for over 50 years. In their very poor country, however, the sculptors have hardly any access to the art market (partly due to the lack of tourism). However, the artistic potential there is very impressive. Therefore, the TAT Shona Art Gallery offers these artists a platform in Switzerland. Prices from 500 to 8000 CHF.
Artists at the fair: Bernard Matemera / Boira Mteki / Lovemore Bonjisi / Nicholas Mukomberanwa / Lawrence Mukomberanwa / Edward Chiwawa / Henry Munyaradzi / Joseph Ndandarika / Brighton Sango / Sylvester Mubayi / Lloyd Marowa / Damian Manuhwa

Honys Torres (Zurich, Switzerland / Venezuela)
Honys Torres presents a series of paintings in neo-pop style at the fair, the symbolism of which is accompanied by current political, cultural and social events: The artist creates a plastic universe full of references to pop culture. These meanwhile universal symbols interact in a critical to sarcastic discourse, seemingly with the intention of simulating a new reality. Torres does not spare the existential conflicts of modern society, which also dissolve into collective thought. Equipped with these messages, her pictures are no simple act of representation. Honys Torres has participated in numerous art Salons and exhibitions in almost all of Venezuela. She is represented in major national collections and museums in Venezuela.

Unikatschmiede Kaufmann (Deitingen, Switzerland)
Jonas Kaufmann creates sculptures, furniture and practical things under the label jUNIkAT with wood and iron - always in the focus of design and elegance. Jonas Kaufmann seamlessly combines a distinctive feel for aesthetics with craftsmanship. At the fair, Jonas Kaufmann will be showing metal sculptures from the series " beastly quiet". Prices around 2000 CHF.
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Chris van Weidmann (Elgg, Switzerland)
The artist creates stunningly precise works of art in perfect craftsmanship. Viewed from a distance, they constitute a picture. Only at close range is it possible to notice that the entire work consists of the artist's handwriting. The hair-thin works in ink pen sharpen the eye for tiny wonders of nature or stories from everyday life. In the hand-written unique pieces, Chris van Weidmann subtly combines image, word and text content. Chris van Weidmann practices the art of calligraphy with passion.
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NuSo Art (Zurich, Switzerland)
Ingo Wilde will exclusively show works by the Colombian artist Nubia Soledad Garcia Hernandez at the fair. In her works, the artist deals with the themes of identity and individualization of the individual and society. They are realized in abstract paintings in acrylic, encaustic or oil on canvas with texture. Prices from 3500 to 4500 CHF.
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wkomma Art Management (Cologne, Germany)
SaSa Art is a collaboration of artists, photographers and art curators. The group was founded in Sardinia (Italy). They all share the Metacycling Art, also known as Upcycling Art. In this, discarded objects and materials have a creative value. For Stefano Sanna, a young, successful artist from Sardinia (Italy), parts of old boats are the source of his artworks. The Mexican photo artist Hector Adalid lives and works in New York. Adalid is a pioneer of Metacycling Photo Art. At the fair, Cologne pop art artist Juergen Kuhl contrasts these works with his screen prints.
Artists at the fair: Stefano Sanna, Juergen Kuhl, Hector Adalid

YanYan (Switzerland)
The works of the Chinese artist YanYan are characterized by the traditional Chinese painting, as well as by typical motives of Switzerland. Thus, is the motto of her exhibition "Two worlds, one artist!" YanYan often works thematically in series. This is how "Made in Switzerland", "Matterhorn" and "Porcelain" were created.

Maura Patrizia Zoller (Eich, Switzerland)
Maura Patrizia Zoller is active as a freelance artist. Under the theme "Painting - Passion - Magic" she creates colourful and expressive works with a lot of imagination and expression. By experimenting with different materials, colours and techniques, she develops diverse, abstract, modern paintings that seduce the viewer into their own world and fill every room with harmony and atmosphere.

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