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Friday Featured Artist #19: Zhou Fan

Quan Vu — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:53:41 +0000

This week we have Zhou Fan, a contemporary artist from China. His paintings are very creative. Check it out below and go visit the artist’s online portfolio for more of his work.

“Zhou Fan was born in 1983 in Shanxi Province in northern China.

In 2006, Zhou Fan graduated from the art department of Shanxi University. He participated in a solo exhibition and several group exhibition in his home province that year.

Zhou Fan participated in a museum show in 2007 called “Art Design” at the Zendai Art Museum in Shanghai, one of the top art museums in China’s financial capital.

In late 2007, Zhou Fan was selected as one of the top 25 emerging Chinese artists (out of over 1300 applicants) at the Chinese Art Prize (CAP) by important international art critics, including Gerard Goodrow (Director of the globally famos Art Cologne) and Jeff Kelley (Curator of the Asian Art Museum in California). Zhou Fan was given the “special mention” prize, which had never been awarded before. The Chinese Art Prize launched Zhou Fan’s career, and allowed him to gain much more exposure.

Also in 2007, Zhou Fan participated in Art Beijing, one of the top art expositions in China.

In 2008, Zhou continued to exhibit globally, with a group show in New York and an excellent reception for his work at Art Cologne in Germany, one of the world’s most important art expositions. And in October 2008, Zhou Fan had his first big solo show at Art Scene China in Shanghai.

Zhou Fan’s work was exhibited at the Doland Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai in 2009. The artist’s work was also exhibited at the Toronto International Art Fair (TIAF) in October that year. Earlier in the year, Zhou Fan also held shows in Dubai and Bahrain in the Middle East.”

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Friday Featured Artist #18: Brian Marshall

Quan Vu — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:43:34 +0000

This week we have awesome robot sculptures from Brian Marshall aka Adoptabot on Deviant Art. Check it out below and visit his portfolio on Deviant Art for more of his work. You can also buy these robot sculptures on his Etsy .

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Friday Featured Artist #17: Dominique Fung

Quan Vu — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:09:39 +0000

This week we have Dominique Fung, a talented artist from Canada. Her surreal animal paintings are just fascinating. Check it out below and also visit her online portfolio and Deviant Art for more of her work.

“Hailing from the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Dominique Fung graduated with honors from Sheridan College. Inspired by popular culture, and the secrets hidden within the world we all know, Dominique Fung’s work often explores a creative relationship, one that occurs through her use of design and fine art in conjunction with one another. Currently residing in Oakville Ontario, Dominique plans to move this fall to either New York, Toronto or Los Angeles.”

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Friday Featured Artist #16: Mateu Velasco

Quan Vu — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:31:17 +0000

This week we have Mateu Velasco from Brasil. His paintings are amazing with striking line work and great composition. Check it out below and visit his portfolio on Flickr for more of his work.

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Friday Featured Artist #15: Moonywolf

Quan Vu — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:35:36 +0000

This week we have Moonywolf, a very talented artist from Vietnam. Her fantasy artwork is absolutely amazing. Check it out below and visit her portfolio on Deviant Art for more of her work.

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Friday Featured Artist #14: Moon

Quan Vu — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:00:27 +0000

This week we have Moon, a painter, graphic designer, web designer, and illustrator from France. I love his sketchy style. Check out his beautiful paintings below and visit his portfolio for more of his work.

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Friday Featured Artist #13: Jeff Simpson

Quan Vu — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:01:44 +0000

This week we have a concept artist, Jeff Simpson, from Canada. As you can see, the details of these illustrations are great. Check it out below and visit his portfolio for more of his work.

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Friday Featured Artist #12: Anuka (Ann) Baratashvili

Quan Vu — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:51:35 +0000

This week we have great illustrations from Anuka (Ann) Baratashvili. A talented artist that recently won the first place for the Wacom’s contest – “Bring your vision to life: Dreams Contest”. Check out her work below and visit her portfolio on Deviant Art.

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Friday Featured Artist #11: BreeAnn Veenstra

Quan Vu — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:20:36 +0000

This week we have the lovely illustrations from BreeAnn Veenstra. Check it out and don’t forget to visit her portfolio and Deviant Art.

“BreeAnn Veenstra wants to make children dream and adults believe.

She grew up surrounded by the beautiful country of northern Michigan’s lower peninsula. Wildlife and art were frequent companions both through her childhood activities and her father’s own art business, E-Scape Art Glass. She is continuously inspired by the natural world and its wildlife as well as the unending possibilities of combining these with the surreal and fantastical. Consequently, BreeAnn thoroughly enjoys including mythical or fantastical elements in her works when she can.

In addition to illustration, BreeAnn also enjoys writing, web design, and printmaking. She desperately wants to swim with dolphins and loves flying, even if it is only in her dreams.”

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Friday Featured Artist #10: Adrian Borda

Quan Vu — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:06:29 +0000

This week we would like to present you guys an awesome surreal artist, Adrian Borda. His beautiful surreal paintings are out of this world. Check it out below and also visit his portfolio and Deviant Art.

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Friday Featured Artist #9: Madoka Kinoshita

Quan Vu — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:44:44 +0000

This week our Friday featured artist is Madoka Kinoshita. A very talented artist from Japan. Her colorful friendliness anime characters are so adorable. Check it out below and visit her portfolio.

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Friday Featured Artist #8: Saddo

Quan Vu — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:35:27 +0000

This week we have an artist from Romania, Saddo. His detailed watercolor illustrations of bizarre characters are very interesting. Check it out below and his portfolio on Flickr.

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Friday Featured Artist #7: Arwassa

Quan Vu — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:50:51 +0000

This week we have Arwassa, an artist from Spain. Check out her kawaii illustrations of girls below. Don’t forget to visit her portfolio and Flickr to see the rest of her work.

“Arwassa is an illustrator born in Spain. She studied painting in his youth and graduated from the faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia.

She explores the girly world, full of evil and sweet faces, sensitive and voracious women. She’s has always been fascinated by the creation of characters with complex and conflicting personalities. Her other great inspiration is the Japanese iconography mixed with heavy doses of personal experience and surrealism.

Designs and self produced her own toys, working with very limited editions. All her figures are hand made.

Currently working in her illustrations, stories and design products.”

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Friday Featured Artist #6: Anne Patzke

Quan Vu — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:54:23 +0000

This week featured artist, Anne Patzke aka trenchmaker, from Berlin. As you can see below, most of her illustrations are super adorable. Check it out below and also her portfolio on Deviant Art.

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Friday Featured Artist #5: Bobby Chiu & Kei Acedera

Quan Vu — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:32:14 +0000

This week we have unique creatures from Bobby Chiu & Kei Acedera aka imaginism. These lovely creatures are so adorable. Check it out below and don’t forget to visit them on Deviant Art.

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Friday Featured Artist #4: Michael Bisparulz

Quan Vu — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:17 +0000

This week we have a brilliant artist, Michael Bisparulz, from Brazil. He has an impressive t-shirt design portfolio. Check it out below and visit his Deviant Art’s portfolio.

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Friday Featured Artist #3: Clementine Derodit

Quan Vu — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:12:01 +0000

This week we have an awesome illustrator and graphic designer, Clementine Derodit, from France. Her Illustrations are full with cute characters. Check out her illustrations below and also her portfolio.

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Friday Featured Artist #2: Marlene Freimanis

Quan Vu — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:44:45 +0000

I found this talented artist, Marlene Freimanis, on the Deviant Art. Her vivid paintings are just awesome and very gorgeous. Check it out below and also her Deviant Art’s portfolio for the rest of her paintings.

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Friday Featured Artist #1 : Zena Santos

Quan Vu — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:26:20 +0000

This week we have Zena Santos, a talented illustrator from Sydney. I came across this artist on Behance Network. She also goes by the name photoshop-addict28 on Deviant Art.

Her chaotic and colorful illustrations caught my attention. There are a lot of elements within her illustrations. Visit her Deviant Art’s portfolio to see the rest of her works.

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