Composing deep and animated surrealist landscapes, Alessandro Fabriani melds classical and iconic 20th century styles. His forward thinking watercolors, however, turn toward future and contemporary subject matters, orchestrating extraordinarily accessible scenes that house his ambitious floating collages of modern flotsam. Though his soft and lulling textures coat illustrations of frolicsome objects and structures, his calculated arenas emulate elements from Salvador Dalí and René Magritte. Fabriani´s works prominently explore the geography of the subconscious mind and confront spiritual, artistic and scientific dilemmas with whimsical aesthetics and occasionally reach into the overwhelmingly ethereal implications of post-Impressionist themes in the face of modern thought and invention. The results often blur distinctions between the real and imaginary and animate and inanimate by pulling them together to the point of collision and synthesis.

Though originally from Rome, where he studied art and architecture, Fabriani now lives in Sweden and has exhibited his works across Europe in Berlin, Stockholm, Rome, Basel, Vienna and Paris.

When life is tumultuous, art can serve as a channel of peace, a place to exorcise the demons that plague the mind and soul. Born in Lebanon during the civil war, Tatiana Ferahian escaped to Cyprus at the age of 14, where she turned to artistic expression, releasing the conflict and fear borne of her experiences, and discovering that beyond them lay hopes and ideals, aspirations for a brighter future.

Her work is delicate, intricate, and intense. It has been exhibited across Cyprus and as far afield as New York and Beijing. Her formal training took place in both the graphic design and fine art fields, and has resulted in pieces rendered with a technical artistry that delights not only the creative, but also the logical. From war-torn Lebanon, to the galleries of the globe, Tatiana's journey has been a long one, and her works show this forth. Each piece is a pilgrimage on canvas, an invitation to share a little of the artist's path.

Italian artist Raffaele Gerardi views painting as an essential element in his life, sensing it as erotic and mysterious as the wind.  His fascination with human life-especially the role of woman as the mother figure-is paramount. Many of Mr. Gerardi’s works convey the influence of time and his perception of it.  The viewer is left with their own response to the control of gestation, or to a sense of loss from the measurements of time. 

Raffaele Gerardi has exhibited extensively throughout Italy for the last thirteen years, while France, Monte Carlo and Lebanon have also highlighted his works.  Galleries in Chicago, Newport Beach and New York have been welcoming Mr. Gerardi’s paintings since 1996. A non-compromising palette, provocative symbolism and the use of mixed media on paper comprise Raffaele Gerardi’s signature technique.  However, it’s his response to the fullness of life through dramatic levity that radiates outward, assuring that his paintings will never fail to intrigue.

Refined, with a simple and understated grace, the Italian painter Cesare Landini creates lovely classically inspired imagery featuring landscapes, figures, and still-lives. Landini’s talents are particularly showcased in his paintings of villages nestled into picturesque hillsides, composed with effortless strokes and beautiful harmonies of color.

He paints in several stages of abstraction with meticulously painted still-life pictures, figural work inspired by Picasso’s Classical Period, and distinctive landscapes created with loose, playful brushwork. “I was born with pencil in my hand,” he states, and has pursued the figurative arts since early in life. At age twenty, Landini began to truly discover himself as an artist. He studied and grew artistically under the tutelage of an accomplished Italian artist while retaining his personally expressive style. Landini has been recognized for his artistic accomplishments at a variety of competitions including being awarded the Caramuel prize of Vigevano. This was a formative prize that boosted his reputation and led to subsequent exhibitions in Italy and Switzerland. Landini lives and works in Italy.

Angela Policastro uses painting to explore the psychological and social relationships of her subjects. Taking cue from the predecessors she finds most inspiring, including Picasso, Modigliani and Matisse, she depicts iconographic familial figures in isolated moments of repose. In her works Angela Policastro shows a deep consideration of human nature and its psychic underpinnings both formally and conceptually. She focuses on children, depicting both the solitude of youth and the spontaneity of its emotional changes. Her images evoke a universe of visions which seem to emerge from the subconscious of her subjects. She summons the viewer to reflect on notions of the collective memory and the intangibility of the experience of childhood, which are at once fixed in the image and set free for interpretive play.

Angela Policastro was born and currently resides in Torino, Italy. Her work reaches far beyond those boundaries in influence and impact and has been exhibited throughout Italy, and Europe.

The paintings of Anna Maria Zoppis leave an extraordinary footprint in the art world. At ease integrating a representational style with pure abstraction, her work is notable for its remarkably soothing scenes of nature rendered with an illuminating precision. The unifying component in Zoppis’ works is playful, often rhythmic geometric shapes used as a graphic representation of elemental forces or as windows to alternate realities. Zoppis is an adept colorist as well, with her saturated canvases of azure, yellow, or crimson offset by a touch of muted complements. Her love of the natural landscape is rooted in her youthful days growing up just outside of Milan, all the while yearning for the peace and spiritual renewal made possible by unspoiled nature.

Zoppis’ career as a painter became within reach after exhibiting her work in the Brera district, the venerable art center of Milan. Upcoming exhibitions include other venues in Italy, Switzerland, and most recently, New York. Zoppis lives and works in Italy.