The convergence of the potent domains of technology and art is the focus of Pixel Perfect: The Digital Fine Art Exhibition. Pixel Perfect features artists whose innovations have explored the creative potential of this powerful medium. Endless avenues of imagination are traversed as these artists capture images to shape and mold them to their particular taste and artistic vision.
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Stewart Michael Bruce
 
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Stewart Michael Bruce merges painting and photography to create phantasmagoric images that capture the imagination. With the help of masterfully employed technological tools these digital photomontages take on a quality of serving as illustrations for real life. At the same time, with the integration of drawing, watercolors, charcoal, and handmade texts, the works retain "more of a fine art patina than a highly-digitized, glossy sheen". He avoids the use of filters, which make the work look more mechanic—like graphics rather than art. His subjects range from the political (the protest against the Iraq war) to the sentimental (childhood recollections), from cityscapes to deeply personal nostalgia. Bruce's works are consistently organic, seamlessly integrating his training in oil paintings, (digital) print media and batik, always with an eye for the ephemeral. Stewart Michael Bruce studied Art and Design at Great Yarmouth College and Norwich School of Art and Design. His work has been shown across Europe, Asia and the US, and has been published in national and international digital art magazines.
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"Baby Doll"
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Didier Deleidi
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Transparent, luminescent forms float weightlessly through Didier Deleidi's art in a joyous celebration of life. Composed using a computer graphics system and based on fractal mathematics, Deleidi's C-prints on canvas conjure dreams of watery realms or celestial spheres, uniting the microscopic and macroscopic worlds. Brightly colored, Deleidi's images recall fields of newborn stars in far-off galaxies or jellyfish swimming through the dark sea. Others resemble swirling fields of energetic particles or unknown life forms. Although science and the biological world are clear influences on Deleidi's work, his art is also informed by a deep spirituality and interest in the grand questions of life.
Born in 1959 in France, Deleidi feels that his art is not influenced by his French background, and is instead universal in nature. He also seeks to explore the concept of the invisible, and incites viewers to contemplate the idea that all life is connected through light and energy. His artworks are meditations on these intricate interconnections.
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"117- Versus"
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"124- Abyssia"
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JOUANNE
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The dancing compositions of Jouanne’s canvases give the impression of reaching into another world. Organic shapes and bold colors swirl together to create pieces that are appealing to not only the eye but also the imagination. Her style is defined by sharp contrasts in color juxtaposed with the smooth texture of her finishes. Simple yet fundamental Crayola and Dutch oil stick crayons are the inspiration for this series, which is ultimately characterized by its surreal arrangements.
The artist has dedicated a great deal of time to working with children; not only is she a mother but she has also written a collection of bedtime stories. These experiences have had a visible influence on Jouanne’s work, as her canvases contain a sense of vitality reminiscent of a child’s mind. The artist’s work has been featured in a variety of publications, including ARTnews, and she has shown in several California galleries. Jouanne currently resides in Sacremento, California.
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"Majestic"
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"Crimson"
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Kaori Michishita
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Kaori Michishita creates complex works of photography by fusing disparate materials together. Using alternative, analogue, and digital procedures, she unifies highly individualized resources to reflect the intricate nuances of life and personality. Beauty, idiosyncrasy, sensuality, and innocence play their roles in developing alluring characters. Yet it is Michishita's skillful use of camera angles, lighting, and procedure that captures these traits and shows her artistic dexterity. Her photographs are a melding of old styles and new technologies.
Michishita's color photographs are as much explorations of light and space as of color. Vibrant hues jump off the paper, particularly when the subject is backlit or when just one feature of theirs is emphasized with a dynamic shade. Likewise, some subjects overwhelm the size of the paper while others stand out against a vast, blank backdrop. Even when sticking to just black and white or a muted palette, Michishita can create either timeless, sentimental portraits or stunningly provocative studies of form. Kaori Michishita currently resides in Japan.
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"Wishing"
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"Depression"
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J. Coleman Miller
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J. Coleman Miller's giclée prints occupy an ambiguous space between photographic abstraction and highly stylized representation. Certain small components remain so close to recognizable images that they stretch and tease our desire for closure to its breaking point. Miller uses his titles to extenuate this uncertainty: they prescribe a specific reading to each image, a reading that is simultaneously made impossible by the photographs' levels of abstractions.
Miller thereby creates a spirit of free play in which the images are liberated from the confines of linear interpretation, inviting viewers to take part in the production of meaning. Giving into the abstract aspects of the photographs, their strong colors and dynamic distortions convey energy and sensation. Instead of representing a specific place, action or object, they evoke sudden outbursts of emotion, moments of fleeting intensity. This expressive component of Miller's work, however, is never completely stable. Rather than suggesting a final emotional equation, his works lead the viewer into a continuous game of re-imagining. |
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"Peace Pipe "
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"The Fury"
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Pankaj Mistry
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Pankaj Mistry captures the exquisiteness of the otherwise mundane. "For me," he says, "photography will always be about that magical split second when an ordinary moment decides to share an extraordinary secret with anyone who cares deeply enough to see it." Shadows lurk throughout Mistry's photographs, heightening the mystery surrounding the subject matter. They stripe rooms with film-noir-style slits and grow like moss in corners and alleys as if to conceal. Cloaking the photographs in moody darkness, the shadows make the small bursts of light that much more striking. The Indian-based photographer is looking for the "honesty of the moment," and the light, whether natural or phosphorescent, reveals the truth behind the extraordinary secret. Colors break free from the shadows in bright jolts. Greens glow with intrigue like the lighting in artsy music videos, while terracotta grounds the photographs in an earthy feel.
Mistry's subject matters are layered with polarity. Decaying structures speak as much about fragility as they do about strength. Shadows are pregnant with the yearning for light. The stillness of a scene magnifies the voices that are lying hushed in its various corners. The 'obvious' in every image provokes questions about the hidden stories behind it. |
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"Seasons of Past"
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"Village Voices"
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T. Mikey
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Process and inspiration flow together seamlessly in the work of T. Mikey, where complex allegories dwell in distinctive, whimsical realities. Mikey’s imagery is fun, evocative and surreal, every piece is a new step into the unknown. Viewers must proceed through each artwork’s multi-layered symbolism, a luminous pastiche of wildly colorful dreamwork interlaced with celestial themes, religion, pop culture, and world events. Mikey developed a versatile and powerful means to produce his unique brand of art.
Using a patented technique he has dubbed 3DUV, he combines numerous layers of transparent film worked with a secret formulation of paint and an assortment of multi-colored lights, finishing each piece with an elegant, light-box type frame. “It is a hybrid technique of many art forms including but not limited to painting, photography, collage, digital manipulation, large format printing, lighting design, carpentry, and sculpture,” Mikey explains. His technique is a powerful means to increase the sense of depth and dimensionality, while offering stunning effects rarely seen the world of fine art.
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"Alice in Mikeyland"
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Maria Trezzi
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Maria Trezzi creates dreamscapes of her figurative imagination to provoke and inspire the imaginations of her viewers. Her works bring to the forefront our nascent yet instinctive longing for beauty, color and anti-form. Trezzi's large-scale prints on Fine Art Paper capture "the importance of the dream world, the world that everybody has inside." Her process always begins with the textural engagement of creating a collage before being integrated and manipulated with computer-generated illustrative graphic technique. This is a process that hinges on the guidance of her instincts. In turn, it reflects her observations on the intersection of the emotional with the technological in art-making and our world.
As a result, works like "Città Fantastiche", as well as other composite images of urban, suburban and naturalistic landscapes, hope to bring a little serenity, quietness and peace to the people who look at them. Maria Trezzi resides is Carate Brianza, Italy, and has shown her works across Italy and Europe. |
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