Bridging Through Colors

Artist Statement — AZIZA Azizova an Artist,

AzziArt Gallery LA owner, International art dealer.

My art is born from the fusion of intuition, spirit, and soul. Since I began painting in 2019, I have created over 3000 art works—each one a portal into a world of energy, love, and deep connection. I have more than 300 art collectors. Working with acrylic, oil, and mixed media, I move fluidly between figurative, abstract, and three-dimensional expressions, often combining them in a single piece to create movement, texture, and emotional resonance.

Inspired by the universe, nature, music, and the rhythms of life, my creative process is intuitive and often spontaneous. Ideas visit me at unexpected times—through the colors of a sunset, a melody, or the quiet of the night. My work explores themes of the cosmos, human connection, soul energy, and transformation. I often incorporate words, symbols, and planetary elements into my paintings, weaving layers of meaning that invite the viewer to look deeper.

I’ve developed my own unique techniques, including a signature “mosaic movement”, tale&mosaic and 3D textural style that gives form to invisible energies and unseen dimensions. My goal is to awaken the senses—to take people on a journey beyond the surface and into a space of spirit and imagination. You can feel movement, sound, soul, and life in every stroke.

I have been exhibited art collection in Los Angeles, Laguna Beach Gallery, Marina Del Ray, Silver Lake, Switzerland during Art Baseball, Italy at the Biennale and more…

My art collectors from USA and around the world:

New York, Texas, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Pacific Palisades, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Play Vista, Switzerland, Vienna, Germani, London, Australia, Dubai, Italy, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, different part of Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey and more…

but its true home is wherever someone can feel its vibration. Through color, texture, and form, I aim to touch hearts and transport souls—to remind us that we are all connected through the invisible threads of beauty, love, and the infinite universe.

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Aziza Azizova started painting in March 2019. She is a self-taught artist. In that short time, her work has been on display at Marina del Rey, Silver Lake, Forest and Ocean Gallery in Laguna Beach, California, Azzi Art Gallery LA, Florence Biennale, during the Art Basel, Switzerland, Mag Gallery, Switzerland.Currently, her collection of acrylic and oil on canvas painting, has more than 3000 unique artworks, almost half of them have been sold to a private collectors.At this moment she has more than 350 artwork collectors.

She is a board member of The Arts Council of Los Angeles.

She has opened her own International AzziArt Gallery LA in 2021, located at 2370 Westwood Blvd Suite E, Los Angeles, CA 90064.

The Gallery specializes in offering Aziza Azizova’s unique artwork and artworks from International Artists.

Since 2021, Aziza curated more than 300 art exhibitions for International Artists.

The gallery offers different art classes for kids and adults.

Every month the gallery has events and exhibition s for creative people from around the world!

In 2025 she helped 83 exhibitions and events for artists, writers, musicians.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, assistant professor of Russian-Armenian University, Member of the International Foundation of Armenian Artists of the Union of Artists of Estonia, born in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1977 graduated from Yerevan State University, Faculty of Philology. In 2006 defended her thesis at the Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU), the theme:

I was born and raised in a world where reality has always been intertwined with imagination. From an early age, I was drawn to color, form, and mood — to what cannot be easily expressed in words but can be conveyed through line and light. Painting became more than a hobby for me; it became a way to feel, understand, and experience the world around me.

My works are created in a special state — through meditation and deep inner immersion. For me, this is not just a creative process, but a spiritual practice where each piece is наполнено energy, intention, and meaning. I believe that art has the power not only to reflect, but also to transform — to shift one’s state, bring harmony, and create a deep inner resonance for the person who connects with it and lives with it.

In my work, I explore personal experiences, observations, and a subtle sense of beauty in everyday life. I am inspired by the contrast between the external and the internal — between what we show and what remains within. Through art, I try to capture and preserve moments that would otherwise go unnoticed.

My journey as an artist is a continuous process of exploration, growth, and an honest dialogue with myself. Through my work, I share what cannot be hidden — emotions, vulnerability, and inner strength — creating a space for transformation and inspiration.

Fairy tales are often born of human communion with the ways of Nature - it's fractally pattern recurrences within an astounding array of forms challenge the imagination to invent original shapes and to develop stories with context of the natural world. One form suggests another: the leaf-like eye or the tree branch-like progression of veins and cracks. Painting allows psychological exploration – the reactions colors elicit, the experimentation the process affords, the communion of psyche with eyes, hands, paint, and brush.

Sara Benowitz is inspired by nature, psychology, and repurposing. Sara's art often centers on themes merging humans with nature, aligning her art with themes native to the FairyTale Club. A member of the Philadelphia Dumpster Divers artist collective, Sara often incorporates repurposed and natural objects to her work. She also practices as a psychotherapist for marginalized and vulnerable Los Angeles community members.

My art is an expression of the life I see around me. I utilize color and stroke to bring forth an emotion from my paintings. Acrylic and watercolor are my main mediums as I love the challenge of the quick drying paint. Much of my art comes from pictures that I take with my cell phone while walking around Pasadena. The other pieces I create spring forth from my imagination.

Theresa Brekan has been an artist for most of her life. Growing up in Van Nuys, CA, her passion began during elementary school where her paintings and drawings received numerous awards. During high school she moved to Tempe, Arizona, where she painted large scale cotton and linen backdrops for Alleluia Ballet, as well as scenic work for her school theater productions. She displayed artwork at the Arizona State Fair, Tempe Sister Cities, the Alwun House "Swirling Daze" and other local shows. Her education as a Fine Art Major at the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas, with a focus on painting. Taking time to see the world, Theresa traveled to Prague, where she spent time sketching, painting, and sight- seeing. Theresa returned to Arizona, and while raising a family, developed her skills in graphic art and layout design. She volunteered at Camp Gan Israel East Valley summer camp teaching and developing the weekly art program for five years. She moved to Pasadena, CA where she continues to pursue her love of art. She works as a free lance graphic and layout design artist, paints as a scenic for the film industry, and published several children's books illustrations. Theresa loves making time outside of the studio to experience nature, drink coffee, and take walks along the beach with her husband, Ralph, and their five children.

Highly influenced by artists like Hopper, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Diebenkorn, I paints multicultural urban Los Angeles with all its contradictions and poetry.

I am trying to blend my classical European artistic background with contemporary conceptual approach. In the LA urban environment I am looking for and finding manifestations of eternal human values, such as love, faith, longing, and the strife for a better life. I try to see real people and their life through the facades of the buildings depicted with much love and connection.

Born in Moscow , Russia /f. USSR/

Moscow's Art School at Kropotkin St.

MA graphic design from Stroganovskaya School of Art and Design, Moscow.

Graphic Design Workshop Artist Union USSR

Group Show at Bienalle/ Chekhoslovakia, Praga

1989- Came to USA, Los Angeles

1990-2009 Decorative painted furniture and murals

2008-1st Solo show TALK TO ME LA1 Modern Art Gallery

2010-2nd Solo show TALK TO ME LA 2 at Modern Art gallery

2012 Group show at Santa Monica Art Studios

2013 Group show "Seen and Unseen"Downtown LA

Phantom Gallery

curator and artist

2013 Group show "Oneness"Phantom Gallery

2015 Group show at Civitella d'Agliano

2015 Group show at Nuremberg ,Germany

2016 Solo show at Lark Gallery Hawthorne

and curator for CALIFORNIA show

I am a professional scientist, but my genetic makeup always pushed me to the artistic world. I preferred company of artists to the company of peers, which even manifested in my choice of spouses. So, being immersed in the artistic world all my life, I finally realized I needed to let my personal artistic juices out. And allow visceral part of me to kick in and get out.

As a scientist, I thought it will be a good idea to find a balance between cognitive and visceral sides. Hence, I decided to use opto-electronic approach to create images never existed before. But building blocks for creating these novel images are everyday very familiar objects. The closest definition for the final images will be ‘digital still-video’. The reason for that is that either the object involved in the creation of image is moving, or the imaging device, or both.

When creating an image, I seek, by transformation, to reveal in objects of everyday life what they can be, or manifest, given they are brought in motion, which is not particularly pertinent to their nature. So, it’s the opposite of what I try to do as a scientist, where molecular motion at nanoscopic level is translated into steady-state observations with opto-electronic devices.

I hope the approach to creating my images results in new and unexpected visual creations enriching viewers with new emotions and thoughts.

My life is a cascade of transitions, transformations, and quite unobvious and unpredictable revelations regarding what I was, am, and/or potentially can be. There are several examples of that throughout my lifespan. The pertinent one is that I started my adult life as a Ph.D. in Biophysics and may retire as an ‘artist’. The start happened in Russia, and retirement will, hopefully, happen in the US.

The first Picture I drew in 2003 after declaring bankruptcy of my “Russian Bookseller Outlet” Store. The Panorama of memory of St. Petersburg was drawn from complete memory! I had been left unemployed for more than a year and took to art which shocked all my relatives and my household. From sheer memory and using simple paper and colored pencils without mistake or an eraser, I depicted a panorama of the Hermitage and parts of St. Petersburg depicting the whole history of my hectic life surrounding those places. Later I found in an album of a book a photograph that accurately conveys my memory. In the picture are six episodes; from how my mother and father brought me to the Hermitage for the first time, to how I brought all my wives and children there.

When a friend Igor Tyulpanov, looked through my entire website and albums of my art he told me “I was an unsurpassed master of writing with painter with colored pencils.” I was convinced of his words after looking upon what I had painted, the first picture in my life. I began to write a book about my life and continued to draw on the four sheets of plain writing paper with colored pencils the "Panorama of memory of St. Petersburg, the Palace and Vasilevskiy Island.”

My friends and family had thought I went crazy but really two events pushed me to create this work, rather two stories. During the 1937 election when my parents met, (where my father was the Chairman of the Electoral Commission from Minsk and my mother, an active member of the Komsomol, was a member of this election commission in the factory in Belarusia). Two weeks later, dad came to mom's parents and asked for her hand in marriage. They immediately though a wedding which my mother was not present, ( she was to ashamed to ask for three days off). The second inspiration for creating this "masterpiece" was a copy from the pictures by Grisha Bruskin "All People came on Elections”. By seeing this picture I began to formulate the plot and continue expanding on my art. When this "masterpiece" was completed, I found in the remains of the last few books from my crushed store the Album "History of the Construction of the Hermitage" to which my surprise so accurately portrayed my art drawn from memory.

At the retired age of 69 and a half, during my time visiting my daughter and grandchildren in New Hampshire I started drawing my next piece. While they slept upstairs, I began to draw again from memory and looking onto the view outside. At the age of 69.5, retired, took up a brush and a pencil, and created it in almost a year my next 25 pieces!

Eduard Klebanov was born on January 25, 1949 in the City of Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad. He was a graduate of the Leningrad Electrical Communications Engineering Institute named after professor M.A.Bonch-Bruevich. Klebanov’s only exposure to art at the time was taking the class ‘Basics of Art Design & Radio for Electronic Equipment’ with the focus on ‘The Basic Principal of Art Constructivism and the Principal of Art Design Radio-Electronic Apparatus (Graduate Department of the Institute of Technical Aesthetics). He graduated from the institute and as his final work wrote a paper on “Magnetic-Record Block of First Class” which was given an academic score of ‘Excellency’ He attended a lecture course on the Theory of Art History at the Herzen Pedagogical Institute at the Department of Art Graphics and Painting under the guidance of the prominent historian of the theory of Arts Michael U. German. On August 19th, 1992 Eduard moved to Boston and from October 1996- February 2001 he owned a Russian Bookstore and Art Gallery. From February 2010 to March 2018 he was the owner of a photo souvenir art kiosk at the Arsenal Mall in Watertown Massachusetts where he took pictures and edited them to be placed on souvenirs for the shoppers of the mall. He began drawing the view from his window, then the interior of his apartment; “Mishin Park” in acrylic, oil and watercolors. Viewing the world like a frog 365 degrees. The scenes from his head his thoughts and feelings of the world replicated in his art. Works like, “Boston College inverted perspective, Halloween in Brookline” a lot of people drawn strange projections of homes not quite where they belong. In February 2019, he went to NY, climbed to the 102nd floor of the Freedom Tower and the new saw the underground Museum. The idea to draw his autobiography through geography to depict his life in the USA through a NY lens. “Panorama of Remembrance 2”, will be forward # 26 - “Panorama of Remembrance 3, Boston and I” all art drawn 3 in a row! There was no such are depicted like this in the history of painting. The closest was Small Dutch, Flemish, Matisse and Van Gogh. Eduard says “I have a lot of things in small spaces with a lot of them in the interior”. From there, this Still Life Collection of the Interior was my muse. Since July 2018 there are 25 total paintings which has absorbed life at the age of 70.

“EliZe” da Jose – Artist Statement

I understand art as a way of emotionally experiencing reality and a universal language of

communication.

Without conscious e?ort and thought, I try to fill my paintings with expressions strong

enough to let the spectator feel the energy put in the depth of the canvas, transforming the

perception of picture into his own art act.

Most recently, I find myself inspired to focus on developing and exploring the connection

between iconography and abstraction in light of Cosmism philosophy. The inspiration of

this uniquely blended style came about as briefly explained in the following.

I believe that abstract painting was and still is an artist’s attempt at capturing and

expressing Plato's world of ideas which is invisible to the earthly eyes. Then, at the

beginning of the 20th century came the avant-gardism of Filonov and Malevich which was a

rebellion against physicality, materialism and petty-bourgeois consumption.

Iconography takes its roots from the symbiosis of antique vivid imagery and spiritual

practices of Ancient Egypt. From ancient times to the present day, man has never stopped

asking himself questions about who he is and what his true role in this world is.

My newfound unique style of blending iconography and abstract painting is somehow an

endeavour to continue humanity’s perennial e?ort and desire to capture and express the

depth of the invisible world via visible materials, to have a glimpse of the heavenly realm via

earthly instruments, akin to Plato and Malevich’s line of thinking.

In my work, I try to find an image of the elusive other shore - where every soul aspires to go -

and trying to find artful means to communicate what is di?icult to express in words.

ELIZAVETA DAJOSE (Artist Name: Elize)

Elize daJose is a professional artist, sculptor, iconographer and illustrator.

Her artworks primarily consist of a unique blend of abstract art and icon painting, experimenting with various materials, although her favorite media remain acrylic painting and ceramics.

Born in Moscow, Russia, her life as an artist started at a very young age. One day on a snowy street in her hometown, she bought Kazimir Malevich’s book from a peddler which turned her consciousness upside down and defined her entire life path.

From 1996 to 2000, she religiously undertook painting, sculpture, and graphics in various workshops of Moscow artists.

Since 2001, she has been working in the creative workshops of the Babushkinsky Sculpture Combine and in 2002, she became a member of the Moscow Union of Artists, sculpture section.

From 2002 to 2010, she actively participated in group exhibitions at the Central House of Artists, Gallery on Kuznetsky Most, Darwin Museum, and Timiryazev Museum.

In 2010, she participated in the Annual Art Juried Competition in Los Angeles, CA, and became a laureate.

In 2011, she took part in the collective exhibition "Woman Day Art Exhibits" at the Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA, and in 2012 she had a solo exhibition "Three Artists" at Liz Loft Gallery, LA, CA.

In 2016, Elize moved to California and actively participated in collective exhibitions, including the "Summer Exhibit" at Bergamot Station Art Center in Santa Monica (2016), "Brain Art Event" at Lark Gallery/The Chiari Project in West Hollywood (2017), and "The Art of Transformation" at Brick & Mortar Loiter Galleries in Long Beach (2023), among many others.

In 2025, Elize was awarded the Silver Medal at the New York International Art Juried Competition, "The Light from the Other Shore."

In 2026, an essay featuring Elize's creativity and spiritual development was published in the book "Revelations of the Artist - Deep Calls to Deep", curated by ArtServe International.

Elize is an active member of the Los Angeles Art Association and Riverside Community Arts Association. She is currently represented by Lark Gallery in West Hollywood and Literary Engineers, LLC in Benicia, CA.

I embarked on my journey as an artist just a few years ago, initially experimenting with colored pencil sketches. As my artistic exploration evolved, I delved into the realm of digital manipulation, utilizing graphic software to transform my creations in diverse ways. However, it was my collaboration with AI that truly ignited a new chapter in my artistic development. Working alongside artificial intelligence infused my creative process with fresh inspiration and boundless possibilities. With each artwork, I strive to evoke emotion and resonance, hoping that my pieces will resonate with your hearts and find their rightful place in your lives.

Was born in Moscow, have been living in Los Angeles since 1992.

I believe the most important quality of painting is capturing the light.Watercolor is my chosen medium because it gives me the ability to show light and shadows using the transparency of this magic medium.I especially enjoy illustrating objects and scenes that are,in real life,very hard and contrary to the softness of watercolor.

Born in St.Petersburg,Russia.Roman was was accepted into the St.Petersburg School of Art based upon his impressive talents as a novice sculptor.In the 1970's left the Soviet Union,and came to US.It wasn't until many years later and half the worlds distance away that Roman would return to the Art community.One day about 10 years ago,my friend suggested I try taking up my Art again.At first,even the thought of it was unimaginable.But eventually he did try his hand at watercolor,finding those long lost feelings of passion for Art returning,despite a break of nearly 50 years.Roman has won many competitions:his work was published in The Artist's magazine January/February 2011 and Watercolor Artist Magazine February 2011.His work was accepted at American Watercolor Society 151 st. International Exhibition -2018

These works are done for the fairytale club .

I have been an artist since hand painting clothes in the 1990s which led me to designing prints for fabric in the fashion industry for over 30 years. Today I am retired and spend my time painting landscapes, portraits, and other forms of expression.

I make art

to communicate

what I cannot communicate with words;

what I need to say

about what's going on in the world around us;

what I cannot fix;

what I wish I could make different

with my paint and clay

or metal and wood;

I work very hard at it -

always with my hands,

smearing, scraping, sanding -

until the experience becomes intimately personal;

communication is at the heart of every creation,

wedded to a humanistic concern;

I yearn with passion to make sense of it all;

fulfillment comes

only after I am personally satisfied

with having known, experienced and conveyed -

or at least tried to convey,

an ongoing, meaningful conversation;

a conversation that has found its way in the work itself;

a conversation that may potentially transpire

a continuance of the same with each viewer -

long after the paint has dried.

Julienne Johnson is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice includes drawing, painting, sculpture, and assemblage. She has been engaged professionally in a variety of other creative disciplines, most notably songwriting, with both Grammy and Dove Award nominations to her credit. Her latest music was released in Oslo, Norway, April 2019 for award winning producer, Knut Asphol. Her poetry has been published in the United States, and the UK. Despite her success in these areas, Johnson's most profound connection is with the visual arts – her strongest, most direct form of communication.

She trained classically as a fine arts major at Taylor University, Indiana and continued painting representationally for the next ten years doing commissions, while exhibiting minimally. Much later, after re-settling in Los Angeles, Johnson returned to studying art briefly at Otis College of Art & Design in 2005, transferring to Art Center College of Design in 2006 where she custom coordinated a Master’s-level type program and was mentored by the late Franklyn Liegel.

Since 2010, Johnson has been honored with 5 solo exhibitions across the United States, including a solo museum show at the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Art; her sculpture and paintings have been included in numerous museum shows around the world, including: Armenia, Japan, China, Qatar, Italy and Thailand. Her work can be found in 7 Museum Permanent Collections internationally and can be viewed on permanent exhibition at the Arab American National Museum in Michigan, and several museums in Italy and Thailand. Residencies include: China, Italy, Japan, Thailand and Mexico.

Her work can be found in private and corporate collections across the globe. She resides in Southern California.

Where are we going?

Aside from the obvious depiction of roads leading nowhere, broken road signs, explosions and fallen trees these paintings are questioning how we, as society, are dealing with our contemporary challenges. We are witnessing wars, civil unrest, polarization of society, growing cynicism, deterioration of moral values and ecological problems.

Roads lay in ruins, great cities civilizations proudly erected are deteriorating, people prefer escapism to engagement in active life, and nature rebels against human abuses. Do we acknowledge the problems? What are we doing about them? Or are we just ignoring the problems and waiting for chaos to swallow us?

The planet lost its way and spins by pure inertia. There is no clear goal or purpose. Where are we going?

My work is shaped by the tension between catastrophe and continuity—between the moments when the world seems to fracture and the deeper forces that endure beyond every crisis. I am drawn to the emotional space where fear, uncertainty, and resilience intersect.

We live in a time when upheaval feels constant. Wars, social division, ecological decline, and the erosion of shared values can make it seem as though we are losing our way. Yet even in the midst of this turbulence, there are elements of the world that remain steady. Nature, in its vastness and indifference, offers a kind of reassurance that human events cannot erase.

This duality forms the foundation of my practice.

One body of work focuses on moments of rupture—real or imagined—set within ordinary landscapes: a road, a stand of trees, the edge of the ocean. These scenes are familiar, yet something has gone terribly wrong. Trees fall, structures break, distant explosions stain the horizon. Through dynamic brushwork, collaged textures, and deliberately unbalanced compositions, I explore the immediacy of fear and the fragility of the everyday.

The companion series turns toward what survives. In four large-scale triptychs, I depict water, trees, mountains, and sky as elemental presences that have outlasted countless human crises. These works are slower, more deliberate, and more monumental. They reflect my belief that nature holds a kind of quiet eternity—one that persists long after our catastrophes fade.

By placing these two modes of painting in conversation, I seek to examine how we respond to instability and what we choose to hold onto. My work asks viewers to consider not only the disasters that shape our lives, but also the enduring forces that ground us, reassure us, and remind us of our place within a much larger continuum.

Elena Kalman is a painter, a creator of public art, and an architect, whose work has been exhibited in numerous museums and galleries throughout the United States, including:

The Museum of Russian Art, Minneapolis, MN

New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT

National Aquarium, Baltimore MD

Van Cortland Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, NY

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA

Bijou Box, Bridgeport, CT

Kalman’s work is included in the following permanent collections:

William Benton Museum of Art UConn, Storrs, CT

Iona College, New Rochelle, NY

Jewish Center of Ridgefield, CT

Carnegie Management, New York, NY

Chabad Center of Somerset County, NJ

Kalman received her Master of Architecture degree from the Moscow Architecture Institute and Fine Art degree from Kiev Art Institute. She immigrated to the United States in 1979. She is a principal of a Connecticut-based, design-oriented architectural firm, which she founded in 1988. Her commissioned sculptures and paintings became integral parts of several buildings she designed located in New your City and Connecticut.

Her series of 30 paintings “Timeline” illustrating Jewish history through the ages, ceramic relief “Jerusalem” and outdoor sculptures: “Flame” and “Holocaust and Rebirth” are commissioned by The Chabad Center of Somerset County, NJ. These are integrated into a religious building designed by Elena Kalman, AIA

All my art except the heart series and those with ink and paint are made with recycled materials, Old calendars, wallpaper books, posters, leaves I have picked up and pressed, and many other found objects.

I have been an artist all my life. Writing books or poetry or doing some form of visual art from watercolors to Japanese Ink painting called sumie, to my real love of Mixed Media, new love acrylics. As a prolific writer, world teacher, and visual artist I have written 5 popular books including A Slice of the Beloved: Connection for Relationships, The Moon She Rocks You: Revealing the Secrets of Women's Inner Emotions, The 13th Month: How to Get an Extra 29 Days Each Year, Empower Your Essence, and the Art of Energy. I also developed an online academy called Empowered Energy Academy to support people on their Empowerment Journey.

I have created several series: from my Heart series to The We Be Me series, to Sacred Art, and Sacred Feminine, to Ink drawings with pecan branches. I have enjoyed them all yet this time of lockdown found me pouring out multiple pieces every week. I look forward to sharing them with you.

Leader of the International Bunker Art group, Kiki is constantly mastering his abstract expressionist techniques.

His art works are on display in the state museums in Germany, Armenia, Estonia, Kazakhstan and constitute an important part of the Nancy and Norton Dodge collection of the Zimmerly Art Museum in New Jersey.

Yelena says: " The root of my creativity stems from a desire to live a long life free from unhappiness, awe before the awesome beauty of the natural world and the desire to include this beauty within my own life and say to others "I see it this way!"

Born in Kiev, Ukraine. She acquired a dual Master's Degree in Geophysics and Computer Science. Yelena Kimelblat is self-taught American-Ukranian artist. Yelena Kimelblat started to paint in 2008 and art became a means for Yelena to share with others her vision of life.

Yelena's paintings belong to absolutely new genre... This genre is very much understood by the people who are absolutely new in the world of visual art. Yelena has the uncanny ability to see the unexpected side of the plain and the ordinary. One cannot arrive at this place with reason and logic. Her metaphoric thinking leads her to decisions that are so far from ordinary human associations that it amazes me beyond words, one who has seen everything within my long life of creativity. That which Yelena is doing doesn't fit within the understanding of artistic movements and schools of thought. She does not belong to any movement. She is on her own. She gives birth to her art pieces somehow naturally, and they naturally communicate to us that which belongs only to her: her visions of things and happenings - her inner world. This perspective finds a connection with the people who view Yelena's paintings. I think this is happening because the joy of being with which Yelena lives and works is being conveyed to people. "

“Our life is a canvas. It's our choice to color it monochromatic, or use the full spectrum to paint our horizons each day in desirable shades.” Galina Krash

I was born in Russia.

Attended Art College and specialized in Miniature paintings.

I earned a Master degree as a Fine Art teacher at Pedagogical University of Ufa, Baskortostan.

2004 moved to USA, LA.

Worked as an Art teacher for 22 years in a private School.

2023 group show at National Museum, Ufa.

2024 group show at Takeda, Thousand Oaks, CA

2025 group show at Tulkin Museum, UFA.

2026 International Woman's Day at Plummer Park, LA.

2026 Santa Barbara International Orchid Show.

Former Member of National Watercolor Society.

Being interested in perception, consciousness and endless possibilities of creativity for most of my life I’ve been working in different mediums as Watercolor, Oil, Soft Pastel, Colored Pencils, Mix Media.

The artworks are held in a private collections of Germany, Spain, Russia and United States.

Selected Museums and exhibits

• The National Art Museum of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

• The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, r/s division, Philadelphia, USA

• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, r/s division, Los Angeles, CA, USA

• Smithsonian Institute, outside artists, collection Dan Prince, Washington D.C, USA

• Tolerance Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

• UCLA Hillel, Los Angeles, CA 2015

• San Diego Museum of Living Artists, San Diego, CA, USA, 2014

• Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA

• Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MI, Watercolor USA, Merritt Award 2001, 2005

• Carnegie Art Museum, California, USA – Art News Award 2001

• Museum Center RSHU , Museum of Tsvetaeva, Moscow, Russia

• Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA – American Art in Miniature 2007

• Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Columbus, GA, USA

• San Diego Museum of Art, Fine Art Festival 2

• MOMA, NY, NY, USA – radio / internet production with WPSI, with Elle Attlee 2005

• Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA, USA, Art auction, 2004

• Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts, Plantation, Florida, USA - personal show 2003

• S-MOVA, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Santa Rosa, CA, USA 2002

• Lancaster Museum of Fine Art, PA, USA

• San Bernardino County Museum, CA, USA

• Roswell Museum, New Mexico, USA

• Rio Honda Museum, Whittier, California, USA – personal show

• Coachella Valley Museum, California, USA - personal show 2000

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Ann Krasner, born in 1967 in USSR, immigrates to USA as a political refugee in 1988 with her husband Paul. Settled in Malibu, with 3 talented children and her husband, Ann created a distinctive instantly recognizable style in art. More than 6000 pieces of original oil paintings, sculptures, bronze, ceramic and mixed media are in private and public collections. Ann’s work had achieved worldwide recognition with numerous exhibitions around the world.

My art name is Lark - the bird that lingers between the earth and the sky. We artists do it at the moment of inspiration and meditation. That's how I create my art. I meditate and start with the spontaneous movements of my instruments; usually it is not a brush. A brush makes me think. My instruments are usually just pieces of cardboard. I also paint on any surface – canvas, board, plexiglass, glass, wood, etc – and I love to experiment and see what happens. My best creations take place in a state of no mind.

Although I begin the way abstract expressionists do and use some sumi-e techniques, eventually most of my creation starts shaping as abstract or impressionistic landscapes as ocean, sky, trees, flowers and mountain views start appearing from the formless. Nature is my source of inspiration, but instead of landscape details I channel nature's moods, the feeling of being one with nature, and swimming in its atmospheric light.

Light is what drives me to continue working. My mission is always to bring more light to people around me with my art, poetry and meditations. I know that viewers feel joy, peace and harmony when they look at my work, enter and settle inside it because it heals their emotional wounds and it makes me happy. Being an artist is an opportunity to express the fountain of my creative energy and at the same time serve people's needs in beauty that will heal the world.

When people perceive the light, the high and playful energy that my paintings emanate, they start feeling they are back in the fairy-tale world of their childhood, when their soul was open to transformations and miracles, and they feel like Alice in her enchanting wonderland.

From the beginning of her art career, Lark’s art caught the attention of art lovers and gained recognition from art jurors including LA Weekly critic Peter Frank, Santa Monica Museum Art Director Lisa Melandri and MOCA curator Alma Ruiz.

Fusing classical and contemporary art traditions, Lark's award-winning artworks carry her signature gestural brushstrokes and vibrant color palettes. They have been featured in the many prestigious exhibitions, art catalogs and sold globally in France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Russia, Armenia, Canada, Sweden and many other countries. In 2021 - 2025 Lark's art was exhibited in the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art and the Shiba City Museum of Art In Japan where Lark got two Gold Awards in the group shows.

Mikaella Mikaelian is an artist, dancer, and fashion jewelry designer. Born in Yerevan, Armenia, she trained at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg.

After moving to the United States in 1994, she continued her career as a dancer, choreographer, and cultural organizer. In 2006, she began creating custom fashion jewelry.

From 2010 to 2012, she was invited to Moscow to join the Estet Jewelry House as a fashion jewelry designer, where she led the development of a high-end line of one-of-a-kind handcrafted fashion jewelry.

Since 2020, Mikaella has focused on painting, working in mixed media. In 2025, she held a solo exhibition featuring her paintings and original handcrafted fashion jewelry. She has participated in exhibitions including the 2023 and 2024 Art Expo in Yerevan, the international World Art and Craft Exhibition in 2025, and a 2026 exhibition with the Glendale Art Association, among other exhibitions.

Her work is defined by rich textures and vibrant color, exploring movement, balance, and emotional

My name is Alevtina and I live in Los Angeles. I am a self-taught artist; my career as an artist began in 2020. I work in a variety of styles and with a variety of materials. I enjoy discovering new things during the creative process. My work has found homes in the United States and England.

People do not exist in a vacuum; they are the product of their culture, society, and history. Although the sense of separation may seem tangible, every action, thought, and belief is shaped by the environment around us and our interactions with others. My works expose the invisible threads that make up the fabric of our human experience. They bring to life the signs and symbols of the past, which captivate the imagination and encourage self-reflection.

Born in 1989 year in Krasnodar. Graduated the Kuban State University. Participated in international and national exhibitions: Los-Angeles, New-York, London, Istanbul, Moscow, Krasnodar.

Liudmyla Rybenchuk is a Ukrainian painter and iconographer born in Kyiv in 1973. I graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (Department of Monumental Painting) and have been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine since 2012.

My professional career includes multiple exhibitions at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine (2008–2019) and various international projects. My paintings and icons are held in private collections of diplomats and cultural figures worldwide. Currently based in Los Angeles since 2024, I have showcased my work at AZIA Art Gallery and Plummer Park (West Hollywood). I specialize in a signature style that merges complex composition with the vibrant expression of pure colors.

I am Mykola Rybenchuk, an Honored Art Worker of Ukraine, a master of sacred art, and a painter. Throughout my career, I have developed my own signature painting style, which is a unique synthesis of Byzantine canonical traditions and the authentic cultural heritage of the Hutsul region. My technique bridges the spiritual depth of traditional iconography with the expressive freedom of contemporary painting.

1999-Founding art4art fine art studio- Glendale, CA

1990- Member of professional artist of U.N.E.S.C.O

1985-MEMBER OFUNION OF ARTIST OF U.S.S.R

1983-Graduated the institute of ART & Theater-Yerevan,Armenia

1976-Graduated the Terlemezian Art Collage-Yerevan,Armenia

My work is a visual dialogue between the discarded and the resilient. I find beauty in "fragments"—crushed metal, torn envelopes, weathered stamps, and forgotten notes—transforming these remnants of urban life into harmonious compositions.

In the series submitted for "Bridging Through Colors," I use mixed-media assemblage as a metaphor for healing. Just as a crumpled piece of paper or a discarded object can be integrated into a new, balanced whole, our fragmented experiences and diverse backgrounds can find unity through the universal language of art.Each piece serves as a "bridge": between the industrial and the organic, the personal and the collective, the chaotic and the serene. My process involves layering textures and colors to create a space for quiet reflection. By giving a second life to materials that have been cast aside, I invite the viewer to see the possibility of rebirth and transformation in the world around us.

Tatiana Savchenko is a Los Angeles-based mixed-media artist whose practice explores the intersection of urban materiality, personal memory, and emotional resilience. Her work is characterized by a "visual dialogue" between found objects—such as industrial remnants, vintage correspondence, and discarded fragments—and expressive layers of acrylic and watercolor.In 2026, Savchenko’s presence in the Southern California art scene was highlighted by several key exhibitions. She was featured in the "March/Forward" showcase at Shoebox Projects within the Brewery Arts Complex and participated in the StARTup Art Fair at Venice Beach. Her collaborative artist book, LA: Two Voices, One City, created in partnership with Gregory Desgouttes, exemplifies her commitment to exploring unity and connection through shared creative narratives.By transforming everyday debris into layered, atmospheric compositions, Savchenko invites viewers to find tranquility and "healing" within the chaotic textures of modern life. Her work serves as a bridge between the mundane and the spiritual, aligning perfectly with the global call for empathy and connection through the universal language of art.

Jane Serebrenikov’s narrative graphical art works reflect her deeply lyrical and uniquely poetical vision. All her life she is interested in visual art and, grown up on fairy tales, combines magic, vivid imagination and sense of humor in her art works. She also inspired by the arts of Mark Chagall and Reno Magritte.

Jane is started etching 5 years ego and has been taken part of several exhibitions. She sold her arts nationally and internationally. She makes aquatint etchings. This is where the plate is immersed in acid and the lines and tones achieved when the acid “bites” the areas which have not been masked. Than color applied manually and print on printmaking press. Each print is unique.

Jane was born in Moscow, Russia and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1995 with her family. She graduated college as a graphic designer, holds AA degree and contentious working in printmaking studio.

The joy of painting and the pursuit of creative vision are at the core of my artistic practice.

Since early childhood, making art has been inseparable from a sense of wonder—an experience of connecting to something greater than myself. I have long been drawn to the mysterious ways in which art comes into being, as if it possesses a life of its own, capable of guiding both the creator and the viewer. In this process, art has the power to engage, mesmerize, and even transform.

Like Wassily Kandinsky, I believe that art can generate a spiritual and healing atmosphere. Whether consciously or intuitively, the artist may access a higher source, allowing the work to emerge as an expression of inner necessity. Kandinsky described art as a manifestation of the soul, suggesting that “everything which adequately expresses the inner need is beautiful.” This idea continues to resonate deeply within my own practice.

My background as an art historian has further shaped this perspective. Across cultures and historical periods, art has often been linked to ritual, transformation, and shifts in perception—experiences that move beyond the material and temporal toward the infinite and eternal. Ancient philosophical traditions recognized art as a means of transcending ordinary reality, a concept that continues to inform my work.

As an artist, I see the act of creation as sharing affinities with mysticism and the idea of “traveling between worlds.” In this sense, art becomes not only a form of expression but also a process of discovery and connection. It serves as a vital and generative force—one that supports both spiritual exploration and personal well-being.

Tatiana Sizonenko, PhD, is an art historian and a beginner painter. Originally born in Ukraine, educated in St. Petersburg, Russia, and in San Diego, CA, Tatiana currently resides in San Diego. Tatiana teaches history of art at CSUSM, Design Institute of San Diego, and UCSD.

To make art and see it being born from my own hands fulfills one of my

greatest dreams.

I like the moment when a new creation is not yet mine, not yet in my

imagination - but already is tickling my subconscious.

Working with paints, knowing their elasticity, and exploring new

textures and color shades allows me to move them on the canvas

spontaneously.

But it only seems so. In reality it happens under the guidance of my

soul.

It is my soul that expresses itself on canvas, showing its flights and

falls, joys and sadness, and then gives birth to an image. My hands only

choose and move colors around, before the appearance of a new image

gives rise to new fantasies.

When a fantasy desires to continue over a series of my art, the process

gives birth to imaginary realities which emerge from the depth of my soul

and cry out to find release on the canvas. Only then can my hands

themselves put down the paints and hang alongside my body. Fatigue and

relief cover me with a light veil. Nothing more needs to be corrected

and completed.

My soul enjoys the liberation of previously collected feelings and

impressions of life whose meaning was unclear to me but which I can now

express. Also what my paintings let me express on canvas is a joyful light shining

from the soul. It is the wonderful space of creation.

Tatiana Yartseva is a Siberian and moved to California in 2024. She is an artist and interior design and lives and works between the city of Omsk and Los Angeles, where she received her formal art education and immersed herself in the local art scene, working at the Lark Gallery. In addition to solo shows, the artist is an active participant in international projects such as "Peaceful Freedom" (2018), "Evolve. Women. Wisdom." (2019), and "Homage to Russian Avant-Garde" (2019) in the USA, "Seeking inner Joy(2002) in Russia", "The Temple of the Dreams"(2025) in Italy, "LAOpen" (2026) in the USA. Visionary Art Show Artsper Award. Since 2025 showing her art work at Artsy platform.

Participated in Digital Art Exhibition organized by Art Screen TV in the Biennale, Florence, Italy in 2025.

Her works have been featured in the American art publication Art & Beyond, Artistinish, and are held in private collections.

My paintings come out as attempts to "translate" from ideograms and fantastic hieroglyphs that I see in the patterns of nature, most often in the tree bark.

It is like listening to a song in an unknown language. Everyone will have their own guess of what the words might say, but the main theme of the song will be recognized.I am so thrilled by the moments of gazing into the patterns of nature when intuition gives a glimpse from the world of archetypes. I think that trees are books and libraries that can be read, perhaps as well as any thing around if we attune to it…

My paintings are sort of "snapshots" from the process of reading the Book of Nature by the mind;these "snapshots" are somewhere in between the imagery and the language.The mind projects meanings onto the shapes and lines, but they are being reflected back, startling and puzzling… there is always a sensation of a mirror dialog, of having been "read" yourself by the Book of Nature...

born in Baku, Azerbajan, lived in Moscow since 16 years old, moved to L.A. in 1992;

M.F.A. in Film &Tv( Animation major) from UCLA;

involved in painting, writing and illustrating, cartooning, mixed media, paper theatre, small size dioramas

Artist Statement

My practice explores the body as a site of memory rather than representation.

Working with gesture, texture, and erasure, I focus on what remains after movement has passed — the trace rather than the form. The image is not constructed, but reduced, often dissolved to the point where presence becomes uncertain.

This process reflects a personal history in which expression was once internal, unspoken. What was held in silence now emerges through minimal action — a mark, a removal, a residue.

I am interested in the tension between appearance and disappearance, where the emotional weight of the work exists not in what is shown, but in what resists being fully seen.

I was born and raised in Baku, Azerbaijan, where early exposure to culture and contradiction shaped my perception of beauty, restraint, and inner tension.

My artistic practice emerged later in life, after years in which creative expression remained internal rather than visible. What was once held in silence now unfolds through gesture, material, and absence.

I work with the body not as a figure, but as a trace — a memory of movement rather than its representation. My paintings explore the space between presence and disappearance, where emotion is not illustrated but felt.

Each work is part of an ongoing inquiry into identity, time, and transformation — where what remains is often more important than what is shown.

My current work, informed by sacred geometry, explores synchronicities, interconnections, aggregation, and relationships. This body of work is primarily painted with gouache, graphite and colored pencil. Previous works have been painted in oil paint and mixed media, including collage and re-purposed objects such as switch plates and screws. Installations have also included lights, projection and sound.

Laurie Yehia is a visual artist based in Los Angeles. Her award-winning artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in private and public collections. She studied painting, drawing, photography an printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stanford University, Wesleyan University (Connecticut), the School of Visual Arts (New York) and the Tom Wudl Studio (Los Angeles Arts District.) Her artwork is also informed by her legal practice and philosophies underlying her work with Quantum Leadership Solutions. A founding co-chair of StudioEleven Artists in 2014, she continues to exhibit with the group and co-curated its exhibits in its formative years. Since 2018, she has served as an adjudicator for the annual Santa Monica-Malibu USD’s Districtwide Visual Arts Competition. Yehia served as a Santa Monica Arts Commissioner 2016-2025, as Vice Chair 2023-25, Chair of its Public Art Committee 2019-23, member of its Media Arts Committee 2020-2025 and member of its Bergamot Ad Hoc Committee 2016-2024.

These painterly collage pieces are a continuation of my Beach Rock painting series. I was initially inspired by rocks on a deserted beach. Submerged in water, they reminded me of strange creatures pulsating with spirits, and inspired me to reimagine them on my canvas.

The idea behind my collages was to bring out the mysteriousness I felt about these rocks and make their strangeness even more vivid.

Each collage piece has several vignettes generated in the process, either intentionally or incidentally. They are like mini dramas within a bigger show and, when viewed as a whole, meant to heighten surreal feeling.

The way I see and express nature might have been influenced by shamanistic spirit that I had witnessed as a youngster in my old country.

Young Yun Summers is a Los Angeles based artist. She was born in Korea and came to USA as a high school student. She inherited a love of art from her family and always knew she would be an artist.

Majoring in design in fine arts, she earned her BFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and worked in retail advertising for many years. However, her passion to be a serious fine artist was not pursued while she was working full-time and raising a family.

After her son went off to college to study piano, she finally decided to fully commit herself to art.

Young started out painting her favorite subjects, such as her family, trees, rocks, things in nature. Then, she began to incorporate collages, as a way to enhance her paintings. Soon the painterly collage took over and became her signature medium, garnering great responses and awards. Lately, her collages have become more sculptural and experimental. Finding beauty and harmony in most unexpected way from items soon to be discarded, while reducing waste and recycle are important aspects of her artistic life.