The 16th Annual INK MIAMI ART FAIR Modern & Contemporary Works on Paper
INK Miami Art Fair is pleased to announce its list of exhibitors for 2022, ranging from national and international publishers to non-profits and galleries with a specific focus on works on paper. Exhibitors for this Fair are selected for their outstanding ability to offer collectors a diverse survey of 20th-century masterworks and newly released editions by leading contemporary artists. Founded in 2006, the INK Miami Art Fair has distinguished itself through the quality of its works and exhibitors and its unique location in a lush open-air courtyard surrounded by suites transformed into uniquely defined gallery spaces for visitors to explore. During its 15 years, the Fair has attracted a loyal following among museum curators and committed collectors of works on paper. INK is an independently organized fair and continues to be free to attend with online registration.
Gortinore Distillers & Co. will introduce their Natterjack Irish Whiskey during the Pulp Party, Dec. 1, 6pm – 9pm. Natterjack’s unique blend, triple distilled in true Irish spirit and carefully crafted, is an elegant drink for the next generation of whiskey drinkers. More information at https://www.natterjack.com/ Printed Editions is a site that makes it easy for collectors to source fine art prints from leading galleries, print dealers, and print studios. printed-editions.com
2022 INK MIAMI ART FAIR EXHIBITOR LIST: Flying Horse Editions/UCF, Orlando, FL Graphicstudio/USF, Tampa, FL Gregg Shienbaum Fine Art, Miami, FL Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis, MN Island Press, St. Louis, MO Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY Marlborough Graphics, New York, NY Mixografia®, Los Angeles, CA Stoney Road Press, Dublin, Ireland Susan Teller Gallery, New York, NY TAG Fine Arts, London, UK Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM Tandem Press, Madison, WI Upsilon Gallery, New York, NY
LOCATION / DATES / HOURS: INK Miami Art Fair The Dorchester Hotel in South Beach 1850 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139 Miami Beach, FL November 30 – December 4, 2022 Opening Brunch, Wednesday, November 30, 9am – Noon Wednesday, November 30, 9am – 4pm Thursday, December 1, 10am – 8pm Pulp Party, Thursday, December 1, 6pm – 9pm Friday, December 2, 10am – 8pm Saturday, December 3, 10am – 8pm Sunday, December 4, 10am – 3pm
Suites of Dorchester
1850 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33139 The Dorchester Hotel is located in the heart of the historical Art Deco District, on Collins Avenue and 18th Street, across the street from the ocean. The Lincoln Road Mall, with all of their restaurants, shops, cafes, and clubs starts two blocks from our door. The Miami Beach Convention Center and The Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theater are one block away. The Port of Miami is 15 minutes away, and MiamiInternational Airport is just a 25-minute drive.
Transportation
There are a wide variety of transportation options available in Miami, from private car services to public transportation. The City of Miami encourages all to move around town using Miami Beach’s free citywide trolleys. The trolleys will run on their regular schedule, Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to midnight and on Sunday from 8 a.m. to midnight. Also, the city will be offering Art Week Ambassadors at trolley stops located on Washington Avenue at 10 Street, 15 Street, 16 Street, and 17 Street on Thursday, December 1 through Sunday, December 4 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m to guide the passengers.
Accessibility
Due to the historic status of this property, the suites are not wheelchair accessible at this time. The Suites of Dorchester is a unique Boutique Hotel situated in the historic Art Deco area of Miami Beach. The INK Miami Art Fair is held in the portion of the hotel originally built in 1939.
For visitors attending the fair that may be unable to enter the individual rooms, we ask that you alert the INK Welcome Desk. We will make all efforts to address the situation at that time.
Opening Brunch, Wednesday, November 30, 9 am – Noon
Wednesday, November 30, 9 am – 4 pm
Thursday, December 1, 10 am – 8 pm
Pulp Party, Thursday, December 1, 6 pm – 9 pm
Friday, December 2, 10 am – 8 pm
Saturday, December 3, 10 am – 8 pm
Sunday, December 4, 10 am – 3 pm
ADMISSION Tickets are required and free with advance registration REGISTER ONLINE
EVENTS Opening Brunch, November 30, 9am – Noon Pulp Party, Thursday, December 1, 6pm – 9pm
The 18th edition of Design Miami/, is curated by Curatorial Director, Maria Cristina Didero. This year’s Design Miami/ will explore the theme The Golden Age: Looking to the Future through the lens of design. The Golden Age is a metaphorical concept shared across cultures through time and space, whether applied to utopian futures or idealized histories. Often invoked as an imaginary, past time of prosperity, The Golden Age also epitomizes hope for the future, lighting the path towards our highest aspirations. As the curatorial theme, The Golden Age: Looking to the Future will celebrate a tomorrow of our own creation. In a time when human beings are challenged in unprecedented ways, The Golden Age could become a source of inspiration to imagine and shape a brighter future for human beings and our planet.
Design Miami/ is more than a marketplace for design, where the world’s top galleries gather to present museum-quality exhibitions of twentieth and twenty-first century furniture, lighting and objets d’art. Each show balances exclusive commercial opportunities with progressive programming, exciting collaborations with designers and design institutions, panels and lectures with luminaries from the worlds of design, architecture, art and fashion, and unique commissions from the world’s top emerging and established designers and architects.
Parking & Ride Sharing information. If you are taking an Uber or Lyft to the fair, the drop off and pick up location is on the corner of 19th Street and Meridian Ave. Nearby parking is available at the city parking garage at 1755 Meridian Ave. Design Miami/ is located next to the Miami Beach Convention Center, so you might also consider visiting Art Basel on the same day.
2022 ADMISSION General Admission: Online $38 Students and Seniors (with ID): Online $33 VIP tickets available $112 for two tickets for Preview Day ABM & Desgn Miami Combo Ticket $98 @ABM TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE
PUBLIC HOURS Wednesday, November 30, 1pm – 7pm Thursday, December 1, 11am – 7pm Friday, December 2, Noon – 7pm Saturday, December 3, Noon – 7pm Sunday, December 4, Noon – 6pm
EVENTS Collectors Preview: Invitation Only, November 29, 11 – 7pm VIP Preview: Invitation Only, November 29, 11 – 1pm
ENTES | Installation | Courtesy of Superchief Gallery
Joan Jiménez, AKA Entes, is a Lima, Peru-born artist who rose to prominence over the last two decades for his highly expressive murals and paintings. ENTES is one of Peru’s most highly acclaimed street artists, painting murals around the world and experimenting with both the medium and presentation of graffiti.
For SCOPE Miami Beach’s 20th Anniversary, the street art mainstay will transform SCOPE’s front entrance pavilion into a colorful portrait of Peru presented as a monumental foam sculpture, whose surface is created by using his unique mural-transfers replicated through a technique called Strappo.
As he’s developed his practice beyond graffiti and vibrant large scale murals, Entes has begun exploring new techniques that connect the viewer and the places which inspire him. One way he does this is through Strappo, a complex process which transfers murals or tags from walls he’s painted onto canvas, while preserving the original.
How To Be Ready To Transition Into A Full-Time Art Career
150+ ART CAREERS – THE ULTIMATE LIST
Amiria Gale
Where can studying Art or Design take you? What kinds of careers exist for those who study creative subjects at high school? While you might have heard that becoming an architect, fine artist, sculptor or gallery assistant is an option for those who study Art or Design, there are many other careers available for those who are able to envision, design and create beautiful things. This article highlights a selection of these – including digital and graphic design jobs – and illustrates the range of exciting art-related careers that are possible. It contains a list of over 150+ awesome careers, with 25 examples showcased in detail.
A growing list of art careers
Whether you love photography, graphic design, painting or any other art-related speciality, career options are limited only by your imagination. Art education propels people towards creative and unexpected destinations – many of which have not even been discovered yet. As noted in Need a Job? Invent It, in the New York Times:
…knowledge is available on every Internet-connected device, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know. The capacity to innovate — the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life — and skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration are far more important than academic knowledge.
It is hoped that the 25 hand-picked, creative, inspirational people below will awaken your imagination and remind you that the world needs (and appreciates) those with artistic skill.
Movie Set / Costume / Special Effects Designer – Sir Richard Taylor
Sir Richard Taylor is the co-founder of the Weta Workshop, a New Zealand company that provides digital and physical special effects for film and television, producing costumes, props, make-up effects, prosthetics, models, miniatures, vehicles, armour and weaponry. Weta Workshop has won five Oscars, four BAFTAs and many other awards for their work on a range of well known film and television projects, including Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings. Sir Richard Taylor studied at the Wellington School of Design and attended the Dick Smith makeup training programme. Some of the work completed by Weta Workshop can be seen in the video below.
Upcycled Jewellery Designer – Cat Ivins
Cat Ivins found a collection of blackened auto plugs in her husband’s truck repair shop and began designing jewellery using these and other recycled materials. After 10 years of working in a bank, she had no prior experience and attended a welding class so that she was able to create the jewellery she desired. She began selling these through Etsy, an online marketplace for creative people.
She describes her experience in the Etsy Quit Your Day Job series:
I started a business selling from mall carts during the holidays — I also sold things I made at craft shows during the year. After a while, I thought it was time to go back to school, when my niece showed me Etsy and I just fell in love with it. People making things with their own hands and making a living by sharing those makings with other people — it was exactly the way the world was evolving and I knew I wanted to be a part of it.
With two Etsy shops (Polarity and Uncorked), sales from her own website, doing shows and wholesale, Cat has a sustainable, full time income. She credits part of her growth to ‘creative tithing’ – giving a percentage of her profits back to the community.
A selection of the original, hand-crafted jewellery created by Cat Ivins using recycled materials.
Web Based Curator – Christopher Jobson
Christopher Jobson finds, discovers and shares artwork via his website Colossal. Colossal has more than 350,000 Facebook followers, 76,000 Twitter followers and 33,000 Pinterest followers and has almost 5,000,000 monthly page views. Work that is featured on Colossal often turns into a viral internet sensation.
In an interview with the National Endowment for the Arts Christopher explains:
Colossal was born from a lack of creativity and inspiration in my own life. I had been working for years as a web designer in a role that was personally unfulfilling and was unsure of what to do about it. As a way to expose myself to new ideas in art and design, I started the blog as a way to catalogue and share the interesting things I encountered around the web. Three years later it’s still going and has completely taken over my life – Christopher Jobson
Christopher Jobson – creator of Colossal
Game Designer – Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris co-founded the game company Ninja Kiwi with his brother Chris. Ninja Kiwi’s most popular game, Bloons, involves monkeys popping balloons with a dart. After attending Western Springs College, Stephen gained a degree in geophysics and, later, a Post Graduate Diploma in Game Development from the Media Design School. It was here that he learnt programming, design and use of Adobe Photoshop – and was surrounded by others who ‘lived and breathed’ game design.
Ninja Kiwi makes close to $10 million NZD in revenue a year and has about 40 employees. They earn money by selling advertising on their website, virtual currency and smart phone apps.
Character design sketches and a screenshot of Bloon Tower Defense 5 by Ninja Kiwi
Firebowl Sculptor – John T. Unger
John T. Unger creates sculptural firebowls that are hand-cut from recycled industrial steel tanks using a plasma torch. Providing light and warmth, the firebowls create a dramatic centre point in an outdoor environment.
Although I did attend the writing program at Interlochen Arts Academy in my senior year of high school, I dropped out of college the first year to pursue my art. I got my education by buying books, tools and materials, by making work, by looking at art in galleries and museums and by occasionally working for more established artists as a studio assistant. The upside of this approach for me was that I had no loans to pay off, was able to focus solely on learning about the art that resonated for me (which is quite a broad area), and my practice was hands-on and built a body of work. So many of the friends I have who went to art school eventually abandoned their art to take jobs that would pay off their loans. – John T. Unger
John reaches a worldwide audience using his own website and online network, and has so far shipped over a thousand firebowls (typically selling for between $1,000 – $3,000 US each) to twelve different countries.
Hand-cut Sculptural Firebowls: photography by John T. Unger
Upcycled Furniture Designers – Jason and Adam Podlaski
Jason and Adam Podlaski design unique, upcycled furniture made from broken skateboards for their business Deckstool. The scraped marks on the skateboards become featured surface decoration, with every piece of furniture one-of-a-kind. Deckstool have recycling programmes in place to collect broken boards and produce furniture that combines modern construction techniques, fine craftsmanship and an artistic aesthetic.
A sample of the dramatic upcycled furniture pieces available from Deckstool
Digital Portrait Artist – Cliff Roth
Cliff Roth paints digital portraits using Google+ ‘Hangouts on Air’, creating the works live on video – the equivalent of a modern day street caricature artist. His subjects include a number of famous people, including Guy Kawasaki. While it is free to attend one of Cliff’s Hangouts and potentially be painted, $40 guarantees you will get one. The portraits are completed in 10 – 60 minutes using Adobe Photoshop CS5 and a Wacom Cintiq 21UX (digital pen and screen).
Cliff studied Art, Photography and 3D Design (Sculpture) at Hopatcong High School, taking as many classes as he could, followed by introductory courses at Country College of Morris. He also completed The Art of Caricature, an online course by Jason Seiler.
Live speed-painting has allowed Cliff to amass a huge Google+ following, with almost 300,000 in his circles. It has also boosted the number of paid commissions he gets (for more detailed, fully rendered digital paintings, as in the examples below).
Detailed digital caricatures of Tim Jones and Noam Chomsky by Cliff Roth
Magazine Art Director, Graphic Designer, Photographer – Adrienne Pitts
Adrienne Pitts discovered a passion for photography at age 16, when Kristin School first introduced the subject. Adrienne studied both Photography and Design in her senior high school years and, after a year-long student exchange in Chile, completed a Bachelor of Design from Massey University, achieving First Class Honours. Although majoring in photography, Adrienne ensured that all of her elective papers helped prepare her for a graphic design job, allowing her to get the best out of her four year degree.
I found my degree set me up for my career – as I essentially did my own little double major. I came out of University able to find work as both a designer and photographer – and I still do both. These are added strings to my bow, and the quality of education I received from lecturers who were passionate and leaders in the field really made a huge difference to how I approached finding work ‘in the real world’.
A degree in a creative field can be a funny thing. I think much of it can be learned in real life, on the job, however internships and apprenticeships in things like photography and design didn’t really exist when I was at University in NZ, and I knew I wanted to get the best grounding and education possible. – Adrienne Pitts
Adrienne is currently an award-winning Art Director for the Jamie Oliver magazine in London.
Beautiful photographs by Adrienne Pitts from a recent issue of the Jamie magazine
Brian Wood – graphic novelist
Brian Wood studied Illustration at Parsons the New School for Design and is a now a popular writer and illustrator of graphic novels. After working nights and weekends for six years, Wood now works full time.
Having a career in comics is a lot like being in a band. You have to start small and play a lot of free shows. But you have complete creative freedom. – Brian Wood
Brian has won several Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards and his books have been translated into several languages. Some are currently being developed for the big screen.
Brian Wood’s latest graphic novel, The Massive, is set in a post-war, post-crash, post-disaster world
Pet Rock Painter – Ernestina Gallina
Ernestina Gallina paints detailed, realistic images of animals onto smooth river stones. After the cracks on the stones are filled, outlines are sketched with chalk before the animal is painted using acrylic. Ernestina did not attend art school, but has refined her craft through endless practise. Based in Italy, Ernestina teaches rock painting and sells her work via shops, exhibitions and her own website.
The infinitely popular ‘pet rocks’ painted by Ernestina Gallina on smooth, rounded river stones
Personalised Sticker Designer – Emily Lopez
A huge number of people take monthly photographs of their babies to document their growth. When Emily Lopez had her own children, she began creating personal, custom designed baby stickers to help with this process and then selling them via her Etsy store PurplePossom. Emily has a degree in public relations and graphic design.
PurplePossom has made over 50,700 sales through Etsy at an average price of $11 – $18 NZD (this equates to an approximate average of over $8,700 a month).
The stickers from Purplepossom are designed to be photographic aids – worn by children in photographs as a reminder of their age
Handmade Stamp Maker – Susan Walton
Susan Walton runs the Rubber Stamp Tapestry with her family in North Carolina. The stamps are handmade from wooden pegs and rubber and are used to create frames, borders, decorations and other artwork on cards, stationery, scrapbook pages and ceramics. The stamps are sold through the Rubber Stamp Tapestry website or via an Etsy store, where they are one of the top sellers.
A sample of some of the products from the Rubber Stamp Tapestry
T-Shirt Designer – Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris sells T-Shirts and other products through his Redbubble store Zomboy. Redbubble is a website that allows designers to take advantage of print-on-demand technology, with products printed and shipped as they are ordered (all the artist needs to do is upload a design; anyone can sell online without any up-front investment and make profit from the first sale). In a field where there is tough competition, Zomboy is consistently in the Redbubble Top Seller category.
Stephen designed his first T-shirt when he was twelve years old, using permanent cotton markers. He studied both Design and Technical Drawing at Auckland Grammar School and gained a Criminal Justice degree from Griffith University. Stephen credits his success to his discipline to draw every day, a passion for concepts and a commitment to trying new art techniques.
A top-selling T-shirt design from Stephen’s RedBubble print-on-demand store
Upcycled furniture designers – Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri
Based in Beirut, Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri run the design and craft studio Bokja, creating furniture pieces made from recycled textiles and tapestries: harmonious combinations of pattern, texture and colour. Bokja avoids mass production and employs only local artists, carpenters and designers.
Maria studied Arabic Literature at the American University of Beirut and Journalism at the Lebanese American University. She cultivated her love for furniture from the 50’s and 60’s during her time as an antique dealer. Hoda Baroudi has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the American University of Beirut. Following years of experience in finance and banking, her life-long interest in traditional tapestries, textiles and rugs of the orient lead to the creation of Bokja.
Education can really open doors, but at the end of the day talent is what really leaves a mark. We are a poster company for this, neither of us have a formal education in what we are doing. It is that talent behind this company that has made it what it is. We have an eye and an instinct for what we do and it’s not so much the result of our education, but our passion.
Bokja is an amalgam of things, it is layers and layers of reactionary thoughts, it is ‘of the moment’ and transient. Our designs are never innocent as they are often references or reinterpretations of something from our past. Within these objects there is a tangible charm that takes us back to the way things used to be, when products carried legacies that transcended time. We have created a cult following around the world; our designs speak a universal language, while appealing to people on a personal and emotional level. – Bokja Design
Their furniture is available in the US and sells for well over $2,000 USD a chair
Four pieces from Bokja’s upcycled furniture range: antique couches and chairs covered with strips of recycled fabric – stunning, functional, abstract art
Font Designer – Daniel McQueen
Daniel McQueen is a young, entrepreneurial typographer and owner of Ten Dollar Fonts – a website where selected designers sell font licenses to the world. After studying both Design and Photography at St Bede’s College, Daniel gained a degree in Visual Communication from CPIT School of Art and Design, with a focus on typography.
When his fonts began to gain attention on the social media website Tumblr, Daniel decided to sell licenses to his fonts. Worried that his work would get lost amongst the crowd on an existing font marketplace, he created his own website. Ten Dollar Fonts gained the attention of several well known designers and features prominently in social media.
Daniel gives advice for new graduates in an interview with Zoe Nash of Design Assembly:
…if you’re like me and you’re not excited by the idea of working for someone else, my advice would be as simple as do something for yourself. Have projects that you enjoy and take it seriously. Be patient and stick at it, you never know where it could take you. Even if you do have a full time job, have creative outlets and work hard at them. You’re young and most likely don’t have to support anyone but yourself right now, so there is no better time to put your ideas to work. – Daniel McQueen
Daniel McQueen in Ten Dollar Fonts’ Christchurch office
Graphic Artist / Printmaker / Collage artist – Matt Dinniman
Matt Dinniman is a graphic artist with over 15 years of experience. He has made a name for himself selling affordable hand-made prints, using a combination of photography, digital collage and mixed media. He sells his work via his own website, Collage-O-Rama, and his Etsy store. His most well known works are animals printed onto dictionary pages.
We take old books about to be destroyed and upcycle them in order to give them new life. The aging, slightly-yellowed page is carefully removed, and the image is printed directly on the recycled paper. – Matt Dinniman
Based in Seattle, Matt has made over 55,100 sales since joining Etsy, with artwork commonly priced between $8 – $24 NZD (this roughly equates, on average, to sales of over $9,500+ a month).
A collection of some Collage-O-Rama’s popular animal prints on upcycled dictionary pages
Film Concept Artist – Dean Sherriff
For many Art students, the notion of creating beautiful, imaginary worlds is the dream career. Dean Sherriff does this for a living, as a concept artist for Universal Pictures. He has produced concept designs for popular films such as After Earth, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Day the Earth Stood Still and Night at the Museum. Dean trained at Ontario College of Art and Design in Canada, gaining an Honours in Illustration.
Concept art completed by Dean Sherriff for ‘After Earth’ and ‘300: Rise of the Empire’ copyright Universal Pictures
Cake Decorator – Brian Stevens
Celebrity Chef Brian Stevens co-founded the specialty bakery Crazy Cakes with his wife, Jennifer. Brian has an Art degree, and became a cake artist after a varied career, including sumo wrestling, digital illustration, sculpting and video game development. He has starred in the Food Network and TLC’s Cake Boss: Next Great Baker. He is known for producing meticulously hand-crafted sculpted cakes of all kinds, with detailed textures and realistic painting.
Some of the exciting, sculptural cake designs produced by Brian Stevens of Crazy Cakes
Soft Toy Maker – Wendy Tsao
In a world when things are readily available to everyone, original, handmade items are in demand. Wendy Tsao makes soft toys that are inspired by young children’s drawings, taking orders through her website, Child’s Own Studio. Her work has become an internet sensation. She recently opened for orders and in three hours was booked out for the whole year.
I am inspired by the child’s drawing, a wonderful expression of childhood. Typically, a drawing is sent to me, and I decide if I can work with it. (I normally work only with children’s drawings, hand-drawn and coloured). There may be notes included with the drawing. I may ask for clarification about some details. And then I get to work, in my Vancouver studio. The machine whirs, scissors snip, needles zip, and everything gets covered in fibrefill fluff. – Wendy Tsao
Wendy Tsao makes adorable soft toys inspired by the drawings of young children
Illustrator – Ryan Berkley
After working in a small Arts college for ten years, Ryan Berkley and his wife Lucy set up Berkley Illustration – an Etsy shop where they sell Ryan’s prints – often animals wearing suits. The illustrations are drawn using markers and coloured pencil, sometimes with digital blocks of colour added in the background. A self taught artist, Ryan speaks about his regret about not attending Art school in the Etsy Quit Your Day Job Series:
And I am regretful for many reasons. I feel like I could have learned how to properly draw the human figure, rather than learning from comic books. I also feel I could have an actual understanding of colour theory, which would be nice. I would have loved to learn some painting techniques. I was always jealous of my friends being in college in general, and in other cities, living on their own. I think that would have been fun. Especially with a bunch of talented art kids.
With over 41,000 sales made in Etsy, and items commonly priced between $12 – 24 NZD, Berkley Illustration generates approximately $7,000 per month in sales on average. This income is supplemented with wholesale orders, gallery shows and commercial commissions, including large clients like Nike, The Discovery Channel and Spoon.
Two popular prints from Berkley Illustration: formally posed animals wearing traditional (human) attire
Online Art Gallery Creator, Artist and Technology Entrepreneur – Amanda Lane
After completing her high school education at Rangitoto College and studying Film Animation as part of her Graphic Design degree from Auckland University of Technology, Amanda began a rich and varied career, working as a traditional animator, theatre and film scenic artist, art director and set designer. She now co-owns Exhibbit, a software development company that sells virtual Art galleries to students, artists and traditional galleries. This means that people are able to embed their own virtual ‘gallery’ within their website (see the image below).
…I have had a number of jobs within the creative industries – there is huge scope for creatives in business, especially now the internet plays such a big role. – Amanda Lane.
Exhibbit contains simple, elegant gallery spaces for users to display their art. With the ability to move around the gallery, website visitors simulate viewing the works in real life
Pet Portrait Artist – Ron Burns
Focusing on a particular niche (pet portraiture) and combining artistic skill with generosity and business knowledge helped Ron Burns turn painting into a lucrative career. Ron has adapted a style that sets him apart from the ordinary (the market is flooded dull, realistic pet portraits) and produces vibrant paintings that are rich with emotion-filled colour. Ron began painting dogs in animal shelters (giving a percentage from sales back to the shelters) and, after 9/11, documenting dogs that have lost their lives in tragedy or were involved in bomb detection, disaster relief, or search and rescue. Focusing upon heroic or disadvantaged animals, Ron has supported spay and neuter programmes, anti dog-fighting legislation and helped to generate significant funds for non-profit organisations. Ron has received several awards, television and media publicity and public commendations for his efforts – exposure that has helped to cement Ron as one of the leading dog portrait artists.
Through his own website, Ron sells prints and ready-to-hang, commissioned acrylic paintings of pets to their owners.
The appeal of Ron’s pet portraits lies in his intuitive understanding of colour: the selection of warm reds and oranges, contrasted with cools blues and greens, creating an image of hope and emotion in the dogs. Backgrounds have simplified flat, decorative areas, creating emphasis on the dogs alone.
Eleanor Mayrhofer designs downloadable wedding stationary, invitations, greeting cards and other paper items. With quality printers now at an affordable price, Eleanor creates and sells PDF templates with editable text via her Etsy shop e.m.papers, allowing people to print their own invitations at home. After graduating from Art school as a graphic designer, Eleanor was employed by a consulting firm. She now works full time on e.m.papers. Her products have been consistently featured in the media, appearing in magazines such as Marth Stewart Weddings and BRIDES.
An example of two of the contemporary printable wedding invitation sets designed by Eleanor Mayrhofer of e.m.papers
Ceramic Artist – Karolina Grudniewska
After gaining a Bachelor of Arts, Karolina Grudniewska worked as an English teacher and a florist, before returning to college to study Interior Architecture. After a varied career, Karolina has become a self-taught ceramist. She sells work from Ireland via her Etsy store KaroArt, and her work is available locally through stores and craft shows. She is full time Etsy seller, with an online shop filled with functional items with beautiful, organic form. As she commented in the Etsy Quit Your Day Job series:
I find working with clay very intuitive. Once you get the basics, there’s a world of possibilities in front of you. It takes hours and hours of practice, with many trials and many failures, but each broken piece teaches you a lesson. Practice and repetition brought me to proficiency, but I feel like I’m learning a new thing almost every day, and there’s still so much I’d like to discover and learn.
Most Etsy sellers know that quality photographs help to sell a product. The photographs of Karolina Grudniewska’s ceramic pieces are almost as beautiful as the hand-crafted ceramic pieces themselves.
Repurposed Furniture Designer – Rupert Blanchard
Rupert Blanchard takes mundane, discarded pieces of furniture, reclaimed plywood, used wooden fruit crates and other donated or discarded items and reassembles these to create stunning, contemporary furniture pieces. Working with an assortment of styles, techniques, surfaces, patterns and materials, Rupert creates dressers and furniture items that are reminiscent of abstract art: functional installation pieces for the modern home.
As described by the gentle author:
Rupert has developed a trained eye for the beauty of the disregarded and, as a consequence, lives at the mercy of his compulsion to hoard it, taking him to at least three car boot sales a week and connecting him to an elaborate network of scavengers, junk dealers, house clearance people, skip raiders and demolition workers. “Time will run out before the rubbish does,” he pronounced, pulling a long quizzical face, shaking his head and crossing his arms in bewilderment at his crazy hoarding instinct. Yet everything here is wonderful in its way, and Rupert has found means to give new life these artifacts once their original incarnation is defunct. Most of his furniture is one-off pieces, however some have a more streamlined production process.
Upcycled Furniture: Repurposing material that is destined for a landfill, Rupert Blanchard creates an assortment of sought after, hand-made pieces
Final words
The examples of Art, Photography, Sculpture, 3D Design, Game Design and Graphic Design jobs illustrated above are just a handful of the exciting career paths that are possible for high school Art students. It is clear that the journey to a creative career is not always clear cut. A Fine Art degree is not always necessary. Related degrees (Graphic Design, Animation, Computer Science, Web Design, Architecture, Marketing, Business) and/or skill-based courses – among many others – may also lead to successful outcomes.
Skill is practiced and refined ultimately by doing. Combine your artistic skill with ambition, generosity, persistence, hard work and business sensibility. If you want a creative career, carve out a little space in the world where you can become an expert: hone your craft via daily practice and make something that people love. Build a website and show off your talent. Let your work spiral out through social media and be discovered by the world.
And remember: if you are one of those lucky enough to be good at Art and other things…be prepared for people to try and convince you that Art is a swift and certain route to poverty (it’s not: read 9 Reasons to Study Art in High School). If this happens to you, keep in mind that those who are good at Art and other things are in the best position of all to succeed.
This article is a work in progress. New careers will be added regularly! You may wish to bookmark this page.
Amiria Gale
Amiria has been an Art & Design teacher and a Curriculum Co-ordinator for seven years, responsible for the course design and assessment of student work in two high-achieving Auckland schools. She has a Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours) and a Graduate Diploma of Teaching. Amiria is a CIE Accredited Art & Design Coursework Assessor.
Félix Suazo (La Habana, 1966) es profesor, crítico de arte y curador de exposiciones. Graduado del Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, mención Escultura, en 1990. Entre octubre de 2002 y febrero de 2003 realizó un Master de Museología en la Universidad de Valladolid, España. Actualmente reside en Miami, Florida, donde es curador de IDArtLab y Co-editor del newsletter About Images editado por Art Media Gallery, al tiempo que trabaja como asesor de proyectos artísticos. Sus artículos críticos se publican regularmente en las revistas Arte al Día y ArtNexus, así como en las plataformas digitales de Tráfico Visual y Artishock.
En Caracas, Venezuela, se desempeñó como investigador en la Galería de Arte Nacional (GAN) entre 1997 y 2003, actividad que también desarrolló en el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas (MAC) de 2004 a 2008. Igualmente, fue coordinador de exposiciones y curador del espacio Periférico Caracas / Arte Contemporáneo de 2008 a 2013. En 2018 fue nombrado Curador Pedagógico de la XIV Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador. En 2021 y 2022 estuvo a cargo de la curaduría de los Proyectos Especiales de Pinta Miami, Florida.
Además, es autor de los libros “A diestra y siniestra. Comentarios sobre arte y política” (Fundación de Arte Emergente, 2005), “Umbrales de la museología” (El Anexo / Arte Contemporáneo, Caracas, 2013) y “Panorámica. Arte Emergente en Venezuela. 2000-2012” (Fundación Telefónica, Caracas, 2014).
The artist Albert Schmidbauer’s own statements on his biography are short and sweet – even more than that: reduced to the essential. Born in 1968 in Schärding /Upper Austria, he lives and works in Vienna, Salzburg, Natternbach and Los Angeles, and is married to Christina. His daughter Nika was born in 2008 and his second daughter Mira in 2011. His son Luis was born in 2013. Autodidact.
The profession of an artist is accordingly not one that can be acquired through academic training and a corresponding degree, but is rather a calling. Comparable to the calling to be the father of three children. You can prepare for this task in seminars and by reading guides, but mastering the task requires responsibility and demands daily commitment and dedication.
It is likely no coincidence that Schmidbauer became the “father” of numerous works of art after the birth of his third child.
Since 2012 the autodidact created more than 300 works. These “children” are mostly large-format acrylic paintings on canvas. As a graduate of a secondary school that specialises in artistic education, Prof. Laurenz Hudetz influenced him personally. Schmidbauer’s works are indirectly influenced by Hubert Scheibl, one of Austria’s best-known artists, and by the world star Gerhard Richter.
Three philosophical themes define his oeuvre: openness, change and hope.
Concretism is an art movement that emerged in the early 20th century. It is characterized by its emphasis on the use of geometric forms and its rejection of any kind of symbolism or representation. Concretists believe that art should be concrete, meaning that it should be based on real, physical objects and materials.
The term “concretism” was first used by the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg in 1930. Van Doesburg was a member of the De Stijl movement, which was also known for its use of geometric forms. However, van Doesburg believed that De Stijl had become too abstract, and he wanted to create a new art movement that was more concrete and rational.
Concretism was influenced by a number of different factors, including the rise of science and technology, the development of new materials, and the political and social upheaval of the early 20th century. Concretists believed that art should reflect the modern world, and they used geometric forms to create works that were both visually striking and intellectually stimulating.
Some of the most famous concretist artists include Theo van Doesburg, Piet Mondrian, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, and Max Bill. Their work can be found in museums and galleries around the world.
Concretism had a significant impact on the development of abstract art. It helped to pave the way for other abstract movements, such as Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Concretism also influenced the development of architecture, design, and typography.
key characteristics of Concretism art: • The use of geometric forms • The rejection of symbolism and representation • The emphasis on the concrete and rational • The use of new materials and technologies • The reflection of the modern world
If you are interested in learning more about Concretism art, here are a few resources: • The book “Concrete Art: A Global Survey” by Peter Selz • The website of the Concrete Art Society • The exhibition “Concretism: Art, Architecture, Design” at the Museum of Modern Art
Se realiza encuentro cultural y artístico en Miamidedicado al pueblo indígena Warao
Empoderando a la mujer warao
Un encuentro cultural y artístico dedicado al pueblo indígena Warao y al empoderamiento de la mujer Warao, se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de Miami con el título “Orígenes”, el 17 de noviembre de 2022 de 5:00 a 8:00 pm, en BKS Productions Studio, con una variada programación que abarca una exposición, la presentación de cantos y tambores, un performance y la proyección de un documental.
Tribu Warao “los habitantes del agua”
Según informan los organizadores, Koreily Rodríguez y Tamara Améstica, durante el encuentro será presentado un documental, “que nos sumerge en un recorrido por la valiosa historia de nuestros indígenas ‘Waraos’, que hará emocionar a la audiencia por la grandeza de este pueblo que durante siglos llena de vida al destellante Bajo Delta del Río Orinoco, mostrando la sabiduría ancestral de una comunidad autóctona que habita en palafitos elevados sobre las aguas enlazadas al Amazonas. Sentirán cómo a través del sonido afluente del impetuoso caudal del Río Orinoco y su fauna colorida, se genera una vibración casi mágica que los trasladará a un entorno de contemplación, en donde los niños se arrullan con el canto de la madre tierra, naturaleza única y poderosa que abre los canales acuáticos para hacer flotar las canoas que trasladan a los ‘Waraos’ en una misión de pesca para sustentar a sus familias”.
El Documental es autoría registrada de la productora Foto Estudio Corrales en alianza con Symbol Print l INC y Fundación Ecoescuelas con Propósito, como parte de las iniciativas que se desarrollan para el bienestar social para las comunidades Waraos.
Asimismo, los presentes tendrán la oportunidad de disfrutar de una exposición con una selección de piezas de artistas plásticos de proyección internacional, como son Juan Carlos Cepeda, Betty Yonnes y Gina Gutiérrez, “quienes visten el evento de lujo honrando a las comunidades indígenas. Cada una de las obras tiene una historia que contar, auténtica e impactante dentro del marco del empoderamiento de la mujer indígena, que usa sus manos virtuosas para trabajos de artesanía mientras resguarda la seguridad de sus hijos. Esas imágenes calzan una realidad de lucha y valentía que impactará en los intelectuales del mundo del arte”, tal y como expresan los organizadores.
La programación incluye además “la participación de músicos y cantantes que a través del sonido vibrante harán palpitar los corazones que con el estruendo de los tambores cautivarán al público presente. También la presentación especial del performance del ‘Hombre Cubo’ por Rafael Montilla y nuestro pintor de la Libertad Floyd, quien a través de su obra en vivo capta la mirada de todos en un momento integrador del arte y la cultura”.
El evento “Origenes” cuenta con el apoyo de Fundación Ecoescuelas con Propósito, Fundación Sucrea, GAIA Pop, Oficina externa para Venezuela de la Embajada Americana, Museo Empresarial y Cultural de Colombia, Human Rights South Florida, Jóvenes Unidos por los Derechos Humanos
La cita es para el 17 de noviembre de 2022 de 5:00 a 8:00 pm, en BKS, 5465 NW 36th Street Miami Springs FL 33166, Estados Unidos.
Media sponsors: PortadaFlorida.com & Artmiamimagazine.com
Alba Triana’s Oeuvre is a Mesmerizing Ode to Nature
By Salomé Gómez-Upegui
Alba Triana, courtesy of the Artist.
Over the course of her groundbreaking career, Colombian artist Alba Triana has melded science, intuition, philosophy, and artistry to create a fascinating body of work that is purposefully difficult to define. In her enthralling installations, which take the form of light and sound sculptures, vibrational objects, musical compositions, or oftentimes something in between, electromagnetic fields bring sculptures to life, and enthralling sound waves vibrate and dance with light, becoming visible to the naked eye.
“I come from music, and being a composer greatly influences my work. I work a lot with sound, but I also have pieces that involve other forms of vibration,” Triana says. “Sometimes I define myself as a sound artist/intermedia artist because my work encompasses something bigger than just audible sound.”
Triana always knew she would be an artist. Her paternal grandfather was one of the founders of the symphonic orchestra in Colombia, and on her mother’s side, her grandfather was a poet. “My whole childhood gravitated around the arts,” she says. She studied music composition at Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and dedicated the initial stages of her career to composing avant-garde music for electronic and symphonic instruments.
It wasn’t until she attended graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts that her practice shifted and began the course it continues to follow today. The year was 2014, and a difficult personal situation led her to spend time experimenting instead of composing music. “My work changed and adopted the installation format, which marked a big shift in my practice,” the Miami-based artist recalls. The result of these initial experiments was the first piece in “Music on a Bound String,” a series of works that she continues to develop to this day.
Alba Triana, “Luminous Phrase A1 L5(Detail),” visible and audible sound installation, 2019.
Inspired by string musical instruments, the pieces in this series usually follow a similar structure to produce visible sound. Each installation presents a string held by two points. Meanwhile, a speaker emits an inaudible signal picked up by the string, which then vibrates and reveals a restless soundwave. Luminous Phrase, 2019, a recent iteration of this series in which a noiseless soundwave interacts with blue and red light to reveal a series of unexpected gestures, is one of many of Triana’s works set to be on show this year at Untitled Art.
When people encounter Triana’s oeuvre, they often wonder how she arrives at such remarkable creations. “I always say, I don’t know. It just happens,” she says. “I think that the process of experimentation and meditation [play an important role], and also I collaborate with people from other disciplines like scientists.”
This isn’t to say she hasn’t developed a particular system that creates space for intuition, reason, and artistry. Triana says curiosity ignites her creative process. “It’s a curiosity that sometimes I can’t put into words. Usually, it’s related to deep questions about our humanity, how everything functions—the universe,” she explains. What follows these moments are periods of experimentation in her studio, which she describes as a “creative laboratory.”
There, intuition initially runs the show, although she often brings in philosophy, mathematics, physics, and other sciences to help find an answer to the questions she’s exploring. Research is followed by important periods of experimentation and creativity. “When I’m experimenting, there is a moment in which I understand what I want to do, and then I just get into creative mode,” she explains.
Occasionally, Triana allows herself to be surprised by the creative process, following unknown paths and respecting what the work reveals to her along the way. “One of the things that I love about art is that each work shows something to you. So I let the work manifest what it needs to manifest. And in a sense, I train myself to be a vehicle through which many things can manifest,” the Colombian artist says.
Alba Triana, “Delirious Fields,” suspended spheres in variable electromagnetic fields and aluminum rods, 2019.Alba Triana, “Delirious Fields – Quintet”
Though intuition plays an important role, Triana dances delicately between instinct and reason to produce her singular creations. “When you overthink, you can be overwhelmed by rational fantasies, and when you only follow your intuition, it can [make the work] too simple.” Through this dance, she seeks to cultivate different forms of intelligence in her work. “I believe art is a powerful vehicle in which humanity expresses all forms of intelligence. I think when you engage different forms of intelligence, different things get revealed to you and through you,” Triana says.
Triana uses unexpected materials such as coils, needles, light, music, and electromagnetic fields in work. Of this last material, she says she is mainly interested in the fact that “we cannot hear it, we cannot see it, we cannot touch it. It allows me to explore the relationship between our tangible physical world and the imperceptible forces that govern absolutely everything.”
In Delirious Fields, 2019, for instance, an installation of shiny silver spheres suspended by transparent threads engage in mesmerizing and disparate dances around spools of copper coil. The spheres’ seemingly magical choreography is the product of electromagnetic fields at work. Similarly, in Entropic Ballet, 2021, another work in the “Delirious Fields” series (and is set to be on show this year at Untitled Art), delicate silver needles suspended by fishing line engage in a one-of-a-kind choreography also prompted by the electromagnetic fields Triana utilizes.
To produce these works, Triana sends electricity through a coil which emits an electromagnetic field. “I create the system and make sure I have the conditions I want, so the choreography or whatever is happening emerges from that. I create certain conditions, and then things happen naturally,” she explains.
Alba Triana, “Orbits,” suspended spheres in variable electromagnetic fields and magnetic films, 2021.
One of Triana’s biggest inspirations is nature. In the past, she has been outspoken about believing human beings are not separate from nature but rather a part of nature themselves. This belief is at the center of her artistic practice. “I’m very inspired by nature. And when I say nature, I’m not talking about botany. It’s about how everything functions at a very fundamental level. I’m interested in how nature self-organizes. If you see things in nature, for example, a solar system, it’s not that different from an atom. And there’s an order within the chaos, which is very interesting,” she says.
“I feel that for many years, [most of] humanity has followed an anthropocentric paradigm in which we feel that we are different from nature. That paradigm needs to be shifted. We are a manifestation of nature,” Triana explains. “Intelligence is a very powerful thing that emerges through the human being, and that is something that I have learned by doing this work. I’ve learned many things about our desires, how we function, and how we self-organize.”
Ultimately, Triana strives to create work that induces a state of awe, and to attain this she turns to herself as a point of reference. “If the work induces something profound in me, I trust it can induce something profound in someone else. Sometimes, when I’m in the most intense of creative moments, I physically feel things like my taste buds get activated, or when I can’t stop thinking about something, [I know it’s because it] has stayed within. So I trust that if the work can touch me, it can touch someone else, and we can connect.”
Salomé Gómez-Upegui is a Colombian-American writer and creative consultant. She writes regularly about art, gender, social justice, and climate change for a wide range of publications and she is the founder of Solar, a creative communications studio based in Miami, FL. Salomé holds an LLM from Harvard Law School. She is a regular contributor to publications such as Vogue, The Guardian, and W Magazine.
Change at the helm of Art Basel:
Noah Horowitz appointed CEO
Change at the helm of Art Basel: Noah Horowitz appointed CEO
Noah Horowitz has been appointed CEO of Art Basel, succeeding Marc Spiegler, Global Director Art Basel, who has taken the decision to leave MCH Group and explore the next phase of his artworld career.
The Board of Directors and Group Management Team would like to thank Marc Spiegler for his longstanding commitment as head of the leading global platform for contemporary and modern art with shows in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong and now also Paris. At the same time, the MCH Group Board of Directors and Group CEO Florian Faber are pleased to announce the appointment of Noah Horowitz, who held the post of Director Americas from 2015 to 2021.
Noah Horowitz is returning to Art Basel as CEO on November 7, 2022. He joins from Sotheby’s where he served as Worldwide Head of Gallery & Private Dealer Services since September 2021. As the outgoing Global Director, Marc Spiegler will hand over the running of the business to Noah Horowitz at this juncture, supporting Noah through year-end, including on the 20th anniversary edition of Art Basel Miami Beach (Dec 1-3). Following this, he will continue in an advisory capacity to Art Basel for the next 6 months.
“Under the leadership of Marc Spiegler, Art Basel has developed into what it is today – one of the most prestigious and valuable brands in the international art market”, states Andrea Zappia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of MCH Group. “Our thanks go to Marc for his great personal commitment, his networking in the global world of art and his notable successes in the development of Art Basel.” Andrea Zappia adds: “On behalf of the entire Board of Directors, I am delighted to be welcoming Noah Horowitz back into the team – We are convinced that Noah’s business acumen, digital experience and extensive relationships within the international gallery and collecting community will be instrumental in further developing Art Basel and delivering on the company’s ambitious growth plans at its home base as well as internationally.”
“We are especially pleased that Noah is returning to Art Basel as the new CEO, further strengthening the MCH Group Management Team as a colleague in future”, says Florian Faber, Group CEO. “I already had the opportunity to work with Noah in the past and am confident that with his outstanding expertise in the global world of art, he will successfully lead Art Basel into its next phase. Noah is held in high esteem in the industry, uniting an in-depth understanding of the art market and its players with a lifelong passion for the visual arts, business knowledge and digital transformation. Together with Noah, we will consolidate the position of Art Basel as a globally leading platform for modern and contemporary art and forge ahead with our innovative initiatives.” Florian Faber continues: “Marc Spiegler has done an outstanding job in developing Art Basel over the past fifteen years. The recent premiere of Paris+ by Art Basel and the upcoming 20th anniversary edition of Art Basel Miami Beach are two more highlights in a long and illustrious career. We cannot thank Marc enough and wish him all the best for his future.”
Marc Spiegler joined MCH Group in 2007 as Co-Director Art Basel and, since 2012, has been Global Director Art Basel. “Following the successful premiere of Paris+ and with the imminent 20th anniversary of Art Basel Miami Beach, I am leaving Art Basel on a high note.” he says. “Leading the next stage of Art Basel’s evolution will take many years and a different set of skills. Having launched new shows in Hong Kong and Paris, staged 43 fairs, and led Art Basel through a global pandemic, it has come time to pass the baton. Fortunately, my friend Noah Horowitz – the perfect person to carry Art Basel forward – will be leading that development. Finally, I would like to thank my incredible team and my colleagues throughout the world for their passion, their commitment, and their dedication in driving patronage to our galleries and their artists.”
“I am honored and delighted to be returning to Art Basel in my new role. I would like to thank MCH Group and Florian for their confidence in me as well as Marc for his stewardship over the years “, says Noah Horowitz. “The Art Basel team is incredibly committed, and I look forward to working with my colleagues and all the stakeholders of the Art Basel community to lead and evolve the business as we collectively embark upon a new chapter.”
About Noah Horowitz Noah Horowitz is returning to Art Basel as CEO on November 7, 2022, having held the post of Director Americas from 2015 to 2021. Noah joins the organization from Sotheby’s where he served as Worldwide Head of Gallery & Private Dealer Services since September 2021. In this capacity, he steered Sotheby’s business strategy and relationships with the international dealer community. Previously, he held a fouryear tenure as Executive Director of The Armory Show in New York, after directing the first ever onlineonly fair, VIP Art Fair, from 2010-11. He has a Ph.D. in art history from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and is the author of Art of the Deal: Contemporary Art in a Global Financial Market (Princeton University Press, 2011). His writings and commentary on art and economics have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Financial Times, Texte zur Kunst and The Art Newspaper, amongst others. Noah is a member of the Manhattan Chapter of Young Presidents Organization, and lives in New York City with his wife, Louise, and children, Sif and Leo. About Art Basel Founded in 1970 by gallerists from Basel, Art Basel today stages the world’s premier art shows for Modern and contemporary art, sited in Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, and Paris. Defined by its host city and region, each show is unique, which is reflected in its participating galleries, artworks presented, and the content of parallel programming produced in collaboration with local institutions for each edition. Art Basel’s engagement has expanded beyond art fairs through new digital platforms and a number of new initiatives such as the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, Intersections: The Art Basel Podcast, and the BMW Art Journey. Art Basel’s Global Media Partner is The Financial Times. For further information, please visit artbasel.com. About MCH Group MCH Group headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, is an internationally operating experience marketing company with a comprehensive services network. It organizes some 30 community platforms in Switzerland and abroad, including Art Basel, Swissbau and Giardina. The Live Marketing Solutions division with the MCH Global, MC2 and Expomobilia brands offers comprehensive experience marketing solutions. MCH Group also runs Messe Basel and the Congress Center Basel and Messe Zürich. The company has more than 800 permanent employees, approximately half of whom are located in Switzerland and the USA. Further information may be found at: www.mch-group.com