Bravo to Artformz Alternative for highlighting new artists!
After a two-month review of artist’s submissions the acclaimed Miami collective, Artformz Alternative will announce the addition of new artists to the group and presents an exhibit featuring their work.
The gallery welcomes new artists to its select group and opens the month of May with a presentation of their work. Artformz reviews and selects a very limited number of artists for the gallery’s yearly program of exhibitions, media projects, performances, and off site cultural events. The four new members have been selected by a jury of their peers. Artists are invited into the collective on the basis of the quality of their work, a demonstration of serious commitment to the profession, and their ability to enhance or contribute the group as a whole.
With the opening of the exhibition “WELCOME” Artfiormz Alternative introduces the broad range of talent the 4 artists bring to the gallery. Artist Rai Escale, from Barcelona, is currently at the Miami Fountainhead Art Residency and will exhibit recently created mixed media collage paintings. Sibel Kocabasi artist, teacher and curator, was born in Turkey and currently resides in Palm Beach, Florida. She is a painter experimenting with expanding traditional techniques. Gisela Savdie, originally from Colombia, now works and resides in Aventura. Previously participating at Artformz as an Associate Artist, she presents exciting new photographic works. Artist Guillermo Portieles, born in Cuba, now lives and works in Tampa. His work in sculpture, installation, and paining take a unique approach to the issues of identity and social order.
Artformz, located in Miami’s famous Wynwood Art District, was founded in 2004. The gallery has won renown as a distinguished alternative space. Emerging and established artists and curators may exhibit, develop, and advance innovative art of diverse media and content, free from pressures of market, trends, and commercial viability. The collective supports artists’ projects that have become a rich resource for both the private and publicly funded art sectors and contribute to arts policies and the overall vitality of the arts in our communities.
Within the yearly scheduling the gallery has develpoed Artformz Projects and in 2008 was awarded one of the prestigious Knight Arts Challenge Grants for its first collaborative project “Giants in the City” a community art exhibition of 10 giant inflatable sculptures that premiered during the Art Basel Fair week in December of 2008. In addition the venue produces Artformz Outzide a program of artist’s performances and street murals presented outside, adjacent to the venue.
WHEN:
Wynwood Art District 2nd Saturday Gallery Walk
Saturday May 9, 2009
Opening Reception: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Show dates: May 9 – June 8, 2009
WHERE:
Artformz, Wynwood Arts District
171 NW 23rd Street
Miami, FL 33127
“WELCOME”
New Artist’s Work On Exhibit.
