Current Exhibition

Our fifth Art competition “Open” started in December 2021 and concluded on January 20, 2022. Art Room Gallery received entries from many countries around the world: USA, Canada, Romania, Guatemala, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jordan, Chezh Republic, Taiwan, France, South Korea, Malaysia, Israel, Hong Kong, Greece, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Slovenia and Mexico. The Open theme in this competition included a diversity in types, styles and mediums (oil on canvas, acrylic, watercolor, pastel charcoal, graphite, digital, photography, sculpture). The following evaluation criteria has been used for judging the artwork: creativity, interpretation of the theme, originality and quality of art, overall design, demonstration of artistic ability, and usage of medium. Jury decided to select 131 artworks for inclusion in the exhibition. Aside from First, Second, and Third place Jury also presented Merit awards and Honorable Mention awards.

Thank you, and enjoy the exhibition!

Statement:

Allan Gorman's artwork has been featured in over 120 solo, museum and gallery exhibits. Four of his paintings are currently included in: “LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Vehicle Art” traveling to sixteen US art museums through the Fall of 2023. His work is included in Galeria ArteLibre's “20 Years in 20 x 20 Exhibition” on view at museums in Spain and Italy through 2022. A number of pieces were recently acquired for the permanent collection of the Savoy Automobile Museum, and a painting has been acquired for inclusion in the Coupolouzos Family Museum in Athens, Greece. In 2013, Allan Gorman was awarded a Fellowship for Painting from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. In 2011, he was awarded a resident fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center and was invited back again in 2014 and 2018. In 2016, he was selected for a fellowship residency by the ESKFF Foundation at Mana Contemporary. His art is included in numerous corporate, museum and private collections. "The art I make explores hidden abstract patterns, random shapes, and aesthetic tensions I see in manufactured objects—particularly within the confines of structures and machinery. Using my camera as a sketchbook, I'm constantly looking for subject matter that intrigues me and makes a memorable impression. Then I try to convey the excitement I felt so that the artwork becomes something that resonates emotionally. In this way, the works are sort of abstract compositions found within the confines of realism, and I use this notion to inform my choices of what to present."

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I was born in Guatemala and when I was very young I won the award for best sculptor and later I won important recognitions in Europe, in Costa Rica, in Mexico and currently more than 100 international recognitions. It is for me to recognize what can be unearthed: to reveal what magnificence of light and colors of form discover the sensuality that lies within. And my bronze sculptures are also a summary for the concept of art responsibility because are very durable, able to withstand the elements for many years when properly prepared. To develop cosmic visions in iron and fiberglass, is to create new visions of outer space with inner material which also represent the universal experiences that surround us.

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Layla Fanucci is an international artist and author most famous for her unique cityscape paintings exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide. From the Napa Valley California, Fanucci is an internationally well-known artist, who has shown worldwide, including the Carrousel Du Louvre in Paris, Le Musee de Marrakech in Morocco, the Robert Mondavi Winery, the Christopher Hill Gallery in California, Andrews Art Museum in North Carolina, Chasen Gallery in Florida, VAM Inc. Gallery in NJ, The Walter Wickiser Gallery, in New York, among others. Fanucci is best known for her UNIQUE painting style - painting cities on top of each other with a layer of color in between. The Walter Wickiser Gallery has published two books on Fanucci that introduce her painting style in depth. Books are titled “Layla Fanucci - City of Dreams Unabridged: 1999-2011” and “Layla Fanucci - Striking a Creative Note: Passion to Process.” "Layla Fanucci’s story is so compelling it rated a chapter in Marlo Thomas’ New York Times bestselling 2014 book “It Ain’t Over … Till It’s Over.” As of this writing, Fanucci has sold more than 471 original paintings up to $250,000.00