ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

In the diverse landscape of interpretation, imagery and visual cues, an artist finds themselves connecting the various elements of their personal perspective in order to create their masterpiece. In Framing Reality, Saphira & Ventura Gallery plans to unveil these mysteries. Guests at the gallery will be in contact with the works of Marilzes Petroni, an artist, writer, and composer. As a painter, she has more than 100 participations including 40 solo shows realized all over the world.

Among others are Lilian Souto, which will have her red abstract works presented for their first time in the gallery. Souto has recently exhibited in São Paulo at S&V Gallery. With figurative art, the gallery will be exhibiting the works of Thamilli Rolim, a visual artist based in Petrolina, Brazil and who studied at the SVA in New York. Having recently exhibited in Pier 90, Brazilian surrealist artist, Henrique Vieira will likewise have his works present in this exhibition. Among others will be Eliana Angelica, a figurative artist exploring many cultural themes. Angelica has perfected her technique in the many years she has worked as an artist and will be exhibiting her work in the gallery for the first time. Likewise is the case with Adriana Soares, whose works have been exhibited in Turin at the MIIT and has gained a great reputation in recent years.

The gallery will also exhibit a collection of Ukrainian artists such as Petro Smetana, a mixed media artist experimenting with both the eclectic forms and colors. As well as Mykola Zhuravel, who unites the legacies of Byzantine and Rus icon painting with his contemporary technique. Featuring in Framing Reality are the pieces of Oleksii Apollonov, pieces of which have a wide variety of genres - abstract and non-figurative painting, primitivism, plot compositions and landscapes. Along with the works of Petro Bevza, exploring a bright abstract series and canvases, soaked with symbolic images to build a bridge between the past and the future, the gallery will also exhibit Oleksii Beliusenko, a Ukrainian artist of Kazakhstan origin, whose series of works combines semi-abstract landscape painting. The gallery will also feature David Sharashidze, whose works provides the viewer with a reminiscence of Matisse and Cezanne. An award winning artist, Sharishidze’s works recently were exhibited at MIIT in Turin. Olena Pryduvalova is a famous Ukrainian artist working in the style of painting, drawing and decorative arts. "Kiev" theme is central to the artist's work. This collection will also feature one of the most prominent artists in Ukraine, Boris Yeghiazaryan, whose iconographic motifs are enhanced by the play of deep colors.
 

Curated by: Alcinda Saphira & Tatyana Borodina
Production: Camila Crivelenti, Albert Valente and Liz Carvalho