TO YOU, DEAR ARTIST You inspire us, challenge us, provoke us, and impact the world with your art. Art that awakens, renews, heals, and restores. Your art is imprinted with the design of our universal grid, restoring balance and harmony and keeping us centered in this vortex of creation. You offer a fresh perspective, a delightful artistic “lens” with which you perceive the world and help us rediscover the universe and find beauty through your eyes. Thank you for working, creating, brainstorming, perfecting, and presenting the products of your sparkling artistry. Artist, brother, sister, friend, and soul mate: thank you for enriching us with your art. Through your art, you have given us your very soul. Viviana Puello CEO/Founder ArtTour International Magazine www.arttourinternational.com
2022 ALEKSANDRA CIĄŻYŃSKA ALINE POUGET AMIR CHODOROV ANDREA HAMILTON ANITA ARATHOON
p. 27 p. 28 p. 30 p. 29 p. 34 Artist Amir Chordov
Artist Gary Aagaard
BRITTA ORTIZ CHAN SUK ON CHATARINA SALOMONSSON CHI-YU LIN CHRISTINA MITTERHUBER
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Artist Gayle Printz
Artist Jean Jacques Porret
EU OY CHUN FONG FAI FRANK HOEFFLER GABRIEL LAVOIE GARY AAGAARD GAYLE PRINTZ
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ANNA ALIYEVA p. 35 AOMI KIKUCHI p. 36 ATHINA SOULTANI p. 37 BARBARA TYLER AHLFIELD p. 38 BETSY STEWART p. 40
CLEO MITCHEL p. 48 DAISY VAN DER ZIJDEN p. 49 DAO VAN HOANG p. 120 DEBORAH SISCO p. 50 DERWIN LEIVA p. 52 DR SHANNON BARNES p. 54
Artist Katrin Alvarez
GORAN MARGETIC p. 68 HÉLÈNE DESERRES p. 72 HIROMI KAWANO p. 69 HOWARD HARRIS p. 74 IRINA HOWARD p. 76 Artist Marcelle Mansour
JACKSON LEE KWONG TIM JACQUELINE DUNN JAE YOUNG PARK JANICE ALAMANOU JEAN JACQUES PORRET
p. 59 p. 78 p. 79 p. 80 p. 82 Artist Meghan Poynor
Artist Peter Backhaus
MAHFUZUR RAHMAN p. 100 MARCELLE MANSOUR p. 90 MARIBEL MATTHEWS p. 95 MARILYN MILLER p. 102 MARINA GOLDBERG p. 103 MEGHAN POYNOR p. 104
Artist Philip Noyed
Artist Sophie Le Gendre
RIC CONN SHIDOKHT SHUAI XU SOPHIE LE GENDRE STEFAN HESSMAN
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JIM FITZPATRICK p. 81 JODI DECRENZA p. 86 JOHN NIEMAN p. 88 KATRIN ALVAREZ p. 22 LEROI p. 87 LUANA STEBULE p. 96
PATRICIA SPOON p. 108 PATRICK JOOSTEN p. 110 PAUL SMITH p. 112 PETER BACKHAUS p. 114 PHILIP NOYED p. 16 PSY-PIX p. 118
Artist Tjeerd Doosje
STEFFI RODIGAS p. 130 TATYANA PALCHUK p. 132 TJEERD DOOSJE p. 134 TOM ASHBOURNE p. 138 TORHILD FROYDIS EID p. 119 Artist Tom Ashbourne
TRACEY CHAYKIN VAYDRA WRIGHT VIGDIS FELDT WENDY YEO WENDY COHEN YUYING LYU
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Artist Yuying Lyu
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PHILIP NOYED
“Artist of the Year 2022”
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“Aurora Space View - Neo Art Space VR” By Viviana Puello
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e're excited to feature our cover artist and his vibrant works. This year's most-deserved limelight goes to Philip Noyed, who obtained the ultimate accolade of the ATIM's Top 60 Masters Awards, the 2022 Artist of the Year award. Noyed has a well-earned prestige within the global art scene for being one of the most innovative and resourceful contemporary multimedia artists of our times. The Minneapolis-based artist is best known for his luminous geometric illumination photographs, LED installations, videos, 3D and VR creations, and mixed-media installations. His artworks feature the use of creative and revolutionary technology. His recognition in the international art scene can be attributed to the level of detail that goes into his creations. Critics, audiences, and art community members have described Cont. next page
“Green Diamond Cave - Neo Art Space VR”
“Kinetic Color Orb - Neo Art Space VR”
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his works as visually captivating. Rightfully, the fusion of geometric elements and lighting is often present in the mesmerizing results his finished works showcase. Philip Noyed's Artistic Journey. Based in Minneapolis, MN, Noyed received a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies from Hamline University. Having lived in Japan for over three years, his poetic and serene art perspective gears toward his acquired knowledge in ceramics, calligraphy, and Noh Theater - a form of Japanese theater that combines poetry, singing, dancing, pantomiming, and performing. The artist's works of art strongly representthecontemporary movement by integrating a creative use of technology with bold colors, vivid lights, and high-voltage geometric structures, powerfully changing our current artistic viewpoint.
“Cube of Rays”
Noyed's creative process explores three essential elements: light, color, and space - both in two and three dimensions. His work has a profound resonance on the psychological and physiological effects color has on people. He believes that by combining these elements, his works of art can positively alter Cont. next page
“Rainbow Cave”
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Green-Pyramid-1920
Red-Orange-Pyramid-1920
Blue-Green-Pyramid-1920
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KATRIN ALVAREZ “You can't Shred Yesterday!” Oil on Canvas+Objects 22.8”x22.8”
“The Power of Thought” By Viviana Puello
“T
he ability to make thoughts and feelings visible is of the utmost importance in my life. But, over the last few years in particular, I’ve found I can no longer do this with the tools I have, as the news from all over the world crashes into my mind, battling for my attention with all its apparent significance. I am left helpless by this shrill pandemonium, full of disrespect and aggression, and by the unconstrained exploitation of nature. I’m still searching for my responsibility as an artist. It can’t be enough to live in an aesthetic ivory tower. I’m far too quiet with my canvass and my paints”. Katrin Alvarez Award-winning master artist Katrin Alvarez is known for her compelling, dreamlike, surreal paintings that represent the complexity of human situations. Alvarez focuses on the
human figure while introducing multiple references such as objects, animals, etc. to enrich the composition conceptually as well as visually. Katrin Alvarez started as a journalist, going in-depth into the writing profession, but along the way she taught herself the art of painting, influenced and inspired by Michelangelo and Brueghel. Hidden inside each of Katrin Alvarez' paintings is a mood that is impossible to miss, the artist takes her audience on a visual journey as witnesses of people in different stances and circumstances along with elements that make an impact, slowly managing to blend in and propose some radical aesthetic and conceptual ideas.
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“Painful Reality of Human Relations” Oil on Canvas, 49.6”x37.7”
“Pain” Colored pencil on Board+object, 14”x18.5”
Alvarez's works are the perfect combination of expressionism and surrealism. Her paintings are troubling and provoking yet soothing, intimate and sensitive yet bizarre, upsetting yet blissful. The compelling and transcendent imagery in her art has a form of teaching, evoking an array of emotions in the viewer. Her masterful use of color and light and skilled knowledge of the human figure allows for perfectly balanced compositions that expand the perceptions of her audience, creating room for each viewer to form different selfinterpretations of the art. Cont. next page
“Trauma” Oil on Canvas+Objects, 33.4”x25.5”
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KATRIN ALVAREZ TIMELINE Katrin Alvarez was born in Güstrow (Mecklenburg).
1971 Alvarez won the Allan Edwards Award of the Federation of Canadian Painters (SFCA) in Vancouver.
2011 Alvarez was awarded the “Grande Médaille d’Or M.C.A.” Cannes-Azur (Le Monde de la Culture et des Arts) and the Leonardo Prize (Painting) at the Chianciano Art Award 2012.
2013
Katrin Alvarez was selected as one of ATIM Top 60 Masters of the year by ArtTour International Magazine.
2015 Katrin Alvarez’s Painting “Virgin” was chosen for the Front Cover of the ArtTour International Fall Issue. Katrin Alvarez was selected as one of ATIM’s Top 60 Masters of the year.
2017 Katrin Alvarez was chosen as one of the Top 15 artists of the year by Viviana Puello, Editor-inChief of ArtTour International Magazine. In addition, the magazine published Alvarez’s works in an article entitled “The Voice For Those Without One.”
2020 Awarded the ATIM’s Top 60 Masters by ArtTour International Magazine.
Alvarez published satirical poems and a psychological autobiography portrait titled Fat Lilli - Good Child, Change Lobsters and Dance, under the pseudonym Sybille Braatz in Ilmgau Verlag.
2007 One of Alvarez’s paintings was chosen to hang in the “Phantasten Museum Wien” (New Fantastic Art Museum in Vienna) Alvarez participated in the “Here Now” exhibition organized by Vivid Arts Network and was selected as Best of Show.
2012 Katrin Alvarez was selected as one of ATIM Top 60 Masters of the year by ArtTour International Magazine.
2014 Palm Art Award - Winsor and Newton Prize 2015 Katrin Alvarez received the Winsor & Newton Prize. Katrin Alvarez was selected as one of ATIM Top 60 Masters of the year by ArtTour International Magazine.
2016 Alvarez was awarded the “Premio Alla Carriera” by ArtTour International Magazine. The ATIM’s Top 60 Masters Publication featured their Cover Story with Katrin Alvarez’s work, “Fear Has A Lot Of Faces.” Alvarez was selected as Artist of The Year 2017 during the ATIM Top 60 Masters Awards Ceremony.
2019 “The Power Of Thought” was chosen for the Back Cover of the ArtTour International Winter Issue
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ALEKSANDRA CIĄŻYŃSKA
"Parisian Blue" Oil on Canvas 39.3”x47.2”
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rt is my great passion which I try to develop every day. A passion that is extremely interesting and addictive because I am constantly learning something new thanks to it. Yes, art is an eternal learning that allows you to pay attention to things that are imperceptible to others. Discover the beauty of the world around us, the uniqueness of forms, colors, and shapes that accompany us imperceptibly every day. It allows you to discover yourself, look into the soul's recesses, and constantly find new faces. The ability to paint pictures is a gift that needs to be cared for every day. I am glad that I can share this gift with the world." "In A Sunny Robe" Oil on Canvas 19.6”x27.5”
www.ciazynska.pl “In A Blue Robe" Oil on Canvas 27.5”x19.6”
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“White Lie” Oil on Canvas, 20”x16”
“The Dulling” Oil on Canvas, 24”x20”
“Half-Cocked & Loaded” Oil on Canvas, 20”x10”
“Being Jare (w/apologies to Chauncey Gardiner)” Oil on Canvas, 20”x16”
“Sambuca & Cigarettes (after Degas)” Oil on Canvas 24”x20”
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“Blinded by Delight Redux” Oil on Canvas, 30”x20”
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GAYLE PRINTZ “Jack” Acrylic on Canvas, 60”x48”
What Inspires You? What connection do you have to your art? "Painting was simply something I always wanted to do but never had time to try. When I found myself with an abundance of time because of the mandatory COVID-19 quarantine regulations, I wanted to channel my energy into something creative that I could undertake without socializing. So, in
May of 2020, I picked up my first paintbrush in the hope of bringing beauty and light back to a world darkened by the pandemic. There were thoughts and feelings I needed to express without being judged. So, using a paintbrush, I chose to reflect upon and interpret the beauty that remained. The pandemic may have forced me to isolate and look inward. But the fact that art experts intend to ensure I have an artistic future and think I have something to contribute to the art world provides all the inspiration I need to continue on this unexpected path. "
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What does your art aim to say? "Because I believe the viewer's interpretation always trumps the artist's, the meaning in my artwork belongs to the viewer's heart and imagination. I leave it to you, the viewer, to draw on your emotional memories and listen to the whispers of your imagination to assign a personal and universal context that makes my work meaningful to you. Though I may never tell you the story a painting is meant to suggest, it is only because that story is yours to tell. In most cases, this provides me with a distinct advantage because your interpretation of that story is usually much more interesting. Although my goal is for others to be inspired to assign meaning to my work, accomplishing that goal is preceded by a creative process. As I tend to look at the world in relation to color, the first thing I do is choose colors that will complement one another or not complement one another, depending upon how I feel. I never look at the clock because, for me, creating something meaningful is an intense process in which time ceases to exist." What's your most significant barrier to being an artist? How do you address it? "When I began painting, it did not occur to me that sales and international recognition would be part of my artistic experience. At first, I was a bit too attached to my work. I finally realized that I would let people see it but not buy it. When I opened myself up to the idea of spreading the beauty by letting it go, the response was overwhelming. I engaged with some of the most insightful art lovers, curators, collectors, and investors I have ever known. Even though I did not begin painting to pursue an artistic career, once I realized people consistently wanted to buy my work, engaging in the business side was my greatest challenge."
“Pond” Acrylic on Canvas, 24”x36”
those touched by my work. It is liberating to be allowed to think for myself in an arena in which I can never be wrong. I hope to pass on that sense of freedom to the viewer—freedom of thought without any cloud of judgment. However long that happens to take me is time well spent."
What does generosity mean to you as an artist? How do you emulate this? "I feel we all have a responsibility to work toward the greater good. I hope to make the place a softer, more beautiful world for
“Float” Acrylic on Canvas Landscape, 24”x36”
“Ethereal” Acrylic on Canvas, 24”x36”
“Float” Acrylic on Canvas Portrait, 36”x24”
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HÉLÈNE DESERRES
“Hopefull” 2020, Acrylic On Canvas, 30"x30"
“Incertitudes” 2022, Mix Media on Canvas 30"x40"
"D
uring the last few months, I went through a dry spell not only caused by the demoralizing pandemic, but I had serious eye problems, the fear of losing my eyesight. Fortunately, laser surgery solved the problem, and I now have a new appreciation of beauty. Colors are now more vivid, more subtle.
These paintings done before and after the laser treatment reflects the many emotions the pandemic generated. From discouragement, frustration, and confusion to eventual serenity. A look towards a more quiet, joyful place."
“Autre Monde” 2021, Acrylic on Canvas 30"x40"
www.helenedeserres.ca
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“L'ombre” 2020, Acrylic on Canvas 30"x30"
“Pale” 2022, Acrylic on Canvas 30"x30"
“Encore un Masque” 2021, Mix Media on Canvas 30"x40"
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JEAN JACQUES PORRET What Inspires You? What connection do you have to your art? "Everyone is continuously influenced by everything. We cannot learn to be an artist or a creator. That's something one is born with. So many people try to be artists, but they lack that little crazy item called "being creative." To illustrate it, Rembrandt was an excellent painter, yes, but not creative; he was painting what he saw. VanGogh was maybe not a great painter but a fantastic creator. He was painting what influenced him. Both of them were great artists. We should define the word 'creative.' I'm sure that most people would have a different definition. For me, it's related to IMAGINATION. I do not know the dictionary definition, but creating is for the cook to use just the right amount of salt in the potatoes, knowing when it's too much or not enough. Look at Jacques Peppin; no cookbook, no teleprompter, he just does it; he creates a meal, using his feeling, his imagination. He is the perfect cooking artist." What does your art aim to say? "It is tough not to be influenced. I met many of the greatest sculptors of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, and yes I was influenced by them, but not anymore. I constantly need to be very careful and reject being influenced. I create my style, my path; I create out of my imagination. I'm more interested in communicating an abstract feeling or idea than an actual image. My work is figurative, but it's not about the figure." What's your most significant barrier to being an artist?
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# 454 “Reve Nocturne”
# 450 “Illusion Intime, Back”
How do you address it? "Recognition. Today people are more interested in the new wave of electronic toys, smartphones, electronic games, etc. People don't look at the esthetic and beauty of things anymore. I believe that my sculptures are sensual, attractive, and pleasing to the eyes and the touch. People don't need to wonder what it is, what it looks like, or what it is supposed to be. I guess that continuously showing these sculptures might, with time, bring me the recognition I need. I believe I create something to outlast me in this world." What does generosity mean to you as an
#402 “Rocambolesque”
# 445 “The Jive”
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MARCELLE MANSOUR
“Exploring the Joy of Conscience”, Digital Painting, 31.5”x23.6”
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“Exploring the World of Optimism”, Digital Art, 19.7”x27.5”
“Like Lotus and Bamboo Resilient Lucid Dreamer”, Digital Painting, 19.7”x27.5” “The Chair”, Light Art, Painting & Photography, 15.7”x11.8”
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ith an intuitive, multidisciplinary approach to art, my work is based on an exploratory discovery process, as I choose whether it is traditional or digital, or to combine both. I explore my creativity as an artist vis-à-vis traditional and new media art, discovering quality using new technologies within contemporary culture. Culture is the soul of art, as much as art is the soul of the culture. My art is a mirror reflecting my soul and everything related to myself, my thoughts, passions, feelings, identity, and values. It depicts my experiences, memories, and connection to the world as a universal Western-Eastern woman whose goal is to empower women to aspire for positive social change. I show versatility in my work that embraces various styles in traditional, digital and light mediums that balance traditional insight with the contemporary formulation. I began art from early childhood, developed a passion for portraits and figurative art, and painted prominent people’s portraits from real life. I highlight the theme of human experiences in a phenomenological manner which reflects on universal challenges facing humanity in the world.”
marcellemansour.com.au
“Healing”, Light Art, Painting & Photography, 15.7”x11.8”
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RIC CONN
“Some Nightmares Won't Go Away” Oil 36”x24”
“Entrapment” Oil, 36”x24”
“She Can Think for Herself” Oil, 36”x24”
“M
y work is primarily figurative depictions of the female experience; I am inspired to speak up about inequality and social issues women often face in Western culture, focusing on their courage and beauty. I am committed and very passionate about my work on gender equality and female empowerment, two subjects that are sorely lacking in society.”
My goal is to bring awareness to this problem and do my part to facilitate change. I am an international awardwinning American Expressionist artist, inspired mostly by Picasso, ToulouseLautrec, Edvard Munch, Matisse and the German Expressionists. www.ricconn.com