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Side by Side | Hijo Nam | Sept 24–30

SIDE BY SIDE | HIJO NAM

SOLO EXHIBITION

In its continuing tradition of its parallel exhibitions in Venice, Saphira & Ventura is proud to present the mixed-media pieces of Hijo Nam, an artist not altogether new to the gallery’s repertoire but one whose works have been extolled in many exhibitions ranging from Dubai, London, New York, among others. This solo exhibition, as part of the gallery’s Side by Side series will have its vernissage on the 24th of September from 18:30 to 21:00 at Via Garibaldi 1815 Venice, Italy, 30122 until September 30, 2022. 

An admirer of traditional Korean techniques, mixed-media artist, Hijo Nam mastered many traditional Korean techniques for handling materials such as lacquer (Ottchil), Hanji, and fabrics, applying them without limiting materials or genres for the her own free expression. The artist, based in Seoul and New York, works without restrictions on various techniques and materials such as canvas, wood, iron, ceramics, and Korean traditional lacquer. Her works have also been present within the digital market and has been present in Chicago’s NeoCon, the Palm Beach Show, and exhibitions in New York by the gallery. Her works can also be found on the gallery’s Artsy page, which includes NFT and traditional physical pieces as well. The exhibition explores both sides of her works, focusing on the traditions which has shaped her career as an artist in Korea while also diving into the digital manifestations that has brought her pieces to the virtual world. Her fabric works, which exude her potency in uniting form and texture to create immaculate representations, together with other works that from a variety of mediums. 

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Curator by Alcinda Saphira 
Production: Diego Ponce / Carolina Hinterhoff / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Side by Side | Analogs & NFTs | Sept 24–30

SIDE BY SIDE | ANALOGS & NFTS

Whereas physical art has played a great role in history, the place of digital art and NFTs have begun emerging in the last quarter of a century and has taken an immense dimension during the Covid-19 pandemic as galleries were under quarantine. The 2022 Venice Biennale awakens itself to these realities and provides guests with a wide variety of both traditional works (analogs) as well as diverse collections of Non-Fungible Tokens. Such is Saphira & Venturas’s newest exhibition in Via Garibaldi with a spotlight on Korean artist, Hijo Nam. The exhibition is curated by Alcinda Saphira and will have its opening reception on Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 18:30 until 21:00. Visitors may rsvp or arrive as walk-ins from the opening until the closing on September 30.

Analogs & NFTs is the fourth in a series of exhibitions entitled Side By Side that focus on the gallery’s commitment to showcasing contemporary works in its collection during the acclaimed Biennale. This exhibition has a spotlight on Korean artist Hijo Nam, a mixed-media artist, who mastered many traditional Korean techniques for handling materials such as lacquer (Ottchil), Hanji, and fabrics, applying them without limiting materials or genres for the her own free expression. The gallery will also be exhibition a collection of analog works by abstract works by Joanne Handler and Melissa McCraken as well as pieces in the figurative tradition such as those by Rene Nascimento, Alfonso Segovia, Phyllis Shipley, and Huang Xiang. Digital works, in the forms of NFTs will also be exhibited such as those by Rosie Kim, Hwichan Ko, Abby Perillo, Aro, Daphne Anastassiou, Elisabeth Worstman, and Victoria Citro

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Curator by Alcinda Saphira 
Production: Diego Ponce / Carolina Hinterhoff / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Side by Side | Inspired by Great Moments | Sept 16–22

SIDE BY SIDE | INSPIRED BY GREAT MOMENTS

As its third exhibition during the 2022 Venice Biennale, Saphira & Ventura is proud to present Side By Side Inspired By Great Moments, an international exhibition curated by Alcinda Saphira featuring an array of artists whose works serve as the artistic manifestation of their inspirations and influences. The exhibition will also feature a spotlight on multidisciplinary artist Bari Bing, and a series of the gallery’s iconic artists. The opening reception will be held at Via Garibaldi 1815

in Venice, Italy and will start on Friday, September 16, 2022 at 18:30 until 21:00. Visitors may rsvp or arrive as walk-ins from the opening until the closing on September 22. The artworks will also be available for view on Artsy and the gallery’s social media.

Among the collection that Inspired by Great Moments are artists that the gallery selected as a uniting force for this exhibition, they include works that utilize colors and shading in a lush and playful technique such as those by Derrick Desrosiers, Adriana Soares, and Rene Nascimento, to works by iconic Chinese poet and artist, Huang Xiang, together with Roby Frankel, a geometric artist based in Chicago as well as figurative artists inspired by poetic and mythical stories and concepts such as Brinton Farrand, and Irene van Celestine, while also showcasing works by Andrey Kozakov and the musical and floral works of Phyllis Shipley. The exhibition will also cast a spotlight on abstract artist, Bari Bing, and her works focusing on primary colors, inspired by the architecture and design of cities such as New York and Miami.

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Curated by Alcinda Saphira
Production: Diego Ponce / Carolina Hinterhoff / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Side by Side | International Identidy | Sept 8–14

side by side | INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY

After a triumphant opening in August in its return to Venice, Saphira & Ventura Gallery will be unveiling its second exhibition, International Identity, focusing on a select series of contemporary artists hailing from different parts of the globe. Saphira & Ventura Gallery with the support of the New York International Contemporary Art Society, closely located next to the Giardini, the gallery opens its doors on September 08 at 17h at the D.O.R.A.H on Via Garibaldi 1815, Venice 30122.. 

In this upcoming exhibition, International Identity, the gallery explores a variety of international components such as regional influences, social commentary, engaging new mediums and much more, featuring artists in both digital and physical formats, the gallery promotes a phygital environment curated by Alcinda Saphira, the exhibition will exhibit artists such as Keith Manning, Diane Detalle, Fernando Santos, Andrea Tagliepietra, Yusuke Akamatsu, Bari Bing, Charles Lívio Payne, Hijo Nam, Kelly Fischer, Paolo Terdich, Vikash Jha, Gui Calil, Joel Douek, Ashley Condina.

These artists make up the principal pieces of the exhibitions. Together with these works the exhibition will also feature the Amazônia Phygital Installation with pieces by Geraldo Teixeira, Maycon Nunes, Odair Mindello, Meireles Junior, Liz Carvalho, Marize Koerich, Gloria Dumit, Rogerio Martins, Vera Hermano.

International Identity invites the local and visiting patron to interact with these pieces, each touching on different themes and mediums. As part of the SIDE BY SIDE series, the works engage the community of the Venice Biennale in this multinational atmosphere where identity and culture play a significant role in the arts. 

Art Performance: Ashley Condina

 

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Curator: Alcinda Saphira 
Production: Diego Ponce / Carolina Hinterhoff / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Yara Tupynambá | Sep 1–12, 2022

YARA TUPYNAMBÁ

Brazilian Vegetation | solo exhibition

70 Years Celebration of Tupynamba’s Journey

The Brazilian artist is a nationwide known painter, engraver, and muralist, whose work
portrays the countryside and her roots in the state of Minas Gerais

In their strong dedication to unique movements, cultures, and styles, the international community of galleries present powerful pieces by cutting-edge artists. This approach is the subject of an upcoming exhibition by Saphira & Ventura, located in Midtown Manhattan with branches and affiliates worldwide. The gallery will be debuting the works of Yara Tupynambá, a figurative artist who explores a variety of themes such as local festivals, cityscapes, among others. This solo exhibition, is geared to intrigue guests who will have the opportunity to view her works throughout the artist’s long career and see the different motifs Tupynambá engages with.

Having a long and experimental art career, Yara Tupynambá has had a panoramic development in her experience as a painter. Born in 1932 in Montes Claros, Brazil, the artist was trained in engravings, writing a strong thesis on Dürer while also studying the works of 18th century religious iconography in Brazilian chapels and cathdetrals, particularly the ones in Ouro Preto and Sabará. Tupynamba’s work has attracted attention for the remarkable use of technique and storytelling by which she captures the spirit of the Brazilian countryside and inhabitants in a way that seems traditional yet strikingly contemporary. Her works won her a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in New York, where she received ample training and exposed her works to new markets. Returning to Belo Horizonte, the artist was awarded with the National Prize for Painting and has since been a significant name both in her local province as well as the art community of Brazil. Saphira & Ventura proudly presents Tupynambá’s work in celebration of the artist’s talent and achievements.

About the artist

Yara Tupynambá, born April 2, 1932, in Monte Claros, Brazil, is a visual artist who began her career studying under the Brazilian artists Alberto Guignard and Oswaldo Goeldi. Later in life, she won a scholarship to study at the Pratt Institute in New York, where she received ample training and could expose her work to new markets. Throughout her career, Tupynambá’s pieces have attracted attention for the remarkable use of technique and storytelling by which she captures the spirit of the Brazilian countryside and inhabitants in a way that seems traditional yet strikingly contemporary. Participant in several modern art salons and biennials, she has solo exhibited in renowned galleries and cultural institutes in Brazil. Tupynambá has been selected to represent the art of Minas Gerais on different occasions and has participated in international collective art exhibitions in Latin America, the United States, and Europe. She is also the recipient of several awards, including the National Prize for Painting. She has been a significant name both in her local province as well as in the art community of Brazil.

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Curator by Alcinda Saphira 
Production: Diego Ponce / Carolina Hinterhoff / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

YARA E A NATUREZA l

Meu contato na natureza começou na adolescência quando frequentei as fazendas que ficavam ao redor da pequena cidade onde morava. Pude então penetrar nas matas que as circundavam, percorrendo trilhas e encontrando pequenos riachos. Era um encantamento só.

Na fazenda de meu avô materno, mais tarde, pude percorrer matas mais densas, onde com meus primos buscava aventuras e mistérios.

Já começando a frequentas a escolinha do parque Municipal, onde Guignard ministrava aulas, pude fixar meu gosto definitivo pela natureza, a partir da observação minuciosa que o mestre nos impunha na execução de desenhos de árvores e plantas. O tema ficou latente em minha memória.

Anos passados, após enfrentar a execução de figuras, nos grandes painéis, tive vontade de rever temas que ficaram para trás e, desta forma, o contato com a natureza veio naturalmente, de maneira muito forte. Queria rever tudo o que vira no passado.

O Instituto Estadual de Florestas, que procurei, realizou meu sonho de estar na Reserva Florestal do Vale do Rio Doce, onde encontrei uma natureza poderosa e pujante. Ali fiquei, realizando meu trabalho: Ver, anotar, escolher e fixar imagens.

Mas, eu queria mais, ver novos aspectos do tema e, desta vez foi o IBAMA que me ajudou a sentir e ver outra realidade, que eram os campos rupestres da serra do cipó. 

Depois veio Inhotim, onde o homem soma à natureza elementos cultivados, assim dando-me a visão de outra faceta do assunto. Fechando círculo vejo nossos parques municipais, criados para a contemplação e uso.

Agora é trazer ao público que me vê, reflexões sobre a beleza, a preservação e a necessidade de cuidados especiais, para que possamos usufruir deste tesouro importante que nos foi colocado a nossa volta. 

YARA E A NATUREZA ll

O silêncio da mata quebrado pela pio das aves, os raios de sol filtrando entre os galhos das altas árvores e fazendo manchas luminosas nos verdes, o chão coberto de folhas secas que estalam abaixo de nossos pés, iluminadas, samambaias que se destacam no escuro da mata. Tudo isto que vi e senti significa o grandiosidade da nossa natureza e a urgente necessidade de preservá-la.

Mas foi preciso caminhar mais para ver a diversidade de nossos ecossistemas, e encontrar os campos rupestres da serra do cipó que, na primavera, se cobrem de flores de exótica engenharia, numa renovação permanente que o tempo traz aos campos, aparentemente tão despojados. Mas também não se esquecer das velócias gigantes quase tão antigas quanto o Brasil, primitivas, estranhas com seus galhos retorcidos, entre as pedras que escolheu como morada.

Meu percurso se completa quando foco a natureza trabalhada pelo homem, como em Inhotim e os parques municipais de BH, mostrando-nos a simbiose perfeita entre os dois elementos.

Roteiro feito é preciso agora lembrar que precisamos conservar tudo isto, para a sensibilidade e alegria das novas gerações que deverão encontrar um país profundamente ligado a sua importante riqueza.

VALE DO RIO DOCE

– Composto pela maior área continua de mata Atlântica do Estado de Minas Gerais, o parque detém rica biodiversidade e um manancial aquático surpreendente, com 40 lagoas. O Parque Estadual do Rio Doce esta situado na porção sudoeste do estado, a 248 km de Belo Horizonte, na região do Vale do Aço, inserido nos municípios de Marliéria, Dionísio e Timóteo.

– Unidade de conservação abriga a maior floresta tropical de Minas, em seus 36.970 hectares e é a primeira unidade de conservação estadual criada em Minas Gerais.

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Side by Side | Contemporary Concepts | Aug 30 – Sept 6

Contemporary Concepts

AUG 30 – SEPT 6
@ D.O.R.A.H. – SAPHIRA & VENTURA
Via Garibaldi 1815 – Castello 30122 Venice – Italy (Giardini della Biennale)

Bringing together the community of contemporary art, the art industry of today seeks to showcase artists who are in touch not only with the culture of their time but also with their self-expression and the role their artistic concept plays.

Uniting itself with the serene city of Venice, Saphira & Ventura Gallery with the support of the New York International Contemporary Art Society disembarks to launch a series of multi-disciplinary exhibitions as part of its international commitment to the art community, opening with Side By Side with a variety of programs for four weeks focusing on art, technolog, sustainability, etc…

The debut of this program will be in parallel with the Venice Film Festival, where the gallery will be collaborating with the David Lynch Foundation and for 30 days will be showcasing exhibitions, conferences, art consultation, music, and technology programs.

SAPHIRA & VENTURA GALLERY PRESENTS ART, TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY SIDE BY SIDE IN AN AWARDS EVENING.

The gallery will hold an exhibition celebrating the Art of Venice Biennale and the city’s Film Festival between September and August this year with exclusive awards.
The art exhibitions celebrating the 79th Venice International Film Festival organized by Saphira & Ventura gallery with the direction and curatorship of Alcinda Saphira, will take place from August 30 to September 30, 2022 at the gallery space D.O.R.A.H. – Saphira & Ventura Gallery of Venice, in the Giardino della Biennale, Via Garibaldi 1815, Castello e NY.

When it comes to art, Venice and NY are reference stages. Thus, the exhibition will be organized and hosted by the New York International Society of Contemporary Art in collaboration with artists, designers, curators and corporations.  The program will feature 4 exhibitions from the Venice Art Biennale 2022 under the title “SIDE BY SIDE”, whose goal is to promote art in all its forms, celebrating the Venice Film Festival and encouraging awareness of Sustainability.

There will also be a worldwide contest of prizes for paintings, sculptures, photographs, and short film retrospectives as a contribution to a better understanding of art history.

Four (4) prizes will be awarded by the Saphira & Ventura Gallery in Venice for the best original physical work of art, short films and NFTs. The best submitted works will be chosen by a jury. The categories are:

1st BEST work related to sustainability – “Amazon Biennial Award”.
2nd BEST work commemorating the events of the Better World Foundation and David Lynch Foundation in Venice (Products for these organizations).
3rd “Award of the International Society of Contemporary Art of New York” and finally, 
4th The “Saphira & Ventura Award”.

Free admission. 
Hours 6pm – 9pm
NY Hours
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FAN | Aug 10–16, 2022

FAN

August 10–24, 2022

In its newest exhibition, Metamorphosis, visitors would have the opportunity to discover the works of FAN, an independent artist, adventurer and free electron, both inside and outside. The exhibition will present her intricate mixed media pieces, exploring the anatomical wonders of insects and their delicate composition. Saphira & Ventura Gallery’s iconic midtown gallery will be hosting this exhibition.

 “Art is my whole life, an adventure, an escapade and a crusade that stimulates the emotions” says FAN, having a lifetime of experience in different parts of the world, FAN has devoted herself to art, exploration, and establishing bridges between the world of the living and the world of transparencies, uniting the two ideas in a symbiotic relationship. Her experience in Central America led her to new insights, speaking to the local people, FAN adapted to new traditions. A dedicated environmentalist, her works feature prominent themes of life, birth, and a variety of elements found in a heavy anthropogenic theme. Curator, Alcinda Saphira, choosing a unique selection of works by FAN for this special exhibition, focuses on the artist’s efforts as a humanitarian building bridges and as an aesthetic creator, showing representations of nature and beauty in her work. 

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Curator by Alcinda Saphira 
Production: Diego Ponce / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Perspectives | Aug 3–8, 2022

perspectives

Collective Exhibition
Aug 3–8, 2022

“The purpose of art” says Picasso, “is to wash the dusts of everyday life.” In the great variety of art we come across in our digital age, we still wash the dusts of our daily life with powerful works. In its upcoming collective exhibition, Saphira & Ventura displays seven contemporary artists encompassing both abstract and figurative traditions. The exhibition, curated by Alcinda Saphira, will be open for viewing on August 03, 2022 at Saphira & Ventura Gallery, on 4 W 43rd St. #416 from 6pm to 8pm and will be available until August 08, 2022.

The exhibition will host several artists from different parts of the world and with a versatile background. Of such artists that currently has an online exhibition available is Andrea Brêtas, a digital artist and photographer continuously testing new mediums and subjects, both in the figurative tradition with models as well as abstractions. This is a theme picked up by New York based artist, Vikash Jha, whose abstract works highlight the use of unconventional textures as well as an appreciation for stark lighting contrast. The gallery will also exhibit works by Huang Xiang, the iconic Chinese calligrapher whose works made a great impact in the Chinese art scene of the late 20th century. Xiang’s work blends poetry and abstraction, illustrating a dynamic blend of provocative themes fused with a growing emergence of Chinese art. This somewhat parallels the works of another artist, Regular Magrit-Bill, an abstract artist yet whose works on paper and board, have an almost surreal and minimalistic element to them. While her canvas works focus on the powerful relationship between complimentary colors, such as blue and yellow.  Rita BasuMallick, likewise based in New York, will have her works featured in this exhibition. The artist’s inspirations of impressionism and old masters can be seen in her canvas paintings. Rachael Brown likewise has an inspiration, however, in her works, using acrylic instead of oil, the artist focuses on scenic landscapes and floral patterns. Returning to abstraction, the paintings of Quebec-based artist, Aro, touch on abstract representations featuring  spirals which juxtapose a plethora of colors on a solid plane, creating an elegant ambiance for the spectator.

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Curator by Alcinda Saphira 
Production: Diego Ponce / Carolina Hinterhoff / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Rosanne Potter | Jul 23 – Aug 23

rosanne potter

Virtual Solo Exhibition
July 23 – August 23, 2022

Rosanne Potter paints in the Abstract Expressionist tradition, but her paintings vary greatly in style and palette. Never attempting a predictable style or look, each painting arises from the meeting of material, usually just paint (but sometimes sand, wax, or other collage materials) and canvas. The colors are chosen, but the structure of each work develops on its own.

Some characteristic moves can be noted: looping circular strokes, metallic surface flares, horizontal color fields displayed and interplayed. Though they reappear, these features are not present in all works or even all present in any one work. Each of her major paintings develops intrinsically without reference to anything done earlier. She has no interest in repetitively creating work that can be identified as hers from across the room.

The poet Yeats is reported to have said that he was always surprised by the poems that came from him. Potter, too, allows herself to be surprised by her work, for although she does not start with the intention to depict a body, a face, or any other object, readable images seem to emerge from the paint in ways that are mysterious to her. Sometimes the shapes that emerge have mythical significance: skulls, mirrors, birds, animals, buildings, planetary systems. These are not images she has in mind and brings to the canvas; they are paint that forms itself into shapes that she can “read” and afterwards elaborate consciously if she chooses. Sometimes she incorporates her readings into a title; usually she leaves titles open, so that viewers can find what they wish to read in the imagery of the
painting.

Potter began drawing informally as a young woman, by copying Picasso’s Woman Ironing. She took a studio art class with American Abstractionist Clarence Giese during her Institute of European Studies Junior Year Abroad in Vienna. Her professional career though followed from her MA at the University of Chicago and Ph.D. at the University of Texas in English Literature. At Iowa State University, where she spent her teaching career, she taught everything from Freshman English through graduate seminars on Virginia Woolf, Modern Drama and Women’s Studies. She only turned back to painting after early retirement to Key West where she took a painting workshop with Joachim Loeber, known then as “the last living German Expressionist” who coincidentally immigrated to and worked in Potter’s hometown, Westfield, NJ, and in her retirement home, Key West. Loeber taught technique rather than style: how different colors, paints, surface, and tools effect each other. An early product of his workshop was Key West, Transit of Venus, Poems and Paintings by Rosanne Potter (SeaStory Press, 2005).

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Andrea Brêtas | Jul 13 – Aug 16 2022

Andréa Brêtas

Solo Virtual Exhibition
July 13 – August 16 2022

Saphira & Ventura is honored to present a solo virtual exhibition on the works by Andréa Brêtas, a photographer and painter, based in Petrópolis, Brazil. The exhibition explores the artist’s digital works together with her mixed media pieces in a digitized format, curated by Alcinda Saphira and Camila Crivelenti. The exhibition is supported by Coletivo de Arte BB, and will be opening on July 16 via saphiraventura.com until August 16, 2022. 

The virtual exhibition will allow viewers to get analyze the works of Andréa Brêtas, an artist experimenting with different mediums, while also engaging in photography projects. She is originally from Rio de Janeiro, but has been living in Petropolis since 1992.Her influences are many and focus on artists of abstract manifestations like Miquel Barceló, Luis Áquila, Daniel Senise, among others. Her Limites series highlights the artist’s admiration for the modern masters with its engaging color patterns and striking use contrasting shades. whereas in photography it includes Brooke Shaden, Sue Bryce, as well as the courses and workshops she has worked in around the world. Her artistic research seeks to expose the female interior as a focus and for I make use of sculpture, paintings and photography as incessant tools for personal expression and demonstration of feelings.

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Curator by Alcinda Saphira & Camila Crivelenti
Production: Diego Ponce / Albert Valente / Liz Carvalho
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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