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Lonell Nellessen | Feb 8 – 20 2023

LONELL NELLESSEN | SOLO EXHIBITION

Feb 08 – Feb 20 2023

As she explores the various dynamics both in subject matter and technique, the dedication is the same with Lonell Nellessen, of whom Saphira & Ventura is proud to present a solo exhibition, curated by Alcinda Saphira, opening on the 8th of February, 2023. Her works range from floral to figurative, among others which capture the wide range of emotions and ideas of the artist herself. 

Creating art has always been a second instinct to Lonell Nellessen, growing up in Nebraska, she partook in the exploration of many mediums from acrylic to ink but also charcoal, watercolor, among other mediums. The works derive their content from Nellessen’s dreams but can also be inspired by something as simple as the touch of a canvas. She has painted various themes and subjects, among many of which are the beauty of flowers such as we can see in her work Roses Penumbra, a striking work capturing the partial illumination of roses or her Tears of Joy, where a delicate ripple effect is juxtaposed with the bloom of a red flower. Regarding her style, Nellessen doesn’t have a particular distinction but embraces what her inspirational muse brings her whether that comes in the form of an earthy tone with more texture or a clean swipe of light colors blooming forth on the canvas. Guests will have the opportunity to see the differences among these works and their unique character. 

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

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Irene Van Celestine | Jan 29 – Feb 4 2023

IRENE VAN CELESTINE | SOLO EXHIBITION

Jan 28 – Feb 4 2023

Honoring the tradition of figurative pieces and the passion which the individual artist expresses the pathos of their talent. On Saturday, January 28, Saphira & Ventura welcomes local New Yorkers and guests to its solo exhibition of , an exhibition curated by Alcinda Saphira. The exhibition will run until February 04 and will be located at 4 W 43rd St. #416 New York, NY 10036. The opening reception will be from 3pm to 6pm. Works will also be available to view on the gallery’s artsy.

“I believe that true art is conceived by deep struggles, internal conflicts and desires.” such are the words of Irene Van Celestine, also known as Irina Mezheritskiy. In her dedication to manifesting her ideas, struggles, and creative spirit, Van Celestine’s work feature a wide array of carefully crafted themes, stories, and references. The artist works with oil on canvas and with a variety of sizes. To take her Portrait of a Young Warrior, for example, Van Celestine creates a youthful figure with a touch of fear yet determination in the eyes, a powerful sword, and a majestic pose. Among her other pieces, she plunges the viewer into deep landscapes and seascapes while in others she features dazzling figures in both earthly and celestial spaces. The artist herself has had a remarkable experience in life. Being born in Central European region of Russia, and raised by her grandparents, she eventually entered a Medical University in Kyiv and late immigrated to the United States at 21. Saphira & Ventura Gallery welcomes all those who wish to attend the exhibition to RSVP to the email below. 

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

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Bari Bing | Jan 19 – 26 2023

BARI BING | SOLO EXHIBITION

On View: Jan 19 – 26 2023

Following a year of new exhibitions in new locations, international gallery, Saphira & Ventura Art | Design | Architecture unveils its opening 2023 exhibition with New York artist, Bari Bing. The exhibition,  curated by Alcinda Saphira, features new acrylic on canvas works by the artist and will have its opening on January 19 2023 from 6pm to 9pm and will run until the 26th, at 4 W 43rd St. #416 New York, NY 10036. Works will also be available to view on the gallery’s artsy. 

Exploring the art of Bari Bing the viewer encounters an enticing world of lines and colors. The artist and her multi-disciplinary background has inspired her with an approach to her aesthetic which range from modern masters but also to her experience admiring the architecture of cities such as Miami and New York where she has worked. The artist focuses on the intricate yet humble beauty of primary colors. Her experience as a custom jeweller, having been trained in the Kunstgewerbeschule, University of Zurich, has allowed her various opportunities to explore a style that goes into creating a work of art. Drawing herself onto painting lush paintings, much inspired by Modern abstract as can be seen also by her large diptychs but also smaller works. Bing’s multi-dsiciplianry career has taken her on several journeys, including winning the DeBeers Diamonds for Men Competition. The artist is based in both New York, Chicago, Palm Beach and has recently been featured in a solo exhibition in Venice in the fall of 2022. 

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

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SCOPE MIA | Nov 29 – Dec 4 2022

SCOPE MIAMI BEACH 2022

In its fifth participation at Scope Miami Beach, Saphira & Ventura is proud to be an active member of the city’s exhilarating art week. The gallery, based in New York, will be showcasing a mixed collection of phygital art throughout the run of the fair from Tuesday, November 29 to Sunday, December 4, 2022 at Ocean Drive and 8th Street. Curated by Alcinda Saphira, the gallery welcomes locals and visitors alike to booth H027 where the following collection will be on view.

Magic City once again will host its iconic art week and for the newest edition of Scope Miami Beach, featuring The New Contemporary, an experiential multidisciplinary program. S&V likewise takes its guests into an phygital experience, showcasing its installation, the S&V Phygital Lab, including various abstract pieces coming together in a network of diverse techniques and styles will showcase NY artist, Kelly Dabbah, whose ‘’Daddy’s issues’’ stands as a primary work in the gallery’s presentation this year. 

Together with this installation, will be works by geometric artist, Roby Frankel, incorporating the poignancy of shape and form with the versatility of decisive angles and delicate palettes. 

While in sculpture, Miami based artist, Roman Feral’s much loved, Chanel Golden Azur will again be available to view this year. The gallery will also be presenting its S&V Meta collection, featuring Non-fungible tokens (NFT) by its household artists from across the globe such as Bari Bing, an artist blending the beauty of geometry with a surrealist touch, together with new works by Diane Detalle, whose spontaneous spirit is reflected in her abstract pieces, as well as Sino-American artist, Huang Xiang, whose long and dedicated career to humanitarian efforts have earned him great respect, together with Bhavya Dixit who creates intricate Madhbani images, an Indian art form over 2,500 years old, taking her cultural heritage to the global stage. 

Also featured will be NFTs by Anna Hopfensberger, an innovative artist creating a vast series of stories through her playful characters. Another artist that will be debuting in Scope is Flavia

Jackson. Through her use of mixed media, the artist captures a versatile and eccentric picture using colors and form to illustrate different icons. Along with Jackson is Elisabeth Wortsman. Wortsman’s lush, abstract pieces are a part of a new phygital installation. Mixing mediums, Wortsman’s blend of aesthetic imagery, ranging from photography to oils, highlights the artist’s commitment to her multi-disciplinary approach. Having shown in Palm Beach earlier this year, artist Gui Calil will return to the Florida scene with a new series of digital works reflecting his strength in his other mediums.

The figurative paintings by Irene van Celestine have their immersive experience as digital works, taking the viewer on the artist’s personal journey through myths and legends.

Surrealism also serves as an influence to Philippe De Kraan, an artist with a vivid imagination who employs the pointillist technique to bring life to his works. Ultimately, Phyllis Shipley, based in Florida, has been involved with the community for many years, having recently expanded to the digital landscape, her floral and figurative works encapsulate the beauty of nature with these new engaging mediums. 

Saphira & Ventura will also be doing a collaboration with Magnetic 3D

founded by Tom Zerega, the company has been a pioneer in the market of autostereoscopic technology and providing visualization solutions as well as consulting services for aerospace, medical and defense applications.

For inquiries on the works please contact the gallery or visit the affiliated section on our Artsy page. 

Curator: Alcinda Saphira 

Production: Liz Carvalho, Andre Machado, Diego Ponce, Albert Valente, Melissa Queliz, Kathia Ekaterina
Design: Camila Crivelenti

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Huang Xiang Solo Exhibition | Nov 10–16 2022

Huang Xiang | Solo Exhibition

On View: Nov 10–16 2022

Huang Xiang is considered one of the greatest poets of 20th Century China, a master calligrapher, painter,  and a preeminent, Post-Cultural Revolution poet of China. His lower class origins precluded him from attending school but at the age of 10 he discovered a treasure trove of college books that his father had hidden away earlier and began reading them in earnest. These books included the Classic Chinese works and translations of major western authors, poets and statesmen. In 1978 Huang posted big character posters of his poems on seventy yards of fence near Mao Zedong’s mausoleum near Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Word of Huang’s posters and his comments including, “The death of an emperor is the death of a rat”, spread across of the city in an instant. This act sparked a movement that became known worldwide as “The Democracy Wall”. Afterwards Huang Xiang and his friends held a short ceremony there to proclaim the founding of “The Enlightenment Society”, whose aim was far reaching reforms of Chinese society. The response from the public was electric! In the days that followed, the “Democracy Movement” was born.  In March 1979 Huang Xiang was arrested and sentenced to a period of “reform through labor”, and the Central committee banned publication of his works. The ban continues until this day. Huang Xiang was imprisoned six times spending a total of twelve years in Chinese prisons, due to his poetry, his advocacy for human rights, and his fight for democracy. Despite his harsh treatment, his several terms in prison, and his two stints on death row, his poetry reflects a hopeful view of China. 

Huang Xiang and his wife Zhang Ling were forced to leave China and eventually they were granted asylum in the United States. In Oct 2004 Huang Xiang was asked to be a guest writer in Pittsburgh for the North American Network of Cities of Asylum. Shortly after coming to Pittsburgh Huang Xiang covered the outside of his house in the Mexican War District with his calligraphy and poetry. Today it is one of the most visited landmarks in Pittsburgh. 

After completing his residency with the city of Asylum Huang Xiang moved to New York City where he frequently collaborates with other artists. Today his mission is to use his art to build a bridge between east and west and to honor a universal humanity.

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Dreaming in New York | Nov 2–8

DREAMING IN NEW YORK

On View: Nov 2–8 2022

Drawing influences from the contemporary urban energy of New York City, artists from Miguel Santana’s Madrid collection find a powerful expression within the walls of Saphira & Ventura in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. The collection, featuring Santana’s distinctive works from his gallery, highlights the works of two great cities. Curated by Miguel Santana and Alcinda Saphira, the gallery is happy to invite locals and visitors to Saphira & Ventura Gallery located on 4 W 43rd St. Suite #416 on Wednesday, November 2nd, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm.

Saphira & Ventura Gallery welcomes the iconic works of Miguel Santana Gallery, as well as presents artists of their own collection such as:

ALONSO DE SOUSA , ANA C. MEJÍA, BLANCA MARTÍ, FEDERICO ECHEVARRÍA, GRACIA RAMÍREZ, JOSÉ AUQUILLA, JOSÉ DOMÍNGUEZ, MARIA DE FRANCISCO “SALCES”, MARIAN LORENZO RÍOS, MIHAI BARA, PAULINO L. TARDÓN, ROSA MORENO DE CASTRO, BRINTON FARRAND

We also present the phygital (physical and digital) works of the established contemporary German artist Anna Hopfensberger. The imagination and liveliness in her works capture audiences of all backgrounds. Her brushstrokes bring to life the unique characters she creates. In the works of Brinton Farrand, the viewer is transported into a world of surrealism and captivating imagery, drawing a lofty inspiration from music and the works of the old masters. While in the abstract works of Blanca Marti, the viewers experience the serenity of soft colors with a focus on sharp textures.

These works, together with the highlights of the Santana collection, will be on display. More information can also be found in the gallery’s social media.

ANNA HOPFENSBERGER | Mini Solo

Throughout her career, Anna Hopfensberger has been an artist whose creativity has developed complex, unique figures. Her works, recently exhibited in Venice, have been a favorite, not only for their jovial quality, but also for pushing boundaries in terms of technique. Hopfensberger’s versatile technique allows her to illustrate imaginative, provocative narratives.

A master of bold brushstroke, colors, and symbols, Hopfensberger portrays the inner workings of her mind onto the canvas. Hopfensberger has often heard that, “to paint.. it is like to love again, but I think it is rather to learn to love someone truthfully… as it opens the heart and lets the rivers flow…”

Hopfensberger’s works will be exhibited for the second time, her debut being in 2019 with phenomenal feedback. 

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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
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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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