Red 2019 Show

This show will run February 1-28, 2019. Artists from around the world were called to submit their work. There were 140 accepted entries and they came from 15 different states in the USA as well as 16 other locations: Belarus, China, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, and Ukraine. A variety of styles and mediums were entered, including but not limited to acrylic, collage, colored pencil, digital, enamel, graphite, ink, marker, mixed media, oil, pastel, photography, tempera, silk (dyed), stained glass, and watercolor. The judging criterion was originality, interpretation, quality, demonstration of ability, and usage of medium. Other factors, such as the clarity of the images provided and their ability to be viewed online, as well as relating to the theme, also contributed to our decision. “Best of Show”, “First Place”, and “Second Place” winners received a monetary award in addition to special recognition.

We were very happy to donate 10% of all entry fees from this show to Red Cross. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, providing assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinions. For more information, please visit their website http://www.ifrc.org/en/. Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, LLC is not affiliated with the Red Cross. It is our hope that this small act of kindness will blossom and grow to help someone else.

Thank you to all the artists who participated! Your talents and skills gave us a diverse body of work to create this attractive show.

Buyers- Please contact the artists directly for sales. Colors of Humanity Art Gallery does not handle any part of the sale or collect any commission, it is solely between the buyer and artist. You may find a link to the artist’s website or email address below their work.

Born in 1973 in the city of Tchaikovsky, Perm Region. In the 1990s she worked in the workshop of folk crafts, specializing in artistic painting. In 2004 she moved to Moscow. She received a degree in economics here, but wanted to express herself in another field. She sought to be creative since childhood, but did not have the opportunity to study in this field. She started painting seriously only in 2015. She received an additional professional education at the Surikov Art Academy under the painting program (she defended her diploma in 2017).

I am grateful to my husband, who supported me in the learning process, and also helps me in everything now. And I am very grateful for the life that gave me the opportunity to do what I like.

Life, the world is constantly changing, but in this variability there are eternal meanings. I always wanted to express this feeling of eternity in everyday life. Painting is one of the wonderful possibilities of the spiritual mastery of the world.

I have a short artist biography, but I'm working. I really hope to have time to do something important.

Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia since 2017.

Participation in collective exhibitions and art projects:

1) International Art Exhibition "City and Man" Larnaca, Republic of Cyprus - 2018;

2) The exhibition "In the space of sunlight" Moscow, Central House of Artists - 2018

3) XXV International exhibition-competition of contemporary art "Russian Art Week", Moscow, Congress Hall "Danilovsky" - 2018: winner of the classical painting competition in the nomination "Synthesis of genres", the category "professional" - 1 place for the work "A boy with a dog."

4) International Project "Russian Art Award", Moscow, Congress Hall "Danilovsky" - 2018

5) The works “The Dream about the Red Planet” and “Dynamo No. 2” are placed in the art encyclopedia “RED GATES / AGAINST FLOW-2018”.

6) All-Russian contest “Talent of Russia”: laureate of the “Competition of modern graphics”, nomination “still life” - 1st place for the work “Still life with a sprig of cotton”, 2018

7) The exhibition "The fascination of winter days." Organizer: the Painting section of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia. Moscow, Central House of Artists. December 2018 - January 2019.

My name is Nina Dobrovolska (art pseudonym from fr. Nina DoShé)

I was born in a beautiful country, Ukraine, and grew up being surrounded by the Mother Nature’s splendor in its local flavor: endless valleys, mighty rivers and, barely touched in their primordial mysticism, forests.

While the vicinity of nature was awakening and sharpening my artistic senses, pulling some hidden strings in my heart, the dear family gave me a chance not only to contemplate and feel the innate beauty of the world, but to satisfy the growing needs of what has ultimately become a life-lasting pursuit of continuous self-perfection.

This path has led me to a multi-dimensional inquiry. Currently, I have three master’s degrees in quite dissimilar spheres: Chemistry and Biology from the National University of life and environmental sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv, Economics from Kyiv National Economic University and Graphical from Estonian Academy of Arts. Even though it has not been an easy ride, the

accumulated knowledge in these areas has bestowed me with an ability to observe and evaluate art both very extensively and yet with completely fresh eyes. I am a big fan of graphics and painting, arts and crafts. I like to draw portraits and landscapes, and animals wrapped in kinky garments of my imagination.

His style is eclectic and genuine, and one possessing an uncanny knowledge and ability with creating and teaching art in a manner for all to enjoy.

Art is an intrinsic part of our very existence. As we create, we are being simultaneously created.

For 15 years Nina Dobrovolska has been combining a passion for painting with a career in the banks of Ukraine.

Her paintings are in private collections in Ukraine, UK (London), USA, Canada, Brazil, France, Estonia…

Life being a dream! / / Life as a Dream!

In 2019 I am turning 55 years old.

I was born in the big industrial city of Krivoy Rog, in Ukraine. My father, an outstanding teacher and artist Ivan Salko, helped me to take the first steps in art.

Its creativity is marked with a quiet reliance in elected path, maturity of art finds and solutions. The artist is excited with an idea of necessity to restore the harmony of the people and nature. Destroying the ecological medium, breaking off the connections with the Universe the man loses his spirituality too. The artist draws conscious analogies between the physical laws of space, biological laws of organic genesis and historical being of the man, as a uniform development stream of all alive on the ancient mythological law of the general animation of the nature.

The high spiritual tension in the artworks of Ivan Salko arises on an imperceptible edge between ordinary and unreal, probable and fancy. The natural volumes in his pictures are led to a formula, generalized and represented in a becoming, fluctuation and active interaction. In the artworks of the artist there is a deep knowledge of the world which goes with his poetic realization, the synthesis of emotional and rational adds to his thinking a completeness and versatility, the deep Love to a man, as a part of the nature, never betrays the craftsman. This Love he tried to pass me. Later on, I "With Honors" graduated from an art college in Ukraine and an external University in Moldova.

The study was combined with active creative and exhibition activities.

Have learnt art and scientific achievements of Mr.Yuri Salko, wanting to testify respect and official recognition of high endowments, which highlights he in terms of intellect and knowledge, he recognized The real member of the Academic Senate. The artist, having reached maturity in the noble art of classical painting, looked at him with fresh modern look. International Academy of Modern Art, recognized his work highest score and assigns it to Guild of the Academic Senate.

At the moment I am: Full member of the Academic Senate of the International Academy of Contemporary Art in Rome, Italy; Full member (academician) of the Petrovsky Academy of Sciences and Arts, Russia; Honorary Member of the National Academy of Fine Arts of Brazil. Author and organizer of the International Symposium of Artists "KAM ART"

Artistic credo: Dream - real, reality - is absurd, because unreal. Art - is a wonderful fusion of the real and the imaginary in their interpenetration.

My painting «The Ark»

Spirit homeless, sit on my shoulders. Looking for the universal harmony is unthinkable without the idea of wandering, pilgrimage, the idea of the eternal search for yourself in the labyrinths of the past, the present and the future. Who are we? Where have we come from and where are we going to? Who are you, a man in this huge universe frightening? Grain of sand? A little lonely point, thirsty for warmth and love? What are you looking for, contemplating the boundless Cosmos? Do you realize how fragile is a small ship, which fearlessly carries you on the waves of life, in the pursuit of truth, beauty and light? And why it is so important is this search to you? Who is around you? And who directs your Ark, who leads the search – Guardian angel or Navigator? Ode to Peace, family, light coming sounded in the web "Ark", written with great love and faith and hope. The artist comes in it from the Byzantine tradition, which is evident in the archaic golden background, in graphic highlight and color saturation.

The red color — the color of dizziness,

The color of the sun through your palm.

Bliss heart, tremors chase

In silent anticipation of achievements ...