Exhibiting June & July, 2024: Ana Tamayo (Walls)
Exhibiting July, 2024: Victoria Engelhart (Display Case)

Ana Tamayo Exhibit Title – AMA-ZONE

Bio

In her work Ana continuously questions herself about the representation of nature as a window to a tropical universe, full of sensations, some figurative others conceptual. Within this process, design and composition play a paramount function that emerges spontaneously.

She studies emotional well-being through cathartic experiences and meditation. The connections between subjects that represent fauna and flora, for her are trips to femininity.

Ana uses different materials and techniques that give her the possibility to visualize recurrent themes such as water, birds, leaves, plants, flowers, especially orchids as Colombian symbols and of awareness.

Ana’s art is like a bridge, that goes from her identity as a Colombian, by remembering the essence, of how unlimited nature is in her strokes and deep colors. Her works are an extension of her being (mind, body, spirit) because of a disciplined creative process, curiosity of spirit, and dedication to research, which have proven to be definitive in her work as a visual artist.

The colors in her paintings transform into shapes that flow like dynamic curves and undulating lines with the effort to represent her interpretation of nature in constant movement.

Ana has works in private collections in the United States, in foreign countries, and in public spaces. She has exhibited internationally at Liberty Equities exhibitions at the International Plaza Buildings, at The Boca Raton Museum of Art, The Art School, Women in the Visual Arts 13th Annual Open in Boca Raton, The Gaudí Gallery in Madrid and at The Pop-up Art Exhibition on Serrano St. in Madrid. She has also participated in the Lyon Art Fair in France, as well as in the Fair of Lucca in Italy. Ana currently has a body of work in the law firm offices of Nelson Mullins inside Lynn Financial Center in Boca Raton. She lives and works in Miami.

Statement

The artist Ana Tamayo observes art through her native Colombia, where she was born and lived. She sees the natural environment as part of her creativity. Many years of research and investigation have been her artistic journey, in which she creates nature-inspired designs of concepts and forms.

The German scientist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), who was a nature researcher, geographer, polymath, and explorer in Latin America, has been her inspirational reference in this exhibition.

Ana observes the universe as common ground from the sky, the earth, and the subsoil of the Amazon rainforest. In her tropical universe, everything comes together and from this union burgeons AMA-ZONE, a network of new spaces that we can all take care of, and a new meaning appears to the territory: Ama (care, love) Zone (our personal and collective spaces).

Enjoy this exhibition feeling the jungle!

Victoria Engelhart Exhibit Title – Interwoven

Statement

Art is a spiritual experience in which the artist and viewer share in a creative endeavor. I believe the viewer should be an active participant in the artistic process for the experience to be complete.
I tend to gravitate to Existential artists and enjoy creating things that show the process of constructing and deconstructing.

Bio

Victoria Englehart holds a Masters Degree in Holistic Education and Art Ed., is an Art Therapy Practitioner, as well as a National Board Certified Teacher, having served 30 years with Broward County Schools. She has illustrated 9 children’s books and has received numerous grants and awards. She currently works doing portraits, printmaking, watercolor and paper weaving. She is passionate about Art and continues to guide others in their own personal process of personal expression and empowerment.

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