PART 3
And so we have arrived at our Third Installment in our series of "10 Amazing Visionary Artists You've Probably Never Heard Of".
As a member of the Visionary Community I have had the great privilege of discovering underrepresented artists that are pushing the boundaries of artistic possibility. It is a great honor to bring these creative titans to Steemit and embed them in the blockchain forever. It Begins...
Gerard Di-Maccio
About
Gérard Di-Maccio was born in Algeria when it was still a French colony, back in 1938. He studied art from the young age of 14. His grand-father was his first admirer who motivated the young boy by hanging his first painting in his shop window.
Di-Maccio’s parents, being aware of the passion and talent of their oldest son, decided to leave their home to move to Paris. Several years later, the great achievements of their son proved to them that moving to Paris was the right choice. The move allowed the young artist to develop his talent.
In Paris, Di-Maccio studied art at the prestigious 'Academie des Beaux Arts' and by the age of 16, he had already begun to establish himself as an exceptional and noteworthy artist. His initial fame came from the illustrations for children's books edited by some of France's most famous editors, such as Castermans, Hachette and Bias.
In 1965, he won France's highly competitive examination to become Professor at the Beaux Arts Academy in Paris. His victory was due to his thesis about Morpho-psychology.
Click below to see the full thesis created by Di-Maccio in 1964.
Throughout his teaching career, Di-Maccio developed his own artistic style. His initial exhibitions in Paris earned him first prize in group shows on numerous occasions. His first solo exhibition was in Belgium and later in Paris, where he became a leading artist. By 1979, the artist decided it was time to dedicate himself exclusively to his creative urge, and express himself on canvas. He left his teaching career.
His first exhibition during this period was at the prestigious RA gallery in the historical centre of Paris. It was a tremendous success.
Soon after, Di-Maccio was recognised as the leading artist of a new artistic movement, referred to by the press as "Visionary Art". He has remained to present time the leading figure in this movement for other visionary artists and interested art collectors all over the world. His annual exhibitions have consistently been highly acclaimed by the entire French art world, one of the leading international art hubs. -http://www.di-maccio.com/biography/
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Gerard Di-Maccio is the creator of the World's Largest Oil Painting
This thing is like I don't even know how big but its bigger than all the other biggest ones:)
Chris Dyer
http://positivecreations.ca/
About
Chris Dyer grew up in Lima, Peru till age 17, where he was involved in 80’s skateboarding, 90’s surfing and street gang activities. He eventually moved to Canada to study art for many years. Today he is based in Montreal, where he works out of his home studio “The Positive Portal” with his awesome artist girlfriend Arianne Cardoso.
These days he also spends half of his time on the road, making and spreading his art worldwide, as he explores many cultures and himself. By now he has been able to reach over 30 different countries, which has been a chance for him to learn much from a variety of cultures. These powerful experiences has helped him create a flavour of art which fuses many cultures into a spiritual oneness of unity within diversity, which can appeal to all, yet is owned by none.
Chris’ art is rooted in the skateboard culture he has been part of since a young boy, as early as 1986, when he would draw his own board graphics. By the time he left school he focused on fine art done on broken skateboards, as to give new life to that defeated wood. That eventually led him to working in the California and worldwide skate industry, doing graphics for a variety of well respected brands. More recently, he was Art Director of California‘s Creation Skateboards, which he took to the next level with their skate video “Soul Harmonics”.
Chris’ exploration of inner worlds and ability to juggles mediums, styles and themes has made him stand out in the different art movements he is part of. Because of his unique voice, and high productivity, Chris has become one of the leading figures of the North American Visionary Art scene. This position has given him the chance to act as a bridge between that spiritual movement and less typically “conscious” art scenes he is part of like street art, and skate art. THough he apreciates the scenes he is associated with, he wants to break boxes and manifest the “Oneness” he belives is there beneath it all.
Because of the quality in Dyer’s work, it has already been exhibited in successful solo and group shows in galleries and museums around the world. He has also been featured in many magazines and books worldwide, including his own hardcover coffee table book published by Pennsylvania’s Schiffer Books. A coloring book for adults is due to be released later this year via “Last Gasp” Publications.
In 2011 he released a full feature documentary, Positive Creations, which has reached several thousands and inspired many. These days he has a series of video Webisodes called “The Artventures” which cover the different lands he visits to paint spray paint murals left and right. Chris has also been offering a variety of different Art Workshops as he travels those lands, to share what he has learned with the youth.
Other than that, Chris manages his own Art brand, Positive Creations, which offers a variety of quality apparel and artsy products. Despite Chris’ healthy Press through the years, he is still reaching out from the underground. It is the uniqueness of his art, and a solid social media presence that has helped him find his own following. Chris’ biggest joy is to make his fans happy and to meet up with them at the different events performs at, so make sure to catch him somewhere and give him a nice hug. - http://positivecreations.ca/about/bio/
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Nekro
About
With a unique and personal style, marked by a desaturated color range with small touches of color, combined by his distinctive and elegant baroque designs, works especially with photocomposition.
Author of “13 inches”, published by Norma editorial in 2009. He usually works as a cover artist of the world’s best publishers. His illustrations can be found in the most important illustration compilation books and some of his book covers have been published in more than 14 countries.
At this moment combines his work as cover artist with a new personal project called XIII “The art of Nekro” a compilation of his best artworks, which will be published this year by Norma editorial. - http://nekroart.com/Bio
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Rick Jacobi
About
After twenty years of doing commercial illustration, I left that line of work and became a high school art teacher at a charter school for the arts. During that time, I essentially became reborn as an artist. Since 2008 I have been painting what is frequently referred to as "visionary art". Having retired from teaching in 2014, I now devote the bulk of my time to my personal art.
My interests and influences include: metaphysical and esoteric studies, ancient cultures, lost civilizations, semiotics (the study of signs and symbols), sacred geometry, comparative religion & spirituality, the nature of consciousness, tarot, UFOs, aliens, etc.
I also had a career as a professional musician, but that's another story... - https://rickjacobiart.com/about
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Totemical
About
Justin Totemical is a Canadian Concept Designer and Visionary artist living in Seattle, WA.
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Luxaltera
About
My name is Markus Lenhard. I live and work in Berlin / Germany.
I am a professional Tattoo Artist since 2003 and specialize in abstract visualizations of nature and technology.
I am teaching design, creativity and workflow seminars since 2014.
Please be aware that the work you see here takes a certain amount of time to conceptualize and finish. I try to only show healed and settled work in high detail in order to give you a realistic idea about what to expect.
At this point I'd like to thank all my clients, who helped me to get to this point. Any artist is worthless without a canvas. I am very proud of the diversity of my clientele and have been honored by people who travel from all corners of the world and brought the most stimulating conversations into my life. Thx for all the patience and commitment! My world would be tiny without you. - http://www.lenhard.bio/abouten/
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Kaliptus
http://artofkaliptus.com/
About
Kaliptus is a multimedia visionary artist who bridges the Intuitive Brain & the Technical Brain to create works of art that reveal the Transpersonal Realms of Consciousness.
Kaliptus (Born April 16, 1984 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a NY/NJ graduate artist from SVA with a BFA in animation and an MFA in computer art. He uses painting, film, motion graphics, animation, stop-motion, video-mixing, multimedia, interactive arts, installations and more to express ideas that are usually surreal, visionary and vital to the philosophies and understandings of the human consciousness. Kaliptus has been commissioned to work on projects for Alex Grey, Marvel, Stephen King, DC Comics, Black Tide, MTV, Prudential Center, Zoomdout, Shpongle, Sneaux, Orange County Choppers, American Choppers, and more. He is currently living in New Jersey and is a busy, self-employed freelance artist, working on a wide variety of projects from his home studio. -http://artofkaliptus.com/#cv
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Fabian Jiminez
http://www.fabian-jimenez.com/
About
I paint my visions through the constant blend between traditional and digital mediums.
I want to embrace the viewer into inner realms, interpretations of the universal Oneness and its timeless flow.
My inspiration comes mainly from nature, I intend to synchronize strokes with resonations from nature’s structures,
revealing sacred spaces, it is there where I channel the morphing magic into paintings.
Many artists have influenced my work, some of them can be found at the Links section. - http://www.fabian-jimenez.com/about/
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Victor Portugal
http://www.victorportugal.com/
About
I was born in Uruguay, I was living in Spain for several years and recently I moved to Poland (Krakow).
I’ve started to make tattoos in the past century (1998). I’m mostly tattooing dark staff biomech with surrealist accents but I’m also interested in different styles. I work a lot at the tattoo conventions around the world.
Currently I’m working at mine studio in Krakow preparing tattoo projects. - http://www.victorportugal.com/
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Geoglyphiks
About
In my own experience of relationship, I've known the highs and lows, made mistakes, and pushed myself to grow when I knew it was time to re-invent myself, reconnecting with my own source of inner strength and love. This has made me a far better person and provider in partnership.
As an artist, it's my joy to translate what I've learned into imagery that imparts these enduring lessons of balance, practice and serenity.
It is my hope that this artwork will serve you, providing an ever-present reminder in your home of the loving wellspring in all of us, inspiring you to tap into that feeling of romance and deep inner fulfillment. -https://geoglyphiks.com/blogs/news
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Thanks for paying attention and check out Part 1 here
https://steemit.com/art/@elohprojects/new-rennaissance-10-unbelievable-artists-you-ve-never-heard-of-part-1
and Part 2 here
https://steemit.com/art/@elohprojects/new-rennaissance-10-unbelievable-artists-you-ve-never-heard-of-part-2
You may also view solid breakdowns of my own Visionary Pieces here
https://steemit.com/art/@elohprojects/harbinger-of-the-ascended-troll-with-detail-cuts
And see all of my work at https://elohprojects.com/
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Sean