Ben Heine is a Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer. He was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and currently lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. He studied graphic arts and sculpture and also has a degree in journalism. His many years of graphic exploration, artistic experience and his very own vision of the world have led him to this very singular style that you’re invited to discover in this website.

” I am a New York City Artist, and Graphic Designer. Born in (Czecho)Slovakia and raised in and around NYC, I studied Advertising, Art, and American History at Boston University before moving back to New York where I am working as an artist and graphic designer. My work consist of pencil drawings and acrylic paintings ranging from portraits, animal and abstract designs. ” - Martin Kalanda

Nicomild anti-smoking now done by Advertising Agency McCann Worldgroup, Bangkok, Thailand. (Photographer: Sun House) Click here for the link.

Tamara Muller’s faces are almost always her own. They are stylized but rendered with an uncanny realism. other parts of the canvas may be blocked in with simple brushwork or even left unfinished, because it is those faces that matter. They are not self portraits in the basic sense. each one is a role although the role itself is sometimes vague, flickering between man, animal, woman, child, seducer, victim, sometimes combinations two or more. There is a tension in them, between the presumed innocence of youth and the transgressive desires and guilt of adulthood. This disturbing psychological dichotomy is carefully balanced by a visual sense of wit and humor. Tamara Muller’s work is an unfolding and unflinching portrait of the self. And the accumulating body of that work is continually adding weight to its depth.

If you think that pencil is a tool for drawing, painting or writing notes – you’re wrong! 45-year-old carpenter, Dalton J. Paul Getty for 25 years turns ordinary pencils into incredible miniature sculptures. More here.

Brooklyn based artist Julia Chiang uses a wide variety of materials in her sculpture and installation based work, including nostalgic and sweet ring pops. the colourfoul candy has been used by chiang in a number of works often employed as pixels spelling out words. the candy jewels atop the rings melts over time under gallery lights and slowly drips down the walls. the melted sugar stains the surfaces it touches. one of chiang’s largest ring pop installation was presented at this year’s art basel miami in the group show ‘it ain’t fair’ at ohwow gallery and can be seen in these photos. Link here.

Female street-art crew Neozoon makes striking works using old fur and recycle it into animal silhouettes and then paste them up on city walls.

Marion Peck was born on October 3, 1963 in Manila, the Philippines, while her family was on a trip around the world, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. She received a BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design in 1985. Subsequently she studied in two different MFA programs, Syracuse University in New York and Temple University in Rome. She currently lives in Eagle Rock, CA.

Bigert & Bergström is an artist duo living and working in Stockholm, Sweden. B&B started to collaborate in 1990, and since then they have produced and created a broad range of art and film projects.This website provides information about their work and ongoing projects.

Polly Morgan is British and lives and works in London. She was born in 1980 and began working as an artist in October 2005. A love of animals and desire to preserve them led her to learn taxidermy, under the tutelage of taxidermist George Jamieson. Since then she has gravitated towards making still lives with the animal as subject. Her intention has never been to mimic the natural habitats of animals, as they are traditionally displayed, but to place them in less expected scenery. The scale and settings are often unnatural, but the animals are never anthropomorphised. Seeing them out of place encourages us to look at them as if for the first time; a rat sheds its association with horror and disease and can be rightly viewed as beautiful animal.