Entry 10: MICHAEL ROBAYO

-Michael Robayo, Entry 10
-Director, writer, editor, cinematographer. Born and raised in Bronx, NY. At an early age he was fascinated with cinema. It grew as an obsession while also finding interest in writing. He began writing short stories and in his teens would merge the two and began writing and shooting short films. He became even more interested in the technical side of film making, learning about cinematography and editing. a self taught film maker, Michael strives to tell realistic and fascinating stories while combining genres with both emotional and visual consistency. He also works as a freelance film editor and writer. He is currently in post production on a 20 min sci-fi thriller.

Entry 09: MELISSA VENTO

-Melissa Vento, Entry 09
-I began as a graphic design/fine artist. In high school I started a t-shirt and design company with 2 other graphic designers.We all then moved onto college. I went to the Miami International University of Art & Design also known as Ai Miami. At the university I studied Film and digital production. My concentration was Cinematography and lighting. I was also interested in black and white photography and made a few pinhole cameras. I decided Miami wasn't where it's at, so i packed up my things and moved to NYC. When I moved to New york that's when I started my SFX make-up career.
-Gallery premiere: "Food for Dandello" @ Niagara Bar, NYC
-Site: www.mbelle.carbonmade.com (a new site for make-up and art in construction)

Entry 08: IRWIN ROJAS

-Irwin Rojas, Entry 08
-Editor, Cinematographer to Heaven No More Film Adaptation
-Plays the role of "Journey", star to Heaven No More Film Adaptation
-Irwin Rojas is an aspiring young talent in the film genre of artistry. He is a visionary and fresh take on conceptual development and editing. A quality worker when it comes to his product, Irwin will not sacrifice an ounce of potentiality within a finished piece. He has worked on prior projects with Ramon Trif and Alex Mercado, curators to the gallery. Irwin will display his first gallery-exhibited short film at Heaven No More.
-Site: "genrefilms" @ youtube.com-- subscribe!
-Previous gallery videos: "Id" for Id Art Gallery, Spring 2010

Entry 07: GEMMA FLEMING

-Gemma Fleming, Entry 07
-Gemma Fleming was born in Naples, Italy. Shortly after graduating from Seattle Central Creative Academy in 2008 with a degree in Commercial Photography, she later relocated to New York. Her repertoire of work has grown to an extensive body of personal and commissioned conceptual portraits, editorials, and videos. Her pieces display an often dark and furtive style, an immersion in the uncertain but clarity in catharsis. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibits and publications, including shows in New York, Dublin, and Seattle and recent editorials in Rock-a-Rolla and Push It Magazine. Among these works her self-portrait pieces received noteworthy attention. The project alone serves not only as development of her technique, but as a chronological timeline of her life. With a background in illustration and music, she often utilizes these mediums as content for many of her works. She also collaborates with creative agency ADV Associates for more extensive commercial and personal projects ranging from video to 3D rendering. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
-Links:
www.gemmafleming.com
www.advassociates.net

Entry 06: CASANDRA MANIOTIS

-Casandra Maniotis Mamaroneck and Dobbs Ferry, NY native. Recently graduated from SUNY Purchase with a degree in art history and an abundance of time in the art studio. Her talents range from printmaking, to drawing, to painting, to sculpture and a mix of all mediums layered together in a creative experimental expression of surrealist wonder and twists. Casandra is currently working toward her Masters Degree at CUNY Lehman to continue with art education. She also is an artist assistant for a former fashion illustration and book illustration and current portrait artist. Aside from student shows, this his her first real show and first time showing in NYC which has always been her dream. She would love to continue making and showing her art all over. And one day running a museum education program teach art, and do illustrations for children's books.

Entry 05, RAMON TRIF

-Ramon Trif a.k.a Phoenix, Entry 05
-Illustrator, Writer, Educator, Philosopher, Curator
-The creator and curator of Heaven No More, Ramon Trif has showcased in 7 galleries so far, going on his 8th in his young career. A jack of all trades, Ramon is experienced in oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, pencil, charcoal, pen & ink, digital, photography, wood carving, and writing. Master of the "Bob Ross" landscaping technique.. Ramon has adapted it to his own use and evolved it to a new height of execution. A discorded artist which juggles his delved emotions through the engraving of his word and vision fused into one. A story writer and wisdom seeker, Ramon signifies his inner truths and yearns to share their abundance with this world through his creations. A fan of video game art, manga/ comic art, character design, and thorough appreciator of all arts. Through his advanced method of "landscaping" he is capable of nearly "instant creation" through his speed and accuracy of oil, a very challenging medium to use in this matter. An innovator of concepts, an up and rising showman and all around aspiring being in seek of evolution and ultimate love with art, life and the universe. As Phoenix, his inner guided spirit.. he looks to face Sun at Heaven No More to test himself and his abilities.

-Credentials: Associate's Graduate at F.I.T.
                     (currently enrolled in Art Instruction School)

                     Publishing in ICON Magazine, "Kings and Pawns" poem

                     Creator of Sequeled Galleries, "Heaven At Last", "Heaven No More" 

                     Galleries:  1. "Origins"
                                      2. "Let's Die Famous"
                                      3. "L.U.S.T."
                                      4. "Heaven At Last"
                                      5. "Id"
                                      6. "L.U.S.T. 2"
                                      7. "D.N.A."

Site: www.ramonvtrif.blogspot.com

Entry 04, ALEXANDRA ECONOMIDES

-Alexandra Economides, Entry 04
-Illustrator, works for E.A.C. (Emerging Artists Connect)
-Her main works done in ink, Alexandra has developed  a style of her own. Free-handed and in total control of her design, she directs the intricacy of her detail. Fine line combined with a barrage of inner beauty, her works emboss a subtle message to each of its viewers. Getting lost in one of her pieces is a gift to the eyes of its beholder. 

-Has showcased at E.A.C. Art Events

-Site: "AE-Visual" on facebook.com
* All mentioning of E.A.C. is copyright to E.A.C., no other parties.
Mentioning and promotion is strictly of the participant, Alexandra Economides.

Entry 03, NANCY MENDEZ

-Nancy Mendez a.k.a. N. Pacheco, Entry 03
-Fine Artist/ Tattoo Designer
-A free spirited and chaotically harmonized being of immersed dimension. Nancy Mendez is the defier of rules and boundaries. She is a summoner of her own world in which anything goes. An endless horizon is the best attempt at describing her unique approach of her mixed media usage and emotional maze of infinite wonders in her pieces. Works in oils, acrylics, watercolors and inks. Wields them much like a master would manipulate the four elements of fire, earth, air and water. Nancy Mendez.. the force of immersed creation upon a bold new world.

-Credentials: Bachelor's Graduate of F.I.T.

-Site: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001114304257
(N. Pacheco Artist on Facebook)

Entry 02, DANNY ALBERT

-Danny Albert, Entry 02
-Fine Artist
-An unseemly nightmarish craftsman of distorted human emotion and enhanced expression. Through his delicate yet roughly conveyed detail, Danny Albert has mastered what many deny in their own realm of being.. the suppressed truth behind the masked beauty of humankind. An intricate designer as well, Danny Albert delves into many mediums including oils, acrylics, watercolors, inks and pencil works. His textured canvases upon which his works are embodied are an entity of their own to be mentioned. Danny Albert, a boundary breaker and weaver of a new, more truthful visionary of creative genius.

Site: www.danielalbert.net

-Credentials: Bachelor's Graduate of F.I.T.

Group Exhibitions

♣FIGMENT—Collaborative Works * Governors Island  - New York City                                         6/2009

♣Renegade/Chaos Art Show: Bee a Rock Star * Rock Star Bar/Gallery Space  - Brooklyn         5/2009

♣The ANTAGONIST ART MOVEMENT * Niagara Bar/Gallery Space  - New York City         5/2009

♣The ANTAGONIST ART MOVEMENT * Niagara Bar/Gallery Space  - New York City                        3/2009

           

♣Open Works—Experimental Art Exhibition * Industry City in Sunset Park  - Brooklyn                   12/2008

           

♣Aliens & Zombies (online juried exhibition) * presented by Agni Gallery  - NYC                                10/2008

♣Portraits * TNC Gallery  - New York City                        10/2008

                 

♣13th Annual Lower East Side Arts Festival * TNC Gallery  - New York City                              5/2008

♣Square Foot Show * Art Gotham SoHo  - New York City                                                                 6/2008   

♣        Thesis Exhibition * Museum @ Fashion Institute of Technology  - NYC                                                     5/2007

♣Beauty and the Beast * Exhibition Space @ FIT - New York City                                                              11/2006

♣Selections: 2006 * Exhibition Space @ FIT - New York City                                                                     10/2006

♣Culture and Art: Connecting to the Self * Carlitos Café y Galeria - NYC                                                    4/2006                                

♣Printmakes * Exhibition Space @ FIT - New York City                                                                              3/2006

♣Recent Works * East End Arts Council Gallery – Riverhead, NY                                                                 1/2006                                         

♣Hurricane Katrina & Rita Art Exhibition * Gallery 27 + – New York City                                                  10/2005                              

              (Co-curator)

♣Paintings, Sculptures, Photography * Depot Gallery – Montauk, NY                                                        10/2005                                            

               (Press: Montauk Pioneer—October 2005 Issue)

♣Biographies * East End Arts Council Gallery – Riverhead, NY                                                                   8/2005

               (Press: New York Times—August 21, 2005)

♣All Members Show * Depot Gallery - Montauk, NY                                                      6/2005

            (Press: Montauk Pioneer—June 2005 Issue)

♣Portrait As Perception * Exhibition Space @ FIT - New York City                                                             5/2005

♣Ambiguous * 2/20 Gallery - New York City                                                     12/2004                                                                               

                           

        

Published Artworks

♣Fashion Institute of Technology Student Planner                                                                   2006 / 2007        

♣Montauk Artists’ Association Commemorative Journal                                                          2005 / 2006      

Press

♣New York Times “Long Island Weekly Desk Art Review: Biographies” by Helen A. Harrison / August 21, 2005 (Late

           Edition, Section 14LI, Column 2, Page 9)

♣Montauk Pioneer “Painting, Sculpture, and Photography Exhibition” by Marisa DeMarco / October 2005 

Character Card: Void- Envoy of Hell/ Entry 01 ALEX MERCADO

-Void, The Envoy of Hell. Entry 01

-Earth's 2nd Generation Champion Creator

-Reincarnated to Alex Mercado, Entry 01

-Master Ink Manipulator, Deviator of Dark Matter 

-Masterpiece: "Hell".. The insigniated evolution of all Creations and Uncreations designed into a formless energy.

-Wields the Divine Beast, Sorrow.. a creature emerged from the catacombs of the necromantic will of Void. All of his achievement, rejection and surpassed elevation makes up the gaseous, ever-expanding body of this metamorphic creature.
-Credentials: Bachelor's graduate of F.I.T.
                    Publishing in FutrWrld Magazine:
       www.alexmercado.blogspot.com/2007/10/contesto-rama.html

                    Creator of L.U.S.T. conceptual yearly gallery

                    Showcased in 11 galleries:
                    1. "Narcissist"
                    2. "FNerd"
                    3. "Katrina Benefit"
                    4. "Origins"
                    5. "Let's Die Famous"
                    6. "L.U.S.T."
                    7. "FutrWrld"
                    8. "Heaven At Last"
                    9. "Analog Nightmare"
                    10. "L.U.S.T. 2"
                    11."D.N.A."

 -Site: www.alexmercado.blogspot.com