Alex Garant, the esteemed Canadian Contemporary Figurative OP Artist, earned her reputation as the Queen of Double Eyes. Having studied visual arts at Notre-Dame–De-Foy College near Quebec City, she made Toronto her home after graduating in 2001. It was a heart attack in 2012 that catalyzed her full dedication to art, forever altering her perspective on the world.
A trailblazer in Contemporary Figurative Op Art, Garant's oil paintings blend graphic elements with traditional portraiture techniques. She pioneers analogue Glitch Art, employing patterns, duplication, symmetry, and image superposition to craft her mesmerizing visuals. Her works delve into human duality, exploring the conflict between inner identity and outward persona.
With representation in galleries across Canada, the United States, and Australia, Garant's art has graced prestigious museums such as the Museum of Art and History (MOAH) in California, the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona, and the Honolulu Museum of Art in Hawaii, among others.
Her acclaim extends to publications like Hi-Fructose, Juxtapoz, and Beautiful Bizarre, as well as features in American Art Collector magazine and various online platforms including VICE and The Huffington Post. Notable collaborations include projects with MARVEL x Sideshow Collectibles, KAPPA, Universal Music x Billy Talent, and Penguin Random House, demonstrating Garant's diverse influence and widespread appeal in the art world.
The Zodiac: Mysterious Power of the Creative Show will be held on April 12, 2025 at Medici Museum of Art in Warren, Ohio. The show is curated by the acclaimed Katelyn Amendolara-Russo, the Museum's Director. The exhibition builds upon the theme of the zodiac, perceived in the eyes of each artist selected. The artwork submitted does not need to be any particular sign from the zodiac, but it needs to have astrological meaning.
There will be a panel discussion with well known guest artists and curators, a reception, and a catalog made of the exhibition.
The in-person and digital exhibition features works by emerging and established artists in an atmosphere of philosophical, technological, and aesthetic experimentation. Simultaneously, there will be a showcase of five to eight celebrity artists displaying their works in a separate gallery. This portion of the exhibit will travel onward.
CFSF Foundation is also dedicated to mounting comprehensive exhibitions of work by influential artists from around the world, working with the community, and with other collections and foundations, to share their impact and preserve their legacies.
How to Submit:
Please submit five high resolution photos of your work, your Resume and CV to: katelyn@carolefeuerman.com or in the entry field below. All submissions are due by February 12th, 2025. All types of visual artists are able to submit their work. This includes sculpture, painters, video, digital art and performance artists.
This competition is open to all artists, 18 years of age and over, who presently live in or have previously lived in the USA (exception for celebrity artists*–they can be overseas and be eligible to participate). All works must be original, completed in the last two years, and not previously exhibited at the Medici Museum of Art. Accepted works may not be withdrawn by the artist prior to the close of the exhibition and artists must abide by the specifications outlined below. Entry shall be taken as an agreement to all conditions stipulated in this entry form.
*A celebrity artist, who would like to participate in ZODIAC, has had a solo show/or exhibited in 3 or more museums, and has practiced for over 10 years.
Submission Fee
Entry Fees: $25.00 per entry
The entry fee is $25 for each work submitted for jury. Each artist may submit a maximum of two works. Entry fee payment does not guarantee acceptance into the CFSF ZODIAC EXHIBITION and CFSF does not provide a refund for entry fees.
Shipping: Artists are responsible for shipping or delivery/pickup
Installation: The installation will be done by the Medici Museum. If your work is a complicated installation, please submit installation instructions if you are accepted. You might be asked to be at the museum for the installation to assist.
Return of Work: Your work will be returned to you within a month after the show has ended unless the show is scheduled to travel to another venu.
Artwork should be eligible for sale. The CFSF will retain a 50% commission on all artwork sold from this exhibition. Prices of accepted works may not be change after submission deadline and all artwork for sale will be insured at the sale value. The insurance value may not exceed fair market value and must be provided on the entry form. Artwork that is not for sale must be marked NFS on the entry form.
If you need any more information, please contact: katelyn@carolefeuerman.com
ON VIEW:
Carole A. Feuerman
Carole A. Feuerman (born 1945) is an American sculptor and author known as a Superrealist. She is one of the three artists who started the movement in the late 1970s. She is best known for her figurative works of swimmers and dancers. She is the only artist to make realistically painted outdoor sculptures and the only woman to sculpt in this style.
Feuerman’s public works have been exhibited publicly on Park Avenue, Central Park, and the Seaport, the Smithsonian Institution, l’Avenue George V, Saint Tropez and the Olympic Village, Paris, the Hung Tai Museum in Changzhou, Harbor City, CHN, Palazzo Strozzi, and Palazzo Reale, ITA, New Bond Street and Canary Wharf, the Osthaus Museum, and Museumsplatz 1, Hagen, DEU.
Selected exhibitions include Corpus Domini at Palazzo Reale, Milan, Global Travelers at Paradiso Gallery, Venice, ITA, Carole A. Feuerman: From la Biennale di Venezia and Open to Rome at Galleria d’Arte Moderna and Terrazzo del Pincio in Rome, Reflections of the Soul in Saint-Tropez, Monumentals on Avenue George V in Paris, Forever Is Now III at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, The Importance of Being Human, the Medici Museum of Art in Ohio, USA, Sea Idylls on Park Avenue, and the Seaport, Crossing the Sea at Foundation Made In Cloister, Naples, ITA, and the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, FRA.
Feuerman has received multiple awards, including the Lifetime Achievement ‘Goddess Artemis’ Award from the European American Women's Council (EAWC). She has also received the Special Honor Award in Changzhou CHN, Best in Show in Beijing CHN, the Amelia Peabody Award, First Prize at the Olympic Fine Art Exhibition in Beijing, and the Medici Award in Florence ITA. She has taught, lectured, and given workshops at the Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museum.
In 2011, she founded the Carole A. Feuerman Sculpture Foundation. She has four full-color monographs. Her latest one is by Rizzoli and written by Demetrio Paperoni. She published her autobiography in English and Italian. Her works are in the permanent collections of thirty-one museums and owned by the cities of Sunnyvale, CA, and Peekskill, NY, the State Hermitage, El Paso Museum, Steven A. Cohen, Former President Clinton, The Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, the Caldic Collection, Maluma, Sir James Dyson, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and Malcolm Forbes.
View more work: carolefeuerman.com
PAST EXHIBITIONS
In Touch
Curated by Megan Young
May 3rd - July 1st, 2024
A traveling exhibition from the Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery presents the In Touch exhibition, curated by Megan Young. This exhibition features contemporary works of art by 13 artists who live and work in Ohio.
“After years of pandemic-induced distance and absence, it seems we are still relearning what to do with ourselves. One response to the lingering unknowing has been a return to the body as the subject of creative inquiry. This exhibition gathers 13 artists from across Ohio whose practices build from embodied knowledge and whose works navigate the unruly task of being together. Each piece offers a pathway back to sensation, physicality, and interpersonal connection.”
- Megan Young, Curator
Featured Artist Include:
Hala Abubaker, Kate Budd, April D. Felipe, Amber N. Ford, Kate Hampel, Elaine Hullihen
Yusuf Dubois Abdul Lateef, Rebecca Nava Soto, Pipo Nguyen-duy, Sarah Paul, Lo Smith,
Laura Swedenborg, and Britny Wainwright
2023 BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION
2023 BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery presents the 2023 Biennial Juried Exhibition at Medici Museum of Art. Selected from more than 1,600 entries, pieces in this exhibition feature contemporary works of art, including installation, sculpture, drawing, painting, fiber works, paper works, and photography, by 63 artists living and working in Ohio.
Artworks were selected by jurors Dr. Melissa Crum, artist and founder of Mosaic Education Network; Yusuf A. Lateef, visual artist, educator, and co-founder of Radiant City Arts and the Toledo Black Arts Coalition; and Jolene Powell, McCoy Professor of Art and director of Gallery 310 at Marietta College.
OPENING RECEPTION WILL BE JANUARY 20TH FROM 11AM-3PM
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM JANUARY 20TH TO APRIL 5TH
This exhibit is produced and circulated by The Ohio Arts Council’s Rife Gallery. This reception is open to the public. The Medici Museum is committed to providing our community and larger region access to exceptional art for free.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Keegan Adams, Jeanie Coy Auseon, Elham Bayati, Amy Beeler, Edmund Boateng, Jennifer Brown, Duarte Brown, Don Coulter, Nora Daniel, Palli Davene Davis, David Denniston, Marcus Dixon, Kari Djuve, Sarah Dugger, Ana England, Craig Fisher, Molly Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Geraci, Mark Giangaspero, Will Grimm, Tina Gutierrez, Christopher Hartway, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Dan Hernandez, Michael W. High, Susan Hood, Thomas Hudson, Kasey Kania, David LaPalombara, Aimee Lee, Beth Lindenberger, Nicole Luga, Greg Martin, Julie Martin, Lynda McClanahan, Linda McConaughy, Lisa McLymont, Kate Menke, Jason Morgan, Mike Olenick, Bernard Palchick, Aaron Peters, Cynthia Petry, Edward Phillips, Shawn Powell, Jana Pryor, Raymond Ramos, Andrew Reach, Paul Rienzo, Melinda Rosenberg, Marc Ross, Eliana Saari, Yani Sheng, Kent Sloas, Laurie Stevenson, Nick Stull, Tina Tammaro, Zach Van Horn, Evan Williams, Tony Williams, Grace Worley, Mark Yasenchack, Summer Zickefoose
John L. Lloyd
John Lawrence Lloyd was a highly respected 20th century artist, who started painting at an early age, quickly developing into a talented artist and by the age of 30, was receiving awards at national levels. During the years between 1915 and 1924, Lloyd associated, studied, painted, and exhibited alongside many of America’s most distinguished artists including “masters.” Much of Lloyd’s work remains prototypically early 20th-century American in sensibility while some of his other paintings, with their strong focus on light and color with “impasto” brush strokes, are typically impressionistic in style. Lloyd clearly communicated his own voice to the canvas which is obvious after one has the opportunity to review his collective work.
John L. Lloyd's exhibit at the Medici set to Chopin's Nocturne, Op. 62, No. 2 in E Major- Lento-Luke Faulkner.
John L. Lloyd
Discovered
Lloyd’s artistic career coincides with major trends in American history when American Realism was at its pinnacle, but European Impressionism and Post Impressionism were still major inspirations concerning art education.
Franz Spohn
The Old Dog Learned New Tricks
His work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in venues including the Museum of Art and Craft, NYC, Pacifico Gallery, NYC, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, National Science Museum, London, England, Franklin Institute of Science Museum, Philadelphia, Beaverbrook Art Museum, Fredericton, NB among others.
One of Franz’s favorite creative activities is illustrating. He has illustrated books and book covers for Bantam, Doubleday, Dell publishers, as well as for other corporate clients. He has done projects for Target, Heart of America, Speedball Art Products, Faber-Castell among others.
Alex Jesko
Particle Displacement
Capturing the moment of how the complexities of our perception of sound corresponds to a design, my primary interest lies within the interpretation of the visual possessing audio qualities. While piecing together a vivid puzzle with no predetermined image on canvas, I exude my love for music into the geometric, interdimensional display. The rhythmic flow of a visual pattern connotes a similarity to music. In each piece, there is an underlying metronome guiding the eye of the viewer through bending shapes hovering in three-dimensional atmospheric intrusions or the pulsating display of line, color, and illusion.
View more work: alexjesko.com
Permanent Collection
Carole Feuerman
Carole A. Feuerman (1945) is an American superrealist sculptor born in Hartford, Connecticut and currently lives and works in New York. She is best known for her figurative sculptures depicting swimmers and dancers. Feuerman is the only woman to sculpt in this style, creating both indoor and outdoor works that are painted lifelike.
During the rise of postmodernism in the mid-seventies, Feuerman drew inspiration from historical imagery and styles while creating 3D illustrations for prominent magazines and tour publications, featuring rock icons like the Rolling Stones and Alice Cooper. Her debut life casting in 1975, showcased on the cover of the National Lampoon, marked a significant artistic achievement.
Transitioning into the late 1970s, Feuerman delved into creating fragmented erotic compositions, adding complexity to her work. As a narrative artist, she infuses her sculptures with symbolic depth, inviting viewers into a dialogue. Informed by postmodernist thought, the 1980s saw Feuerman creating lifelike, full-figure super realistic sculptures, solidifying her artistic career & legacy.
Her passion for water and the ocean stems from her childhood memories spent at the beach. Feuerman describes the sensation of water droplets on her skin after swimming and the intricate patterns they formed as captivating. The beach became her sanctuary—a place of escape and tranquility. It was during a beach outing with her children that she encountered a swimmer with water droplets streaming down her face, radiating a sense of pride and accomplishment. This encounter catalyzed her first swimmer sculpture titled Catalina (1978).
Selected exhibitions include Park Ave and Central Park in New York, Art D' Egypte in Cairo, the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Palazzo Strozzi Palace in Florence. Her sculptures are also in the permanent collections of thirty-four museums, as well as the cities of Sunnyvale, CA, and Peekskill, NY. Feuerman’s works are featured in the private collections of Steven A. Cohen, Former President Clinton, Dr. Henry Kissinger, and Malcolm Forbes, among others. Additionally, she has taught, lectured, and given workshops at institutions like the Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum.
In recognition of her contributions to the arts, Feuerman has received the Lifetime Achievement 'Goddess Artemis' Award from the European American Women's Council (EAWC), First Prize at the Huan Tai Hu Museum in Changzhou, China, Best in Show in Beijing, China, the Amelia Peabody Award, First Prize at the Beijing Biennale, and the Medici Award in Florence, Italy.
Norman Rockwell: American Scout Collection
features American Art that adds to timely conversations in our immediate and global community. Artworks include permanent works by painters and illustrators including Joseph Csatari, Walt Disney, Norman Rockwell, Carl Clemens, Mortiz Rungius, Howard Chandler Christy and Joseph Christian Leyendecker among others, exploring themes such as classic America, its the values and traditions.
This exhibition presents many works of art never previously seen together. The exhibit speaks to a wide audience including Boy Scout enthusiasts, fans of Norman Rockwell, illustrators, painters and the general public who appreciate great art.
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