By Iminza Keboge
Published May 18, 2021
Some 125 artists from 52 countries are exhibiting their painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and digital art in a show that is being touted as being the world’s largest surrealist art exhibition in the 21st century.
This 14th edition of the International Surrealism Now exhibition running May 5 – July 11, 2021 at Centro de Artes e Espectáculos (Centre of Arts and Spectacle, CAE) in Figueira da Foz in Portugal is showcasing art from Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam and India.
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International Surrealism Now art project was conceived as a touring exhibition by Santiago Ribeiro, a Portuguese surrealist artist, in 2010. He says the event has so far been held Lisbon and Porto (Portugal); Dallas, Los Angeles, Mississippi and New York (United States of America);Berlin (Germany); Paris (France); Moscow and St Petersburg (Russia) and Madrid (Spain),
CAE, where the 14th International Surrealism Now is taking place, was opened in 2002 and has a 200- and 800-seat auditoria, outdoor amphitheater, a foyer, breakout rooms, studios and four exhibition halls.
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The artists whose work can be viewed 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM daily are:
- Achraf Baznani, Morocco
- Agim Meta, Albania/Spain
- Aissa Mammasse, Algeria
- Alessio Serpetti, Italy
- Alvaro Mejias, Venezuela
- Ana Neamu, Romania
- Ana Pilar Morales, Spain
- Andrew Baines, Australia
- Asier Guerrero Rico Dio, Spain
- Axel Blotevogel, Germany
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- Brigid Marlin, UK
- Bien Banez, Philippines
- Can Emed, Turkey
- Carlos Sablón, Cuba
- Catalin Precup, Romania
- Chuang Chih Hui, Taiwan
- Cristian Townsend, Australia
- Conor Walton, Ireland
- Cynthia Tom, China/USA
- Dag Samsund, Denmark
- Daila Lupo, Italy
- Dan Neamu, Romania
- Daniel Chiriac, Romania
- Daniel Hanequand, France/Canada
- Daniele Gori, Italy
- Delphine Cencig, France
- Dean Fleming, USA
- Domen Lo, Slovenia
- Edgar Invoker, Russia
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- Efrat Cybulkiewicz, Venezuela
- Egill Eibsen, Iceland
- Erik Heyninck, Belgium
- Ettore Aldo Del Vigo, Italy
- Fabrizio Riccardi, Italy
- Farhad Jafari, Iran
- France Garrido, USA
- Francisco Urbano, Portugal
- Gabriele Esau, Germany
- Genesis Cabrera, USA
- Graça Bordalo Pinheiro, Portugal
- Graszka Paulska, Poland
- Gromyko Semper, Philippines
- Gyuri Lohmuller, Romania
- Hector Pineda, Mexico
- Hector Toro, Colombia
- Henrietta Kozica, Sweden
- Hugues Gillet, France
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- Isabel Meyrelles, Portugal
- Iwasaki Nagi, Japan
- James Skelton, UK
- Jay Garfinkle, USA
- Jay Paul Vonkoffler, USA/Argentina
- Jimah St, Nigeria
- Joanna Budzynska-Sycz, Poland
- João Duarte, Portugal
- Keith Wigdor, USA
- Leo Wijnhoven, Netherlands
- Leo Plaw, Germany
- Liba WS, France
- Lubomír Štícha, Czech Republic
- Ludgero Rolo, Portugal
- Lv Shang, China
- Maarten Vet, Netherlands
- Maciej Hoffman, Poland
- Magi Calhoun, USA
- Marnie Pitts, UK
- Maria Aristova, Russia
- Mario Devcic, Croatia
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- Martina Hoffman, Germany
- Mathias Böhm, Germany
- Mehriban Efendi, Azerbaijan
- Mitchell Pluto, USA
- Naiker Roman, Cuba/Spain
- Nazareno Stanislau, Brazil
- Nikolina Petolas, Croatia
- Octavian Florescu, Canada
- Ofelia Hutul, Romania
- Oleg Korolev, Russia
- Olesya Novik, Russia
- Olga Spiegel, USA
- Otto Rapp, Austria
- Paula Rosa, Portugal
- Paulo Cunha, Canada
- Pavlina Boroshova, Switzerland/Germany
- Pedro Diaz Cartes, Chile
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- Penny Golledge, UK
- Peter MC LANE, France
- Philippe Pelletier, France
- Radhika Menon, India
- Richard Shannon, USARoch Fautch, USA
- Rodica Miller, USA
- Ruben Cukier, Argentina/Israel
- Rudolf Boelee, New Zealand
- Russbelt Guerra, Peru
- Sabina Nore, Austria
- Sampo Kaikkonen, Finland
- Santiago Ribeiro, Portugal
- Sarah Zambiasi, Australia
- Serge Sunne, Latvia
- Sergey Tyukanov, Russia
- Shahla Rosa, USAShoji Tanaka, Japan
- Shan Zhulan, China
- Shia Weltenmenge, Germany
- Sio Shisio, Indonesia
- Slavko Krunic, Serbia
- Sônia Menna Barreto, Brazil
- Steve Smith, USA
- Stuart Griggs, UK
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- Svetlana Kislyachenko, Ukraine
- Svetlana Ratova, Russia
- Tatomir Pitariu, USA
- Tersanszki Cornelia, Romania
- Tim Roosen, Belgium
- Ton Haring, Netherlands
- Victor Lages, Portugal
- Vu Huyen Thuong, Vietnam
- Yamal Din, Morocco/Spain
- Yang Sumin, Taiwan
- Yuliya Patotskaya, Belarus
- Yuri Tsvetaev, Russia
- Zoltan Ducsai, Hungary, and
- Zoran Velimanovic, Serbia.
