Art from the Juan Antonio Guirado Estate, Andreas Stylianou and Todd Williamson has been donated to an Artnet online exhibition and fundraisers organised by Galstian Advisory LLC. Funds raised will support COVID-19 relief efforts and related charities nominated by the featured artists; Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières); Feeding America; World Health Organization and Artists Relief.
The auction is online at Artnet until 16th May: https://www.artnet.com/galleries/galstian-advisory-llc/covid-19-fundraiser
Juan Antonio Guirado
We are living in an unprecedented time that that has impacted everyone globally. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit everyone and yet we must stand up against this threat. Our first responders have been heroes showing us the way, however certain communities and professions have been hit harder than others. Over 90% of artists working with Galstian Advisory LLC have lost almost all of their income, which is why they decided to hold this special fundraiser to support artists as well as raise funds for the battle against the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Galstian Advisory LLC is working with exceptional artists who have heard the call to action and want to give back to the artist community as well as support the efforts of frontline workers fighting the Coronavirus battle. Giving back has long been part of who we are as global citizens.
The featured artists are Juan Antonio Guirado, Andreas Stylianou and Todd Williamson.
Juan Antonio Guirado Espinosa was born in Los Villares (Jaen, Spain) in 1932 and his arts education began at the early age of 10 in Andalusia. At 18 he moved to Madrid to study portraiture at the San Fernando Academy, later traveling to Italy and France studying Italian Renaissance and French Impressionism.
Juan Antonio Guirado
During his lifetime, Guirado’s work was collected by a stellar list of art lovers including Royalty and cultural figures including; King Hussein of Jordan, J.D. Salinger, Catherine Dickens and John Schlesinger, and is owned by globally renowned collections and museums including the National Museum Reina Sofia and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, Malta. Guirado was honoured at the Malta Art Biennial for his prolific body of work. Art critic Manuel Quintanilla published a monograph on Guirado titled: “The Contemporary Andalusian Painter” as part of his 1996 exhibition in Almeria, Spain.
In 2010, Guirado passed away in the place of his birth, Andalusia only a month before his 78th birthday. His daughter, Catalina Guirado, has devoted the years since her Father’s passing to preserving his artistic legacy, overseeing The Guirado Estate and arranging exhibitions internationally, most recently during Art Basel Miami, where she worked with FLOAT to create a VR experience featuring her late Father’s transcendental paintings premiering at the Coral Gables Museum, Florida to launch his three month solo residency at the museum as international guest artist. A painting was also added to the prestigious Cesario Rodriguez- Aguilera Foundation, belonging to the University of Jaén, Guirado was curated alongside Spanish masters Picasso, Miro, Tapies amongst a whose who of Spanish art. The exhibition ‘Parallel Visionaries’ was curated by Laura Revuelta, Art Critic, Curator and Editor in Chief of ABC Culture, as part of an education program on Guirado and his historical relevance in Spanish art. With Juan Antonio Guirado being included in a new UNED Mooc university course for Spanish speaking students successfully launched in 2017, the interest in the artist proves that the themes of his paintings, Spirituality, environmental issues and politics, resonate with a fresh contemporary audience.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/guirado-juan-antonio/biography
Catalina Guirado
Andreas Stylianou (Cypriot, b.1990) is a Contemporary artist that lives and works between London and Nicosia. He studied at the Architectural Association (London) and received a Master’s degree from the Royal Collage of Art (London) and IE Business School (Madrid).
Trained as an Architect, Andreas always suppressed his creativity, until one day he moved into an artist studio and started painting as if that’s what he was meant to be doing all his life. His bold work of familiar characters with subtle autobiographical references, is a manifestation of his artistic expression, where choices are constantly influenced by modern and contemporary masters. He attacks a raw canvas head on, layering different media while mark making to create the composition liberated from any restrains. Self and Time are the two driving influential forces.
Andreas has had his first show with Galstian Advisory LLC in October 2019 and has been included in the “While Supplies Last” group show at the Bellevue Art Museum (Washington). Andreas has an upcoming solo shows in both Los Angeles (California) and in Nicosia (Cyprus).
http://www.artnet.com/artists/andreas-stylianou/biography
Todd Williamson has been a vital part of the California school of abstraction. He was awarded the Pollock Prize for Creativity by the Pollock Krasner Foundation. The $50,000 award was directed towards Williamson’s exhibition Processional, a solo installation on view during the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, May 9 through November 24, 2019. In partnership with MAK Center for Art and Architecture and curated by MAK Executive Director Priscilla Fraser, Processional was presented at the Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pietà, located on Riva degli Schiavoni between St. Mark’s Square and the entrance to the Arsenale.
Todd Williamson has exhibited extensively both in the United States and internationally including the Palm Springs Art Museum (2016), Galerie Stenzel (2017), Villa di Donato (2015), and MOCA Museum (2009). He has been awarded two ArtSlant International Showcase Awards, the Curator’s Choice Award from the Micro Museum, Brooklyn NY, and an Artistic Merit Award from the City of Naples, Italy.
http://www.artnet.com/artists/todd-williamson/biography
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