Nadiya Jinnah<\/strong> was born in Uganda, East Africa of Eastern descent, where she spent her childhood and adolescent years. At age 17 moved to London, UK to study Art where she completed her graduate, Post graduate and Fellowship in painting and sculpture. She relocating to New York City where has been living for many years now. This blend of East and West backgrounds has created what the artist describes as \u201ca rich culmination of cultures which has become a force of artistic inspiration\u201d<\/p>\n Nadiya explores these vast experiences in an artistic process that can be described as an introspective journey. She begins her process by exploring her inner landscape \u2013 a very personal place \u2013 and extends out to the external landscape. Her paintings are therefore called \u201cLifescapes.\u201d They are always changing as they are cast and go through a series of rituals. Each painting starts on a clay surface, as a three-dimensional carving which becomes a negative mold. This impression is then transferred as a mirror image into a flexible acrylic base, ready to peel , stretch and paint with oil colors and metallic powders. This intricate and meticulous process affords her an infinite variety of textures and depths in order to capture the feeling of an organic landscape-rocky surface, heather on the fields, or an ocean floor.<\/p>\n Her work has been featured in numerous exhibitions worldwide including those at the Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair in Turkey, the Florence Biennale in Italy, the World Trade Center, Osaka Matsuzakaya Gallery, in Japan, and Estense Castle, Ferrara, Italy, to name a few. Her work is also in many private, corporate and public collections including the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, AT&T Conference Center, and Heublein Inc., among others.<\/p>\n Marilyn Traynor<\/strong>: “I fell in love with New York City the moment I arrived from Canada in 1977. I was exhilarated by all the offerings of the City, especially its cultural richness and open acceptance and vowed never to leave. So…I stayed to study art, to live, to work and to paint, most of the time in this neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen. New York City continues to teach and inspire me and I continue to love living here, all the time striving to unlock the elusive mystery of what art means to me”.<\/p>\n Douglas Florian<\/strong> http:\/\/www.douglasflorian.com<\/p>\n\n![\"Crossing](\"http:\/\/www.gallerymc.org\/h\/wp-content\/gallery\/500w52\/Crossing-in-Blue.jpg\"\n "\\"Crossing")
\n <\/a>\n \n Crossing in Blue by Nadiya Jinnah <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/a>\n \n In Memorium by Mikel Glass <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/a>\n \n Beryl Barr-Sharrar <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/a>\n \n Beryl Barr-Sharrar <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n