BERNARDO MEDINA COLON

Bernardo Medina's development as an artist has been a long process of study and experimentation in medium, style and technique. Ten years ago this experimentation led him to create pieces with mixed media; he instantly recognized that he had found his calling. His work has always been an expression of love as many of his earlier works were given as presents to close friends and relatives who, in turn, were very frequently his inspiring muses. The ability to integrate objects found on his journeys to create beautiful strong colored abstract pieces caught the attention of a Puerto Rican based art dealer and connoisseur, who gave him the opportunity to exhibit his art in her gallery upon recognizing his innate artistic fervor.

Bernardo debuted at a collective charitable exhibition in 2006 with his first series titled Fly Hi. Fly Hi consisted of renditions of airplanes in various shapes and sizes while establishing his trademark of utilizing color accents and vintage advertisements in order to convey his message.

In April 2008, Azar (Chance) became his first solo show, highlighting in this series the element of coincidence in all kinds of human relationships, from coworkers, to friends, and family. Hearts of different shapes and colors where the main theme of this exhibition.

The year 2009 represents for Bernardo the beginning of the internationalization of his works. He will show his most recent collection titled Fly Away in Miami, Florida; his first show outside of Puerto Rico.

HERVE ALEXANDRE

Hervé Alexandre Born in Rouen, France, Hervé Alexandre excelled in the arts from a young age, however it was not until he focused his studies on portraiture and painting at Toulouse, France, and over to Ottowa, Canada from 1981 to 1984 that he truly refined his skill and style. Alexandre prefers to create realistic works in irrealistic media and colors. His material use range from pastel, charcoal, acrylic, oil, and pen on board or canvas and incorporate collages as well. Hervé Alexandre’s portraiture depicts various subjects, largely drawn from his travels, or in the case of the aerospace Collection, his occupation, working for Air France. Alexandre has dedicated collections to Mongolia, China, Latin America, and Africa and some of the aerospace Portraits are in the permanent collection of the Sao Paolo aerospace Museum in Brazil. Alexandre has been creating aerospace inspired pieces since 2006 and we are pleased to present them to you at InterFlight Studio Gallery and at Out of the Blue Café located at 2426 NE 2nd Ave (just blocks away from the gallery).

RICHARD KAI

Please check more of Richard Kai work here:  http://www.interflightstudio.com/#!richard-kai/cepr

 I am a flight engineer of the Japan Air Line cockpit crew on board B747. The total flight time is approximately 15,000 hours. Flying in the great arch of the sky, I can see many countries and splendid views. Richard Kai, my artist name, has been chosen to promote my artwork overseas. In Japan, I won two Prova Awards, which are given to landscapes, for both of two pieces of the artwork I sent. One of the awards is named after Sasakura Teppei, a famous painter known for his European landscapes. Afterwards, I started my new career. I have selected Honolulu as my main business site and have been creating new paintings. 

In Japan, I have produced truly unique pieces of artwork that I call Cockpit Art. I appeared on a TV news program by Osaka Mainichi TV Station, Voice. Featuring my artwork, the program was titled as “Cockpit is art: Guess the first job of a popular painter.” It attracted many responses from viewers. Mainichi TV Station broadcasts another popular TV series, Jonetsu Tairiku, which features one person’s life. They are interested in featuring my life in which I am pursuing my own dream through working 

as a flight engineer and an artist. 

It is my honor to have my artwork displayed in Honolulu. I love Hawai‘i so much. It has many fascinating themes: a wonderful time on Waikiki Beach where people are having a good time with their pleasant thoughts. I hope that your clients can see people’s enjoyment and dream through my playful artwork. 

I use acrylic paints on canvas for any of my artwork. 

Awards 

2008 Nations to Nations exhibition art award in United Nations of New York 

2004 Geijutsu Shincho, the most authentic art journal in Japan, features me as a painter who made a cockpit into a canvas. 

1998 The top 100 illustrators (featured in Art Box) 

1997 The Most Promising Western Painting Artists Awards (Art Box) 

1996 The Sasakura Teppei Award and the Heartwarming Award (The Prova Awards) 

1996 The Japan Watercolors Award (The Watercolors Association) 

1995 The Special Award (Beaux Arts Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) 

1994 The Most Promising Artist Award (Modern naïve(doga) art Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum) 

Exhibitions 

2005 Exhibition in the art galleries (of the Shinjuku head store and a Matsudo branch) of Isetan Department Store 

2006 Exhibition in the art gallery of the Narita Shin International Airport 

2006 Exhibition in the Fuchu branch art gallery of Isetan Department Store 

2007 Exhibition in the art gallery of Shinjuku head store Odakyu Department Store 

2008 Exhibition in United Nations Headquarters in New York , 

Nation to Nation Working World of Artist Exhibition 

2008 Exhibition in interior gallery Sogo Yokohama Department store 

2009 Exhibition in interior gallery Sogo Yokohama. 

2010 Exhibition in Sapporo and Nagoya Mitsukoshi department store 

Exhibition in Seibu Tokyo department store 

2011 Exhibition in art salon Tokyu Yokohama department store 

2012 Exhibition in interior gallery Sogo Yokohama etc 

ANTONIO PEREZ MELERO

BIOGRAPHY:

 Born in Spain, PEREZ MELERO began his career in Venezuela where he lived from the late 1950's until the early 1980's. Maintaining workshops in Caracas and New York, he is an artist who exhibits his work internationally and is in public collections which include the Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art, CANTV, Fundarte, the American Institute of Architects, Intel Corporation, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

My 3-dimensional constructions are built mostly from wood, paper, canvas and acrylic paint. Their ideas evolve from an organic and intuitive process. The final work is a combination of my creative vision and a highly organized process employing disciplines of geometry and applied design.

Viewers should interact physically with my constructions. They need to walk around them and view them from different perspectives. Up close one can see the detailed and intricate methods of their construction. From further back, one can appreciate their total effect. Color and light and how they interact are central to my work. Color is painted on pieces of wood attached to a high-contrast geometric background. Light penetrates between them, reflecting color from one to another and on the background.

These reflected colors seem to mix in the air and produce an impression of others.

As light sources change angle or intensity, and as the viewer moves around the work, new colors can be perceived even though they aren't really there.

The interaction between color and light has produced an illusion.

This relationship between color and light, in part, defines my work. Color and light and how they interact are central to my work. Color is painted on pieces of wood attached to a high-contrast geometric background. Light penetrates between them, reflecting colors from one to another and on the background.

These colors seem to mix in the air and create an impression of more. As light sources change angle or intensity, and as the viewer moves around the work, new colors are perceived even though they aren't really there. The interaction between color and light has produced an illusion. This relationship between color and light, in part, defines my work.

Viewers should interact physically with my work. You need to walk around and view it from different perspectives. Up close you can see the detailed and intricate methods of construction. From further back, you can appreciate the total effect.