ARTIST QUESTIONS:

Name: Michael Thomas Diaz

Most Recent Eexhibition: Broward Palm Beach New Times Artopia

Website: www.mikediazart.com
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
I have made a career out of art as a Graphic Production Artist [...]

Name: Kat Rabbitt
Current exhibition: GENDER BENDER Saturday June 13th in Miami’s Design
District during the Art Walk
Website: WWW.KATRABBITT.COM
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
I am making a career out of it and I have geared my life to be [...]

Name: Gus Colors
Current exhibition:  Wallace Gallery, Fort Myers FL
Website:  www.GusColors.com
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
Currently, I am working expanding by exploring different mediums and ways to show and promote my art. However, I am not able [...]

Gallery Name: Daniel Azoulay Gallery
Owner:  Daniel De Azoulay
Artistic Director:  Natasha Nesic
Opening Date:  1999 at the Design District (previous location: 3900 N.E. 1 St Ave Miami, Florida 33137)
Current location:  3301 N.E. 1st Ave. Miami, Florida 33137
Website:  www.DanielAzoulayGallery.com
· How did your interest in the business of art start?
I began to work as [...]

Name: Alison C. Eager
Current exhibition: Signs of Oneness (opening Saturday May 16 at Sailboat Bend Lofts)
Website: www.rawhoneyinc.com
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
Art is my career. I do intend to profit from it.
· What is it about your [...]

Name: Gustavo Oviedo
Future exhibition: Swenson Gallery @ The Bakehouse -”Southern hospitality” opening reception Friday Nov.13th 2009
Website: www.131projects.com
· What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large?
My work is influenced by my experiences, as I grew up I moved from one country to another many times. Adaptation [...]

Name: Henry Ballate
Website: www.miamiartstudio.com
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
I can only live making art. I need it like I need to breathe and it gives me the utmost satisfaction. I was born in the midst [...]

Name: Dan
Current exhibition: Just Dance
Website:   www.dan-vidal.com
www.seenightlife.com
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
Right now it’s what I do, and I want to do more of it. I can pay the rent, so I guess I’m doing alright! There’s [...]

Name: Dena Stewart
Current exhibition:
Website: www.denastewart.us
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
For more than thirty years, art in one form or another – painting or writing – has been my life – either doing it or teaching other [...]

Name: Deborah Weed
Current exhibition: Rotating shows. . .
Website: web.mac.com/deborahweed
www.discoveredartists.com/gallery/ArtofBliss
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
It is a career.
· What is it about your work that makes it speak to people or to the community at large?
I incorporate water [...]

Name: Sabrina Joy Winogrond

Current exhibition: White Series
Website:   www.TheGreatCuddle.com
 
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
It feels as though what I do is much larger than the idea of a career or even me as a person. I feel more [...]

Name: Maria Alquilar
Current exhibition: none
Website: www.maria-alquilar.com

· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
I have always been a self-taught artist. I started at age five designing clothes for paper dolls. In grade school and middle school, I was the muralist. [...]

Gallery Name: Artformz
Owner: Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Artistic Director: Alette Simmons-Jimenez
Opening Date: June 2004
Location: Wynwood Art District, 171 NW 23rd Street, Miami Florida 33127
Website: www.artformz.net
· How did your interest in the business of art start?
As an artist, I first had my own work in mind. I had worked with a few galleries over [...]

Name: Angelica Clyman

Website: http://www.angelicaclyman.com/
· Do you make a career out of or hope to make a career out of art, or is it a sideline for you?
My art is a top priority and passion for me. Right now, teaching art is my bread and butter, but I find that painting and teaching both fuel [...]

Gallery Name: PressitOn Art Gallery

Owner: Adrian Pasieka
Artistic Director: Adela Holmes
Opening Date: April 11,2009
Location: Design District 4100 N. Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33127
Website: www.pressitonart.com
· How did your interest in the business of art start?
I started representing my artist friend Laura DiNello in 2000.
· Is this your first gallery? Do you have a history of gallery work? If [...]

Gallery Name: European Art Gallery INC / CityLoftArt LLC

Owner: Hans-Juergen R. KLEMM
Artistic Director: Hans-Juergen R. KLEMM
Opening Date: 2004 / 2007
Location: 61 NE 40th Street Miami Design District Miami Fl.33137
Website: www.euartgallerymiami.com / www.CityLoftArt.com
How did your interest in the business of art start?
Being German, my private life has been influenced by contemporain [...]

Gallery Name: Art Fusion Galleries

Director: William Braemer
Location: 1 Northeast 40th Street, Suites 3, 6 & 7, Miami, FL 33137
Website: www.artfusiongallery.com

· How did your interest in the business of art begin?
I have always been interested in art. When I was a boy, I would take my mother’s canvases and oil paints and experiment. Even though [...]

Gallery Name:  Gallery Diet
Owner: Nina Johnson
Artistic Director:  Nina Johnson
Opening Date:  November 2007
Location:  174 NW 23 St Miami Fl 33127
Website: www.gallerydiet.com

· How did your interest in the business of art start?
It started at a fairly young age though in a very different manifestation from what I do now. My aunt used to have an artist come [...]

Gallery Name: Culture Kings Artist Collective

Owner:  Chris Oh
Artistic Director:  Chris Oh / Johnny Robles
Opening Date:  April 11th, 2009
Location:  4300 NE 2nd AVE. Miami, FL 33137
Website: www.culturekings.org
· How did your interest in the business of art begin?
Art has been a passion of mine ever since I can remember. As far as the business [...]

Name: Reed V. Horth

Company Name: Robin Rile Fine Art
Opening Date: June 2008
Location: Miami
Website: www.robinrile.com

· How did your interest in the business of art start?
I have always generally leaned towards art throughout my life. I think the realization that I was better at the “Business side” than the “Art side” was a tough pill to swallow. [...]

Name:  Claire Breukel

Current Company:  ICArt, Miami
Current Position:  Director of Projects
Website:  www.icart.net
Previous positions of note:  Executive Director, Locust Projects

· How did your interest in the business of art begin?
I am fascinated with what incentivizes artists to make work. When I was growing up I lived next to a Belgian artist, Jan Vermieren, and I would watch [...]