Il-Kamra ta' Fuq @ New Life Bar,
Church Square, Mqabba MQB 1012
Il-Kamra ta' Fuq @ New Life Bar,
Church Square, Mqabba MQB 1012
ANTOINE FARRUGIA
PHOTOS
PHOTOS
MARIA BADACCHINO
Maria Baldacchino is a Russian-born, Maltaraised artist whose passion for aesthetics began at a young age. She moved to Malta at the age of seven and grew up surrounded by the island’s vibrant light and Mediterranean spirit. These elements continue to inspire her creative work.
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Early on, Maria found it challenging to express her thoughts through words, but drawing and painting became her true language. She studied art during secondary school and continued her development with various private tutors, most notably at Atelier Fröman. Her artistic journey led her to establish her own creative space called South Studio Atelier, where she also launched her photography and videography projects.
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Maria’s painting style is deeply influenced by her experimental photography. Her work explores the boundaries between abstraction and visual storytelling.
KARL FRÖMAN
Born in Sweden in 1985, Karl is a figurative painter. He began his career at a young age, winning the Melville Arts Award in Fremantle, Australia, at just 15. After several years of study at various institutions, he completed his academic training at the Florence Academy of Art, graduating with his degree in 2015.
With familial roots in Malta, he eventually returned home, where he has held three solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group shows on the island. He also established two studios, offering students the opportunity to learn and work in a setting inspired by the old master atelier system, grounded in the traditions of the great École des Beaux-Arts.
Karl’s work can be found in both private and public collections worldwide.
MARIA FRÖMAN
Maria Fröman Falzon was born in Jönköping, Sweden 1962. During her life she has had the privilege to live in many different places in the world; Africa, Asia, America, Australia as well as Europe. Living like this she has developed a keen interest in world history and culture. She fell in love with Malta and is now living here since 2010.
In the early eighties Maria studied art in the US. There she won a Young Artist Award and a Rotary Art Award. It was also there she sold her first paintings. Since then Maria has had plenty of solo exhibitions, mainly in Australia, Sweden and England. Her paintings can be found in private collections in USA, Australia, England, Sweden, Denmark, Singapore, China, Malta, Finland and India.
She paints in a figurative realist style aiming to best convey the expressive nature of her works to the viewer. The paintings are allowed to take time, painstakingly built up in renaissance style with many thin layers of paint to produce almost iridescent effects, harmonious atmosphere and space.
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LUCA INDRACCOLO
Luca Indraccolo is an Italian-born artist known for his skilful and realistic oil paintings. He specializes in figurative and narrative art.
After working for 15 years as an Art Director for major advertising companies in different countries, Luca made the choice to pursue a fine art career as a painter. He first moved to NY to study artistic anatomy for a year, then moved to Florence to study drawing and painting at the Florence Academy of Art, and finally to London where he completed his training at the London Atelier of Representational Art.
His paintings have been exhibited in various galleries and art fairs internationally, including the United Kingdom, the United States and Malta. Indraccolo’s work has been published on multiple occasions in the book “40 Portrait Masters”, “Artists & Illustrators” magazine, the “Times of Malta” to mention a few
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SJ FUERST
SJ Fuerst is known for her blend of classical painting, pop culture references, and immersive gallery installations. Fuerst studied painting at the Pratt Institute of Art and Design in New York, the Florence Academy of Art, and at the London Atelier of Representational Art. Fuerst’s work is beautiful and funny, and can be found in private collections all over the world. SJ moved from London to Gozo in 2016, and in 2019 was named by British GQ as one of the 15 best artists working today.
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