Los Angeles.- The NoHo Gallery is pleased to present “Feminine Mystique”, a group show featuring artists from NoHo, USA and abroad, highlighting a display of various mediums. “Feminine Mystique” is on view through August 31st. Amongst the artists featured are Anja Van Herle, Jason Giacopelli, Leah Devora, Frederick Luff, Jana Pitlova, Wendell Wiggins and more. In 2005 NoHo Gallery LA opened its doors at the historic Lankershim Arts Center located in the heart of the NoHo Arts District, since then the gallery has featured more than 33 shows and over 1,000 visual artists.
Born in Belgium in 1969, Anja Van Herle combines a European sense of high fashion in her artwork with an American sense of wonder. In 1987, she enrolled in Belgium’s Higher Institute for Art Education where she earned a Master’s of Fine Arts in Painting. In 2003, Anja relocated to Los Angeles, where she now concentrates on figurative paintings that are inspired by both classic and contemporary fashion while exploring issues of identity, emotion and human interrelationships. As timelessly chic as Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Anja’s women are playfully sexy, and their expressions and eyes tell stories that go far beyond the simple exhibition of fine fashion. In Anja’s masterful hands, fashion becomes alive. Growing up in Washington DC in a musical and artistic family,
Wendell Wiggins have always had the desire to create through song or with paint at a very early age. In time he attended the Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio where he received a BFA degree in Illustration, Graphic Design and Photography. Moving to Southern California, he resided near The California Institute of Art, a place which quickly became a major source of knowledge and inspiration in the studies of visual and performing arts.
Over the years Frederick Luff’s portfolio developed with the encouragement of great teachers, mentors and a supportive family. NBC Studios scenic department summer jobs were great experiences, mixing and matching paint the old fashioned way. Frederick received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from California Institute of the Arts. Frederick remains convinced that one really could use color as the primary force in making beautiful paintings. Later, developing a career in special effects for thirty years kept him busy creating movie props where time was always of the essence.
Leah Devora was born in Miami, Florida and grew up in the South, living in Atlanta then moving on to New York, Chicago and San Francisco before coming to Los Angeles. Her art is bold, exciting and beautiful. Leah works in mixed media, on canvas, on paper, mounted on wood, combining images of photography – manipulated and digitally painted on a computer, as well as with traditional oil and acrylic paints.
Jason Giacopelli has been a professional art photographer since 2004. Working in the digital medium, he produced vintage themed works for both public and private commissions. He has a strong focus on romantic and historical themes. Jana Pitlova, a long term resident of NoHo, participated in a NoHo Gallery LA show in the spring of 2005. Jana was born in Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia) on January 28, 1975. Growing up under the Communist Regime, participating in the Velvet Revolution (which caused its demise) and living through the process of her country becoming democratic, she acquired a plethora of life experiences. At the age of 19, she seized the opportunity to come to the U.S. and relocated to Los Angeles, leaving her family behind. All of these events have given her a broader scope and has shaped her inner-self. Enjoying the freedom she’s found in America, she cherishes the fact that she’s able to express her mind and feelings in many ways (something impossible under the grim atmosphere of communism). Jana is completely self-taught and finds it fascinating and challenging to explore and develop new techniques in her artwork.
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