Behind the Art

Meet Our Artist

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Rita Matos

Abstract Painter
Portuguese

Rita Matos (b. 1988) is a Portuguese-born, London-based mixed media artist whose intuitive, layered abstractions explore memory, presence, and transformation through expressive mark-making and evolving surface compositions....


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Javiera da Fonseca Ilić

Landscape, Abstract, Figurative
Chilean

Javiera da Fonseca Ilić (b. 1982, Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean-born, Mexico-based abstract artist whose work explores the interplay of memory, dreams, and energy through material experimentation and investigations of the connection between inner and natural worlds...


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Kate Vorona

Abstract Figurative Painter
Moldovan

Kate Vorona (Moldovan, b. 1993) is a contemporary abstract-figurative painter whose expressive, color-driven works explore the emotional inner worlds of her figures through movement, atmosphere, and dynamic spatial tension....


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Cedric VU

Textile Artist
French-Vietnamese

Cedric Vu (b. 1996) is a French-Vietnamese contemporary visual artist born and raised in San Jose, California. From 2014 to 2023, he lived in Los Angeles, where he studied filmmaking, worked as a dancer, and held a range of production roles in film and...


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Christiane Corcelle

Mixed Media Artist
French-American

Christiane Corcelle is a French-American mixed media artist based in Massachusetts. Her intuitive, layered practice spans painting, printmaking, collage, and de-collage, building richly textured surfaces that invite close exploration. Guided by curiosity and...


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Luz Marina Ruiz

Painting & Mixed Media
Colombian

Luz Marina Ruiz is an CA-based multidisciplinary artist whose work, inspired by nature and dreams, uses layered printmaking techniques to create luminous, tactile imagery often centered on water and boats as metaphors for life’s journeys...


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Rinat Goren

Encaustic Artist
Israeli-American

Born and raised in Israel and now based in Silicon Valley, California, Rinat Goren creates abstract and figurative paintings that reflect her deep admiration for individuals who think critically and act with intention. Her work is inspired by the uniquely human...


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Meifen Zhong

Figurative Painter
Chinese

Meifen Zhong (b. 1986, China) is a Shanghai-based painter whose refined portraits, rendered with luminous, porcelain-like surfaces and meticulous brushwork, explore quiet introspection and emotional depth...


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Michael Gustavson

Ceramic Sculptor
American

Michael Gustavson is a California-based ceramic artist who reimagines traditional raku through a highly personal firing process, creating large-scale, painterly sculptures distinguished by luminous color, expressive surfaces, and a synthesis of abstract painting and sculptural form...


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Miriam Sweeney

Abstract Landscape Painter
American

Miriam Sweeney is a San Francisco–based artist who transforms aerial city maps into textured, layered abstractions that capture the rhythm, density, and evolving structure of urban life...


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Marc Zimmerman

Sculptor & Painter
American

Marc Zimmerman is an American painter and ceramic sculptor based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, recognized for exuberant, color-driven works that fuse tropical imagery, figurative elements, and stylized botanical forms. Across both canvas and clay...


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Rebecca Koury

Mixed Media Abstract
American

Rebecca Koury is a contemporary painter and collage artist whose layered, meditative abstractions explore nature, movement, and transformation through luminous, textured surfaces informed by both painting and sculptural sensibility...


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Flavia Cuddemi

Figurative, Landscape Watercolorist
Italian

Flavia Cuddemi is a Sicilian-born, Rome-based painter and illustrator whose delicate watercolor works explore intimacy, solitude, and belonging through tender human gestures and expansive, atmospheric landscapes....


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Terese Garcia

Mixed Media Artist
American

Terese Garcia is a Monterey, CA–based, non-representational artist whose experimental, process-driven practice is shaped by nature, meditation, and lived experience, alongside her work as a published poet and active contributor to the California arts community...


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{

Rita Matos

Abstract Painter
Portuguese

Rita Matos (b. 1988) is a Portuguese-born, London-based mixed media artist whose intuitive, layered abstractions explore memory, presence, and transformation through expressive mark-making and evolving surface compositions....

{

Javiera da Fonseca Ilić

Landscape, Abstract, Figurative
Chilean

Javiera da Fonseca Ilić (b. 1982, Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean-born, Mexico-based abstract artist whose work explores the interplay of memory, dreams, and energy through material experimentation and investigations of the connection between inner and natural worlds...

{

Kate Vorona

Abstract Figurative Painter
Moldovan

Kate Vorona (Moldovan, b. 1993) is a contemporary abstract-figurative painter whose expressive, color-driven works explore the emotional inner worlds of her figures through movement, atmosphere, and dynamic spatial tension....

{

Cedric VU

Textile Artist
French-Vietnamese

Cedric Vu (b. 1996) is a French-Vietnamese contemporary visual artist born and raised in San Jose, California. From 2014 to 2023, he lived in Los Angeles, where he studied filmmaking, worked as a dancer, and held a range of production roles in film and...

{

Christiane Corcelle

Mixed Media Artist
French-American

Christiane Corcelle is a French-American mixed media artist based in Massachusetts. Her intuitive, layered practice spans painting, printmaking, collage, and de-collage, building richly textured surfaces that invite close exploration. Guided by curiosity and...

{

Luz Marina Ruiz

Painting & Mixed Media
Colombian

Luz Marina Ruiz is an CA-based multidisciplinary artist whose work, inspired by nature and dreams, uses layered printmaking techniques to create luminous, tactile imagery often centered on water and boats as metaphors for life’s journeys...

{

Rinat Goren

Encaustic Artist
Israeli-American

Born and raised in Israel and now based in Silicon Valley, California, Rinat Goren creates abstract and figurative paintings that reflect her deep admiration for individuals who think critically and act with intention. Her work is inspired by the uniquely human...

{

Meifen Zhong

Figurative Painter
Chinese

Meifen Zhong (b. 1986, China) is a Shanghai-based painter whose refined portraits, rendered with luminous, porcelain-like surfaces and meticulous brushwork, explore quiet introspection and emotional depth...

{

Michael Gustavson

Ceramic Sculptor
American

Michael Gustavson is a California-based ceramic artist who reimagines traditional raku through a highly personal firing process, creating large-scale, painterly sculptures distinguished by luminous color, expressive surfaces, and a synthesis of abstract painting and sculptural form...

{

Miriam Sweeney

Abstract Landscape Painter
American

Miriam Sweeney is a San Francisco–based artist who transforms aerial city maps into textured, layered abstractions that capture the rhythm, density, and evolving structure of urban life...

{

Marc Zimmerman

Sculptor & Painter
American

Marc Zimmerman is an American painter and ceramic sculptor based in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, recognized for exuberant, color-driven works that fuse tropical imagery, figurative elements, and stylized botanical forms. Across both canvas and clay...

{

Rebecca Koury

Mixed Media Abstract
American

Rebecca Koury is a contemporary painter and collage artist whose layered, meditative abstractions explore nature, movement, and transformation through luminous, textured surfaces informed by both painting and sculptural sensibility...

{

Flavia Cuddemi

Figurative, Landscape Watercolorist
Italian

Flavia Cuddemi is a Sicilian-born, Rome-based painter and illustrator whose delicate watercolor works explore intimacy, solitude, and belonging through tender human gestures and expansive, atmospheric landscapes....

{

Terese Garcia

Mixed Media Artist
American

Terese Garcia is a Monterey, CA–based, non-representational artist whose experimental, process-driven practice is shaped by nature, meditation, and lived experience, alongside her work as a published poet and active contributor to the California arts community...

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Art Scout is a boutique fine art agency and online gallery based in Monterey, California, representing a highly curated selection of contemporary artists from around the world. We help our artists grow their careers by connecting their work with collectors & creating new opportunities for exposure in the U.S. market. Our mission is to represent artists with authenticity and a global perspective - opening pathways that nurture their practice & build lasting recognition....

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