George Grie
George Grie (born May 14, 1962) is one of the first digital neo-surrealist artists, well known for numerous 3D, 2D, and matte painting images. Born in USSR during the Soviet Union Regime (aka, or Юрий Грибановский) he did not adopt traditional and politically correct socialistic realism art style, but chose instead to follow the more controversial path of modern surrealism.
Style
George Grie's artistic style has been heavily influenced by famous surrealists such as Rene Magritte and Salvador Dalí, fantastic realists Zdzislaw Beksinski and Wojciech Siudmak, and surreal photomanipulation artist Jerry Uelsmann. His neo-surrealism artwork is a combination of the classic surrealistic symbolism with modern fantasy and visionary art tendencies.
His digital neo-surrealistic artworks are an extraordinary visual record of his conceptual thoughts, philosophic views, fantasies, and dreams. Often journeying into the subconscious, Grie's digital photo-realism artwork shows a magical and playful, dream-like world laced with mastery details. Supernatural illusions, mystic romanticism, spiritual magic, and delusional trance fantasies are all together presented in his virtual world. It is not always a comfortable and conventional world. There is a great deal of tension and alienation in the strange events taking place in the landscape of his imagination.
Life and Work
George Grie acquired a classical art education in various fine art institutions before he started his carrier as a professional fine art painter and graphic. Use of a photo realistic technique, firm contrast between the light source and dark tonality, which can be seen in his early painting, gives his artworks a graphical appearance. Grie's artworks are strong and powerful images which rely on visual impact. They are about capturing visual paradoxes, sometimes they depict calm and contemplative moments, solitude, and sometimes melancholy. There is a stillness in his themes, which conveys a sense of inner-reflection and self-observation. His admiration of photo-realism is the reason why George Grie had transformed his artistic carrier from traditional fine art to computer digital art.
He becomes a professional Multimedia Graphic Design Artist and joins IBM Corporation as a lead new-media specialist.
Today, his prime interest is in contemporary 2D & 3D digital art-design software,
3D Studio models and their applications. His previous fine art experience and classical painting education give him a compete freedom of self-expression. George Grie resides with his family in Toronto, Canada
Exhibitions
- Mistral gallery, London
- Artnova gallery, Stockholm
- Cinema House gallery, Saint-Petersburg
- Artson gallery, Helsinki
- Toronto Art Expo
- Artfocus - Canada's largest indoor art event
- Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition - TOAE
- Contemporary Art London New York Toronto Art Fair
- International Art Exhibition
Work for recording artists
- Sunroad, Flying n’ Floating
- Gianfranco Biagini, Project Morfeo
- Mario Massi, Uncle Myros Flying Circus
- Gert Emmens, A boy’s World
- Confusi Ricordi, Viandante Immemore
External links
- Modern Art Neo-Surrealism by George Grie the official website
- [http://www.zazzle.com/artsgrie* Modern Surrealism Art Prints] open edition artworks by George Grie
- Fantasy art 3D wallpapers modern fantasy artists collection
- Modern surrealism fantasy artists open picture gallery
- Artist humor pop-art gallery funny pictures collection
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