WASHINGTON DC ARTISTS LEILA HOLTSMAN, JOAN KONKEL, ANNE MARCHAND, JODI AND GEORGIA NASSIKAS TO SHOW AT INTERNATIONAL ARTEXPO NEW YORK 2012
NEW YORK CITY, (MARCH 6, 2012)— Artexpo New York will showcase the exciting art work of Leila
Holtsman, Joan Konkel, Anne Marchand, Jodi, and Georgia Nassikas from March 22-25, 2012 at Pier 92 on the
Hudson.
For the last decade,
Leila Holtsman has created mixed-material sculpture, site murals, and ceramic objects for
private clients and juried exhibits in the Mid-Atlantic region, including in Washington, Philadelphia and New
York. Leila spent ten years of her early life in the deserts of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, which inspire her interest
in natural forms and earthen palettes to this day.
www.leilaholtsman.com/
Washington, DC-based sculptor
Joan Konkel unleashes color to interact in the third dimension. She recently
completed a 15-foot long triptych for the biopharmaceutical, MedImmune, in Gaithersburg, Maryland and
currently has work in the Arts in Embassies program in Paris. Holding a BA in Fine Arts and an MA from San
Francisco College for Women, and an MFA in Sculpture from George Washington University in Washington,
DC, she also received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Joan is represented by galleries in
Washington, DC, Atlanta, Georgia and Palm Desert, California. Her work is included in private and corporate
collections.
www.joankonkel.com
Anne Marchand received an M.F.A. from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA. Marchand’s award winning
paintings convey universal rhythms in nature and the cosmos. She explores relationships in color, mark making,
body movement and poetry to provoke deeper inquiry into the origins of humanity. She layers mixed media
with acrylic paint in her canvases. Her work is represented in private, public art and corporate collections. Her
work is available at Porter Contemporary, NYC. She has exhibited at Gallery 555dc, Zenith Gallery and
Longview Gallery in Washington, DC and prestigious galleries in the United States.
www.annemarchand.com
Jodi left her native country of Canada in 1967 for the Far East and Europe, a move that would influence her life
and work forever. She moved to the United States in 1978 and while art has always been a part of her life she
first began to emerge as a serious artist in 1995. Although Jodi has received private training, she has never
studied painting or ceramics at an academic institution. This has allowed Jodi the independence and freedom to
develop her unique style. Layering clay on the original textured surfaces has taken her work to a new level of
expression. Capturing the colours and textures she experienced while living in Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh,
Africa and Europe is a joy to her and she hopes to others.
www.jodiart.artspan.com
For
Georgia Nassikas, life’s turning moments often arrive unexpectedly. As an artist and beekeeper, I
experienced an artistic crossing while viewing a modern encaustic painting at the National Gallery a day after
the honey harvest from my hives. That was my moment of crossing from oil painting to encaustic: my wax in
my paintings. An ancient technique, encaustic involves wax, pigment, and resin from fir trees. This process
allows for luminous, textured, complex surfaces that deepen and enliven my images: an interplay of elemental
form and color, the geometry of angles and shadows, and the light of a lifting sky.
www.GeorgiaNassikas.com
Meet the artists who will be located on
aisle 1100 at the show and view their artwork during
Artexpo New York
2012, March 22-25 at Pier 92 on the Hudson.
About Artexpo New York
Artexpo is the world’s largest fine art trade show, providing dealers with access to thousands of innovative
works from artists and publishers in one single venue. Over its 33-year history, Artexpo New York has hosted
many of the world’s most renowned artists, including
Andy Warhol, Peter Max, Robert Rauschenberg,
Robert Indiana, Keith Haring and Leroy Neiman.
To learn more, visit
www.ArtexpoNewYork.com,
Facebook.com/artexponewyork and
Twitter.com/artexponewyork.
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