EUPHORIA is the latest online group exhibition at ÄÛ²ÝÉ«ÇéƬ in collaboration with guest curator Stephen Feather.

Featuring a series of fascinating and evocative works of five artists whose paintings interpret the theme of ‘EUPHORIA’.

Euphoria brings together a group of contemporary artists to explore the theme of happiness and the complex blend of emotions that exist alongside it. The artists in the show present artworks which reflect personal responses to the theme and explore how euphoria can be found and experienced in a variety of ways including in the joy of movement, the love of the natural world, the brilliance of colour and the creative process itself. The artists present a striking selection of artworks which have been created using a wide variety of techniques.

The range of responses also reflects the complexity of the theme and how euphoria can be intrinsically linked with sadness and the rest of the emotional spectrum. They show us how euphoria can be such an intense sensation that it may easily swing over into a crazed, manic or over-excited state. Euphoria showcases artworks which reflect the inner voices of the artists, who like so many of us, have experienced the emotional challenges of the global pandemic.

This has given each artist time to reflect and consider exactly what is happiness.

What does happiness look like? And what does it mean to them?

In the show, Cristian Diez-Sanchez presents a series of sculptures which explore the emotional relationship between the human form and its environment. Elisa Velasquez creates sublime, abstracted landscapes with fields of bright, vibrant colours, textures and brushstrokes. In her work, artist Julie Reby Waas, expands joyful organic and geometric forms with interweaving lines, dots, stripes, circles, triangles, leaves, zig-zag’s and undulating lines. Manuel Salazar’s paintings of energetic, swirling forms generate multiple perceptions. Mónica Acedo explores a love of the natural world and nostalgia in her paintings.

Text by Stephen Feather

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About Stephen Feather

Stephen Feather is a practising artist, curator and freelance arts marketing consultant based in London. Stephen is the founder of Contemporary Art Projects, an online community and website which showcases artwork and interviews with some of the most exciting contemporary art and artists from around the globe.

Previously Stephen was the gallery manager of the Menier Gallery in central London. While in the role, Stephen managed a programme of exhibitions and events and worked with several prestigious arts organisations as well as with emerging and established artists.

In 2020, Stephen curated the group exhibition; ‘Space, Place and Home’ in the Menier Gallery. The show explored themes in contemporary art, craft and design and featured a group of artists working in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, sculpture, ceramic and photography.

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