guess who got a Miami Newtimes "Mastermind 2013 Honorable Mention"

SEE A COPY OF THE ARTICLE TAKEN FROM THEIR BLOG BELOW:
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2013/02/2013_mastermind_honorable_ment_2.php

Miami New Times' Mastermind Awards honors the city's most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 100 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We'll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year's three Mastermind Award winners will be announced February 28 at Artopia, our annual soiree celebrating Miami culture. For tickets and more information, visit the website.




A native Floridian, artist Nathan Delinois knew he wanted to be an artist at a young age. Delinois has been exhibited countless times, won a slew of awards, and had his artwork selected for the American & Russian Art Exchange.



He's also been involved with the Broward Art Guild, Purple Sunday Artgroup, and Bakehouse, and featured in DUO Magazine, Delve Magazine, WeMerge, Making Waves, and more.



Incorporating many influences, Delinois says, "I have so many it's hard to just give a few; I am definitely influenced by my Haitian background and the use of color in a lot of Haitian traditional works of art. At the same time I am also influenced by a lot of the graffiti of Marc Ecko, Tat's cru, and the Inkheads. There is also the design quality of the Art Nouveau movement, African art, and the drama of Greek art from the Hellenistic period. Currently I've been quite inspired by the work of some contemporary artists, especially that of the new pop surrealists also known as lowbrow artists."



How does he feel about his Honorable Mention from the New Times? "I have been doing the art thing for eight years, it's been a great ride in which I've met the most interesting people and had a chance to contribute to a lot of great events, exhibitions, and venues. It's always great to get a nod for something you love to do."



Follow the jump for more Nate Delinois.

Tigris



Cultist: In first grade, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I actually wanted to be an architect for a long time until I got to high school and my drafting teacher had an architect come talk to us. He told us the most depressing story about how there was so much competition in the market, how he hadn't had a job in months, and how work in general was slow... at the end of his talk I changed my mind and also wanted to give him $5 cause it sounded like he really needed it (laughs).



If you could live in any one time period, in any country, which would it be? France during the time that Art Nouveau was big and Mucha was there doing much of his work. The style is so ornate and had a very strong design quality to it. It would be exciting to see it firsthand at a time when it still was very new.

Many a Kiss



Three favorite artists?

Easily: Alphonse Mucha, Kris Lewis, and Shawn Barber.



Favorite season in Miami?

Winter... it's great weather and the busy part of art season.

The Rain



If you could live with any artist, living or dead, for one year, who would it be? Kehinde Wiley. I'd love to see his process for making art, from concept to sketches, to photographing, and finally painting his works. I feel I can gain a great deal of technical knowledge from him.



Follow Nate Delinois on Twitter @artistnatedee and Facebook and visit his website.

Doing a Live Group Mural with the Multiversal Group During 2011 Miami Art Basel

Catch me Thursday Dec 1st as I do a life mural with at the Multiversal Group art Exhibition....

Location:
194 nw 24th street
Wynwood Art District
Miami, Fl 33179


here is the lowdown:
Art Basel Miami Beach, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas, is considered the most important art show throughout the United States. As the sister event of Switzerland’s Art Basel, it has served as the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past forty years. In that spirit, for the duration of Art Basel, More than Art Group & Kazilla Productions will be hosting the art collaborative Multiversal 2011 – a unique series of exhibitions showcasing the works of many talented emerging and established artists from all around the world.

Multiversal is the brainchild of rising star Cassie “Kazilla” Williams and was founded in 2009 during Art Basel. In this first year, Multiversal 2009 drew in more than 4,000 visitors; and then in 2010, Multiversal became a fan favorite attracting more than 7,000 people into the heart of Miami’s Wynwood Art District. This year we are expecting twice as many people to attend our Multiversal 2011 show. The Multiversal experience features various emerging and established artists from all around the world — including designers, film-makers, body painters, artistic performers, bands, contemporary artists and many more.

see: http://multiversalmiami.com/ for more details

SKETCHY MIAMI

So i was first introduced to sketchymiami.com by a fellow artist and friend that submited 3 sketches to the site. Upon learning about the goal of the site i immediately fell in love with their goal and decided to submit some pieces myself.

this is quite simply the goal of the site:
to create a portrait of every person in Miami. Here’s how it works:

1) Miami residents submit photographs of themselves, along with their names (at least — they can choose to share more information, e.g., birth date, neighborhood, favorite food, et cetera).

2) Local artists — i.e., all locals who consider themselves artists — create portraits based on the submitted photographs. (We call the portraits “Sketchys”.) Artists can work in any medium they choose and do as many Sketchys as they choose. All participating artists have a page on sketchymiami.com where their Sketchys are displayed alongside any personal info they choose to provide (bio, personal website, etc.).

3) As they are completed, the Sketchys appear on the homepage with a link to their photographs and to the artist’s personal page. In this way, each post is as much about the artist as the subject of the Sketchy itself.

Why do this?

The relationship between portrait subject and portraitist is one of the strongest in the history of art. (Think of the bond between Mona Lisa and Leonardo.) Sketchy Miami seeks to facilitate this relationship between thousands of local artists and residents. We believe the intimate nature of the exchange — giving one’s image, one’s face, to an artist to depict — will forge a bond of trust as no other art form could. In time, Sketchy Miami will become a definitive and inspiring testament to Miami’s diversity, ethnic, creative, physiognomic, and otherwise.

No Self-Portrait Policy

Self-portraits are awesome, but they don’t work for Sketchy Miami because the essence of this project is exchange. We want Miami artists and other locals to come together through portraiture, and self-portraits, by definition, do not involve interaction.

below you will find my submissions----

I'm showing on May 6th, pass by and say hi

Twilight Notes and Vionette Photography are proud to Present-

"Dialect"

May 6th 8-12am at
Brew Urban Cafe
At Himmarashee in Downtown Ft.Lauderdale

Twilight Notes will be mixing it up while you look at paintings, photography, and mixed media art by your local artists.

Twilight Notes Dj's Esoteric and Adam Foster will be performing a tag team dj set of downtempo, dub, hip hop, indie/disco, and more... and we are very excited to bring you a special guest set from the infamous DJ Sensitive Side.


VIONETTE WWW.VIONETTEPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
GWEN GERSCH
NATE DEE WWW.NATEDEE.COM
DEKAL WWW.JEFFDEKAL.COM
CINDY SHAW WWW.CKSMETALART.BLOGSPOT.COM
STEVE BAUM (INK)
GIL CELIA WWW.GILCELIA
RICHARD VERGES
TOBI SALVER WWW.TONISALVER.COM
LINDSEY GRACE WWW.LINDSAYGRACE.COM

Event Photography by Stephanie-Rae Berzon NOZREB.COM

Special happy hour prices during the event on Brew's infamous selection of eclectic coffees, teas, micro brews, and wine.


Dialect.

This is the language that we speak.

Gotcha... lol

As a painter i am always on the search for good source imagery for my body of work, i have been lucky enough to know interesting and a wide assortment of friends to call upon to sit for me to do sketches or take photos.... and when worse comes to worse i fall on old photos or stock images... I always find it interesting when i find a piece out there that i love for one reason or another.. and later by happenstance i come across an image or photo that was sourced to make that painting i liked so much.... my newest discovery is the source image that was used by artist Lani Imre to created her most delectable painting titled "Stashia"



I definitely love where she went with this piece.
kudos to ya Lani

future classic interview with nate dee and blackheart couture

JahFe Live - Black Heart Couture - Miami Future Classic Festival @ Yahoo! Video

so when i did the future classic show i did an interview with a couple of pretty cool cats... looks like its been edited and put it on their respective websites... thanks to the good folks at artisticats for the exposure!

I'm featured in the Spring 2009 issue of DUO

Just got some good news the issue of Duo that features me and some of my art just came out! Good Stuff! I wanna Thank Editor Atiya S. for making it happen as well as the awesome staff over at the magazine.

Check out the article at: http://magazinevolume.com/5713DUO/#/1/
my feature is on page 95.

Also feel free to look at the rest of the online version, it's a pretty good mag that spotlights celebs and various business big wigs that give back to the community as well as covers some fashion, art, and music.

Typoe solo exhibition in the MIA

Ill @$$ artist Typoe, has an opening this friday in the MIA. Definitely check it out as this local artist has some major talent. The opening will be at the Spinello Gallery, 531 NE 82nd Terrace, Miami, FL 33138.
Friday, February 13th, 2009/ 7-10pm

you can get an idea of his work at his website.
Hope to see you there.

oh yeah, while your in the miami area you can also checkout:

Wallove Black Valentine's Day Show/ Soiree

Alex Yanes, Jeff Dekal, Krave, Rosco
February, FRIDAY THE 13th 2009
7PM - 11PM
Metropolis Building by Dadeland Mall
9055 SW 73rd court Ste 804 Miami Florida 33156
Complimentary Valet, Snacks and Drinks
Please RSVP to info@wallove.com

this will also equally be packed with some of the dopest art in miami
info on that can be found here.

JR - Dope photographer

JR

As an undercover photographer, JR transforms his pictures into posters and makes open space photo galleries out of our streets. An acute observer of our time, as comfortable in cozy neighborhoods as in urban ghettos, he questions pedestrians with the exhibitions he mounts on their everyday commutes.

Using a camera he found once in the subway, JR finds inspiration in informal encounters he makes following his travels and his intuitions.

his website here

Anthony Lister - Dope artist

Lister's work suggest influences from a number of areas and genres, including street art, expressionism, pop art, and contemporary drug culture. It often deals with subject matter from popular culture, reflecting the less glamorous aspects. He occasionally draws from television and such themes as the "misguided role models" that result. He has said that "Australians are raised by Americans on TV" and also that "TV is the contemporary mode of meditation". Lister's own children have had a profound impact on the way he creates art; he has been inspired by "watching what [his] own children are watching on tv" and "what they're bombarded with". He has often stated that he is not trying to make a statement with his work but to reflect the world around him.

He often has recurring themes in his art but probably most famous for his Monkey (Chi-Chi)& Superhero paintings