Gallery 2014 is a contemporary art gallery focusing on emerging artists in all media. We are community focused, and as nonprofit charity, all of our operating surplus goes to support art-related projects, education, global awareness and justice causes.
Olga Vargas
Once Upon a Kiss
Created in 2014. Shredded paper collage on wood door. 80" high x 36" wide.
Carlos Antonio Rancaño
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Mercedes Bravo
Lady and the Tramp
Carlos Antonio Rancaño
Blue Beige
Mercedes Bravo
Blossom
Created in 2017. Shiraz wine, gold leaf and graphite on paper. 45" high x 30" wide.
Exhibiting Artists
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+ Mercedes Bravo
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Biography :
Mercedes Bravo was born in Pinar del Rio, a beautiful rural province east of Havana, Cuba, and home to many of Cuba’s most famous artists. Fascinated by art since childhood, Mercedes started classes at the Academy of Art in Pinar del Rio at age 14; graduating at age 18 with a professional technical diploma in Visual Arts. Her thesis concerned the role of costume design as a conceptual element in the “masking” of women, and that theme has been a fundamental thread running through her evolution from fashion design to painting. She pursued her design and artistic career at the Cultural Center in Pinar del Rio for the next 5 years, during which time she participated in numerous group exhibitions, which included her drawings and acrylic paintings in addition to fashion designs. Seeking a broader platform for her art, Mercedes emigrated to Venezuela in 2011. From 2011 to 2014, she taught art at a community cooperative in Caracas and worked as a fashion designer in Bogota, Colombia. In early 2015 she moved to the United States and is now living and working in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Detailed Description :
Ms. Bravo's images depict the emotional power of dreams, nightmares, joy and sorrow, that are a part of every woman’s life. She uses her elaborate style to excite a sensual response, even using the ultimate elixir of sublimation – red wine – as a medium in her works on paper.
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+ Shady Eshghi
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Biography :
BIOGRAPHY
Hailing from a maternal family with strong roots in music, Shady Eshghi was predisposed to pursuing the arts. Graduating from Alzahra University of Tehran in 1994, she relocated to Miami in 2006, receiving her Master of Fine Arts degree in Visual Arts in 2009. Upon graduation she was selected for the Art Center/South Florida artist residency, and while holding her tenure as a resident artist, she was honored with the prestigious "Extraordinary Ability in the Arts" in 2010.
ARTIST STATEMENT
As an Iranian immigrant growing up before the revolution, from spending formative years in a secular international school exposed to various world cultures; to experiencing revolution and war; I have learned to navigate my life in imagined in-between spaces. Art acts as a stable nexus synthesizing my diametric worlds: secular and religious, Iranian and American; public and private, east and west.
Detailed Description :
ARTIST STATEMENT
As an Iranian immigrant growing up before the revolution, from spending formative years in a secular international school exposed to various world cultures; to experiencing revolution and war; I have learned to navigate my life in imagined in-between spaces. Art acts as a stable nexus synthesizing my diametric worlds: secular and religious, Iranian and American; public and private, east and west.
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+ Carlos Antonio Rancaño
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Biography :
Carlos Rancaño was born in Miami of Cuban/Panamanian parents. After graduating cum laude from Miami International University with a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, he started his career in advertising.
Detailed Description :
Even though Rancaño was always keen on drawing, it was the strict rules of design that gradually led him toward painting. The free spirit that lives in his work is a direct response to the more simplistic approach of graphic design. His work is saturated with bright, warm colors and sharp, rigid brush strokes serving as a pedestal to the subjects in his work. Spreading from an array of themes, like bold portraits of women to African child soldiers, his work is never one-dimensional. Rancaño embraces contradiction and conflict in his works – struggles between good and bad, peace and stress, virtues and sins – something he refers to as the “subtle chaos.”
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+ Olga Vargas
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Biography :
Olga Vargas was born in Cali, Colombia in 1978; she immigrated to Miami, Florida in 1990 and currently resides in Miramar. Olga has been involved in the professional art and technical world as an Interior Designer since she graduated from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in 2001.
Detailed Description :
Olga started her first and most recent collection “Shredded Views” in November 2012. The collection is inspired by landscapes, 'cityscapes', and iconic architecture from past and present history, all based on her passion for traveling and appreciation of color. The entire collection is composed of collage using magazine paper that has been shredded first and later applied by the artist on canvas. There is no paint or marker mixed into her collages except for her signature. “There is something about cutting, gluing, and forming a vision with your finger tips that inspires me. It’s like sculpting in a two-dimensional format”, says Olga. She continues to pursue other art forms that involve re-purposing materials (such as magazines) and furniture.
Other Represented Artists
About
Gallery 2014 is owned and operated by the Sanjuan-Brown Hollywood Arts Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3), not for profit, charitable organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts in Hollywood, Florida and its surrounding communities. Established by Hollywood residents Elizabeth Sanjuan and Ken Brown in 2012, Gallery 2014 and the Foundation focus on support for local, student and emerging global artists; arts education; artist projects; art outreach programs in community agencies; and advancing the general appreciation of and access to visual arts, artists and their work.
Elizabeth and Ken have been long-time supporters of the arts in south Florida through their personal art work, museum board participations, and their donations both through their charitable foundation, Fundación Sanjuan, and as individuals.
Gallery 2014 located at 2014-2016 Harrison Street in downtown Hollywood, Florida, Gallery 2014 provides a forum for new and emerging artists - students, local artists and unknown artists from the remote corners of the globe. Gallery 2014 exhibits quality original art from artists who might ordinarily lack access to public markets. We strive to provide a friendly, open and comfortable atmosphere where residents can have the opportunity to acquire quality original art at reasonable prices, and where hardworking new and undiscovered artists can realize fair value for their work. Our 3,500 open gallery space is available to local charities and other community organizations for their meetings, gatherings and fundraisers.
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