Christian Martinez

Nyahzul

GALLERY AT AVALON ISLAND PRESENTS
Christian Martinez and Nyahzul for July ’s Third Thursday Event in Orlando

Gallery at Avalon Island

Presents

Christian Martinez and Nyahzul

On display from July 17 through August 15, 2008 with an artists’ opening reception on Thursday July 17 from 6 – 9 PM. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. This is a free event.

Gallery at Avalon Island is located at 39 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, FL at the corner of Magnolia and Pine. Call 407-803-6670 or email Jeff@ArtistsRegistry.com for more information. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 12 - 6 PM

Also

Guinevere’s gallery, adjacent to Gallery at Avalon Island

Presents

Angel Egle Wierenga

On display from July 17 through August 15, 2008 with an artists’ opening reception on Thursday July 17 from 6 – 9 PM. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited. This is a free event.

Guinevere’s, next to Gallery at Avalon Island is located at 37 S. Magnolia Ave., Orlando, FL at the corner of Magnolia and Pine. Call 407-803-6670 or email Jeff@ArtistsRegistry.com for more information. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 12 - 6 PM

About the Artists:

CHRISTIAN MARTINEZ BRITO
Christian Milagros Charinna Yolamis Martinez Brito was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 1st , 1979.
As a child she started leaning towards the Visual Arts, drawing the letters in her notebooks, books, and
participating in Art activities at Colegio Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe.

In 1991 Christian was referred and accepted at the Central High School of Visual Arts, in which Christian specialized in the practice and theory of Drawing & Painting for six years. It was there where Christian studied and showed a fascination with the Arts, specifically with Surrealism and Expressionism.

By 1997, “Chary” as many people call her, finished her studies at Central High School and graduated with honors in History with a Diploma in Drawing and Painting.

Her interest to communicate drives her to study Public Communications at the University of Puerto Rico, in San Juan with a major in Journalism and a minor in Production & Direction.

At the same time she was studying Arts, at the Fine Arts Department of the same Institution. At this moment, Christian has just finished her Master’s Degree in Fine Arts of Film at the Miami International University of Art & Design, combining this way her love for Visual Arts with Communications.

“My style is unreal, pretentious, ironic, strange and autobiographic. Everything I paint it is in my heart and in my thoughts. You can definitely decipher me through my art. “

NYAHZUL
I have a sentimental heart, it is my heart exposed to everyday life and every night dreams, my childhood and a moment still, in time, in my mind. Like a picture from so long ago yet clear as day. I like to create a space where you can relate to that frozen moment now being shared.  painting to me is like breaking in the dark and then this lucid bright light becomes.  I like to play with colors, I like them strong and all carefully placed, layers and layers,  there is so much color beneath the surface in everyday life, I feel my work needs it, to really connect with how I felt at the moment that image was born in my mind. I want all of the senses to be awaken, creating emotion. I like bittersweet romanticism and finding the balance between black and white.  I feel grateful that many people have appreciated my interpretation of life and emotions and hope that as I grow as an individual and an artist I can create a connection that it is as real to you as it is to me.

The Gallery at Avalon Island is open Tuesday through Saturday, from noon to 6. Visitors are welcome and admission is free.

Gallery at Avalon Island is located at 39 South Magnolia, Orlando, FL 32801.

For further information please contact jeff@artistsregistry.com or phone 407~803~6670.