Carol Heft
Dancing is paper mache relief sculpture
36" x 36"

 


Carol Heft
Untangled is 72 inches by 46 inches charcoal on paper

 


Carol Heft
Space is 36" x 28"
mixed media on paper





Chuka Machie
Gabe Kirchheimer
Maria Parmo
Nicolae Comanescu
Carlo Angelo Saavedra

 

Stephen Yadzinski
Tatyana Kuznetsova
Nico Puertollano
Christina Dy
Nathaniel Donnett

Diego Manuel Rodríguez
Boriana Mihailovska
Robert I. Barrocas
Jose De la Barra
Pat Griesbach

 


~ Saou
Andrea Ilskens
J Allan Quinzon
Ruth Olivar Millan
Von Eric Ng

 

Eric Guazon
Tsewang Tashi
John Haro
Scott Andrew Spencer
Roslyn Yang

 

Thomai Kontou
Iwona Jankowski
Birsen Ozbilge
Aaron Bartley
Ben Zvi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“The Best of 123Soho 2006Art Show"
Curator: Carol Heft

Carol Heft began studying painting with American master Robert Brackman, when she was twelve years old. She received her undergraduate degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1976. In her early years in New York City , Carol had a number of solo exhibitions including Gallery 120, the Pene Dubois Gallery, and Ten Worlds Gallery. More recently, her work has been shown at the Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT., The Dubois Gallery at Lehigh University , The Fairleigh Dickenson University College Gallery, and the Blue Mountain Gallery in New York . Her work has been included in many juried shows in Europe , South America , and around the United States .
Carol teaches drawing, painting, and art history in New York City and in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania . She is a teaching artist and mentor with arts in education programs in New York City , working directly with teachers and students in public schools. Ms. Heft also has a background working with individuals with disabilities and particular interest in developing special-education art programs. You can learn more about Carol Heft and her work at http://carolheft.home.mindspring.c o m/artistheft.html

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00067&initial=H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are currently gearing up for "The Best of 123Soho 2007" art show and thank you for your participation in the 2005 and 2006 exhibit.

Thank you for your participation in “The Best of 123Soho 2006” contest. We are currently gearing up for the 2007 exhibit, scheduled to start on February 1, 2007 . If you would like to participate, here are the requirements:

  • You need to have at least 5 images on your Home page.
  • Your contact information must be updated!
  • We will accept any Media.
  • Any work submitted between January 1st , 2006 and Dec. 31st , 2006 will be considered.

The list of participating categories includes: Individual Artists, Feature Artists, and Free Posting.

"The Best of 123Soho 2006" Art Show
The 30 winners

Chuka Machie

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00777

Gabe Kirchheimer

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00975

Maria Parmo

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00120

Nicolae Comanescu

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00989

Carlo Angelo Saavedra

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00758
Stephen Yadzinski

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00983&initial=Y

Tatyana Kuznetsova

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00890&initial=K

Nico Puertollano

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01014&initial=P

Christina Dy

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00749&initial=D

Nathaniel Donnett

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01004&initial=D

Diego Manuel Rodríguez

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00135

Boriana Mihailovska

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01090

Robert I. Barrocas

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01106

Jose De la Barra

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01093

Pat Griesbach

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00729

~ Saou

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01088&category=W

Andrea Ilskens

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01079

J Allan Quinzon

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00992

Ruth Olivar Millan

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01096

Von Eric Ng

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01006

Eric Guazon

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01040

Tsewang Tashi

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01019

John Haro

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01007

Scott Andrew Spencer

http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00144

Roslyn Yang

http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv01048

Thomai Kontou

Category: Paintings
Title: kyanoplasies
Media: oil
Size: 30"x30"
Year: 2000

CURRICULUM VITAE
Thomai Kontou learned sketching from 1971 to 1978 in Athens, in the Vrassida Vlahopoulos and Theodoros Drossos ateliers. She was taught painting by Yannis Tsarouhis, while she learned the Fresco Technique by Dimitris Kostopoulos.
She is continuously present in the Artistic area since 1973 with 20 individual exhibitions and has taken part in 81 group shows in Greece and abroad. She participated in 6 BIENNALES: 1996 in Belgrade, 1998 in Mexico, 1999 and 2001 in Pisa – Italy and in 2002 and 2004 in Poland.

Iwona Jankowski

Category: Sculpture
Title: Don
Media: oil
Size: 30x24 inches
Year: 2004

This floral painting is one of my popular Sexy Flowers(TM) series.

Birsen Ozbilge

Category: Paintings
Title: Messenger
Media: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 12
Year: 2005

My passion is to create art objects, to give them life. They represent my world and my inner self in many different ways. To create them, I may get inspired by a friend, a neighbor or a trip to a cactus garden... Anyway, the possibilities are endless!

Aaron Bartley

Category: Drawings
Title: Russian
Media: ink on illustration board
Size: 5"x7"
Year: 2005

Ben Zvi

Category: Mixed Media
Title: Definition of a spirit
Media: Acrylic
Size: 48x48
Year: 1980

created this painting to show the spirit, that has no matter no physical substance and does not occupies space but it still here and still can be observed.

 

The panel responsible for the selection of the 30 winners is composed of Chin Chih Yang (Artist and Chief Curator of 123Soho), Heidi Jain (Photographer and former instructor at Mercer County and Brookdale Community College), and Carol Heft ( *Part Time Lecturer, Drawing, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 1999-present. *Staff Developer/ Mentor, Artist/Instructor, Studio in a School Association, 1987-89 and 1999-present. *Conduct workshops, lectures, and studio visits to undergraduates and graduate students at Hunter College and The New School University, 1995-present )