abstract HAPPENSTANCE ART GALLERY H A P P E N S T A N C E I O MEET THE ARTISTS SEE THE WORKS OCTOBER 19 - 30 2020 Cover image U by Maksim Shishov HAVE A NEW LOVE AFFAIR open ALESSIO GUANO MAKSIM SHISHOV MARIA KARRA ALEXEY ADONIN KALYANI U. UDAY DAVID DARCY RICHARD BENBOW SOURJATA KUMAR PENNY NICHOL happenstance.io @happenstanceexpo @happenstanceexpo @ArtHappenstance abstract open contact us MV36 Market Place Square Scarborough NY, UK YO11 1EU Tel: +44 1444 390167 Email:happenstance.io@laughingmg.co.uk available on All artist can be contacted via the gallery Alessio Guano Alessio Guano is a visual artist, curator and writer based in Italy. His research ranges between painting, photography and installation. He boasts collaborations with artists from all over the world. Born in La Spezia in 1984, he is the creator of choral projects. His passion for art led him to develop a research space project, atelier 97 arte contemporanea, an online space that allows artists from around the world to collaborate. He is also a collector of contemporary art and artist books. Since 2015, he is the curator of Uber - archivio del libro d'artista. Maksim is a young artist based in Arkhangelsk, Russia, where is a member of Artists Trade Union of Russia. He has been the artist-in-residence at the Shanye Dreaming Art Gallery in Qionghai, Hainan Island, China between 2018-19. During this time he has created 3 sculptures called “WE ARE THE SAME” with 6 paintings. One of the artworks called “SAY NO TO RACISM” was a finalist in the Walter Koschatzky Art-Award in Vienna. As well as exhibiting in the Boomer Gallery, London, Maksim has had successful exhibits in the Estonian Academy of Arts & an SOLO ONLINE EXHIBITION in ALBE Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Maksim Shishov This work is like a mirror of the human essence. Aluminium blurs the reflection of you. There is a dissonance, is it something blissful or something so dystopian that I stop being like myself? The black frame refers us to something sacred, where you are left alone with yourself, answering your uncomfortable questions. U / 2020 Maksim Shishov 118 x 59 x 4 cm Aluminum, wood frame , acrylic Maria is an emerging artist from Volo in Greece, where she has exhibited in some groundbreaking shows. She was involved in an exhibition in Volos for the artist Vasiliki Perka at the Cultural centre of Nea Ionia, where she was a member of the sculptural setup team, which won first prize in 2018. Throughout her work, Maria makes use of motley elements, where she is expressing her truth about the modern myth of fairytales and their feminine role. In her works, Maria will tear, sew, to find solutions, to the destroyed, the drowning or the burned. She quotes all the elements of the "crime". Which in reality, we see artworks with mapped sentiments, where the figure is always standing there, hidden or just out of the frame. MariaKarra MY WEDDING DRESS IN THE EIGHTIES // 2020 // MARIA KARRA PAINTING // MIXED MATERIAL ON TORN AND SEWN DRESS // 165 X 130CM EXOTIC BREW // 2018 // MARIA KARRA PAINTING // MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER // A5 THE LEMON AND ITS ENVIRONMENT // 2020 // MARIA KARRA PAINTING // MIXED MEDIA ON CARTON // 70X50 CM PORT // 2020 // MARIA KARRA DRAWING // PEN ON PAPER // A4 LΠVE // 2019 // MARIA KARRA PAINTING // MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER // A5 As an explorer of the mysterious universe of oil painting, Jerusalem based abstract-surrealist artist Alexey Adonin, has dedicated over one and a half-decade to convey his vision of hidden otherworldly realms connected with a timeless source of inspiration. Alexey was born in Slutsk, Belarus, 1973. He graduated in 1993 from the State Art College named after A. Glebov (Minsk, Belarus). In the same year, he has immigrated to Israel. Since 2002, Alexey has exhibited locally and internationally. His work has also been acquired by notable private collections worldwide. Alexey Adonin PSYCHEDELIC FOREST // 2020 OIL ON CANVAS // 80X100CM Alexey Adonin //// NEW AGE // 2018 OIL ON CANVAS // 90 X 90 CM Alexey Adonin //// PRANA // 2019 OIL ON CANVAS // 80 X 100 CM EXISTENTIAL SPHERES // 2019 OIL ON CANVAS // 80 X 100 CM OBJECTS IN A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS // 2018 OIL ON CANVAS // 90X90 CM Alexey Adonin //// Kalyani Uday resides in Mumbi, India where she has numerous shows since completing her Masters in Art. Her technique and skill with charcoal are unique, soft yet forceful. In 2011 Kalyani was awarded a fellowship for drawing with Kalyani U. Uday the MINISTRY OF CULTURE and has been awarded three golden awards for painting and drawing. UNTITLED DRAWING CHARCOAL ON PAPER KALYANI U. UDAY