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http://www.artbyrami.comARTIST STATEMENT
Youssef’s passion for art goes back to his childhood in Morocco, spent his teenage years between drawings and water coloring, then moved to New York City, where he learned landscape oil painting while pursuing a PhD in Math. He then moved to Toronto. Now he is making a passionate comeback to his art.
Youssef uses color to create vibrancy of light, dimension in layers and flatness of the surface Youssef works with these techniques to cause the viewer’s attention to shift between the referential and the purely abstract. He strives to convey a beautiful message through his art, stimulates the art lover's mind, leaving an everlasting impression.
Youssef’s artwork has received international recognition featured in “International Contemporary Masters” Book, and currently exhibiting at the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts.
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Morocco, currently resides in Toronto
Self-taught artist. PhD in Math, City University, Graduate Center of New York, 2000
AWARDS
• Received International Arts Recognition: awarded Second Place in the 2 dimensional art category at Infinity Art Gallery's premiere Exhibit 09-ONE
• Received 2 Special Recognition Merit Awards at the11th Annual Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print Juried Online International Art Exhibition” hosted by Upstream People Gallery in the United States.
• A showcase winner at ArtSlant.
PUBLICATIONS
• Featured in “International Contemporary Masters” Book. 2010
• To be featured at the Direct Art Magazine fall 2010
GROUP EXHIBITS
• Exhibit at the Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts “International Contemporary Masters” Exhibition. June to October 2010
• Exhibit at the Toronto Art Expo: Feb 2010
• Exhibit at the Toronto Sunny Side Pavilion Juried art show August 2009 & May 2010
• To exhibit at the Toronto Art Expo: April 2011
Proposal: My current artistic project focuses on introducing geometrical pattern into my world of abstraction, color coherence and a well balanced 3 dimensional look. I use Acrylic on gallery style canvas, create layers of geometrical pattern, between each layer I create a thick or thin transparent layer of Envirotex Lite liquid to provide a real illusion of 3 dimensional space. In my preparation phase I use PowerPoint application to come up with the desired pattern then, following exact measurement, I translate my illustrations into an acrylic painting. I have created 10 illustrations, painted Stability, and started to paint Harmony
