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Youssef Rami

EMAIL: rmyussef@yahoo.ca

ARTIST STATEMENT

Aspects of repetition are present in every crevice, every corner of our peripheral vision. It manifests in the constructs of our bodies; blood cells, veins, ligaments - all are based on patterns of their own creation.In the macrocosm, the construction of nature itself is based upon formulas and rhythms: birdsong, rings of age in trees, grasses, etc.It is this repetition that acts as a universal adhesive, acting in syncopation with gravity to ensure materialization and stability.Patterns can sometimes contain the slightest “flaw”, an inconsistency, an asymmetry.This is the reflection of a striving for perfection.

Youssef searches for the representation of surface pattern in visual art, a diagram of materialized reality, consciousness, thought, emotion, and energy. 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.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Morocco, resides in Toronto
Self-Taught Artist. PhD in Math, City University, Graduate Center of New York, 2000

SELECTED FUTURE EXHIBITS

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·Red Dot NYC, 2012

·Hamptons Show, 2012

·ArtExpo NY , 2012

SELECTED EXHIBITS

·The 49th Founders Juried Awards Exhibition, Naples, Art Association, 2011

·Scope Miami Art Show, 2011

·Galore gallery, 2011

·Caladan gallery, Surface Pattern, 2011

·Toronto Art Expo, 2011

·Southern Nevada Museum of Fine Arts. 2009-2010

·Toronto Sunny Side Pavilion Juried art show, 2009

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

·Hamptons Show Catalog, NY, 2011

·Azure Magazine Spring , Toronto, 2011

·Santa Fe Show Catalog, 2011

·Direct Art Magazine, NY,2010

SELECTED AWARDS

·The 2011 American Art Awards galleries winner- 2sd PLACE in CUBISM

·2011 International Essie Awards finalists, Gallore Gallery 2011

·ArtSlant Showcase winner, 2010-2011

·PeopleUpstreamGallery special recognition award, 2009-2010

·InfinityArtGallery SECOND PLACE, oil abstraction, 2009

SELECTED REPRESENTATION

·Artisan Direct, 2011-2012, NY

·The Naples, Art Association, 2011, FL

·Gallore Gallery, CT, 2011