"Carola Perla" Facebook Page Launched!!!

Hi everyone!

Just launched the CAROLA PERLA official author and artist Facebook page!  Please 'like':)

http://www.facebook.com/#!/carolaperlaartist

Oh, and if you're at the Wynwood Art Walk this Saturday, October 13th, please don't forget to take photos at ATELIER 1022 and post them to the wall!

 

"Metropolis" - ATELIER 1022 Presents Susana Perla-Mendoza

After a little hiatus, figuring out lives, loves, dramas, and artistic journeys, I'm back!  Just in time to announce the latest exhibit to open at our Wynwood gallery, ATELIER 1022, featuring one of the most talented photographers I know and a personal inspiration of mine, Susana Perla-Mendoza (please do not let the fact that we share a last name detract from my praise and esteem:)) 

October 13th at 7PM, she will be unveiling the latest series of unrban-inspired shots in her signature acid impressionism style.  The series is a testament to her first year as a New York-based artist and I can't wait what the next twelve months bring!  The exhibit opening will feature an artist meet-and-greet and DJ sounds by Hungarian import Krisz Vass, so please join us!

For now, here is a sample of her exquisitely etched punk rock color explosions, on view starting next Saturday. 

"Squab's Nest" by Susana Perla-Mendoza

 

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ASPHALT: Expressionist Photo Exhibit by Ellie Perla

This is the latest exhibit taking place at my gallery in the Wynwood Art District on June 9th, 2012.  It features spectacular new work by the amazing matriarch of our clan - Ellie  Perla!  Many of her photographs helped to guide scenes in Gibbin House and spur on the stagnating grey cells when imagination took the day off:)  Her beautiful photographs of Romania and Vienna are sprinkled throughout this blog, but if you find yourself in the Miami area the weekend of June 9th, please do check out her work in person!

ASPHALT: The Expressionist Photography Series by Ellie Perla

Launching at ATELIER 1022

      

Ellie Perla’s ‘ASPHALT’ series showcases a unique visual technique that superimposes translucent layers of urban and nature images from recent photographs taken in New York and Washington DC over portraits from the artist’s own archives.  Combined, the images are intended to evoke the idea of simultaneous thought, of how the mind can be both in the past and present, while also engaged in wishful thinking.  Ellie Perla’s photographs communicate this through expressionist compositions that are at once fractured and harmonious, abstract and organic, ethereal and concrete. The kinetic and emotional images form a nostalgic and deeply personal narrative that takes the viewer along the artists’ geographic and creative journey.  The ‘ASPHALT’ series derives its name from the texture of asphalt, which is the one constant in Ellie Perla’s continuous moving through cities and their surroundings.

Ellie Perla - ASPHALT Series

On her inspiration for this latest project, Ellie Perla says: “Sometimes we remember people's faces when looking into nature's intricate patterns. The portraits in this collection are memories that came to me and stirred my imagination while strolling through Central Park.  I liked the idea of showing transition, from the visual to the psychological, by blending ‘fleeting’ snapshots from a compact point-and-shoot camera with portraits that carry a lot of personal significance.”

Ellie Perla (b. 1957) studied animal husbandry at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara, Romania, and holds a degree from the New York Institute of Photography.  Her photographs have appeared in such renowned international publications as National Geographic Traveler Español, Vanidades, Cosas, Expansion, Glamour Español, Quien, El Comercio, and O Estado de Sao Paulo.  She also wrote a monthly Miami arts and travel column for the Mexican women’s magazine Kena. Most recently, she participated in the charitable project Art Platform (UK) with her acrylic canvas piece Iluminada. The piece was also featured in the project’s poetry and art publication ‘Inspiration Speaks’.  Ellie Perla currently lives in Miami Beach, Florida, and is a resident artist at ATELIER 1022 Gallery in the Wynwood Arts District.

My Latest Curation: Solo Show for Carlos Rodriguez-Feo at ATELIER 1022

ATELIER 1022 Gallery and Carlos Rodriguez-Feo Present

BEYOND THE VISUAL SPECTRUM: Explorations in Alternative Photography

ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery is pleased to announce ‘BEYOND THE VISUAL SPECTRUM: Explorations in Alternative Photography’ – the first solo exhibit of resident artist Carlos Rodriguez-Feo, opening May 12^th, 2012, 6-10 PM. 

The photographic works and accompanying rare camera collection featured in ‘BEYOND THE VISUAL SPECTRUM’ form a comprehensive expression of Carlos Rodriguez-Feo’s mantra - ‘Rescuing Photographic Sensibilities’.  The Cuban-born artist accomplishes this by taking the South Florida landscape and its landmarks on a journey through alternative processes that combine modern technology with vintage tools and techniques.  The organic nature and iconic vocabulary of Rodriguez-Feo’s subjects help them function as visual ‘controls’ by which he showcases infrared photography, silver gelatin photography, hybrid silver gelatin and digital processing, instant image transfers, and pinhole photography.   The conversation between old and new, natural light and the invisible spectrum ‘drawn’ out, is carried further with Carlos Rodriguez-Feo’s extensive collection of rare and antique cameras, used in creating the images in the exhibit, and on display to the public exclusively for the opening.

Says Carlos Rodriguez-Feo on the driving force behind his work, “I see us advancing so rapidly into the 21st Century…I want to retain the sensibilities and innocence of the 19th Century, when our (photographic) art was born, but not at the cost of ignoring the present.  By merging those vintage tools and pioneer techniques with the latest technology, I hope to create a new artistic vision that hints at what is to come.” 

Carlos Rodriguez-Feo holds doctorate and post doctorate degrees in dental and maxillofacial surgery from Georgetown University.  He perfected his dark room skills while conducting electron microscopy research there.  As a resident artist at ATELIER 1022 Gallery in Wynwood, he has conducted workshops on Advanced Techniques in Photography and 3-D Photography.  His work has been featured nationally on the ABC primetime drama ‘Charlie’s Angels’.  He currently lives in Miami Beach, FL. 

The opening night of ‘BEYOND THE VISUAL SPECTRUM: Explorations in Alternative Photography’ coincides with the Wynwood Art Walk for the month of May.  The exhibit will also be on view for the 2^nd May date of the newly launched Wynwood Studio Walk – 5-9 PM, May 24^th, 2012 (www.facebook.com/WynwoodStudioWalk). 

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LITERA - ATELIER 1022 Gallery Indie Lit, Film, and Art Showcase

ATELIER 1022 Gallery hosts 2^nd Edition of LITERĂ

An evening for independent writers, art, and documentary film

            ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery is pleased to announce the 2^nd edition of LITERĂ – an evening of indie book readings, documentary film, video art, and literature-inspired art installations, on April 14^th, 2012, 6-11 PM.   Central to the showcase are Florida indie writers C.T. Douglas, creator of the Lore Trilogy, and Carola Perla, author of the exiled artist novel Gibbin House, both of whom will be on hand to read from their works and offer insights into independent publishing.  Other event highlights include:

·         “Homeless in Los Angeles” (2011) – an independent documentary film by Sergei Zelinsky and Taylor Golonka, exposing untold stories of LA’s itinerant street performers (Florida premiere)

·         Video poetry by award-winning German filmmaker Wolfgang Lehmann (Florida premiere)

·         “Spelling Bee” – a debuting paper art and light installation by plastic artist/author Carola Perla

·         Original illustrations for the children’s book Altavarania, by Ellie Perla

·         LITERĂ photograph series, including “Literary Walk” by New York photographer Susana Perla-Mendoza and “Extinction” by Carlos Rodriguez-Feo

Private reception for the artists to begin at 10 PM on ATELIER 1022’s newly opened terrace.  LITERĂ coincides with the Wynwood Art Walk for the month of April, and is free to the public.  ATELIER 1022 Gallery will also host a separate afternoon kids program – KINDERART – on April 14^th, featuring readings from Ellie Perla’s fairytales, and an interactive art workshop led by the resident artist.  The program kicks off at 2PM.

Featured LITERĂ Indie Authors

 

C. T. Douglas – Lore Trilogy

This phenomenal young writing talent and full-time undergraduate English major at the University of Florida was most recently honored for his fantasy novels at the 2011 New York Book Festival and the 78th annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.  Douglas was also a keynote speaker for the Marion County Library’s CREATE program in 2010.  The Lore trilogy is a bold and exciting mesh of fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction that starts with A Pirate’s Charm – the first volume in the tale of young Molly Bishop and her search across the seven seas for werewolves, vampires, and a magical destiny as the most powerful sorceress in the world.  www.LoreTrilogy.com

Carola Perla – Gibbin House

The Romanian-born author and plastic artist bases her historic novel Gibbin House, which depicts the struggles of exiled artists in 1949 London, on her own extensive immigrant experiences throughout Europe and the Americas.  Ms. Perla, who holds degrees in Art History and German Literature from Florida State University, extends this theme in her multi-lingual word-oriented paper and light installations, like “Off the Page”, which debuted during Art Basel Miami 2011.  Upcoming projects include the installation “Spelling Bee” (April 2012) and the novel Humboldt’s Riches, a semi-autobiographical story set in the Peruvian Amazon at the time of the first Shining Path insurgency.

ATELIER 1022 Presents Ellie Perla's 'PolyChromatica'

MARCH 10, 2012

ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery is pleased to present the first ATELIER 1022 feature show for Romanian-born artist Ellie Perla.  The exhibition PolyChromatica will showcase a comprehensive collection of mixed-media drawings on paper, and debut the completed Garden of Eden series.  PolyChromatica will be open March 10 through April 1, 2012, with a reception for the artist at ATELIER 1022 Gallery on March 10, 2012, 6-8 PM.

The title of the exhibition, PolyChromatica, highlights the luxuriant color and micro-designs that characterize Ellie Perla’s exquisite works, while also hinting at the theme of global diversity the drawings celebrate.  A seasoned traveler and photojournalist, Ellie Perla has traversed the world since leaving Communist-era Romania behind.  Along the way, her observant gaze has seized on both the splendor and the urgency of environments and cultures as varied as the Peruvian Amazon and the Bedouins of Egypt.  Her drawings interpret these images as seeds of hope, ethereal icons, saturated yet delicate, surrounded by a seemingly inexhaustible stream of otherworldly designs.  The effect is heightened by the lattice-like intricacies of Ellie Perla’s polychromatic pencil and ink compositions.  Thereby, she creates her own visual lexicon of optimism and peace that she steadily injects with luminosity, love and a dash of humor. 

Says Ms. Perla, “as I navigate in my life from pain to peace, from black to lavender…I feel responsible to share with the world something positive.  For me, art is a matter of ethics and integrity, a matter of hope…”   The Garden of Eden series is a prime example of Ellie Perla’s creative ethos. By transposing nature subjects into a surreal context, where they metamorphose and exist as ecstatic explosions of color, she reveals them to be dominant forces of life with unlimited possibilities.

PolyChromatica will also exhibit original illustrations from Ellie Perla’s debut children’s book Altavarania. In addition, the opening event marks the launch of the artist’s website: www.ellieperla.com.  It also coincides with Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Gallery Walk for the month of March.

Ellie Perla studied biology at the Agronomic University of Timisoara, Romania, and holds a degree from the New York Institute of Photography.  Her photographs have appeared in such renowned international publications as National Geographic Traveler Español, Vanidades, Cosas, Expansion, Glamour Español, Quien, El Comercio, and O Estado de Sao Paulo.  She also wrote and illustrated a monthly Miami arts and travel column for the Mexican women’s magazine Kena. Most recently, she participated in the charitable project Art Platform (UK) with her acrylic canvas piece Iluminada. The piece was also featured in the project’s poetry and art publication ‘Inspiration Speaks’.  Ellie Perla currently lives in Miami Beach, Florida, and is a resident artist at ATELIER 1022 Gallery in the Wynwood Arts District.

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GIBBIN HOUSE: ATELIER 1022 Introduces "HOPE" to Wynwood

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ATELIER 1022 Introduces "HOPE" to Wynwood

ATELIER 1022 in Wynwood Introduces “HOPE”

More than a new Art Exhibit – a 2012 Aesthetic Ethos   

            Miami Beach, January 24, 2011 – ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery in the Wynwood Art District introduces “HOPE”, an exuberant new multi-media art event on February 11, 2012, 6-11 PM, designed to celebrate beauty, harmony, and artistic fraternity - the gallery’s guiding aesthetic and communal principles for 2012.  These principles will be on joyful display during “HOPE”, with debuting mixed media and photographic works by resident artists Ellie Perla, Carola Perla, Susi Perla-Mendoza, and Carlos Rodriguez-Feo, and the experimental soundscapes of Jimmy Hoffa, Esq.  

The ethos behind the “HOPE” event also shapes the gallery’s 2012 Exhibit and Events calendar.  In addition to a series of exciting resident solo shows, ATELIER 1022 plans to extend its space for free to emerging artists during the August and September Wynwood Art Walks.  Titled “FRIENDS OF ATELIER 1022”, these special community exhibits will also feature international talent in painting, sculpture, and video art.   The polyglot experiment continues in April and November as art blends with the written word, when ATELIER 1022 stages brand-new editions of its independent writers’ showcase, “LITERĂ”, with host and author Carola Perla. These evenings will be preceded by KINDERART, afternoon children’s storybook hours and art sessions led by resident artist and children’s book creator Ellie Perla.

ATELIER 1022 Gallery is located in Miami’s Wynwood Art District, at 2732 NW 2^nd Avenue. The “HOPE” event coincides with Wynwood’s Second Saturday Art Gallery Walk for the month of February.

“HOPE” EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Ellie Perla – the ethereal quality of her seemingly inexhaustible stream of otherworldly subjects is only heightened by the lattice-like intricacies of Ms. Perla’s polychromatic pencil and ink compositions.   Saturated yet delicate, the new collection for HOPE is equally profuse with her characteristic luxuriant color and micro-designs.  This time around, Ms. Perla references global imagery, nature subjects, and romantic icons, creating her own visual lexicon of peace that is steadily injected with luminosity, love and a dash of humor.  Says Ms. Perla, “as I navigate in my life from pain to peace, from black to lavender…I feel responsible to share with the world something positive.  For me, art is a matter of ethics and integrity, a matter of hope…” 

"Love You" by Ellie Perla

Susi Perla-Mendoza – a firm believer in the electrifying power of color, this young New York-based fine art photographer uses surreal colorscapes to lift to inspirational what might otherwise dwell in the dire, industrial, and mundane.  Vibrant works like “Didgeridoo” display her characteristic ‘acid impressionism’ style - here a humble street performer is revealed to us as a rainbow of fire.  The EAST BERLIN series, shot in many of the city’s underground locations, further exemplifies Mrs. Perla-Mendoza’s keen eye for profound subject matter and her reconciliatory efforts to cast a fresh spectrum on past wounds. 

Carlos Rodriguez-Feo - the Cuban-born photographer demonstrates his sense of artistic optimism, merging vintage tools and techniques (Victorian cameras, large-format photography, and infra-red) with the latest 21^st Century technology to create a catalog of distinguished South Florida landmarks that possess a reverent historic quality, and yet are captured in a transcendent, never-before light.

Jimmy Hoffa, Esq. – ‘beatific exuberance’ is how one might begin to describe the musical explorations of local indie talents Jimmy Hoffa, Esq., Jose Ignacio Rodriguez, and elegant singer Tash.   The group have tested their mettle in various South Florida bands since their early days in high school, but this one-time only performance at ATELIER 1022 promises to push the boundaries of the trio’s tonal imaginations.  As driving creative force Jimmy Hoffa, Esq. says, “Dreams and art are the same thing.”

Event Photos: Litera and Art Basel Miami at ATELIER 1022

 Carola Perla and Gibbin House Close Out 2011 in Style at ATELIER 1022

L'Allure Des Mots Magazine Visits ATELIER 1022 for a Photo Session

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"Off the Page" Gets Companion Piece for ART BASEL!

Now on Display at ATELIER 1022 in Wynwood for ART BASEL MIAMI 2011!

"Off the Page - an Anatomic Look at the Creation of a Novel" by Carola Perla

Gibbin House Inspires an Orignial Art Installation

Off the Page by Carola Perla

In honor of my first public book reading, I decided to offer my own original art work to ATELIER 1022's LITERA event in Wynwood this past Saturday.  My idea for the art installation  - "Off the Page - an Anatomic Look at the Creation of a Novel" - began as the lattice-like cutting of the last page of Gibbin House, but evolved to include everything that went into writing the book: the dozens of handwritten notebooks, collected clippings, books, postcards, storyboards, etc.  I even included the 3-D stereocard the cover is based on, my earliest floppy disks, boardpass to Europe, encouraging gifts from friends, and the Grigorescu painting my mother did at 19, which inspired my main character.   To my great joy (and edification) the piece was really well received, and will remain on display through Art Basel Miami 2011.  Mama is so proud!

Off the Page - art installation by Carola Perla

Carola Perla's Gibbin House Participates in ATELIER 1022's LITERA

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ATELIER 1022 Presents “LITERĂ”

 An Evening of Book Launches, Readings, and Art to Celebrate

 Miami’s Independent Literature Scene and First-time Authors

            Miami Beach, October 20, 2011 – ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery in the Wynwood Art District announces the one-night-only special book launch event “LITERĂ”  on November 12, 2011 – an evening dedicated to Miami’s up-and-coming independent and first-time authors, with a program of readings, book signings, and art installations inspired by the written word.  Headlining the event is Resident Artist and ATELIER 1022 Partner Ellie Perla, who will introduce her highly anticipated children’s books, ALTAVARANIA and PAPOOK.  Her original illustrations for these books will also be on special display.  Ellie Perla’s elaborate and enchanting pencil drawings have served as an iconic feature of the ATELIER 1022 Gallery since its inception.   LITERĂ will also see the book launch of David Rolland’s debut novel DEADBEAT – a noir thriller set against the sultry backdrop of South Florida.  In addition, author Carola Perla will unveil ‘Off the Page’, a new art installation inspired by her historic novel GIBBIN HOUSE, which debuted at the gallery in May 2011. Presentations will begin at 8PM, to be followed by signings and a complimentary wine reception.  ATELIER 1022 will be open to the public on November 12^th, 2011, for the Wynwood Art Walk, from 6-11 PM.  

“As both a novelist and gallery owner, I am thrilled to bring a multi-media event like LITERĂ to ATELIER 1022, particularly on the eve of the upcoming 2011 Miami Book Fair International.  From the onset, ATELIER 1022’s resident artists and partners have aimed to create not just a visual art studio and gallery, but to build a community space that supports grass-roots efforts in every artistic field.  We are extremely proud to be able to provide first-time authors a forum in which to present their extraordinary work, and intend on continuing this tradition far into the future with self-published book launches, independent film screenings, and local music acts,” says Gallerist Carola Perla.

ALTAVARANIA by Ellie Perla

Three unusual friends journey to distant lands to find the seven fairies who once gave the ancient gardens of Altavarania their magic powers.  This story of adventure and discovery takes Leelas, Sun and Thunder in serach of love, trust, joy, integrity, peace, hope and courage.  They will need these gifts to plant a new Altavarania in the land of Noaptea and save its people from perpetual poverty and war.

PAPOOK by Ellie Perla

Papook, the palace tea boy, has a troublesome habit of wandering off and hiding in all the wrong places.  When a bad turn finds him in the balcony of the courtroom, pretending to advise the king as the ‘Spirit of the Law’, his problems really start.  Luckily Old Ayo is always nearby to help with a wise solution.  But when the king’s palace is in real danger, will Papook’s audacious behavior turn out to be a burden or a blessing?  

Ellie Perla, on writing children’s books as an artist: “The driving force behind my art is my love for beauty, cultural awareness, and harmony.  My books are a natural extension of this philosophy.  Intended to be experienced with a parent, they teach a very young generation of readers life-altering values and a non-violent way of life.”

Elinor E. Perla lives and works in Miami, Florida.  Ellie is the author and illustrator of several children’s books.  She is also an artist in residence at ATELIER 1022 in Miami’s Wynwood Art District, and an avid photographer.

GIBBIN HOUSE by Carola Perla

Summer 1949 – in London’s Hampstead Heath, four embittered European intellectuals still occupy their former safehouse.  But the mysterious arrival of the damaged refugee, Anka Pietraru, shakes them out of their stupor and challenges them to reclaim an unlived life.  A story of exile, artistic kinship, motherly love, and the path to finding one’s own voice.

Carola Perla, on writing as an immigrant to Miami: “Transience leaves a special sort of mark in terms of language.  Not being able to communicate for months at a time with people around you, being dismissed.  And even when you begin to speak, you suffer the sensation of never quite being able to express everything.  I’m always in awe at immigrant-rich Miami, because it is a place overflowing with lives, thoughts, and feelings unshared.”

Carola Perla is a Miami-based author, gallery owner, and PR specialist.  Born in Romania, she has lived in Munich and Lima, and holds degrees in German Literature and Art History from Florida State University. ‘Gibbin House’ is her first novel.  

DEADBEAT by David Rolland

A noir thriller chronicling the adventures of Frank Bengling, Miami private investigator. He had his scuba diving, his business, and his margaritas. But then beautiful Maria Novella hires him for a case. She wants Frank to find the father of her child. After a long chase the past catches up with Frank Bengling.  

INVITE: On the Eve of the Miami Book Fair International, My First Reading of GIBBIN HOUSE!!

ATELIER 1022 Gallery Presents KRAFTWERK: The Steampunk Engine

  ATELIER 1022

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presents

KRAFTWERK: The Steampunk Engine

On October 8^th Steampunk Gear is recommended...suspended reality is mandatory

Miami Beach, September 26, 2011 – ATELIER 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery brings quixotic industrial fantasy to Miami’s Wynwood Art District on October 8^th, 2011, with the special exhibit “KRAFTWERK: The Steampunk Engine” – a new collection of photography, portraiture, and mixed media works from resident artists Ellie Perla, Susana Perla-Mendoza, and Carlos Rodriguez-Feo. The exhibit is complemented by a selection 19^th Century Victorian artifacts.  The event is open from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM; at Atelier 1022 Gallery on 2732 NW 2^nd Avenue; and coincides with the Wynwood Art Walk for the month of October.

         "Part of ATELIER 1022’s philosophy from its inception has been to celebrate the innocence, refinement, and ingenuity of yesteryear.  In reconciling these aspects of the past with the modern experience, a new aesthetic emerges, both beautiful and honest.  The gallery’s three resident artists are united in the belief that beauty and honesty do not have to be mutually exclusive.  Their philosophy runs throughout the scope of their work, from Ellie’s “recycled” art pieces and 3-D Stereocards to Susana’s “Acid Impressionism” and Carlos’s photo experiments with vintage cameras, infrared techniques, and large-format film.  The ‘Steampunk’ movement, the artists feel, encapsulates much of what they are attempting to achieve at this Wynwood studio, and their collaborative efforts in creating the exhibit once again confirms the sense of community at ATELIER 1022 – hence the ‘tongue-in-cheek title KRAFTWERK, the German word for ‘power plant’,” explains Gallerist Carola Perla.

  

            One of the main features of the KRAFTWERK exhibit is the collection of Steampunk-inspired portrait photographs – a collaborative project conceived and created on site with the help of all of ATELIER 1022’s resident artists and partners.  Although presented in two separate formats by Ellie Perla and Carlos-Rodriguez Feo, every member of the gallery contributed to the staging, costumes, lighting, makeup, backdrop art, modeling, and shooting of the witty conversation pieces.  For the October 8^th event, the backdrop painting will continue on display to give visitors an opportunity to interact with the installation and carry on the playful ‘Steampunk’ dialogue. 

            Another major voice in this exhibit will be Susana Perla-Mendoza with her industrial-themed “Acid Impressionism” photographs which draw parallels between the modern and the historic, by blurring the lines of both.  Central among these is a triptych that re-imagines the most infatigable emblem of Belle Epoch engineering – the Eiffel Tower – in order to capture the atmosphere of the original excitement as the structure was first unveiled.  The accompanying stereoscopic viewer from the 1900 Paris World Exhibition reinforces the novelty of the era’s budding technology.   

            The Victorian industrial experience of the KRAFTWERK: The Steampunk Engine exhibit extends to the carefully designed music playlist, ‘Steampunk-ed’ antiques, and the limited-time presentation of ATELIER 1022’s signature vintage-inspired stationary and specialty gifts.

           

            About ATELIER 1022

            Atelier 1022 recreates the sense of an artistic community in a public space.  Atelier 1022 permanent exhibit showcases an array of fine art photography, paintings, and mixed media works from resident artists Ellie Perla, Susana Perla-Mendoza, and Carlos Rodriguez-Feo, and aspires to capture the gallery’s art community concept with a collection of elaborate canvases, dynamic color prints, and examples of rare photo processes.  Atelier 1022 invites art lovers to join in and celebrate beauty, colors, and rhythms in a place where art is made and polyglot gossip resounds off the walls.  Future art exhibits for 2011 and 2012 are planned around such themes as: hard rock art and music, with live bands; steam punk art and fashion show; documentary photography and short films; fairytale books and young art; graffiti and tattoo art; the history of photography; and many more.  Atelier 1022 Studio and Fine Art Gallery is located in Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Address: 2732 NW 2^nd Avenue, Miami, FL, 33127. Website: www.atelier1022.com; Tel: 786-385-6066; E-mail: atelier1022@aol.com.  Media kits with further information on the gallery and high resolution photographs are available upon request.

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MEDIA CONTACT:  Carola Perla, Tel: 786-385-6066; E-mail:  carolaperla@hotmail.com.