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Jos lives in Beesel, a small village in the southern part of The Netherlands. He started his professional carreer 25 years ago after his graduation from the Art-academy in Maastricht in 1991. In the beginning Jos had a studio that was situated in a local pub (Het Spick) in Beesel. Originally educated as a professional painter, Jos also began to create sculptures. Assignments came in from everywhere, also from abroad. In Cuba Jos has made a large statue out of marble, in China he has made one out of stone. There has been exhibitions in 9 countries, from which 3 has been outside of Europe. Recently Jos has worked for a museum in The Hague. Jos was born and raised in Swalmen, which is a neighbour village of Beesel. For the community of Beesel Jos has made a statue (of liberty) which is placed in front of the local train station. He also has made an beautiful ornament that stands on a roundabout. Jos teaches art at schools and art-centers. Since 2008 his studio is located at 51 Burgemeester Janssenstraat in Beesel. Together with Arie van den Broek, Jos was co-founder of Knooppunt 91. Knooppunt 91 is a cultural and educational place where creative minds can express themselves in an artistic way. Jos gives workshops with an interest in drawing, painting and sculpturing.
More information on his website: http://josbeurskens.nl
Jos Beurskens
You can download his sketch for the symposium as a PDF-file:
Project in wood: Multi-cultural Love Park
(Amsterdam)
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Jos at work in the English Garden (Venray)
Kathrin
Kathrin Hubl
Raimondas Urdravis
Andy O'Neill
Andy is based in Bristol, but travels nationally bringing storm damaged and diseased trees back to life with his chainsaw. Originally Andy worked in graphic design, but his love of the outdoors led him to train as a tree surgeon. The combination of these two skills led him to carve out a path in chainsaw sculpting, after being inspired by an artist at the Glastonbury Festival.
"I was working as a tree surgeon at the time so I already knew how to use a chainsaw and I had access to wood at the yard so I started by carving a mushroom, then a larger mushroom – then it literally mushroomed from there!"
Andy is available for commissions and is always happy to discuss projects with individuals and organisations. His portfolio includes chainsaw sculptures for The Forestry Commission, The National Trust, local councils and private clients. He uses his chainsaw to carve themedbenches, finger posts, gates, sculptures and natural play sculptures.
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More information on his website: http://www.wildwoodcarving.co.uk
Marko Njegas
Raimondas
Andy
Marko
Jos
personal and professional information
Mario Agius
Mario Agius (b.1956) has manifested a fond inclination to sculpture and design from his early years. He began his artistic studies under the late Mons. Michelangelo Apap (1915-2006) and furthered his studies in wood sculpture under the famous Maltese artist the late Anton Agius (1933-2008). Juginder Lamba, a sculptor of international repute described Mario's works as if they “oozed with humanity and the human condition in a truly universal sense”.
The artist has a number of sculptures in private collections both locally and abroad including in London and Switzerland. His finest wood sculptures adorn churches all around the Maltese islands. In 1989 he followed a course of studies in sculpture in the UK at the White Knight Gallery under the tuition of international artist Ian Norbury.
Presently Agius teaches technology and design in wood at Ninu Cremona Lyceum Complex, Victoria Gozo. Mario has been actively taking part in various collective exhibitions including those organised by the Members of the British Woodcarvers Association. In July 2009, Mario exhibited his sculptures at the 'Marzi Art International Galerie' in Hamburg, Germany.
In 2010, Ballerina, a sculpture in olive wood, was awarded the silver medal in the 10th Salon International Exhibition organised by Groupemant Artistique Nantes Facade Atlantique (GANFA) in Nantes, France. In 2011, another two sculptures, Kommunità and Il-}ajja, were shortlisted by the Arti fit-Toroq Competition organised by the Ministry for Gozo. Subsequently Mario was commissioned to sculpt a life size monument in wood of “Kommunità”.
To date Mario Agius has held four personal exhibitions; another one jointly with Italian artist Gino Marsili at the St. James Cavalier Centre for Creativity, Valletta; and also participated in nineteen collective exhibitions. His work has also been featured in the Marziart Artists Calendar 2012, apart from local magazines Let's Gozo and Muzajk and on local TV stations.
He also attends design classes under Mr. Harry Alden.
Mario is married to Maria nee' Sultana and has three children: Victor, Graziella and Charlene. He has recently became grandfather to Nina and Isaac.
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More information on his website: http://www.marioagius.com
Mario
Saint George's Day 2017
Artist Symposium
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Title: Keep Wood Art Going!
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