JK’S MAGAZINE

SARA KÄLLBERG, A STOCKHOLM-BASED ARTIST, REVEALS HER EXTRAORDINARY TALENT THROUGH BOLD AND CAPTIVATING CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT PIECES UNDER THE PSEUDONYM OBSKYR. HER ARTWORK EMBODIES A COMFORTING YET REBELLIOUS EXPRESSION, DRAWING HEAVY INSPIRATION FROM STREET ART AND POETRY. WITH RECURRING THEMES OF SELF-WORTH AND DAILY STRUGGLES, SARA FEARLESSLY EXPLORES THESE CONCEPTS FROM A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE, BOLDLY QUESTIONING SOCIAL NORMS AND CHALLENGING MALE DOMINANCE. SARA'S ARTISTIC JOURNEY WAS NOT A DELIBERATE CHOICE OR METICULOUSLY PLANNED PATH BUT RATHER A NATURAL PROGRESSION AS HER ART CONTINUED TO EVOLVE AND RESONATE WITH A GROWING AUDIENCE.

INITIALLY, PAINTING SERVED AS SARA'S CREATIVE AND EMOTIONAL RELEASE, PROVIDING SOLACE AFTER LATE NIGHTS SPENT WITH FRIENDS. DURING A PERIOD FILLED WITH INTENSE EMOTIONS AND MIXED SIGNALS IN HER PERSONAL LIFE, ART BECAME HER SANCTUARY. IN HER CONVERTED CLOSET STUDIO, SARA DISCOVERED THE FREEDOM TO INSTANTLY TRANSLATE HER IDEAS AND EMOTIONS ONTO CANVAS.

MIRO MOORE, ORIGINALLY A GUITARIST AND SINGER, FOUND HIMSELF CAPTIVATED BY THE WORLD OF MUSIC PRODUCTION. WHILE PERFORMING GIGS AT LOCAL PUBS, HE EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO EXPLORE AND HONE HIS PRODUCTION SKILLS. WITH A PASSION FOR PUSHING BOUNDARIES, MIRO SOUGHT TO CREATE MUSIC THAT RESONATED WITH HIS UNIQUE VISION.

DRIVEN BY THE DESIRE TO CARVE HIS OWN PATH IN THE FINNISH HOUSE SCENE, MIRO, AND HIS LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS BRAINSTORMED IDEAS THAT WOULD SET THEM APART. THEY WERE DETERMINED TO AVOID CONFORMING TO THE ELITIST TECHNO CROWD, INSTEAD AIMING TO ESTABLISH A FRESH AND VIBRANT PRESENCE. IT WAS IN THIS SPIRIT THAT THEY FORMED THE PLAYHOUSE COLLABORATIVE ENDEAVOR, DEDICATED TO SHOWCASING THEIR DISTINCT BRAND OF HOUSE MUSIC.

BULGARIAN ARTIST STANISLAV BOJANKOV, ALSO KNOWN AS STANKO. BOJANKOV HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND GRANTS, INCLUDING TWO FROM THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION AND A GOLD LISTING IN "ART MARKET MAGAZINE." HIS WORK ENCOMPASSES PAINTING, DRAWING, GRAPHIC ART, AND INSTALLATIONS, AND HAS BEEN SOLD TO PRIVATE COLLECTORS AROUND THE WORLD. TWO OF HIS RECENT WORKS ARE HIGHLIGHTED: "A LARGE HEART ICONOSTASIS," A PAINTING INSTALLATION MADE OF SAND AND CARBON-COPY PAPER, AND "SUB-STATIO," A MIXED-MEDIA PIECE INSPIRED BY CULTURAL ARTIFACTS.

STANKO'S TALENT AND DEDICATION HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED THROUGH NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, MENTIONS, AND DIPLOMAS. NOTABLY, HE RECEIVED GRANTS FROM THE PRESTIGIOUS POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION IN NEW YORK IN BOTH 2003 AND 2007. IN 2016, HIS WORK WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE AMERICAN ART AWARDS IN THE CUBISM CATEGORY. IN 2022, STANKO WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF THE "TOP CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS OF TODAY" IN THE "GOLD LIST" BY ART MARKET MAGAZINE.