In honour of World Mental Health Day on October 10th and Mental Health Awareness Month in October, Lifeline called upon artists to participate in our “Art for Mental Health Project”. We invited artists to share their own perspective of this years’ theme “The Space between”. As Mental Health Awareness months comes to a close, we will showcase the art received in Lifeline’s “Art for Mental Health Exhibition: The Space Between” at Highline, Xintiandi/Shanghai. Find out more about the event & how you register here.
In total we received over 60 contributions and we are thankful for each of the art pieces donated.
Lifeline is also honored to have received donations from professional artists, and we would like to introduce them and their work in a bit more detail to you.
Please note: All displayed art pieces will be sold in a silent auction during our exhibition. Please make sure to check event details and come by to enjoy the art and mingle in support of the mental health of the English speaking community in China.
RICHARD FEINMAN donated the piece SERENITY
Richard is an American artist living in China for seventeen years. His artworks have been exhibited and collected throughout the world. He is currently developing a new form of art movement based upon awakening the subconscious. His initiative is to expand, enrich and cultivate art practice by exploring ways to visually combine phenomenal qualities of experiences with thought processes of absolute reality
Find out more about Richard and his work here:
SERENITY by RICHARD FEINMAN
The artwork symbolizes pure emotions viewed as layers of colored lines. Each colour corresponds to an emotion and each shape symbolizes the intensity of that emotion.
There are four coloured lines Black, White, Red Blue each representing a different emotion interpreted by the viewer. The painting is divided into three sections each containing three pairs of shapes. The space between the line, shape and the background is created using various hues of blue which signify serenity and stability within the composition.
ECHO 艾可儿 donated the piece REBORN
Echo was born in Shanghai but have studied and worked in Hong Kong for many years. She uses alcohol ink and mixed media to create artworks. She wanna her artwork can manifest love, joy and hope. She has hosted solo art exhibitions in HK & SH. She has collaborated with Hyatt, Oishi, Lillet, etc
Find out more about Echo and her work here:
Website: www.echolove.co
Instagram: yesecho_art
Weibo: 艺术家艾可儿Echo
XHS: 艾可儿Echo
REBORN by ECHO 艾可儿
It takes time and a process to transform to a butterfly. Let go your past, set your heart free. Reborn and be yourself.
MIGUEL ANGEL EMERICO donated CONTINUUM
is a graphic designer and visual artist with a creative skillset that ranges from branding and visual identity creation to lettering, wall art and videomapping. He is the co-founder and creative director of Not Your Type Studio.
With a background in street art and graffiti, Emerico knew he was going to be a creative from the moment he held his first spray can at age 11. Since then, his professional CV has encompassed a broad scope from branding, wall art and visual solutions for both startups as wells as international clients, including Adidas, House of Vans and ABInveb, to work in the fine arts world managing installations for global artists such as Antony Gormley, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Kiwon Park.
CONTINUUM by MIGUEL ANGEL EMERICO
Life is comprised of memories. As each memory begins to take shape, it creates an experience of life that layers itself onto our persona. Just like a piece of torn paper, each memory or life experience is unpredictable in form and texture. And there are gaps between each memory, causing our persona, an coalescence of past and present experiences, to appear like a piece of unfinished work. It is these gaps, the spaces suspended between each memory – below, above and next to each other – that give us room to pause, reflect, and grow into another dimension of our being. The space between our experiences is what ensures our journey, like this piece, will never end.
SIMONE CASATI donated SEE THE UNSEEN
Simone’s career path has taken him in many different directions and has helped him grow professionally and personally through experimentation and exploration. Regardless of the type of work he’s been involved in throughout his career, he has always tapped into his creativity to help adapt experiences into stories. He’ll throw himself into a project and through focus and dedication, will begin to uncover the fusion of elements – culture, art, poetry, images – that will help to inspire a clear vision and direction. He also applies lessons learned in all aspects of his work to find new ways to express design ideas.
SEE THE UNSEEN by SIMONE CASATI
from “Your atoms don’t actually care about you”
See the Unseen is one of a more comprehensive collection of drawings titled: “Your Atoms don’t actually care about you”. Starting from a simple and perfect geometric element such as the circle, the artist wants to explore different arrangements giving life to geometric shapes and natural elements to highlight the fact that our world is an aggregation of the same matter/energies in constant transformation. “See the unseen” wants to emphasize the idea that the space in between or the holes in a non perfect geometry are not a weakness instead a chance of opening a window into a world that is as vast, beautiful, and mysterious as the universe itself.
ELVIS CHAU donated GREEN SCREEN MAN
Elvis works as a creative director in an advertising company. He started painting five years ago, and hopes to be a painter when he grows old.
GREEN SCREEN MAN by ELVIS CHAU
Modern life is stressful. We each have distinct hardships to overcome, but no person faces the suffering of modern living alone. In that same vein, I’d like to use a green screen head to show there is no the delineation between you, me, or another. Especially when it comes to the universal experience of going through a down moment in life.
SEMSON JESÙS NIP donated LOGOED
Semson majored in visual communication and graphic design at the Darias Design Institute “Caracas, Venezuela” before winning a scholarship to study his master degree as Art Designer in China university of Geoscience “Wuhan, China”.
Find out more about Semson and his work here:
Instagram: sjesnip
LOGOED by SEMSON JESÙS NIP
When we the transients get lost in the vast cities, we can easily look at the countless and perfectly designed signs before our eyes. But, what about the lost roaming souls wandering in the infinite?
BARBARA VACCARO donated the piece OPEN
Barbara was born in Palermo, Italy, where she studied to earn her Master Degree in Fine Arts. She has worked in different arts environments and roles: from decorator and art teacher to museum assistant and tour guide. After several years in London, working as art adviser and restorer, she moved to Shanghai to learn about a new culture and people and build new experiences and knowledge. On her arrival in Shanghai, she started her career as Visual Art Tutor at Art Station 2.0 (formerly known as Colorbox Art) K11 and Rockbund Museum, Minsheng Museum, Power Station of Art Shanghai (China), Omega, Pearl Studio (Dreamwork Film), Oriental Danology Institute (ODI) Duree Center, Community Centers Jing’an District, Jing’an District Library, Public Middle and Junior High School, American Airlines, Shanghai Creative City Technology Development, Starbucks China. In 2017, she launched her own art studio and art school, Barbara Art Studio | BAS. Barbara’s recent series of artworks is focused on nature through colors, patterns and the harmony inspired by it. Her passion for pre-loved objects translated into collecting the randomly found traces of a past that is quickly disappearing. Thus abandoned furniture and discarded windows are transformed and given a new breathe of life thanks to a new vision aiming to encapsulate time.
Find out more about Barbara and her work here:
IG: barbara_art_studio
OPEN by BARBARA VACCARO
We are often focused on the views we see through the windows, but what about the windows themselves?
A symbolic object that, out of contest, changes its meaning. Let’s reverse the use of the window and try to look inward instead of out. Here starts the journey through my Space in Between.
A window as human mind, blurred glass which makes difficult seeing clearly and understand what is beyond. The blue frame (color often associated with melancholia and sadness) generates a fantastical vision of nature. Everything is in action, floating, dancing, in a frame that can’t contain such imagination in a triumph of colors. The title, Open, is an invitation to enter a world, alien to us or not, with the hope of better understanding it and to feel the rise of optimism that makes anything possible.
