Dear
Michael,
Artist
Become today announced its June Artist of the Month, Atar Geva, one of the
online art community’s 500 international artists. To learn more about Geva
and how Artist Become has been opening the door for artists around the world
since its launch in March 2011 please see the release below, to download images
click
here. For more information please do not hesitate to contact me.
With
Regards,
Michelle
Ellis
High
Altitude Public Relations for Artist Become
(303)
324-6058
michelle@highaltitudepr.com
www.ArtistBe.com
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For Immediate
Release
Israeli Artist Atar Geva
Named Online Art Community Artist Become’s June Artist of the Month
Geva is One of More Than 500 Independent
Artists From Around the World Featured on Artist Become
Wichita,
Kan., May 31, 2012 – Artist Become (ArtistBe.com), the new online community for creating,
selling and buying artwork online, today announces that Israeli artist Atar
Geva has been named the June Artist of the Month. Since its official launch
in March 2011, Artist Become has been opening doors for emerging and established artists
around the world. Geva is one of more than 500 of its member artists hailing
from outside of the United States. These international artists are based
throughout the world, from Canada to Poland, Vietnam, and England, to name a
few places.
Geva is one of Artist
Become’s
founding international members. The Israeli artist lives outside of Tel Aviv in
Kibbutz Ein-Shemer. Geva is a second generation renowned artist, his father
Avital Geva is widely recognized in the region for his work which combines
science, art, nature and life.
Geva
began his own career as an artist a decade ago and describes his work as
combining different styles and media, “I always try to think and work
simultaneously on different projects, because I believe that everything I do
has a unique signature.” Geva continues, “You can diagnose my
painting style as 'abstract' but it always deals with political and daily
issues – and the same thing goes with my sculpture, installations and
videos.”
Atar
exhibits nearly 20 works of art in his personal gallery on Artist Become. Those
pieces include:
•
“79
Meters Underground” – Created in 2011, this painting is part of
Geva’s underground series.
•
“Dig In” – Created in February 2011, this
piece honor of the coal miners in Chile.
•
“Echo” - Created in 2008, this piece is part of
the echo series. The echo is refers to the 2006 second Lebanese War.
Geva’s
work has been presented in a number of art fairs in Israel and abroad. He has
also won the Ministry of Culture award for his artistic contribution to the
community 2007-2011. “As an artist you have limited opportunities to
exhibit your art,” said Geva. “Joining Artist Become provides me
with a wonderful outlet to expose my art and myself to new people around the
world who share the same passion for art.”
“Artist Become creates awareness for
the wonderful world of art and contemporary artists like Atar who might not
have otherwise get the exposure they deserve,” said David Sasson,
president and CEO of overstockArt.com. “Our audience is
the global art community and our member artists have a chance to get their work
in front of the eyes of millions of potential art buyers online.”
ArtistBe.com is the latest venture by the popular online art gallery overstockArt.com, the go-to source on
the web for purchasing art reproduction oil paintings. There is no cost to join
and members can sell their art without commission fees. Artists receive
royalties for every canvas reproduction sold. The online community focuses
solely on original art and its growing amount of artist members. For more
information, visit www.ArtistBe.com.
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About
Artist Become:
Artist
Become
(ArtistBe.com), is the new online
community for contemporary artists around the world, providing tools and
resources to enable artists to pursue their artistic and professional goals. Artist Become is owned and managed by
overstockArt.com, one of the web’s
leading distributors of online reproduction oil paintings. For more
information, visit www.ArtistBe.com.
About
overstockArt.com:
overstockArt.com is one of the
web’s most successful distributors of wall décor items with more than
20,000 daily visitors and 120,000 loyal customers. In business since 2002, the
company provides decorating assistance, custom framing and commercial wall
decorating services. With an inventory of more than 60,000 paintings and more
than 100,000 wall décor combinations to choose from in stock at all times,
order wait is minimal. The Wichita-based online art gallery was recognized as
one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. in the 2010 Inc. 500|5000
list. For more information, visit www.overstockArt.com.