Welcome to Avalon Gallery
| James Groleau |
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James Groleau was born in Lewiston, Maine in 1960. He is the recipient of numerous awards, grants, and fellowhips, including a MacDowell Colony Fellowhip in 2001. His work is included in the collections of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Oakland Museum of California; National Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium; and the Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA. He divides his time between San Francisco and coastal Maine.
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| Mikio Watanabe |
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Mikio Watanabe was born in Yokohama, Japan, in 1954. After graduating from the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Tokyo in 1977, he was drawn to Paris to perfect his mezzotint technique. Admission to the prestigious Atelier 17 of Stanley William Hayter soon followed and he studied engraving there from 1979 to 1981. In 1989 he was awarded at "Salon de la Gravure Originale" in Bayeux, France, and in 1992 at "Miniprint International" in Cadaques, Spain. Mikio is a member of the International Academy "Greci-Marino" in Italy. He has dedicated his work to mezzotint since 1981 and after over 50 one-man exhibitions, his work can be found in public and private collections internationally. His hand-rocked, copper plate images are Mikio's sensuous, reverent, and intimate homage to the female form, with a fine quality that bespeaks the artist's many years of devotion to his craft.
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| Willi Kissmer |
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Willi Kissmer was born in Duisburg, Germany, in 1951. Multi-talented as a teenager, Kissmer was undecided whether to dedicate himself to the visual arts or music. He studied at the Folkwangscule, University of Essen, and later taught printmaking at the University of Duisberg. As for his music, Kissmer is now an accomplished guitarist and has recorded three albums to date.
Although Kissmer's art is relatively new to North America, the artist is no stranger to the Americas, Europe, the Former Soviet Union, or Asia, all through which he has traveled extensively. Described as a contemporary master, Kissmer has been represented by galleries and museums from California to Leningrad.
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