Lebanese Artist Tony Seker' Artworks
Tony Seker is a multicultural artist, originally from Beirut, Lebanon. Seker was selected from over 1,000 artists to be included in the 2020 Fall edition of the prestigious Studio Visit Magazine (received by over 2,000 galleries, museum curators, and art aficionados). He has also appeared in 300 Magazine, Artmosphere (Spain), Il Circolo (Italy), Fine Art Shippers, and others. Seker is represented by invitation at Laguna Arts Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA), Galerie Sonia Monti (Paris, France), Art Scoops (Beirut, Lebanon), Creative Inks (Saudi Arabia), Circle Arts (Lyon, France), and Singulart (Paris, France).
Seker has won multiple juried awards, including the "Artist Choice Award" as voted by 52 tri-state artists in NY, NJ, and CT for EYE OF THE TIGER, Best In Show for VITESSE, KARMA & BAZOOKA JOE. His mixed media piece "Gabbana Fever" was selected by Hoboken Arts Gallery in 2020 for a juried online exhibition to benefit local businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In 2018, Seker was the lead artist for Fort Lee Fashion Week, where he led a team of artists to produce a 40 x 10 foot street-art style mural for the backdrop to the catwalk. He has been the VP of the Fort Lee Artist Guild since 2017 and is actively involved in the local arts scene in the new Barrymore Film Center. Seker has donated works for multiple charities, including the TOA Awards (Washington DC) and Broadway Sings For Pride (New York City).
Seker has exhibited at numerous venues in SOHO, Hoboken, Brooklyn, Santa Fe NM & Cedar City UT. His collectors span the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.
Concept of Tony Seker’s works
Tony Seker's abstract painting style largely stems from his childhood refugee experience. After fleeing the Lebanese Civil War in 1975, he abruptly dispensed of the camouflage colors used on his model warplanes and, in protest, began to apply bold & colorful paint. In retrospect, the familiar medium became a comfortable way to express his despair and anti-war sentiment. Today, his art continues to express aspects of his past with the consciousness of the present and the hope for a more peaceful future.
His approach to the painting is like the way a writer records their thoughts in a journal. The “action” behind his abstract methods truly reflects his personality and emotions, leaving behind a story but without any words. Action painting involves non-traditional techniques, such as etching, scraping, splattering, and moving paint instead of the traditional use of a brush. His creative process often begins by staring at an empty canvas and harnessing his energy and sentiments. This elevates particular colors, movements, shapes, and tools into his consciousness.
In some cases, that dance with the surface is playful (for example like Clint Eastwood staring down a gunslinger in a Spaghetti western) and at other times it is emotionally charged (like thinking of someone who is suffering or remembering someone who has passed). In all of his works, there are both elements of randomness and design. These aspects parallel key truths in our lives, such as the randomness of where we are born, who are our role models, religion, socioeconomic status, the quality of education, healthcare, war, peace, and so on.
While there may be elements of his work that invoke comparisons in style to well-known artists such as Gerhard Richter or Jackson Pollock, his most impactful influences actually came from outside of the art world. Most notably, the random and over-exaggerated movements of his favorite physical comedians/performers (such as Peter Sellers, Bruce Lee & Victor Borge) inspired his “action” techniques."
Lebanese Artist Tony Seker showcasing his artworks at ArtSmiley exhibition in a luxurious holiday home at Emirates Hills. This private villa will be a home for many High Net Worth individuals, corporates during the EXPO 2020.
STARBURST
76.2 x 76.2 x 4.13 cm
Acrylic
USD 4350
STARBURST. The exploding cosmos contains all of the answers yet is filled with mystery.
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