www.artbyrami.com I am honored to be among the finalists of the Direct Art Competition to be eligible to participate in the next issue of the Direct Art Magazine fall 2010 Direct Art is an annual bookazine publication, released in the Fall of each year. It is distributed by COMAG Marketing Group, the same distributors of Art News and Art in America. It is found in many of the same stores as these publications, including Barnes and Noble and Borders Books and Music. Additional copies are distributed directly by SlowArt to New York City galleries, Museums and specialty book stores. www.artbyrami.com

www.artbyrami.com ArtByRami is honored to be among the finalists of the Direct Art Competition to be eligible to participate in the next issue of the Direct Art Magazine fall 2010 Direct Art is an annual bookazine publication, released in the Fall of each year. It is distributed by COMAG Marketing Group, the same distributors of Art News and Art in America. It is found in many of the same stores as these publications, including Barnes and Noble and Borders Books and Music. Additional copies are distributed directly by SlowArt to New York City galleries, Museums and specialty book stores. Please visit my site for more updates www.artbyrami.com

I had the honor and the pleasure to participate at the Toronto Art Expo on Feb 2010. The show was a great start for me, I made many contacts with fellow artists from around the world, met wonderful art lovers, received excellent feedback along with constructive criticism, made few sales, and received 2 custom orders. I would do it again in 2011. Please visit my site www.artbyrami.com to view some of my photos at the Toronto art expo feb 2010

www.artbyrami.com I am honoured to be presented in the International Contemporary Masters Juried art publication, among artists of high caliber from all over the world International Contemporary Masters III (Hardcover) ~ Despina Tunberg (Author), Karl Tunberg (Editor), Various artists (Illustrator) http://www.amazon.com/International-Contemporary-Masters-Despina-Tunberg/dp/0980207924/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268681306&sr=1-5 www.artbyrami.com Editorial Reviews Review Another strand in the ancestry of this undertaking was the international artists workshops which we organized from Omma Centre of Contemporary Art in Chania, Crete, where each year between 20 and 30 artists, again from all over the world, would gather and create together, while learning from each others techniques and perspectives, at the end of which there would be an exhibition of the works created there. One thing which was perhaps unique about these workshops was that there was no leader or guide. Each of the participants was simultaneously both teacher and student. The chemistry was very interesting to behold, and it was clear that the workshops were an unusual and valuable experience for all those who took part. A third element that was influential in the formation of the present book was the themed exhibitions which we organized at Omma. This began with our very first show, a pop art retrospective, with works by Warhol, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg, Nikki de Saint Phalle and others. This was a phenomenal beginning for a little art gallery on a Greek island, partly the result of a stroke of luck, it must be said, but it certainly opened our eyes to the magnificent syntheses that could be achieved from a presentation of disparate elements. We followed this with a number of group exhibitions by contemporary artists from a particular country: Romania, Turkey, South Korea, Israel, and the UK, among others. What was particularly interesting about these shows was that underlying the apparent disparity of the works were some often unexpected common elements. While one would expect certain commonalities of mentality, it was interesting to see the lingering influences of the prevailing directions and tendencies of art schools for example the long arm of Chagall and his sense of narrative among Israeli artists, and the pursuit and attainment by Russian artists of a technical excellence long overlooked in the west. Or the pursuit by Greek artists of three-dimensional, sculptural effects in painting. Finally, in addition to the personal shows we organized at both Omma galleries, there was a long series of international group shows, with between four and eight artists, each from a different country. Again, each was a kaleidoscope which created a unique and often completely unexpected effect on the viewer. However, while offering the immediacy of the works themselves, any art exhibition, however large, is ultimately constrained by bounds of space and is usually ephemeral, unless it is in a museum. We saw that one of the most interesting things that came out of the Festivals was the catalog. So the next step was the thought of a book, or rather a series of books that would continue this endeavor, but on an even wider scale. The result was International Contemporary Masters, and when we first conceived it, the goal seemed almost absurdly ambitious: to encapsulate in a series of books a cross-section of all the really good art that is being created today, all over the world, covering all the visual arts that can be presented on the page of a book: painting, mixed media, sculpture, constructions, photography, lithography, prints, digital art, and anything new that might surface. We conceived it as an annual publication that would grow and grow. --international contemporary masters III One interesting development in the world of art that International Contemporary Masters was both influenced by and now actively contributes to, is that there are no longer any real centers of the art world today, in the sense thatParis and New York once were. This is not to say that cities like Berlin or London are unimportant as centers of art. But important and interesting art is being created over the whole planet, and we consider one the main missions of this publication is to showcase the global nature of art. --international contemporary masters III Our criteria for inclusion were basically two: to be chosen, any work had to show a certain originality of concept or idea, and the execution had to be technically proficient. The history of the artist was not so important; in fact, we were particularly interested in unknown and young artists or self-taught artists without any real track record. These are the people who are really breaking new ground. We have remained faithful to these simple principles which has the virtue of ensuring a certain consistency - and we think they are vindicated by the results. This third volume now seems to be attaining critical mass: over 230 artists from nearly 50 countries, with nearly 400 works of art. More important, the art world first and foremost, artists themselves, gallery owners, museum curators, collectors and critics is beginning to realize the worth of such an ongoing presentation, and the value of this particular presentation. We plan to keep International Contemporary Masters growing constantly, and giving a ever more comprehensive depiction of the whole span of the visual arts today. --international contemporary masters III Product Description International Contemporary Masters had its beginnings in Greece, in the International Art Festival of Chania, an annual event that attracted the participation of hundreds of artists from all over the world. It was an extraordinary sensation to stand in the vast exhibition hall, a 16th century Venetian arsenali which had once housed hundred-oared war galleys, and to see hundreds of completely dissimilar works of art created by people of completely different backgrounds and mentalities, each its own scintillating world unto itself. www.artbyrami.com

I exhibited at the Toronto Art Show from Feb 25 till 28, 2010,

The show was a great success; most artists did fine ; despite the slugginish of the weather and the Olympic Finale on Sunday Feb 28, the show could have been a lot better

It was  my first time, I did pretty well, I sold 5 paintings and received 2 custom orders

The art show was amazing with an excellent diversity and creativity with paintings that cost up to 100,000 CAD

I would do it again next year 2011, I will also prepare a set of paintings specific to the show

The following paintings were sold on the Toronto Art Expo

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I am honoured to be presented in theInternational Contemporary Masters Juried art publication, among artists of high caliber from all over the world

Layers of Tranquility has been selected to be featured in nternational Contemporary Masters Juried art publication

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In conjunction with my online site and a few art exhibitions, the following oil paintings have been sold

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"Swirling Spirit" has been SOLD

IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE YOUSSEF RAMI RECEIVES SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

Artist YOUSSEF RAMI of TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA has received a Special Recognition Merit Award for his artwork selected for the "11th Annual Painting, Drawing, Photography & Print Juried Online International Art Exhibition” hosted by Upstream People Gallery in the United States.
This international exhibition received approximately 450 entries from around the world and 92 artists were selected by the juror Larry Bradshaw, Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, U. S. A

Professor Bradshaw states this about this specially recognized work:
"'Youssef Rami of Toronto, Ontario, Canada works in oil with a very organic approach. His spontaneity is refreshing as seen in his horizontal piece “Swirling Spirit” wherein the rhythmic play of light and dark in basically monochrome works well."'

The exhibition will featured during November 2009 and continue online in the archives section at http://www.upstreampeoplegallery.com through October 31, 2010.