BORIS JAIRALA June 4th, 2009

FEATURE ARTIST: Boris Jairala

Boris Jairala is the featured artist at L'Art au Refuge on June 4th, 2009.

Boris works in a variety of mediums and his paintings are rendered in oil (high contrast colors, mostly) on canvas or wood panel and are complimented by custom-made frames. These frames become extensions of the painting itself as they are designed and built to compliment the subject and overall feeling expressed by the work. Essentially the painting and frame, integrated together, is the artwork- unseparable, but one.

His most recent "Candle" series focuses on one subject lit by a candle in the darkness. The frames are created from old doors and are stained and burnt. A candle is suspended from the frame in the exact position of the rendered light source maintaining a physical light source complimenting the bright highlights and deep shadows of the painting. Some of the candle scones are mechanical in that they can be raised to maintain the same light source as the candle burns down.

Born in Brooklyn, New York and receiving his Bachelors of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College, Boris is currently working full-time as a freelance artist.

For More Info visit www.jairala.com

GRAND LAUNCH OF L'Art au Refuge

FEATURE HOST: Laura Greb

Laura Greb joins us as host of the Grand Launch of the L'Art au Refuge on Thursday, May 28th.

She is the owner of LG-REPS, which represents photographers, illustrators, and painters. With a degree in photography from the Art Institute and her own personal experience as an artist, Greb has developed a deep understanding of the processes that not only bring an artist's work to life but to the public as well.

Through her experiences she has gained expertise in negotiation, art licensing, production of art galleries and exhibits, and social networking. This combined with her positive attitude and acute sense of detail, Greb strives to bring the fresh, young talent of NYC to the forefront of the art community through her agency, LG-REPS.

FEATURE ARTIST: Loli Mari Montalvo Llorens

Loli Mari Montalvo is a feature artist at the Grand Launch of L'Art au Refuge.

She has a Masters in Fine Arts and BA from Pratt Institute in New York City. She has acumulated over 10 years of related experience in painting and illustration, including graphic design and digital maging. She currently lives and works in NYC as a professor and freelancer.

She has experience providing art direction, mentorship, coaching designers and fine artists on specific projects.
Continually excited about Art History, she was educated through extensive travel and completion of Art history courses in Florence, Italy, Studio Art Centers of Italy (Sacci).

She continues to participate in partnerships with public art and curatorial organizations and visual and performance artists.

FEATURE ARTIST: Mike Lindwasser

Mike Lindwasser is one of the feature artists at the Grand Launch of L'Art au Refuge.

Mike honed his skills at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Since leaving school, Mike has been working as a free-lance photographer in his own studio as well as several others.

He spent several years as a staff photographer for the Queens Ledger. His work has been published in Rock Pile magazine,Perspective New York,NY arts magazine and in Here is NY, a photo-essay book about 9/11.
He has exhibited at Lenape art Gallery in jersey city as well as "Brooklyn collective" on two occasions, and has had solo exhibitions at Midoma, East of eighth Bar and lounge and Poets Den Gallery and Ricardo Steak house all within the past year .He will be participating in a group show at A forest gallery June 6th .

Michael Lindwasser’s photographs use a combination of extreme angles and long exposures to create a unique genre of photography. His lengthy exposures imbue his photographs with the vibrant colors of the daytime despite the fact that they were shot in the middle of the night. His work emphasizes geometry and brings the ordinary into the abstract. Mike approaches each project as a new challenge, He strives to make each of his photo's unique.

About L'Art au Refuge

L'Art au Refuge is established by Jean-Luc Quevauvilliers, who is providing the opportunity to up and coming artists to showcase their work in a solo exhibition in New York City.

Artists, who know how extremely hard and expensive it is to arrange a gallery or space in New York City to showcase art, will now have the chance to do so, at no cost to them.

Each week a new artist will showcase a collection of their work, ranging from photography, pop-art and graphic design to paintings, scuptures and pottery. Arists will also have the choice to sell their art during the exhibition.

Family and friends, magazine editors, art enthusiasts, company scouts, celebrities and potential clients are lined up to visit this weekly Thursday evening Exhibition, which will be open to the public and free of charge.

The exhibition will take place in an elaborate 2-story townhouse lounge in Midtown East from 7pm until 11pm. Cocktails, Wine and Global Tapas will be available for guests, and weekly guest DJ's will play live.


Venue: Haven 244 East 51st Street. (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue)
#6 Train to 51st Street/Lex
E/V Trains to 53rd Street

email: bordello.nyc@gmail.com for more information or if you are interested in holding an exhibition.