Don Artamas
Contemporary Abstract Artist
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"Perfection is attained not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
St-Exupery
Upcoming Exhibit
Landscapes of the Mind
Landscapes of the Mind, a collective exhibition featuring Don Artamas' works in acrylic at the Agora Gallery 530 25th Street, New York, NY 10001 on March 26, 2013 - April 16, 2013. Opening Reception will be on Thursday April 4, 2013 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - RSVP 212-226-4151 | Fax: 212-966-4380 www.agora-gallery.com | www.art-mine.com or call Don Artamas at 765-6674648.
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"Creativity is essentially a lonely art. An even lonelier struggle. To some a blessing. To others a curse. It is in reality the ability to reach inside yourself and drag forth from your very soul an idea."
Lou Dorfsman
Transitions
Don Artamas at "The Gallery of CSA Community School of the Arts" - 305 South Adams Street, Marion, IN USA 46952. Jaunary 9 2012 - February 9, 2012
Emergence
By Don Artamas at Ivy Tech Community Colleges - 261 S Commerce Drive, Marion, IN USA 46953. Opening Reception will be at 6:00 PM on August 15, 2011 - December 30, 2011.
Emotional Resonance
Recent artworks by Don Artamas done in acrylic at the Downtown Art Association Gallery - 237 West 3rd St., Marion, IN USA 46952. Opening Reception will be at 6:00 PM on October 15, 2010 - October 30, 2010.
Yearnings
A collection of new works by Don Artamas at the Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery - Hall Community Art Center - 437 East Berry St., Fort Wayne, IN USA 46802. Opening Reception will be at 6:00 PM on December 11, 2009 - January 13, 2010.
A New Beginning
Beard Arts Center, Indiana Wesleyan University 4201 S. Washington St., Marion, IN 46953, USA - January 8- January 24, 2008. Featuring the most recent artworks of Don Artamas done in acrylics.
Addio
"My life as an artist has always been filled to the brim and it is going to stay that way for I've got a thousand things to do . . . still." Addio! Recent works of Don Artamas - September 22, 2006 - October 07, 2006 GSIS Museum of Arts, GSIS Financial Center, Pasay City, Philippines
Paintings 23 by Artamas
Featuring abstract paintings inspired by Psalm 23, at the Guilllermo Tolentino Hall of the Cultural Center of the Philippines, November 25 1998, December 31, 1998.
Revealing The Unseen
Ayala Museum launches "Revealing the Unseen" - A spiritual journey, a collection of watercolors by Don Artamas, April 10-24, 1997 at the Ayala Museum, Makati City, Philippines.
Contemporary Filipino Artists' Guam Exhibit
University of Guam Isla Center of the Arts January 2001 - March 2001 A short list of twenty selected visual artists from the Philippines chosen and screened based on quality of work, style and exhibition track record.
One On One
There are a lot of unpredictables involved and the spontaneity of the process demands a lot of energy. It is a printing process where the artist doesn't have to think about the technical aspects of printmaking. Improvisation, imagination, impulse, creativity and chance are all characteristics of this printing process which what makes monotypes so unique. June 8 - July 8, 2002 Donada Art Gallery, Malate Metro Manila, Philippines.
Reflections & Meditations
In this body of works I wish to convey a moment of unhurried, solitary reflection and pleasure. Offering a modest atmosphere of respite where an open, contemplative attitude may be rewarded. April 1-30, 2005, 26th Floor Rufino Tower, Makati City, Philippines
Imaginative Landscapes
If it is a description you are looking for; Look not to the artist but to the deepest recesses of your heart and soul . . . to a point where your heart shall race upon the realization that such a place exists. No matter which way you examine it . . . it shall always be there. Starbucks Power Plant, Ground floor, Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, Makati City, Philippines November 3 - 30, 2004.
Interphase: Touch & Sight
Featuring the latest works of Don Artamas, on acrylic (black and white) at MATINA 610 Julio Nakpil St., - July 6-August 3,1998.
Psalms Of My Life
These collection of paintings are strung together by one thread, a heart thirsting for God . . . May 14-31, 1999 at the Twisted Sun Gallery, 1831, L.M. Guerrero St., Malate, Manila, Philippines.
Breathing Space
At times . . . one has to free himself from the confinement of filling it all up and going beyond the traditions of painting. Only then does his understanding of space develops, and then space follows an orderly sequence . . . March 2 - 31, 2004 Starbucks 6750 Ayala Avenue, Makati City, Starbucks Power Plant, Ground floor Power Plant Mall, Rockwell, Makati City, Starbucks Madrigal, Madrigal Business Park, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines.
"For it is in the process of art that art unfolds itself."
Don Artamas
"A Touch of Grace" Acrylic on Strathmore canvas paper 2008 Don Artamas
Indiana-based Contemporary Abstract Artist Don Artamas
