Invitation for the International Photography and Painting Salon 2025

The International Photography and Painting Salon 2024 project is now transitioning into the International Photography and Painting Salon 2025, featuring a total of 140 renowned curators and artists from around the world, organized by Gabrielė Kuizinaitė, Owner of Gabriele Gallery based in Lithuania.

    The 1st International Photography Salon held last 2024 included only fewer photographers or digitals artists, since we have more famous painters in our strong community. In this salon, we have photographer Alvydas Šalkauskas, painter Nelė Jurgelionienė, painter and watercolour Master Marija Rastenienė, artist and painter Živilė Bardzilauskaitė-Bergins from Lithuania. Hailing from Italy, we have famous international artists like Alfonso Caputo, Naomi Constantini, Silla Maria Companini, from Germany Rainer Greer, from Austria Resul Jusufi, from Argentina more famous artists and Paula Reschini Mengoni, from Romania Irenel Daniela Jacob, from Croatia, Andrea Stanic, and others artists too.   We began organizing this project last year with a team of famous curators from different countries, including Hakan Sarihan from Turkey, Gori Yusuf Husen from India, Andrea Stanic from Croatia, curator Rasim Maslic (Germany), curator Alfonso Caputo (Italy), curator Stefan Anchevski (N. Macedonia), curator Gonca Carapinar (Austria), Silvia Ines Sierra (Argentina), Michael Kazemi (South Korea), Abdolreza Rabeti (Iran), Rebeca Dorich (Peru, Lima), Jorge Vela Demonte (Peru, Lima).

   This article presents the international and photography salon 2024 participated in by some artists who are memorable in this project: notable participants from last year included artist and curator from Italy, Alfonso Caputo. At the moment the universal artist is a photographer, digital artist, also poet, and essayist. Alfonso Caputo at the moment lives and creates in the town of Belforte del Chienti, Italy. He is currently an artistic director in Midac Contemporary dynamic museum in Italy. Caputo already organized and participated in 188 international arts exhibitions, 44 of which were personales international exhibitions. He also participated in exhibitions in different countries: in Italy, Mexico, United States, Canada, etc.

    Caputo specializes in technical design, topography and cartography. In this salon, he presents a few theatrical pictures, but with different styles. Alfonso Caputo, as an artist in various fields, stands out for his philosophical conceptual ideas. e will present one picture “Life tales” 80 X 120 cms. 2022.

“Life tales” 80 X 120 cms. Year: 2022 by Alfonso Caputo

   Very famous international artist Irinel Daniela Iacob lives and creates in Romania. She is multidisciplinary trained, having multiple activities in different fields: engineering, plastic arts. Her paintings address the subjective perspectives of the viewers who can see that abstract image, through the free and vibrant plastic brush can render the plastic truth revealing the drama, the truth and the hope of the world in which we live. Her art is a way of purifying herself from negative vibrations and putting herself in a state dialogue with God.  Through her art she has tried to build her spiritual dimension. She already participated in more international  arts exhibitions in Romania, Italy, France, she was awarded for her works in Italy, France and organized personal exhibitions in Romania, Italy, France. Her works 

every painting is with different motifs, with different colorful abstract and with different abstract motifs.

"Dandelions" in Mixed media on linen 100 x 70 cm by Irinel Daniela Iacob

      The next artist from Germany is the famous international artist Rainer Greer. The plastic artist Rainer Greer was born in Hones in 1971. He has two nationalities: Germany and Syrian. He is a painter, plasti arts master, and sometimes a photographer. He has participated in the exhibitions since 1992. He participated in more than 20 private arts exhibitions in Syria and Germany. Artists and photographers participate in 4 private exhibitions in Syria. He has held joint exhibitions in Syria, Germany, Pakistan, Algeria, Iraq, Marokko, Spain. His works of art are in Syria, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Slovenia, Lebanon,-Iraq, Egypt, UAE, USA, UN – (Canada). Tour Guide for German speaking groups since 1996 in Syria. Translator Arabic in Germany. He is a member of Syrian plastic artists federation in Damascus. He is a member of BBK federation of visuals artists Bergisch Land Germany

Orient (Old Damascus in Syria) Artist Rainer Greer Mixed Technik with acrylic on canvas 40*50cm.

     The idea behind this international project was to create a community of artists and curators, which has now become a reality with exhibitions in galleries and museums worldwide.Our community consists of a mix of photographers, digital artists, and renowned painters. Some of the notable artists in our salon include Alvydas Šalkauskas and Nelė Jurgelionienė from Lithuania, Alfonso Caputo and Naomi Constantini from Italy, Rainer Greer from Germany, Resul Jusufi from Austria, and many more from countries like Argentina, Romania, Croatia, among others.

     We are thrilled to see this project grow and connect artists from different backgrounds and cultures, showcasing their talent on an international platform featuring different art styles and motifs which includes landscapes, scenes, abstract, and theatrical artworks. Registration for the International Photography and Painting Salon 2025 is now ongoing.

Gabrielė KuizinaitėGabriele Gallery

General Curator/Organizer

****edited by Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo