Welcome to 2010! The New year is here and, with it, new ideas and new possibilities. As we start to see some signs of overcoming the recession, we hope for a more active international arts market. Despite the slow economy, our Lisbon exhibit yielded some sales and, in the end, allowed us to have a better idea of market demands. The experience was great, the connections and contacts invaluable and ,hopefully, long lasting.

It is our goal to continue pursuing both the US and the European markets and to develop relationships with more galleries on both sides of the Atlantic.  In 2010 we want to continue offering a variety of modern art of the highest quality and to promote the work and name of our artists before new audiences.

To that extent we are currently working on the possibility of some joint projects with Galeria Alecrim50, in Lisbon, and with a couple of galleries in London Madrid whose names we will announce as partnerships materialize.

In 2010 we intend to promote cultural exchange and explore the expressive potential of technologies, old and new by Portuguese and American artists. We plan to schedule a series of lectures with the purpose of introducing Portuguese contemporary art and artists to the American public.

We also plan to support a project based on the integration of art and technology through the creation of Generative, Electronic, and Interactive art. This project will be carried out by a small group of emerging artists from Portugal and the United States.

In the meantime, we would like to thank DDP Gallery and 9Arte for their continued support. We also want to thank all those who have helped and supported us with ideas, projects, and art work. This list includes all artists associated with Santa-Rita Contemporary Art, the Telfair Museums, the Savannah College of Art and Design, The New Hampshire Institute of Art, Paula Rego and Casa das Historias, The Gulbenkian Foundation, and a multitude of others who, in some way or another, inspired us along the way.

Here’s to a great and art-filled 2010!

Sept. 29- October 30, eleven American artists will join Lisbon’s art scene and have their works displayed at Galeria 9arte.

Paula Rubino is a painter and etcher making contemporary imagery with classical techniques and materials. Spare compositions are arranged to evoke calm, color is placed to heighten mood, and multi-layered, broad brushwork builds a complex yet fresh surface. Recent work focuses on the figure and face.

Rubino trained at the Florence Academy of Art and furthered her studies with Odd Nerdrum in Norway. She also graduated with degrees in economics and law from the University of Florida.

Born in 1968 in Trenton, NJ and raised in Florida, Rubino has since lived and worked in Mexico, Italy, and Finland. She is currently based in Stuart, Florida ,and also maintains a studio in western Finland.

Rubino has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, including solo exhibitions at SCAPE, Los Angeles; Galerie Oljemark, Helsinki; Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston, SC; and Grenning Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY. Group exhibitions include Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York; WH Patterson Galleries, London; Solomon Gallery, Dublin; Panorama Museum, Germany; Haugar Vestfold Kuntsmuseum, Norway; and Rauma Art Museum, Finland.