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Grafiker und Fotodesigner.
Interessen: Fotografie, Mythologie, Anthropologie.
Fotografieren ist für mich Entdecken und gleichzeitig Meditation über die Welt. Bevorzugte Motive: Dramatische Landschaftsaufnahmen und Bekanntes aus ungewöhnlichem Blickwinkeln "geschossen".
Was mir immer wieder auffällt: Ein gutes Foto kann fast wie ein Gedicht gelesen werden.
Kamera: zur Zeit Nikon D90.
Wohnort: Bremen.
Alter: Schon ein paar graue Härchen :-)
Geplante Foto-Reise: Westen der USA.
Ich freue mich über Eure Rückmeldungen zu meinen Werken!

Hi !

You can see my work here :
http://www.nadiawicker.com
http://www.wreak-in-acid.com

If you're interested by another pic, feel free to contact me !

International artist & illustrator
Schwarz-Weiss
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

ARTFLAKES Team

Born in Australia in 1982, Kareem Rizk is a Melbourne-based collage artist, illustrator and designer who graduated from Monash University in 2004 with a Bachelor in Visual Communication.

After graduating, Rizk’s creative interests began to turn to fine art and illustration, particularly mixed media collage. While working as a Graphic Designer at Melbourne’s No.1 selling newspaper, The Herald Sun, his interest in collage continued to develop and by 2006 it became a focus of his endeavours.

Since his shift of focus to fine art and illustration in 2006 and his pursuit of developing his style, Rizk has gained extensive international recognition and has been noted as one of the contemporary masters of collage, as well as one of the premier mixed media artists working today.

Working mediums include collage, acrylic, oil pastel, pencil, solvent transfers and acrylic transfers. The work is highly textured and often multi-layered with a nostalgic and weathered quality. Rizk’s works can often be vibrant with colour, while others display a very refined or minimal palette.

Working methods also extend to digital collage with a very gritty and realistic display of texture and layering. The digital work began as an experiment in blurring the line between handmade collage and digital collage.

Other work includes freelance illustration, design and art commissions for various clients including news and editorial publications, galleries, university institutes, the boutique fashion industry and the music and entertainment industry.

Exhibitions include solo shows and group shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Byron Bay, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC, Miami, London, Stockholm, Zurich, Barcelona, Madrid and Milan. Rizk's work has been published in numerous high profile art magazines and books and his work is held in private collections worldwide.

I started taking pictures in my spare time. What started as simple picture taking ended up in something I took more seriously over time. More seriously in terms of preparation, picture shooting, and post processing.

Picture-wise I do not have a particular focus. However, many of my pictures reflect impressions I gather from various trips around the world.

Angefangen hat alles mit Reisefotografie und dem Willen, das Unbekannte und Faszinierende - Menschen, Landschaften, Situationen - in Bildern zu bannen. Inzwischen mache ich auch viel People- und Fashionbilder sowie Natur und Urbex. Geblieben ist die Liebe zu Komposition und Perspektive sowie eher dezenten Farben.