PRINCIPAL ARTIST MEMBERS
John Brown-USA
David Carlson-USA
Richard L. Dana-USA
Ashraf Fouad-Egypt
Mansoora Hassan
  -Pakistan/USA
Judy Jashinsky-USA
Donna Kukama- South Africa
Ivana Panizzi-Brazil
Patricia Secco-Brazil
Ruza Spak-Germany
Betsy Stewart-USA
Andres Tremols-Cuba/USA

ASSOCIATE ARTIST MEMBERS
Neno Belchev-Bulgaria
Y. David Chung
  -USA/Germany/Korea   
Billy Colbert-USA
Sherman Fleming-USA
Abrie Fourie- South Africa
JeanNette Gaussi
  -Germany/Afghanistan
Suguru Hiraide -Japan
Sadik Incesu-Turkey
Maggie Michael -USA
Randall Packer-USA
Jose Ruiz-Peru
Lars Torres-USA

ARTIST PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Turan AksOY-Turkey
Svetozara Alexandrova
  -Bulgaria
Liz Yarosz Ash-USA
B.C. Gilbert-USA
Khaled Hafez-Egypt
Nicholas Hlobo-South Africa
Sharlene Khan -South Africa
Claudette Lopez-Jamaica
Churchill Mandikida
  -South Africa
Hassan Meer-Oman
Nur Muskara-Turkey
Moataz Nasr -Egypt
Shady El Noshokaty -Egypt
Guntac Ozdemir-Turkey
Hossam Sakr-Egypt

Jump or Fall, 2005, acrylic on canvas

Ruza Spak (Germany)

The artist Ruza Spak is especially known for the colorful synthesis of abstraction and figurative in her oil paintings. She was born in Poland but studied at the Kunsthochschule Hamburg and graduated from Art Academy in Berlin. After her graduation she was awarded the DAAD fellowship in Rome, Italy. Her work has recently been shown at the Claus M Halle Institute in Atlanta, at the Goethe Institut, the Fitzpatrick,Troyer, Lassman Gallery in Washington DC, the Texas Union Art Gallery in Austin, and at the Kunstverein Schering in Berlin. Furthermore her art has been printed on the cover of the Los Angeles Times and of the monthly magazine Cicero. In addition to her painting, Spak has some experience in film making. She has made experimental films that have been shown in London, Berlin, and New York, and wrote scripts in cooperation with Bavaria films. The artist currently resides in Berlin.

www.Ruzaspak.com