Art Nordic / Scandinavian Art Fair / 2022 / Dk

This project shows participation in Art Nordic, biggest art fair in the Scandinavian region in 2022 that took place at the Lokomotivværksted on June 25-26th (Locomotive workshop - a rail depot with a beautiful steam engine locomotive that is very booked venue for all kind of events). Here you can see my artworks showcased, live demos of artistic process like Virtual Reality Art, phygital sculpting, digital painting and photobashing. All this was possible with the incredible support from my wife and "partner in art" Cristina Benescu (werockstudio.com).

Alien Ape Star (Costin George Benescu alienapestar.com) and his assistant (Cristina Elena Benescu WeRock Studio) in booth 004 at Art Nordic (art-nordic.dk), showing a various collection of personal work ranging from oil painting, ink and watercolour drawings, fashion illustration, to concept art for comics and gaming and even sculpture (showing mostly kit-bashing techniques with dismantled electronics and polymer clays) and even digital animation crypto art known as NFTs. Special thanks to Bryce Duyvewaardt (@bryce_duyvewaardt) • Instagram) for the lovely photo!
A few of Alien Ape Star NFTs from foundation.app. More can be found here https://foundation.app/@Alien_Ape_Star This video was presented during Art Nordic, an art fair in Copenhagen in Lokomotivværksted , booth 004, between 24-26th June 2022.
Bilalian Collection Layered Fashion Illustrations (watercolor on paper). 
These fashion illustrations were created with extra layers drawn on tracing paper and what you can see here is the base layer for night outfits. The theme inspiration is french comics style from Enki Bilal.
Still Life - Sabretooth Tiger Skull and PS5 peripherals. Oil on Paper, 2022.
Écorché (mixed media on paper)
Stretch / Maternal - Ink on Paper. This is a two sided illustration framed into a two sided frame and 4 layers of anti-reflection art-glass. The artwork was showcased at Art Nordic (the largest art fair in the Scandinavian region) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022. The creatures present in the artworks were drawn from imagination based on previous feline anatomy knowledge and alien creature inspiration.
This framed sculpt art piece started to developed back in 2018 during the Mechxibition workshops where Costin George Benescu and Mani Zamani co-curated a Mech Exhibition and upcycling art and kit-bashing workshops leading to the Vernissage. The final look of the piece tool shape in 2022 and it was showcased at Art Nordic, largest Art Fair in the Scandinavian region. The theme of the piece has storytelling elements inspired from Japanese Gundam animation and movies and the Gunpla culture. There is a variety of materials used here like mechanical, electronics, gunpla kit parts, polymer clays, a found oyster shell and even real shark teeth (ethically sourced from Natural History Museum shop).
This sculpture is about escaping technology addiction. "Reverse Converse" is a kit-bashed commissioned work based on a custom Converse shoe. The art piece took 9 years to develop starting in 2013 and finalized in 2022. Polymer clays and foam clay were used along with upcycled mechanical, electronics, retro and vintage items and tech from the artist personal collection. Full process can be found here: https://alienapestar.com/conversereverse .The artwork was showcased at Art Nordic (the largest art fair in the Scandinavian region) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022.
This is a kit-bashed sculpture that took 7 years to develop starting in 2015 and finalized in 2022. Polymer clays and foam clay were used along with upcycled mechanical, electronics, retro and vintage items and tech from the artist personal collection. In 2018 The artist produced a presentation about the process here: https://alienapestar.com/creative-flow-a-mind-bending-experience-2018-dk.The final version of artwork which now includes wings was showcased at Art Nordic (the largest art fair in the Scandinavian region) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2022.
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