French with African roots who was originally from Cape Verde, Benin and Senegal. Anastasie Akibode’s exposure to different cultures and interest in experiencing the uniqueness from each is the driving force behind her search for a common universal framework that unifies her art style. As an electrical engineer for 13 years at VLSI Technology and Philips, Anastasie later moved to and settled in Dubai, where she converted her career prospect to a full-time artist in 2008. She furthered her art education at Dubai Art Centre and was awarded the Merit Award for Painting in 2013. She continued her education and attended the Beaux-Arts in Paris from 2016 to 2019. She attended the watercolour symposium at Fabriano, Italy, during that period, as well as the watercolour portraiture workshop at the Art Center Manatee in Florida. In Dubai, Anastasie exhibited along with many others at the watercolour symposium in 2018. Her paintings were also shown in a group exhibition at Art Dubai in Tashkeel and at the Dubai Art Centre. In April 2021, she held her first Solo Exhibition titled ‘Artistic Wired Energies’ at the Alliance Française Dubai. In 2022, she was selected to represent her country in the Cabo-Verde and Angola Pavillon at EXPO 2020. In 2023 she participated in the DIAC group exhibition at World Art Dubai. In 2024, she held her Solo and was a Moderator of a panel discussion at World Art Dubai. She is featured in art books and in several Dubai newspapers.

SALEIGN captures the delicate beauty of aged, time-worn ideas through refined, fine-lined illustrations. Her work reflects on everyday philosophies and the subtle aesthetics found in garden scenes, seamlessly weaving them into a single, thoughtful image.

Daria Avdeeva is a Russian-born artist who has lived in the UAE since 1997, where her upbringing amidst a vibrant blend of cultures has deeply influenced her artistic identity. From an early age, she demonstrated a strong passion for drawing and painting, which matured into a disciplined dedication to fine art. Her formal training took place at prestigious institutions in Bulgaria, Italy, and Russia, where she mastered the classical techniques of oil painting—focusing on still life, portraiture, and the human figure. These academic foundations emphasized technical accuracy, compositional balance, and expressive depth. Rooted in classical tradition yet guided by a contemporary vision, Daria’s work bridges the gap between past and present.

"Tres Ases artist (Almudena Angoso Alvarez) was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1989. Painting has been part of her life since her childhood as her grandma shared with her the love for painting when she was a little girl. She travelled to Africa, India and other places around the world, and all of these experiences drove her to represent the soul, the inner world of the human being, through people from many different cultures, under the thought that we are all one living in many different lives. She works with mixed media, looking to arrive to the limit of the expression through the realism, the language of colours and the textures. She spent 5 years working with her art in Dubai and she created her art gallery in Menorca Island, Spain, where she is creating and exhibiting her artworks."

John Railton studied Fine Art at university in the UK gaining the highest grade for his BA(hons) degree course. From university he moved to Spain where he embarked on a career as an artist painting en plein air in the area of Granada. 3 years later having gained a post graduate qualification in education he combined his artistic practice with teaching. He taught in Madrid for 25 years and exhibited his work In Spain and occasionally abroad both in solo and group shows. He has also taken part in many art fairs and more recently in World Art Dubai this year and last. After spending most of his life in Spain, He moved to the Middle East, settling first in Cairo and a year later in Kuwait, teaching and painting before moving to the UAE in 2000. For more details, please refer to John Railton’s website, johnrailtonart.com

I’m a passionate artist who loves bringing playful, colorful paintings and imaginative abstract scenes to life. My work is filled with vibrant hues and a whimsical charm, blending creativity with a touch of wonder. Inspired by nature and the world around me, I invite viewers into a joyful realm where art feels alive, spirited, and full of imagination.

Sculptor of poems could be the best way of defining the identity of this international sculptor and citizen of the world.  After his beginnings in the world of ceramics, his steps through wood, stone, cardboard-paper and the definitive metal lead us to think of a being in constant movement and evolution. Dynamic equilibrium is perhaps his objective and definition, both his personal one and that of sculptor, poet, writer, art therapist... an apprentice of the miracle of being human. From a language far removed from representation, Teo San Jose seeks a synthesis of meanings. Where expression and containment go hand in hand. The information that sculptures receive from its spatial context is inescapable, and always becomes part of the meaning of the piece. Matter and emptiness not only shape space, they also pass through it to compose new places. The material becomes immaterial, and the opaque can become transparent, making new interpretations flourish, always in movement.