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Bryten Goss (August 23, 1976 – October 26, 2006)
(Cover Art) - Goss, a native Californian, was a self-taught contemporary American figurative painter, who began exhibiting his work at the age of 17. His works include the Triumph of Death series, Alex on Pig, Two Women Riding Pigs, The Little Pope, The Blind Leading the Blind, and his burning building pieces such as Tribecca. When asked about being an artist in Los Angeles instead of New York, Goss said, "If I was a shoemaker, would I go to a town where everybody had shoes or to a town where nobody was wearing them?" According to Goss, his influences include Alfred Kubin, Pieter Bruegel, Caravaggio, Lucian Freud, Edgar Degas, Egon Schiele, Alberto Giacometti, Balthus, Stanley Spencer, and his mother, Rose. Some celebrities who have owned paintings by Goss include Nicolas Cage, Jason Lee, Nancy Cartwright, Wynona Ryder, Juliette Lewis, Kevin Smith, and more.
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Moses X. Ball
(Paintings) - Moses is a Los Angeles based artist who created a series of paintings of Hurricane Katrina survivors who he met during five trips to N.O. and Mississippi after the storm.
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Taber Buhl
(Airtoons) - Taber is a 31 year old Libra who likes to design and code web sites into the wee hours of the night, snowboard, serve as a father figure of sorts for his similarly-aged wife and (far younger) child, eat peanut butter sandwiches, etc. But not necessarily in that order.
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Leonardo Cesareo
(Painting) - Leo received his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2007. He is a filmmaker, designer and visual artist native to Los Angeles but currently living in Atlanta GA.
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Caitlyn Folley
(Painting) - Caitlyn Folley started painting 2 years ago at the age of 20, is a starving artist who has taken to cannibalism... will sell paintings for body parts.
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Carrie Randolph
(Illustrations) - Carrie Randolph is an illustrator, mixed media artist, and Creative Director for Farwest Almenac.
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Joseph Rubinstein
(Photography) - Joseph is a photographer who calls on a long history of film making, painting, and various other arts when creating his work. Joseph earned a Bachlor’s of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design for Painting and Film, along with a double minor in Sound Design and Art History. Joseph continued to work as Director of photography for films, music videos and the like, and went on to receive awards for his cinematography in the Tribeca Festival, LA Femme Film Festival, HP Lovecraft Film Festival, Full Moon Horror Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro International Film Fest, Fright Night Film Fest, and many others. Having a wide range of knowledge of art forms, Joseph now applies his ideas to still photography and uses his abilities to capture and create meaningful and beautiful moments.
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Haikuhie Tataryan
(Mixed Media) - Haikuhie is a visual artist who received her BA in Art at UCLA in 2008. She specializes in drawing and painting.
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Marie Thibeault
(Painting) - Marie Thibeault is a Professor of Art at California State University in Long Beach. She received her BFA in painting from Rhode Island School of Design, and an MFA in painting from the University of California at Berkeley. She has exhibited internationally and extensively on the west coast and has been included in several notable traveling exhibitions. Marie Thibeault’s large abstract paintings are arenas of action, informed by the contemporary landscape in transition and utilize symbolic color as an expressive force. Her most recent exhibitions include When Worlds Collide at George Lawson Gallery in San Francisco, and Broken Symmetries at the Torrance Art Museum.
Mariethibeault.com
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826LA
Echo Park
826LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. All of our programs are challenging and enjoyable, and ultimately strengthen each student’s power to express ideas effectively, creatively, confidently, and in his or her individual voice.
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Mari Sofia Beltrán
Miracle Mile
Mari is currently a graduate student at UCLA, majoring in Latin American Studies. She works with students with developmental disabilities, and in her spare time writes and does photography. -
Christine Rho
Echo Park
Actively writing since high school, Christine won a screenwriting fellowship leading to her studies at UCLA's School of Film/Television. There, she was able to win a Scholarship from the MPAA (Motion Pictures Association of America). Christine then graduated earning a Bachelor's Degree with a concentration in Screenwriting. Since graduating, she has written and produced an independent feature, The Iron Man (2006), and has written more screenplays for the company.
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Emily Kiernan
Silverlake
Emily is currently pursuing her MFA in creative writing at CalArts while interning with the literary journal Black Clock. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in Pank, The Collagist, and The Artizen. She lives and works in Silverlake, supported by its many coffee shops. -
Daniel Schutz
Pasadena
Daniel is a writer disguised as a teacher. In between correcting essays he writes stories, and is often labeled by his students as "weird." -
Zoe Tambling
North Hollywood
Zoe Tambling is a high school student from North Hollywood. Her poems can be found in various gutters, literary journals, and self-published chapbooks around Los Angeles. -
Yvonne Zima
Hollywood
Yvonne, 21, started her career at four on the Roseanne show. Her latest work was as Daisy Callahan, the bad girl on the Young and the Restless. Writing has been a part of Yvonne's life since she was first published online as a child. By 16, she completed a novel that impressed screen legend Shane Black and landed her a NY literary agent. Presently, she spends her time acting, writing screenplays, writing her second novel, and cooking.
Volume 2: The Disaster Issue!
"Skipping Stones" by John Jajeh
"Top Dog" by Haikuhie Tataryan
Paintings by Caitlyn Folley
"Adam's Apple" by Yvonne Zima
"Heather" by Leonardo Cesareo
"Butane" by Zoe Tambling
"Airtoons" by airtoons.com
"The Infallible Exploits of the Triple-F Brigade" by Sipriano Almada
Paintings by Bryten Goss
"A Photo" by Christine Rho
"The Leading Victim" by Joseph Rubinstein
Untitled by Mari Sofia Beltran
"As Far as the Eye Can See" by Daniel Schultz
Art by Carrie Randolph
Paintings by Moses X. Ball
Paintings by Marie Thibeault
"The Inland Seas by Edward Dell" by Emily Keirnan
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AMOR FATI is a quarterly digest featuring the works of Los Angeles writers, artists, and creatives. In a city of disparate parts, our aim is to create an active platform for organic and challenging exchange that is not only reflective of this generation but brings a collective voice to an anomalous city.
