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Happy Holidays and Welcome 2026!
Happy Holidays and Welcome 2026. 10 Years of Art, Community, and International Vision. As we reach the end of the year, we would like to pause for a moment to look back with gratitude and look ahead with excitement. 2025 has been a year of consolidation, growth, and reflection, and 2026 will mark a historic milestone for us: 10 years of The Guide Artists.
The Emotion of Portraiture: Ioanna Stefou
Ioanna Stefou (born 1981 in Lamia, Greece) is a contemporary painter based in Athens. Her work focuses on the exploration of human nature, using painting as an intimate and direct form of communication capable of revealing emotional states, inner tensions, and profound psychological aspects of the human experience.
Kateryna Reznichenko: Exploring Human Duality in Contemporary Painting
Born in 1997 in Lviv, Ukraine, Kateryna Reznichenko is a contemporary artist whose practice centers on figurative painting. She currently lives and works in Seattle, United States. Her work reflects a deep interest in emotional states, human vulnerability, and the concept of duality—how opposing aspects of identity coexist within a single individual.
With a background rooted in classical training and monumental art, Reznichenko brings technical precision to works that remain intuitive and emotionally open-ended.
Exclusive Interview with Guillermo Lorca
In May 2017, The Guide Artists proudly featured Guillermo Lorca on the cover of Issue 3, including an exclusive and highly significant interview. In this in-depth conversation, Lorca shares his artistic journey, creative philosophy, and the vision that drives his work. This special feature stands as a milestone for the magazine, highlighting an artist whose story continues to inspire and shape contemporary art.
Every Issue Reborn: Explore Our Archive . Issue 3
In this section, we will revisit our magazine’s archives, issue by issue, recalling the most memorable articles, interviews, photographs, and standout moments from each edition. It is a space to relive the history of our publication and to discover (or rediscover) content that defined an era.
Editorial – Issue 78
Our cover embodies this perfectly: Marissa Oosterlee. Her art, intense, technical and profoundly human, reflects that search for truth that we value so deeply. Her portraits, often submerged in water, invite us to look beyond the surface. In every face she paints there is a calm that arrives after the storm, a reminder that beauty is not found in perfection but in the sincerity of the process.
In Conversation with Iryna Götz: Insights and Inspiration
Educated at the National University of Volhynia (2005–2010), where she earned a Master’s degree in Fine and Decorative Applied Arts, Iryna Götz has developed a distinctive figurative language rooted in emotion, memory, and psychological depth. Her work explores the subtle border between innocence and experience, often through the depiction of female figures imbued with a quiet intensity.
Every Issue Reborn: Explore Our Archive . Issue 2
In this section, we will revisit our magazine’s archives, issue by issue, recalling the most memorable articles, interviews, photographs, and standout moments from each edition. It is a space to relive the history of our publication and to discover (or rediscover) content that defined an era.
Exclusive Interview with Aof Smith. Issue 1
Discover the first exclusive interview in our magazine with Aof Smith. Explore his journey, inspiration, and vision in a conversation that marks the launch of our publication. Read the full interview and dive into Aof Smith's story.
Every Issue Reborn: Explore Our Archive . Issue 1
In this section, we will revisit our magazine’s archives, issue by issue, recalling the most memorable articles, interviews, photographs, and standout moments from each edition. It is a space to relive the history of our publication and to discover (or rediscover) content that defined an era.