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Antoni Payeras – Spain

whois — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:51:41 +0000

Name: Antoni Payeras

Location: Bonsai School of Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain

Availability: Anytime

Willingness to Travel: Anywhere

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, critiques, workshops, multimedia conferencing, intensive weekend courses, and courses of three years through the School of Bonsai Menorca

Teaching Level: Expert

Specialty: Olives and other Mediterranean species

Languages Spoken: Catalan, Spanish, English and Portuguese

Best way to Contact: info[at]bonsaimenorca[dot]com

Bio:
Antoni Payeras is a Spanish bonsai artist, born in 1963. His interest in bonsai began in 1984, at the age of 21. After graduating with a degree in Landscaping Architecture, he started a garden and landscaping company along with a nursery. There he began to produce commercial bonsai from native Mediterranean trees. He is a collaborator for the Spanish bonsai magazine “Bonsai Actual”, for which he has written numerous articles. He began teaching the art of bonsai to others in 1989, and owns the Bonsai School of Menorca.

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Antoni Payeras is a technician in plant nutrition. Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science. Has recently participated in the creation of a range of specific fertilizers for bonsai “Nutritech” (www.bonsaicentre.es)
More about him and his works can be seen on the website of the Bonsai School of Menorca (www.bonsaimenorca.com)

Robert Kempinski – USA

whois — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:02:19 +0000

Name: Robert Kempinski

Location: Melbourne, Florida

Availability: Open but need advance warning

Willingness to Travel: Yes, love to

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, critiques, workshops, slide shows, and golf matches

Teaching Level: Expert

Specialty: Japanese Black Pine, Ficus salicaria

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: rkempinski [at ]cfl.rr [dot] com

Bio: Rob Kempinski’s bonsai capitalize on the expressive, scientific and tactile nature of the art. . His collection, a mix of tropical and temperate trees that can take the heat of the Florida summers and very mild winters has been influenced by his extensive global travel. He has won several bonsai awards and has participated in many national bonsai shows. He has written and bonsai book titled “Introduction to Bonsai, Growing and Appreciating Bonsai Across the Globe,” along with many articles for bonsai journals and magazines. Mahogany Row Studio, a bonsai blog, chronicles Rob’s bonsai adventures. http://www.knowledgeofbonsai.org/rob_kempinski/

More about this Artist:

Robert’s Blog
Art of Bonsai Gallery
Art of Bonsai Interview

Qingquan Zhao – China

whois — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:56:56 +0000

Name: Qingquan Zhao

Location: China (PRC), Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou (near Shanghai and Nanjing)

Availability: Year-Round

Willingness to Travel: Globally

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, lectures, workshops, critiques, judging of exhibits, private sessions

Teaching Level: Master

Specialty: Water and land penjing, Literati style, Forest

Languages Spoken: Need translator for Mandarin Chinese

Best Way to Contact: via Karin Albert, albert [at ] venuscomm [dot] com

Bio: Mr. Zhao (Brook) is an internationally acclaimed penjing/bonsai artist who has conducted lecture/demos, workshops and exhibit critiques for national and international audiences for over 25 years.

Penjing in the Water-and-Land style, a form that has become widely popular, is a form he pioneered in the 1970’s, and this form has since served as his signature style. He is also well-known for creating trees in the literati style. Throughout his long career, he has worked in many styles and with a wide range of tree material, both tropical and temperate.

His unerring eye for aesthetics and the gentle and sensitive approach Mr. Zhao brings to his art have gained him many fans worldwide. His lyrical landscape creations, deeply rooted in China’s literati culture, are reminiscent of classical Chinese gardens.

Mr. Zhao’s book “Penjing: Worlds of Wonderment” (Venus Communications, 1997) has been recognized as the classic on China’s ancient art of penjing.

More about this Artist:

More can be found in my book “Penjing: Worlds of Wonderment”
www.venuscomm.com
Art of Bonsai Gallery
Art of Bonsai Interveiw

Robert Steven – Indonesia

whois — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:50:12 +0000

Name: Robert Steven ( 江职宏 )

Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Availability: By appointment

Willingness to Travel: Yes.

Programs Offered: Workshops, Demonstrations, Lectures, Judging and Critique

Languages Spoken: English and Chinese

Best way to Contact: By emails : markamtr [at] cbn [dot] net.id or robertbonsai [at] hotmail [dot] com

Bio:

Started doing and collecting Bonsai in 1979. Have permanent exhibit centre with over 500 Bonsai collection in wide variety of species.
Have won more than 200 competition awards nationally as well as international e.g.:
- Entry Award of 2000 JAL World Bonsai Contest
- Entry Award of 2000 Ben Oki International Design Award
- Runner-up winner of 2001 Ben Oki International Design Award
- Grand Winner of 2001 Certre Award International
- Runner-up winner of 2002 Ben Oki International Design Award
- Runner-up winner of 2002 Certre Award Competition
- Entry Award of JAL World Bonsai Contest 2002
- Runner-up of World Bonsai Contest 2003
- Bronze Award of 2006 BCI Convention in China
- Grand Winner of 2007 Certre Award International
- The Most Original Design Award 2007 of KoB
Ex-Secretary General of Asia-Pacific Bonsai Friendship Federation (ABFF).
Education Department Head of ABFF.
Ambassador to Bonsai Clubs International (BCI).
BCI Board of Director’s member (2002-now) & Public Relation Committee Head.
International Bonsai judge doing domestic and international Bonsai judging
Coordinator of “ABFF Award – Ismail Saleh Trophy”, an international Bonsai Photo Contest.
Keen promoter of Chinese Penjing, Expressionistic & Surrealistic Bonsai styles.
One of the initiators and key-speakers of Indonesian Bonsai Art Discussion Forum.
Active in writing Bonsai and Penjing articles for newspapers & magazines and columnist for the Readers Forum in BCI’s Bonsai & Stone Appreciation magazine.
Expert Editor of Green Hobby magazine.
Editor of Knowledge of Bonsai Forums (http://knowledgeofbonsai.org).
Editor of The Art of Bonsai Project (http://artofbonsai.org).
Intensively travelling around the world conducting Bonsai and Penjing teaching, lectures, demos, workshops and judging including on national TV program.
First book “Vision of My Soul” was published in April 2005 in luxury limited edition had been one of the best seller Bonsai books sold out within 6 months. The second edition is just reprinted.
Second book “Mission of Transformation” has published and available at www.stonelantern.com

More about this Artist:

Robert’s Blog
Art of Bonsai Interview
Art of Bonsai Gallery

Enrico Savini – Italy

whois — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:13:51 +0000

Name: Enrico Savini

Location: via Motta n.10-40050 Monteveglio, Italy

Availability: Around the World

Willingness to Travel: Everywhere

Programs Offered: Demonstrations, Critiques, Workshops, Consultation, Refinishment for exhibitions

Languages Spoken: Italian , English

Best way to Contact: enricosavini.ibs [at] alice [dot] it

Bio: bonsai artist

More About this Artist: www.progettofuturobonsai.it

Mauro Stemberger – Italy

whois — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:07:36 +0000

Name: Mauro Stemberger

Location: via Lorenzo Luzzo 49/b 32032 Feltre (BL) , Italy

Availability: Around the World

Willingness to Travel: Everywhere

Programs Offered: Lectures, Demonstrations, Critiques, Workshops, Consultation, Refinishment for exhibitions

Languages Spoken: Italian , English , French , bit of Spanish

Best way to Contact: stemberger [at] libero [dot] it or stemberger [at] hotmail [dot] com

Bio: Architect for work but bonsai master for love…….My interest in “that fascinating Bonsai World” started in 1993. I was very curious about the intrinsic beauty of these small-large works of art. A beauty that harmoniously interacts nature and man. The continuous research of an aesthetic perfection, which we will never succeed to catch up in the course of our short life. That makes us appreciate these small creatures day by day, having the honour to see them on the stands in our garden.Therefore the passion for this particular art holds alive in me and in the time coming.Personally I’ve a particular love for the conifers, above all the fascination of beauty for the larch, that’s the essence Queen of my collection together with yews and junipers, especially the Japanese one, itoigawa and our Italian native Sabina.In a particular way I’m stimulated to always learn something new, thanks to the dialogue and the continuous exchange of experiences with my bonsai friends around the world.I have a good friendship with Enrico Savini, the boss of Progetto Futuro bonsai school, who taught me a lot about bonsai and now I’m one of Progetto Futuro’s teachers. I have to especially thank all the persons that supported me in these years of my bonsai passion.

More About this Artist:

Mauro’s Blog
Art of Bonsai Gallery

William N. Valavanis – USA

whois — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:29:32 +0000

Name: William N. Valavanis

Location: United States – Rochester, New York

Availability: Around the World

Willingness to Travel: “Have tools, will travel”

Programs Offered: Lectures, Demonstrations, Critiques, Workshops, Consultation, Appraisals

Languages Spoken: English

Best way to Contact: Email

Bio: William N. Valavanis became interested in bonsai and horticulture at age 11 and pursued his interest by studying Ornamental Horticulture at SUNY Farmingdale and Cornell University. He has made over 50 trips to Japan and formally apprenticed with Kyuzo Murata and Kakutaro Komuro in Omiya Bonsai Village in Japan. Additionally a 30-year study and association with Yuji Yoshimura combined with his formal horticultural degrees, apprenticeships in Japan and his artistic talent provide Bill with the solid background to promote and teach Classical bonsai art around the world.

He is the proprietor of the International Bonsai Arboretum in Rochester, New York where he maintains a fine personal collection of Classical bonsai. He offers introductory and advanced classes as well as seminars and symposia in Rochester, New York. He also maintains a busy teaching schedule for bonsai and horticultural organizations worldwide. In order to further promote the artistic and horticultural expression of Classical bonsai art around the world he began publishing International BONSAI magazine 30 years ago. He has authored two books and many articles published in English, Japanese and other European languages.

Bill is an active member and officer of numerous local, national and international bonsai and horticultural organizations. His distinctive bonsai and displays have received many awards both in the United States and abroad.

More About this Artist:

International Bonsai
Art of Bonsai Interview
Art of Bonsai Gallery