Cesar Dias was born and grew up in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1989, His youth became unstable after his parents divorced and drug abuse plagued his family. His parents ended up losing their home and at the age of seven Cesar was put up for adoption.
His adopted family encouraged him to express his emotions through a paintbrush. So he did. His use of cubism and watercolour was a self taught passion. Oil painting wasn't an option in his early stage of painting due to being from a poor family and the paints were too expensive.
In his teen years, Cesar developed behaviour problems and was sent to a boarding school for children with aggressive behavioural problems. He expressed his feelings with a paintbrush through these hard times. Later in life, Cesar chose to follow the path of becoming a watchmaker. Learning his craft over the next 15 years he has become a well known craftsman within the luxury & vintage watch space in London (UK).
Now 35 Years old, Cesar had not picked up a paintbrush for over 15 years, after meeting Sunny; Art Dealer (Founder of the Lost Balloon Gallery) he has found his passion to resume creating works in his new stable stage in life.
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Tracy Von Ahsen (1981)
Tracy von Ahsen was born in 1981 on Long Island, New York. Time spent at the beaches and woods near her home, cultivated a deep, intuitive connection with the natural world. She was seeking validation from her older brother who had his own struggles preventing him from fully accepting her. The natural world helped shaped her creative spirit. In her formative years she moved into the Chelsea Hotel in New York City while completing her photography degree at the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) in 2001. The hotel served as a constant reminder of the artistic and creative voices of the past. Using Polaroids, slide film, and a blonde wig, she began to explore themes of emotional exhaustion & sensuality. Polaroid provided the instant gratification she long for to fill an empty space left in childhood. Her art became a window into her subconscious mind, capturing fleeting emotions, hidden fears, and unresolved traumas. As a young adult, Tracy started to confront her most profound transformation: shedding her old identity to embrace the truth of who she was, both as an artist and as a queer woman. This process of self-liberation included the ending of a marriage, a relapse back to drug addiction that plagued her 20s and eventual recovery. Her addiction was linked to a deep sense of not belonging and social anxiety, as well as, a desire and pull to explore higher realms of reality. Tracy began to rediscover new forms of artistic expression, specifically analog collage. Collage allowed her to weave together pieces of her own story into new, cohesive forms. She began to see her emotional landscape as something mutable and malleable In 2014, Tracy traveled to India to work with the monks at Ekam, deepening her understanding of consciousness and the nature of the self. She later spent time in the Sacred Valley of Peru, where she worked with the Shipibo in multiple Ayahuasca ceremonies, further deepening her connection to the mysteries of the universe. Currently living and working in New York City’s East Village, Tracy’s work continues to evolve, influenced by the city’s vibrant energy and its contrasts of chaos and contemplation. The urban landscape serves as a mirror to her own internal landscape—both a reflection of the complexities of modern life and an opportunity to explore the deep, often paradoxical nature of existence. Her art speaks to the delicate balance between the external and the internal, between the material world and the spiritual realms.
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