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Ronis Varlaam
Born 1946
Lives and works in London, UK.
www.ronisvarlaam.com

Ronis Varlaam is a painter, photographer and fi lm-
maker. As a painter he often works at the interface
of representation and abstraction, photography and
painting, darkness and light.
As a photographer he believes in pure photography. As
a fi lm-maker he has made several documentaries for
television and now makes short videos for galleries and
fi lm festivals.
WHO IS THIS? - Portraits by Photoshop, is a series of
portraits based on the algorithmic facial recognition
software found in the image editor. Each artwork is a
triptych consisting of the original photograph, the 2nd
part is an oil painting based on what Photoshop thinks is
a portrait, and the 3rd part is a photograph taken from
the Photoshop page. In an exhibition not all 3 parts have
to be shown.
RONIS VARLAAM is a painter and fi lm-maker. He has exhibited
widely, venues including; Creekside Open, the Residence
Gallery, Royal Watercolour Society, Venice Biennale, the Alsager
Gallery Manchester Metropolitan University, Winchester College,
Five Years, Studio Voltaire, Kirkby Gallery, St. Pancras Crypt,
30 Underwood Gallery, Gallery K, Cooltan Arts, the House of
William Blake, Florean Museum Romania, the Stone Gallery, Red
Wire Gallery Liverpool, Oblong Gallery and elsewhere. As a fi lm-
maker he has produced and directed several documentaries for
Television, mainly Channel 4.

Top (x3): WHO IS THIS? No. 1, 2012,
Photographs/Acrylic Painting.
h: 30cm w: 30cm d: 3.5cm, Artist’s Collection.
Right (x3): WHO IS THIS? No. 6, 2012,
Photographs/Oil Painting.
h: 30cm w: 30cm d: 3.5cm, Artist’s Collection.

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