DaNisha sculpture featured at Artexpo

Artexpo, one of the most comprehensive events of its kind for both art industry professionals and consumers, will feature the works of Dan and Nisha Ferguson, more commonly known as DaNisha Sculpture, during its 2006 show. International Artexpo-held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City March 2-6-draws tens of thousands of qualified buyers and art enthusiasts to view its collections each year.

DaNisha Sculpture is undergoing a metamorphosis, transforming the duo's mastery of sculpture to include a larger, more ambitious scale in bronze. Combining Dan's sculpture with Nisha's distinctive hand-painted ceramics, the premier of this sculpture in bronze is a testament to their creative vision and extraordinary talent.

"We are so pleased to have the work of DaNisha with us again this year," says Eric Smith, vice president of the show's producer, the International Art & Framing Group. People from all over the world will be in attendance to view the wonderful works of art from thousands of artists who have been helping Artexpo define popular art for more than 25 years. Among our numerous attendees will be galleries, art dealers, interior designers, distributors and general art enthusiasts looking for great pieces to collect or to use to decorate their homes and offices."

For more information about Artexpo, including artists, special events, seminars and travel for the event, please visit www.artexpos.com 

About DaNisha

International Canadian artists Dan and Nisha Ferguson knew as children that they would be artists. Both were fascinated with drawing since the impressionable age of three, and both knew they wanted to be artists as adults.

They spent every summer of their childhood in their families' cottages, Dan in the Kawarthas, north of Toronto, and Nisha in the Gatineaus, east of Ottawa. They each traveled for a year before enrolling at the Art Centre of the Central Technical School of Ontario, which is where they met some 20 years ago. 

Right after graduation "DaNisha" married. With as much precision and as sure of one another as two trapeze artists who meet in midair, they began to collaborate artistically and have never looked back. Dan is the sculptor and mold maker, and Nisha is the designer and painter. 

Now parents of two sons, Joshua and Julian, and internationally renowned as DaNisha Sculpture, they exhibit their work in prestigious galleries and boutiques throughout Canada, Mexico and the United States. Always open to adventure, places of great beauty and the stimulation of change, DaNisha and their sons relocated to San Miguel de Allende three years ago. Angels, so prevalent in the art and architecture of Mexico, have inspired Dan, and Nisha is dizzy with new combinations of color and light.

When you hear people speak of DaNisha Sculpture you will hear the words "optimism," "excitement," "innocence," "wonder," and "awe." These descriptions accurately reflect the source of a vision held since childhood. Nisha, an accomplished acrobat and choreographer, founded a successful performance troop in Ontario known as "Gravityworks," and she realized she could incorporate a long fascination for the circus into her life and art. In San Miguel de Allende, Nisha now has a new aerial dance troupe, "Gravityworks South." 

"Working with my life partner," says Dan, "and compromising my ideas in order to find something new is a metaphor for our life together. However, compromise is an illusion. What it really does is allow for possibilities neither of us may have thought of."

DaNisha welcomes visitors to the artists' atelier for a look behind the scenes. Just call them at 152-0456, Monday to Saturday. You may also view the complete line of DaNisha Sculpture, and read all about them, at www.danishasculpture.com  or visit "Arden," the newest boutique to open in Fábrica La Aurora.