Lot 42: * LENA KELEKIAN (Lebanon, born 1959) Poppies in the Wild

Lena Kelekian (Lebanon, born 1959)
Poppies in the Wild
acrylic on canvas
2011
19 x 27cm (7 1/2 x 10 5/8in).
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50% Of the Hammer Price for the present work will be donated to the British Lebanese Associations Scholarship Fund

Born in Beirut, Lebanon, an internationally renowned visual artist for her paintings in abstract colorful style, also specialized in painting and restoration of icons, frescoes and antique fine artworks and a well known environmental designer for embellishing cities in cut ceramic mosaics public artworks and monuments . Lecturer in Byzantine Art and as a geologist-mineralogist an expert in extracting natural pigments to use in tempera artworks. Owner of the Kelekian Art Gallery & Restoration Center.

Curator and Concept developer of international art exhibitions like the International Flag Art (IFA), International Exhibition of Small Format Art (IESFA), Olympia Fine Arts Association 1st art exhibition of Sarajevo & Banya Luka, UK flag art exhibition & others. Organizer of Art Therapy workshops for traumatized children of war. Holds a B.S. in Geology (mineralogy) from the American University of Beirut, a D.S.T. in Theology, and a Ph.D. in Fine Arts & Restoration