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Claudia Katharina Lüthi alias Abdelghafar El Bana

Born 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland

Living in Switzerland

Education 2001-2004 studies at the New Art School in Zurich 2021 Studies at the Oldmaster Academy und Drawing Academy in London 2023 Studies at the Life Drawing Academy in London

I love to paint oil colours because they are smooth and I can paint in several coatings. So there is a threedimensional effect in my paintings.

I love colours to express the positive attitude to my live. I believe that there is all the time a door open when I believe it. There is no sence to see the negative things in live because all the peoble around me has also negative things in there live.

In 2006 I began to paint oilcolour on velvet. I like to play with the structure from the velvet. There is a special effect on the painting with velvet.

There were peoble telling me to paint abstract things than I would have the better chance to sell it. But I love to paint animals, to bring there soul and character on the canvas or velvet, to give them live that when you pass the painting you are just thinking: „ups, this animal has it moved?“ Also the landscapes and citiescapes have to live, I want really not to copy only fotos but that the peoble can smell the woods or the salt water of the sea, hear the sound of the birds and the hoofs galopping over the floor. Then I reached my goal.

I reach my goal when the painting is more vivid than the fotos, when the peoble stand there, look at and forget the time.

The story of my artist-name is a short marriage with an egyptian-man who had this name. It sounds special so I kept this name as my artist-name.

Exhbitions

2024? Los Angeles Art Show ?Artexpo New York Hamptons Fine Art Fair

2023 Red Dot Miami ?Florence Biennale ?"From Europe with Love" at Westin New York at Times Square ?Tokyo Tower Art Fair? Artexpo New York

2020 Artboxproject Zurich

2019 Solo exhibition in the in the rooms of the municipality Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland Artbox Project in Zurich and Miami

2018/19 Solo exhibition „Long Live Freedom“ at Skyvalet in Lisbon, Portugal curated through USIA Co. UK Hotel Eurostar das Letras at Lisbon, Portugal

2016 Artexpo New York Art Monaco Spectrum Miami

2015 Digital exhibition at Artexpo New York Private exhibition in the Hotel Ritz Four Seasons in Lisbon organised through USIA?

2014 Digital exhibition at Spectrum Miami Exhibition together with Francisco Lacerda in the Hotel Eurostar das Letras in Lisbon, Portugal The power of perception at the S Space Gallery, New York „THE EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION“ at Bulgary Hotel & Residences London ALL INDIA CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION

2013 Group exhibition in the Broadway Gallery in New York Group exhibition at the Gallery Flussreif in Berikon, Switzerland

2012 Parallax ART Fair, London Solo exhibition in the book shop Bodmer AG, Zurich? 2011/2012 Solo exhibition in the restaurant Erushof, Bettwil Switzerland

2011 Group exhibition in the SIGNAL-IDUNA Businesstower in Mannheim, Germany, organised from the gallery Böhner.

2010 Solo exhibition in the rooms of the municipality in Buchs, Zurich Group exhibition in the Hubraum in Buchs Kehrsatz

2008/09 Solo exhibition in the Egli’s Horse Trend Shop, Hinwil ZH?with paintings oil on velvet the first time Solo exhibition Restaurant Eintracht, Schafisheim

2007 Solo exhibition Iftest AG, Wettingen

2005 Solo exhibition Restaurant Sternen, Wettingen

2004 Solo exhibition Restaurant Bergli, Bergdietikon?Solo exhibition In the rooms of the dentist Dr.med.dent. Barna Bescek in Zurich?

Awards:

2023 Certificate of finalist in the 57th online contest on artavita.com

2021 Certificate of Excellence for being among the best 100 artist presented in the 49th online contest on artavita.com

2020 19th January 2020 Image of the day on ArtTour International

2019 Certificate of excellent art quality on the Luxembourg Art Prize

2015 Certificate of Excellence for being among the best 100 artist presented in the 13th online contest on artavita.com

Honoured mention as the top artist of the year 2015 through USIA

2014 Fine Art Competition „Conscious Creation 2014 Winner of a Honorable mention through Vivid Arts Network

2012 Honorable mention on the 2nd Art Contest through Artavita.com

Publications

2011 Participation for the International Contemporary Masters Vol. 5 from WWAB 2012 My own art book about the last 10 years 2013 Wohler Anzeiger, Newspaper in our region of Switzerland 2013 My Travel report featured in the online Version of the NY Arts Magazine 2015 Art in America 2015 Guide

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