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Claudia Luethi Abdelghafar
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Biography
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Claudia Katharina Lüthi alias Abdelghafar El Bana
Born 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland
Living in Switzerland
Hobies Riding horses, playing the piano,
Reading
Contact kunst-grafik@bluewin.ch
Website https://kunst-grafik.ch
Education
2001-2004 studies at the
New Art School in Zurich
2021 Online-Studies at the Old Masters Academy and the
Drawing Academy in London
2023 Online-Studies at the Life Drawing Academy in London
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Statement
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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.
I was not in an art school, maybe that was the chance to have my own style. I don't like to copy other artist, I have my own style.
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Exhibitions
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2026
Red Art Project, Artium Gallery, Geneva, Curated by Francisco Lacerda (USIA) usia.co.uk/redart
2025
Solo Exhibition at the Boesner Art Shop Switzerland
2024
Los Angeles Art Show
Artexpo New York
Biennale Art Expo Venice
Hyperion Basel during the Art Basel
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
Artbox Project Zurich
2019
Solo exhibitions in the Rooms of the Municipality of Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland
2018/19
Soloexhibition in Sky Valet in 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 organized through USIA
2014
Digital Exhibition at Spectrum Miami
Exhibiton together with Francisco Lacerda in the Hotel Eurostar das Vetras in Lisbon, Portugal
The power of perception at the S Space Gallery, New York
"THE EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION" at Bulgary Hotel & Residences London
Digital exhbition of my artworks in
ALL INDIA CONTEMPORARY ART EXHBITION 2014
2013
Exhibition in the Broadway Gallery in New York
Exhbition at the Gallery Flussreif in Berikon, Switzerland
Exhbition at the garage Dubler in Wohlen Switzerland
2012
Parallax ART Fair, London
Exhibition in the book shop Bodmer AG, Zurich
2011/2012
Exhibition in the restaurant Erushof, Bettwil Switzerland
2011
SIGNAL-IDUNA Businesstower in Mannheim, Germany, organised from the gallery Böhner.
2010
Exhibition in the rooms of the municipality in Buchs, Zurich
Exhibition in the Hubraum in Buchs Kehrsatz
2008/09
Egli's Horse Trend Shop, Hinwil ZH
Restaurant Eintracht, Schafisheim
2007
Iftest AG, Wettingen
2005
Restaurant Sternen, Wettingen
2004
Restaurant Bergli, Bergdietikon
In the rooms of the dentist Dr.med.dent. Barna Bescek, Zurich
Awards:
2025
Winner of the International prize ,Artist of the year 2025" curated ,The Effeto Arte Foundation" Palermo and Dott. Russo Francesco Saverio
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
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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