Personal details

Claudia Katharina Lüthi alias Abdelghafar El Bana

Born 1967 in Zurich, Switzerland

Living in Switzerland

Contact           kunst-grafik@bluewin.ch

Website          https://.kunst-grafik.ch

Education       2001-2004 studies at the New Art School in Zurich

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

2023
10th - 12th March 2023 Tokyo Tower Art Fair

30th March - 2nd April 2023 Artexpo New York

2019
Solo Exhibition in the rooms of the Municipality of Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland

2018/19          
Solo Exhibition in Sky Valet, Lisbon, Portugal

2016               
Artexpo New York
Art Monaco
Spectrum Miami

2015
Artexpo New York
Private exhibition in the Hotel Ritz Four Seasons in Lisbon organized through USIA

2014
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

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 through 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:

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

2015
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