LIDA SHERAFATMAND
Painter, Writer, Social Advocate
Exploring the role of human nature in conflicts and relations through the beauty of flowers
بررسی نقش طبیعت انسان در درگیریها و روابط از طریق زیبایی گل ها
Lida Sherafatmand is a fine artist whose art path started at 3 years of age in 1980. Born in Iran, Lida lived life circumstances of war, revolution, and persecution, later on as refugee, statelessness, loss of wealth and poverty. Due to those experiences, she feels a responsibility in her artworks to contribute to her surroundings.
At the age of 16, she was already being commissioned to paint portraits of people, and by 19 years old, she started exhibitions. In 2003, she enrolled at university to study International Relations and have more insights about wars and problems in society.
In 2016, she coined an artistic concept 'florescencism’ which carries a double meaning: flowers being the main physical subject in her painting and flowering as a metaphor used in many cultures and languages to symbolize the flourishing of an individual or a civilization.
After finishing her M.A. in International Relations, Lida has delivered public talks on the academic research behind her art at conferences and academic institutes including the Roerich Family Museum and Institute in St Petersburg, The London School of Economics and Political Science, the Radcliffe Harvard University, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Rome.
Lida’s paintings, articles and poems have been widely published, including by UN, UNESCO, Amnesty International, a number of art journals, and other institutes. One notable piece of her writing is the Humanitarian Art Manifesto, translated to seven languages, was published on various newspapers and publications. Her artworks have been quoted and reviewed in art history academic dissertations and journals of social science. Moreover, Lida has been conferred numerous awards; Fellowship Artist in Residence at Hanse-Wissenschafftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study (Germany), Woman Art Award by Europe Art Awards and MUSA International Art Space in 2017, Milan International Art Award 2017 (Italy), selected as Jury Member for Children Van Gogh Art Competition in China, among others.
Today she has exhibited in over 20 countries including 60 collective shows, 25 solo exhibitions, and two official stamps have been printed from her paintings in Liechtenstein, and China.
As quoted in an interview with The Guardian her motto is: “The more I hear violent news, the more I paint gentle flowers.”.
PAST EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Solo exhibition at Palazzo Zenobio, Concomitent exhibition of Pavilion of Bangladesh, 58th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2019 Exhibition at Tokyo International Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Collective exhibition Shibuya Station, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Solo exhibition at CAM Museum of Contemporary Art, Naples, Italy
2018 Collection exhibition at Nigde National Museum, Nigde, Turkey
2017 Solo exhibition at the Palace of the President, Malta (during Malta’s presidency of the Council of the European Union)
2016 Exhibition at Tokyo International Art Fair, Omotesando Hills Main Building, Tokyo, Japan
2016 Solo exhibition at the China Cultural Centre, Malta
2016 Exhibition with the Chinese artist Li Ning at China China Cultural Centre, Malta
2016 Collective exhibition, Women’s Art World, Museum of Marrakech, Morocco
2015 Art Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2014 Solo exhibition at Atrium Galley, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
2013 Solo exhibition at Roerich Museum, St Petersburg, Russia
2012 Solo exhibition, Ministry of Education, Valletta, Malta
2012 Collective exhibition, SALON SAM 2012, Galerie 60, Giverny, France
2012 Solo exhibition, Manuel Theatre (the National Theatre), Valletta, Malta
2011 Collective exhibition, Le Cabinet d'Expertise Arts Anciens, Geneva, Switzerland
2011 Collective exhibition, Cultural Centre, Bogota, Columbia
2011 Collective exhibition, Château de Serans, Ecouché, France
2011 Collective exhibition,"Freedom", Art Galerie, Terande, Kosovo
2010 Collective exhibition, Galerie Artitude, Paris, France
2010 Salon "Art de vivre à la française", Moscow, Russia
2010 Collective exhibition, Art en Capital, Grand Palais des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
2010 Collective exhibition at The Cité du Temps, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Collective exhibition at Centro del Conocimento, Posados, Argentina
2010 Collective exhibition at Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
2010 Exhibition painting during the Global Conference of Int. Peace Research Association, University of Sydney, Australia
2010 Collective painting exhibition at Schilliger Gardens, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Collective painting exhibition at Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Painting exhibition-auction, by Stal-expert, Espace de Nesle , Paris (6th district), France
2009 Painting Exhibition-auction, by Stal-Expert, Drouot, Paris, France
2009 Salon International d'Art, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009 Exhibition at Société Générale Banque, Paris (15ème), France
2009 Salon Bijorhca's Éclat de Mode, Paris, France
2007 Painting exhibition, on the occasion of the second Launching of Humanitarian Art Manifesto, World Council of Churches, United
Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2005 Solo painting exhibition for Amnesty International, University of Malta, Malta
2005 Solo painting exhibition, Gallery Sufflot du Centre Pantheon, Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, France
2005 Painting exhibition for the conference "The Rights of the Child", Ministry of Education Malta in collaboration with the Council of
Europe, Malta
2004 Solo painting exhibition "For a Culture of Peace", for UNESCO Malta
2003 Painting exhibition for the conference 'state of children in war in situation', Brussels, Belgium
2003 Painting exhibition at St. James Cavalier Gallery, "life of a refugee", Malta
2003 Collective exhibition, "Internationalism and Peace" for the World Congress of Junior Chamber International, Las Vegas, U.S.A
2002 Solo exhibition of paintings at the International Telecommunication Union, "Human Rights and Peace", Palaise des Nations, Geneva,
Switzerland
2002 Collective painting exhibition "Internationalism and Peace", by European artists, Istanbul, Turkey
2001 Collective painting exhibition at St. James Cavaliere Art Gallery, Valletta, Malta
1997 Malta Participation in the Malta International Art Biennale (80 participating countries)
ACCOLADES and AWARDS:
2020 Selected artist for peace - Stamp in Liechtenstein
2019 Selected artist for peace - Stamp for commemorative envelopes in China
2019 Selected as international jury member, for Van Gogh Art Competition -in collaboration with Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
(The Netherlands), and Shanghai (China)
2018 Fellowship ‘Artist in Residence’- Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study, Germany
2017 Global Art Award Finalist – in Innovative Art Category – Dubai, UAE (International Jury)
2017 Global Art Award Finalist – Global Art Awards for the Visual Arts, Dubai, UAE (International Jury)
2017 Milan International Art Prize –endorsed by Italian art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, Milan, Italy
2017 Outstanding Artist Award, by Asia Arts Fund, New York, U.S.A.
2016 International Prize of Women’s Art World, Museum of Marrakech, Morocco
2015 International Prize Michelangelo, Rome, Italy
2015 International Art Award David of Bernini 2015, International Academy of Italia in Arte nel Mondo, Lecce, Italy
2015 International Prize of Marco Polo, Art Ambassador, Venice, Italy
2015 Selected Artist for official artistic visit to China, China Cultural Centre, Malta- China Ministry of Culture government grant
2011 Selected as "Muse of Art Harmony", by International Global Harmony Association, St Petersburg, Russia
2011 3rd Prize, International Art Colony, Kosovo
2009 "Artist for Peace", Association of World Citizens (AWC), United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2009 Decorative sculpture used on 1st Prize table, of Les Championnat des Arts de la Table, Paris, France
2005 Awarded "Love Ambassador", The Love Foundation, Florida, USA
2005 Awarded "Ambassador for Peace", International Faith and Inter-religious Organization, Geneva, Switzerland