فن تشكيلي – Dorian Haqmoun Keller

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Dorian Haqmoun Keller was born in Switzerland. He studied special education in Zurich and art in Basel. In 1988 he moved to London where he taught art and had his own studio.

In 2004/5 he spent four months in Egypt as artist in residence. After over two years back in England he has moved to Cairo in 2007. He now dedicates his life full-time to painting and photography. His art is inspired by Islamic architecture and Sufism.

Artist’s Statement

My most recurring theme is the gate. I am deeply drawn to the gates and passages seen in mosques and other buildings of the Islamic world.

The gate has a deeper meaning for me: it is the place between an outer and an inner space, a doorway leading into a world that can only be imagined, the quiet realms of color in my paintings filled with the sound of unheard music.

Cairo is full of countless inspiration and I’m happy to be here.

Shows:

• 1989          Lauderdale House Gallery, London
• 1989          Hoathly Hill Gallery, Sussex
• 1989          Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye
• 1990          The Actors Institute, London
• 1990          Wigmore Hall, London
• 1991          October Gallery, London (Group Show), Swiss Artists in GB
• 1991          The Economist, London (Group Show), Swiss Artists in GB
• 1992          Leighton House, London (Group Show) Artists in Chelsea
• 1993          Leighton House, London (Group Show) Artists in Chelsea
• 1994          Lewisham, London (Group Show) Artists in Lewisham
• 1995          Lewisham, London (Group Show) Artists in Lewisham
• 1995-99     Shows at Steiner House, London
• 2000-04     Delrow House, Watford
• 2005-07     Camphill Village Trust, Stourbridge
• 2008          Gallery Misr (part of And Company) Zamalek, Cairo
• 2008          Portrait Gallery, Cairo (Group Show as part of International Symposium)
• 2008          Gauguin Hall, Zamalek, Cairo (Islamiat Group Show)
• 2009          Ain Helwan Culture Palace (Group Show ‘Creativity of the Others’)
• 2009          Maadi St.John’s Church (Group Show ‘On a Caravan’)  On a Caravan Group Show
• 2009        Gezira Art Center, Zamalek (Solo Show)
• 2009        Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation, Zamalek

(Solo Show)

2010        Group Show ‘On a Caravan’ Maadi St. John’s Church

Publications:

M. R. Beaumont. Swiss Artists in Britain. London, 1991

Portrait Gallery Magazine,, Cairo April 2008

Zed Magazine, Cairo July 2008

Work in collections:

Sekem Administration Building, Heliopolis, Cairo

Portrait Gallery Cairo

Delrow House, Watford

Dunvegan Castle, Scotland

Camphill Village Trust, Stourbridge