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On a Caravan

 

Dorian Haqmoun

Switzerland

www.dorianhaqmoun.webs.com
www.artabus.com/dorian
email: haqmoun@ymail.com
 

Biography

 
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.

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)

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

 

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