ARMANDO ALEMDAR ARA

Armando Alemdar Ara is an artist, art historian and co-founder of Neomodernism, the new art movement that espouses spiritual and aesthetic values in art. His work offers a clear vision that mirrors universal aspects of life. The world that Armando presents is as convincing as it is mysterious. With his highly authentic style, Armando creates unique imagery of an inner world in continuous movement. Drawing on his Sufi background, Armando has embodied in his art the ancient mystical beliefs in inner spirituality. In his work Armando always strives towards achieving a balance between the subjective and the objective. If abstract paintings are born out of figurative ones then in Armando’s work these two aspects of human duality approach one another in a mutual balance and unity. As the artist himself says: “It is a revelation and discovery that I wish to portray to the world. I believe this is my own ‘evolution’ in a sense – towards the universal; the subjective towards the objective, towards the essence of ourselves. My art is a product of inward thoughts and ideas, but also I cherish the idea of ‘cultivated externality’. Perhaps this is the reason why I aim for my paintings to unfold universal beauty, but without completely renouncing the human element”.

Since 2000 there has been media and TV coverage on Armando’s work both as one of the creators of Neomodernism and as a painter. Armando’s pictures are in public collections, such as the National Centre of Culture, Macedonia, as well as private collections in the UK, the USA, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, and Macedonia.

Armando Alemdar Ara The Kiss 2006

Selected Chronology

Group Exhibitions

1994 - Hyde Park Gallery, London UK
1995 - Cannes International Institute, Cannes, France
1995 – Alternative Art Gallery, London, UK
1997 - Art Encounter Gallery, Las Vegas, Colorado
1998 - Hatfield House, Hatfield, UK
1999- Art Share Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2000 - Terra Gallery, London, UK
2001 - Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston, UK
2001 - 2004 - Idea Fine Art, London, UK
2005 – Holland Park Orangery, London, UK
2005 – Artful Eye Gallery, Connecticut, USA
2006/07 - Grahams Fine Art, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

1995/06 - Da Vinci Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK
1997 - National Centre of Culture, Skopye, Macedonia
1998 – Mo Vaan Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
1998 - Art for All Gallery, Santa Ana, California
1999 – Unicorn Gallery, Chelsea, London, UK
2000 - Terra Gallery, London, UK
2001 – Launch of Neomodernism, Idea Fine Art, London – New York
2001 - St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London, UK
2001 - St James’ Church, London, UK
2002 - Idea Fine Art, London, UK
2003/07 - GX Gallery, London, UK

2003-2005 - International Arts and Culture Correspondent – Interview Cultural Magazine, Skopye, Macedonia

Auctions

Bonham’s, London, UK

Charity and Fundraising Work

St Richard’s Hospital MRI Scanner Fund, Chichester, UK
King’s Hospital, Camberwell, UK
Charitable Fund for Saving Croatian Monuments (For Lady Beresford – Pierce)
Save the Children, UK

Lectures and Talks

'Neomodernism and Durand’s ‘Giordano Bruno Burning’ - New Acropolis Philosophical Association, London, UK
'Art and Communication' - University of South Eastern Europe, Tetovo, Macedonia
'Dialectical Philosophy of Art' - University of South Eastern Europe, Tetovo, Macedonia
'Dialectical Aesthetics' – Sussex University, Hove, UK
'Neomodernism' – St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London, UK

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