Amanda Braithwaite and Carey Wright Invite you to the preview of an exhibition of paintings inspired by the Deserts of the Sinai and Sahara:

AZIMA MELITA KOLIN

TROWBRIDGE

555 Kings Road
London SW6 2EB
Wednesday 30th April 2008

5.00pm - 9.00pm

RSPV: Gemma McAuley

T; 01892 667600
gemma@trowbridge.co.uk

The 'Desert Collection’ is drawn from the Artist's travels in the deserts of Sinai and the Sahara and inspired by the deep silence and the eternal space of the desert.

Azima Melita Kolin is an artist, concert pianist and a writer. Born in Sofia she first trained as a pianist and graduated from the Music Academies of Sofia, Rome and Geneva.

She loved painting from an early age and studied with Mr. Simeonof and later with Keller in London. She also attended classes in Heatherly School of Fine Art.

She moved in London in 1971, married, had two children and in 1980 she started a Chamber Music Festival in her husbands family home - Dunvegan Castle in Isle of Skye, bringing together musicians from all over the world. Inspired by the beauty of the island she also had annual exhibitions in Dunvegan Caste in aid of the Festival.

In 1994 she spent a month at the Attakalari School of Art in Kerala, where the experience of India had a profound effect on her work, deepening her connection with the sacred and spiritual in art. She exhibited her Indian inspired paintings both in London and Belgrade.

In 2001, her paintings inspired by the poems of the 13th century Persian poet Rumi were published by Thorsons/HarperCollins in a book of Rumi's poetry "Hidden Music". Her inspiration comes from music and poetry and her interest is to explore the connection between the different art forms. It is a process of distillation of the experience of words, music and nature, constantly changing in style and medium.

For more than twenty years, Azima Melita has presented numerous exhibitions in London, Scotland, and Germany. Her paintings are in private collections all over the world including Germany, the Gulf States, Spain, Switzerland, and the USA.

EXHIBITIONS

1985 July – September, Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye

1986 April – October, Dunvegan Castle, Isle of Skye

1987 June – Dunkeld Art Exhibition

1988 April – Dunkeld Art Exhibition

1989 July - Forest Row, Grinstead

1989 November- Chelsea Art Exhibition

1990 February – The Actor’s Institute

1990 June - Dunkeld Art Exhibition

1990 November - Edinburgh, Drummond Place

1991 June – August, Dunkeld Art Exhibition

1991 November - Chelsea Art Exhibition

1991 December- Sidney House, London

1992 June - Dunkeld Art Exhibition

1992 September - Steiner House, London

1992 January - Sidney House, London

1993 June – August, Dunkeld Art Exhibition

1993 July – Illford Gallery, London

1993 October - Leighton House Art Exhibition

1993 November - Steven Berkeley Gallery

1994 September - Mandeer Gallery, London

1996 December - Hayes Hotel, Belgrade

2000 October - Sidney House, London

2001 June - Werner Gallery, Tubingen

2002 July - Preveza Art Festival, Greece

2003 August - Preveza Art Fesival, Greece

podcast Interview with Azima Melita Kolin, Musician, Author, Artist & Sufi
Interview with Azima Melita Kolin who is a musician, writer and artist. In 1997 inspired by the 13th century Persian mystical poet Jelaludin Rumi, Azima began a series of concert/readings, combining Rumi's poems with classical music by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Brahms. In a joint effort with readers of various nationalitiesshe has given hundred concerts in England, Scotland, Germany and Spain. In November 2001 in collaboration with Persian artists they performed in Queen Elisabeth Hall in London.
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