Английская Википедия:Helen Lieros

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Helen Lieros (3 August 1940 – 14 July 2021), was a Zimbabwean visual artist and educator.[1][2][3][4] Lieros was one of Zimbabwe's most illustrious artists and had a career that spanned across six decades.[5]

Early life and education

She was born on 3 August 1940 in Gweru, Zimbabwe to Greek parents. She studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Centre Contemporaine de la Gravure (now the Шаблон:Interlanguage link) in Geneva, Switzerland. She also spent time at the Шаблон:Interlanguage linkin Florence, Italy.

After wandering in Europe, Lieros returned to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) in 1964, and took up a position as a teacher at Chaplin High School, where she had been a student.

Career

After teaching she moved to Harare (then Salisbury) in 1967, where she lived until her death.[6] She established Gallery Delta in Harare with her husband Derek Huggins in 1975.[7][8] The independent space has been involved in the curation, organisation, presentation and promotion of approximately five-hundred exhibitions.[9] Besides being invested in her own practice, Lieros and her husband dedicated most of their career teaching and mentoring generations of Zimbabwean painters.[10] These include Berry Bickle, Greg Shaw, Lovemore Kambudzi, Cosmas Shiridzinonwa, Gina Maxim, Misheck Masamvu,[11][12] Admire Kamudzengerere, Richard Mudariki,[13] and many others.[14] In early 2021, Lieros was honored by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe as a National Merits Awards Legend.[15]

Lieros died in 2021, aged 81, from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.[16]

Solo exhibitions

  • 1966 Naikes’ Gallery, Bulawayo.
  • 1968 Polworth's Galleries, Harare.
  • 1970 Barbour's Gallery, Harare.
  • 1970 Stoa Texnis Gallery, Athens.
  • 1972/75 Tara Arts & Seven Arts, Harare.
  • 1973 Diogenes International Galleries, Athens.
  • 1979 Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare.
  • 1983 Selected works, PG Gallery, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare.
  • 1985 Galerie Chausse Coqs, Geneva.
  • 1991 Major Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare.
  • 1995 Diary of an Inheritance Gallery Delta, Harare.
  • 1995 Antithesis, Mayfair Gallery, London.
  • 1998 Logos – The Word Gallery Delta, Harare.
  • 2004 Retrospective Exhibition – a selection of paintings and graphics over three decades 1974 -2004, Gallery Delta, Harare.
  • 2004 Diaspora Municipal Gallery of Kallithea (Δημοτική Πινακοθήκη Καλλιθέας), Greece.
  • 2005 Aeons National Gallery of Zimbabwe.
  • 2007 Antithesis Municipal Gallery of Kallithea, Greece.

References

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