Lüthi (alias Abdelghafar)

Lüthi (alias Abdelghafar)



About The Artist


I was born on 23 august 1967 just before midnight in Zurich. Exactly in this moment the sign of the zodiac changed from lion to virgo. So i can roar like a lion and I am orderly and good organised like a virgo. Art was ever in my life. In school I made a scenery for a party. And in my leisure time I was drawing and painting. I made the diploma in the commercial college and then I was in commerce. 1999 I began to specialize in marketing and publicity. I draw and painted in my rare leisure time. In 2004 I had my first exhibition in a dentist's practice in Zurich. A lot of peoble confirmed my talent so I began to increase the art. Some more exhibition were following in restaurants, offices, and in an administration building. Then I had an exhibition with many other artist in a gallery near berne. In september 2008 I set up my own company named "Kunst-Grafik Lüthi" as a second job. The first orders for graphic art were following. So I could gain from the course "graphic art in publicity and design" at the New Art School in Zurich I absolved from 2001 till 2004. In 2005 I made the diploma as economist BI at the business management school in Basel. My favourite technique is to paint with oil colour. The painting will be built by different coats. First I paint the background and I create the construction of the painting and then I work on the details. This gives the painting a three-dimensional touch. In 2006 I began to paint on velvet. This is a very difficult and intensiv technique and it takes a lot of time to work the oil colour into the velvet. I have to work really exact because the velvet is "living" with its hairs. Sometimes I d'ont paint the background so you will see the character of the velvet. It should not be only a painting but a special painting on velvet. I use also different colours ov velvet and the result is really special. I draw with pencil, coloured pencil, water colour and charcoal. Sometimes I use a combination of it and I can get the strokes stronger. Education 2021 Online-Studies at the Old Masters Academy and the 
 Drawing Academy in London 2023 Online-Studies at the Life Drawing Academy in London Exhibitions 2024 
Los Angeles Art Show
 Artexpo New York Biennale Art Expo Venice
Hyperions Basel Messe during Art Basel
Hamptons Fine Art Fair 2023 Red Dot Miami 
Florence Biennale
 "From Europe with Love" at Westin New York at Times Square
Tokyo Tower Art Fair
 Artexpo New York 2020 Artboxproject Zurich 2019 Solo exhibition in the in the rooms of the municipality Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland Artbox Project in Zurich and Miami 2018/19 Solo exhibition „Long Live Freedom“ at Skyvalet in Lisbon, Portugal curated through USIA Co. UK Hotel Eurostar das Letras at Lisbon, Portugal 2016 Artexpo New York Art Monaco Spectrum Miami 2015 Digital exhibition at Artexpo New York Private exhibition in the Hotel Ritz Four Seasons in Lisbon organised through USIA 2014 Digital exhibition at Spectrum Miami Exhibition together with Francisco Lacerda in the Hotel Eurostar das Letras in Lisbon, Portugal The power of perception at the S Space Gallery, New York „THE EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION“ at Bulgary Hotel & Residences London ALL INDIA CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION 2013 Group exhibition in the Broadway Gallery in New York Group exhibition at the Gallery Flussreif in Berikon, Switzerland 2012 Parallax ART Fair, London Solo exhibition in the book shop Bodmer AG, Zurich
 2011/2012 Solo exhibition in the restaurant Erushof, Bettwil Switzerland 2011 Group exhibition in the SIGNAL-IDUNA Businesstower in Mannheim, Germany, organised from the gallery Böhner. 2010 Solo exhibition in the rooms of the municipality in Buchs, Zurich Group exhibition in the Hubraum in Buchs Kehrsatz 2008/09 Solo exhibition in the Egli’s Horse Trend Shop, Hinwil ZH
with paintings oil on velvet the first time Solo exhibition Restaurant Eintracht, Schafisheim 2007 Solo exhibition Iftest AG, Wettingen 2005 Solo exhibition Restaurant Sternen, Wettingen 2004 Solo exhibition Restaurant Bergli, Bergdietikon
Solo exhibition In the rooms of the dentist Dr.med.dent. Barna Bescek in Zurich

 Awards: 2023 Certificate of finalist in the 57th online contest on artavita.com 2021 Certificate of Excellence for being among the best 100 artist 
 presented in the 49th online contest on artavita.com 2019 Certificate of excellent art quality on the Luxembourg Art Prize

 2020 19th January 2020 Image of the day on ArtTour International 2015 Certificate of Excellence for being among the best 100 artist 
 presented in the 13th online contest on artavita.com 2015 Honoured mention as the top artist of the year 2015 
 through USIA 2014 Fine Art Competition „Conscious Creation 2014 Winner of a Honorable mention through Vivid Arts Network 2012 Honorable mention on the 2nd Art Contest through Artavita.com Publications 2011 Participation for the International Contemporary Masters Vol. 5 
from WWAB 2012 My own art book about the last 10 years 2013 Wohler Anzeiger, Newspaper in our region of Switzerland 2013 My Travel report featured in the online Version of the NY Arts Magazine 2015 Art in America 2015 Guide