Leslie Lumeh Fine Artist Portfolio

Leslie Lumeh -- Fine Art

Artist Profile

Leslie Lumeh is a Fine Artist.

Leslie Lumeh

Born in 1970 in Dambala, Western Liberia, Leslie Lumeh is a self-taught artist with a diploma in architectural drafting from the Booker Washington Institute, 1987.
Leslie discovered that his paintings had value following the civil war that tore his country into pieces when he started recreating scenes from the war, first in simple pencil sketches, and later in watercolors on drawing paper, then finally onto canvas. These early works attracted an unexpected number of people, not only Liberians but foreigners as well, including international journalists. Soon he was getting commissions from private collectors as well as institutions.

Exhibitions

2009: Africa Now! Art Exhibition, Washington DC.
www.worldbank.org/artprogram

2004: “Une Toile pour la Paix”, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
          www.abidjan.net (group).

2004: “L’Instant d’Afrique”, www.palaisdeculture.ci (group).

2003: “Aquarelle de Leslie Lumeh”, College Jean Mermoz,
          Abidjan (solo).

2002: “Leslie – 10 yrs of Professional Painting”, Luce Gallery,
          Libreville, Gabon (solo).

2000: “Biennale International des Naïfs – BINA April, Abidjan,
          Ivory Coast (group).

2000: “West African Paintings”, Johannesburg, South Africa
         (solo).

1993: “Through Your Eyes”, National Museum, Monrovia,
         Liberia (group).

Workshops

2010 – Arteial Network Winter school, Yaoundé, Cameroon

2010 - WE CARE/CODE –Reading Liberia, Monrovia

2009 - ARTerial Network Cultural Policy Seminar, Nairobi

2009 – Family Planning & Maternal Health Care, Monrovia

Commissions

- International Trust Company( ITC), now International Bank( IB), Monrovia, Liberia

- United States of America Embassy, Monrovia, Liberia

- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Abidjan, Ivory Coast

- Luce Gallery, Libreville, Gabon

- Jeff Koinange (former correspondent for CNN Southern Africa Bureau)

- Mercy Corp, an international NGO working in Liberia

- International Republican Institute (IRI)

- Dyn Corp International

- World Vision

- International Resources Group (IRG), an NGO responsible for the re-electrification of Liberia

- Liberia Teachers Training Program (LTTP)

Projects

Documentaries

CNN African Voices, September 2009, www.cnn.com/africanvoices

Al Jazeera ArtsWorld program, June 2009, www.aljazeera.net/english

BBC Network Africa and Focus on Africa programs – 2009

Radio France International RFI Series Liberia: Reportage galerie d’art - 2008

REUTERS Television/Africa Journal Prog. #41, - 1997

Radio Television Ivoirian – RTI L’art en Movement, - 2004 www.rti.ci

Commendations

Certificate of Attendance, Arterial Network Winter School, Yaoundé, 2010

Certificate of Merit, from the Daily Observer newspaper – Feb. 2008

Certificate of Honor, from the Daily Observer newspaper – Feb. 2008

Diploma of participation from the American Embassy in Abidjan – May 2004

Certificate of Participation from the American Embassy in Abidjan – May 2004

Professional Affiliations/Achievements

Member/Country Representative – ARTerial Network

Founder and Director of Art of the Heart Gallery in Monrovia - artftheheartl@yahoo.com

Executive Director, Liberia Visual Arts Academy (LiVARTS ACADEMY)

Member of the Union of Liberian Artists (ULA)

Education

1984 – 1987: Booker Washington Institute - Diploma In Architectural Drafting

Job Experience

October 2005 – Present:

I work as a Cartoon Journalist at the Daily Observer news paper in Monrovia(www.liberianobserver.com). I illustrate daily cartoons on various subjects in the news about Liberia, Africa and the rest of the world.

January 2007 – April 2008:

I served as Design Consultant at USAID/IRG, an international Non Governmental Organization working with the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) for the re-electrification of the country under the Emergency Power Program (EPP). Here I did educational messages in the form of billboards and cartoons on energy conservation, safety tips and the need to pay ones electricity bills on time. These messages were sometimes carried in the murals as well.

1987 – 1989 - I worked as a draftsman for a local architectural firm

1991 – 1993 - I worked as presentation artist/delineator for a local architectural designing company

1992 – 1993 - I worked as instructor at the Don Bosco Youth Center in Matadi, Monrovia

Links

www.leslie-lumeh.rlhub.com

www.liberiaseabreeze.com

Award

2008: Certificate of Merit, from the Daily Observer newspaper.

2008: Certificate of Honor, from the Daily Observer newspaper.

2004: Diploma of participation from the American Embassy in
Abidjan.

2004: Certificate of Participation from the American Embassy in
Abidjan.