Famous Azerbaijani artist-surrealist Mehriban
Efendi will take part in the International Surrealism Now exhibition, to
be held in Portugal from June 21 to July 31.
Artists from Spain,
Romania, Russia, Australia, England, Italy, Iceland, Canada, Belgium,
Iran, U.S., Portugal, Philippines, Mexico, France, Czech Republic, China
and Poland will participate in the exhibition, which will be held in
the medieval Palace Of Ega.
Last year, the event brought together
about 30 countries, including Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Iran, Japan,
Netherlands, Ukraine and Vietnam.
The purpose of the exhibition
which is being held since 2010 with the assistance of many European
organizations and under supervision of the famous Portuguese artist
Santiago Ribeiro, is the identification of and supporting talented
contemporary surrealist artists from around the world.
Earlier,
Mehriban Efendi's works were put on display at the Art of the World
gallery in Muskegon city in U.S., and the artist received an invitation
for a long-term collaboration with the gallery.
The first solo
exhibition of Efendi was held in the United States in 2005. Then she
participated in the exhibition "Art and Awareness" in Montana; a few of
her works were further demonstrated at the huge electronic billboards
"Art Takes Times Square" on Time Square in New York.
The work
"Harmony" presented at this exhibition was published in the book "Art
Takes Time Square" and was noted as one of the best works in 2012.
Efendi
took part in an international exhibition organized by Australian artist
Paris Saint-Martin, becoming one of the top ten computer artists in
2003, while in 2009, the artist's work was presented at an international
exhibition in the Netherlands. In 2010, Efendi was among the 56 best
surrealist painters in the world.
Mehriban Efendi won the first
prize of the international exhibition "Shining" in Bulgaria, which was
held under the motto "The ancient codes of my country" in 2010.
In
2011, the artist won an international award at the festival "Cinema @
Costume moulins" in France as "The best dress artist." This award was
conferred for her costume designs for German director Veit Helmer's film
"Absurdistan."