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Sarah I. Avni is a Slovak artist, based in Prague. She is involved in artistic photography and interior design in addition to painting.

Career and education edit

Sarah Avni received her artistic education at Graphic Art School in Jihlava in the Czech Republic where she studied drawing and painting.^[1] She traveled through Europe, where she collected inspiration that has since made its way into her artistic work. She returned to Slovakia in 2006 and began to concentrate on painting and photography.

Given her positive relationship to travel and the fact that foreign peoples and cultures are an important part of her life and art work, she emphasized these bonds by continuing her education at the University of Central Europe from which she graduated in 2009 with a degree in International relations and diplomacy.^[2]

Artistic composition edit

Among other works she is also the author of a Slovak postage stamp to commemorate the World Cup in South Africa which was recognized with a 1st place award in the international STAMP magazine.^[3]^[4] She was involved in the interior design process for the Holiday Inn hotel in Trnava and completed a series of paintings for the car company Kia.^[1]

Exhibitions edit

2011 edit

Galerie Harfa, Prague 2011^{[citation needed]}
Hotel Holiday Inn, Trnava, Slovakia 2011^{[citation needed]}
SPP Gallery, Bratislava 2011^[5]

2012 edit

Presidential Palace, Bratislava 2012^[6]
BMW (Tempus Bavaria), Bratislava 2012^{[citation needed]}
Royal Caffe, Prague 2012^{[citation needed]}
Iscare, Prague 2012^{[citation needed]}

2013 edit

Chateau d'Ax, Bratislava 2013
Olympic Casino Eurovea, Bratislava 2013
Sushi Roof Eurovea, Bratislava 2013

2015 edit

Basel Art Center (Gift 4 You), Switzerland 2015
Basel Art Center (Osteropäische abstrakte Kunst), Switzerland 2015
Esterhazy Palace (Gallery Merikon Art Room), Vienna 2015

2016 edit

Exhibition at the Slovak Presidency of the EU Council, Brussels 2016
Fashion Club, Prague 2016
Garden Agape, Bratislava 2016
Chateau Rothschild, Austria 2016

2017 edit

Slovak Institute, Vienna 2017
The House of Arts, Piešťany, Slovakia 2017
Embassy of the Slovak Republic, Ottawa 2017
Crowne Plaza, Manhattan, New York 2017
Bratislava Castle, Slovakia 2017
Chateau Mcely, Czech Republic 2017

2018 edit

Slovak Institut, Berlin 2018
Tatra Museum, Poprad, Slovakia 2018
Rivington Street Gallery, New York 2018
Slovak Embassy, Washington DC 2018
Ottawa City Hall, Ottawa 2018
Festival Re:publika dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic 2018
Kulturpark, Košice, Slovakia 2018
Slovak Institute, Prague 2018
Olympic Games, South Korea 2018

2019 edit

Ella Design, Vevey, Switzerland 2019
Hotel Carlo IV., Prague 2019
Hotel Vienna House Andel´s, Prague 2019
SC Central, Bratislava, Slovakia 2019
Clarissine Church, Bratislava, Slovakia 2019
Slovak Institut, Moscow 2019
Gallery Vazka,, Trencin, Slovakia 2019
MaxMara, Bratislava 2019

References edit

^ ^a ^b Lucia Jászayová, "'Maľovanie je najlepším médiom na vyjadrenie mojich vášní, pocitov a snov' - Sarah I. Avni", VIP Magazine, 05-15-2012. Retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 12 August 2014.
^ Gabriela Pastorková, "Sarah I. Avni, rodáčka z Čadce, pomáha autistickým deťom", Kysuce Magazine online, 11-23-2012. Retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 27 July 2014.
^ "Slovenská pošta opäť na poprednom mieste vsúťaži onajkrajšiu známku sveta!", Slovak Post, 11-19-2013
^ "Top 10 most interesting sport-themed stamps 2011", StampNews, 03-05-2011; retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 3 June 2012.
^ "Cesta okolo sveta so Sarah I. Avni v Galérii SPP", Levičan.sk, 08-03-2011. Retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 29 July 2014.
^ Miroslav Pochyba, "Virtuálna prehliadka – Výstava Sarah I. Avni v Prezidentskom paláci", virtualneprehliadky.info, 2011. Retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 28 July 2014.