Ada Loumani glass master in Valbonne France
History of Ada Loumani
I am a self-taught person, who had no formal education, but a family tradition to rely on.
It is often said that a man's childhood determines, more than anything else, his future, and mine looks very much like my work.
It was certainly, thanks to the long time spent with my father in the magical environment of glassware in fusion, that I could experience this extraordinary encounter between my soul and this boiling matter. Nevertheless, without entering into an eternal argument, which opposes the innate against the acquired, it was also in my profound being that my profession begun.
I am an artist with a rigorous mind, and my art is an expression from the depth of my soul, it is the thirst, hunger, and desire to fuse completely with the world which surrounds me. The need for perfection, which is deeply rooted in me, brings about a constant conflict, and the search for depth which does not allow "guesswork". Like a wizard in search for a drop of water with his sense fully awakened, I pursue the design with new emotions. On one hand, I use in my creation my instincts and inventiveness and on the other, research and experience, keeping always an opening to the world. From my first creations, one always feels simultaneously, the searched form, and the real need for taming colours, to shape the object until it becomes a perfect duplicate picture like in painting. Glassware is the union between painting and sculpture in a moving universe.
Creating object with glass is to capture real "paintings" in matter, to give the illusion of relieving weight by confronting the transparency of the glass in order to finally attempt to optically abolish the laws of gravity, to use its delicacy as a support to breathe strength and sturdiness, and to confront density with transparency. The development of my work is continuous and my inspirations are unlimited with a desire to participate to the pressing future adventure of contemporary glassware.
Ada Loumani's expositions
1989 :
AIX EN PROVENCE FONDATION VASARELY
AMSTERDAM GALERIE KHULLER
1990 :
GORDES MUSEE DIDACTIQUE VASARELY
VASCOEUIL CHATEAU DE VASCOEUIL
CANNES HOTEL CARLTON
COLOGNE GLASS GALLERY KOLN
LUXEMBOURG GALERIE DANIKA
BRUXELLES GALERIE TRANSPARENCE
EXPOSITION ITINERANTE\r"BLOOMINDALE'S STORES"
1991 :
VENISE GALERIE VETRO D'ARTE
MONACO GALERIE ROCCADONNA
OSAKA EISHING GALLERY
ANVERS GALERIE EUREKA
1992 :
BORDEAUX GALERIE DES REMPARTS
PARIS GALERIE PASSA TEMPO
BRUXELLES GALERIE TRANSPARENCE
KNOCKKE LE ZOUTE GALERIE LUC PEETERS
NEW YORK MOSTLY GLASS GALLERY
1993 :
COLOGNE GLASS GALLERY KOLN
ANVERS GALERIE EUREKA
MIAMI GALERIE LAURENT
1994 :
BAUX DE PROVENCE GALERIE DOUDOU BAYOL
PARIS GALERIE PASSA TEMPO
MONTREUX GALERIE DU MARCHE
1995 :
MONTPELLIER GALERIE COOL HEURES
ANVERS GALERIE EUREKA
LUXEMBOURG GALERIE CHAPELOTE
VIENNE KLUTE GALLERY
1996 :
COLOGNE GLASS GALLERY KOLN
LAUSANNE GALERIE LA PYRAMIDE
HONG KONG TOMEN ART GALLERY
1997 :
SEATTLE MIA KITO GALLERY
SHANGAI TOMEN ART GALLERY
NICE GALERIE LONGCHAMP
1998 :
MUNICH WALDRICH GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO ROBERT NALTON GALLERY
TOKYO HIROHISHI HITOTO GALLERY
OSLO NOSTRAND GALLERY
1999 :
COLOGNE GLASS GALLERY KOLN
HAMBOURG WKW WOHMEN UND KUNST GALLERY
ORLANDO WINTERPARK GALLERY
TOKYO YATSUGATE KOGEN GALLERY
2000 :
NICE GALERIE PECHA
BRUXELLES ART DU VERRE
SHANGAI TOMEN ART GALLERY
POINTE A PITRE SEBASTIANO GALLERY
2001 :
LAUSANNE ART CONTEMPORAIN LA SALLE BASSE
LYON GALERIE DES TEMPLIERS
2002 :
ANVERS GALERIE EUREKA
SAN DIEGO ATELIER DU PHARE
SINGAPOUR NISCHIO GALLERY
2003 :
PARIS GALERIE JEANNE NOIR
ALGER MUSEE DES BEAUX ARTS D'ALGER
2004 :
DRESDE GALERIE F DRESDEN
COLOGNE GLASS GALLERY KOLN
2005:
GALERIE ALAIN DAUDET - TOULOUSE FRANCE
www.galeriealaindaudet.com
2006 :
GLASS INSPIRATION GALLERY - BERGDORF SUISSE
www.glassinspiration.com
Les galeries
ETATS-UNIS / UNITED STATES
PISMO GLASS
DENVER - COLORADO
www.pismoglass.com
CHASEN GALLERIES
RICHMOND - VIRGINIE
www.chasengalleries.com
EUROPE
GALERIE DANIEL GUIDAT
CANNES - FRANCE
www.galeriedanielguidat.com
GALERIE-F-DRESDEN
DRESDE - ALLEMAGNE
www.galerie-f-dresden.de
GLASS GALERIE KOLN
COLOGNE - ALLEMAGNE
www.ccaa.de
SUSAN MEGSON GALLERY
STOW ON THE WOLD - ANGLETERRE
www.susanmegsongallery.com
GALERIE ALAIN DAUDET
TOULOUSE - FRANCE
www.galeriealaindaudet.com
GLASS INSPIRATION GALLERY
BERGDORF - SUISSE
www.glassinspiration.com
BEL AIR FINE ART
GENEVE - SUISSE
ANNECY - FRANCE
www.belairfineart.com
GALERIE DES LICES
SAINT TROPEZ - FRANCE
www.galeriedeslices.com
Contact Ada Loumani
L.A. Galerie, Place de l'Eglise - 06560 VALBONNE - Tél./Fax : 0033(0)4 93 12 97 04 - e-mail : ada@loumani.fr
