Léa is a Norwegian visual artist, originally from Lebanon. She recently settled back in Oslo with her family and paints in a particular style that she calls "emotion art" as she paints to express her great sensitivity. She loves to inspire and help others release suppressed emotions too. She has taken part in Oslo Kulturnatt and many major international art fairs such as Caroussel du Louvre in Paris, Art Expo New York, Art Connects Women in Dubai, and has collectors all around the world.

She also has a practice as a certified Biological decoding therapist, NLP technician and Art Therapy life coach, holds painting classes for adults and children while being an active board member and contributing artist to Beyond Art, in addition to her job at the French school in Oslo.

Her favorite quote is "we are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another".

Art and design by Léa Nasnas Chami

Léa is a self taught artist, with a style of her own, born in Lebanon in 1981. When her parents divorced, in the midst of the Lebanese civil war, Léa and her little brother fled to Paris, France. They lived there with their grandmother for several years. After their mother remarried with a Norwegian man when Léa was 10, they moved to Oslo in Norway to reunite with her. In 1999, she left home and went to Lebanon to study international relations at USJ in Beirut. She then specialized in corporate communication at ECS in Paris, France, where she met her husband. They settled back in Lebanon in 2004 where she has worked in journalism, event production and communication management.

Léa started to paint to express her high sensitivity and suppressed emotions and fell in love with the colors and fluidity of paint. She lets her inner child guide her hand while she paints. This is why she signs her artworks "Ley" by the short of her nickname "Leyouche".

Her unique style caught the eye of plenty as she loves to depict hearts, wings, meaningful places and strong emotions. Léa describes her style as "emotion-art" and often paints using blue, bright or metallic acrylic colors.

Léa participated in exhibitions worldwide and has her own limited edition line of products on https://leanasnas.redbubble.com

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Exhibitions:

• World Art Dubai April 2019 at World Trade Center as a solo artist exhibitor with 12 artworks.

•  Anima Mundi - Consciousness exhibition by Its Liquid during summer 2019 at Palazzo Ca’Zanardi - during the Venice biennale in Italy presenting "Mindfulness 2" artwork .

•  Artbox Project at Swiss Art Expo Zurich, august 2019 with "war divorce and decadence" artwork.

•  Amsterdam International Fair 2019 at Beurs Van Berlage as a solo artist exhibitor with 14 artworks.

•  Beirut Art Fair Off/site Exhibition during Beirut Art Week at Le Gray 2019 with 3 major artwork.

•  Exhibita exhibition by Art et Creation Gallery at hotel Alexandre,  Beirut during Beirut Art week 2019 with 8 artworks.

•  Art Screen Tv Digital Exhibition at « Hôtel La Fortezza » during Florence Biennale 2019
  with “just turn around” artwork.  

• Artbox Project at Art Basel Miami, Dec 2019 with "just turn around" artwork.

• Galerie Prestige in Montreux Switzerland, Dec 2019  with "some enchanted evening" and "woman in a café" artworks.  

• ART3F Paris Expo, Jan 2020 as a solo artist exhibitor with 19 artworks.

•  Zee art "Art connects Women" exhibition in Dubai 2020 representing Norway with "miscommunication 2" artwork at the One and Only Mirage.

• Barcelona 2020 with “War Divorce and Decadence”

• Blank Space Oslo 2020

• Global Art Festival 2020

• French Institute Oslo 2020-2021

• ECHOS FROM LEBANON with “Kintsugi Lebanon” and “Blast, Blood and Sorrow”

• Art Expo New York 2020 (postponed due to covid pandemic)

• "Winter Digital Exhibition Artists Art Screen TV 2020" Artsy from December 01 2020 to January 16 2021.

• Art Basel 2021

• Florence Biennale 2021

• Tokyo International Art Fair 2021

• Zee art exhibition of Art connects women at Atlantis Hotel The Palm Resort in Dubai 2022 representing Norway with the artwork "Guilt-freeing" animated by The Vinc.

• Smak av utlandet , Oslo 2021 and 2022

• Art Shopping Paris 2022 (postponed participation since 2020)

• Mag Art Fair - Montreux 2022

• Art Basel 2023

• Zee art exhibition of Art connects women 2023

• Smak av utlandet 2023

• Smiles and Smiles Beirut 2023

• Artbox project New York 2023

• Artsy winter exhibition feb 2024

• Zee art exhibition of Art connects women 2024

• Art Expo New York 2024

• Art Basel 2024 (both with Artscreen and Artbox project)

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Awards: 

Art Connects Women 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

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Collectors :

Dalloul Art Foundation Beirut, Conrad Hotel Dubai, Actea Paris, Lien Systémique Lebanon, Oasis de Vie Beyrouth, AXA Middle East, The Bridge Institute, Beiruting.com, and numerous private collectors from Lebanon, France, UAE, Italy, USA, Greece, Belgium, England, Canada, Switzerland, Cyprus and Norway.

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Books:

WOMEN ARTISTS AROUND THE WORLD - ART CONNECTS WOMEN 2020 book by Zee Arts

" Self taught Norwegian artist Léa Nasnas Chami, born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1981. She saw painting as an outlet to channel the sensitivity and suppressed emotions within herself. Léa's fondness for colors and fluidity of paint, coupled with her child like wonder of the world around her, results in works of captivating vibrancy embellished with dominant blues and metallic acrylic colors. Léa describes her style as "Emotion Art" as she delves into subjects matters of hearts, wings, and meaningful places that evokes strong emotions."

With the artwork "miscommunication 2"

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Press

Galleries

Artsy with Art Screen TV

Art Beirut Gallery

Echoes from Lebanon

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