User:Jbleaver

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== John Busuttil Leaver == ==

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was born on the 26/10/64 and is a graphic designer 

and a visual artist participated in over 50 collective exhibitions and had 5 solo shows. He work includes drawing, oil painting, modelling and mixed media. He is mentioned in De Piro's "Artists who painted Malta", and art critics such as Fiorentino and ex Art Museum curator Dominic Cutajar have published articles about his work.

   He won first prize for painting in the 1995 Teacher's Whiskey Art Awards and a world wide third prize in the IFSTS International Poster Award, Spain 1985.  He won the competition for the logo design of "Dancepower" an event created by the Dance Council of Malta in 2000.
   His work has featured on several TV and Radio programmes including: 

"Kuluri", on Radju tal-Mediterranean (1997, 1999); the TV documentary "Min hu l'Artist Malti?" Super 1 (1999); the cultural programme "Meander" on PBS (1997, 1999); and a Canadian TV Cultural Programme "TV FRAMES" during a feature on Malta, (1999). An example of his painting is in the holdings of the National Museum of Fine Arts, Malta.

   He is also featured at the VGB Art Gallery, Republic Street, Valletta since 2001.
   He has contributed articles on art to The Times and the Malta Independent.

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