Welcome to Lemis Okandan's Web Site
A few words about Lemis Elagöz Okandan. She was born in Antakya (ancient Antioch),in 1944. Her highscool education was at ACI (American Collegiate Institute), İzmir. She graduated from ACI in 1963 and went to Ankara in order to study languages. In 1967, she graduated from the University of Ankara with a BA in Italian Language and Literature. More with her own words: 'Unfortunately, I never had any proper 'Art' education, but all my life, I tried to learn and try every kind of art work, like watercolor, pastel, oil painting, ceramics, collage, rock painting, macrame wall hangings. ect.; and since more than 20 years, I have been painting on porcellain.' My husband's career took me to Australia in years 2001-2006. There, in Canberra, I atended glass fusion courses offered by the ANU (Australian National University). Later, I worked at the Studio of Roselyn de Bussey, and fell in love wifh the magic of glass. Among the different techniques in glass art, so far I do only 'fusion', and love to work with geometric shapes and difffernt colors. Exhibitions
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